Rep. John C. D'Amico

Filed: 4/9/2019

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2856

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2856, AS AMENDED, by
3replacing everything after the enacting clause with the
4following:
 
5    "Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by
6changing Sections 3-100.1 and 3-100.2 as follows:
 
7    (625 ILCS 5/3-100.1)
8    Sec. 3-100.1. Use of electronic records.
9    (a) To the extent authorized by the Secretary of State and
10in accordance with standards and procedures prescribed by the
11Secretary of State:
12        (1) Certificates, certifications, affidavits,
13    applications, assignments, statements, notices, documents,
14    and other records required under this Chapter may be
15    created, distributed, and received in electronic form.
16        (2) Signatures required under this Chapter may be made

 

 

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1    as electronic signatures or may be waived.
2        (3) Delivery of records required under this Chapter may
3    be made by any means, including electronic delivery.
4        (4) Fees and taxes required to be paid under this
5    Chapter may be made by electronic means; provided that any
6    forms, records, electronic records, and methods of
7    electronic payment relating to the filing and payment of
8    taxes shall be prescribed by the Department of Revenue.
9    (a-5) No later than July 1, 2021, the Secretary of State
10shall implement, manage, and administer an electronic lien and
11title system that will permit a lienholder to perfect, assign,
12and release a lien under this Code. The system may include the
13points in subsection (a) as to the identified objectives of the
14program. The Secretary shall establish by administrative rule
15the standards and procedures relating to the management and
16implementation of the mandatory electronic lien and title
17system established under this subsection. The Secretary may
18charge a reasonable fee for performing the services and
19functions relating to the management and administration of the
20system. The fee shall be set by administrative rule adopted by
21the Secretary.
22    (b) Electronic records accepted by the Secretary of State
23have the same force and effect as records created on paper by
24writing, typing, printing, or similar means. The procedures
25established by the Secretary of State concerning the acceptance
26of electronic filings and electronic records shall ensure that

 

 

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1the electronic filings and electronic records are received and
2stored accurately and that they are readily available to
3satisfy any statutory requirements that call for a written
4record.
5    (c) Electronic signatures accepted by the Secretary of
6State shall have the same force and effect as manual
7signatures.
8    (d) Electronic delivery of records accepted by the
9Secretary of State shall have the same force and effect as
10physical delivery of records.
11    (e) Electronic records and electronic signatures accepted
12by the Secretary of State shall be admissible in all
13administrative, quasi-judicial, and judicial proceedings. In
14any such proceeding, nothing in the application of the rules of
15evidence shall apply so as to deny the admissibility of an
16electronic record or electronic signature into evidence on the
17sole ground that it is an electronic record or electronic
18signature, or on the grounds that it is not in its original
19form or is not an original. Information in the form of an
20electronic record shall be given due evidentiary weight by the
21trier of fact.
22    (f) The Secretary may contract with a private contractor to
23carry out the Secretary's duties under this Section.
24(Source: P.A. 91-772, eff. 1-1-01.)
 
25    (625 ILCS 5/3-100.2)

 

 

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1    Sec. 3-100.2. Electronic access; agreements with
2submitters.
3    (a) No later than July 1, 2021, the The Secretary of State
4shall may require a licensee under Chapter 3 or 5 of this Code
5to submit any record required to be submitted to the Secretary
6of State by using electronic media deemed feasible by the
7Secretary of State. , in addition to requiring the actual
8submittal of The Secretary of State may also require the
9licensee to submit the original paper record. The Secretary of
10State shall may also require allow a person or licensee to
11receive any record to be provided by the Secretary of State by
12using electronic media deemed feasible by the Secretary of
13State, instead of providing the original paper record.
14    (b) No later than July 1, 2021, electronic Electronic
15submittal, receipt, and delivery of records and electronic
16signatures shall may be authorized or accepted by the Secretary
17of State, when supported by a signed agreement between the
18Secretary of State and the submitter. The agreement shall
19require, at a minimum, each record to include all information
20necessary to complete a transaction, certification by the
21submitter upon its best knowledge as to the truthfulness of the
22data to be submitted to the Secretary of State, and retention
23by the submitter of supporting records.
24    (c) No later than July 1, 2021, the The Secretary of State
25shall may establish minimum transaction volume levels, audit
26and security standards, technological requirements, and other

 

 

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1terms and conditions he or she deems necessary for approval of
2the electronic delivery process.
3    (d) When an agreement is made to accept electronic records,
4the Secretary of State shall not be required to produce a
5written record for the submitter with whom the Secretary of
6State has the agreement until requested to do so by the
7submitter.
8    (e) No later than July 1, 2021 Upon the request of a
9lienholder submitter, the Secretary of State shall provide
10electronic notification to the lienholder submitter to verify
11the notation and perfection of the lienholder's security
12interest in a vehicle on for which the certificate of title
13required to be created as is an electronic record under Section
143-100.1. Upon receipt of an electronic message from a
15lienholder submitter with a security interest in a vehicle for
16which the certificate of title is an electronic record that the
17lien should be released, the Secretary of State shall enter the
18appropriate electronic record of the release of lien and print
19and mail a paper certificate of title to the owner or
20lienholder at no expense. The Secretary of State may also mail
21the certificate to any other person that delivers to the
22Secretary of State an authorization from the owner to receive
23the certificate. If another lienholder holds a properly
24perfected security interest in the vehicle as reflected in the
25records of the Secretary of State, the certificate shall be
26delivered to that lienholder instead of the owner.

 

 

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1    (f) The Secretary may contract with a private contractor to
2carry out the Secretary's duties under this Section.
3(Source: P.A. 97-838, eff. 7-20-12.)".