093_HB2315

 
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 1        AN ACT concerning counties.

 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) issued by  the  United
12    States government and filed with the recorder is not a public
13    record  and is not subject to public inspection. Upon request
14    of the veteran whose military discharge form has  been  filed
15    with  the  recorder or upon request of a person designated by
16    the veteran as authorized to make the request,  the  recorder
17    shall  expunge the record of the military discharge form from
18    the record of the recorder and replace the record with a form
19    that contains only the name of the veteran, the date  of  his
20    or  her  discharge from military service, and the date of the
21    issuance of the original military discharge form.
22    (Source: P.A. 86-962.)