HB4424 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
HB4424

Introduced , by Rep. Fred Crespo

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

15 ILCS 335/8	from Ch. 124, par. 28
15 ILCS 335/12	from Ch. 124, par. 32

Amends the Illinois Identification Card Act. Provides that every original, renewal, or duplicate non-Real ID identification card issued to a person who has reached his or her 65th birthday shall be permanent and need not be renewed. Provides that every original, renewal, or duplicate non-Real ID Illinois Person with a Disability Identification Card issued to a qualifying person shall expire 10 years thereafter. Removes a specified fee in connection with the issuance of Illinois Identification Cards. Effective immediately.

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning State government.

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

Section 5. The Illinois Identification Card Act is amended by changing Sections 8 and 12 as follows:

(15 ILCS 335/8) (from Ch. 124, par. 28)

Sec. 8. Expiration.

(a) Except as otherwise provided in this Section:

(1) Every identification card issued hereunder, except to persons who have reached their 15th birthday, but are not yet 21 years of age, persons who are 65 years of age or older, and persons who are issued an Illinois Person with a Disability Identification Card, shall expire 5 years from the ensuing birthday of the applicant and a renewal shall expire 5 years thereafter.

(2) Every original or renewal identification card issued to a person who has reached his or her 15th birthday, but is not yet 21 years of age shall expire 3 months after the person's 21st birthday.

(b) Except as provided elsewhere in this Section, every original, renewal, or duplicate: (i) non-Real ID identification card issued prior to July 1, 2017, to a person who has reached his or her 65th birthday shall be permanent and need not be renewed; (ii) REAL ID compliant identification card issued on or after July 1, 2017, to a person who has reached his or her 65th birthday shall expire 8 years thereafter; (iii) non-Real ID Illinois Person with a Disability Identification Card issued prior to July 1, 2017, to a qualifying person shall expire 10 years thereafter; and (iv) REAL ID compliant Illinois Person with a Disability Identification Card issued on or after July 1, 2017, shall expire 8 years thereafter. The Secretary of State shall promulgate rules setting forth the conditions and criteria for the renewal of all Illinois Person with a Disability Identification Cards.

(c) Every identification card or Illinois Person with a Disability Identification Card issued under this Act to an applicant who is not a United States citizen or permanent resident shall be marked "Limited Term" and shall expire on whichever is the earlier date of the following:

(1) as provided under subsection (a) or (b) of this Section;

(2) on the date the applicant's authorized stay in the United States terminates; or

(3) if the applicant's authorized stay is indefinite and the applicant is applying for a Limited Term REAL ID compliant identification card, one year from the date of issuance of the card.

(Source: P.A. 99-305, eff. 1-1-16; 99-511, eff. 1-1-17; 100-248, eff. 8-22-17.)

(15 ILCS 335/12) (from Ch. 124, par. 32)

Sec. 12. Fees concerning standard Illinois Identification Cards. The fees required under this Act for standard Illinois Identification Cards must accompany any application provided for in this Act, and the Secretary shall collect such fees as follows:

All fees collected under this Act shall be paid into the Road Fund of the State treasury, except that the following amounts shall be paid into the General Revenue Fund: (i) 80% of the fee for an original, renewal, or duplicate Illinois Identification Card issued on or after January 1, 2005; and (ii) 80% of the fee for a corrected Illinois Identification Card issued on or after January 1, 2005.

An individual, who resides in a veterans home or veterans hospital operated by the State or federal government, who makes an application for an Illinois Identification Card to be issued at no fee, must submit, along with the application, an affirmation by the applicant on a form provided by the Secretary of State, that such person resides in a veterans home or veterans hospital operated by the State or federal government.

The application of a homeless individual for an Illinois Identification Card to be issued at no fee must be accompanied by an affirmation by a qualified person, as defined in Section 4C of this Act, on a form provided by the Secretary of State, that the applicant is currently homeless as defined in Section 1A of this Act.

For the application for the first Illinois Identification Card of a youth for whom the Department of Children and Family Services is legally responsible or a foster child to be issued at no fee, the youth must submit, along with the application, an affirmation by his or her court appointed attorney or an employee of the Department of Children and Family Services on a form provided by the Secretary of State, that the person is a youth for whom the Department of Children and Family Services is legally responsible or a foster child.

The fee for any duplicate identification card shall be waived for any person who presents the Secretary of State's Office with a police report showing that his or her identification card was stolen.

The fee for any duplicate identification card shall be waived for any person age 60 or older whose identification card has been lost or stolen.

As used in this Section, "active-duty member of the United States Armed Forces" means a member of the Armed Services or Reserve Forces of the United States or a member of the Illinois National Guard who is called to active duty pursuant to an executive order of the President of the United States, an act of the Congress of the United States, or an order of the Governor.

(Source: P.A. 99-607, eff. 7-22-16; 99-659, eff. 7-28-17; 99-907, eff. 7-1-17; 100-201, eff. 8-18-17.)

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.