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    AN ACT concerning transportation.

 
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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 changing 
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Section 6-117 as follows:
 



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    (625 ILCS 5/6-117)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 6-117)



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    Sec. 6-117. Records to be kept by the Secretary of State. 

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    (a) The Secretary of State shall file every application for 
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a license or
permit accepted under this Chapter, and shall 
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maintain suitable
indexes thereof. The records of the Secretary 
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of State shall indicate the
action taken with respect to such 
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applications.

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    (b) The Secretary of State shall maintain appropriate 
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records of all
licenses and permits refused, cancelled, 
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disqualified, revoked, or suspended and of the
revocation,


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suspension, and disqualification of driving privileges of 
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persons not licensed
under this Chapter, and such records shall 
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note the reasons for such
action.

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    (c) The Secretary of State shall maintain appropriate 
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records of
convictions reported under this Chapter. Records of 
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conviction may be
maintained in a computer processible medium.

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    (d) The Secretary of State may also maintain appropriate 
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records of any
accident reports received.

 


 






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    (e) The Secretary of State shall also maintain appropriate 
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records
of any disposition of supervision or records
relative

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to a driver's referral to a driver remedial or rehabilitative 
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program, as
required by the Secretary of State or the courts.  
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Such records shall only
be available for use by the Secretary, 
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the driver licensing administrator of any other state, law 
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enforcement agencies, the
courts, and the affected driver or, 
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upon proper verification,
such affected driver's attorney.

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    (f) The Secretary of State shall also maintain or contract 
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to maintain
appropriate records of all photographs and 
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signatures obtained in the process
of issuing any driver's 
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license, permit, or identification card.  The record
shall be 
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confidential and shall not be disclosed except to those 
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entities
listed under Section 6-110.1 of this Code.

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    (g) The Secretary of State may establish a First Person 
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Consent organ and tissue donor registry in compliance with 
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subsection (b-1) of Section 5-20 of the Illinois Anatomical 
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Gift Act, as follows:
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            (1)  The Secretary shall offer, to each applicant 
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    for issuance or renewal of a driver's license or 
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    identification card who is 18 years of age or older, the 
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    opportunity to have his or her name included in the First 
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    Person Consent organ and tissue donor registry. The 
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    Secretary must advise the applicant or licensee that he or 
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    she is under no compulsion to have his or her name included 
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    in the registry. An individual who agrees to having his or 
 


 






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    her name included in the First Person Consent organ and 
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    tissue donor registry has given full legal consent to the 
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    donation of any of his or her organs or tissue upon his or 
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    her death.  A brochure explaining this method of executing 
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    an anatomical gift must be given to each applicant for 
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    issuance or renewal of a driver's license or identification 
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    card.  The brochure must advise the applicant or licensee 
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    (i) that he or she is under no compulsion to have his or 
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    her name included in this registry and (ii) that he or she 
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    may wish to consult with family, friends, or clergy before 
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    doing so.
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            (2)  The Secretary of State may establish 
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    additional methods by which an individual may have his or 
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    her name included in the First Person Consent organ and 
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    tissue donor registry.
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            (3)  When an individual has agreed to have his or 
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    her name included in the First Person Consent organ and 
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    tissue donor registry, the Secretary of State shall note 
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    that agreement in the First Person consent organ and tissue 
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    donor registry.   Representatives of federally designated 
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    organ procurement agencies and tissue banks and the offices 
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    of Illinois county coroners and medical examiners may 
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    inquire of the Secretary of State whether a potential organ 
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    donor's name is included in the First Person Consent organ 
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    and tissue donor registry, and the Secretary of State may 
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    provide that information to the representative.
 


 






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            (4)  An individual may withdraw his or her consent 
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    to be listed in the First Person Consent organ and tissue 
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    donor registry maintained by the Secretary of State by 
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    notifying the Secretary of State in writing, or by any 
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    other means approved by the Secretary, of the individual's 
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    decision to have his or her name removed from the registry.
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            (5)  The Secretary of State may undertake 
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    additional efforts, including education and awareness 
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    activities, to promote organ and tissue donation.
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            (6)  In the absence of gross negligence or willful 
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    misconduct, the Secretary  of State and his or her employees 
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    are immune from any civil or criminal liability in 
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    connection with an individual's consent to be listed in the 
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    organ and tissue donor registry.

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(Source: P.A. 94-75, eff. 1-1-06; 95-382, eff. 8-23-07.)


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