Public Act 101-0402
 
SB1007 EnrolledLRB101 06528 AWJ 51555 b



    AN ACT concerning local government.

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



 
    Section 5. The Counties Code is amended  by changing Section 
3-5015 as follows:
 



    (55 ILCS 5/3-5015)  (from Ch. 34, par. 3-5015)



    Sec. 3-5015. Certificates of discharge or release from 
active duty. Certificates of discharge or MEMBER-4 copy of 
certificate of release or
discharge from active duty of 
honorably discharged or separated members of
the military, 
aviation and naval forces of the United States shall be

recorded by each recorder, free of charge, in a separate book 
which shall
be kept for the purpose. The recorder in counties 
of over 500,000
population shall as soon as practicable after 
the recording of the original
discharge certificate or MEMBER-4 
copy of certificate of release or
discharge from active duty, 
deliver to each of the persons named in the
discharge 
certificate or MEMBER-4 copy of certificate of release or

discharge from active duty, or his agent, one certified copy of 
his discharge
certificate or MEMBER-4 copy of certificate of 
release or discharge from
active duty without charge. 
Additional certified copies shall be furnished
by the recorder 
upon the payment to the recorder of a fee
of $1.25, payable in 
advance, for each such additional certified copy.

    Upon the delivery of the certificate of discharge or 
MEMBER-4 copy of
certificate of release or discharge from 
active duty after the recordation
thereof is completed, and the 
delivery of one certified copy thereof to the
person named in 
the discharge certificate or MEMBER-4 copy of certificate
of 
release or discharge from active duty or his agent, the receipt

theretofore issued by the recorder, or a copy thereof shall be

surrendered to the recorder, with a signed statement 
acknowledging
the receipt of the discharge certificate or 
MEMBER-4 copy of certificate
of release or discharge from 
active duty and the certified copy thereof.

    Certified copies of the certificates of discharge or 
MEMBER-4 copy of
certificate of release or discharge from 
active duty furnished by the
recorder may vary from the size of 
the original, if in the
judgment of the recorder, such 
certified copies are complete and
legible.

    A military discharge form (DD-214) or any other certificate 
of discharge or
release from active duty document that was 
issued by the United States
government or any state government 
in reference to those who served with an
active or inactive 
military reserve unit or National Guard force and that was

recorded by a County Clerk or Recorder of Deeds is not subject 
to public
inspection, enjoying all the protection covered by 
the federal Privacy Act of
1974 or any other
privacy law. These 
documents shall be accessible only to the person named in
the 
document, the named person's dependents, the county veterans' 
service
officer, representatives of the Department of 
Veterans' Affairs, or any person
with
written authorization 
from the named person or the named person's dependents. 
Notwithstanding any other provision in this paragraph, these 
documents shall be made available for public inspection and 
copying in accordance with the archival schedule adopted by the 
National Archives and Records Administration and subject to 
redaction of information that is considered private under the 
Illinois Freedom of Information Act, the Federal Freedom of 
Information Act, and the Federal Privacy Act. 

(Source: P.A. 93-468, eff. 1-1-04.)

 

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