093_HB1585ham001
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1 AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1585
2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend House Bill 1585 by replacing
3 the title with the following:
4 "AN ACT in relation to veterans."; and
5 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the
6 following:
7 "Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by changing
8 Section 3-5036 as follows:
9 (55 ILCS 5/3-5036) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-5036)
10 Sec. 3-5036. Records open to inspection. All records,
11 indices, abstract and other books kept in the office of any
12 recorder, and all instruments filed therein and all
13 instruments deposited or left for recordation therein shall,
14 during the office hours, be open for public inspection and
15 examination; and all persons shall have free access for
16 inspection and examination to such records, indices, books
17 and instruments, which the recorders shall be bound to
18 exhibit to those who wish to inspect or examine the same; and
19 all persons shall have the right to take memoranda and
20 abstracts thereof without fee or reward. This Section is
21 subject to the provisions of "The Local Records Act".
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1 Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, a
2 certificate of discharge or release from active duty (DD 214)
3 or MEMBER-4 copy of certificate of discharge or release from
4 active duty issued by the United States government and filed
5 with the recorder is not a public record and is not subject
6 to public inspection. Upon request of the veteran whose
7 certificate or MEMBER-4 copy has been filed with the recorder
8 or upon request of a person designated by the veteran as
9 authorized to make the request, the recorder shall expunge
10 the record of the military discharge form from the record of
11 the recorder and replace the record with a form that contains
12 only the name of the veteran, the date of his or her
13 discharge from military service, and the date of the issuance
14 of the original military discharge form.
15 (Source: P.A. 86-962.)".