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94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006 HB2498
Introduced 2/17/2005, by Rep. Sara Feigenholtz SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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410 ILCS 535/16.1 |
from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 73-16.1 |
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Amends the Vital Records Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning records of foreign births.
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A BILL FOR
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HB2498 |
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LRB094 06839 RXD 36945 b |
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| AN ACT concerning health.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Vital Records Act is amended by changing |
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| Section 16.1 as follows: |
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| (410 ILCS 535/16.1) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 73-16.1)
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| Sec. 16.1. When it
it appears from a certificate of |
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| adoption transmitted to
the State Registrar of Vital Records, |
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| pursuant to the provisions of Section
16 of this Act, that the |
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| child was born outside of the United States or
its Territories, |
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| then, upon submission to the State Registrar of Vital
Records |
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| of evidence as to the child's birth date and birthplace |
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| provided by
the original birth certificate, or by a certified |
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| copy, extract, or
translation thereof or by other document |
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| essentially equivalent thereto
(the records of the U.S. |
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| Immigration and Naturalization Service or of the
U.S. |
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| Department of State to be considered essentially equivalent |
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| thereto),
the State Registrar of Vital Records shall make and |
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| file a Record of
Foreign Birth. The State Registrar of Vital |
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| Records may make and file a
Record of Foreign Birth for a |
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| person
born in a foreign country
who
has been granted an IR-3 |
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| visa by the U.S. Immigration
and Naturalization
Service under |
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| the Immigration and Nationality Act
and who was adopted under |
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| the laws of a jurisdiction or
country other than
the United |
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| States by an adopting parent who is a resident of this State
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| upon the submission to the State Registrar of Vital Records of: |
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| (1)
evidence as to the child's
birth date and birthplace |
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| (including the country of birth and if available, the
city and |
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| province of birth) provided by the original birth certificate, |
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| or
by a
certified copy, extract, or
translation thereof or by |
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| other document essentially equivalent thereto (the
records of |
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| the U.S.
Immigration and Naturalization Service or of the U.S. |