93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
HB4886

 

Introduced 02/04/04, by Ruth Munson, JoAnn D. Osmond

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
5 ILCS 175/5-120

    Amends the Electronic Commerce Security Act. Provides that government agencies are authorized but not required to accept electronic signature technology. Requires a government agency that accepts electronic signatures to take adequate precautions to protect personal information. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1     AN ACT concerning electronic signatures.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Electronic Commerce Security Act is amended
5 by changing Section 5-120 as follows:
 
6     (5 ILCS 175/5-120)
7     Sec. 5-120. Electronic signatures.
8     (a) Where a rule of law requires a signature, or provides
9 for certain consequences if a document is not signed, an
10 electronic signature satisfies that rule of law. A government
11 agency is authorized, but is not required, to accept electronic
12 signatures. In addition to complying with any security
13 requirements of this Act, a government agency that accepts
14 electronic signatures must take adequate precautions to
15 protect the signer's personal information, which may include
16 name, address, telephone number, and social security number.
17     (b) An electronic signature may be proved in any manner,
18 including by showing that a procedure existed by which a party
19 must of necessity have executed a symbol or security procedure
20 for the purpose of verifying that an electronic record is that
21 of such party in order to proceed further with a transaction.
22     (c) The provisions of this Section shall not apply:
23         (1) when its application would involve a construction
24     of a rule of law that is clearly inconsistent with the
25     manifest intent of the lawmaking body or repugnant to the
26     context of the same rule of law, provided that the mere
27     requirement of a "signature" or that a record be "signed"
28     shall not by itself be sufficient to establish such intent;
29         (2) to any rule of law governing the creation or
30     execution of a will or trust, living will, or healthcare
31     power of attorney; and
32         (3) to any record that serves as a unique and

 

 

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1     transferable instrument of rights and obligations
2     including, without limitation, negotiable instruments and
3     other instruments of title wherein possession of the
4     instrument is deemed to confer title, unless an electronic
5     version of such record is created, stored, and transferred
6     in a manner that allows for the existence of only one
7     unique, identifiable, and unalterable original with the
8     functional attributes of an equivalent physical
9     instrument, that can be possessed by only one person, and
10     which cannot be copied except in a form that is readily
11     identifiable as a copy.
12 (Source: P.A. 90-759, eff. 7-1-99.)
 
13     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
14 becoming law.