093_HB0519

 
                                     LRB093 06493 MKM 06618 b

 1        AN ACT in relation to counties.

 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 3-5036 as follows:

 6        (55 ILCS 5/3-5036) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-5036)
 7        Sec.  3-5036.   Records  open to inspection. All records,
 8    indices, abstract and other books kept in the office  of  any
 9    recorder,   and   all  instruments  filed  therein,  and  all
10    instruments deposited or left for recordation therein  shall,
11    during  the  office  hours, be open for public inspection and
12    examination; and all  persons  shall  have  free  access  for
13    inspection  and  examination  to such records, indices, books
14    and instruments,  which  the  recorders  shall  be  bound  to
15    exhibit to those who wish to inspect or examine the same; and
16    all  persons  shall  have  the  right  to  take memoranda and
17    abstracts thereof without fee  or  reward.  This  Section  is
18    subject to the provisions of "The Local Records Act".
19    (Source: P.A. 86-962.)