97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
SB0090

 

Introduced 1/27/2011, by Sen. M. Maggie Crotty

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
625 ILCS 5/2-105  from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 2-105

    Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that Secretary of State driver facilities shall no longer be temporary places of voter registration, but rather permanent places of acceptance of voter registration applications. Deletes provisions governing the Secretary's powers and duties relating to voter registration and adds provisions governing the Secretary's powers and duties relating to acceptance of voter registration applications.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning transportation.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by changing
5Section 2-105 as follows:
 
6    (625 ILCS 5/2-105)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 2-105)
7    Sec. 2-105. Offices of Secretary of State.
8    (a) The Secretary of State shall maintain offices in the
9State capital and in such other places in the State as he may
10deem necessary to properly carry out the powers and duties
11vested in him.
12    (b) The Secretary of State may construct and equip one or
13more buildings in the State of Illinois outside of the County
14of Sangamon as he deems necessary to properly carry out the
15powers and duties vested in him. The Secretary of State may, on
16behalf of the State of Illinois, acquire public or private
17property needed therefor by lease, purchase or eminent domain.
18The care, custody and control of such sites and buildings
19constructed thereon shall be vested in the Secretary of State.
20Expenditures for the construction and equipping of any of such
21buildings upon premises owned by another public entity shall
22not be subject to the provisions of any State law requiring
23that the State be vested with absolute fee title to the

 

 

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1premises. The exercise of the authority vested in the Secretary
2of State by this Section is subject to the appropriation of the
3necessary funds.
4    (c) Pursuant to Section 1A-25 Sections 4-6.2, 5-16.2, and
56-50.2 of the Election Code, the Secretary of State shall make
6driver services facilities available for use as temporary
7places of accepting applications for voter registration.
8Registration within the offices shall be in the most public,
9orderly and convenient portions thereof, and Section 4-3, 5-3,
10and 11-4 of the Election Code relative to the attendance of
11police officers during the conduct of registration shall apply.
12Registration under this Section shall be made in the manner
13provided by Sections 4-8, 4-10, 5-7, 5-9, 6-34, 6-35, and 6-37
14of the Election Code.
15    (d) (Blank). Within 30 days after the effective date of
16this amendatory Act of 1990, and no later than November 1 of
17each even-numbered year thereafter, the Secretary of State, to
18the extent practicable, shall designate to each election
19authority in the State a reasonable number of employees at each
20driver services facility registered to vote within the
21jurisdiction of such election authority and within adjacent
22election jurisdictions for appointment as deputy registrars by
23the election authority located within the election
24jurisdiction where the employees maintain their residences.
25Such designation shall be in writing and certified by the
26Secretary of State.

 

 

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1    (e) Each person applying at a driver services facility for
2a driver's license or permit, a corrected driver's license or
3permit, an Illinois identification card or a corrected Illinois
4identification card shall be notified that the person may apply
5to register to vote at such station to vote in the State and
6may also apply to transfer his or her voter registration at
7such station to a different address in the State. Such
8notification may be made in writing or verbally issued by an
9employee or the Secretary of State.
10    The Secretary of State shall promulgate such rules as may
11be necessary for the efficient execution of his duties and the
12duties of his employees under this Section amendatory Act of
131990.
14    (f) Any person applying at a driver services facility for
15issuance or renewal of a driver's license or Illinois
16Identification Card shall be provided, without charge, with a
17brochure warning the person of the dangers of financial
18identity theft. The Department of Financial and Professional
19Regulation shall prepare these brochures and provide them to
20the Secretary of State for distribution. The brochures shall
21(i) identify signs warning the reader that he or she might be
22an intended victim of the crime of financial identity theft,
23(ii) instruct the reader in how to proceed if the reader
24believes that he or she is the victim of the crime of identity
25theft, and (iii) provide the reader with names and telephone
26numbers of law enforcement and other governmental agencies that

 

 

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1provide assistance to victims of financial identity theft.
2(Source: P.A. 94-645, eff. 8-22-05; 94-1001, eff. 1-1-07.)