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 1        AN ACT in relation to county government.

 2        Be it  enacted  by  the  People  of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section  5.  The  Counties  Code  is  amended by changing
 5    Section 3-5015 as follows:

 6        (55 ILCS 5/3-5015) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-5015)
 7        Sec. 3-5015.  Certificates of discharge or  release  from
 8    active  duty.  Certificates  of discharge or MEMBER-4 copy of
 9    certificate of release  or  discharge  from  active  duty  of
10    honorably  discharged  or  separated members of the military,
11    aviation and naval forces  of  the  United  States  shall  be
12    recorded by each recorder, free of charge, in a separate book
13    which shall be kept for the purpose. The recorder in counties
14    of over 500,000 population shall as soon as practicable after
15    the  recording  of  the  original  discharge  certificate  or
16    MEMBER-4  copy  of  certificate  of release or discharge from
17    active duty, deliver to each of  the  persons  named  in  the
18    discharge  certificate  or  MEMBER-4  copy  of certificate of
19    release or discharge from active  duty,  or  his  agent,  one
20    certified  copy of his discharge certificate or MEMBER-4 copy
21    of certificate of  release  or  discharge  from  active  duty
22    without   charge.   Additional   certified  copies  shall  be
23    furnished by the recorder upon the payment to the recorder of
24    a fee of $1.25, payable in advance, for each such  additional
25    certified copy.
26        Upon  the  delivery  of  the  certificate of discharge or
27    MEMBER-4 copy of certificate of  release  or  discharge  from
28    active  duty  after the recordation thereof is completed, and
29    the delivery of one certified  copy  thereof  to  the  person
30    named  in  the  discharge  certificate  or  MEMBER-4  copy of
31    certificate of release or discharge from active duty  or  his
 
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 1    agent,  the  receipt theretofore issued by the recorder, or a
 2    copy thereof shall be surrendered to  the  recorder,  with  a
 3    signed  statement  acknowledging the receipt of the discharge
 4    certificate or MEMBER-4 copy of  certificate  of  release  or
 5    discharge from active duty and the certified copy thereof.
 6        Certified  copies  of  the  certificates  of discharge or
 7    MEMBER-4 copy of certificate of  release  or  discharge  from
 8    active  duty furnished by the recorder may vary from the size
 9    of the original, if in the judgment  of  the  recorder,  such
10    certified copies are complete and legible.
11        A   military   discharge   form  (DD-214)  or  any  other
12    certificate of discharge or release from active duty document
13    that was issued by the United States government or any  state
14    government in reference to those who served with an active or
15    inactive  military  reserve  unit or National Guard force and
16    that was recorded by a County Clerk or Recorder of  Deeds  is
17    not subject to public inspection, enjoying all the protection
18    covered  by  the  federal  Privacy  Act  of 1974 or any other
19    privacy law. These documents shall be accessible only to  the
20    person  named in the document, the named person's dependents,
21    the county veterans' service officer, representatives of  the
22    Department  of  Veterans' Affairs, or any person with written
23    authorization from the named person  or  the  named  person's
24    dependents.
25    (Source: P.A. 86-962.)