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93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
HB4327
Introduced 02/02/04, by Karen May SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code.
Provides that the Secretary of State and the Department of State Police shall
jointly develop policies and procedures to capture and encode fingerprint
information on driver's licenses and identification cards issued by the
Secretary. Provides that the Secretary and the Department shall submit a
report to the Governor and the General Assembly not later than April 1,
2005 on the proposed policies, procedures, costs of implementation, and any
recommended changes to rules and statutes. Provides that the Secretary shall
implement procedures to capture and encode fingerprint information on all
Illinois residents who wish to have that information on their driver's licenses
and identification cards issued on or after January 1, 2007.
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A BILL FOR
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HB4327 |
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LRB093 18274 DRH 43977 b |
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| AN ACT in relation to vehicles.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by adding |
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| Section 6-117.1
as
follows:
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| (625 ILCS 5/6-117.1 new)
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| Sec. 6-117.1. Fingerprint identification.
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| (a) A fingerprint-based driver's license and |
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| identification card is
needed in light of terrorism and |
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| identity theft.
Linking digital photographs with a name |
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| confirmed by
fingerprints prevents and reduces fraud in |
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| commercial transactions,
transportation security, and benefits |
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| provided by government entitlement
programs.
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| The 150 Secretary of State facilities could be used to |
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| create a
data entry point with easy access to consumers, and |
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| this could interface with
the State Police's databank of |
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| 3,000,000 records in the Automated
Fingerprint Identification |
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| System.
Our State infrastructure can also link with the federal
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| government.
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| The General Assembly finds that reliable biometric |
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| identification for
all driver's licenses and identification |
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| cards issued by the Secretary of State
is a positive step for |
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| the safety and security of Illinois residents and
personal
and |
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| public property. Fingerprint technology has been proven to |
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| provide
accurate, reliable, and timely identification in a wide |
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| variety of
applications,
and the need will be even greater as |
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| our country deals with terrorism.
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| (b) The Secretary of State and the Department of State |
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| Police shall jointly
develop policies and procedures to capture |
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| and encode fingerprint
information on driver's licenses and |
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| identification cards issued by the
Secretary.
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| (c) The Secretary and the Department of State Police shall |