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1    AN ACT concerning transportation.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Identification Card Act is amended
5by changing Sections 2, 5, and 8 as follows:
 
6    (15 ILCS 335/2)  (from Ch. 124, par. 22)
7    Sec. 2. Administration and powers and duties of the
8Administrator.
9    (a) The Secretary of State is the Administrator of this
10Act, and he is charged with the duty of observing,
11administering and enforcing the provisions of this Act.
12    (b) The Secretary is vested with the powers and duties for
13the proper administration of this Act as follows:
14        1. He shall organize the administration of this Act as
15    he may deem necessary and appoint such subordinate
16    officers, clerks and other employees as may be necessary.
17        2. From time to time, he may make, amend or rescind
18    rules and regulations as may be in the public interest to
19    implement the Act.
20        3. He may prescribe or provide suitable forms as
21    necessary, including such forms as are necessary to
22    establish that an applicant for an Illinois Person with a
23    Disability Identification Card is a "person with a

 

 

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1    disability" as defined in Section 4A of this Act, and
2    establish that an applicant for a State identification card
3    is a "homeless person" as defined in Section 1A of this
4    Act.
5        4. He may prepare under the seal of the Secretary of
6    State certified copies of any records utilized under this
7    Act and any such certified copy shall be admissible in any
8    proceeding in any court in like manner as the original
9    thereof.
10        5. Records compiled under this Act shall be maintained
11    for 6 years, but the Secretary may destroy such records
12    with the prior approval of the State Records Commission.
13        6. He shall examine and determine the genuineness,
14    regularity and legality of every application filed with him
15    under this Act, and he may in all cases investigate the
16    same, require additional information or proof or
17    documentation from any applicant.
18        7. He shall require the payment of all fees prescribed
19    in this Act, and all such fees received by him shall be
20    placed in the Road Fund of the State treasury except as
21    otherwise provided in Section 12 of this Act. Whenever any
22    application to the Secretary for an identification card
23    under this Act is accompanied by any fee, as required by
24    law, and the application is denied after a review of
25    eligibility, which may include facial recognition
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1    of any fees paid.
2        8. Beginning July 1, 2017, he shall refuse to issue any
3    identification card under this Act to any person who has
4    been issued a driver's license under the Illinois Vehicle
5    Code. Any such person may, at his or her discretion,
6    surrender the driver's license in order to become eligible
7    to obtain an identification card.
8(Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15; 99-305, eff. 1-1-16;
9revised 10-14-15.)
 
10    (15 ILCS 335/5)  (from Ch. 124, par. 25)
11    Sec. 5. Applications.
12    (a) Any natural person who is a resident of the State of
13Illinois may file an application for an identification card, or
14for the renewal thereof, in a manner prescribed by the
15Secretary. Each original application shall be completed by the
16applicant in full and shall set forth the legal name, residence
17address and zip code, social security number, birth date, sex
18and a brief description of the applicant. The applicant shall
19be photographed, unless the Secretary of State has provided by
20rule for the issuance of identification cards without
21photographs and the applicant is deemed eligible for an
22identification card without a photograph under the terms and
23conditions imposed by the Secretary of State, and he or she
24shall also submit any other information as the Secretary may
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1require to determine the identity of the applicant. In addition
2to the residence address, the Secretary may allow the applicant
3to provide a mailing address. If the applicant is a judicial
4officer as defined in Section 1-10 of the Judicial Privacy Act
5or a peace officer, the applicant may elect to have his or her
6office or work address in lieu of the applicant's residence or
7mailing address. An applicant for an Illinois Person with a
8Disability Identification Card must also submit with each
9original or renewal application, on forms prescribed by the
10Secretary, such documentation as the Secretary may require,
11establishing that the applicant is a "person with a disability"
12as defined in Section 4A of this Act, and setting forth the
13applicant's type and class of disability as set forth in
14Section 4A of this Act. For the purposes of this subsection
15(a), "peace officer" means any person who by virtue of his or
16her office or public employment is vested by law with a duty to
17maintain public order or to make arrests for a violation of any
18penal statute of this State, whether that duty extends to all
19violations or is limited to specific violations.
20    (b) Beginning on or before July 1, 2015, for each original
21or renewal identification card application under this Act, the
22Secretary shall inquire as to whether the applicant is a
23veteran for purposes of issuing an identification card with a
24veteran designation under subsection (c-5) of Section 4 of this
25Act. The acceptable forms of proof shall include, but are not
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1shall determine by rule what other forms of proof of a person's
2status as a veteran are acceptable.
3    The Illinois Department of Veterans' Affairs shall confirm
4the status of the applicant as an honorably discharged veteran
5before the Secretary may issue the identification card.
6    For purposes of this subsection (b):
7    "Active duty" means active duty under an executive order of
8the President of the United States, an Act of the Congress of
9the United States, or an order of the Governor.
10    "Armed forces" means any of the Armed Forces of the United
11States, including a member of any reserve component or National
12Guard unit called to active duty.
13    "Veteran" means a person who has served on active duty in
14the armed forces and was discharged or separated under
15honorable conditions.
16    (c) Beginning July 1, 2017, all applicants for standard
17Illinois Identification Cards and Illinois Person with a
18Disability Identification Cards shall provide proof of lawful
19status in the United States as defined in 6 CFR 37.3, as
20amended. Applicants who are unable to provide the Secretary
21with proof of lawful status are ineligible for identification
22cards under this Act.
23(Source: P.A. 97-371, eff. 1-1-12; 97-739, eff. 1-1-13; 97-847,
24eff. 1-1-13; 97-1064, eff. 1-1-13; 98-323, eff. 1-1-14; 98-463,
25eff. 8-16-13.)
 

 

 

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1    (15 ILCS 335/8)  (from Ch. 124, par. 28)
2    Sec. 8. Expiration.
3    (a) Except as otherwise provided in this Section:
4        (1) Every identification card issued hereunder, except
5    to persons who have reached their 15th birthday, but are
6    not yet 21 years of age, persons who are 65 years of age or
7    older, and persons who are issued an Illinois Person with a
8    Disability Identification Card, shall expire 5 years from
9    the ensuing birthday of the applicant and a renewal shall
10    expire 5 years thereafter.
11        (2) Every original or renewal identification card
12    issued to a person who has reached his or her 15th
13    birthday, but is not yet 21 years of age shall expire 3
14    months after the person's 21st birthday.
15    (b) Except as provided elsewhere in this Section, every
16Every original, renewal, or duplicate: (i) identification card
17issued prior to July 1, 2017, to a person who has reached his
18or her 65th birthday shall be permanent and need not be
19renewed; (ii) identification card issued on or after July 1,
202017, to a person who has reached his or her 65th birthday
21shall expire 8 years thereafter; (iii) and (ii) Illinois Person
22with a Disability Identification Card issued prior to July 1,
232017, to a qualifying person shall expire 10 years thereafter;
24and (iv) Illinois Person with a Disability Identification Card
25issued on or after July 1, 2017, shall expire 8 years
26thereafter. The Secretary of State shall promulgate rules

 

 

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1setting forth the conditions and criteria for the renewal of
2all Illinois Person with a Disability Identification Cards.
3    (c) Beginning July 1, 2016, every identification card or
4Illinois Person with a Disability Identification Card issued
5under this Act to an applicant who is not a United States
6citizen shall expire on whichever is the earlier date of the
7following:
8        (1) as provided under subsection (a) or (b) of this
9    Section; or
10        (2) on the date the applicant's authorized stay in the
11    United States terminates.
12(Source: P.A. 99-305, eff. 1-1-16.)
 
13    Section 10. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by
14changing Sections 6-103 and 6-106 as follows:
 
15    (625 ILCS 5/6-103)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 6-103)
16    Sec. 6-103. What persons shall not be licensed as drivers
17or granted permits. The Secretary of State shall not issue,
18renew, or allow the retention of any driver's license nor issue
19any permit under this Code:
20        1. To any person, as a driver, who is under the age of
21    18 years except as provided in Section 6-107, and except
22    that an instruction permit may be issued under Section
23    6-107.1 to a child who is not less than 15 years of age if
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1    course as defined in Section 1-103 of this Code and
2    requires an instruction permit to participate therein,
3    except that an instruction permit may be issued under the
4    provisions of Section 6-107.1 to a child who is 17 years
5    and 3 months of age without the child having enrolled in an
6    approved driver education course and except that an
7    instruction permit may be issued to a child who is at least
8    15 years and 3 months of age, is enrolled in school, meets
9    the educational requirements of the Driver Education Act,
10    and has passed examinations the Secretary of State in his
11    or her discretion may prescribe;
12        1.5. To any person at least 18 years of age but less
13    than 21 years of age unless the person has, in addition to
14    any other requirements of this Code, successfully
15    completed an adult driver education course as provided in
16    Section 6-107.5 of this Code;
17        2. To any person who is under the age of 18 as an
18    operator of a motorcycle other than a motor driven cycle
19    unless the person has, in addition to meeting the
20    provisions of Section 6-107 of this Code, successfully
21    completed a motorcycle training course approved by the
22    Illinois Department of Transportation and successfully
23    completes the required Secretary of State's motorcycle
24    driver's examination;
25        3. To any person, as a driver, whose driver's license
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1    any person whose driver's license or permit has been
2    revoked, except as provided in Sections 6-205, 6-206, and
3    6-208;
4        4. To any person, as a driver, who is a user of alcohol
5    or any other drug to a degree that renders the person
6    incapable of safely driving a motor vehicle;
7        5. To any person, as a driver, who has previously been
8    adjudged to be afflicted with or suffering from any mental
9    or physical disability or disease and who has not at the
10    time of application been restored to competency by the
11    methods provided by law;
12        6. To any person, as a driver, who is required by the
13    Secretary of State to submit an alcohol and drug evaluation
14    or take an examination provided for in this Code unless the
15    person has successfully passed the examination and
16    submitted any required evaluation;
17        7. To any person who is required under the provisions
18    of the laws of this State to deposit security or proof of
19    financial responsibility and who has not deposited the
20    security or proof;
21        8. To any person when the Secretary of State has good
22    cause to believe that the person by reason of physical or
23    mental disability would not be able to safely operate a
24    motor vehicle upon the highways, unless the person shall
25    furnish to the Secretary of State a verified written
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1    competent medical specialist, a licensed physician
2    assistant, or a licensed advanced practice nurse, to the
3    effect that the operation of a motor vehicle by the person
4    would not be inimical to the public safety;
5        9. To any person, as a driver, who is 69 years of age
6    or older, unless the person has successfully complied with
7    the provisions of Section 6-109;
8        10. To any person convicted, within 12 months of
9    application for a license, of any of the sexual offenses
10    enumerated in paragraph 2 of subsection (b) of Section
11    6-205;
12        11. To any person who is under the age of 21 years with
13    a classification prohibited in paragraph (b) of Section
14    6-104 and to any person who is under the age of 18 years
15    with a classification prohibited in paragraph (c) of
16    Section 6-104;
17        12. To any person who has been either convicted of or
18    adjudicated under the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 based upon
19    a violation of the Cannabis Control Act, the Illinois
20    Controlled Substances Act, or the Methamphetamine Control
21    and Community Protection Act while that person was in
22    actual physical control of a motor vehicle. For purposes of
23    this Section, any person placed on probation under Section
24    10 of the Cannabis Control Act, Section 410 of the Illinois
25    Controlled Substances Act, or Section 70 of the
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1    not be considered convicted. Any person found guilty of
2    this offense, while in actual physical control of a motor
3    vehicle, shall have an entry made in the court record by
4    the judge that this offense did occur while the person was
5    in actual physical control of a motor vehicle and order the
6    clerk of the court to report the violation to the Secretary
7    of State as such. The Secretary of State shall not issue a
8    new license or permit for a period of one year;
9        13. To any person who is under the age of 18 years and
10    who has committed the offense of operating a motor vehicle
11    without a valid license or permit in violation of Section
12    6-101 or a similar out of state offense;
13        14. To any person who is 90 days or more delinquent in
14    court ordered child support payments or has been
15    adjudicated in arrears in an amount equal to 90 days'
16    obligation or more and who has been found in contempt of
17    court for failure to pay the support, subject to the
18    requirements and procedures of Article VII of Chapter 7 of
19    the Illinois Vehicle Code;
20        14.5. To any person certified by the Illinois
21    Department of Healthcare and Family Services as being 90
22    days or more delinquent in payment of support under an
23    order of support entered by a court or administrative body
24    of this or any other State, subject to the requirements and
25    procedures of Article VII of Chapter 7 of this Code
26    regarding those certifications;

 

 

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1        15. To any person released from a term of imprisonment
2    for violating Section 9-3 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or
3    the Criminal Code of 2012, or a similar provision of a law
4    of another state relating to reckless homicide or for
5    violating subparagraph (F) of paragraph (1) of subsection
6    (d) of Section 11-501 of this Code relating to aggravated
7    driving under the influence of alcohol, other drug or
8    drugs, intoxicating compound or compounds, or any
9    combination thereof, if the violation was the proximate
10    cause of a death, within 24 months of release from a term
11    of imprisonment;
12        16. To any person who, with intent to influence any act
13    related to the issuance of any driver's license or permit,
14    by an employee of the Secretary of State's Office, or the
15    owner or employee of any commercial driver training school
16    licensed by the Secretary of State, or any other individual
17    authorized by the laws of this State to give driving
18    instructions or administer all or part of a driver's
19    license examination, promises or tenders to that person any
20    property or personal advantage which that person is not
21    authorized by law to accept. Any persons promising or
22    tendering such property or personal advantage shall be
23    disqualified from holding any class of driver's license or
24    permit for 120 consecutive days. The Secretary of State
25    shall establish by rule the procedures for implementing
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1    persons so disqualified may obtain administrative review
2    of the decision to disqualify;
3        17. To any person for whom the Secretary of State
4    cannot verify the accuracy of any information or
5    documentation submitted in application for a driver's
6    license; or
7        18. To any person who has been adjudicated under the
8    Juvenile Court Act of 1987 based upon an offense that is
9    determined by the court to have been committed in
10    furtherance of the criminal activities of an organized
11    gang, as provided in Section 5-710 of that Act, and that
12    involved the operation or use of a motor vehicle or the use
13    of a driver's license or permit. The person shall be denied
14    a license or permit for the period determined by the court;
15    or .
16        19. Beginning July 1, 2017, to any person who has been
17    issued an identification card under the Illinois
18    Identification Card Act. Any such person may, at his or her
19    discretion, surrender the identification card in order to
20    become eligible to obtain a driver's license.
21    The Secretary of State shall retain all conviction
22information, if the information is required to be held
23confidential under the Juvenile Court Act of 1987.
24(Source: P.A. 98-167, eff. 7-1-14; 98-756, eff. 7-16-14;
2599-173, eff. 7-29-15.)
 

 

 

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1    (625 ILCS 5/6-106)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 6-106)
2    Sec. 6-106. Application for license or instruction permit.
3    (a) Every application for any permit or license authorized
4to be issued under this Code shall be made upon a form
5furnished by the Secretary of State. Every application shall be
6accompanied by the proper fee and payment of such fee shall
7entitle the applicant to not more than 3 attempts to pass the
8examination within a period of one year after the date of
9application.
10    (b) Every application shall state the legal name, social
11security number, zip code, date of birth, sex, and residence
12address of the applicant; briefly describe the applicant; state
13whether the applicant has theretofore been licensed as a
14driver, and, if so, when and by what state or country, and
15whether any such license has ever been cancelled, suspended,
16revoked or refused, and, if so, the date and reason for such
17cancellation, suspension, revocation or refusal; shall include
18an affirmation by the applicant that all information set forth
19is true and correct; and shall bear the applicant's signature.
20In addition to the residence address, the Secretary may allow
21the applicant to provide a mailing address. In the case of an
22applicant who is a judicial officer or peace officer, the
23Secretary may allow the applicant to provide an office or work
24address in lieu of a residence or mailing address. The
25application form may also require the statement of such
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1deem necessary to determine the applicant's competency and
2eligibility. The Secretary of State may, in his discretion, by
3rule or regulation, provide that an application for a drivers
4license or permit may include a suitable photograph of the
5applicant in the form prescribed by the Secretary, and he may
6further provide that each drivers license shall include a
7photograph of the driver. The Secretary of State may utilize a
8photograph process or system most suitable to deter alteration
9or improper reproduction of a drivers license and to prevent
10substitution of another photo thereon. For the purposes of this
11subsection (b), "peace officer" means any person who by virtue
12of his or her office or public employment is vested by law with
13a duty to maintain public order or to make arrests for a
14violation of any penal statute of this State, whether that duty
15extends to all violations or is limited to specific violations.
16    (b-5) Beginning July 1, 2017, every applicant for a
17driver's license or permit shall provide proof of lawful status
18in the United States as defined in 6 CFR 37.3, as amended.
19Applicants who are unable to provide the Secretary with proof
20of lawful status may apply for a driver's license or permit
21under Section 6-105.1 of this Code.
22    (c) The application form shall include a notice to the
23applicant of the registration obligations of sex offenders
24under the Sex Offender Registration Act. The notice shall be
25provided in a form and manner prescribed by the Secretary of
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1the meaning ascribed to it in Section 2 of the Sex Offender
2Registration Act.
3    (d) Any male United States citizen or immigrant who applies
4for any permit or license authorized to be issued under this
5Code or for a renewal of any permit or license, and who is at
6least 18 years of age but less than 26 years of age, must be
7registered in compliance with the requirements of the federal
8Military Selective Service Act. The Secretary of State must
9forward in an electronic format the necessary personal
10information regarding the applicants identified in this
11subsection (d) to the Selective Service System. The applicant's
12signature on the application serves as an indication that the
13applicant either has already registered with the Selective
14Service System or that he is authorizing the Secretary to
15forward to the Selective Service System the necessary
16information for registration. The Secretary must notify the
17applicant at the time of application that his signature
18constitutes consent to registration with the Selective Service
19System, if he is not already registered.
20    (e) Beginning on or before July 1, 2015, for each original
21or renewal driver's license application under this Code, the
22Secretary shall inquire as to whether the applicant is a
23veteran for purposes of issuing a driver's license with a
24veteran designation under subsection (e-5) of Section 6-110 of
25this Code. The acceptable forms of proof shall include, but are
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1Secretary shall determine by rule what other forms of proof of
2a person's status as a veteran are acceptable.
3    The Illinois Department of Veterans' Affairs shall confirm
4the status of the applicant as an honorably discharged veteran
5before the Secretary may issue the driver's license.
6    For purposes of this subsection (e):
7    "Active duty" means active duty under an executive order of
8the President of the United States, an Act of the Congress of
9the United States, or an order of the Governor.
10    "Armed forces" means any of the Armed Forces of the United
11States, including a member of any reserve component or National
12Guard unit called to active duty.
13    "Veteran" means a person who has served on active duty in
14the armed forces and was discharged or separated under
15honorable conditions.
16(Source: P.A. 97-263, eff. 8-5-11; 97-739, eff. 1-1-13; 97-847,
17eff. 1-1-13; 98-323, eff. 1-1-14; 98-463, eff. 8-16-13; 98-756,
18eff. 7-16-14.)