102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB0198

 

Introduced 1/22/2021, by Rep. Michael T. Marron

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
See Index

    Creates the Public Safety and Justice Privacy Act. Defines terms. Provides that government agencies, persons, businesses, and associations shall not publicly post or display publicly available content that includes a first responder's, prosecutor's, public defender's, or probation officer's ("officials") personal information, provided that the government agency, person, business, or association has received a written request from the person that it refrain from disclosing the person's personal information. Provides injunctive or declaratory relief if the Act is violated. Includes procedures for a written request. Provides that it is a Class 3 felony for any person to knowingly publicly post on the Internet the personal information of an official or an official's immediate family under specified circumstances. Excludes criminal penalties for employees of government agencies who publish information in good faith during the ordinary course of carrying out public functions. Provides that the Act and any rules adopted to implement the Act shall be construed broadly to favor the protection of the personal information of officials. Amends various Acts and Codes allowing an official to list a business address rather than a home address and makes conforming changes. Effective immediately.


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CORRECTIONAL BUDGET AND IMPACT NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning privacy.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Public
5Safety and Justice Privacy Act.
 
6    Section 5. Definitions. As used in this Act:
7    "Assistant Public Defender" and "Assistant State's
8Attorney" have the meanings given to those terms in Section 15
9of the Public Interest Attorney Assistance Act.
10    "First responder" means a law enforcement officer or
11fireman as defined in Section 2 of the Line of Duty
12Compensation Act, an "emergency medical technician (EMT)" as
13defined in Section 3.50 of the Emergency Medical Services
14(EMS) Systems Act, and any other person who is at least 18
15years of age who has successfully completed a course of
16instruction in emergency medical responder first response as
17prescribed by the Illinois Department of Public Health, and
18who provides first response services prior to the arrival of
19an ambulance or specialized emergency medical services
20vehicle, in accordance with the level of care established in
21the emergency medical responder first response course.
22    "Government agency", "personal information", "publicly
23available content", and "publicly post" or "publicly display"

 

 

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1have the meanings given to those terms in 1-10 of Judicial
2Privacy Act.
3    "Home address" includes an official's permanent residence
4and any secondary residences affirmatively identified by the
5official, but does not include an official's work address.
6    "Immediate family" includes an official's spouse, child,
7parent, or any blood relative of the official or the
8official's spouse who lives in the same residence.
9    "Official" includes:
10        (1) First responders.
11        (2) Prosecutors.
12        (3) Public defenders.
13        (4) Probation officers.
14    "Probation officer" has the meaning given to that term in
15Section 9b of the Probation and Probation Officers Act.
16    "Prosecutor" means a State's Attorney, Assistant State's
17Attorney, or a prosecutor for a unit of local government.
18    "Public defender" means a Public Defender or an Assistant
19Public Defender.
20    "Written request" means written notice signed by an
21official or a representative of the official's employer
22requesting a government agency, person, business, or
23association to refrain from posting or displaying publicly
24available content that includes the official's personal
25information.
 

 

 

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1    Section 10. Publicly posting or displaying an official's
2personal information by government agencies.
3    (a) Government agencies shall not publicly post or display
4publicly available content that includes an official's
5personal information, provided that the government agency has
6received a written request in accordance with Section 20 that
7it refrain from disclosing the official's personal
8information. After a government agency has received a written
9request, that agency shall remove the official's personal
10information from publicly available content within 5 business
11days. After the government agency has removed the official's
12personal information from publicly available content, the
13agency shall not publicly post or display the information and
14the official's personal information shall be exempt from the
15Freedom of Information Act unless the government agency has
16received consent from the official to make the personal
17information available to the public.
18    (b) If a government agency fails to comply with a written
19request to refrain from disclosing personal information, the
20official may bring an action in the circuit court seeking
21injunctive or declaratory relief.
 
22    Section 15. Publicly posting an official's personal
23information on the Internet by persons, businesses, and
24associations.
25    (a) Prohibited Conduct.

 

 

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1        (1) All persons, businesses, and associations shall
2    refrain from publicly posting or displaying on the
3    Internet publicly available content that includes an
4    official's personal information, provided that the
5    official has made a written request to the person,
6    business, or association that it refrain from disclosing
7    the personal information.
8        (2) No person, business, or association shall solicit,
9    sell, or trade on the Internet an official's personal
10    information with the intent to pose an imminent and
11    serious threat to the health and safety of the official or
12    the official's immediate family.
13        (3) This subsection includes, but is not limited to,
14    Internet phone directories, Internet search engines,
15    Internet data aggregators, and Internet service providers.
16    (b) Required Conduct.
17        (1) After a person, business, or association has
18    received a written request from an official to protect the
19    privacy of the officer's personal information, that
20    person, business, or association shall have 72 hours to
21    remove the personal information from the Internet.
22        (2) After a person, business, or association has
23    received a written request from an official, that person,
24    business, or association shall ensure that the official's
25    personal information is not made available on any website
26    or subsidiary website controlled by that person, business,

 

 

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1    or association.
2        (3) After receiving an official's written request, no
3    person, business, or association shall transfer the
4    official's personal information to any other person,
5    business, or association through any medium.
6    (c) Redress. An official whose personal information is
7made public as a result of a violation of this Section may
8bring an action in the circuit court seeking injunctive or
9declaratory relief. If the court grants injunctive or
10declaratory relief, the person, business, or association
11responsible for the violation shall be required to pay the
12official's costs and reasonable attorney's fees.
 
13    Section 20. Procedure for completing a written request.
14    (a) No government agency, person, business, or association
15shall be found to have violated any provision of this Act if
16the official fails to submit a written request calling for the
17protection of the officer's personal information.
18    (b) A written request is valid if:
19        (1) the official sends a written request directly to a
20    government agency, person, business, or association; or
21        (2) the Secretary of State creates a policy and
22    procedure for an official to file the written request with
23    the Secretary of State to notify government agencies, the
24    official may send the written request to the Secretary of
25    State as provided in the policy and procedure. In each

 

 

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1    quarter of a calendar year, the Secretary of State shall
2    provide a list of all officials who have submitted a
3    written request to it to the appropriate officer with
4    ultimate supervisory authority for a government agency.
5    The officer shall promptly provide a copy of the list to
6    any and all government agencies under his or her
7    supervision. Receipt of the written request list compiled
8    by the Secretary of State by a government agency shall
9    constitute a written request to that agency for the
10    purposes of this Act.
11    (c) A representative from the official's employer may
12submit a written request on the official's behalf, provided
13that the official gives written consent to the representative
14and provided that the representative agrees to furnish a copy
15of that consent when a written request is made. The
16representative shall submit the written request as provided in
17subsection (b).
18    (d) An official's written request shall specify what
19personal information shall be maintained private.
20    If an official wishes to identify a secondary residence as
21a home address, the designation shall be made in the written
22request.
23    An official shall disclose the identity of the officer's
24immediate family and indicate that the personal information of
25these family members shall also be excluded to the extent that
26it could reasonably be expected to reveal the personal

 

 

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1information of the official.
2    (e) An official's written request is valid until the
3official provides the government agency, person, business, or
4association with written permission to release the private
5information. An official's written request expires on death.
 
6    Section 25. Unlawful publication of personal information.
7    (a) It is unlawful for any person to knowingly publicly
8post on the Internet the personal information of an official
9or of the official's immediate family if the person knows or
10reasonably should know that publicly posting the personal
11information poses an imminent and serious threat to the health
12and safety of the official or the official's immediate family
13and the violation is a proximate cause of bodily injury or
14death of the official or a member of the official's immediate
15family. A person who violates this Section is guilty of a Class
163 felony.
17    (b) If an employee of a government agency has complied
18with the provisions of this Act, it is not a violation of
19subsection (a) if the employee publishes personal information,
20in good faith, on the website of the government agency in the
21ordinary course of carrying out public functions.
 
22    Section 30. Construction. This Act and any rules adopted
23to implement this Act shall be construed broadly to favor the
24protection of the personal information of officials.
 

 

 

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1    Section 100. The Freedom of Information Act is amended by
2changing Section 7 as follows:
 
3    (5 ILCS 140/7)  (from Ch. 116, par. 207)
4    Sec. 7. Exemptions.
5    (1) When a request is made to inspect or copy a public
6record that contains information that is exempt from
7disclosure under this Section, but also contains information
8that is not exempt from disclosure, the public body may elect
9to redact the information that is exempt. The public body
10shall make the remaining information available for inspection
11and copying. Subject to this requirement, the following shall
12be exempt from inspection and copying:
13        (a) Information specifically prohibited from
14    disclosure by federal or State law or rules and
15    regulations implementing federal or State law.
16        (b) Private information, unless disclosure is required
17    by another provision of this Act, a State or federal law or
18    a court order.
19        (b-5) Files, documents, and other data or databases
20    maintained by one or more law enforcement agencies and
21    specifically designed to provide information to one or
22    more law enforcement agencies regarding the physical or
23    mental status of one or more individual subjects.
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1    records, the disclosure of which would constitute a
2    clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy, unless
3    the disclosure is consented to in writing by the
4    individual subjects of the information. "Unwarranted
5    invasion of personal privacy" means the disclosure of
6    information that is highly personal or objectionable to a
7    reasonable person and in which the subject's right to
8    privacy outweighs any legitimate public interest in
9    obtaining the information. The disclosure of information
10    that bears on the public duties of public employees and
11    officials shall not be considered an invasion of personal
12    privacy.
13        (d) Records in the possession of any public body
14    created in the course of administrative enforcement
15    proceedings, and any law enforcement or correctional
16    agency for law enforcement purposes, but only to the
17    extent that disclosure would:
18            (i) interfere with pending or actually and
19        reasonably contemplated law enforcement proceedings
20        conducted by any law enforcement or correctional
21        agency that is the recipient of the request;
22            (ii) interfere with active administrative
23        enforcement proceedings conducted by the public body
24        that is the recipient of the request;
25            (iii) create a substantial likelihood that a
26        person will be deprived of a fair trial or an impartial

 

 

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1        hearing;
2            (iv) unavoidably disclose the identity of a
3        confidential source, confidential information
4        furnished only by the confidential source, or persons
5        who file complaints with or provide information to
6        administrative, investigative, law enforcement, or
7        penal agencies; except that the identities of
8        witnesses to traffic accidents, traffic accident
9        reports, and rescue reports shall be provided by
10        agencies of local government, except when disclosure
11        would interfere with an active criminal investigation
12        conducted by the agency that is the recipient of the
13        request;
14            (v) disclose unique or specialized investigative
15        techniques other than those generally used and known
16        or disclose internal documents of correctional
17        agencies related to detection, observation or
18        investigation of incidents of crime or misconduct, and
19        disclosure would result in demonstrable harm to the
20        agency or public body that is the recipient of the
21        request;
22            (vi) endanger the life or physical safety of law
23        enforcement personnel or any other person; or
24            (vii) obstruct an ongoing criminal investigation
25        by the agency that is the recipient of the request.
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1    enforcement purposes and contained in a shared electronic
2    record management system if the law enforcement agency
3    that is the recipient of the request did not create the
4    record, did not participate in or have a role in any of the
5    events which are the subject of the record, and only has
6    access to the record through the shared electronic record
7    management system.
8        (e) Records that relate to or affect the security of
9    correctional institutions and detention facilities.
10        (e-5) Records requested by persons committed to the
11    Department of Corrections, Department of Human Services
12    Division of Mental Health, or a county jail if those
13    materials are available in the library of the correctional
14    institution or facility or jail where the inmate is
15    confined.
16        (e-6) Records requested by persons committed to the
17    Department of Corrections, Department of Human Services
18    Division of Mental Health, or a county jail if those
19    materials include records from staff members' personnel
20    files, staff rosters, or other staffing assignment
21    information.
22        (e-7) Records requested by persons committed to the
23    Department of Corrections or Department of Human Services
24    Division of Mental Health if those materials are available
25    through an administrative request to the Department of
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1    Mental Health.
2        (e-8) Records requested by a person committed to the
3    Department of Corrections, Department of Human Services
4    Division of Mental Health, or a county jail, the
5    disclosure of which would result in the risk of harm to any
6    person or the risk of an escape from a jail or correctional
7    institution or facility.
8        (e-9) Records requested by a person in a county jail
9    or committed to the Department of Corrections or
10    Department of Human Services Division of Mental Health,
11    containing personal information pertaining to the person's
12    victim or the victim's family, including, but not limited
13    to, a victim's home address, home telephone number, work
14    or school address, work telephone number, social security
15    number, or any other identifying information, except as
16    may be relevant to a requester's current or potential case
17    or claim.
18        (e-10) Law enforcement records of other persons
19    requested by a person committed to the Department of
20    Corrections, Department of Human Services Division of
21    Mental Health, or a county jail, including, but not
22    limited to, arrest and booking records, mug shots, and
23    crime scene photographs, except as these records may be
24    relevant to the requester's current or potential case or
25    claim.
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1    memoranda and other records in which opinions are
2    expressed, or policies or actions are formulated, except
3    that a specific record or relevant portion of a record
4    shall not be exempt when the record is publicly cited and
5    identified by the head of the public body. The exemption
6    provided in this paragraph (f) extends to all those
7    records of officers and agencies of the General Assembly
8    that pertain to the preparation of legislative documents.
9        (g) Trade secrets and commercial or financial
10    information obtained from a person or business where the
11    trade secrets or commercial or financial information are
12    furnished under a claim that they are proprietary,
13    privileged, or confidential, and that disclosure of the
14    trade secrets or commercial or financial information would
15    cause competitive harm to the person or business, and only
16    insofar as the claim directly applies to the records
17    requested.
18        The information included under this exemption includes
19    all trade secrets and commercial or financial information
20    obtained by a public body, including a public pension
21    fund, from a private equity fund or a privately held
22    company within the investment portfolio of a private
23    equity fund as a result of either investing or evaluating
24    a potential investment of public funds in a private equity
25    fund. The exemption contained in this item does not apply
26    to the aggregate financial performance information of a

 

 

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1    private equity fund, nor to the identity of the fund's
2    managers or general partners. The exemption contained in
3    this item does not apply to the identity of a privately
4    held company within the investment portfolio of a private
5    equity fund, unless the disclosure of the identity of a
6    privately held company may cause competitive harm.
7        Nothing contained in this paragraph (g) shall be
8    construed to prevent a person or business from consenting
9    to disclosure.
10        (h) Proposals and bids for any contract, grant, or
11    agreement, including information which if it were
12    disclosed would frustrate procurement or give an advantage
13    to any person proposing to enter into a contractor
14    agreement with the body, until an award or final selection
15    is made. Information prepared by or for the body in
16    preparation of a bid solicitation shall be exempt until an
17    award or final selection is made.
18        (i) Valuable formulae, computer geographic systems,
19    designs, drawings and research data obtained or produced
20    by any public body when disclosure could reasonably be
21    expected to produce private gain or public loss. The
22    exemption for "computer geographic systems" provided in
23    this paragraph (i) does not extend to requests made by
24    news media as defined in Section 2 of this Act when the
25    requested information is not otherwise exempt and the only
26    purpose of the request is to access and disseminate

 

 

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1    information regarding the health, safety, welfare, or
2    legal rights of the general public.
3        (j) The following information pertaining to
4    educational matters:
5            (i) test questions, scoring keys and other
6        examination data used to administer an academic
7        examination;
8            (ii) information received by a primary or
9        secondary school, college, or university under its
10        procedures for the evaluation of faculty members by
11        their academic peers;
12            (iii) information concerning a school or
13        university's adjudication of student disciplinary
14        cases, but only to the extent that disclosure would
15        unavoidably reveal the identity of the student; and
16            (iv) course materials or research materials used
17        by faculty members.
18        (k) Architects' plans, engineers' technical
19    submissions, and other construction related technical
20    documents for projects not constructed or developed in
21    whole or in part with public funds and the same for
22    projects constructed or developed with public funds,
23    including, but not limited to, power generating and
24    distribution stations and other transmission and
25    distribution facilities, water treatment facilities,
26    airport facilities, sport stadiums, convention centers,

 

 

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1    and all government owned, operated, or occupied buildings,
2    but only to the extent that disclosure would compromise
3    security.
4        (l) Minutes of meetings of public bodies closed to the
5    public as provided in the Open Meetings Act until the
6    public body makes the minutes available to the public
7    under Section 2.06 of the Open Meetings Act.
8        (m) Communications between a public body and an
9    attorney or auditor representing the public body that
10    would not be subject to discovery in litigation, and
11    materials prepared or compiled by or for a public body in
12    anticipation of a criminal, civil, or administrative
13    proceeding upon the request of an attorney advising the
14    public body, and materials prepared or compiled with
15    respect to internal audits of public bodies.
16        (n) Records relating to a public body's adjudication
17    of employee grievances or disciplinary cases; however,
18    this exemption shall not extend to the final outcome of
19    cases in which discipline is imposed.
20        (o) Administrative or technical information associated
21    with automated data processing operations, including, but
22    not limited to, software, operating protocols, computer
23    program abstracts, file layouts, source listings, object
24    modules, load modules, user guides, documentation
25    pertaining to all logical and physical design of
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1    information that, if disclosed, would jeopardize the
2    security of the system or its data or the security of
3    materials exempt under this Section.
4        (p) Records relating to collective negotiating matters
5    between public bodies and their employees or
6    representatives, except that any final contract or
7    agreement shall be subject to inspection and copying.
8        (q) Test questions, scoring keys, and other
9    examination data used to determine the qualifications of
10    an applicant for a license or employment.
11        (r) The records, documents, and information relating
12    to real estate purchase negotiations until those
13    negotiations have been completed or otherwise terminated.
14    With regard to a parcel involved in a pending or actually
15    and reasonably contemplated eminent domain proceeding
16    under the Eminent Domain Act, records, documents, and
17    information relating to that parcel shall be exempt except
18    as may be allowed under discovery rules adopted by the
19    Illinois Supreme Court. The records, documents, and
20    information relating to a real estate sale shall be exempt
21    until a sale is consummated.
22        (s) Any and all proprietary information and records
23    related to the operation of an intergovernmental risk
24    management association or self-insurance pool or jointly
25    self-administered health and accident cooperative or pool.
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1    intergovernmental risk management association or self
2    insurance pool) claims, loss or risk management
3    information, records, data, advice or communications.
4        (t) Information contained in or related to
5    examination, operating, or condition reports prepared by,
6    on behalf of, or for the use of a public body responsible
7    for the regulation or supervision of financial
8    institutions, insurance companies, or pharmacy benefit
9    managers, unless disclosure is otherwise required by State
10    law.
11        (u) Information that would disclose or might lead to
12    the disclosure of secret or confidential information,
13    codes, algorithms, programs, or private keys intended to
14    be used to create electronic or digital signatures under
15    the Electronic Commerce Security Act.
16        (v) Vulnerability assessments, security measures, and
17    response policies or plans that are designed to identify,
18    prevent, or respond to potential attacks upon a
19    community's population or systems, facilities, or
20    installations, the destruction or contamination of which
21    would constitute a clear and present danger to the health
22    or safety of the community, but only to the extent that
23    disclosure could reasonably be expected to jeopardize the
24    effectiveness of the measures or the safety of the
25    personnel who implement them or the public. Information
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1    pertaining to the mobilization or deployment of personnel
2    or equipment, to the operation of communication systems or
3    protocols, or to tactical operations.
4        (w) (Blank).
5        (x) Maps and other records regarding the location or
6    security of generation, transmission, distribution,
7    storage, gathering, treatment, or switching facilities
8    owned by a utility, by a power generator, or by the
9    Illinois Power Agency.
10        (y) Information contained in or related to proposals,
11    bids, or negotiations related to electric power
12    procurement under Section 1-75 of the Illinois Power
13    Agency Act and Section 16-111.5 of the Public Utilities
14    Act that is determined to be confidential and proprietary
15    by the Illinois Power Agency or by the Illinois Commerce
16    Commission.
17        (z) Information about students exempted from
18    disclosure under Sections 10-20.38 or 34-18.29 of the
19    School Code, and information about undergraduate students
20    enrolled at an institution of higher education exempted
21    from disclosure under Section 25 of the Illinois Credit
22    Card Marketing Act of 2009.
23        (aa) Information the disclosure of which is exempted
24    under the Viatical Settlements Act of 2009.
25        (bb) Records and information provided to a mortality
26    review team and records maintained by a mortality review

 

 

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1    team appointed under the Department of Juvenile Justice
2    Mortality Review Team Act.
3        (cc) Information regarding interments, entombments, or
4    inurnments of human remains that are submitted to the
5    Cemetery Oversight Database under the Cemetery Care Act or
6    the Cemetery Oversight Act, whichever is applicable.
7        (dd) Correspondence and records (i) that may not be
8    disclosed under Section 11-9 of the Illinois Public Aid
9    Code or (ii) that pertain to appeals under Section 11-8 of
10    the Illinois Public Aid Code.
11        (ee) The names, addresses, or other personal
12    information of persons who are minors and are also
13    participants and registrants in programs of park
14    districts, forest preserve districts, conservation
15    districts, recreation agencies, and special recreation
16    associations.
17        (ff) The names, addresses, or other personal
18    information of participants and registrants in programs of
19    park districts, forest preserve districts, conservation
20    districts, recreation agencies, and special recreation
21    associations where such programs are targeted primarily to
22    minors.
23        (gg) Confidential information described in Section
24    1-100 of the Illinois Independent Tax Tribunal Act of
25    2012.
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1    Education by the School Security and Standards Task Force
2    under item (8) of subsection (d) of Section 2-3.160 of the
3    School Code and any information contained in that report.
4        (ii) Records requested by persons committed to or
5    detained by the Department of Human Services under the
6    Sexually Violent Persons Commitment Act or committed to
7    the Department of Corrections under the Sexually Dangerous
8    Persons Act if those materials: (i) are available in the
9    library of the facility where the individual is confined;
10    (ii) include records from staff members' personnel files,
11    staff rosters, or other staffing assignment information;
12    or (iii) are available through an administrative request
13    to the Department of Human Services or the Department of
14    Corrections.
15        (jj) Confidential information described in Section
16    5-535 of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois.
17        (kk) The public body's credit card numbers, debit card
18    numbers, bank account numbers, Federal Employer
19    Identification Number, security code numbers, passwords,
20    and similar account information, the disclosure of which
21    could result in identity theft or impression or defrauding
22    of a governmental entity or a person.
23        (ll) (kk) Records concerning the work of the threat
24    assessment team of a school district.
25    (1.5) Any information exempt from disclosure under the
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1Act shall be redacted from public records prior to disclosure
2under this Act.
3    (2) A public record that is not in the possession of a
4public body but is in the possession of a party with whom the
5agency has contracted to perform a governmental function on
6behalf of the public body, and that directly relates to the
7governmental function and is not otherwise exempt under this
8Act, shall be considered a public record of the public body,
9for purposes of this Act.
10    (3) This Section does not authorize withholding of
11information or limit the availability of records to the
12public, except as stated in this Section or otherwise provided
13in this Act.
14(Source: P.A. 100-26, eff. 8-4-17; 100-201, eff. 8-18-17;
15100-732, eff. 8-3-18; 101-434, eff. 1-1-20; 101-452, eff.
161-1-20; 101-455, eff. 8-23-19; revised 9-27-19.)
 
17    Section 105. The Election Code is amended by adding
18Section 10-10.3 as follows:
 
19    (10 ILCS 5/10-10.3 new)
20    Sec. 10-10.3. Removal of an official's address information
21from the certificate of nomination or nomination papers.
22    (a) As used in this Section, "home address" and "official"
23have the meanings given to those terms in Section 5 of the
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1    (b) Upon expiration of the period for filing an objection
2to an official's certificate of nomination or nomination
3papers, an official who is a candidate may file a written
4request with the State Board of Elections for redaction of the
5official's home address information from his or her
6certificate of nomination or nomination papers. After receipt
7of the official's written request, the State Board of
8Elections shall redact or cause redaction of the official's
9home address from his or her certificate of nomination or
10nomination papers within 5 business days.
11    (c) Prior to expiration of the period for filing an
12objection to an official's certificate of nomination or
13nomination papers, the home address information from the
14certificate of nomination or nomination papers of an official
15who is a candidate is available for public inspection. After
16redaction of an official's home address information under
17subsection (b), the home address information is only available
18for an in camera inspection by the court reviewing an
19objection to the official's certificate of nomination or
20nomination papers.
 
21    Section 110. The Illinois Identification Card Act is
22amended by changing Sections 4 and 5 as follows:
 
23    (15 ILCS 335/4)  (from Ch. 124, par. 24)
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1    (a) The Secretary of State shall issue a standard Illinois
2Identification Card to any natural person who is a resident of
3the State of Illinois who applies for such card, or renewal
4thereof. No identification card shall be issued to any person
5who holds a valid foreign state identification card, license,
6or permit unless the person first surrenders to the Secretary
7of State the valid foreign state identification card, license,
8or permit. The card shall be prepared and supplied by the
9Secretary of State and shall include a photograph and
10signature or mark of the applicant. However, the Secretary of
11State may provide by rule for the issuance of Illinois
12Identification Cards without photographs if the applicant has
13a bona fide religious objection to being photographed or to
14the display of his or her photograph. The Illinois
15Identification Card may be used for identification purposes in
16any lawful situation only by the person to whom it was issued.
17As used in this Act, "photograph" means any color photograph
18or digitally produced and captured image of an applicant for
19an identification card. As used in this Act, "signature" means
20the name of a person as written by that person and captured in
21a manner acceptable to the Secretary of State.
22    (a-5) If an applicant for an identification card has a
23current driver's license or instruction permit issued by the
24Secretary of State, the Secretary may require the applicant to
25utilize the same residence address and name on the
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1records maintained by the Secretary. The Secretary may
2promulgate rules to implement this provision.
3    (a-10) If the applicant is a judicial officer as defined
4in Section 1-10 of the Judicial Privacy Act, an official as
5defined in Section 5 of the Public Safety and Justice Privacy
6Act, or a peace officer, the applicant may elect to have his or
7her office or work address listed on the card instead of the
8applicant's residence or mailing address. The Secretary may
9promulgate rules to implement this provision. For the purposes
10of this subsection (a-10), "peace officer" means any person
11who by virtue of his or her office or public employment is
12vested by law with a duty to maintain public order or to make
13arrests for a violation of any penal statute of this State,
14whether that duty extends to all violations or is limited to
15specific violations.
16    (a-15) The Secretary of State may provide for an expedited
17process for the issuance of an Illinois Identification Card.
18The Secretary shall charge an additional fee for the expedited
19issuance of an Illinois Identification Card, to be set by
20rule, not to exceed $75. All fees collected by the Secretary
21for expedited Illinois Identification Card service shall be
22deposited into the Secretary of State Special Services Fund.
23The Secretary may adopt rules regarding the eligibility,
24process, and fee for an expedited Illinois Identification
25Card. If the Secretary of State determines that the volume of
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1exceeds the ability of the Secretary to process those requests
2in an expedited manner, the Secretary may decline to provide
3expedited services, and the additional fee for the expedited
4service shall be refunded to the applicant.
5    (a-20) The Secretary of State shall issue a standard
6Illinois Identification Card to a committed person upon
7release on parole, mandatory supervised release, aftercare
8release, final discharge, or pardon from the Department of
9Corrections or Department of Juvenile Justice, if the released
10person presents a certified copy of his or her birth
11certificate, social security card or other documents
12authorized by the Secretary, and 2 documents proving his or
13her Illinois residence address. Documents proving residence
14address may include any official document of the Department of
15Corrections or the Department of Juvenile Justice showing the
16released person's address after release and a Secretary of
17State prescribed certificate of residency form, which may be
18executed by Department of Corrections or Department of
19Juvenile Justice personnel.
20    (a-25) The Secretary of State shall issue a limited-term
21Illinois Identification Card valid for 90 days to a committed
22person upon release on parole, mandatory supervised release,
23aftercare release, final discharge, or pardon from the
24Department of Corrections or Department of Juvenile Justice,
25if the released person is unable to present a certified copy of
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1documents authorized by the Secretary, but does present a
2Secretary of State prescribed verification form completed by
3the Department of Corrections or Department of Juvenile
4Justice, verifying the released person's date of birth and
5social security number and 2 documents proving his or her
6Illinois residence address. The verification form must have
7been completed no more than 30 days prior to the date of
8application for the Illinois Identification Card. Documents
9proving residence address shall include any official document
10of the Department of Corrections or the Department of Juvenile
11Justice showing the person's address after release and a
12Secretary of State prescribed certificate of residency, which
13may be executed by Department of Corrections or Department of
14Juvenile Justice personnel.
15    Prior to the expiration of the 90-day period of the
16limited-term Illinois Identification Card, if the released
17person submits to the Secretary of State a certified copy of
18his or her birth certificate and his or her social security
19card or other documents authorized by the Secretary, a
20standard Illinois Identification Card shall be issued. A
21limited-term Illinois Identification Card may not be renewed.
22    (a-30) The Secretary of State shall issue a standard
23Illinois Identification Card to a person upon conditional
24release or absolute discharge from the custody of the
25Department of Human Services, if the person presents a
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1security card, or other documents authorized by the Secretary,
2and a document proving his or her Illinois residence address.
3The Secretary of State shall issue a standard Illinois
4Identification Card to a person no sooner than 14 days prior to
5his or her conditional release or absolute discharge if
6personnel from the Department of Human Services bring the
7person to a Secretary of State location with the required
8documents. Documents proving residence address may include any
9official document of the Department of Human Services showing
10the person's address after release and a Secretary of State
11prescribed verification form, which may be executed by
12personnel of the Department of Human Services.
13    (a-35) The Secretary of State shall issue a limited-term
14Illinois Identification Card valid for 90 days to a person
15upon conditional release or absolute discharge from the
16custody of the Department of Human Services, if the person is
17unable to present a certified copy of his or her birth
18certificate and social security card or other documents
19authorized by the Secretary, but does present a Secretary of
20State prescribed verification form completed by the Department
21of Human Services, verifying the person's date of birth and
22social security number, and a document proving his or her
23Illinois residence address. The verification form must have
24been completed no more than 30 days prior to the date of
25application for the Illinois Identification Card. The
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1Identification Card to a person no sooner than 14 days prior to
2his or her conditional release or absolute discharge if
3personnel from the Department of Human Services bring the
4person to a Secretary of State location with the required
5documents. Documents proving residence address shall include
6any official document of the Department of Human Services
7showing the person's address after release and a Secretary of
8State prescribed verification form, which may be executed by
9personnel of the Department of Human Services.
10    (b) The Secretary of State shall issue a special Illinois
11Identification Card, which shall be known as an Illinois
12Person with a Disability Identification Card, to any natural
13person who is a resident of the State of Illinois, who is a
14person with a disability as defined in Section 4A of this Act,
15who applies for such card, or renewal thereof. No Illinois
16Person with a Disability Identification Card shall be issued
17to any person who holds a valid foreign state identification
18card, license, or permit unless the person first surrenders to
19the Secretary of State the valid foreign state identification
20card, license, or permit. The Secretary of State shall charge
21no fee to issue such card. The card shall be prepared and
22supplied by the Secretary of State, and shall include a
23photograph and signature or mark of the applicant, a
24designation indicating that the card is an Illinois Person
25with a Disability Identification Card, and shall include a
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1the applicant's disability as set out in Section 4A of this
2Act. However, the Secretary of State may provide by rule for
3the issuance of Illinois Person with a Disability
4Identification Cards without photographs if the applicant has
5a bona fide religious objection to being photographed or to
6the display of his or her photograph. If the applicant so
7requests, the card shall include a description of the
8applicant's disability and any information about the
9applicant's disability or medical history which the Secretary
10determines would be helpful to the applicant in securing
11emergency medical care. If a mark is used in lieu of a
12signature, such mark shall be affixed to the card in the
13presence of two witnesses who attest to the authenticity of
14the mark. The Illinois Person with a Disability Identification
15Card may be used for identification purposes in any lawful
16situation by the person to whom it was issued.
17    The Illinois Person with a Disability Identification Card
18may be used as adequate documentation of disability in lieu of
19a physician's determination of disability, a determination of
20disability from a physician assistant, a determination of
21disability from an advanced practice registered nurse, or any
22other documentation of disability whenever any State law
23requires that a person with a disability provide such
24documentation of disability, however an Illinois Person with a
25Disability Identification Card shall not qualify the
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1benefit which is not available to all persons with like
2disabilities. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, an
3Illinois Person with a Disability Identification Card, or
4evidence that the Secretary of State has issued an Illinois
5Person with a Disability Identification Card, shall not be
6used by any person other than the person named on such card to
7prove that the person named on such card is a person with a
8disability or for any other purpose unless the card is used for
9the benefit of the person named on such card, and the person
10named on such card consents to such use at the time the card is
11so used.
12    An optometrist's determination of a visual disability
13under Section 4A of this Act is acceptable as documentation
14for the purpose of issuing an Illinois Person with a
15Disability Identification Card.
16    When medical information is contained on an Illinois
17Person with a Disability Identification Card, the Office of
18the Secretary of State shall not be liable for any actions
19taken based upon that medical information.
20    (c) The Secretary of State shall provide that each
21original or renewal Illinois Identification Card or Illinois
22Person with a Disability Identification Card issued to a
23person under the age of 21 shall be of a distinct nature from
24those Illinois Identification Cards or Illinois Person with a
25Disability Identification Cards issued to individuals 21 years
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1Identification Cards or Illinois Person with a Disability
2Identification Cards for persons under the age of 21 shall be
3at the discretion of the Secretary of State.
4    (c-1) Each original or renewal Illinois Identification
5Card or Illinois Person with a Disability Identification Card
6issued to a person under the age of 21 shall display the date
7upon which the person becomes 18 years of age and the date upon
8which the person becomes 21 years of age.
9    (c-3) The General Assembly recognizes the need to identify
10military veterans living in this State for the purpose of
11ensuring that they receive all of the services and benefits to
12which they are legally entitled, including healthcare,
13education assistance, and job placement. To assist the State
14in identifying these veterans and delivering these vital
15services and benefits, the Secretary of State is authorized to
16issue Illinois Identification Cards and Illinois Person with a
17Disability Identification Cards with the word "veteran"
18appearing on the face of the cards. This authorization is
19predicated on the unique status of veterans. The Secretary may
20not issue any other identification card which identifies an
21occupation, status, affiliation, hobby, or other unique
22characteristics of the identification card holder which is
23unrelated to the purpose of the identification card.
24    (c-5) Beginning on or before July 1, 2015, the Secretary
25of State shall designate a space on each original or renewal
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1the word "veteran" shall be placed. The veteran designation
2shall be available to a person identified as a veteran under
3subsection (b) of Section 5 of this Act who was discharged or
4separated under honorable conditions.
5    (d) The Secretary of State may issue a Senior Citizen
6discount card, to any natural person who is a resident of the
7State of Illinois who is 60 years of age or older and who
8applies for such a card or renewal thereof. The Secretary of
9State shall charge no fee to issue such card. The card shall be
10issued in every county and applications shall be made
11available at, but not limited to, nutrition sites, senior
12citizen centers and Area Agencies on Aging. The applicant,
13upon receipt of such card and prior to its use for any purpose,
14shall have affixed thereon in the space provided therefor his
15signature or mark.
16    (e) The Secretary of State, in his or her discretion, may
17designate on each Illinois Identification Card or Illinois
18Person with a Disability Identification Card a space where the
19card holder may place a sticker or decal, issued by the
20Secretary of State, of uniform size as the Secretary may
21specify, that shall indicate in appropriate language that the
22card holder has renewed his or her Illinois Identification
23Card or Illinois Person with a Disability Identification Card.
24(Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15; 99-173, eff. 7-29-15;
2599-305, eff. 1-1-16; 99-642, eff. 7-28-16; 99-907, eff.
267-1-17; 100-513, eff. 1-1-18; 100-717, eff. 7-1-19.)
 

 

 

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1    (15 ILCS 335/5)  (from Ch. 124, par. 25)
2    Sec. 5. Applications.
3    (a) Any natural person who is a resident of the State of
4Illinois may file an application for an identification card,
5or for the renewal thereof, in a manner prescribed by the
6Secretary. Each original application shall be completed by the
7applicant in full and shall set forth the legal name,
8residence address and zip code, social security number, birth
9date, sex and a brief description of the applicant. The
10applicant shall be photographed, unless the Secretary of State
11has provided by rule for the issuance of identification cards
12without photographs and the applicant is deemed eligible for
13an identification card without a photograph under the terms
14and conditions imposed by the Secretary of State, and he or she
15shall also submit any other information as the Secretary may
16deem necessary or such documentation as the Secretary may
17require to determine the identity of the applicant. In
18addition to the residence address, the Secretary may allow the
19applicant to provide a mailing address. If the applicant is a
20judicial officer as defined in Section 1-10 of the Judicial
21Privacy Act, an official as defined in Section 5 of the Public
22Safety and Justice Privacy Act, or a peace officer, the
23applicant may elect to have his or her office or work address
24in lieu of the applicant's residence or mailing address. An
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1Identification Card must also submit with each original or
2renewal application, on forms prescribed by the Secretary,
3such documentation as the Secretary may require, establishing
4that the applicant is a "person with a disability" as defined
5in Section 4A of this Act, and setting forth the applicant's
6type and class of disability as set forth in Section 4A of this
7Act. For the purposes of this subsection (a), "peace officer"
8means any person who by virtue of his or her office or public
9employment is vested by law with a duty to maintain public
10order or to make arrests for a violation of any penal statute
11of this State, whether that duty extends to all violations or
12is limited to specific violations.
13    (a-5) Upon the first issuance of a request for proposals
14for a digital driver's license and identification card
15issuance and facial recognition system issued after January 1,
162020 (the effective date of Public Act 101-513) this
17amendatory Act of the 101st General Assembly, and upon
18implementation of a new or revised system procured pursuant to
19that request for proposals, the Secretary shall permit
20applicants to choose between "male", "female", or "non-binary"
21when designating the applicant's sex on the identification
22card application form. The sex designated by the applicant
23shall be displayed on the identification card issued to the
24applicant.
25    (b) Beginning on or before July 1, 2015, for each original
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1Secretary shall inquire as to whether the applicant is a
2veteran for purposes of issuing an identification card with a
3veteran designation under subsection (c-5) of Section 4 of
4this Act. The acceptable forms of proof shall include, but are
5not limited to, Department of Defense form DD-214, Department
6of Defense form DD-256 for applicants who did not receive a
7form DD-214 upon the completion of initial basic training,
8Department of Defense form DD-2 (Retired), an identification
9card issued under the federal Veterans Identification Card Act
10of 2015, or a United States Department of Veterans Affairs
11summary of benefits letter. If the document cannot be stamped,
12the Illinois Department of Veterans' Affairs shall provide a
13certificate to the veteran to provide to the Secretary of
14State. The Illinois Department of Veterans' Affairs shall
15advise the Secretary as to what other forms of proof of a
16person's status as a veteran are acceptable.
17    For each applicant who is issued an identification card
18with a veteran designation, the Secretary shall provide the
19Department of Veterans' Affairs with the applicant's name,
20address, date of birth, gender, and such other demographic
21information as agreed to by the Secretary and the Department.
22The Department may take steps necessary to confirm the
23applicant is a veteran. If after due diligence, including
24writing to the applicant at the address provided by the
25Secretary, the Department is unable to verify the applicant's
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1shall notify the applicant that he or she must confirm status
2as a veteran, or the identification card will be cancelled.
3    For purposes of this subsection (b):
4    "Armed forces" means any of the Armed Forces of the United
5States, including a member of any reserve component or
6National Guard unit.
7    "Veteran" means a person who has served in the armed
8forces and was discharged or separated under honorable
9conditions.
10    (c) All applicants for REAL ID compliant standard Illinois
11Identification Cards and Illinois Person with a Disability
12Identification Cards shall provide proof of lawful status in
13the United States as defined in 6 CFR 37.3, as amended.
14Applicants who are unable to provide the Secretary with proof
15of lawful status are ineligible for REAL ID compliant
16identification cards under this Act.
17(Source: P.A. 100-201, eff. 8-18-17; 100-248, eff. 8-22-17;
18100-811, eff. 1-1-19; 101-106, eff. 1-1-20; 101-287, eff.
198-9-19; 101-513, eff. 1-1-20; revised 9-25-19.)
 
20    Section 115. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by
21changing Sections 3-405, 6-106, and 6-110 as follows:
 
22    (625 ILCS 5/3-405)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-405)
23    Sec. 3-405. Application for registration.
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1this Code shall make application to the Secretary of State for
2the registration of such vehicle upon the appropriate form or
3forms furnished by the Secretary. Every such application shall
4bear the signature of the owner written with pen and ink and
5contain:
6        1. The name, domicile address, as defined in Section
7    1-115.5 of this Code, (except as otherwise provided in
8    this paragraph 1), mail address of the owner or business
9    address of the owner if a firm, association, or
10    corporation, and, if available, email address of the
11    owner. If the mailing address is a post office box number,
12    the address listed on the driver license record may be
13    used to verify residence. A police officer, a deputy
14    sheriff, an elected sheriff, a law enforcement officer for
15    the Department of State Police, a fire investigator, a
16    state's attorney, an assistant state's attorney, a state's
17    attorney special investigator, an official, or a judicial
18    officer may elect to furnish the address of the
19    headquarters of the governmental entity, police district,
20    or business address where he or she works instead of his or
21    her domicile address, in which case that address shall be
22    deemed to be his or her domicile address for all purposes
23    under this Chapter 3. The spouse and children of a person
24    who may elect under this paragraph 1 to furnish the
25    address of the headquarters of the government entity,
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1    works instead of the person's domicile address may, if
2    they reside with that person, also elect to furnish the
3    address of the headquarters of the government entity,
4    police district, or business address where the person
5    works as their domicile address, in which case that
6    address shall be deemed to be their domicile address for
7    all purposes under this Chapter 3. In this paragraph 1:
8    (A) "police officer" has the meaning ascribed to
9    "policeman" in Section 10-3-1 of the Illinois Municipal
10    Code; (B) "deputy sheriff" means a deputy sheriff
11    appointed under Section 3-6008 of the Counties Code; (C)
12    "elected sheriff" means a sheriff commissioned pursuant to
13    Section 3-6001 of the Counties Code; (D) "fire
14    investigator" means a person classified as a peace officer
15    under the Peace Officer Fire Investigation Act; (E)
16    "state's attorney", "assistant state's attorney", and
17    "state's attorney special investigator" mean a state's
18    attorney, assistant state's attorney, and state's attorney
19    special investigator commissioned or appointed under
20    Division 3-9 of the Counties Code; and (F) "judicial
21    officer" has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 1-10 of
22    the Judicial Privacy Act; and (G) "official" has the
23    meaning ascribed to it in Section 5 of the Public Safety
24    and Justice Privacy Act.
25        2. A description of the vehicle, including such
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1    certificate of title, determined under such standard
2    rating as may be prescribed by the Secretary.
3        3. (Blank).
4        4. Such further information as may reasonably be
5    required by the Secretary to enable him to determine
6    whether the vehicle is lawfully entitled to registration
7    and the owner entitled to a certificate of title.
8        5. An affirmation by the applicant that all
9    information set forth is true and correct. If the
10    application is for the registration of a motor vehicle,
11    the applicant also shall affirm that the motor vehicle is
12    insured as required by this Code, that such insurance will
13    be maintained throughout the period for which the motor
14    vehicle shall be registered, and that neither the owner,
15    nor any person operating the motor vehicle with the
16    owner's permission, shall operate the motor vehicle unless
17    the required insurance is in effect. If the person signing
18    the affirmation is not the sole owner of the vehicle, such
19    person shall be deemed to have affirmed on behalf of all
20    the owners of the vehicle. If the person signing the
21    affirmation is not an owner of the vehicle, such person
22    shall be deemed to have affirmed on behalf of the owner or
23    owners of the vehicle. The lack of signature on the
24    application shall not in any manner exempt the owner or
25    owners from any provisions, requirements or penalties of
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1    (b) When such application refers to a new vehicle
2purchased from a dealer the application shall be accompanied
3by a Manufacturer's Statement of Origin from the dealer, and a
4statement showing any lien retained by the dealer.
5(Source: P.A. 100-145, eff. 1-1-18.)
 
6    (625 ILCS 5/6-106)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 6-106)
7    Sec. 6-106. Application for license or instruction permit.
8    (a) Every application for any permit or license authorized
9to be issued under this Code shall be made upon a form
10furnished by the Secretary of State. Every application shall
11be accompanied by the proper fee and payment of such fee shall
12entitle the applicant to not more than 3 attempts to pass the
13examination within a period of one year after the date of
14application.
15    (b) Every application shall state the legal name, social
16security number, zip code, date of birth, sex, and residence
17address of the applicant; briefly describe the applicant;
18state whether the applicant has theretofore been licensed as a
19driver, and, if so, when and by what state or country, and
20whether any such license has ever been cancelled, suspended,
21revoked or refused, and, if so, the date and reason for such
22cancellation, suspension, revocation or refusal; shall include
23an affirmation by the applicant that all information set forth
24is true and correct; and shall bear the applicant's signature.
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1the applicant to provide a mailing address. In the case of an
2applicant who is a judicial officer, official, or peace
3officer, the Secretary may allow the applicant to provide an
4office or work address in lieu of a residence or mailing
5address. The application form may also require the statement
6of such additional relevant information as the Secretary of
7State shall deem necessary to determine the applicant's
8competency and eligibility. The Secretary of State may, in his
9discretion, by rule or regulation, provide that an application
10for a drivers license or permit may include a suitable
11photograph of the applicant in the form prescribed by the
12Secretary, and he may further provide that each drivers
13license shall include a photograph of the driver. The
14Secretary of State may utilize a photograph process or system
15most suitable to deter alteration or improper reproduction of
16a drivers license and to prevent substitution of another photo
17thereon. For the purposes of this subsection (b): ,
18    "Official" has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 5 of
19the Public Safety and Justice Privacy Act.
20    "Peace peace officer" means any person who by virtue of
21his or her office or public employment is vested by law with a
22duty to maintain public order or to make arrests for a
23violation of any penal statute of this State, whether that
24duty extends to all violations or is limited to specific
25violations.
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1for a digital driver's license and identification card
2issuance and facial recognition system issued after January 1,
32020 (the effective date of Public Act 101-513) this
4amendatory Act of the 101st General Assembly, and upon
5implementation of a new or revised system procured pursuant to
6that request for proposals, the Secretary shall permit
7applicants to choose between "male", "female" or "non-binary"
8when designating the applicant's sex on the driver's license
9application form. The sex designated by the applicant shall be
10displayed on the driver's license issued to the applicant.
11    (b-5) Every applicant for a REAL ID compliant driver's
12license or permit shall provide proof of lawful status in the
13United States as defined in 6 CFR 37.3, as amended. Applicants
14who are unable to provide the Secretary with proof of lawful
15status may apply for a driver's license or permit under
16Section 6-105.1 of this Code.
17    (c) The application form shall include a notice to the
18applicant of the registration obligations of sex offenders
19under the Sex Offender Registration Act. The notice shall be
20provided in a form and manner prescribed by the Secretary of
21State. For purposes of this subsection (c), "sex offender" has
22the meaning ascribed to it in Section 2 of the Sex Offender
23Registration Act.
24    (d) Any male United States citizen or immigrant who
25applies for any permit or license authorized to be issued
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1who is at least 18 years of age but less than 26 years of age,
2must be registered in compliance with the requirements of the
3federal Military Selective Service Act. The Secretary of State
4must forward in an electronic format the necessary personal
5information regarding the applicants identified in this
6subsection (d) to the Selective Service System. The
7applicant's signature on the application serves as an
8indication that the applicant either has already registered
9with the Selective Service System or that he is authorizing
10the Secretary to forward to the Selective Service System the
11necessary information for registration. The Secretary must
12notify the applicant at the time of application that his
13signature constitutes consent to registration with the
14Selective Service System, if he is not already registered.
15    (e) Beginning on or before July 1, 2015, for each original
16or renewal driver's license application under this Code, the
17Secretary shall inquire as to whether the applicant is a
18veteran for purposes of issuing a driver's license with a
19veteran designation under subsection (e-5) of Section 6-110 of
20this Code. The acceptable forms of proof shall include, but
21are not limited to, Department of Defense form DD-214,
22Department of Defense form DD-256 for applicants who did not
23receive a form DD-214 upon the completion of initial basic
24training, Department of Defense form DD-2 (Retired), an
25identification card issued under the federal Veterans
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1of Veterans Affairs summary of benefits letter. If the
2document cannot be stamped, the Illinois Department of
3Veterans' Affairs shall provide a certificate to the veteran
4to provide to the Secretary of State. The Illinois Department
5of Veterans' Affairs shall advise the Secretary as to what
6other forms of proof of a person's status as a veteran are
7acceptable.
8    For each applicant who is issued a driver's license with a
9veteran designation, the Secretary shall provide the
10Department of Veterans' Affairs with the applicant's name,
11address, date of birth, gender and such other demographic
12information as agreed to by the Secretary and the Department.
13The Department may take steps necessary to confirm the
14applicant is a veteran. If after due diligence, including
15writing to the applicant at the address provided by the
16Secretary, the Department is unable to verify the applicant's
17veteran status, the Department shall inform the Secretary, who
18shall notify the applicant that the he or she must confirm
19status as a veteran, or the driver's license will be
20cancelled.
21    For purposes of this subsection (e):
22    "Armed forces" means any of the Armed Forces of the United
23States, including a member of any reserve component or
24National Guard unit.
25    "Veteran" means a person who has served in the armed
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1conditions.
2(Source: P.A. 100-201, eff. 8-18-17; 100-248, eff. 8-22-17;
3100-811, eff. 1-1-19; 101-106, eff. 1-1-20; 101-287, eff.
48-9-19; 101-513, eff. 1-1-20; revised 8-24-20.)
 
5    (625 ILCS 5/6-110)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 6-110)
6    Sec. 6-110. Licenses issued to drivers.
7    (a) The Secretary of State shall issue to every qualifying
8applicant a driver's license as applied for, which license
9shall bear a distinguishing number assigned to the licensee,
10the legal name, signature, zip code, date of birth, residence
11address, and a brief description of the licensee.
12    Licenses issued shall also indicate the classification and
13the restrictions under Section 6-104 of this Code. The
14Secretary may adopt rules to establish informational
15restrictions that can be placed on the driver's license
16regarding specific conditions of the licensee.
17    A driver's license issued may, in the discretion of the
18Secretary, include a suitable photograph of a type prescribed
19by the Secretary.
20    (a-1) If the licensee is less than 18 years of age, unless
21one of the exceptions in subsection (a-2) apply, the license
22shall, as a matter of law, be invalid for the operation of any
23motor vehicle during the following times:
24        (A) Between 11:00 p.m. Friday and 6:00 a.m. Saturday;
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1    Sunday; and
2        (C) Between 10:00 p.m. on Sunday to Thursday,
3    inclusive, and 6:00 a.m. on the following day.
4    (a-2) The driver's license of a person under the age of 18
5shall not be invalid as described in subsection (a-1) of this
6Section if the licensee under the age of 18 was:
7        (1) accompanied by the licensee's parent or guardian
8    or other person in custody or control of the minor;
9        (2) on an errand at the direction of the minor's
10    parent or guardian, without any detour or stop;
11        (3) in a motor vehicle involved in interstate travel;
12        (4) going to or returning home from an employment
13    activity, without any detour or stop;
14        (5) involved in an emergency;
15        (6) going to or returning home from, without any
16    detour or stop, an official school, religious, or other
17    recreational activity supervised by adults and sponsored
18    by a government or governmental agency, a civic
19    organization, or another similar entity that takes
20    responsibility for the licensee, without any detour or
21    stop;
22        (7) exercising First Amendment rights protected by the
23    United States Constitution, such as the free exercise of
24    religion, freedom of speech, and the right of assembly; or
25        (8) married or had been married or is an emancipated
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1    (a-2.5) The driver's license of a person who is 17 years of
2age and has been licensed for at least 12 months is not invalid
3as described in subsection (a-1) of this Section while the
4licensee is participating as an assigned driver in a Safe
5Rides program that meets the following criteria:
6        (1) the program is sponsored by the Boy Scouts of
7    America or another national public service organization;
8    and
9        (2) the sponsoring organization carries liability
10    insurance covering the program.
11    (a-3) If a graduated driver's license holder over the age
12of 18 committed an offense against traffic regulations
13governing the movement of vehicles or any violation of Section
146-107 or Section 12-603.1 of this Code in the 6 months prior to
15the graduated driver's license holder's 18th birthday, and was
16subsequently convicted of the offense, the provisions of
17subsection (a-1) shall continue to apply until such time as a
18period of 6 consecutive months has elapsed without an
19additional violation and subsequent conviction of an offense
20against traffic regulations governing the movement of vehicles
21or Section 6-107 or Section 12-603.1 of this Code.
22    (a-4) If an applicant for a driver's license or
23instruction permit has a current identification card issued by
24the Secretary of State, the Secretary may require the
25applicant to utilize the same residence address and name on
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1permit records maintained by the Secretary. The Secretary may
2promulgate rules to implement this provision.
3    (a-5) If an applicant for a driver's license is a judicial
4officer, an official, or a peace officer, the applicant may
5elect to have his or her office or work address listed on the
6license instead of the applicant's residence or mailing
7address. The Secretary of State shall adopt rules to implement
8this subsection (a-5). For the purposes of this subsection
9(a-5): ,
10    "Official" has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 5 of
11the Public Safety and Justice Privacy Act.
12    "Peace peace officer" means any person who by virtue of
13his or her office or public employment is vested by law with a
14duty to maintain public order or to make arrests for a
15violation of any penal statute of this State, whether that
16duty extends to all violations or is limited to specific
17violations.
18    (b) Until the Secretary of State establishes a First
19Person Consent organ and tissue donor registry under Section
206-117 of this Code, the Secretary of State shall provide a
21format on the reverse of each driver's license issued which
22the licensee may use to execute a document of gift conforming
23to the provisions of the Illinois Anatomical Gift Act. The
24format shall allow the licensee to indicate the gift intended,
25whether specific organs, any organ, or the entire body, and
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1The Secretary shall also inform each applicant or licensee of
2this format, describe the procedure for its execution, and may
3offer the necessary witnesses; provided that in so doing, the
4Secretary shall advise the applicant or licensee that he or
5she is under no compulsion to execute a document of gift. A
6brochure explaining this method of executing an anatomical
7gift document shall be given to each applicant or licensee.
8The brochure shall advise the applicant or licensee that he or
9she is under no compulsion to execute a document of gift, and
10that he or she may wish to consult with family, friends or
11clergy before doing so. The Secretary of State may undertake
12additional efforts, including education and awareness
13activities, to promote organ and tissue donation.
14    (c) The Secretary of State shall designate on each
15driver's license issued a space where the licensee may place a
16sticker or decal of the uniform size as the Secretary may
17specify, which sticker or decal may indicate in appropriate
18language that the owner of the license carries an Emergency
19Medical Information Card.
20    The sticker may be provided by any person, hospital,
21school, medical group, or association interested in assisting
22in implementing the Emergency Medical Information Card, but
23shall meet the specifications as the Secretary may by rule or
24regulation require.
25    (d) The Secretary of State shall designate on each
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1indicate his blood type and RH factor.
2    (e) The Secretary of State shall provide that each
3original or renewal driver's license issued to a licensee
4under 21 years of age shall be of a distinct nature from those
5driver's licenses issued to individuals 21 years of age and
6older. The color designated for driver's licenses for
7licensees under 21 years of age shall be at the discretion of
8the Secretary of State.
9    (e-1) The Secretary shall provide that each driver's
10license issued to a person under the age of 21 displays the
11date upon which the person becomes 18 years of age and the date
12upon which the person becomes 21 years of age.
13    (e-3) The General Assembly recognizes the need to identify
14military veterans living in this State for the purpose of
15ensuring that they receive all of the services and benefits to
16which they are legally entitled, including healthcare,
17education assistance, and job placement. To assist the State
18in identifying these veterans and delivering these vital
19services and benefits, the Secretary of State is authorized to
20issue drivers' licenses with the word "veteran" appearing on
21the face of the licenses. This authorization is predicated on
22the unique status of veterans. The Secretary may not issue any
23other driver's license which identifies an occupation, status,
24affiliation, hobby, or other unique characteristics of the
25license holder which is unrelated to the purpose of the
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1    (e-5) Beginning on or before July 1, 2015, the Secretary
2of State shall designate a space on each original or renewal
3driver's license where, at the request of the applicant, the
4word "veteran" shall be placed. The veteran designation shall
5be available to a person identified as a veteran under
6subsection (e) of Section 6-106 of this Code who was
7discharged or separated under honorable conditions.
8    (f) The Secretary of State shall inform all Illinois
9licensed commercial motor vehicle operators of the
10requirements of the Uniform Commercial Driver License Act,
11Article V of this Chapter, and shall make provisions to insure
12that all drivers, seeking to obtain a commercial driver's
13license, be afforded an opportunity prior to April 1, 1992, to
14obtain the license. The Secretary is authorized to extend
15driver's license expiration dates, and assign specific times,
16dates and locations where these commercial driver's tests
17shall be conducted. Any applicant, regardless of the current
18expiration date of the applicant's driver's license, may be
19subject to any assignment by the Secretary. Failure to comply
20with the Secretary's assignment may result in the applicant's
21forfeiture of an opportunity to receive a commercial driver's
22license prior to April 1, 1992.
23    (g) The Secretary of State shall designate on a driver's
24license issued, a space where the licensee may indicate that
25he or she has drafted a living will in accordance with the
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1health care in accordance with the Illinois Power of Attorney
2Act.
3    (g-1) The Secretary of State, in his or her discretion,
4may designate on each driver's license issued a space where
5the licensee may place a sticker or decal, issued by the
6Secretary of State, of uniform size as the Secretary may
7specify, that shall indicate in appropriate language that the
8owner of the license has renewed his or her driver's license.
9    (h) A person who acts in good faith in accordance with the
10terms of this Section is not liable for damages in any civil
11action or subject to prosecution in any criminal proceeding
12for his or her act.
13(Source: P.A. 97-263, eff. 8-5-11; 97-739, eff. 1-1-13;
1497-847, eff. 1-1-13; 97-1127, eff. 1-1-13; 98-323, eff.
151-1-14; 98-463, eff. 8-16-13.)
 
16    Section 999. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
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1 INDEX
2 Statutes amended in order of appearance
3    New Act
4    5 ILCS 140/7from Ch. 116, par. 207
5    10 ILCS 5/10-10.3 new
6    15 ILCS 335/4from Ch. 124, par. 24
7    15 ILCS 335/5from Ch. 124, par. 25
8    625 ILCS 5/3-405from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-405
9    625 ILCS 5/6-106from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 6-106
10    625 ILCS 5/6-110from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 6-110