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1 AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 715
2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend Senate Bill 715, AS AMENDED,
3 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the
4 following:
5 "Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by changing
6 Section 3-5015 is as follows:
7 (55 ILCS 5/3-5015) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-5015)
8 Sec. 3-5015. Certificates of discharge or release from
9 active duty. Certificates of discharge or MEMBER-4 copy of
10 certificate of release or discharge from active duty of
11 honorably discharged or separated members of the military,
12 aviation and naval forces of the United States shall be
13 recorded by each recorder, free of charge, in a separate book
14 which shall be kept for the purpose. The recorder in counties
15 of over 500,000 population shall as soon as practicable after
16 the recording of the original discharge certificate or
17 MEMBER-4 copy of certificate of release or discharge from
18 active duty, deliver to each of the persons named in the
19 discharge certificate or MEMBER-4 copy of certificate of
20 release or discharge from active duty, or his agent, one
21 certified copy of his discharge certificate or MEMBER-4 copy
22 of certificate of release or discharge from active duty
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1 without charge. Additional certified copies shall be
2 furnished by the recorder upon the payment to the recorder of
3 a fee of $1.25, payable in advance, for each such additional
4 certified copy.
5 Upon the delivery of the certificate of discharge or
6 MEMBER-4 copy of certificate of release or discharge from
7 active duty after the recordation thereof is completed, and
8 the delivery of one certified copy thereof to the person
9 named in the discharge certificate or MEMBER-4 copy of
10 certificate of release or discharge from active duty or his
11 agent, the receipt theretofore issued by the recorder, or a
12 copy thereof shall be surrendered to the recorder, with a
13 signed statement acknowledging the receipt of the discharge
14 certificate or MEMBER-4 copy of certificate of release or
15 discharge from active duty and the certified copy thereof.
16 Certified copies of the certificates of discharge or
17 MEMBER-4 copy of certificate of release or discharge from
18 active duty furnished by the recorder may vary from the size
19 of the original, if in the judgment of the recorder, such
20 certified copies are complete and legible.
21 A military discharge form (DD-214) or any other
22 certificate of discharge or release from active duty document
23 that was issued by the United States government or any state
24 government in reference to those who served with an active or
25 inactive military reserve unit or National Guard force and
26 that was recorded by a county clerk or recorder of deeds is
27 not subject to public inspection, enjoying all the protection
28 covered by the federal Privacy Act of 1974 or any other
29 privacy law. These documents shall be accessible only to the
30 person named in the document, the named person's dependents,
31 the county veterans' service officer, representatives of the
32 Department of Veterans' Affairs, or any person with written
33 authorization from the named person or the named person's
34 dependents.
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1 (Source: P.A. 86-962.)".