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Rep. Jack D. Franks
Filed: 3/15/2013
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 31
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| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 31 by replacing |
| 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| 4 | | "Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by changing |
| 5 | | Section 3-5047 as follows:
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| 6 | | (55 ILCS 5/3-5047) |
| 7 | | Sec. 3-5047. Removal of personal information. |
| 8 | | (a) Upon request by any person, the recorder shall redact |
| 9 | | or remove that person's social security number, employer |
| 10 | | taxpayer identification number, driver's license number, State |
| 11 | | identification number, passport number, checking account |
| 12 | | number, savings account number, credit card number, debit card |
| 13 | | number, or personal identification (PIN) code from any internet |
| 14 | | website maintained by the recorder or used by the recorder to |
| 15 | | display public records. The request must be made in writing and |
| 16 | | delivered by mail, facsimile, electronic transmission, or in |
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| 1 | | person to the office of the recorder. The request must specify |
| 2 | | the personal information to be redacted and identify the |
| 3 | | document that contains the personal information. |
| 4 | | Within 12 months after the effective date of this |
| 5 | | amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly all county |
| 6 | | recorders that publicly display records on an Internet website |
| 7 | | must submit a written policy, including a timeline, to their |
| 8 | | respective county boards providing for the redaction of social |
| 9 | | security numbers from all records publicly displayed on the |
| 10 | | website. Any county recorder that launches a website on or |
| 11 | | after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 95th |
| 12 | | General Assembly shall develop and implement a policy providing |
| 13 | | for the removal of all social security numbers from all records |
| 14 | | prior to the public display of those records on the website, |
| 15 | | and must file a copy of the policy with the county board of |
| 16 | | that county. Policies pertaining to the removal of social |
| 17 | | security numbers from records to be posted on the internet |
| 18 | | shall be made available to all employees of a county recorder. |
| 19 | | No person or entity shall include an individual's social |
| 20 | | security number in a document that is prepared and presented |
| 21 | | for recording with a county recorder. This Section shall not |
| 22 | | apply to (i) State or federal tax liens, certified copies of |
| 23 | | death certificates, or other documents required by law to |
| 24 | | contain personal identifying information or (ii) documents |
| 25 | | that were executed by an individual prior to the effective date |
| 26 | | of this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly. |
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| 1 | | (b) The recorder shall redact the name and address of a |
| 2 | | peace officer from a deed or instrument under this Division |
| 3 | | upon the request of that peace officer. For the purposes of |
| 4 | | this Section, "peace officer" has the meaning provided in |
| 5 | | Section 2-13 of the Criminal Code of 2012. |
| 6 | | Holders of a mortgage or lien on a deed or instrument that |
| 7 | | has had the name of a peace officer redacted shall be granted |
| 8 | | access, upon request, to the name and address of the peace |
| 9 | | officer on that deed or instrument. |
| 10 | | (c) County recorders shall not be liable for any claims |
| 11 | | arising from unintentional or inadvertent violations of this |
| 12 | | Section.
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| 13 | | (Source: P.A. 95-875, eff. 1-1-09.)".
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