HB0222 Engrossed LRB095 03690 RLC 23717 b

1     AN ACT concerning criminal law.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Unified Code of Corrections is amended by
5 adding Section 3-4-3.1 as follows:
 
6     (730 ILCS 5/3-4-3.1 new)
7     Sec. 3-4-3.1. Identification documents of committed
8 persons.
9     (a) Driver's licenses, State issued identification cards,
10 social security account cards, or other government issued
11 identification documents in possession of a county sheriff at
12 the time a person is committed to the Illinois Department of
13 Corrections shall be forwarded to the Department.
14     (b) The Department shall retain the government issued
15 identification documents of a committed person at the
16 institution in which the person is incarcerated and shall
17 ensure that the documents are forwarded to any institution to
18 which the person is transferred.
19     (c) The government issued identification documents of a
20 committed person shall be made available to the person upon
21 discharge from the Department.