HB1706 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HB1706

Introduced 2/22/2007, by Rep. Aaron Schock

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

410 ILCS 535/24.2 new

Amends the Vital Records Act. Provides that if a person requests a certified copy of a birth or death certificate and that certificate contains an error through no fault of the person requesting the certificate, a new certified copy of the certificate must be issued to the individual for no additional cost. Effective immediately.

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning public health.

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

Section 5. The Vital Records Act is amended by adding Section 24.2 as follows:

(410 ILCS 535/24.2 new)

Sec. 24.2. Errors in issued certificates. If a person requests and is issued a certified copy of a birth or death certificate and that certificate contains an error through no fault of the person requesting the certificate, a new certified copy of the certificate must be issued to the individual for no additional cost.

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.