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| Public Act 102-1103 | ||||
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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 Administrative Procedure Act is | ||||
amended by changing Section 5-45.20 as follows: | ||||
(5 ILCS 100/5-45.20) | ||||
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2023) | ||||
Sec. 5-45.20. Emergency rulemaking; Secretary of State | ||||
emergency powers. To provide for the expeditious and timely | ||||
implementation of the provisions of Section 30 of the | ||||
Secretary of State Act, emergency rules implementing the | ||||
changes made to Section 30 of the Secretary of State Act by | ||||
this amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly may be | ||||
adopted by the Secretary in accordance with Section 5-45. The | ||||
adoption of emergency rules authorized by Section 5-45 and | ||||
this Section is deemed to be necessary for the public | ||||
interest, safety, and welfare. | ||||
This Section is repealed on October January 1, 2023.
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(Source: P.A. 102-678, eff. 12-10-21.) | ||||
Section 10. The Secretary of State Act is amended by | ||||
changing Section 30 and by adding Section 37 as follows: | ||||
(15 ILCS 305/30) | ||
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2023) | ||
Sec. 30. Emergency powers. | ||
(a) In response to the interruption of services available | ||
to the public as a result of the public health disaster caused | ||
by Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), a novel severe acute | ||
respiratory illness that spreads rapidly through respiratory | ||
transmissions, the extended closure of State government | ||
offices and private sector businesses caused by COVID-19, and | ||
the need to ameliorate any detrimental impact on members of | ||
the public caused by that interruption of services, the | ||
Secretary of State is hereby given the authority to adopt | ||
emergency rulemakings, and to adopt permanent administrative | ||
rules: | ||
(1) extending until not later than December 31, 2022, | ||
the expiration dates of driver's licenses, driving | ||
permits, monitoring device driving permits, restricted | ||
driving permits, and identification cards which were | ||
issued with expiration dates on or after January 1, 2020. | ||
During the period of any extensions implemented pursuant | ||
to this subsection, all driver's licenses, driving | ||
permits, monitoring device driving permits, restricted | ||
driving permits, and identification cards, shall be | ||
subject to any terms and conditions under which the | ||
original document was issued; and | ||
(2) modifying the requirements for the renewal of | ||
driver's licenses, driving permits, monitoring device | ||
driving permits, restricted driving permits, and | ||
identification cards. No such modification shall apply for | ||
more than one renewal cycle after the effective date of | ||
the rulemaking. | ||
(b) When the renewal of any driver's license, driving | ||
permit, monitoring device driving permit, restricted driving | ||
permit, or identification card has been extended pursuant to | ||
this Section, it shall be renewed during the period of an | ||
extension. Any such renewals shall be from the original | ||
expiration date and shall be subject to the full fee which | ||
would have been due had the renewals been issued based on the | ||
original expiration date, except that no late filing fees or | ||
penalties shall be imposed. | ||
(c) All law enforcement agencies in the State of Illinois | ||
and all State and local governmental entities shall recognize | ||
the validity of, and give full legal force to, extensions | ||
granted pursuant to this Section. | ||
(d) Upon the request of any person whose driver's license, | ||
driving permit, monitoring device driving permit, restricted | ||
driving permit, or identification card has been subject to an | ||
extension under this Section, the Secretary shall issue a | ||
statement verifying the extension was issued pursuant to | ||
Illinois law, and requesting any foreign jurisdiction to honor | ||
the extension. | ||
(e) This Section is repealed on October January 1, 2023.
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(Source: P.A. 101-640, eff. 6-12-20; 102-39, eff. 6-25-21; | ||
102-678, eff. 12-10-21.) | ||
(15 ILCS 305/37 new) | ||
Sec. 37. Study on age-related changes that affect driving | ||
abilities. By October 1, 2023 the Secretary of State shall | ||
conduct a study on age-related changes in vision, physical | ||
functioning, and the ability to reason and remember, as well | ||
as any other diseases and medications that might affect safe | ||
driving abilities. When conducting the study, the Secretary of | ||
State may utilize data or academic studies conducted by other | ||
sources, including, but not limited to, other states, the | ||
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the American | ||
Geriatrics Society, and the National Highway Traffic Safety | ||
Administration. Upon completion of the study, if the study | ||
shows that there is no immediate risk to public safety, the | ||
Secretary of State may adopt administrative rules to raise or | ||
lower the age requirement for actual demonstrations, provided | ||
that the required age shall be no lower than the minimum age | ||
required under subsection (c) of Section 6-109 of the Illinois | ||
Vehicle Code. | ||
Section 15. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by adding | ||
Section 3-606.5 as follows: | ||
(625 ILCS 5/3-606.5 new) | ||
Sec. 3-606.5. Retired Executive Branch Constitutional | ||
Officers. Upon receipt of a request from a retired executive | ||
branch constitutional officer, accompanied by the appropriate | ||
application and fee, the Secretary of State shall issue to the | ||
retired executive branch constitutional officer plates bearing | ||
appropriate wording or abbreviations indicating that the | ||
holder is a retired executive branch constitutional officer | ||
and the office held. Such plates may be issued for a 2-year | ||
period beginning on January 1 of each odd-numbered year and | ||
ending on December 31 of the subsequent even-numbered year. | ||
Upon the death of a retired executive branch constitutional | ||
officer who has been issued a retired executive branch | ||
constitutional officer plate, the retired executive branch | ||
constitutional officer's surviving spouse shall be entitled to | ||
retain the plate so long as the surviving spouse is a resident | ||
of Illinois and transfers the registration to his or her name | ||
within 90 days of the death of the retired executive branch | ||
constitutional officer.
For purposes of this Section, "retired | ||
executive branch constitutional officer" means any individual | ||
who has served at least one full term of office as (i) | ||
Governor; (ii) Lieutenant Governor; (iii) Attorney General; | ||
(iv) Secretary of State; (v) Comptroller; or (vi) Treasurer; | ||
and who was not removed from office pursuant to Section 14 of | ||
Article IV of the Illinois Constitution of 1970.
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||
becoming law. | ||