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90_HB0541

      625 ILCS 5/2-123          from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 2-123
          Amends the Illinois Vehicle  Code  to  provide  that  the
      Secretary of State shall (instead of is empowered to and may,
      in  his discretion) furnish to an applicant vehicle or driver
      data at a specified fee.   Provides  that  the  Secretary  of
      State   shall   provide   drivers,   individual  owners,  and
      registrants with  a  clear  and  conspicious  opportunity  to
      request that their personally identifiable information not be
      used   for   commercial   solicitation  purposes.   Effective
      immediately.
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 1        AN ACT to amend the Illinois  Vehicle  Code  by  changing
 2    Section 2-123.
 3        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 4    represented in the General Assembly:
 5        Section 5.  The  Illinois  Vehicle  Code  is  amended  by
 6    changing Section 2-123 as follows:
 7        (625 ILCS 5/2-123) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 2-123)
 8        Sec. 2-123.  Sale and Distribution of Information.
 9        (a)  Except  as  otherwise  provided in this Section, the
10    Secretary may make the driver's license,  vehicle  and  title
11    registration  lists, in part or in whole, and any statistical
12    information derived  from  these  lists  available  to  local
13    governments,   elected  state  officials,  state  educational
14    institutions, public libraries  and  all  other  governmental
15    units of the State and Federal Government requesting them for
16    governmental  purposes.  The Secretary shall require any such
17    applicant for services to pay for  the  costs  of  furnishing
18    such  services  and the use of the equipment involved, and in
19    addition is empowered to establish prices and charges for the
20    services so furnished and  for  the  use  of  the  electronic
21    equipment utilized.
22        (b)  The  Secretary  shall is further empowered to and he
23    may, in his discretion, furnish to any applicant, other  than
24    listed  in  subsection (a) of this Section, vehicle or driver
25    data on a computer tape, disk, or printout at a fixed fee  of
26    $200  in advance and require in addition a further sufficient
27    deposit based upon the Secretary of State's estimate  of  the
28    total  cost  of the information requested and a charge of $20
29    per 1,000 units or part  thereof  identified  or  the  actual
30    cost,  whichever  is  greater. The Secretary is authorized to
31    refund any difference between the additional deposit and  the
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 1    actual  cost  of  the  request.  This service shall not be in
 2    lieu of an abstract of a driver's record nor of  a  title  or
 3    registration  search.   The information sold pursuant to this
 4    subsection shall be the entire vehicle or driver  data  list,
 5    or part thereof.
 6        (c)  Secretary  of  State  may  issue registration lists.
 7    The Secretary of State shall compile and  publish,  at  least
 8    annually,  a  list  of all registered vehicles.  Each list of
 9    registered vehicles shall be arranged serially  according  to
10    the  registration numbers assigned to registered vehicles and
11    shall  contain  in  addition  the  names  and  addresses   of
12    registered  owners  and  a  brief description of each vehicle
13    including the serial or  other  identifying  number  thereof.
14    Such  compilation may be in such form as in the discretion of
15    the Secretary  of  State  may  seem  best  for  the  purposes
16    intended.
17        (d)  The  Secretary of State shall furnish no more than 2
18    current available lists of such registrations to the sheriffs
19    of all counties and to the chiefs of police of all cities and
20    villages and towns of 2,000 population and over in this State
21    at no cost.  Additional copies may be purchased at the fee of
22    $400 each or at the cost of producing the list as  determined
23    by the Secretary of State.
24        (e)  The  Secretary  of  State shall upon written request
25    and the payment of  the  fee  of  $400  furnish  the  current
26    available  list  of  such  motor vehicle registrations to any
27    person so long as the supply of available registration  lists
28    shall last.
29        (e-1)  Commercial purchasers of driver and vehicle record
30    databases  shall  enter  into  a  written  agreement with the
31    Secretary of State that includes disclosure of the commercial
32    use of the  intended  purchase.   Affected  drivers,  vehicle
33    owners,  or  registrants  may  request  that their personally
34    identifiable  information  not   be   used   for   commercial
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 1    solicitation  purposes.  The Secretary of State shall provide
 2    drivers, individual vehicle owners, and  registrants  with  a
 3    clear  and  conspicious  opportunity  to  request  that their
 4    personally  identifiable  information   not   be   used   for
 5    commercial solicitation purposes.
 6        (f)  Title   or  registration  search  and  certification
 7    thereof - Fee. The Secretary of State shall make a  title  or
 8    registration  search  of  the  records  of  his  office and a
 9    written report on the  same  for  any  person,  upon  written
10    application  of  such  person, accompanied by a fee of $4 for
11    each registration or title search.  No fee shall  be  charged
12    for  a title or registration search, or for the certification
13    thereof requested by a government agency.
14        The  Secretary  of  State  shall  certify  a   title   or
15    registration   record  upon  written  request.  The  fee  for
16    certification shall be $4 in addition to the fee required for
17    a title or registration search. Certification shall  be  made
18    under  the  signature of the Secretary of State  and shall be
19    authenticated by Seal of the Secretary of State.
20        The Secretary of State may notify the  vehicle  owner  or
21    registrant  of  the  request  for  purchase  of  his title or
22    registration information as the Secretary deems appropriate.
23        The vehicle owner or  registrant  residence  address  and
24    other personally identifiable information on the record shall
25    not  be  disclosed.   This  nondisclosure  shall not apply to
26    requests  made  by  law  enforcement  officials,   government
27    agencies,   financial   institutions,   attorneys,  insurers,
28    employers, automobile associated businesses,  other  business
29    entities  for  purposes  consistent with the Illinois Vehicle
30    Code, the vehicle owner or registrant, or other  entities  as
31    the  Secretary  may  exempt  by  rule  and  regulation.  This
32    information may be withheld from the entities  listed  above,
33    except   law   enforcement   and   government  agencies  upon
34    presentation of a valid court order  of  protection  for  the
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 1    duration of the order.
 2        No  information  shall be released to the requestor until
 3    expiration of a 10 day period.  This 10 day period shall  not
 4    apply  to  requests  for  information made by law enforcement
 5    officials,  government  agencies,   financial   institutions,
 6    attorneys,   insurers,   employers,   automobile   associated
 7    businesses,  persons licensed as a private detective or firms
 8    licensed as a private  detective  agency  under  the  Private
 9    Detective,  Private  Alarm, and Private Security Act of 1983,
10    who  are  employed  by  or  are  acting  on  behalf  of   law
11    enforcement   officials,   government   agencies,   financial
12    institutions,   attorneys,  insurers,  employers,  automobile
13    associated  businesses,  and  other  business  entities   for
14    purposes  consistent  with  the  Illinois  Vehicle  Code, the
15    vehicle  owner  or  registrant  or  other  entities  as   the
16    Secretary may exempt by rule and regulation.
17        Any  misrepresentation  made  by  a requestor of title or
18    vehicle information shall be punishable as a  petty  offense,
19    except in the case of persons licensed as a private detective
20    or  firms  licensed as a private detective agency which shall
21    be subject to disciplinary sanctions under Section 22  or  25
22    of the Private Detective, Private Alarm, and Private Security
23    Act of 1983.
24        (g) 1.  The  Secretary  of  State  may, upon receipt of a
25        written request and a fee of $5, furnish to the person or
26        agency so requesting a driver's  record.   Such  document
27        may   include  a  record  of:  current  driver's  license
28        issuance information,  except  that  the  information  on
29        judicial  driving  permits  shall  be  available  only as
30        otherwise provided  by  this  Code;  convictions;  orders
31        entered  revoking,  suspending  or  cancelling a driver's
32        license  or  privilege;   and   notations   of   accident
33        involvement.   All  other  information,  unless otherwise
34        permitted by this Code, shall remain confidential.
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 1             2.  The Secretary of State may certify  an  abstract
 2        of  a  driver's  record  upon  written  request therefor.
 3        Such certification shall be made under the  signature  of
 4        the  Secretary of State and shall be authenticated by the
 5        Seal of his office.
 6             3.  All  requests  for  driving  record  information
 7        shall be made in a manner prescribed by the Secretary.
 8             The Secretary  of  State  may  notify  the  affected
 9        driver of the request for purchase of his driver's record
10        as the Secretary deems appropriate.
11             The  affected  driver  residence  address  and other
12        personally identifiable information on the  record  shall
13        not  be disclosed.  This nondisclosure shall not apply to
14        requests made by law  enforcement  officials,  government
15        agencies,  financial  institutions,  attorneys, insurers,
16        employers,  automobile   associated   businesses,   other
17        business   entities  for  purposes  consistent  with  the
18        Illinois Vehicle Code,  the  affected  driver,  or  other
19        entities   as  the  Secretary  may  exempt  by  rule  and
20        regulation.  This information may be  withheld  from  the
21        entities   listed   above,  except  law  enforcement  and
22        government agencies, upon presentation of a  valid  court
23        order of protection for the duration of the order.
24             No  information  shall  be released to the requester
25        until expiration of a 10 day period.  This 10 day  period
26        shall  not  apply to requests for information made by law
27        enforcement  officials,  government  agencies,  financial
28        institutions, attorneys, insurers, employers,  automobile
29        associated  businesses,  persons  licensed  as  a private
30        detective or firms licensed as a private detective agency
31        under the Private Detective, Private Alarm,  and  Private
32        Security  Act  of 1983, who are employed by or are acting
33        on  behalf  of  law  enforcement  officials,   government
34        agencies,  financial  institutions,  attorneys, insurers,
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 1        employers, automobile associated  businesses,  and  other
 2        business   entities  for  purposes  consistent  with  the
 3        Illinois Vehicle  Code,  the  affected  driver  or  other
 4        entities   as  the  Secretary  may  exempt  by  rule  and
 5        regulation.
 6             Any misrepresentation made by a requestor of  driver
 7        information  shall  be  punishable  as  a  petty offense,
 8        except in the case  of  persons  licensed  as  a  private
 9        detective or firms licensed as a private detective agency
10        which  shall  be  subject to disciplinary sanctions under
11        Section 22 or 25 of the Private Detective, Private Alarm,
12        and Private Security Act of 1983.
13             4.  The Secretary of State may furnish without  fee,
14        upon the written request of a law enforcement agency, any
15        information  from  a  driver's  record  on  file with the
16        Secretary of State when such information is  required  in
17        the enforcement of this Code or any other law relating to
18        the  operation  of  motor  vehicles, including records of
19        dispositions; documented information involving the use of
20        a  motor  vehicle;  whether  such  individual   has,   or
21        previously  had,  a driver's license; and the address and
22        personal  description  as  reflected  on  said   driver's
23        record.
24             5.  Except  as  otherwise  provided in this Section,
25        the  Secretary  of  State  may  furnish,   without   fee,
26        information  from  an individual driver's record on file,
27        if a written request therefor is submitted by any  public
28        transit   system   or  authority,  public  defender,  law
29        enforcement agency, a state  or  federal  agency,  or  an
30        Illinois  local  intergovernmental  association,  if  the
31        request  is  for  the  purpose  of  a background check of
32        applicants for employment with the requesting agency,  or
33        for the purpose of an official investigation conducted by
34        the  agency,  or  to  determine a current address for the
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 1        driver so public funds can be recovered or  paid  to  the
 2        driver, or for any other lawful purpose.
 3             The  Secretary may also furnish the courts a copy of
 4        an abstract of a driver's record, without fee, subsequent
 5        to an arrest for a  violation  of  Section  11-501  or  a
 6        similar  provision  of  a local ordinance.  Such abstract
 7        may   include   records   of   dispositions;   documented
 8        information involving the  use  of  a  motor  vehicle  as
 9        contained  in  the  current file; whether such individual
10        has, or previously  had,  a  driver's  license;  and  the
11        address  and  personal  description  as reflected on said
12        driver's record.
13             6.  Any abstract issued by the  Secretary  of  State
14        pursuant  to  this Section, to a court or on request of a
15        law enforcement agency, for the record of a named  person
16        as  to  the status of the person's driver's license shall
17        be prima facie evidence of the facts therein  stated  and
18        if  the  name  appearing  in such abstract is the same as
19        that of a person named in an information or warrant, such
20        abstract shall be prima facie evidence  that  the  person
21        named  in  such information or warrant is the same person
22        as the person named in such abstract.
23             7.  Subject to any  restrictions  contained  in  the
24        Juvenile  Court Act of 1987, and upon receipt of a proper
25        request and a fee of $5, the  Secretary  of  State  shall
26        provide  a driver's record to the affected driver, or the
27        affected  driver's  attorney,  upon  verification.   Such
28        record shall contain all the information referred  to  in
29        paragraph  1  of  this  subsection (g) plus: any recorded
30        accident involvement as a  driver;  information  recorded
31        pursuant to subsection (e) of Section 6-117 and paragraph
32        4  of  subsection (a) of Section 6-204 of this Code.  All
33        other information, unless  otherwise  permitted  by  this
34        Code, shall remain confidential.
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 1        (h)  The  Secretary  shall  not  disclose social security
 2    numbers except pursuant to a written request by, or with  the
 3    prior  written  consent  of,  the  individual  except to: (1)
 4    officers and employees of the Secretary who have  a  need  to
 5    know  the  social  security  numbers  in performance of their
 6    official duties, (2) law enforcement officials for a  lawful,
 7    civil  or  criminal law enforcement investigation, and if the
 8    head of the law enforcement agency has made a written request
 9    to the Secretary specifying the law enforcement investigation
10    for which the social security numbers are being  sought,  (3)
11    the  United States Department of Transportation, or any other
12    State, pursuant to the administration and enforcement of  the
13    Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1986, (4)  pursuant to
14    the  order  of  a court of competent jurisdiction, or (5) the
15    Department of Public Aid for utilization in the child support
16    enforcement  duties  assigned  to   that   Department   under
17    provisions  of  the  Public Aid Code after the individual has
18    received   advanced   meaningful   notification    of    what
19    redisclosure  is  sought  by the Secretary in accordance with
20    the federal Privacy Act; provided, the redisclosure shall not
21    be authorized by the Secretary prior to September 30, 1992.
22        (i)  The Secretary of State is  empowered  to  promulgate
23    rules and regulations to effectuate this Section.
24        (j)  Medical  statements  or  medical reports received in
25    the Secretary of State's Office shall  be  confidential.   No
26    confidential  information may be open to public inspection or
27    the  contents  disclosed  to  anyone,  except  officers   and
28    employees  of  the  Secretary  who  have  a  need to know the
29    information contained in the medical reports and  the  Driver
30    License  Medical  Advisory  Board,  unless  so directed by an
31    order of a court of competent jurisdiction.
32        (k)  All fees collected under this Section shall be  paid
33    into  the  Road Fund of the State Treasury, except that $3 of
34    the $5 fee for a driver's  record  shall  be  paid  into  the
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 1    Secretary of State Special Services Fund.
 2        (l)  The    Secretary   of   State   shall   report   his
 3    recommendations to the General Assembly by January  1,  1993,
 4    regarding  the  sale  and  dissemination  of  the information
 5    maintained by the Secretary, including the sale of  lists  of
 6    driver and vehicle records.
 7    (Source: P.A.  88-208;  88-363; 88-670, eff. 12-2-94; 89-503,
 8    eff. 7-1-96.)
 9        Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect  upon
10    becoming law.

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