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 1        AN ACT in relation to driver licensing.

 2        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section 5.  The  Illinois  Vehicle  Code  is  amended  by
 5    changing Section 6-110 as follows:

 6        (625 ILCS 5/6-110) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 6-110)
 7        Sec. 6-110.  Licenses issued to drivers.
 8        (a)  The   Secretary   of  State  shall  issue  to  every
 9    qualifying applicant a driver's license as applied for, which
10    license shall bear a distinguishing number  assigned  to  the
11    licensee, the name, social security number, zip code, date of
12    birth,  address, and a brief description of the licensee, and
13    a space where the licensee may write his usual signature.
14        If the licensee is less than 17 years of age, the license
15    shall, as a matter of law, be invalid for  the  operation  of
16    any  motor vehicle during any time the licensee is prohibited
17    from being on any street or highway under the  provisions  of
18    the Child Curfew Act.
19        Licenses  issued  shall  also indicate the classification
20    and the restrictions under Section 6-104 of this Code.
21        In lieu of the social security number, the Secretary  may
22    in  his  or her discretion substitute a federal tax number or
23    other distinctive number.
24        A driver's license issued may, in the discretion  of  the
25    Secretary, include a suitable photograph of a type prescribed
26    by the Secretary.
27        (b)  The Secretary of State shall provide a format on the
28    reverse  of  each  driver's license issued which the licensee
29    may use to execute a  document  of  gift  conforming  to  the
30    provisions  of  the  Uniform  Anatomical Gift Act. The format
31    shall allow the  licensee  to  indicate  the  gift  intended,
 
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 1    whether  specific  organs, any organ, or the entire body, and
 2    shall  accommodate  the  signatures  of  the  donor   and   2
 3    witnesses.  The Secretary shall also inform each applicant or
 4    licensee  of  this  format,  describe  the  procedure for its
 5    execution, and may offer the  necessary  witnesses;  provided
 6    that in so doing, the Secretary shall advise the applicant or
 7    licensee  that  he or she is under no compulsion to execute a
 8    document of  gift.  A  brochure  explaining  this  method  of
 9    executing  an anatomical gift document shall be given to each
10    applicant  or  licensee.   The  brochure  shall  advise   the
11    applicant  or  licensee that he or she is under no compulsion
12    to execute a document of gift, and that he or she may wish to
13    consult with family, friends or clergy before doing  so.  The
14    Secretary   of   State   may  undertake  additional  efforts,
15    including education  and  awareness  activities,  to  promote
16    organ and tissue donation.
17        (c)  The  Secretary  of  State  shall  designate  on each
18    driver's license issued a space where the licensee may  place
19    a  sticker  or decal of the uniform size as the Secretary may
20    specify, which sticker or decal may indicate  in  appropriate
21    language  that  the owner of the license carries an Emergency
22    Medical Information Card.
23        The sticker may be  provided  by  any  person,  hospital,
24    school, medical group, or association interested in assisting
25    in  implementing  the Emergency Medical Information Card, but
26    shall meet the specifications as the Secretary may by rule or
27    regulation require.
28        (d)  The Secretary  of  State  shall  designate  on  each
29    driver's  license  issued  a  space  where  the  licensee may
30    indicate his blood type and RH factor.
31        (e)  The Secretary  of  State  shall  provide  that  each
32    original  or  renewal  driver's  license issued to a licensee
33    under 21 years of age shall be  of  a  distinct  nature  from
34    those driver's licenses issued to individuals 21 years of age
 
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 1    and  older.  The  color  designated for driver's licenses for
 2    licensees under 21 years of age shall be at the discretion of
 3    the Secretary of State.
 4        (e-1)  The Secretary shall  provide  that  each  driver's
 5    license  issued  to a person under the age of 21 displays the
 6    date upon which the person becomes 18 years of  age  and  the
 7    date upon which the person becomes 21 years of age.
 8        (f)  The  Secretary  of  State  shall inform all Illinois
 9    licensed  commercial   motor   vehicle   operators   of   the
10    requirements  of  the  Uniform Commercial Driver License Act,
11    Article V of this  Chapter,  and  shall  make  provisions  to
12    insure  that  all  drivers,  seeking  to  obtain a commercial
13    driver's license, be afforded an opportunity prior  to  April
14    1,  1992, to obtain the license.  The Secretary is authorized
15    to extend  driver's  license  expiration  dates,  and  assign
16    specific  times,  dates  and locations where these commercial
17    driver's tests shall be conducted.  Any applicant, regardless
18    of the current expiration date of  the  applicant's  driver's
19    license,  may  be subject to any assignment by the Secretary.
20    Failure to comply with the Secretary's assignment may  result
21    in  the applicant's forfeiture of an opportunity to receive a
22    commercial driver's license prior to April 1, 1992.
23        (g)  The Secretary of State shall designate on a driver's
24    license issued, a space where the licensee may indicate  that
25    he  or  she  has drafted a living will in accordance with the
26    Illinois Living Will Act or a durable power of  attorney  for
27    health care in accordance with the Illinois Power of Attorney
28    Act.
29        (g-1)  The  Secretary of State, in his or her discretion,
30    may designate on each driver's license issued a  space  where
31    the  licensee  may  place  a  sticker or decal, issued by the
32    Secretary of State, of uniform  size  as  the  Secretary  may
33    specify, that shall indicate in appropriate language that the
34    owner of the license has renewed his or her driver's license.
 
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 1        (h)  A  person  who acts in good faith in accordance with
 2    the terms of this Section is not liable for  damages  in  any
 3    civil  action  or  subject  to  prosecution  in  any criminal
 4    proceeding for his or her act.
 5    (Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99; 92-689, eff. 1-1-03.)