HB1613 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

LRB096 05173 RLJ 15239 b

96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB1613

Introduced 2/18/2009, by Rep. Michael J. Madigan - Barbara Flynn Currie - Patrick J Verschoore

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

55 ILCS 5/3-5036

from Ch. 34, par. 3-5036

Amends the Counties Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning records open to inspection.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning local government.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by changing Section 3-5036 as follows:

(55 ILCS 5/3-5036) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-5036)

Sec. 3-5036. Records open to inspection. All records, indices, abstract and and other books kept in the office of any recorder, and all instruments filed therein and all instruments deposited or left for recordation therein shall, during the office hours, be open for public inspection and examination; and all persons shall have free access for inspection and examination to such records, indices, books and instruments, which the recorders shall be bound to exhibit to those who wish to inspect or examine the same; and all persons shall have the right to take memoranda and abstracts thereof without fee or reward. This Section is subject to the provisions of "The Local Records Act".

(Source: P.A. 86-962.)