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1 AN ACT concerning records.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Vital Records Act is amended by changing
5 16.1 as follows:
6 (410 ILCS 535/16.1) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 73-16.1)
7 Sec. 16.1. When it appears from an adoption decree or a
8 certificate of adoption transmitted to the State Registrar of
9 Vital Records, pursuant to the provisions of Section 16 of
10 this Act, that the child was born outside of the United
11 States or its Territories, then, upon submission to the State
12 Registrar of Vital Records of evidence as to the child's
13 birth date and birthplace provided by the original birth
14 certificate, or by a certified copy, extract, or translation
15 thereof or by other document essentially equivalent thereto
16 (the records of the U. S. Immigration and Naturalization
17 Service or of the U. S. Department of State to be
18 considered essentially equivalent thereto), the State
19 Registrar of Vital Records shall make and file a Record of
20 Foreign Birth. If the documents submitted do not include
21 full and complete information, including the name of the
22 agency that handled the adoption, for the completion of the
23 Record of Foreign Birth, the Record of Foreign Birth shall be
24 completed only upon receipt of a certified order of the
25 circuit court in Illinois providing the additional
26 information. The Record of Foreign Birth shall include the
27 actual place and date of birth, the child's name and
28 parentage as ordered in the judgment of adoption and any
29 other necessary facts.
30 Upon the specific written request by the person to whom
31 the Record of Foreign Birth relates or by his or her legal
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1 representative, or by an agency of local, state or federal
2 government, or upon the order of a court of competent
3 jurisdiction and upon payment of a fee of $5 by the
4 applicant, the State Registrar of Vital Records shall issue
5 to such applicant one certification or a certified copy of
6 the specified Record of Foreign Birth.
7 Upon receipt of a certified copy of a court order of
8 annulment of adoption or a court order vacating a judgment of
9 adoption of an adopted person for whom a Record of Foreign
10 Birth has been made and filed under the provisions of this
11 Section the State Registrar of Vital Records shall nullify
12 and void such Record of Foreign Birth by entering on its face
13 the statement "This Record is declared null and void upon the
14 basis of a court judgment annulling or vacating this adoption
15 upon which this Record is based" and a notation identifying
16 the court judgment.
17 The provisions of this Section shall also be applicable
18 to, and shall inure to the benefit of all persons for whom a
19 judgment of adoption has been entered in a court in this
20 State prior to August 26, 1963. In such cases the applicant
21 shall furnish the State Registrar of Vital Records with a
22 certified copy of the adoption judgment together with
23 affidavits as to the personal particulars of the foster
24 parents in lieu of the certificate of adoption specified in
25 Section 16 of this Act. In every case wherein the State
26 Registrar of Vital Records has previously been furnished with
27 a certificate of adoption involving a foreign born child
28 adopted in Illinois, a certified copy of the adoption
29 judgment and affidavits of personal particulars are not
30 necessary, but the State Registrar of Vital Records shall
31 make and file a Record of Foreign Birth in the same manner
32 and fashion as if the certificate of adoption has been
33 furnished him after August 26, 1963.
34 (Source: P.A. 83-345.)
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1 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
2 becoming law.