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.)