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92_HB1935eng HB1935 Engrossed LRB9200654WHcs 1 AN ACT relating to heirloom marriage certificates. 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 adding 5 Sections 3-2010.5 and 3-11010.5 as follows: 6 (55 ILCS 5/3-2010.5 new) 7 Sec. 3-2010.5. Heirloom marriage certificate. The clerk 8 in counties with a population over 2,000,000 may issue an 9 heirloom marriage certificate as prescribed under Section 202 10 of the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act. 11 The fee for the certificate shall be determined by the State 12 Registrar and shall include the cost of production and 13 issuance of the heirloom marriage certificate and an 14 additional sum of $25, and $25 of that fee shall be 15 transferred to the county treasurer for deposit into the 16 County Affordable Housing Fund. 17 (55 ILCS 5/3-11010.5 new) 18 Sec. 3-11010.5. County Affordable Housing Fund. The 19 treasurer in counties with a population over 2,000,000 shall 20 establish a County Affordable Housing Fund for deposit of 21 fees as required by Section 3-2010.5 for heirloom marriage 22 certificates. The moneys in the Fund shall be used for 23 grants and for affordable housing programs in the county. 24 Not less than 50% of those moneys shall be used as grants to 25 municipalities with a population of over 500,000 for 26 affordable housing programs in those municipalities. 27 Section 10. The Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of 28 Marriage Act is amended by changing Section 202 as follows: HB1935 Engrossed -2- LRB9200654WHcs 1 (750 ILCS 5/202) (from Ch. 40, par. 202) 2 Sec. 202. Marriage License and Marriage Certificate.) 3 (a) The Director of Public Health shall prescribe the form 4 for an application for a marriage license, which shall 5 include the following information: 6 (1) name, sex, occupation, address, social security 7 number, date and place of birth of each party to the proposed 8 marriage; 9 (2) if either party was previously married, his name, 10 and the date, place and court in which the marriage was 11 dissolved or declared invalid or the date and place of death 12 of the former spouse; 13 (3) name and address of the parents or guardian of each 14 party; and 15 (4) whether the parties are related to each other and, 16 if so, their relationship. 17 (b) The Director of Public Health shall prescribe the 18 forms for the marriage license, the marriage certificate, the 19 heirloom marriage certificate for counties with a population 20 over 2,000,000, and, when necessary, the consent to marriage. 21 (Source: P.A. 80-923.) 22 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 23 becoming law.