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| AN ACT concerning State government.
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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 Identification Card Act is amended |
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| by changing Section 4 as follows:
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| (15 ILCS 335/4) (from Ch. 124, par. 24)
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| Sec. 4. Identification Card.
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| (a) The Secretary of State shall issue a
standard Illinois |
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| Identification Card to any natural person who is a resident
of |
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| the State of Illinois who applies for such card, or renewal |
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| thereof,
or who applies for a standard Illinois Identification |
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| Card upon release as a
committed person on parole, mandatory |
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| supervised release, final discharge, or
pardon from the |
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| Department of Corrections by submitting an identification card
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| issued by the Department of Corrections under Section 3-14-1 of |
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| the Unified
Code of Corrections,
together with the prescribed |
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| fees. No identification card shall be issued to any person who |
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| holds a valid
foreign state
identification card, license, or |
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| permit unless the person first surrenders to
the Secretary of
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| State the valid foreign state identification card, license, or |
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| permit. The card shall be prepared and
supplied by the |
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| Secretary of State and shall include a photograph and signature |
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| or mark of the
applicant. The applicant, upon receipt of a card |
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| and prior to its use
for any purpose, shall affix his signature |
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| thereon in the space provided
therefor. The Illinois |
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| Identification Card may be used for
identification purposes in |
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| any lawful situation only by the person to
whom it was issued.
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| As used in this Act, "photograph" means any color photograph or |
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| digitally
produced and captured image of an applicant for an |
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| identification card. As
used in this Act, "signature" means the |
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| name of a person as written by that
person and captured in a |
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| manner acceptable to the Secretary of State.
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| (b) The Secretary of State shall issue a special Illinois
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| Identification Card, which shall be known as an Illinois |
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| Disabled Person
Identification Card, to any natural person who |
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| is a resident of the State
of Illinois, who is a disabled |
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| person as defined in Section 4A of this Act,
who applies for |
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| such card, or renewal thereof. No Disabled Person |
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| Identification Card shall be issued to any person who
holds a |
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| valid
foreign state identification card, license, or permit |
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| unless the person first
surrenders to the
Secretary of State |
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| the valid foreign state identification card, license, or
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| permit. The Secretary of State
shall charge no fee to issue |
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| such card. The card shall be prepared and
supplied by the |
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| Secretary of State, and shall include a photograph and |
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| signature or mark of the
applicant, a designation indicating |
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| that the card is an Illinois Disabled
Person Identification |
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| Card, and shall include a comprehensible designation
of the |
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| type and classification of the applicant's disability as set |
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| out in
Section 4A of this Act. If the applicant so requests, |
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| the card shall
include a description of the applicant's |
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| disability and any information
about the applicant's |
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| disability or medical history which the Secretary
determines |
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| would be helpful to the applicant in securing emergency medical
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| care. The applicant, upon receipt of such a card and prior to |
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| its use for
any purpose, shall have affixed thereon in the |
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| space provided therefor his
signature or mark. If a mark is |
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| used in lieu of a signature, such mark
shall be affixed to the |
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| card in the presence of two witnesses who attest to
the |
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| authenticity of the mark. The Illinois
Disabled Person |
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| Identification Card may be used for identification purposes
in |
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| any lawful situation by the person to whom it was issued.
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| The Illinois Disabled Person Identification Card may be |
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| used as adequate
documentation of disability in lieu of a |
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| physician's determination of
disability, a determination of |
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| disability from a physician assistant who has
been delegated |
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| the authority to make this determination by his or her
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| supervising physician, a determination of disability from an |
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| advanced practice
nurse who has a written collaborative |
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| agreement with a collaborating physician
that
authorizes the |
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| advanced practice nurse to make this determination, or any
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| other documentation
of disability whenever
any
State law
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| requires that a disabled person provide such documentation of |
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| disability,
however an Illinois Disabled Person Identification |
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| Card shall not qualify
the cardholder to participate in any |
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| program or to receive any benefit
which is not available to all |
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| persons with like disabilities.
Notwithstanding any other |
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| provisions of law, an Illinois Disabled Person
Identification |
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| Card, or evidence that the Secretary of State has issued an
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| Illinois Disabled Person Identification Card, shall not be used |
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| by any
person other than the person named on such card to prove |
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| that the person
named on such card is a disabled person or for |
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| any other purpose unless the
card is used for the benefit of |
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| the person named on such card, and the
person named on such |
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| card consents to such use at the time the card is so used.
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| An optometrist's determination of a visual disability |
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| under Section 4A of this Act is acceptable as documentation for |
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| the purpose of issuing an Illinois Disabled Person |
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| Identification Card. |
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| When medical information is contained on an Illinois |
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| Disabled Person
Identification Card, the Office of the |
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| Secretary of State shall not be
liable for any actions taken |
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| based upon that medical information.
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| (c) Beginning January 1, 1986, the Secretary of State shall |
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| provide
that each original or renewal Illinois Identification |
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| Card or Illinois
Disabled Person Identification Card issued to |
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| a person under the age of 21,
shall be of a distinct nature |
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| from those Illinois Identification Cards or
Illinois Disabled |
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| Person Identification Cards issued to individuals 21
years of |
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| age or older. The color designated for Illinois Identification
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| Cards or Illinois Disabled Person Identification Cards for |
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| persons under
the age of 21 shall be at the discretion of the |
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| Secretary of State.
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| (c-1) Beginning January 1, 2003, each original or renewal |
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| Illinois
Identification Card or Illinois Disabled Person |
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| Identification Card issued to
a person under the age of 21 |
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| shall display the date upon which the person
becomes 18 years |
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| of age and the date upon which the person becomes 21 years of
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| age.
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| (d) The Secretary of State may issue a Senior Citizen
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| discount card, to any natural person who is a resident of the |
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| State of
Illinois who is 60 years of age or older and who |
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| applies for such a card or
renewal thereof. The Secretary of |
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| State shall charge no fee to issue such
card. The card shall be |
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| issued in every county and applications shall be
made available |
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| at, but not limited to, nutrition sites, senior citizen
centers |
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| and Area Agencies on Aging. The applicant, upon receipt of such
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| card and prior to its use for any purpose, shall have affixed |
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| thereon in
the space provided therefor his signature or mark.
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| (e) The Secretary of State, in his or her discretion, may |
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| designate on each Illinois
Identification Card or Illinois |
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| Disabled Person Identification Card a space where the card |
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| holder may place a sticker or decal, issued by the Secretary of |
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| State, of uniform size as the Secretary may specify, that shall |
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| indicate in appropriate language that the card holder has |
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| renewed his or her Illinois
Identification Card or Illinois |
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| Disabled Person Identification Card. |