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HB1585 Engrossed                     LRB093 06268 RLC 06381 b

 1        AN ACT in relation to veterans.

 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        Notwithstanding   any   provision   to  the  contrary,  a
20    certificate of discharge or release from active duty (DD 214)
21    or MEMBER-4 copy of certificate of discharge or release  from
22    active  duty issued by the United States government and filed
23    with the recorder is not a public record and is  not  subject
24    to  public  inspection.  Upon  request  of  the veteran whose
25    certificate or MEMBER-4 copy has been filed with the recorder
26    or upon request of a person  designated  by  the  veteran  as
27    authorized  to  make  the request, the recorder shall expunge
28    the record of the military discharge form from the record  of
29    the recorder and replace the record with a form that contains
30    only  the  name  of  the  veteran,  the  date  of  his or her
31    discharge from military service, and the date of the issuance
 
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 1    of the original military discharge form.
 2    (Source: P.A. 86-962.)