Bill Text: IL HB0031 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2014-12-03 - Session Sine Die [HB0031 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2013-HB0031-Amended.html

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Rep. Jack D. Franks

Filed: 3/15/2013

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 31
AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 31 by replacing
everything after the enacting clause with the following:
"Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by changing
Section 3-5047 as follows:
(55 ILCS 5/3-5047)
Sec. 3-5047. Removal of personal information.
(a) Upon request by any person, the recorder shall redact
or remove that person's social security number, employer
taxpayer identification number, driver's license number, State
identification number, passport number, checking account
number, savings account number, credit card number, debit card
number, or personal identification (PIN) code from any internet
website maintained by the recorder or used by the recorder to
display public records. The request must be made in writing and
delivered by mail, facsimile, electronic transmission, or in

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person to the office of the recorder. The request must specify
the personal information to be redacted and identify the
document that contains the personal information.
Within 12 months after the effective date of this
amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly all county
recorders that publicly display records on an Internet website
must submit a written policy, including a timeline, to their
respective county boards providing for the redaction of social
security numbers from all records publicly displayed on the
website. Any county recorder that launches a website on or
after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 95th
General Assembly shall develop and implement a policy providing
for the removal of all social security numbers from all records
prior to the public display of those records on the website,
and must file a copy of the policy with the county board of
that county. Policies pertaining to the removal of social
security numbers from records to be posted on the internet
shall be made available to all employees of a county recorder.
No person or entity shall include an individual's social
security number in a document that is prepared and presented
for recording with a county recorder. This Section shall not
apply to (i) State or federal tax liens, certified copies of
death certificates, or other documents required by law to
contain personal identifying information or (ii) documents
that were executed by an individual prior to the effective date
of this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly.

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(b) The recorder shall redact the name and address of a
peace officer from a deed or instrument under this Division
upon the request of that peace officer. For the purposes of
this Section, "peace officer" has the meaning provided in
Section 2-13 of the Criminal Code of 2012.
Holders of a mortgage or lien on a deed or instrument that
has had the name of a peace officer redacted shall be granted
access, upon request, to the name and address of the peace
officer on that deed or instrument.
(c) County recorders shall not be liable for any claims
arising from unintentional or inadvertent violations of this
Section.
(Source: P.A. 95-875, eff. 1-1-09.)".