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Rep. Ann M. Williams
Filed: 4/12/2021
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2590
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| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2590 by replacing |
| 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| 4 | | "Section 5. The Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of |
| 5 | | Marriage Act is amended by adding Section 221 as follows:
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| 6 | | (750 ILCS 5/221 new) |
| 7 | | Sec. 221. Name change on marriage certificate. For a |
| 8 | | person married in any county in this State, the county clerk |
| 9 | | shall issue a new marriage certificate when it receives legal |
| 10 | | documentation indicating that one of the parties listed on the |
| 11 | | certificate has legally changed names. An order for name |
| 12 | | change issued pursuant to Section 21-101 of the Code of Civil |
| 13 | | Procedure shall be the only legal documentation that a county |
| 14 | | clerk may require. The new marriage certificate shall reflect |
| 15 | | the legal name change and shall bear no additional markings.
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