Full Text of SB2173 99th General Assembly
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning the Secretary of State.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Illinois Identification Card Act is amended | 5 | | by changing Section 5 as follows: | 6 | | (15 ILCS 335/5) (from Ch. 124, par. 25)
| 7 | | Sec. 5. Applications. | 8 | | (a) Any natural person who is a resident of the
State of | 9 | | Illinois may file an application for an identification card, or | 10 | | for
the renewal thereof, in a manner prescribed by the | 11 | | Secretary. Each original application
shall be completed by the | 12 | | applicant in full and shall set forth the legal
name,
residence | 13 | | address and zip code, social security number, birth date, sex | 14 | | and
a brief
description of the applicant. The applicant shall | 15 | | be photographed, unless the Secretary of State has provided by | 16 | | rule for the issuance of identification cards without | 17 | | photographs and the applicant is deemed eligible for an | 18 | | identification card without a photograph under the terms and | 19 | | conditions imposed by the Secretary of State, and he
or she | 20 | | shall also submit any other information as the Secretary may | 21 | | deem necessary
or such documentation as the Secretary may | 22 | | require to determine the
identity of the applicant. In addition | 23 | | to the residence address, the Secretary may allow the applicant |
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| 1 | | to provide a mailing address. If the applicant is a judicial | 2 | | officer as defined in Section 1-10 of the Judicial Privacy Act | 3 | | or a peace officer, the applicant may elect to have his or her | 4 | | office or work address in lieu of the applicant's residence or | 5 | | mailing address. An applicant for an Illinois Person with a | 6 | | Disability Identification Card must
also submit with each | 7 | | original or renewal application, on forms prescribed
by the | 8 | | Secretary, such documentation as the Secretary may require,
| 9 | | establishing that the applicant is a "person with a disability" | 10 | | as defined in
Section 4A of this Act, and setting forth the | 11 | | applicant's type and class of
disability as set forth in | 12 | | Section 4A of this Act.
For the purposes of this subsection | 13 | | (a), "peace officer" means any person who by virtue of his or | 14 | | her office or public employment is vested by law with a duty to | 15 | | maintain public order or to make arrests for a violation of any | 16 | | penal statute of this State, whether that duty extends to all | 17 | | violations or is limited to specific violations.
| 18 | | (b) Beginning on or before July 1, 2015, for each original | 19 | | or renewal identification card application under this Act, the | 20 | | Secretary shall inquire as to whether the applicant is a | 21 | | veteran for purposes of issuing an identification card with a | 22 | | veteran designation under subsection (c-5) of Section 4 of this | 23 | | Act. The acceptable forms of proof shall include, but are not | 24 | | limited to, Department of Defense form DD-214. The Illinois | 25 | | Department of Veterans' Affairs shall advise the Secretary as | 26 | | to Secretary shall determine by rule what other forms of proof |
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| 1 | | of a person's status as a veteran are acceptable. | 2 | | The Illinois Department of Veterans' Affairs shall confirm | 3 | | the status of the applicant as an honorably discharged veteran | 4 | | before the Secretary may issue the identification card. | 5 | | For purposes of this subsection (b): | 6 | | "Active duty" means active duty under an executive order of | 7 | | the President of the United States, an Act of the Congress of | 8 | | the United States, or an order of the Governor. | 9 | | "Armed forces" means any of the Armed Forces of the United | 10 | | States, including a member of any reserve component or National | 11 | | Guard unit called to active duty . | 12 | | "Veteran" means a person who has served on active duty in | 13 | | the armed forces and was discharged or separated under | 14 | | honorable conditions. | 15 | | (Source: P.A. 97-371, eff. 1-1-12; 97-739, eff. 1-1-13; 97-847, | 16 | | eff. 1-1-13; 97-1064, eff. 1-1-13; 98-323, eff. 1-1-14; 98-463, | 17 | | eff. 8-16-13.)
| 18 | | Section 10. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by | 19 | | changing Section 6-106 as follows:
| 20 | | (625 ILCS 5/6-106) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 6-106)
| 21 | | Sec. 6-106. Application for license or instruction permit.
| 22 | | (a) Every application for any permit or license authorized | 23 | | to be issued
under this Code shall be made upon a form | 24 | | furnished by the Secretary of
State. Every application shall be |
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| 1 | | accompanied by the proper fee and payment
of such fee shall | 2 | | entitle the applicant to not more than 3 attempts to pass
the | 3 | | examination within a period of one year after the date of | 4 | | application.
| 5 | | (b) Every application shall state the legal name, social | 6 | | security
number, zip
code, date of birth, sex, and residence | 7 | | address of the applicant; briefly
describe the applicant; state | 8 | | whether the applicant has theretofore been
licensed as a | 9 | | driver, and, if so, when and by what state or country, and
| 10 | | whether any such license has ever been cancelled, suspended, | 11 | | revoked or
refused, and, if so, the date and reason for such | 12 | | cancellation, suspension,
revocation or refusal; shall include | 13 | | an affirmation by the applicant that
all information set forth | 14 | | is true and correct; and shall bear the
applicant's signature. | 15 | | In addition to the residence address, the Secretary may allow | 16 | | the applicant to provide a mailing address. In the case of an | 17 | | applicant who is a judicial officer or peace officer, the | 18 | | Secretary may allow the applicant to provide an office or work | 19 | | address in lieu of a residence or mailing address. The | 20 | | application form may
also require the statement of such | 21 | | additional relevant information as the
Secretary of State shall | 22 | | deem necessary to determine the applicant's
competency and | 23 | | eligibility. The Secretary of State may, in his
discretion, by | 24 | | rule or regulation, provide that an application for a
drivers | 25 | | license or permit may include a suitable photograph of the
| 26 | | applicant in the
form prescribed by the Secretary, and he may |
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| 1 | | further provide that each
drivers license shall include a | 2 | | photograph of the driver. The Secretary of
State may utilize a | 3 | | photograph process or system most suitable to deter
alteration | 4 | | or improper reproduction of a drivers license and to prevent
| 5 | | substitution of another photo thereon.
For the purposes of this | 6 | | subsection (b), "peace officer" means any person who by virtue | 7 | | of his or her office or public employment is vested by law with | 8 | | a duty to maintain public order or to make arrests for a | 9 | | violation of any penal statute of this State, whether that duty | 10 | | extends to all violations or is limited to specific violations.
| 11 | | (c) The application form shall include a notice to the | 12 | | applicant of the
registration obligations of sex offenders | 13 | | under the Sex Offender Registration
Act. The notice shall be | 14 | | provided in a form and manner prescribed by the
Secretary of | 15 | | State. For purposes of this subsection (c), "sex offender" has
| 16 | | the meaning ascribed to it in Section 2 of the Sex Offender | 17 | | Registration Act.
| 18 | | (d) Any male United States citizen or immigrant who applies | 19 | | for any
permit or
license authorized to be issued under this | 20 | | Code or for a renewal of any permit
or
license,
and who is at | 21 | | least 18 years of age but less than 26 years of age, must be
| 22 | | registered in compliance with the requirements of the federal | 23 | | Military
Selective
Service Act.
The Secretary of State must | 24 | | forward in an electronic format the necessary
personal | 25 | | information regarding the applicants identified in this | 26 | | subsection (d)
to
the Selective Service System. The applicant's |
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| 1 | | signature on the application
serves
as an indication that the | 2 | | applicant either has already registered with the
Selective
| 3 | | Service System or that he is authorizing the Secretary to | 4 | | forward to the
Selective
Service System the necessary | 5 | | information for registration. The Secretary must
notify the | 6 | | applicant at the time of application that his signature | 7 | | constitutes
consent to registration with the Selective Service | 8 | | System, if he is not already
registered.
| 9 | | (e) Beginning on or before July 1, 2015, for each original | 10 | | or renewal driver's license application under this Code, the | 11 | | Secretary shall inquire as to whether the applicant is a | 12 | | veteran for purposes of issuing a driver's license with a | 13 | | veteran designation under subsection (e-5) of Section 6-110 of | 14 | | this Code. The acceptable forms of proof shall include, but are | 15 | | not limited to, Department of Defense form DD-214. The Illinois | 16 | | Department of Veterans' Affairs shall advise the Secretary as | 17 | | to Secretary shall determine by rule what other forms of proof | 18 | | of a person's status as a veteran are acceptable. | 19 | | The Illinois Department of Veterans' Affairs shall confirm | 20 | | the status of the applicant as an honorably discharged veteran | 21 | | before the Secretary may issue the driver's license. | 22 | | For purposes of this subsection (e): | 23 | | "Active duty" means active duty under an executive order of | 24 | | the President of the United States, an Act of the Congress of | 25 | | the United States, or an order of the Governor. | 26 | | "Armed forces" means any of the Armed Forces of the United |
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| 1 | | States, including a member of any reserve component or National | 2 | | Guard unit called to active duty . | 3 | | "Veteran" means a person who has served on active duty in | 4 | | the armed forces and was discharged or separated under | 5 | | honorable conditions. | 6 | | (Source: P.A. 97-263, eff. 8-5-11; 97-739, eff. 1-1-13; 97-847, | 7 | | eff. 1-1-13; 98-323, eff. 1-1-14; 98-463, eff. 8-16-13; 98-756, | 8 | | eff. 7-16-14.)
| 9 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 10 | | becoming law.
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