Bill Text: IL HB5448 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Enrolled
Bill Title: Amends provisions of the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act requiring that county clerks provide a pamphlet describing the causes and effects of fetal alcohol syndrome with each marriage license. Provides that at least annually, the county board shall cause to be made an audit of the county clerk's compliance with the pamphlet requirement. Provides that the county board shall cause each audit to be filed with the Illinois Department of Public Health.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2010-07-27 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-1323 [HB5448 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2009-HB5448-Enrolled.html
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| 1 | AN ACT concerning child support.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of | ||||||
| 5 | Marriage Act is amended by changing Section 203 as follows:
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| 6 | (750 ILCS 5/203) (from Ch. 40, par. 203)
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| 7 | Sec. 203. License to Marry. When a marriage application has | ||||||
| 8 | been
completed and signed by both parties to a prospective | ||||||
| 9 | marriage and both
parties have appeared before the county clerk | ||||||
| 10 | and the marriage license
fee has been paid, the county clerk | ||||||
| 11 | shall issue a license to marry and a
marriage certificate form | ||||||
| 12 | upon being furnished:
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| 13 | (1) satisfactory proof that each party to the marriage will | ||||||
| 14 | have
attained the age of 18 years at the time the marriage | ||||||
| 15 | license is
effective or will have attained the age of 16 years | ||||||
| 16 | and has either the
consent to the marriage of
both parents or | ||||||
| 17 | his guardian or judicial approval; provided, if one
parent | ||||||
| 18 | cannot be located in order to obtain such consent and diligent
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| 19 | efforts have been made to locate that parent by the consenting | ||||||
| 20 | parent, then
the consent of one parent plus a signed affidavit | ||||||
| 21 | by the consenting parent
which (i) names the absent parent and | ||||||
| 22 | states that he or she cannot be
located, and (ii) states what | ||||||
| 23 | diligent efforts have been made to locate the
absent parent, | ||||||
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| 1 | shall have the effect of both parents' consent for purposes
of | ||||||
| 2 | this Section;
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| 3 | (2) satisfactory proof that the marriage is not prohibited; | ||||||
| 4 | and
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| 5 | (3) an affidavit or record as prescribed in subparagraph | ||||||
| 6 | (1) of Section
205 or a court order as prescribed in | ||||||
| 7 | subparagraph (2) of Section 205, if applicable.
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| 8 | With each marriage license, the county clerk shall provide | ||||||
| 9 | a pamphlet
describing the causes and effects of fetal alcohol | ||||||
| 10 | syndrome. At least annually, the county board shall submit to | ||||||
| 11 | the Illinois Department of Public Health
a report as to the | ||||||
| 12 | county clerk's compliance with the requirement that the county | ||||||
| 13 | clerk provide a pamphlet with each marriage license. All | ||||||
| 14 | funding and production costs for the aforementioned | ||||||
| 15 | educational pamphlets for distribution to each county clerk | ||||||
| 16 | shall be provided by non-profit, non-sectarian statewide | ||||||
| 17 | programs that provide education, advocacy, support, and | ||||||
| 18 | prevention services pertaining to Fetal Alcohol Syndrome.
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| 19 | (Source: P.A. 86-832; 86-884; 86-1028.)
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