Sen. M. Maggie Crotty
Filed: 4/9/2008
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1 | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 993
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 993 by replacing | ||||||
3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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4 | "Section 5. The Illinois Identification Card Act is amended | ||||||
5 | by adding Section 11A as follows: | ||||||
6 | (15 ILCS 335/11A new) | ||||||
7 | Sec. 11A. Emergency contact database. | ||||||
8 | (a) The Secretary of State shall establish a database of | ||||||
9 | the emergency contacts of persons who hold identification | ||||||
10 | cards. Information in the database shall be accessible only to | ||||||
11 | employees of the Office of the Secretary and law enforcement | ||||||
12 | officers employed by a law enforcement agency. | ||||||
13 | (b) Any person holding an identification card shall be | ||||||
14 | afforded the opportunity to provide the Secretary of State, in | ||||||
15 | a manner and form designated by the Secretary of State, the | ||||||
16 | name, address, telephone number, and relationship to the holder |
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1 | of no more than 2 emergency contact persons whom the holder | ||||||
2 | wishes to be contacted by a law enforcement officer if the | ||||||
3 | holder is involved in a motor vehicle accident or other | ||||||
4 | emergency situation and the holder is unable to communicate | ||||||
5 | with the contact person or persons. A contact person need not | ||||||
6 | be the holder's next of kin. | ||||||
7 | (c) The Secretary shall adopt rules to implement this | ||||||
8 | Section. At a minimum, the rules shall address all of the | ||||||
9 | following: | ||||||
10 | (1) the method whereby a holder may provide the | ||||||
11 | Secretary of State with emergency contact information; | ||||||
12 | (2) the method whereby a holder may provide the | ||||||
13 | Secretary of State with a change to the emergency contact | ||||||
14 | information; and | ||||||
15 | (3) any other aspect of the database or its operation | ||||||
16 | that the Secretary determines is necessary to implement | ||||||
17 | this Section. | ||||||
18 | (d) If a person involved in a motor vehicle accident or | ||||||
19 | other emergency situation is unable to communicate with the | ||||||
20 | contact person or persons specified in the database, a law | ||||||
21 | enforcement officer shall make a good faith effort to notify | ||||||
22 | the contact person or persons of the situation. Neither the law | ||||||
23 | enforcement officer nor the law enforcement agency that employs | ||||||
24 | that law enforcement officer incurs any liability, however, if | ||||||
25 | the law enforcement officer is not able to make contact with | ||||||
26 | the contact person. |
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1 | (e) The Secretary of State shall make a good faith effort | ||||||
2 | to maintain accurate data as provided by the identification | ||||||
3 | card holder and to provide that information to law enforcement | ||||||
4 | as provided in subsection (a). The Secretary of State is not | ||||||
5 | liable for any damages, costs, or expenses, including, without | ||||||
6 | limitation, consequential damages, arising or resulting from | ||||||
7 | any inaccurate data or system unavailability. | ||||||
8 | Section 10. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by adding | ||||||
9 | Section 6-117.2 as follows: | ||||||
10 | (625 ILCS 5/6-117.2 new) | ||||||
11 | Sec. 6-117.2. Emergency contact database. | ||||||
12 | (a) The Secretary of State shall establish a database of | ||||||
13 | the emergency contacts of persons who hold a driver's license, | ||||||
14 | instruction permit, or any other type of driving permit issued | ||||||
15 | by the Secretary of State. Information in the database shall be | ||||||
16 | accessible only to employees of the Office of the Secretary and | ||||||
17 | law enforcement officers employed by a law enforcement agency. | ||||||
18 | (b) Any person holding a driver's license, instruction | ||||||
19 | permit, or any other type of driving permit issued by the | ||||||
20 | Secretary of State shall be afforded the opportunity to provide | ||||||
21 | the Secretary of State, in a manner and form designated by the | ||||||
22 | Secretary of State, the name, address, telephone number, and | ||||||
23 | relationship to the holder of no more than 2 emergency contact | ||||||
24 | persons whom the holder wishes to be contacted by a law |
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1 | enforcement officer if the holder is involved in a motor | ||||||
2 | vehicle accident or other emergency situation and the holder is | ||||||
3 | unable to communicate with the contact person or persons. A | ||||||
4 | contact person need not be the holder's next of kin. | ||||||
5 | (c) The Secretary shall adopt rules to implement this | ||||||
6 | Section. At a minimum, the rules shall address all of the | ||||||
7 | following: | ||||||
8 | (1) the method whereby a holder may provide the | ||||||
9 | Secretary of State with emergency contact information; | ||||||
10 | (2) the method whereby a holder may provide the | ||||||
11 | Secretary of State with a change to the emergency contact | ||||||
12 | information; and | ||||||
13 | (3) any other aspect of the database or its operation | ||||||
14 | that the Secretary determines is necessary to implement | ||||||
15 | this Section. | ||||||
16 | (d) If a person involved in a motor vehicle accident or | ||||||
17 | other emergency situation is unable to communicate with the | ||||||
18 | contact person or persons specified in the database, a law | ||||||
19 | enforcement officer shall make a good faith effort to notify | ||||||
20 | the contact person or persons of the situation. Neither the law | ||||||
21 | enforcement officer nor the law enforcement agency that employs | ||||||
22 | that law enforcement officer incurs any liability, however, if | ||||||
23 | the law enforcement officer is not able to make contact with | ||||||
24 | the contact person. | ||||||
25 | (e) The Secretary of State shall make a good faith effort | ||||||
26 | to maintain accurate data as provided by the driver's license |
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1 | or instruction permit holder and to provide that information to | ||||||
2 | law enforcement as provided in subsection (a). The Secretary of | ||||||
3 | State is not liable for any damages, costs, or expenses, | ||||||
4 | including, without limitation, consequential damages, arising | ||||||
5 | or resulting from any inaccurate data or system unavailability.
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6 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, | ||||||
7 | 2009.".
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