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Public Act 92-0240
HB2011 Enrolled LRB9207809DJtm
AN ACT in relation to identification.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Illinois Identification Card Act is
amended by changing Section 4 as follows:
(15 ILCS 335/4) (from Ch. 124, par. 24)
Sec. 4. Identification Card.
(a) The Secretary of State shall issue a standard
Illinois Identification Card to any natural person who is a
resident of 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 issued by the Department of Corrections
under Section 3-14-1 of the Unified Code of Corrections,
together with the prescribed fees. The card shall be
prepared and supplied by the Secretary of State and shall
include a photograph of the applicant. The applicant, upon
receipt of a card 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. 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.
(b) The Secretary of State shall issue a special
Illinois 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. 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 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 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 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.
The Illinois Disabled Person Identification Card may be
used as adequate documentation of disability in lieu of a
physician's determination of disability or any other
documentation of disability whenever any State law 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 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 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.
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.
(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 Cards
or Illinois Disabled Person Identification Cards for persons
under the age of 21 shall be at the discretion of the
Secretary of State.
(d) The Secretary of State may issue a Senior Citizen
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 card and prior to its use for any
purpose, shall have affixed thereon in the space provided
therefor his signature or mark.
(Source: P.A. 90-191, eff. 1-1-98.)
Section 10. The Unified Code of Corrections is amended
by changing Section 3-14-1 as follows:
(730 ILCS 5/3-14-1) (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-14-1)
Sec. 3-14-1. Release from the Institution.
(a) Upon release of a person on parole, mandatory
release, final discharge or pardon the Department shall
return all property held for him, provide him with suitable
clothing and procure necessary transportation for him to his
designated place of residence and employment. It may provide
such person with a grant of money for travel and expenses
which may be paid in installments. The amount of the money
grant shall be determined by the Department.
The Department of Corrections may establish and maintain,
in any institution it administers, revolving funds to be
known as "Travel and Allowances Revolving Funds". These
revolving funds shall be used for advancing travel and
expense allowances to committed, paroled, and discharged
prisoners. The moneys paid into such revolving funds shall
be from appropriations to the Department for Committed,
Paroled, and Discharged Prisoners.
(b) (Blank).
(c) Except as otherwise provided in this Code, the
Department shall establish procedures to provide written
notification of any release of any person who has been
convicted of a felony to the State's Attorney and sheriff of
the county from which the offender was committed, and the
State's Attorney and sheriff of the county into which the
offender is to be paroled or released. Except as otherwise
provided in this Code, the Department shall establish
procedures to provide written notification to the proper law
enforcement agency for any municipality of any release of any
person who has been convicted of a felony if the arrest of
the offender or the commission of the offense took place in
the municipality, if the offender is to be paroled or
released into the municipality, or if the offender resided in
the municipality at the time of the commission of the
offense. If a person convicted of a felony who is in the
custody of the Department of Corrections or on parole or
mandatory supervised release informs the Department that he
or she has resided, resides, or will reside at an address
that is a housing facility owned, managed, operated, or
leased by a public housing agency, the Department must send
written notification of that information to the public
housing agency that owns, manages, operates, or leases the
housing facility. The written notification shall, when
possible, be given at least 14 days before release of the
person from custody, or as soon thereafter as possible.
(c-1) (Blank).
(d) Upon the release of a committed person on parole,
mandatory supervised release, final discharge or pardon, the
Department shall provide such person with information
concerning programs and services of the Illinois Department
of Public Health to ascertain whether such person has been
exposed to the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) or any
identified causative agent of Acquired Immunodeficiency
Syndrome (AIDS).
(e) Upon the release of a committed person on parole,
mandatory supervised release, final discharge, or pardon, the
Department shall provide the person who has met the criteria
established by the Department with an identification card
identifying the person as being on parole, mandatory
supervised release, final discharge, or pardon, as the case
may be. The Department, in consultation with the Office of
the Secretary of State, shall prescribe the form of the
identification card, which may be similar to the form of the
standard Illinois Identification Card. The Department shall
inform the committed person that he or she may present the
identification card to the Office of the Secretary of State
upon application for a standard Illinois Identification Card
in accordance with the Illinois Identification Card Act. The
Department shall require the committed person to pay a $1 fee
for the identification card.
For purposes of a committed person receiving an
identification card issued by the Department under this
subsection, the Department shall establish criteria that the
committed person must meet before the card is issued. It is
the sole responsibility of the committed person requesting
the identification card issued by the Department to meet the
established criteria. The person's failure to meet the
criteria is sufficient reason to deny the committed person
the identification card. An identification card issued by
the Department under this subsection shall be valid for a
period of time not to exceed 30 calendar days from the date
the card is issued. The Department shall not be held civilly
or criminally liable to anyone because of any act of any
person utilizing a card issued by the Department under this
subsection.
The Department shall adopt rules governing the issuance
of identification cards to committed persons being released
on parole, mandatory supervised release, final discharge, or
pardon.
(Source: P.A. 91-506, eff. 8-13-99; 91-695, eff. 4-13-00.)
Passed in the General Assembly May 10, 2001.
Approved August 03, 2001.
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