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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.)