Public Act 097-0757
 
HB4514 EnrolledLRB097 18334 KMW 63560 b

    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
3-5010 as follows:
 
    (55 ILCS 5/3-5010)  (from Ch. 34, par. 3-5010)
    Sec. 3-5010. Duties of recorder. Every recorder shall, as
soon as practicable after the receipt of any instrument in
writing in his office, entitled to be recorded, record the same
at length in the order of time of its reception, in well bound
books to be provided for that purpose. In counties of 500,000
or more inhabitants, the recorder may microphotograph or
otherwise reproduce on film any of such instruments in the
manner provided by law. In counties of less than 500,000
inhabitants, the recorder may cause to be microphotographed or
otherwise reproduced on film any of such instruments or
electronic method of storage only if authorized to do so by the
county board. When any such instrument is reproduced on film or
electronic method of storage, the film or electronic method of
storage shall comply with the minimum standards of quality
approved for permanent photographic records of the State
Records Commission and the device used to reproduce the records
on the film or electronic method of storage shall be one which
accurately reproduces the contents of the original.
(Source: P.A. 86-962.)
 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.