Public Act 095-0875
 		





HB5586 Enrolled
LRB095 18834 HLH 44961 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 adding Section 
3-5047 as follows:
 
    (55 ILCS 5/3-5047  new)
    Sec. 3-5047. Removal of personal information.  Upon request 
by any person, the recorder shall redact or remove that 
person's social security number, employer taxpayer 
identification number, driver's license number, State 
identification number, passport number, checking account 
number, savings account number, credit card number, debit card 
number, or personal identification (PIN) code from any internet 
website maintained by the recorder or used by the recorder to 
display public records.  The request must be made in writing and 
delivered by mail, facsimile, electronic transmission, or in 
person to the office of the recorder.  The request must specify 
the personal information to be redacted and identify the 
document that contains the personal information.
    Within 12 months after the effective date of this 
amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly all county 
recorders that publicly display records on an Internet website 
must submit a written policy, including a timeline, to their 
respective county boards providing for the redaction of social 
security numbers from all records publicly displayed on the 
website. Any county recorder that launches a website on or 
after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 95th 
General Assembly shall develop and implement a policy providing 
for the removal of all social security numbers from all records 
prior to the public display of those records on the  website, 
and must file a copy of the policy with the county board of 
that county. Policies pertaining to the removal of social 
security numbers from records to be posted on the internet 
shall be made available to all employees of a county recorder. 
    No person or entity shall include an individual's social 
security number in a document that is prepared and presented 
for recording with a county recorder. This Section shall not 
apply to (i) State or federal tax liens, certified copies of 
death certificates, or other documents required by law to 
contain personal identifying information or (ii) documents 
that were executed by an individual prior to the effective date 
of this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly. 
    County recorders shall not be liable for any claims arising 
from unintentional or inadvertent violations of this Section. 
 
    Section 10. The State Mandates Act is amended  by adding 
Section 8.32 as follows:
 
    (30 ILCS 805/8.32 new)

    Sec. 8.32. Exempt mandate.  Notwithstanding Sections 6 and 8 
of this Act,
no
reimbursement by the State is required for the 
implementation of any mandate
created by this amendatory Act of 
the 95th General Assembly.