Bill Text: IL SB0541 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Vital Records Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning fees.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-02-23 - Referred to Assignments [SB0541 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2021-SB0541-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning health.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | |||||||||||||||||||
3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Vital Records Act is amended by changing | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | Section 25 as follows:
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6 | (410 ILCS 535/25) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 73-25)
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7 | Sec. 25. In accordance with Section 24 of this Act, and
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8 | the
regulations adopted pursuant thereto: | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | (1) The State Registrar of Vital Records shall search | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | the files of birth,
death, and fetal death records, upon | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | receipt of a written request and a fee
of $10 from any | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | applicant entitled to such search. A search fee shall not
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13 | be required for commemorative birth certificates issued by | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | the State
Registrar. A search fee shall not be required | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | for a birth record search from a person (1) upon release on | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | parole, mandatory supervised release, final discharge, or | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | pardon from the Department of Corrections if the person | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | presents a prescribed verification form completed by the | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | Department of Corrections verifying the person's date of | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | birth and social security number, or (2) placed on | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | aftercare release under the Juvenile Court Act of 1987, | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | upon release on parole, mandatory supervised release, | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | final discharge, or pardon from the Department of Juvenile |
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1 | Justice if the person presents a prescribed verification | ||||||
2 | form completed by the Department of Juvenile Justice | ||||||
3 | verifying the person's date of birth and social security | ||||||
4 | number; however, the person is entitled to only one search | ||||||
5 | fee waiver. If, upon search, the record requested is | ||||||
6 | found, the State
Registrar shall furnish the applicant one | ||||||
7 | certification of such record,
under the seal of such | ||||||
8 | office. If the request is for a certified copy of
the | ||||||
9 | record an additional fee of $5 shall be required. An | ||||||
10 | additional fee for a certified copy of the record shall | ||||||
11 | not be required from a person (1) upon release on parole, | ||||||
12 | mandatory supervised release, final discharge, or pardon | ||||||
13 | from the Department of Corrections if the person presents | ||||||
14 | a prescribed verification form completed by the Department | ||||||
15 | of Corrections verifying the released person's date of | ||||||
16 | birth and social security number, or (2) placed on | ||||||
17 | aftercare release under the Juvenile Court Act of 1987, | ||||||
18 | upon release on parole, mandatory supervised release, | ||||||
19 | final discharge, or pardon from the Department of Juvenile | ||||||
20 | Justice if the person presents a prescribed verification | ||||||
21 | form completed by the Department of Juvenile Justice | ||||||
22 | verifying the person's date of birth and social security | ||||||
23 | number; however, the person is entitled to only one | ||||||
24 | certified copy fee waiver. If the request is for
a | ||||||
25 | certified copy of a death certificate or a fetal death | ||||||
26 | certificate, an
additional fee of $2 is required. The |
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1 | additional fee shall be deposited into
the Death | ||||||
2 | Certificate Surcharge Fund. A further fee of $2
shall be | ||||||
3 | required for each additional certification or certified | ||||||
4 | copy
requested. If the requested record is not found, the | ||||||
5 | State Registrar shall
furnish the applicant a | ||||||
6 | certification attesting to that fact, if so
requested by | ||||||
7 | the applicant. A further fee of $2 shall be required for | ||||||
8 | each
additional certification that no record has been | ||||||
9 | found.
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10 | Any local registrar or county clerk shall search the | ||||||
11 | files of birth,
death and fetal death records, upon | ||||||
12 | receipt of a written request from any
applicant entitled | ||||||
13 | to such search. If upon search the record requested
is | ||||||
14 | found, such local registrar or county clerk shall furnish | ||||||
15 | the applicant
one certification or certified copy of such | ||||||
16 | record, under the seal of such
office, upon payment of the | ||||||
17 | applicable fees. If the requested record is not
found, the | ||||||
18 | local registrar or county
clerk shall furnish the | ||||||
19 | applicant a certification attesting to that fact, if so
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20 | requested by the applicant and upon payment of applicable | ||||||
21 | fee. The local
registrar or county clerk must charge a $2 | ||||||
22 | fee for each certified copy of a
death certificate. The | ||||||
23 | fee is in addition to any other fees that are charged
by | ||||||
24 | the local registrar or county clerk. The additional fees | ||||||
25 | must be
transmitted
to the State Registrar monthly and | ||||||
26 | deposited into the Death Certificate
Surcharge Fund.
The |
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1 | local registrar or county clerk may charge fees
for | ||||||
2 | providing other services for which the State Registrar may | ||||||
3 | charge fees
under this
Section.
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4 | A request to any custodian of vital records for a | ||||||
5 | search of the death
record indexes for genealogical | ||||||
6 | research shall require a fee of $10 per name
for a 5 year | ||||||
7 | search. An additional fee of $1 for each additional year | ||||||
8 | searched
shall be required. If the requested record is | ||||||
9 | found, one uncertified copy
shall be issued without | ||||||
10 | additional charge.
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11 | Any fee received by the State Registrar pursuant to | ||||||
12 | this Section which
is of an insufficient amount may be | ||||||
13 | returned by the State Registrar upon
his recording the | ||||||
14 | receipt of such fee and the reason for its return. The
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15 | State Registrar is authorized to maintain a 2 signature, | ||||||
16 | revolving checking
account with a suitable commercial bank | ||||||
17 | for the purpose of depositing and
withdrawing-for-return | ||||||
18 | cash received and determined insufficient for the
service | ||||||
19 | requested.
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20 | No fee imposed under this Section may be assessed | ||||||
21 | against an organization
chartered by Congress that | ||||||
22 | requests a certificate for the purpose of death
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23 | verification.
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24 | Any custodian of vital records, whether it may be the | ||||||
25 | Department of Public Health, a local registrar, or a | ||||||
26 | county clerk shall charge an additional $2 for each |
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1 | certified copy of a death certificate and that additional | ||||||
2 | fee shall be collected on behalf of the Department of | ||||||
3 | Financial and Professional Regulation for deposit into the | ||||||
4 | Cemetery Oversight Licensing and Disciplinary Fund. | ||||||
5 | (2) The certification of birth may contain only the | ||||||
6 | name, sex,
date of birth, and place of birth, of the person | ||||||
7 | to whom it relates, the
name, age and birthplace of the | ||||||
8 | parents, and
the file number; and none of the other data on | ||||||
9 | the certificate of birth
except as authorized under | ||||||
10 | subsection (5) of this Section.
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11 | (3) The certification of death shall contain only the | ||||||
12 | name, Social
Security Number, sex,
date of death, and | ||||||
13 | place of death of the person to whom it relates, and
file | ||||||
14 | number; and none of the other data on the certificate of | ||||||
15 | death
except as authorized under subsection (5) of this | ||||||
16 | Section.
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17 | (4) Certification or a certified copy of a certificate | ||||||
18 | shall be issued:
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19 | (a) Upon the order of a court of competent | ||||||
20 | jurisdiction; or
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21 | (b) In case of a birth certificate, upon the | ||||||
22 | specific written
request for a certification or | ||||||
23 | certified copy by the person, if of legal
age, by a | ||||||
24 | parent or other legal representative of the person to | ||||||
25 | whom the
record of birth relates, or by a person having | ||||||
26 | a genealogical interest; or
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1 | (c) Upon the specific written request for a | ||||||
2 | certification or certified
copy by a department of the | ||||||
3 | state or a municipal corporation or the federal
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4 | government; or
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5 | (c-1) Upon the specific written request for a | ||||||
6 | certification or certified
copy by a State's Attorney | ||||||
7 | for the purpose of a criminal prosecution; or | ||||||
8 | (d) In case of a death or fetal death certificate, | ||||||
9 | upon specific
written request for a certified copy by | ||||||
10 | a person, or his duly authorized
agent, having a | ||||||
11 | genealogical, personal or property right interest in
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12 | the record.
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13 | A genealogical interest shall be a proper purpose with | ||||||
14 | respect to
births which occurred not less than 75 years | ||||||
15 | and deaths which occurred not
less than 20 years prior to | ||||||
16 | the date of written request. Where the purpose
of the | ||||||
17 | request is a genealogical interest, the custodian shall | ||||||
18 | stamp the
certification or copy with the words, FOR | ||||||
19 | GENEALOGICAL PURPOSES ONLY.
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20 | (5) Any certification or certified copy issued | ||||||
21 | pursuant to this
Section shall show the date of | ||||||
22 | registration; and copies issued from
records marked | ||||||
23 | "delayed," "amended," or "court order" shall be similarly
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24 | marked and show the effective date.
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25 | (6) Any certification or certified copy of a | ||||||
26 | certificate issued in
accordance with this Section shall |
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1 | be considered as prima facie evidence
of the facts therein | ||||||
2 | stated, provided that the evidentiary value of a
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3 | certificate or record filed more than one year after the | ||||||
4 | event, or a
record which has been amended, shall be | ||||||
5 | determined by the judicial or
administrative body or | ||||||
6 | official before whom the certificate is offered
as | ||||||
7 | evidence.
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8 | (7) Any certification or certified copy issued | ||||||
9 | pursuant to this
Section shall be issued without charge | ||||||
10 | when the record is required by
the United States Veterans | ||||||
11 | Administration or by any accredited veterans
organization | ||||||
12 | to be used in determining the eligibility of any person to
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13 | participate in benefits available from such organization. | ||||||
14 | Requests for
such copies must be in accordance with | ||||||
15 | Sections 1 and 2 of "An Act to
provide for the furnishing | ||||||
16 | of copies of public documents to interested
parties," | ||||||
17 | approved May 17, 1935, as now or hereafter amended.
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18 | (8) The National Vital Statistics Division, or any | ||||||
19 | agency which may
be substituted therefor, may be furnished | ||||||
20 | such copies or data as it may
require for national | ||||||
21 | statistics; provided that the State shall be
reimbursed | ||||||
22 | for the cost of furnishing such data; and provided further
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23 | that such data shall not be used for other than | ||||||
24 | statistical purposes by
the National Vital Statistics | ||||||
25 | Division, or any agency which may be
substituted therefor, | ||||||
26 | unless so authorized by the State Registrar of
Vital |
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1 | Records.
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2 | (9) Federal, State, local, and other public or private | ||||||
3 | agencies may,
upon request, be furnished copies or data | ||||||
4 | for statistical purposes upon
such terms or conditions as | ||||||
5 | may be prescribed by the Department.
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6 | (10) The State Registrar of Vital Records, at his | ||||||
7 | discretion and in
the interest of promoting registration | ||||||
8 | of births, may issue, without
fee, to the parents or | ||||||
9 | guardian of any or every child whose birth has
been | ||||||
10 | registered in accordance with the provisions of this Act, | ||||||
11 | a special
notice of registration of birth.
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12 | (11) No person shall prepare or issue any certificate | ||||||
13 | which purports
to be an original, certified copy, or | ||||||
14 | certification of a certificate of
birth, death, or fetal | ||||||
15 | death, except as authorized in this Act or
regulations | ||||||
16 | adopted hereunder.
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17 | (12) A computer print-out of any record of birth, | ||||||
18 | death or fetal record
that may be certified under this | ||||||
19 | Section may be used
in place of such certification and | ||||||
20 | such computer print-out shall have the
same legal force | ||||||
21 | and effect as a certified copy of the document.
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22 | (13) The State Registrar may verify from the | ||||||
23 | information contained in
the index maintained by the State | ||||||
24 | Registrar the authenticity of information
on births, | ||||||
25 | deaths, marriages and dissolution of marriages provided to | ||||||
26 | a
federal agency or a public agency of another state by a |
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1 | person seeking
benefits or employment from the agency, | ||||||
2 | provided the agency pays a fee of $10.
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3 | (14) The State Registrar may issue commemorative birth | ||||||
4 | certificates to
persons eligible to receive birth | ||||||
5 | certificates under this Section upon the
payment of a fee | ||||||
6 | to be determined by the State Registrar.
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7 | (Source: P.A. 99-95, eff. 7-21-15; 100-42, eff. 1-1-18; | ||||||
8 | 100-724, eff. 8-3-18.)
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