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1 AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 715
2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend Senate Bill 715 by replacing
3 everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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, any
20 certificate of discharge or release from active duty
21 (including but not limited to the DD 214) or MEMBER-4 copy of
22 a certificate of discharge or release from active duty issued
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1 by the United States government or any state government and
2 filed with the county clerk or recorder of deeds is not a
3 public record and is not subject to public inspection. Upon
4 request of the veteran whose certificate of discharge or
5 release from active duty (including but not limited to the DD
6 214) or whose MEMBER-4 copy of certificate of discharge or
7 release from active duty has been filed with the county clerk
8 or recorder of deeds or upon request of a person designated
9 by the veteran as authorized to make the request, the county
10 clerk or recorder of deeds shall expunge the record of the
11 military discharge form from the record of the county clerk
12 or recorder of deeds and replace the record with a form that
13 contains only the name of the veteran, the date of his or her
14 discharge from military service, and the date of the issuance
15 of the original military discharge form.
16 (Source: P.A. 86-962.)".