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Public Act 096-0146
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LRB096 03916 AJT 13951 b |
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AN ACT concerning State government.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Illinois Identification Card Act is amended |
by changing Section 4 as follows:
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(15 ILCS 335/4) (from Ch. 124, par. 24)
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Sec. 4. Identification Card.
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(a) The Secretary of State shall issue a
standard Illinois |
Identification Card to any natural person who is a resident
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the State of Illinois who applies for such card, or renewal |
thereof,
or who applies for a standard Illinois Identification |
Card upon release as a
committed person on parole, mandatory |
supervised release, final discharge, or
pardon from the |
Department of Corrections by submitting an identification card
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issued by the Department of Corrections under Section 3-14-1 of |
the Unified
Code of Corrections,
together with the prescribed |
fees. No identification card shall be issued to any person who |
holds a valid
foreign state
identification card, license, or |
permit unless the person first surrenders to
the Secretary of
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State the valid foreign state identification card, license, or |
permit. The card shall be prepared and
supplied by the |
Secretary of State and shall include a photograph and signature |
or mark of the
applicant. The applicant, upon receipt of a card |
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and prior to its use
for any purpose, shall affix his signature |
thereon in the space provided
therefor. The Illinois |
Identification Card may be used for
identification purposes in |
any lawful situation only by the person to
whom it was issued.
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As used in this Act, "photograph" means any color photograph or |
digitally
produced and captured image of an applicant for an |
identification card. As
used in this Act, "signature" means the |
name of a person as written by that
person and captured in a |
manner acceptable to the Secretary of State.
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(b) The Secretary of State shall issue a special Illinois
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Identification Card, which shall be known as an Illinois |
Disabled Person
Identification Card, to any natural person who |
is a resident of the State
of Illinois, who is a disabled |
person as defined in Section 4A of this Act,
who applies for |
such card, or renewal thereof. No Disabled Person |
Identification Card shall be issued to any person who
holds a |
valid
foreign state identification card, license, or permit |
unless the person first
surrenders to the
Secretary of State |
the valid foreign state identification card, license, or
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permit. The Secretary of State
shall charge no fee to issue |
such card. The card shall be prepared and
supplied by the |
Secretary of State, and shall include a photograph and |
signature or mark of the
applicant, a designation indicating |
that the card is an Illinois Disabled
Person Identification |
Card, and shall include a comprehensible designation
of the |
type and classification of the applicant's disability as set |
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out in
Section 4A of this Act. If the applicant so requests, |
the card shall
include a description of the applicant's |
disability and any information
about the applicant's |
disability or medical history which the Secretary
determines |
would be helpful to the applicant in securing emergency medical
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care. The applicant, upon receipt of such a card and prior to |
its use for
any purpose, shall have affixed thereon in the |
space provided therefor his
signature or mark. If a mark is |
used in lieu of a signature, such mark
shall be affixed to the |
card in the presence of two witnesses who attest to
the |
authenticity of the mark. The Illinois
Disabled Person |
Identification Card may be used for identification purposes
in |
any lawful situation by the person to whom it was issued.
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The Illinois Disabled Person Identification Card may be |
used as adequate
documentation of disability in lieu of a |
physician's determination of
disability, a determination of |
disability from a physician assistant who has
been delegated |
the authority to make this determination by his or her
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supervising physician, a determination of disability from an |
advanced practice
nurse who has a written collaborative |
agreement with a collaborating physician
that
authorizes the |
advanced practice nurse to make this determination, or any
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other documentation
of disability whenever
any
State law
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requires that a disabled person provide such documentation of |
disability,
however an Illinois Disabled Person Identification |
Card shall not qualify
the cardholder to participate in any |
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program or to receive any benefit
which is not available to all |
persons with like disabilities.
Notwithstanding any other |
provisions of law, an Illinois Disabled Person
Identification |
Card, or evidence that the Secretary of State has issued an
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Illinois Disabled Person Identification Card, shall not be used |
by any
person other than the person named on such card to prove |
that the person
named on such card is a disabled person or for |
any other purpose unless the
card is used for the benefit of |
the person named on such card, and the
person named on such |
card consents to such use at the time the card is so used.
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An optometrist's determination of a visual disability |
under Section 4A of this Act is acceptable as documentation for |
the purpose of issuing an Illinois Disabled Person |
Identification Card. |
When medical information is contained on an Illinois |
Disabled Person
Identification Card, the Office of the |
Secretary of State shall not be
liable for any actions taken |
based upon that medical information.
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(c) Beginning January 1, 1986, the Secretary of State shall |
provide
that each original or renewal Illinois Identification |
Card or Illinois
Disabled Person Identification Card issued to |
a person under the age of 21,
shall be of a distinct nature |
from those Illinois Identification Cards or
Illinois Disabled |
Person Identification Cards issued to individuals 21
years of |
age or older. The color designated for Illinois Identification
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Cards or Illinois Disabled Person Identification Cards for |
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persons under
the age of 21 shall be at the discretion of the |
Secretary of State.
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(c-1) Beginning January 1, 2003, each original or renewal |
Illinois
Identification Card or Illinois Disabled Person |
Identification Card issued to
a person under the age of 21 |
shall display the date upon which the person
becomes 18 years |
of age and the date upon which the person becomes 21 years of
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age.
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(d) The Secretary of State may issue a Senior Citizen
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discount card, to any natural person who is a resident of the |
State of
Illinois who is 60 years of age or older and who |
applies for such a card or
renewal thereof. The Secretary of |
State shall charge no fee to issue such
card. The card shall be |
issued in every county and applications shall be
made available |
at, but not limited to, nutrition sites, senior citizen
centers |
and Area Agencies on Aging. The applicant, upon receipt of such
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card and prior to its use for any purpose, shall have affixed |
thereon in
the space provided therefor his signature or mark.
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(e) The Secretary of State, in his or her discretion, may |
designate on each Illinois
Identification Card or Illinois |
Disabled Person Identification Card a space where the card |
holder may place a sticker or decal, issued by the Secretary of |
State, of uniform size as the Secretary may specify, that shall |
indicate in appropriate language that the card holder has |
renewed his or her Illinois
Identification Card or Illinois |
Disabled Person Identification Card. |