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1 AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2011
2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend House Bill 2011 by replacing
3 the title with the following:
4 "AN ACT in relation to identification."; and
5 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the
6 following:
7 "Section 5. The Illinois Identification Card Act is
8 amended by changing Section 4 as follows:
9 (15 ILCS 335/4) (from Ch. 124, par. 24)
10 Sec. 4. Identification Card.
11 (a) The Secretary of State shall issue a standard
12 Illinois Identification Card to any natural person who is a
13 resident of the State of Illinois who applies for such card,
14 or renewal thereof, or who applies for a standard Illinois
15 Identification Card upon release as a committed person on
16 parole, mandatory supervised release, final discharge, or
17 pardon from the Department of Corrections by submitting an
18 identification card issued by the Department of Corrections
19 under Section 3-14-1 of the Unified Code of Corrections,
20 together with the prescribed fees. The card shall be
21 prepared and supplied by the Secretary of State and shall
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1 include a photograph of the applicant. The applicant, upon
2 receipt of a card and prior to its use for any purpose, shall
3 affix his signature thereon in the space provided therefor.
4 The Illinois Identification Card may be used for
5 identification purposes in any lawful situation only by the
6 person to whom it was issued. As used in this Act,
7 "photograph" means any color photograph or digitally produced
8 and captured image of an applicant for an identification
9 card. As used in this Act, "signature" means the name of a
10 person as written by that person and captured in a manner
11 acceptable to the Secretary of State.
12 (b) The Secretary of State shall issue a special
13 Illinois Identification Card, which shall be known as an
14 Illinois Disabled Person Identification Card, to any natural
15 person who is a resident of the State of Illinois, who is a
16 disabled person as defined in Section 4A of this Act, who
17 applies for such card, or renewal thereof. The Secretary of
18 State shall charge no fee to issue such card. The card shall
19 be prepared and supplied by the Secretary of State, and shall
20 include a photograph of the applicant, a designation
21 indicating that the card is an Illinois Disabled Person
22 Identification Card, and shall include a comprehensible
23 designation of the type and classification of the applicant's
24 disability as set out in Section 4A of this Act. If the
25 applicant so requests, the card shall include a description
26 of the applicant's disability and any information about the
27 applicant's disability or medical history which the Secretary
28 determines would be helpful to the applicant in securing
29 emergency medical care. The applicant, upon receipt of such
30 a card and prior to its use for any purpose, shall have
31 affixed thereon in the space provided therefor his signature
32 or mark. If a mark is used in lieu of a signature, such mark
33 shall be affixed to the card in the presence of two witnesses
34 who attest to the authenticity of the mark. The Illinois
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1 Disabled Person Identification Card may be used for
2 identification purposes in any lawful situation by the person
3 to whom it was issued.
4 The Illinois Disabled Person Identification Card may be
5 used as adequate documentation of disability in lieu of a
6 physician's determination of disability or any other
7 documentation of disability whenever any State law requires
8 that a disabled person provide such documentation of
9 disability, however an Illinois Disabled Person
10 Identification Card shall not qualify the cardholder to
11 participate in any program or to receive any benefit which is
12 not available to all persons with like disabilities.
13 Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, an Illinois
14 Disabled Person Identification Card, or evidence that the
15 Secretary of State has issued an Illinois Disabled Person
16 Identification Card, shall not be used by any person other
17 than the person named on such card to prove that the person
18 named on such card is a disabled person or for any other
19 purpose unless the card is used for the benefit of the person
20 named on such card, and the person named on such card
21 consents to such use at the time the card is so used.
22 When medical information is contained on an Illinois
23 Disabled Person Identification Card, the Office of the
24 Secretary of State shall not be liable for any actions taken
25 based upon that medical information.
26 (c) Beginning January 1, 1986, the Secretary of State
27 shall provide that each original or renewal Illinois
28 Identification Card or Illinois Disabled Person
29 Identification Card issued to a person under the age of 21,
30 shall be of a distinct nature from those Illinois
31 Identification Cards or Illinois Disabled Person
32 Identification Cards issued to individuals 21 years of age or
33 older. The color designated for Illinois Identification Cards
34 or Illinois Disabled Person Identification Cards for persons
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1 under the age of 21 shall be at the discretion of the
2 Secretary of State.
3 (d) The Secretary of State may issue a Senior Citizen
4 discount card, to any natural person who is a resident of the
5 State of Illinois who is 60 years of age or older and who
6 applies for such a card or renewal thereof. The Secretary of
7 State shall charge no fee to issue such card. The card shall
8 be issued in every county and applications shall be made
9 available at, but not limited to, nutrition sites, senior
10 citizen centers and Area Agencies on Aging. The applicant,
11 upon receipt of such card and prior to its use for any
12 purpose, shall have affixed thereon in the space provided
13 therefor his signature or mark.
14 (Source: P.A. 90-191, eff. 1-1-98.)
15 Section 10. The Unified Code of Corrections is amended
16 by changing Section 3-14-1 as follows:
17 (730 ILCS 5/3-14-1) (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-14-1)
18 Sec. 3-14-1. Release from the Institution.
19 (a) Upon release of a person on parole, mandatory
20 release, final discharge or pardon the Department shall
21 return all property held for him, provide him with suitable
22 clothing and procure necessary transportation for him to his
23 designated place of residence and employment. It may provide
24 such person with a grant of money for travel and expenses
25 which may be paid in installments. The amount of the money
26 grant shall be determined by the Department.
27 The Department of Corrections may establish and maintain,
28 in any institution it administers, revolving funds to be
29 known as "Travel and Allowances Revolving Funds". These
30 revolving funds shall be used for advancing travel and
31 expense allowances to committed, paroled, and discharged
32 prisoners. The moneys paid into such revolving funds shall
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1 be from appropriations to the Department for Committed,
2 Paroled, and Discharged Prisoners.
3 (b) (Blank).
4 (c) Except as otherwise provided in this Code, the
5 Department shall establish procedures to provide written
6 notification of any release of any person who has been
7 convicted of a felony to the State's Attorney and sheriff of
8 the county from which the offender was committed, and the
9 State's Attorney and sheriff of the county into which the
10 offender is to be paroled or released. Except as otherwise
11 provided in this Code, the Department shall establish
12 procedures to provide written notification to the proper law
13 enforcement agency for any municipality of any release of any
14 person who has been convicted of a felony if the arrest of
15 the offender or the commission of the offense took place in
16 the municipality, if the offender is to be paroled or
17 released into the municipality, or if the offender resided in
18 the municipality at the time of the commission of the
19 offense. If a person convicted of a felony who is in the
20 custody of the Department of Corrections or on parole or
21 mandatory supervised release informs the Department that he
22 or she has resided, resides, or will reside at an address
23 that is a housing facility owned, managed, operated, or
24 leased by a public housing agency, the Department must send
25 written notification of that information to the public
26 housing agency that owns, manages, operates, or leases the
27 housing facility. The written notification shall, when
28 possible, be given at least 14 days before release of the
29 person from custody, or as soon thereafter as possible.
30 (c-1) (Blank).
31 (d) Upon the release of a committed person on parole,
32 mandatory supervised release, final discharge or pardon, the
33 Department shall provide such person with information
34 concerning programs and services of the Illinois Department
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1 of Public Health to ascertain whether such person has been
2 exposed to the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) or any
3 identified causative agent of Acquired Immunodeficiency
4 Syndrome (AIDS).
5 (e) Upon the release of a committed person on parole,
6 mandatory supervised release, final discharge, or pardon, the
7 Department shall provide the person who has met the criteria
8 established by the Department with an identification card
9 identifying the person as being on parole, mandatory
10 supervised release, final discharge, or pardon, as the case
11 may be. The Department, in consultation with the Office of
12 the Secretary of State, shall prescribe the form of the
13 identification card, which may be similar to the form of the
14 standard Illinois Identification Card. The Department shall
15 inform the committed person that he or she may present the
16 identification card to the Office of the Secretary of State
17 upon application for a standard Illinois Identification Card
18 in accordance with the Illinois Identification Card Act. The
19 Department shall require the committed person to pay a $1 fee
20 for the identification card.
21 For purposes of a committed person receiving an
22 identification card issued by the Department under this
23 subsection, the Department shall establish criteria that the
24 committed person must meet before the card is issued. It is
25 the sole responsibility of the committed person requesting
26 the identification card issued by the Department to meet the
27 established criteria. The person's failure to meet the
28 criteria is sufficient reason to deny the committed person
29 the identification card. An identification card issued by
30 the Department under this subsection shall be valid for a
31 period of time not to exceed 30 calendar days from the date
32 the card is issued. The Department shall not be held civilly
33 or criminally liable to anyone because of any act of any
34 person utilizing a card issued by the Department under this
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1 subsection.
2 The Department shall adopt rules governing the issuance
3 of identification cards to committed persons being released
4 on parole, mandatory supervised release, final discharge, or
5 pardon.
6 (Source: P.A. 91-506, eff. 8-13-99; 91-695, eff. 4-13-00.)".