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1     AN ACT concerning transportation.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by changing
5 Section 6-117 as follows:
 
6     (625 ILCS 5/6-117)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 6-117)
7     Sec. 6-117. Records to be kept by the Secretary of State.
8     (a) The Secretary of State shall file every application for
9 a license or permit accepted under this Chapter, and shall
10 maintain suitable indexes thereof. The records of the Secretary
11 of State shall indicate the action taken with respect to such
12 applications.
13     (b) The Secretary of State shall maintain appropriate
14 records of all licenses and permits refused, cancelled,
15 disqualified, revoked, or suspended and of the revocation,
16 suspension, and disqualification of driving privileges of
17 persons not licensed under this Chapter, and such records shall
18 note the reasons for such action.
19     (c) The Secretary of State shall maintain appropriate
20 records of convictions reported under this Chapter. Records of
21 conviction may be maintained in a computer processible medium.
22     (d) The Secretary of State may also maintain appropriate
23 records of any accident reports received.

 

 

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1     (e) The Secretary of State shall also maintain appropriate
2 records of any disposition of supervision or records relative
3 to a driver's referral to a driver remedial or rehabilitative
4 program, as required by the Secretary of State or the courts.
5 Such records shall only be available for use by the Secretary,
6 the driver licensing administrator of any other state, law
7 enforcement agencies, the courts, and the affected driver or,
8 upon proper verification, such affected driver's attorney.
9     (f) The Secretary of State shall also maintain or contract
10 to maintain appropriate records of all photographs and
11 signatures obtained in the process of issuing any driver's
12 license, permit, or identification card. The record shall be
13 confidential and shall not be disclosed except to those
14 entities listed under Section 6-110.1 of this Code.
15     (g) The Secretary of State may establish a First Person
16 Consent organ and tissue donor registry in compliance with
17 subsection (b-1) of Section 5-20 of the Illinois Anatomical
18 Gift Act, as follows:
19             (1) The Secretary shall offer, to each applicant
20     for issuance or renewal of a driver's license or
21     identification card who is 18 years of age or older, the
22     opportunity to have his or her name included in the First
23     Person Consent organ and tissue donor registry. The
24     Secretary must advise the applicant or licensee that he or
25     she is under no compulsion to have his or her name included
26     in the registry. An individual who agrees to having his or

 

 

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1     her name included in the First Person Consent organ and
2     tissue donor registry has given full legal consent to the
3     donation of any of his or her organs or tissue upon his or
4     her death. A brochure explaining this method of executing
5     an anatomical gift must be given to each applicant for
6     issuance or renewal of a driver's license or identification
7     card. The brochure must advise the applicant or licensee
8     (i) that he or she is under no compulsion to have his or
9     her name included in this registry and (ii) that he or she
10     may wish to consult with family, friends, or clergy before
11     doing so.
12             (2) The Secretary of State may establish
13     additional methods by which an individual may have his or
14     her name included in the First Person Consent organ and
15     tissue donor registry.
16             (3) When an individual has agreed to have his or
17     her name included in the First Person Consent organ and
18     tissue donor registry, the Secretary of State shall note
19     that agreement in the First Person consent organ and tissue
20     donor registry. Representatives of federally designated
21     organ procurement agencies and tissue banks and the offices
22     of Illinois county coroners and medical examiners may
23     inquire of the Secretary of State whether a potential organ
24     donor's name is included in the First Person Consent organ
25     and tissue donor registry, and the Secretary of State may
26     provide that information to the representative.

 

 

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1             (4) An individual may withdraw his or her consent
2     to be listed in the First Person Consent organ and tissue
3     donor registry maintained by the Secretary of State by
4     notifying the Secretary of State in writing, or by any
5     other means approved by the Secretary, of the individual's
6     decision to have his or her name removed from the registry.
7             (5) The Secretary of State may undertake
8     additional efforts, including education and awareness
9     activities, to promote organ and tissue donation.
10             (6) In the absence of gross negligence or willful
11     misconduct, the Secretary of State and his or her employees
12     are immune from any civil or criminal liability in
13     connection with an individual's consent to be listed in the
14     organ and tissue donor registry.
15 (Source: P.A. 94-75, eff. 1-1-06; 95-382, eff. 8-23-07.)
 
16     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
17 becoming law.