103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB2973

 

Introduced 2/16/2023, by Rep. Christopher "C.D" Davidsmeyer

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
New Act
5 ILCS 140/7
10 ILCS 5/10-10.3 new
15 ILCS 335/4  from Ch. 124, par. 24
15 ILCS 335/5  from Ch. 124, par. 25
625 ILCS 5/3-405  from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-405
625 ILCS 5/6-106  from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 6-106
625 ILCS 5/6-110  from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 6-110

    Creates the Public Safety and Justice Privacy Act. Defines terms. Provides that government agencies, persons, businesses, and associations shall not publicly post or display publicly available content that includes a law enforcement officer's, prosecutor's, public defender's, or probation officer's ("officials") personal information, provided that the government agency, person, business, or association has received a written request from the person that it refrain from disclosing the person's personal information. Provides injunctive or declaratory relief if the Act is violated. Includes procedures for a written request. Provides that it is a Class 3 felony for any person to knowingly publicly post on the Internet the personal information of an official or an official's immediate family under specified circumstances. Excludes criminal penalties for employees of government agencies who publish information in good faith during the ordinary course of carrying out public functions. Provides that the Act and any rules adopted to implement the Act shall be construed broadly to favor the protection of the personal information of officials. Amends various Acts and Codes allowing an official to list a business address rather than a home address and makes conforming changes. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning privacy.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Public
5Safety and Justice Privacy Act.
 
6    Section 5. Definitions. As used in this Act:
7    "Assistant Public Defender" and "Assistant State's
8Attorney" have the meanings given to those terms in Section 15
9of the Public Interest Attorney Assistance Act.
10    "Government agency", "personal information", "publicly
11available content", and "publicly post" or "publicly display"
12have the meanings given to those terms in 1-10 of Judicial
13Privacy Act.
14    "Home address" includes an official's permanent residence
15and any secondary residences affirmatively identified by the
16official, but does not include an official's work address.
17    "Immediate family" includes an official's spouse, child,
18parent, or any blood relative of the official or the
19official's spouse who lives in the same residence.
20    "Law enforcement officer" has the meaning given to that
21term in Section 5 of the Law Enforcement Officer Bulletproof
22Vest Act.
23    "Official" includes:

 

 

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1        (1) Law enforcement officers.
2        (2) Prosecutors.
3        (3) Public defenders.
4        (4) Probation officers.
5    "Probation officer" has the meaning given to that term in
6Section 9b of the Probation and Probation Officers Act.
7    "Prosecutor" means a State's Attorney, Assistant State's
8Attorney, or a prosecutor for a unit of local government.
9    "Public defender" means a Public Defender or an Assistant
10Public Defender.
11    "Written request" means written notice signed by an
12official or a representative of the official's employer
13requesting a government agency, person, business, or
14association to refrain from posting or displaying publicly
15available content that includes the official's personal
16information.
 
17    Section 10. Publicly posting or displaying an official's
18personal information by government agencies.
19    (a) Government agencies shall not publicly post or display
20publicly available content that includes an official's
21personal information, provided that the government agency has
22received a written request in accordance with Section 20 that
23it refrain from disclosing the official's personal
24information. After a government agency has received a written
25request, that agency shall remove the official's personal

 

 

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1information from publicly available content within 5 business
2days. After the government agency has removed the official's
3personal information from publicly available content, the
4agency shall not publicly post or display the information and
5the official's personal information shall be exempt from the
6Freedom of Information Act unless the government agency has
7received consent from the official to make the personal
8information available to the public.
9    (b) If a government agency fails to comply with a written
10request to refrain from disclosing personal information, the
11official may bring an action in the circuit court seeking
12injunctive or declaratory relief.
 
13    Section 15. Publicly posting an official's personal
14information on the Internet by persons, businesses, and
15associations.
16    (a) Prohibited Conduct.
17        (1) All persons, businesses, and associations shall
18    refrain from publicly posting or displaying on the
19    Internet publicly available content that includes an
20    official's personal information, provided that the
21    official has made a written request to the person,
22    business, or association that it refrain from disclosing
23    the personal information.
24        (2) No person, business, or association shall solicit,
25    sell, or trade on the Internet an official's personal

 

 

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1    information with the intent to pose an imminent and
2    serious threat to the health and safety of the official or
3    the official's immediate family.
4        (3) This subsection includes, but is not limited to,
5    Internet phone directories, Internet search engines,
6    Internet data aggregators, and Internet service providers.
7    (b) Required Conduct.
8        (1) After a person, business, or association has
9    received a written request from an official to protect the
10    privacy of the officer's personal information, that
11    person, business, or association shall have 72 hours to
12    remove the personal information from the Internet.
13        (2) After a person, business, or association has
14    received a written request from an official, that person,
15    business, or association shall ensure that the official's
16    personal information is not made available on any website
17    or subsidiary website controlled by that person, business,
18    or association.
19        (3) After receiving an official's written request, no
20    person, business, or association shall transfer the
21    official's personal information to any other person,
22    business, or association through any medium.
23    (c) Redress. An official whose personal information is
24made public as a result of a violation of this Section may
25bring an action in the circuit court seeking injunctive or
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1declaratory relief, the person, business, or association
2responsible for the violation shall be required to pay the
3official's costs and reasonable attorney's fees.
 
4    Section 20. Procedure for completing a written request.
5    (a) No government agency, person, business, or association
6shall be found to have violated any provision of this Act if
7the official fails to submit a written request calling for the
8protection of the officer's personal information.
9    (b) A written request is valid if:
10        (1) the official sends a written request directly to a
11    government agency, person, business, or association; or
12        (2) the Secretary of State creates a policy and
13    procedure for an official to file the written request with
14    the Secretary of State to notify government agencies, the
15    official may send the written request to the Secretary of
16    State as provided in the policy and procedure. In each
17    quarter of a calendar year, the Secretary of State shall
18    provide a list of all officials who have submitted a
19    written request to it to the appropriate officer with
20    ultimate supervisory authority for a government agency.
21    The officer shall promptly provide a copy of the list to
22    any and all government agencies under his or her
23    supervision. Receipt of the written request list compiled
24    by the Secretary of State by a government agency shall
25    constitute a written request to that agency for the

 

 

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1    purposes of this Act.
2    (c) A representative from the official's employer may
3submit a written request on the official's behalf, provided
4that the official gives written consent to the representative
5and provided that the representative agrees to furnish a copy
6of that consent when a written request is made. The
7representative shall submit the written request as provided in
8subsection (b).
9    (d) An official's written request shall specify what
10personal information shall be maintained private.
11    If an official wishes to identify a secondary residence as
12a home address, the designation shall be made in the written
13request.
14    An official shall disclose the identity of the officer's
15immediate family and indicate that the personal information of
16these family members shall also be excluded to the extent that
17it could reasonably be expected to reveal the personal
18information of the official.
19    (e) An official's written request is valid until the
20official provides the government agency, person, business, or
21association with written permission to release the private
22information. An official's written request expires on death.
 
23    Section 25. Unlawful publication of personal information.
24    (a) It is unlawful for any person to knowingly publicly
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1or of the official's immediate family if the person knows or
2reasonably should know that publicly posting the personal
3information poses an imminent and serious threat to the health
4and safety of the official or the official's immediate family
5and the violation is a proximate cause of bodily injury or
6death of the official or a member of the official's immediate
7family. A person who violates this Section is guilty of a Class
83 felony.
9    (b) If an employee of a government agency has complied
10with the provisions of this Act, it is not a violation of
11subsection (a) if the employee publishes personal information,
12in good faith, on the website of the government agency in the
13ordinary course of carrying out public functions.
 
14    Section 30. Construction. This Act and any rules adopted
15to implement this Act shall be construed broadly to favor the
16protection of the personal information of officials.
 
17    Section 100. The Freedom of Information Act is amended by
18changing Section 7 as follows:
 
19    (5 ILCS 140/7)
20    (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 102-982)
21    Sec. 7. Exemptions.
22    (1) When a request is made to inspect or copy a public
23record that contains information that is exempt from

 

 

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1disclosure under this Section, but also contains information
2that is not exempt from disclosure, the public body may elect
3to redact the information that is exempt. The public body
4shall make the remaining information available for inspection
5and copying. Subject to this requirement, the following shall
6be exempt from inspection and copying:
7        (a) Information specifically prohibited from
8    disclosure by federal or State law or rules and
9    regulations implementing federal or State law.
10        (b) Private information, unless disclosure is required
11    by another provision of this Act, a State or federal law,
12    or a court order.
13        (b-5) Files, documents, and other data or databases
14    maintained by one or more law enforcement agencies and
15    specifically designed to provide information to one or
16    more law enforcement agencies regarding the physical or
17    mental status of one or more individual subjects.
18        (c) Personal information contained within public
19    records, the disclosure of which would constitute a
20    clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy, unless
21    the disclosure is consented to in writing by the
22    individual subjects of the information. "Unwarranted
23    invasion of personal privacy" means the disclosure of
24    information that is highly personal or objectionable to a
25    reasonable person and in which the subject's right to
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1    obtaining the information. The disclosure of information
2    that bears on the public duties of public employees and
3    officials shall not be considered an invasion of personal
4    privacy.
5        (d) Records in the possession of any public body
6    created in the course of administrative enforcement
7    proceedings, and any law enforcement or correctional
8    agency for law enforcement purposes, but only to the
9    extent that disclosure would:
10            (i) interfere with pending or actually and
11        reasonably contemplated law enforcement proceedings
12        conducted by any law enforcement or correctional
13        agency that is the recipient of the request;
14            (ii) interfere with active administrative
15        enforcement proceedings conducted by the public body
16        that is the recipient of the request;
17            (iii) create a substantial likelihood that a
18        person will be deprived of a fair trial or an impartial
19        hearing;
20            (iv) unavoidably disclose the identity of a
21        confidential source, confidential information
22        furnished only by the confidential source, or persons
23        who file complaints with or provide information to
24        administrative, investigative, law enforcement, or
25        penal agencies; except that the identities of
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1        reports, and rescue reports shall be provided by
2        agencies of local government, except when disclosure
3        would interfere with an active criminal investigation
4        conducted by the agency that is the recipient of the
5        request;
6            (v) disclose unique or specialized investigative
7        techniques other than those generally used and known
8        or disclose internal documents of correctional
9        agencies related to detection, observation, or
10        investigation of incidents of crime or misconduct, and
11        disclosure would result in demonstrable harm to the
12        agency or public body that is the recipient of the
13        request;
14            (vi) endanger the life or physical safety of law
15        enforcement personnel or any other person; or
16            (vii) obstruct an ongoing criminal investigation
17        by the agency that is the recipient of the request.
18        (d-5) A law enforcement record created for law
19    enforcement purposes and contained in a shared electronic
20    record management system if the law enforcement agency
21    that is the recipient of the request did not create the
22    record, did not participate in or have a role in any of the
23    events which are the subject of the record, and only has
24    access to the record through the shared electronic record
25    management system.
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1    Conduct Database under Section 9.2 of the Illinois Police
2    Training Act, except to the extent authorized under that
3    Section. This includes the documents supplied to the
4    Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board from the
5    Illinois State Police and Illinois State Police Merit
6    Board.
7        (e) Records that relate to or affect the security of
8    correctional institutions and detention facilities.
9        (e-5) Records requested by persons committed to the
10    Department of Corrections, Department of Human Services
11    Division of Mental Health, or a county jail if those
12    materials are available in the library of the correctional
13    institution or facility or jail where the inmate is
14    confined.
15        (e-6) Records requested by persons committed to the
16    Department of Corrections, Department of Human Services
17    Division of Mental Health, or a county jail if those
18    materials include records from staff members' personnel
19    files, staff rosters, or other staffing assignment
20    information.
21        (e-7) Records requested by persons committed to the
22    Department of Corrections or Department of Human Services
23    Division of Mental Health if those materials are available
24    through an administrative request to the Department of
25    Corrections or Department of Human Services Division of
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1        (e-8) Records requested by a person committed to the
2    Department of Corrections, Department of Human Services
3    Division of Mental Health, or a county jail, the
4    disclosure of which would result in the risk of harm to any
5    person or the risk of an escape from a jail or correctional
6    institution or facility.
7        (e-9) Records requested by a person in a county jail
8    or committed to the Department of Corrections or
9    Department of Human Services Division of Mental Health,
10    containing personal information pertaining to the person's
11    victim or the victim's family, including, but not limited
12    to, a victim's home address, home telephone number, work
13    or school address, work telephone number, social security
14    number, or any other identifying information, except as
15    may be relevant to a requester's current or potential case
16    or claim.
17        (e-10) Law enforcement records of other persons
18    requested by a person committed to the Department of
19    Corrections, Department of Human Services Division of
20    Mental Health, or a county jail, including, but not
21    limited to, arrest and booking records, mug shots, and
22    crime scene photographs, except as these records may be
23    relevant to the requester's current or potential case or
24    claim.
25        (f) Preliminary drafts, notes, recommendations,
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1    expressed, or policies or actions are formulated, except
2    that a specific record or relevant portion of a record
3    shall not be exempt when the record is publicly cited and
4    identified by the head of the public body. The exemption
5    provided in this paragraph (f) extends to all those
6    records of officers and agencies of the General Assembly
7    that pertain to the preparation of legislative documents.
8        (g) Trade secrets and commercial or financial
9    information obtained from a person or business where the
10    trade secrets or commercial or financial information are
11    furnished under a claim that they are proprietary,
12    privileged, or confidential, and that disclosure of the
13    trade secrets or commercial or financial information would
14    cause competitive harm to the person or business, and only
15    insofar as the claim directly applies to the records
16    requested.
17        The information included under this exemption includes
18    all trade secrets and commercial or financial information
19    obtained by a public body, including a public pension
20    fund, from a private equity fund or a privately held
21    company within the investment portfolio of a private
22    equity fund as a result of either investing or evaluating
23    a potential investment of public funds in a private equity
24    fund. The exemption contained in this item does not apply
25    to the aggregate financial performance information of a
26    private equity fund, nor to the identity of the fund's

 

 

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1    managers or general partners. The exemption contained in
2    this item does not apply to the identity of a privately
3    held company within the investment portfolio of a private
4    equity fund, unless the disclosure of the identity of a
5    privately held company may cause competitive harm.
6        Nothing contained in this paragraph (g) shall be
7    construed to prevent a person or business from consenting
8    to disclosure.
9        (h) Proposals and bids for any contract, grant, or
10    agreement, including information which if it were
11    disclosed would frustrate procurement or give an advantage
12    to any person proposing to enter into a contractor
13    agreement with the body, until an award or final selection
14    is made. Information prepared by or for the body in
15    preparation of a bid solicitation shall be exempt until an
16    award or final selection is made.
17        (i) Valuable formulae, computer geographic systems,
18    designs, drawings, and research data obtained or produced
19    by any public body when disclosure could reasonably be
20    expected to produce private gain or public loss. The
21    exemption for "computer geographic systems" provided in
22    this paragraph (i) does not extend to requests made by
23    news media as defined in Section 2 of this Act when the
24    requested information is not otherwise exempt and the only
25    purpose of the request is to access and disseminate
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1    legal rights of the general public.
2        (j) The following information pertaining to
3    educational matters:
4            (i) test questions, scoring keys, and other
5        examination data used to administer an academic
6        examination;
7            (ii) information received by a primary or
8        secondary school, college, or university under its
9        procedures for the evaluation of faculty members by
10        their academic peers;
11            (iii) information concerning a school or
12        university's adjudication of student disciplinary
13        cases, but only to the extent that disclosure would
14        unavoidably reveal the identity of the student; and
15            (iv) course materials or research materials used
16        by faculty members.
17        (k) Architects' plans, engineers' technical
18    submissions, and other construction related technical
19    documents for projects not constructed or developed in
20    whole or in part with public funds and the same for
21    projects constructed or developed with public funds,
22    including, but not limited to, power generating and
23    distribution stations and other transmission and
24    distribution facilities, water treatment facilities,
25    airport facilities, sport stadiums, convention centers,
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1    but only to the extent that disclosure would compromise
2    security.
3        (l) Minutes of meetings of public bodies closed to the
4    public as provided in the Open Meetings Act until the
5    public body makes the minutes available to the public
6    under Section 2.06 of the Open Meetings Act.
7        (m) Communications between a public body and an
8    attorney or auditor representing the public body that
9    would not be subject to discovery in litigation, and
10    materials prepared or compiled by or for a public body in
11    anticipation of a criminal, civil, or administrative
12    proceeding upon the request of an attorney advising the
13    public body, and materials prepared or compiled with
14    respect to internal audits of public bodies.
15        (n) Records relating to a public body's adjudication
16    of employee grievances or disciplinary cases; however,
17    this exemption shall not extend to the final outcome of
18    cases in which discipline is imposed.
19        (o) Administrative or technical information associated
20    with automated data processing operations, including, but
21    not limited to, software, operating protocols, computer
22    program abstracts, file layouts, source listings, object
23    modules, load modules, user guides, documentation
24    pertaining to all logical and physical design of
25    computerized systems, employee manuals, and any other
26    information that, if disclosed, would jeopardize the

 

 

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1    security of the system or its data or the security of
2    materials exempt under this Section.
3        (p) Records relating to collective negotiating matters
4    between public bodies and their employees or
5    representatives, except that any final contract or
6    agreement shall be subject to inspection and copying.
7        (q) Test questions, scoring keys, and other
8    examination data used to determine the qualifications of
9    an applicant for a license or employment.
10        (r) The records, documents, and information relating
11    to real estate purchase negotiations until those
12    negotiations have been completed or otherwise terminated.
13    With regard to a parcel involved in a pending or actually
14    and reasonably contemplated eminent domain proceeding
15    under the Eminent Domain Act, records, documents, and
16    information relating to that parcel shall be exempt except
17    as may be allowed under discovery rules adopted by the
18    Illinois Supreme Court. The records, documents, and
19    information relating to a real estate sale shall be exempt
20    until a sale is consummated.
21        (s) Any and all proprietary information and records
22    related to the operation of an intergovernmental risk
23    management association or self-insurance pool or jointly
24    self-administered health and accident cooperative or pool.
25    Insurance or self-insurance self insurance (including any
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1    self-insurance self insurance pool) claims, loss or risk
2    management information, records, data, advice, or
3    communications.
4        (t) Information contained in or related to
5    examination, operating, or condition reports prepared by,
6    on behalf of, or for the use of a public body responsible
7    for the regulation or supervision of financial
8    institutions, insurance companies, or pharmacy benefit
9    managers, unless disclosure is otherwise required by State
10    law.
11        (u) Information that would disclose or might lead to
12    the disclosure of secret or confidential information,
13    codes, algorithms, programs, or private keys intended to
14    be used to create electronic signatures under the Uniform
15    Electronic Transactions Act.
16        (v) Vulnerability assessments, security measures, and
17    response policies or plans that are designed to identify,
18    prevent, or respond to potential attacks upon a
19    community's population or systems, facilities, or
20    installations, but only to the extent that disclosure
21    could reasonably be expected to expose the vulnerability
22    or jeopardize the effectiveness of the measures, policies,
23    or plans, or the safety of the personnel who implement
24    them or the public. Information exempt under this item may
25    include such things as details pertaining to the
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1    the operation of communication systems or protocols, to
2    cybersecurity vulnerabilities, or to tactical operations.
3        (w) (Blank).
4        (x) Maps and other records regarding the location or
5    security of generation, transmission, distribution,
6    storage, gathering, treatment, or switching facilities
7    owned by a utility, by a power generator, or by the
8    Illinois Power Agency.
9        (y) Information contained in or related to proposals,
10    bids, or negotiations related to electric power
11    procurement under Section 1-75 of the Illinois Power
12    Agency Act and Section 16-111.5 of the Public Utilities
13    Act that is determined to be confidential and proprietary
14    by the Illinois Power Agency or by the Illinois Commerce
15    Commission.
16        (z) Information about students exempted from
17    disclosure under Section Sections 10-20.38 or 34-18.29 of
18    the School Code, and information about undergraduate
19    students enrolled at an institution of higher education
20    exempted from disclosure under Section 25 of the Illinois
21    Credit Card Marketing Act of 2009.
22        (aa) Information the disclosure of which is exempted
23    under the Viatical Settlements Act of 2009.
24        (bb) Records and information provided to a mortality
25    review team and records maintained by a mortality review
26    team appointed under the Department of Juvenile Justice

 

 

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1    Mortality Review Team Act.
2        (cc) Information regarding interments, entombments, or
3    inurnments of human remains that are submitted to the
4    Cemetery Oversight Database under the Cemetery Care Act or
5    the Cemetery Oversight Act, whichever is applicable.
6        (dd) Correspondence and records (i) that may not be
7    disclosed under Section 11-9 of the Illinois Public Aid
8    Code or (ii) that pertain to appeals under Section 11-8 of
9    the Illinois Public Aid Code.
10        (ee) The names, addresses, or other personal
11    information of persons who are minors and are also
12    participants and registrants in programs of park
13    districts, forest preserve districts, conservation
14    districts, recreation agencies, and special recreation
15    associations.
16        (ff) The names, addresses, or other personal
17    information of participants and registrants in programs of
18    park districts, forest preserve districts, conservation
19    districts, recreation agencies, and special recreation
20    associations where such programs are targeted primarily to
21    minors.
22        (gg) Confidential information described in Section
23    1-100 of the Illinois Independent Tax Tribunal Act of
24    2012.
25        (hh) The report submitted to the State Board of
26    Education by the School Security and Standards Task Force

 

 

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1    under item (8) of subsection (d) of Section 2-3.160 of the
2    School Code and any information contained in that report.
3        (ii) Records requested by persons committed to or
4    detained by the Department of Human Services under the
5    Sexually Violent Persons Commitment Act or committed to
6    the Department of Corrections under the Sexually Dangerous
7    Persons Act if those materials: (i) are available in the
8    library of the facility where the individual is confined;
9    (ii) include records from staff members' personnel files,
10    staff rosters, or other staffing assignment information;
11    or (iii) are available through an administrative request
12    to the Department of Human Services or the Department of
13    Corrections.
14        (jj) Confidential information described in Section
15    5-535 of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois.
16        (kk) The public body's credit card numbers, debit card
17    numbers, bank account numbers, Federal Employer
18    Identification Number, security code numbers, passwords,
19    and similar account information, the disclosure of which
20    could result in identity theft or impression or defrauding
21    of a governmental entity or a person.
22        (ll) Records concerning the work of the threat
23    assessment team of a school district, including, but not
24    limited to, any threat assessment procedure under the
25    School Safety Drill Act and any information contained in
26    the procedure.

 

 

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1        (mm) Information prohibited from being disclosed under
2    subsections (a) and (b) of Section 15 of the Student
3    Confidential Reporting Act.
4        (nn) (mm) Proprietary information submitted to the
5    Environmental Protection Agency under the Drug Take-Back
6    Act.
7        (oo) (mm) Records described in subsection (f) of
8    Section 3-5-1 of the Unified Code of Corrections.
9    (1.5) Any information exempt from disclosure under the
10Judicial Privacy Act and the Public Safety and Justice Privacy
11Act shall be redacted from public records prior to disclosure
12under this Act.
13    (2) A public record that is not in the possession of a
14public body but is in the possession of a party with whom the
15agency has contracted to perform a governmental function on
16behalf of the public body, and that directly relates to the
17governmental function and is not otherwise exempt under this
18Act, shall be considered a public record of the public body,
19for purposes of this Act.
20    (3) This Section does not authorize withholding of
21information or limit the availability of records to the
22public, except as stated in this Section or otherwise provided
23in this Act.
24(Source: P.A. 101-434, eff. 1-1-20; 101-452, eff. 1-1-20;
25101-455, eff. 8-23-19; 101-652, eff. 1-1-22; 102-38, eff.
266-25-21; 102-558, eff. 8-20-21; 102-694, eff. 1-7-22; 102-752,

 

 

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1eff. 5-6-22; 102-753, eff. 1-1-23; 102-776, eff. 1-1-23;
2102-791, eff. 5-13-22; 102-1055, eff. 6-10-22; revised
312-13-22.)
 
4    (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 102-982)
5    Sec. 7. Exemptions.
6    (1) When a request is made to inspect or copy a public
7record that contains information that is exempt from
8disclosure under this Section, but also contains information
9that is not exempt from disclosure, the public body may elect
10to redact the information that is exempt. The public body
11shall make the remaining information available for inspection
12and copying. Subject to this requirement, the following shall
13be exempt from inspection and copying:
14        (a) Information specifically prohibited from
15    disclosure by federal or State law or rules and
16    regulations implementing federal or State law.
17        (b) Private information, unless disclosure is required
18    by another provision of this Act, a State or federal law,
19    or a court order.
20        (b-5) Files, documents, and other data or databases
21    maintained by one or more law enforcement agencies and
22    specifically designed to provide information to one or
23    more law enforcement agencies regarding the physical or
24    mental status of one or more individual subjects.
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1    records, the disclosure of which would constitute a
2    clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy, unless
3    the disclosure is consented to in writing by the
4    individual subjects of the information. "Unwarranted
5    invasion of personal privacy" means the disclosure of
6    information that is highly personal or objectionable to a
7    reasonable person and in which the subject's right to
8    privacy outweighs any legitimate public interest in
9    obtaining the information. The disclosure of information
10    that bears on the public duties of public employees and
11    officials shall not be considered an invasion of personal
12    privacy.
13        (d) Records in the possession of any public body
14    created in the course of administrative enforcement
15    proceedings, and any law enforcement or correctional
16    agency for law enforcement purposes, but only to the
17    extent that disclosure would:
18            (i) interfere with pending or actually and
19        reasonably contemplated law enforcement proceedings
20        conducted by any law enforcement or correctional
21        agency that is the recipient of the request;
22            (ii) interfere with active administrative
23        enforcement proceedings conducted by the public body
24        that is the recipient of the request;
25            (iii) create a substantial likelihood that a
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1        hearing;
2            (iv) unavoidably disclose the identity of a
3        confidential source, confidential information
4        furnished only by the confidential source, or persons
5        who file complaints with or provide information to
6        administrative, investigative, law enforcement, or
7        penal agencies; except that the identities of
8        witnesses to traffic crashes, traffic crash reports,
9        and rescue reports shall be provided by agencies of
10        local government, except when disclosure would
11        interfere with an active criminal investigation
12        conducted by the agency that is the recipient of the
13        request;
14            (v) disclose unique or specialized investigative
15        techniques other than those generally used and known
16        or disclose internal documents of correctional
17        agencies related to detection, observation, or
18        investigation of incidents of crime or misconduct, and
19        disclosure would result in demonstrable harm to the
20        agency or public body that is the recipient of the
21        request;
22            (vi) endanger the life or physical safety of law
23        enforcement personnel or any other person; or
24            (vii) obstruct an ongoing criminal investigation
25        by the agency that is the recipient of the request.
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1    enforcement purposes and contained in a shared electronic
2    record management system if the law enforcement agency
3    that is the recipient of the request did not create the
4    record, did not participate in or have a role in any of the
5    events which are the subject of the record, and only has
6    access to the record through the shared electronic record
7    management system.
8        (d-6) Records contained in the Officer Professional
9    Conduct Database under Section 9.2 of the Illinois Police
10    Training Act, except to the extent authorized under that
11    Section. This includes the documents supplied to the
12    Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board from the
13    Illinois State Police and Illinois State Police Merit
14    Board.
15        (e) Records that relate to or affect the security of
16    correctional institutions and detention facilities.
17        (e-5) Records requested by persons committed to the
18    Department of Corrections, Department of Human Services
19    Division of Mental Health, or a county jail if those
20    materials are available in the library of the correctional
21    institution or facility or jail where the inmate is
22    confined.
23        (e-6) Records requested by persons committed to the
24    Department of Corrections, Department of Human Services
25    Division of Mental Health, or a county jail if those
26    materials include records from staff members' personnel

 

 

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1    files, staff rosters, or other staffing assignment
2    information.
3        (e-7) Records requested by persons committed to the
4    Department of Corrections or Department of Human Services
5    Division of Mental Health if those materials are available
6    through an administrative request to the Department of
7    Corrections or Department of Human Services Division of
8    Mental Health.
9        (e-8) Records requested by a person committed to the
10    Department of Corrections, Department of Human Services
11    Division of Mental Health, or a county jail, the
12    disclosure of which would result in the risk of harm to any
13    person or the risk of an escape from a jail or correctional
14    institution or facility.
15        (e-9) Records requested by a person in a county jail
16    or committed to the Department of Corrections or
17    Department of Human Services Division of Mental Health,
18    containing personal information pertaining to the person's
19    victim or the victim's family, including, but not limited
20    to, a victim's home address, home telephone number, work
21    or school address, work telephone number, social security
22    number, or any other identifying information, except as
23    may be relevant to a requester's current or potential case
24    or claim.
25        (e-10) Law enforcement records of other persons
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1    Corrections, Department of Human Services Division of
2    Mental Health, or a county jail, including, but not
3    limited to, arrest and booking records, mug shots, and
4    crime scene photographs, except as these records may be
5    relevant to the requester's current or potential case or
6    claim.
7        (f) Preliminary drafts, notes, recommendations,
8    memoranda, and other records in which opinions are
9    expressed, or policies or actions are formulated, except
10    that a specific record or relevant portion of a record
11    shall not be exempt when the record is publicly cited and
12    identified by the head of the public body. The exemption
13    provided in this paragraph (f) extends to all those
14    records of officers and agencies of the General Assembly
15    that pertain to the preparation of legislative documents.
16        (g) Trade secrets and commercial or financial
17    information obtained from a person or business where the
18    trade secrets or commercial or financial information are
19    furnished under a claim that they are proprietary,
20    privileged, or confidential, and that disclosure of the
21    trade secrets or commercial or financial information would
22    cause competitive harm to the person or business, and only
23    insofar as the claim directly applies to the records
24    requested.
25        The information included under this exemption includes
26    all trade secrets and commercial or financial information

 

 

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1    obtained by a public body, including a public pension
2    fund, from a private equity fund or a privately held
3    company within the investment portfolio of a private
4    equity fund as a result of either investing or evaluating
5    a potential investment of public funds in a private equity
6    fund. The exemption contained in this item does not apply
7    to the aggregate financial performance information of a
8    private equity fund, nor to the identity of the fund's
9    managers or general partners. The exemption contained in
10    this item does not apply to the identity of a privately
11    held company within the investment portfolio of a private
12    equity fund, unless the disclosure of the identity of a
13    privately held company may cause competitive harm.
14        Nothing contained in this paragraph (g) shall be
15    construed to prevent a person or business from consenting
16    to disclosure.
17        (h) Proposals and bids for any contract, grant, or
18    agreement, including information which if it were
19    disclosed would frustrate procurement or give an advantage
20    to any person proposing to enter into a contractor
21    agreement with the body, until an award or final selection
22    is made. Information prepared by or for the body in
23    preparation of a bid solicitation shall be exempt until an
24    award or final selection is made.
25        (i) Valuable formulae, computer geographic systems,
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1    by any public body when disclosure could reasonably be
2    expected to produce private gain or public loss. The
3    exemption for "computer geographic systems" provided in
4    this paragraph (i) does not extend to requests made by
5    news media as defined in Section 2 of this Act when the
6    requested information is not otherwise exempt and the only
7    purpose of the request is to access and disseminate
8    information regarding the health, safety, welfare, or
9    legal rights of the general public.
10        (j) The following information pertaining to
11    educational matters:
12            (i) test questions, scoring keys, and other
13        examination data used to administer an academic
14        examination;
15            (ii) information received by a primary or
16        secondary school, college, or university under its
17        procedures for the evaluation of faculty members by
18        their academic peers;
19            (iii) information concerning a school or
20        university's adjudication of student disciplinary
21        cases, but only to the extent that disclosure would
22        unavoidably reveal the identity of the student; and
23            (iv) course materials or research materials used
24        by faculty members.
25        (k) Architects' plans, engineers' technical
26    submissions, and other construction related technical

 

 

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1    documents for projects not constructed or developed in
2    whole or in part with public funds and the same for
3    projects constructed or developed with public funds,
4    including, but not limited to, power generating and
5    distribution stations and other transmission and
6    distribution facilities, water treatment facilities,
7    airport facilities, sport stadiums, convention centers,
8    and all government owned, operated, or occupied buildings,
9    but only to the extent that disclosure would compromise
10    security.
11        (l) Minutes of meetings of public bodies closed to the
12    public as provided in the Open Meetings Act until the
13    public body makes the minutes available to the public
14    under Section 2.06 of the Open Meetings Act.
15        (m) Communications between a public body and an
16    attorney or auditor representing the public body that
17    would not be subject to discovery in litigation, and
18    materials prepared or compiled by or for a public body in
19    anticipation of a criminal, civil, or administrative
20    proceeding upon the request of an attorney advising the
21    public body, and materials prepared or compiled with
22    respect to internal audits of public bodies.
23        (n) Records relating to a public body's adjudication
24    of employee grievances or disciplinary cases; however,
25    this exemption shall not extend to the final outcome of
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1        (o) Administrative or technical information associated
2    with automated data processing operations, including, but
3    not limited to, software, operating protocols, computer
4    program abstracts, file layouts, source listings, object
5    modules, load modules, user guides, documentation
6    pertaining to all logical and physical design of
7    computerized systems, employee manuals, and any other
8    information that, if disclosed, would jeopardize the
9    security of the system or its data or the security of
10    materials exempt under this Section.
11        (p) Records relating to collective negotiating matters
12    between public bodies and their employees or
13    representatives, except that any final contract or
14    agreement shall be subject to inspection and copying.
15        (q) Test questions, scoring keys, and other
16    examination data used to determine the qualifications of
17    an applicant for a license or employment.
18        (r) The records, documents, and information relating
19    to real estate purchase negotiations until those
20    negotiations have been completed or otherwise terminated.
21    With regard to a parcel involved in a pending or actually
22    and reasonably contemplated eminent domain proceeding
23    under the Eminent Domain Act, records, documents, and
24    information relating to that parcel shall be exempt except
25    as may be allowed under discovery rules adopted by the
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1    information relating to a real estate sale shall be exempt
2    until a sale is consummated.
3        (s) Any and all proprietary information and records
4    related to the operation of an intergovernmental risk
5    management association or self-insurance pool or jointly
6    self-administered health and accident cooperative or pool.
7    Insurance or self-insurance self insurance (including any
8    intergovernmental risk management association or
9    self-insurance self insurance pool) claims, loss or risk
10    management information, records, data, advice, or
11    communications.
12        (t) Information contained in or related to
13    examination, operating, or condition reports prepared by,
14    on behalf of, or for the use of a public body responsible
15    for the regulation or supervision of financial
16    institutions, insurance companies, or pharmacy benefit
17    managers, unless disclosure is otherwise required by State
18    law.
19        (u) Information that would disclose or might lead to
20    the disclosure of secret or confidential information,
21    codes, algorithms, programs, or private keys intended to
22    be used to create electronic signatures under the Uniform
23    Electronic Transactions Act.
24        (v) Vulnerability assessments, security measures, and
25    response policies or plans that are designed to identify,
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1    community's population or systems, facilities, or
2    installations, but only to the extent that disclosure
3    could reasonably be expected to expose the vulnerability
4    or jeopardize the effectiveness of the measures, policies,
5    or plans, or the safety of the personnel who implement
6    them or the public. Information exempt under this item may
7    include such things as details pertaining to the
8    mobilization or deployment of personnel or equipment, to
9    the operation of communication systems or protocols, to
10    cybersecurity vulnerabilities, or to tactical operations.
11        (w) (Blank).
12        (x) Maps and other records regarding the location or
13    security of generation, transmission, distribution,
14    storage, gathering, treatment, or switching facilities
15    owned by a utility, by a power generator, or by the
16    Illinois Power Agency.
17        (y) Information contained in or related to proposals,
18    bids, or negotiations related to electric power
19    procurement under Section 1-75 of the Illinois Power
20    Agency Act and Section 16-111.5 of the Public Utilities
21    Act that is determined to be confidential and proprietary
22    by the Illinois Power Agency or by the Illinois Commerce
23    Commission.
24        (z) Information about students exempted from
25    disclosure under Section Sections 10-20.38 or 34-18.29 of
26    the School Code, and information about undergraduate

 

 

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1    students enrolled at an institution of higher education
2    exempted from disclosure under Section 25 of the Illinois
3    Credit Card Marketing Act of 2009.
4        (aa) Information the disclosure of which is exempted
5    under the Viatical Settlements Act of 2009.
6        (bb) Records and information provided to a mortality
7    review team and records maintained by a mortality review
8    team appointed under the Department of Juvenile Justice
9    Mortality Review Team Act.
10        (cc) Information regarding interments, entombments, or
11    inurnments of human remains that are submitted to the
12    Cemetery Oversight Database under the Cemetery Care Act or
13    the Cemetery Oversight Act, whichever is applicable.
14        (dd) Correspondence and records (i) that may not be
15    disclosed under Section 11-9 of the Illinois Public Aid
16    Code or (ii) that pertain to appeals under Section 11-8 of
17    the Illinois Public Aid Code.
18        (ee) The names, addresses, or other personal
19    information of persons who are minors and are also
20    participants and registrants in programs of park
21    districts, forest preserve districts, conservation
22    districts, recreation agencies, and special recreation
23    associations.
24        (ff) The names, addresses, or other personal
25    information of participants and registrants in programs of
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1    districts, recreation agencies, and special recreation
2    associations where such programs are targeted primarily to
3    minors.
4        (gg) Confidential information described in Section
5    1-100 of the Illinois Independent Tax Tribunal Act of
6    2012.
7        (hh) The report submitted to the State Board of
8    Education by the School Security and Standards Task Force
9    under item (8) of subsection (d) of Section 2-3.160 of the
10    School Code and any information contained in that report.
11        (ii) Records requested by persons committed to or
12    detained by the Department of Human Services under the
13    Sexually Violent Persons Commitment Act or committed to
14    the Department of Corrections under the Sexually Dangerous
15    Persons Act if those materials: (i) are available in the
16    library of the facility where the individual is confined;
17    (ii) include records from staff members' personnel files,
18    staff rosters, or other staffing assignment information;
19    or (iii) are available through an administrative request
20    to the Department of Human Services or the Department of
21    Corrections.
22        (jj) Confidential information described in Section
23    5-535 of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois.
24        (kk) The public body's credit card numbers, debit card
25    numbers, bank account numbers, Federal Employer
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1    and similar account information, the disclosure of which
2    could result in identity theft or impression or defrauding
3    of a governmental entity or a person.
4        (ll) Records concerning the work of the threat
5    assessment team of a school district, including, but not
6    limited to, any threat assessment procedure under the
7    School Safety Drill Act and any information contained in
8    the procedure.
9        (mm) Information prohibited from being disclosed under
10    subsections (a) and (b) of Section 15 of the Student
11    Confidential Reporting Act.
12        (nn) (mm) Proprietary information submitted to the
13    Environmental Protection Agency under the Drug Take-Back
14    Act.
15        (oo) (mm) Records described in subsection (f) of
16    Section 3-5-1 of the Unified Code of Corrections.
17    (1.5) Any information exempt from disclosure under the
18Judicial Privacy Act and the Public Safety and Justice Privacy
19Act shall be redacted from public records prior to disclosure
20under this Act.
21    (2) A public record that is not in the possession of a
22public body but is in the possession of a party with whom the
23agency has contracted to perform a governmental function on
24behalf of the public body, and that directly relates to the
25governmental function and is not otherwise exempt under this
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1for purposes of this Act.
2    (3) This Section does not authorize withholding of
3information or limit the availability of records to the
4public, except as stated in this Section or otherwise provided
5in this Act.
6(Source: P.A. 101-434, eff. 1-1-20; 101-452, eff. 1-1-20;
7101-455, eff. 8-23-19; 101-652, eff. 1-1-22; 102-38, eff.
86-25-21; 102-558, eff. 8-20-21; 102-694, eff. 1-7-22; 102-752,
9eff. 5-6-22; 102-753, eff. 1-1-23; 102-776, eff. 1-1-23;
10102-791, eff. 5-13-22; 102-982, eff. 7-1-23; 102-1055, eff.
116-10-22; revised 12-13-22.)
 
12    Section 105. The Election Code is amended by adding
13Section 10-10.3 as follows:
 
14    (10 ILCS 5/10-10.3 new)
15    Sec. 10-10.3. Removal of an official's address information
16from the certificate of nomination or nomination papers.
17    (a) As used in this Section, "home address" and "official"
18have the meanings given to those terms in Section 5 of the
19Public Safety and Justice Privacy Act.
20    (b) Upon expiration of the period for filing an objection
21to an official's certificate of nomination or nomination
22papers, an official who is a candidate may file a written
23request with the State Board of Elections for redaction of the
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1certificate of nomination or nomination papers. After receipt
2of the official's written request, the State Board of
3Elections shall redact or cause redaction of the official's
4home address from his or her certificate of nomination or
5nomination papers within 5 business days.
6    (c) Prior to expiration of the period for filing an
7objection to an official's certificate of nomination or
8nomination papers, the home address information from the
9certificate of nomination or nomination papers of an official
10who is a candidate is available for public inspection. After
11redaction of an official's home address information under
12subsection (b), the home address information is only available
13for an in camera inspection by the court reviewing an
14objection to the official's certificate of nomination or
15nomination papers.
 
16    Section 110. The Illinois Identification Card Act is
17amended by changing Sections 4 and 5 as follows:
 
18    (15 ILCS 335/4)  (from Ch. 124, par. 24)
19    Sec. 4. Identification card.
20    (a) The Secretary of State shall issue a standard Illinois
21Identification Card to any natural person who is a resident of
22the State of Illinois who applies for such card, or renewal
23thereof. No identification card shall be issued to any person
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1or permit unless the person first surrenders to the Secretary
2of State the valid foreign state identification card, license,
3or permit. The card shall be prepared and supplied by the
4Secretary of State and shall include a photograph and
5signature or mark of the applicant. However, the Secretary of
6State may provide by rule for the issuance of Illinois
7Identification Cards without photographs if the applicant has
8a bona fide religious objection to being photographed or to
9the display of his or her photograph. The Illinois
10Identification Card may be used for identification purposes in
11any lawful situation only by the person to whom it was issued.
12As used in this Act, "photograph" means any color photograph
13or digitally produced and captured image of an applicant for
14an identification card. As used in this Act, "signature" means
15the name of a person as written by that person and captured in
16a manner acceptable to the Secretary of State.
17    (a-5) If an applicant for an identification card has a
18current driver's license or instruction permit issued by the
19Secretary of State, the Secretary may require the applicant to
20utilize the same residence address and name on the
21identification card, driver's license, and instruction permit
22records maintained by the Secretary. The Secretary may
23promulgate rules to implement this provision.
24    (a-10) If the applicant is a judicial officer as defined
25in Section 1-10 of the Judicial Privacy Act, an official as
26defined in Section 5 of the Public Safety and Justice Privacy

 

 

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1Act, or a peace officer, the applicant may elect to have his or
2her office or work address listed on the card instead of the
3applicant's residence or mailing address. The Secretary may
4promulgate rules to implement this provision. For the purposes
5of this subsection (a-10), "peace officer" means any person
6who by virtue of his or her office or public employment is
7vested by law with a duty to maintain public order or to make
8arrests for a violation of any penal statute of this State,
9whether that duty extends to all violations or is limited to
10specific violations.
11    (a-15) The Secretary of State may provide for an expedited
12process for the issuance of an Illinois Identification Card.
13The Secretary shall charge an additional fee for the expedited
14issuance of an Illinois Identification Card, to be set by
15rule, not to exceed $75. All fees collected by the Secretary
16for expedited Illinois Identification Card service shall be
17deposited into the Secretary of State Special Services Fund.
18The Secretary may adopt rules regarding the eligibility,
19process, and fee for an expedited Illinois Identification
20Card. If the Secretary of State determines that the volume of
21expedited identification card requests received on a given day
22exceeds the ability of the Secretary to process those requests
23in an expedited manner, the Secretary may decline to provide
24expedited services, and the additional fee for the expedited
25service shall be refunded to the applicant.
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1Illinois Identification Card to a committed person upon
2release on parole, mandatory supervised release, aftercare
3release, final discharge, or pardon from the Department of
4Corrections or Department of Juvenile Justice, if the released
5person presents a certified copy of his or her birth
6certificate, social security card or other documents
7authorized by the Secretary, and 2 documents proving his or
8her Illinois residence address. Documents proving residence
9address may include any official document of the Department of
10Corrections or the Department of Juvenile Justice showing the
11released person's address after release and a Secretary of
12State prescribed certificate of residency form, which may be
13executed by Department of Corrections or Department of
14Juvenile Justice personnel.
15    (a-25) The Secretary of State shall issue a limited-term
16Illinois Identification Card valid for 90 days to a committed
17person upon release on parole, mandatory supervised release,
18aftercare release, final discharge, or pardon from the
19Department of Corrections or Department of Juvenile Justice,
20if the released person is unable to present a certified copy of
21his or her birth certificate and social security card or other
22documents authorized by the Secretary, but does present a
23Secretary of State prescribed verification form completed by
24the Department of Corrections or Department of Juvenile
25Justice, verifying the released person's date of birth and
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1Illinois residence address. The verification form must have
2been completed no more than 30 days prior to the date of
3application for the Illinois Identification Card. Documents
4proving residence address shall include any official document
5of the Department of Corrections or the Department of Juvenile
6Justice showing the person's address after release and a
7Secretary of State prescribed certificate of residency, which
8may be executed by Department of Corrections or Department of
9Juvenile Justice personnel.
10    Prior to the expiration of the 90-day period of the
11limited-term Illinois Identification Card, if the released
12person submits to the Secretary of State a certified copy of
13his or her birth certificate and his or her social security
14card or other documents authorized by the Secretary, a
15standard Illinois Identification Card shall be issued. A
16limited-term Illinois Identification Card may not be renewed.
17    (a-30) The Secretary of State shall issue a standard
18Illinois Identification Card to a person upon conditional
19release or absolute discharge from the custody of the
20Department of Human Services, if the person presents a
21certified copy of his or her birth certificate, social
22security card, or other documents authorized by the Secretary,
23and a document proving his or her Illinois residence address.
24The Secretary of State shall issue a standard Illinois
25Identification Card to a person prior to his or her
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1the Department of Human Services bring the person to a
2Secretary of State location with the required documents.
3Documents proving residence address may include any official
4document of the Department of Human Services showing the
5person's address after release and a Secretary of State
6prescribed verification form, which may be executed by
7personnel of the Department of Human Services.
8    (a-35) The Secretary of State shall issue a limited-term
9Illinois Identification Card valid for 90 days to a person
10upon conditional release or absolute discharge from the
11custody of the Department of Human Services, if the person is
12unable to present a certified copy of his or her birth
13certificate and social security card or other documents
14authorized by the Secretary, but does present a Secretary of
15State prescribed verification form completed by the Department
16of Human Services, verifying the person's date of birth and
17social security number, and a document proving his or her
18Illinois residence address. The verification form must have
19been completed no more than 30 days prior to the date of
20application for the Illinois Identification Card. The
21Secretary of State shall issue a limited-term Illinois
22Identification Card to a person no sooner than 14 days prior to
23his or her conditional release or absolute discharge if
24personnel from the Department of Human Services bring the
25person to a Secretary of State location with the required
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1any official document of the Department of Human Services
2showing the person's address after release and a Secretary of
3State prescribed verification form, which may be executed by
4personnel of the Department of Human Services.
5    (b) The Secretary of State shall issue a special Illinois
6Identification Card, which shall be known as an Illinois
7Person with a Disability Identification Card, to any natural
8person who is a resident of the State of Illinois, who is a
9person with a disability as defined in Section 4A of this Act,
10who applies for such card, or renewal thereof. No Illinois
11Person with a Disability Identification Card shall be issued
12to any person who holds a valid foreign state identification
13card, license, or permit unless the person first surrenders to
14the Secretary of State the valid foreign state identification
15card, license, or permit. The Secretary of State shall charge
16no fee to issue such card. The card shall be prepared and
17supplied by the Secretary of State, and shall include a
18photograph and signature or mark of the applicant, a
19designation indicating that the card is an Illinois Person
20with a Disability Identification Card, and shall include a
21comprehensible designation of the type and classification of
22the applicant's disability as set out in Section 4A of this
23Act. However, the Secretary of State may provide by rule for
24the issuance of Illinois Person with a Disability
25Identification Cards without photographs if the applicant has
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1the display of his or her photograph. If the applicant so
2requests, the card shall include a description of the
3applicant's disability and any information about the
4applicant's disability or medical history which the Secretary
5determines would be helpful to the applicant in securing
6emergency medical care. If a mark is used in lieu of a
7signature, such mark shall be affixed to the card in the
8presence of two witnesses who attest to the authenticity of
9the mark. The Illinois Person with a Disability Identification
10Card may be used for identification purposes in any lawful
11situation by the person to whom it was issued.
12    The Illinois Person with a Disability Identification Card
13may be used as adequate documentation of disability in lieu of
14a physician's determination of disability, a determination of
15disability from a physician assistant, a determination of
16disability from an advanced practice registered nurse, or any
17other documentation of disability whenever any State law
18requires that a person with a disability provide such
19documentation of disability, however an Illinois Person with a
20Disability Identification Card shall not qualify the
21cardholder to participate in any program or to receive any
22benefit which is not available to all persons with like
23disabilities. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, an
24Illinois Person with a Disability Identification Card, or
25evidence that the Secretary of State has issued an Illinois
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1used by any person other than the person named on such card to
2prove that the person named on such card is a person with a
3disability or for any other purpose unless the card is used for
4the benefit of the person named on such card, and the person
5named on such card consents to such use at the time the card is
6so used.
7    An optometrist's determination of a visual disability
8under Section 4A of this Act is acceptable as documentation
9for the purpose of issuing an Illinois Person with a
10Disability Identification Card.
11    When medical information is contained on an Illinois
12Person with a Disability Identification Card, the Office of
13the Secretary of State shall not be liable for any actions
14taken based upon that medical information.
15    (c) The Secretary of State shall provide that each
16original or renewal Illinois Identification Card or Illinois
17Person with a Disability Identification Card issued to a
18person under the age of 21 shall be of a distinct nature from
19those Illinois Identification Cards or Illinois Person with a
20Disability Identification Cards issued to individuals 21 years
21of age or older. The color designated for Illinois
22Identification Cards or Illinois Person with a Disability
23Identification Cards for persons under the age of 21 shall be
24at the discretion of the Secretary of State.
25    (c-1) Each original or renewal Illinois Identification
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1issued to a person under the age of 21 shall display the date
2upon which the person becomes 18 years of age and the date upon
3which the person becomes 21 years of age.
4    (c-3) The General Assembly recognizes the need to identify
5military veterans living in this State for the purpose of
6ensuring that they receive all of the services and benefits to
7which they are legally entitled, including healthcare,
8education assistance, and job placement. To assist the State
9in identifying these veterans and delivering these vital
10services and benefits, the Secretary of State is authorized to
11issue Illinois Identification Cards and Illinois Person with a
12Disability Identification Cards with the word "veteran"
13appearing on the face of the cards. This authorization is
14predicated on the unique status of veterans. The Secretary may
15not issue any other identification card which identifies an
16occupation, status, affiliation, hobby, or other unique
17characteristics of the identification card holder which is
18unrelated to the purpose of the identification card.
19    (c-5) Beginning on or before July 1, 2015, the Secretary
20of State shall designate a space on each original or renewal
21identification card where, at the request of the applicant,
22the word "veteran" shall be placed. The veteran designation
23shall be available to a person identified as a veteran under
24subsection (b) of Section 5 of this Act who was discharged or
25separated under honorable conditions.
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1discount card, to any natural person who is a resident of the
2State of Illinois who is 60 years of age or older and who
3applies for such a card or renewal thereof. The Secretary of
4State shall charge no fee to issue such card. The card shall be
5issued in every county and applications shall be made
6available at, but not limited to, nutrition sites, senior
7citizen centers and Area Agencies on Aging. The applicant,
8upon receipt of such card and prior to its use for any purpose,
9shall have affixed thereon in the space provided therefor his
10signature or mark.
11    (e) The Secretary of State, in his or her discretion, may
12designate on each Illinois Identification Card or Illinois
13Person with a Disability Identification Card a space where the
14card holder may place a sticker or decal, issued by the
15Secretary of State, of uniform size as the Secretary may
16specify, that shall indicate in appropriate language that the
17card holder has renewed his or her Illinois Identification
18Card or Illinois Person with a Disability Identification Card.
19(Source: P.A. 102-299, eff. 8-6-21.)
 
20    (15 ILCS 335/5)  (from Ch. 124, par. 25)
21    Sec. 5. Applications.
22    (a) Any natural person who is a resident of the State of
23Illinois may file an application for an identification card,
24or for the renewal thereof, in a manner prescribed by the
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1applicant in full and shall set forth the legal name,
2residence address and zip code, social security number, birth
3date, sex and a brief description of the applicant. The
4applicant shall be photographed, unless the Secretary of State
5has provided by rule for the issuance of identification cards
6without photographs and the applicant is deemed eligible for
7an identification card without a photograph under the terms
8and conditions imposed by the Secretary of State, and he or she
9shall also submit any other information as the Secretary may
10deem necessary or such documentation as the Secretary may
11require to determine the identity of the applicant. In
12addition to the residence address, the Secretary may allow the
13applicant to provide a mailing address. If the applicant is a
14judicial officer as defined in Section 1-10 of the Judicial
15Privacy Act, an official as defined in Section 5 of the Public
16Safety and Justice Privacy Act, or a peace officer, the
17applicant may elect to have his or her office or work address
18in lieu of the applicant's residence or mailing address. An
19applicant for an Illinois Person with a Disability
20Identification Card must also submit with each original or
21renewal application, on forms prescribed by the Secretary,
22such documentation as the Secretary may require, establishing
23that the applicant is a "person with a disability" as defined
24in Section 4A of this Act, and setting forth the applicant's
25type and class of disability as set forth in Section 4A of this
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1means any person who by virtue of his or her office or public
2employment is vested by law with a duty to maintain public
3order or to make arrests for a violation of any penal statute
4of this State, whether that duty extends to all violations or
5is limited to specific violations.
6    (a-5) Upon the first issuance of a request for proposals
7for a digital driver's license and identification card
8issuance and facial recognition system issued after January 1,
92020 (the effective date of Public Act 101-513), and upon
10implementation of a new or revised system procured pursuant to
11that request for proposals, the Secretary shall permit
12applicants to choose between "male", "female", or "non-binary"
13when designating the applicant's sex on the identification
14card application form. The sex designated by the applicant
15shall be displayed on the identification card issued to the
16applicant.
17    (b) Beginning on or before July 1, 2015, for each original
18or renewal identification card application under this Act, the
19Secretary shall inquire as to whether the applicant is a
20veteran for purposes of issuing an identification card with a
21veteran designation under subsection (c-5) of Section 4 of
22this Act. The acceptable forms of proof shall include, but are
23not limited to, Department of Defense form DD-214, Department
24of Defense form DD-256 for applicants who did not receive a
25form DD-214 upon the completion of initial basic training,
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1card issued under the federal Veterans Identification Card Act
2of 2015, or a United States Department of Veterans Affairs
3summary of benefits letter. If the document cannot be stamped,
4the Illinois Department of Veterans' Affairs shall provide a
5certificate to the veteran to provide to the Secretary of
6State. The Illinois Department of Veterans' Affairs shall
7advise the Secretary as to what other forms of proof of a
8person's status as a veteran are acceptable.
9    For each applicant who is issued an identification card
10with a veteran designation, the Secretary shall provide the
11Department of Veterans' Affairs with the applicant's name,
12address, date of birth, gender, and such other demographic
13information as agreed to by the Secretary and the Department.
14The Department may take steps necessary to confirm the
15applicant is a veteran. If after due diligence, including
16writing to the applicant at the address provided by the
17Secretary, the Department is unable to verify the applicant's
18veteran status, the Department shall inform the Secretary, who
19shall notify the applicant that he or she must confirm status
20as a veteran, or the identification card will be cancelled.
21    For purposes of this subsection (b):
22    "Armed forces" means any of the Armed Forces of the United
23States, including a member of any reserve component or
24National Guard unit.
25    "Veteran" means a person who has served in the armed
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1conditions.
2    (c) All applicants for REAL ID compliant standard Illinois
3Identification Cards and Illinois Person with a Disability
4Identification Cards shall provide proof of lawful status in
5the United States as defined in 6 CFR 37.3, as amended.
6Applicants who are unable to provide the Secretary with proof
7of lawful status are ineligible for REAL ID compliant
8identification cards under this Act.
9(Source: P.A. 101-106, eff. 1-1-20; 101-287, eff. 8-9-19;
10101-513, eff. 1-1-20; 102-558, eff. 8-20-21.)
 
11    Section 115. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by
12changing Sections 3-405, 6-106, and 6-110 as follows:
 
13    (625 ILCS 5/3-405)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-405)
14    (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 102-1069)
15    Sec. 3-405. Application for registration.
16    (a) Every owner of a vehicle subject to registration under
17this Code shall make application to the Secretary of State for
18the registration of such vehicle upon the appropriate form or
19forms furnished by the Secretary. Every such application shall
20bear the signature of the owner written with pen and ink and
21contain:
22        1. The name, domicile address, as defined in Section
23    1-115.5 of this Code, (except as otherwise provided in
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1    address of the owner if a firm, association, or
2    corporation, and, if available, email address of the
3    owner. If the mailing address is a post office box number,
4    the address listed on the driver license record may be
5    used to verify residence. A police officer, a deputy
6    sheriff, an elected sheriff, a law enforcement officer for
7    the Illinois State Police, a fire investigator, a state's
8    attorney, an assistant state's attorney, a state's
9    attorney special investigator, an official, or a judicial
10    officer may elect to furnish the address of the
11    headquarters of the governmental entity, police district,
12    or business address where he or she works instead of his or
13    her domicile address, in which case that address shall be
14    deemed to be his or her domicile address for all purposes
15    under this Chapter 3. The spouse and children of a person
16    who may elect under this paragraph 1 to furnish the
17    address of the headquarters of the government entity,
18    police district, or business address where the person
19    works instead of the person's domicile address may, if
20    they reside with that person, also elect to furnish the
21    address of the headquarters of the government entity,
22    police district, or business address where the person
23    works as their domicile address, in which case that
24    address shall be deemed to be their domicile address for
25    all purposes under this Chapter 3. In this paragraph 1:
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1    "policeman" in Section 10-3-1 of the Illinois Municipal
2    Code; (B) "deputy sheriff" means a deputy sheriff
3    appointed under Section 3-6008 of the Counties Code; (C)
4    "elected sheriff" means a sheriff commissioned pursuant to
5    Section 3-6001 of the Counties Code; (D) "fire
6    investigator" means a person classified as a peace officer
7    under the Peace Officer Fire Investigation Act; (E)
8    "state's attorney", "assistant state's attorney", and
9    "state's attorney special investigator" mean a state's
10    attorney, assistant state's attorney, and state's attorney
11    special investigator commissioned or appointed under
12    Division 3-9 of the Counties Code; and (F) "judicial
13    officer" has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 1-10 of
14    the Judicial Privacy Act; and (G) "official" has the
15    meaning ascribed to it in Section 5 of the Public Safety
16    and Justice Privacy Act.
17        2. A description of the vehicle, including such
18    information as is required in an application for a
19    certificate of title, determined under such standard
20    rating as may be prescribed by the Secretary.
21        3. (Blank).
22        4. Such further information as may reasonably be
23    required by the Secretary to enable him to determine
24    whether the vehicle is lawfully entitled to registration
25    and the owner entitled to a certificate of title.
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1    information set forth is true and correct. If the
2    application is for the registration of a motor vehicle,
3    the applicant also shall affirm that the motor vehicle is
4    insured as required by this Code, that such insurance will
5    be maintained throughout the period for which the motor
6    vehicle shall be registered, and that neither the owner,
7    nor any person operating the motor vehicle with the
8    owner's permission, shall operate the motor vehicle unless
9    the required insurance is in effect. If the person signing
10    the affirmation is not the sole owner of the vehicle, such
11    person shall be deemed to have affirmed on behalf of all
12    the owners of the vehicle. If the person signing the
13    affirmation is not an owner of the vehicle, such person
14    shall be deemed to have affirmed on behalf of the owner or
15    owners of the vehicle. The lack of signature on the
16    application shall not in any manner exempt the owner or
17    owners from any provisions, requirements or penalties of
18    this Code.
19    (b) When such application refers to a new vehicle
20purchased from a dealer the application shall be accompanied
21by a Manufacturer's Statement of Origin from the dealer, and a
22statement showing any lien retained by the dealer.
23(Source: P.A. 102-538, eff. 8-20-21.)
 
24    (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 102-1069)
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1    (a) Every owner of a vehicle subject to registration under
2this Code shall make application to the Secretary of State for
3the registration of such vehicle upon the appropriate form or
4forms furnished by the Secretary. Every such original
5application shall bear the signature of the owner written with
6pen and ink and contain:
7        1. The name, domicile address, as defined in Section
8    1-115.5 of this Code, (except as otherwise provided in
9    this paragraph 1), mail address of the owner or business
10    address of the owner if a firm, association, or
11    corporation, and, if available, email address of the
12    owner. If the mailing address is a post office box number,
13    the address listed on the driver license record may be
14    used to verify residence. A police officer, a deputy
15    sheriff, an elected sheriff, a law enforcement officer for
16    the Illinois State Police, a fire investigator, a state's
17    attorney, an assistant state's attorney, a state's
18    attorney special investigator, an official, or a judicial
19    officer may elect to furnish the address of the
20    headquarters of the governmental entity, police district,
21    or business address where he or she works instead of his or
22    her domicile address, in which case that address shall be
23    deemed to be his or her domicile address for all purposes
24    under this Chapter 3. The spouse and children of a person
25    who may elect under this paragraph 1 to furnish the
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1    police district, or business address where the person
2    works instead of the person's domicile address may, if
3    they reside with that person, also elect to furnish the
4    address of the headquarters of the government entity,
5    police district, or business address where the person
6    works as their domicile address, in which case that
7    address shall be deemed to be their domicile address for
8    all purposes under this Chapter 3. In this paragraph 1:
9    (A) "police officer" has the meaning ascribed to
10    "policeman" in Section 10-3-1 of the Illinois Municipal
11    Code; (B) "deputy sheriff" means a deputy sheriff
12    appointed under Section 3-6008 of the Counties Code; (C)
13    "elected sheriff" means a sheriff commissioned pursuant to
14    Section 3-6001 of the Counties Code; (D) "fire
15    investigator" means a person classified as a peace officer
16    under the Peace Officer Fire Investigation Act; (E)
17    "state's attorney", "assistant state's attorney", and
18    "state's attorney special investigator" mean a state's
19    attorney, assistant state's attorney, and state's attorney
20    special investigator commissioned or appointed under
21    Division 3-9 of the Counties Code; and (F) "judicial
22    officer" has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 1-10 of
23    the Judicial Privacy Act; and (G) "official" has the
24    meaning ascribed to it in Section 5 of the Public Safety
25    and Justice Privacy Act.
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1    information as is required in an application for a
2    certificate of title, determined under such standard
3    rating as may be prescribed by the Secretary.
4        3. (Blank).
5        3.5. A space for a voluntary disclosure of a condition
6    that impedes effective communication under Section
7    3-405.5.
8        4. Such further information as may reasonably be
9    required by the Secretary to enable him to determine
10    whether the vehicle is lawfully entitled to registration
11    and the owner entitled to a certificate of title.
12        5. An affirmation by the applicant that all
13    information set forth is true and correct. If the
14    application is for the registration of a motor vehicle,
15    the applicant also shall affirm that the motor vehicle is
16    insured as required by this Code, that such insurance will
17    be maintained throughout the period for which the motor
18    vehicle shall be registered, and that neither the owner,
19    nor any person operating the motor vehicle with the
20    owner's permission, shall operate the motor vehicle unless
21    the required insurance is in effect. If the person signing
22    the affirmation is not the sole owner of the vehicle, such
23    person shall be deemed to have affirmed on behalf of all
24    the owners of the vehicle. If the person signing the
25    affirmation is not an owner of the vehicle, such person
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1    owners of the vehicle. The lack of signature on the
2    application shall not in any manner exempt the owner or
3    owners from any provisions, requirements or penalties of
4    this Code.
5    (b) When such application refers to a new vehicle
6purchased from a dealer the application shall be accompanied
7by a Manufacturer's Statement of Origin from the dealer, and a
8statement showing any lien retained by the dealer.
9(Source: P.A. 102-538, eff. 8-20-21; 102-1069, eff. 7-1-23.)
 
10    (625 ILCS 5/6-106)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 6-106)
11    Sec. 6-106. Application for license or instruction permit.
12    (a) Every application for any permit or license authorized
13to be issued under this Code shall be made upon a form
14furnished by the Secretary of State. Every application shall
15be accompanied by the proper fee and payment of such fee shall
16entitle the applicant to not more than 3 attempts to pass the
17examination within a period of one year after the date of
18application.
19    (b) Every application shall state the legal name, social
20security number, zip code, date of birth, sex, and residence
21address of the applicant; briefly describe the applicant;
22state whether the applicant has theretofore been licensed as a
23driver, and, if so, when and by what state or country, and
24whether any such license has ever been cancelled, suspended,
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1cancellation, suspension, revocation or refusal; shall include
2an affirmation by the applicant that all information set forth
3is true and correct; and shall bear the applicant's signature.
4In addition to the residence address, the Secretary may allow
5the applicant to provide a mailing address. In the case of an
6applicant who is a judicial officer, official, or peace
7officer, the Secretary may allow the applicant to provide an
8office or work address in lieu of a residence or mailing
9address. The application form may also require the statement
10of such additional relevant information as the Secretary of
11State shall deem necessary to determine the applicant's
12competency and eligibility. The Secretary of State may, in his
13discretion, by rule or regulation, provide that an application
14for a drivers license or permit may include a suitable
15photograph of the applicant in the form prescribed by the
16Secretary, and he may further provide that each drivers
17license shall include a photograph of the driver. The
18Secretary of State may utilize a photograph process or system
19most suitable to deter alteration or improper reproduction of
20a drivers license and to prevent substitution of another photo
21thereon. For the purposes of this subsection (b): ,
22        "Official" has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 5
23    of the Public Safety and Justice Privacy Act.
24        "Peace peace officer" means any person who by virtue
25    of his or her office or public employment is vested by law
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1    a violation of any penal statute of this State, whether
2    that duty extends to all violations or is limited to
3    specific violations.
4    (b-3) Upon the first issuance of a request for proposals
5for a digital driver's license and identification card
6issuance and facial recognition system issued after January 1,
72020 (the effective date of Public Act 101-513), and upon
8implementation of a new or revised system procured pursuant to
9that request for proposals, the Secretary shall permit
10applicants to choose between "male", "female" or "non-binary"
11when designating the applicant's sex on the driver's license
12application form. The sex designated by the applicant shall be
13displayed on the driver's license issued to the applicant.
14    (b-5) Every applicant for a REAL ID compliant driver's
15license or permit shall provide proof of lawful status in the
16United States as defined in 6 CFR 37.3, as amended. Applicants
17who are unable to provide the Secretary with proof of lawful
18status may apply for a driver's license or permit under
19Section 6-105.1 of this Code.
20    (c) The application form shall include a notice to the
21applicant of the registration obligations of sex offenders
22under the Sex Offender Registration Act. The notice shall be
23provided in a form and manner prescribed by the Secretary of
24State. For purposes of this subsection (c), "sex offender" has
25the meaning ascribed to it in Section 2 of the Sex Offender
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1    (d) Any male United States citizen or immigrant who
2applies for any permit or license authorized to be issued
3under this Code or for a renewal of any permit or license, and
4who is at least 18 years of age but less than 26 years of age,
5must be registered in compliance with the requirements of the
6federal Military Selective Service Act. The Secretary of State
7must forward in an electronic format the necessary personal
8information regarding the applicants identified in this
9subsection (d) to the Selective Service System. The
10applicant's signature on the application serves as an
11indication that the applicant either has already registered
12with the Selective Service System or that he is authorizing
13the Secretary to forward to the Selective Service System the
14necessary information for registration. The Secretary must
15notify the applicant at the time of application that his
16signature constitutes consent to registration with the
17Selective Service System, if he is not already registered.
18    (e) Beginning on or before July 1, 2015, for each original
19or renewal driver's license application under this Code, the
20Secretary shall inquire as to whether the applicant is a
21veteran for purposes of issuing a driver's license with a
22veteran designation under subsection (e-5) of Section 6-110 of
23this Code. The acceptable forms of proof shall include, but
24are not limited to, Department of Defense form DD-214,
25Department of Defense form DD-256 for applicants who did not
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1training, Department of Defense form DD-2 (Retired), an
2identification card issued under the federal Veterans
3Identification Card Act of 2015, or a United States Department
4of Veterans Affairs summary of benefits letter. If the
5document cannot be stamped, the Illinois Department of
6Veterans' Affairs shall provide a certificate to the veteran
7to provide to the Secretary of State. The Illinois Department
8of Veterans' Affairs shall advise the Secretary as to what
9other forms of proof of a person's status as a veteran are
10acceptable.
11    For each applicant who is issued a driver's license with a
12veteran designation, the Secretary shall provide the
13Department of Veterans' Affairs with the applicant's name,
14address, date of birth, gender and such other demographic
15information as agreed to by the Secretary and the Department.
16The Department may take steps necessary to confirm the
17applicant is a veteran. If after due diligence, including
18writing to the applicant at the address provided by the
19Secretary, the Department is unable to verify the applicant's
20veteran status, the Department shall inform the Secretary, who
21shall notify the applicant that he or she must confirm status
22as a veteran, or the driver's license will be cancelled.
23    For purposes of this subsection (e):
24    "Armed forces" means any of the Armed Forces of the United
25States, including a member of any reserve component or
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1    "Veteran" means a person who has served in the armed
2forces and was discharged or separated under honorable
3conditions.
4(Source: P.A. 101-106, eff. 1-1-20; 101-287, eff. 8-9-19;
5101-513, eff. 1-1-20; 102-558, eff. 8-20-21.)
 
6    (625 ILCS 5/6-110)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 6-110)
7    Sec. 6-110. Licenses issued to drivers.
8    (a) The Secretary of State shall issue to every qualifying
9applicant a driver's license as applied for, which license
10shall bear a distinguishing number assigned to the licensee,
11the legal name, signature, zip code, date of birth, residence
12address, and a brief description of the licensee.
13    Licenses issued shall also indicate the classification and
14the restrictions under Section 6-104 of this Code. The
15Secretary may adopt rules to establish informational
16restrictions that can be placed on the driver's license
17regarding specific conditions of the licensee.
18    A driver's license issued may, in the discretion of the
19Secretary, include a suitable photograph of a type prescribed
20by the Secretary.
21    (a-1) If the licensee is less than 18 years of age, unless
22one of the exceptions in subsection (a-2) apply, the license
23shall, as a matter of law, be invalid for the operation of any
24motor vehicle during the following times:
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1        (B) Between 11:00 p.m. Saturday and 6:00 a.m. on
2    Sunday; and
3        (C) Between 10:00 p.m. on Sunday to Thursday,
4    inclusive, and 6:00 a.m. on the following day.
5    (a-2) The driver's license of a person under the age of 18
6shall not be invalid as described in subsection (a-1) of this
7Section if the licensee under the age of 18 was:
8        (1) accompanied by the licensee's parent or guardian
9    or other person in custody or control of the minor;
10        (2) on an errand at the direction of the minor's
11    parent or guardian, without any detour or stop;
12        (3) in a motor vehicle involved in interstate travel;
13        (4) going to or returning home from an employment
14    activity, without any detour or stop;
15        (5) involved in an emergency;
16        (6) going to or returning home from, without any
17    detour or stop, an official school, religious, or other
18    recreational activity supervised by adults and sponsored
19    by a government or governmental agency, a civic
20    organization, or another similar entity that takes
21    responsibility for the licensee, without any detour or
22    stop;
23        (7) exercising First Amendment rights protected by the
24    United States Constitution, such as the free exercise of
25    religion, freedom of speech, and the right of assembly; or
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1    minor under the Emancipation of Minors Act.
2    (a-2.5) The driver's license of a person who is 17 years of
3age and has been licensed for at least 12 months is not invalid
4as described in subsection (a-1) of this Section while the
5licensee is participating as an assigned driver in a Safe
6Rides program that meets the following criteria:
7        (1) the program is sponsored by the Boy Scouts of
8    America or another national public service organization;
9    and
10        (2) the sponsoring organization carries liability
11    insurance covering the program.
12    (a-3) If a graduated driver's license holder over the age
13of 18 committed an offense against traffic regulations
14governing the movement of vehicles or any violation of Section
156-107 or Section 12-603.1 of this Code in the 6 months prior to
16the graduated driver's license holder's 18th birthday, and was
17subsequently convicted of the offense, the provisions of
18subsection (a-1) shall continue to apply until such time as a
19period of 6 consecutive months has elapsed without an
20additional violation and subsequent conviction of an offense
21against traffic regulations governing the movement of vehicles
22or Section 6-107 or Section 12-603.1 of this Code.
23    (a-4) If an applicant for a driver's license or
24instruction permit has a current identification card issued by
25the Secretary of State, the Secretary may require the
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1the identification card, driver's license, and instruction
2permit records maintained by the Secretary. The Secretary may
3promulgate rules to implement this provision.
4    (a-5) If an applicant for a driver's license is a judicial
5officer, an official, or a peace officer, the applicant may
6elect to have his or her office or work address listed on the
7license instead of the applicant's residence or mailing
8address. The Secretary of State shall adopt rules to implement
9this subsection (a-5). For the purposes of this subsection
10(a-5): ,
11    "Official" has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 5 of
12the Public Safety and Justice Privacy Act.
13    "Peace peace officer" means any person who by virtue of
14his or her office or public employment is vested by law with a
15duty to maintain public order or to make arrests for a
16violation of any penal statute of this State, whether that
17duty extends to all violations or is limited to specific
18violations.
19    (b) Until the Secretary of State establishes a First
20Person Consent organ and tissue donor registry under Section
216-117 of this Code, the Secretary of State shall provide a
22format on the reverse of each driver's license issued which
23the licensee may use to execute a document of gift conforming
24to the provisions of the Illinois Anatomical Gift Act. The
25format shall allow the licensee to indicate the gift intended,
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1shall accommodate the signatures of the donor and 2 witnesses.
2The Secretary shall also inform each applicant or licensee of
3this format, describe the procedure for its execution, and may
4offer the necessary witnesses; provided that in so doing, the
5Secretary shall advise the applicant or licensee that he or
6she is under no compulsion to execute a document of gift. A
7brochure explaining this method of executing an anatomical
8gift document shall be given to each applicant or licensee.
9The brochure shall advise the applicant or licensee that he or
10she is under no compulsion to execute a document of gift, and
11that he or she may wish to consult with family, friends or
12clergy before doing so. The Secretary of State may undertake
13additional efforts, including education and awareness
14activities, to promote organ and tissue donation.
15    (c) The Secretary of State shall designate on each
16driver's license issued a space where the licensee may place a
17sticker or decal of the uniform size as the Secretary may
18specify, which sticker or decal may indicate in appropriate
19language that the owner of the license carries an Emergency
20Medical Information Card.
21    The sticker may be provided by any person, hospital,
22school, medical group, or association interested in assisting
23in implementing the Emergency Medical Information Card, but
24shall meet the specifications as the Secretary may by rule or
25regulation require.
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1driver's license issued a space where the licensee may
2indicate his blood type and RH factor.
3    (e) The Secretary of State shall provide that each
4original or renewal driver's license issued to a licensee
5under 21 years of age shall be of a distinct nature from those
6driver's licenses issued to individuals 21 years of age and
7older. The color designated for driver's licenses for
8licensees under 21 years of age shall be at the discretion of
9the Secretary of State.
10    (e-1) The Secretary shall provide that each driver's
11license issued to a person under the age of 21 displays the
12date upon which the person becomes 18 years of age and the date
13upon which the person becomes 21 years of age.
14    (e-3) The General Assembly recognizes the need to identify
15military veterans living in this State for the purpose of
16ensuring that they receive all of the services and benefits to
17which they are legally entitled, including healthcare,
18education assistance, and job placement. To assist the State
19in identifying these veterans and delivering these vital
20services and benefits, the Secretary of State is authorized to
21issue drivers' licenses with the word "veteran" appearing on
22the face of the licenses. This authorization is predicated on
23the unique status of veterans. The Secretary may not issue any
24other driver's license which identifies an occupation, status,
25affiliation, hobby, or other unique characteristics of the
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1driver's license.
2    (e-5) Beginning on or before July 1, 2015, the Secretary
3of State shall designate a space on each original or renewal
4driver's license where, at the request of the applicant, the
5word "veteran" shall be placed. The veteran designation shall
6be available to a person identified as a veteran under
7subsection (e) of Section 6-106 of this Code who was
8discharged or separated under honorable conditions.
9    (f) The Secretary of State shall inform all Illinois
10licensed commercial motor vehicle operators of the
11requirements of the Uniform Commercial Driver License Act,
12Article V of this Chapter, and shall make provisions to insure
13that all drivers, seeking to obtain a commercial driver's
14license, be afforded an opportunity prior to April 1, 1992, to
15obtain the license. The Secretary is authorized to extend
16driver's license expiration dates, and assign specific times,
17dates and locations where these commercial driver's tests
18shall be conducted. Any applicant, regardless of the current
19expiration date of the applicant's driver's license, may be
20subject to any assignment by the Secretary. Failure to comply
21with the Secretary's assignment may result in the applicant's
22forfeiture of an opportunity to receive a commercial driver's
23license prior to April 1, 1992.
24    (g) The Secretary of State shall designate on a driver's
25license issued, a space where the licensee may indicate that
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1Illinois Living Will Act or a durable power of attorney for
2health care in accordance with the Illinois Power of Attorney
3Act.
4    (g-1) The Secretary of State, in his or her discretion,
5may designate on each driver's license issued a space where
6the licensee may place a sticker or decal, issued by the
7Secretary of State, of uniform size as the Secretary may
8specify, that shall indicate in appropriate language that the
9owner of the license has renewed his or her driver's license.
10    (h) A person who acts in good faith in accordance with the
11terms of this Section is not liable for damages in any civil
12action or subject to prosecution in any criminal proceeding
13for his or her act.
14(Source: P.A. 97-263, eff. 8-5-11; 97-739, eff. 1-1-13;
1597-847, eff. 1-1-13; 97-1127, eff. 1-1-13; 98-323, eff.
161-1-14; 98-463, eff. 8-16-13.)
 
17    Section 995. No acceleration or delay. Where this Act
18makes changes in a statute that is represented in this Act by
19text that is not yet or no longer in effect (for example, a
20Section represented by multiple versions), the use of that
21text does not accelerate or delay the taking effect of (i) the
22changes made by this Act or (ii) provisions derived from any
23other Public Act.
 
24    Section 999. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
25becoming law.