Full Text of SB1512 96th General Assembly
SB1512 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
|
|
|
96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010 SB1512
Introduced 2/18/2009, by Sen. David Koehler SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
|
15 ILCS 335/4C new |
|
625 ILCS 5/3-422 new |
|
625 ILCS 5/6-121 new |
|
|
Amends the Illinois Identification Card Act and the Illinois Vehicle Code to provide procedures for the issuance and cancellation of confidential State identification cards, drivers' licenses, and license plates and registrations to local, state, and federal government agencies for bona fide law enforcement purposes. Provides that those confidential materials may be issued with fictitious names and addresses, and may be used only for confidential, investigative, or undercover law enforcement operations. Provides that the Secretary of State Police Department may cancel or refuse to renew those confidential materials when they have reasonable cause to believe they are being used for purposes other than those set forth in the application form or authorized by this Act. Effective immediately.
|
| |
|
|
| FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY | |
|
|
A BILL FOR
|
|
|
|
|
SB1512 |
|
LRB096 05765 AJT 15838 b |
|
| 1 |
| AN ACT concerning law enforcement.
| 2 |
| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 |
| represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 |
| Section 5. The Illinois Identification Card Act is amended | 5 |
| by adding Section 4C as follows: | 6 |
| (15 ILCS 335/4C new)
| 7 |
| Sec. 4C. Issuance of confidential identification cards. | 8 |
| (a) Requirements for use of confidential identification | 9 |
| cards. Confidential identification cards may be issued to | 10 |
| local, state, and federal government agencies for bona fide law | 11 |
| enforcement purposes. The identification cards may be issued in | 12 |
| fictitious names and addresses, and may be used only in | 13 |
| confidential, investigative, or undercover law enforcement | 14 |
| operations. | 15 |
| (b) Application procedures for confidential identification | 16 |
| cards: | 17 |
| (1) Applications by local, state, and federal | 18 |
| government agencies for confidential identification cards | 19 |
| must be made to the Secretary of State Police Department on | 20 |
| a form and in a manner prescribed by the Secretary of State | 21 |
| Police Department. | 22 |
| (2) The application form must include information, as | 23 |
| specific as possible without compromising investigations |
|
|
|
SB1512 |
- 2 - |
LRB096 05765 AJT 15838 b |
|
| 1 |
| or techniques, setting forth the need for the | 2 |
| identification cards and the uses to which the | 3 |
| identification cards will be limited. | 4 |
| (3) The application form must be signed and verified by | 5 |
| the local, state, or federal government agency head or | 6 |
| designee. | 7 |
| (4) Information maintained by the Secretary of State | 8 |
| Police Department for confidential identification cards | 9 |
| must show the fictitious names and addresses on all records | 10 |
| subject to public disclosure. All other information | 11 |
| concerning these confidential identification cards are | 12 |
| exempt from disclosure unless the disclosure is ordered by | 13 |
| a court of competent jurisdiction. | 14 |
| (c) Cancellation procedures for confidential | 15 |
| identification cards: | 16 |
| (1) The Secretary of State Police Department may cancel | 17 |
| or refuse to renew confidential identification cards when | 18 |
| they have reasonable cause to believe the cards are being | 19 |
| used for purposes other than those set forth in the | 20 |
| application form or authorized by this Section. | 21 |
| (2) A government agency must request cancellation of | 22 |
| confidential identification cards that are no longer | 23 |
| required for the purposes for which they were issued. | 24 |
| (3) Upon the request of the Secretary of State Police | 25 |
| Department, all cancelled confidential identification | 26 |
| cards must be promptly returned to the Secretary of State |
|
|
|
SB1512 |
- 3 - |
LRB096 05765 AJT 15838 b |
|
| 1 |
| Police Department by the government agency to which they | 2 |
| were issued. | 3 |
| Section 10. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by adding | 4 |
| Sections 3-422 and 6-121 as follows: | 5 |
| (625 ILCS 5/3-422 new) | 6 |
| Sec. 3-422. Issuance of confidential license plates and | 7 |
| registrations. | 8 |
| (a) Requirements for use of confidential vehicle license | 9 |
| plates and registrations. Confidential vehicle license plates | 10 |
| and registrations may be issued to local, state, and federal | 11 |
| government agencies for bona fide law enforcement purposes. The | 12 |
| plates and registrations may be issued in fictitious names and | 13 |
| addresses, and may be used only in confidential, investigative, | 14 |
| or undercover law enforcement operations. | 15 |
| (b) Application procedures for confidential plates and | 16 |
| registrations: | 17 |
| (1) Applications by local, state, and federal | 18 |
| government agencies for confidential license plates and | 19 |
| registrations must be made to the Secretary of State Police | 20 |
| Department on a form and in a manner prescribed by the | 21 |
| Secretary of State Police Department. | 22 |
| (2) The application form must include information, as | 23 |
| specific as possible without compromising investigations | 24 |
| or techniques, setting forth the need for the license |
|
|
|
SB1512 |
- 4 - |
LRB096 05765 AJT 15838 b |
|
| 1 |
| plates and registrations and the uses to which the licenses | 2 |
| plates and registrations will be limited. | 3 |
| (3) The application form must be signed and verified by | 4 |
| the local, state, or federal government agency head or | 5 |
| designee. | 6 |
| (4) Registration information maintained by the | 7 |
| Secretary of State Police Department for confidential | 8 |
| license plates and registrations must show the fictitious | 9 |
| names and addresses on all records subject to public | 10 |
| disclosure. All other information concerning these | 11 |
| confidential license plates and registrations are exempt | 12 |
| from disclosure unless the disclosure is ordered by a court | 13 |
| of competent jurisdiction. | 14 |
| (c) Revocation and cancellation procedures for | 15 |
| confidential license plates and registrations: | 16 |
| (1) The Secretary of State Police Department may revoke | 17 |
| or refuse to renew confidential license plates and | 18 |
| registrations when they have reasonable cause to believe | 19 |
| the license plates and registrations are being used for | 20 |
| purposes other than those set forth in the application form | 21 |
| or authorized by this Section, or where records indicate | 22 |
| that within a one year period five or more parking or toll | 23 |
| highway violations have been issued to the vehicle | 24 |
| associated with the license plate and registration and | 25 |
| those violations remain unpaid. | 26 |
| (2) A government agency must request cancellation of |
|
|
|
SB1512 |
- 5 - |
LRB096 05765 AJT 15838 b |
|
| 1 |
| confidential license plates and registrations that are no | 2 |
| longer required for the purposes for which they were | 3 |
| issued. | 4 |
| (3) All revoked confidential license plates and | 5 |
| certificates of registration must be promptly returned to | 6 |
| the Secretary of State Police Department by the government | 7 |
| agency to which they were issued. | 8 |
| (d) All fees collected for the issuance of confidential | 9 |
| license plates and registrations must be deposited in the | 10 |
| Secretary of State Police Services Fund. | 11 |
| (625 ILCS 5/6-121 new) | 12 |
| Sec. 6-121. Issuance of confidential drivers' licenses. | 13 |
| (a) Requirements for use of confidential drivers' | 14 |
| licenses. Confidential drivers' licenses may be issued to | 15 |
| local, state, and federal government agencies for bona fide law | 16 |
| enforcement purposes. The drivers' licenses may be issued with | 17 |
| fictitious names and addresses, and may be used only for | 18 |
| confidential, investigative, or undercover law enforcement | 19 |
| operations. | 20 |
| (b) Application procedures for confidential drivers' | 21 |
| licenses: | 22 |
| (1) Applications by local, state, and federal | 23 |
| government agencies for confidential drivers' licenses | 24 |
| must be made to the Secretary of State Police Department on | 25 |
| a form and in a manner prescribed by the Secretary of State |
|
|
|
SB1512 |
- 6 - |
LRB096 05765 AJT 15838 b |
|
| 1 |
| Police Department. | 2 |
| (2) The application form must include information, as | 3 |
| specific as possible without compromising investigations | 4 |
| or techniques, setting forth the need for the drivers' | 5 |
| licenses and the uses to which the licenses will be | 6 |
| limited. | 7 |
| (3) The application form must be signed and verified by | 8 |
| the local, state, or federal government agency head or | 9 |
| designee. | 10 |
| (4) Registration information maintained by the | 11 |
| Secretary of State Police Department for confidential | 12 |
| drivers' licenses must show the fictitious names and | 13 |
| addresses on all records subject to public disclosure. All | 14 |
| other information concerning these confidential drivers' | 15 |
| licenses are exempt from disclosure unless the disclosure | 16 |
| is ordered by a court of competent jurisdiction. | 17 |
| (c) Revocation and cancellation procedures for | 18 |
| confidential drivers' licenses: | 19 |
| (1) The Secretary of State Police Department may revoke | 20 |
| or refuse to renew confidential drivers' licenses when they | 21 |
| have reasonable cause to believe the licenses are being | 22 |
| used for purposes other than those set forth in the | 23 |
| application form or authorized by this Section. | 24 |
| Confidential drivers' licenses may also be revoked where | 25 |
| traffic violation citations have been issued to the driver | 26 |
| and subsequent investigation reveals that the issuance of |
|
|
|
SB1512 |
- 7 - |
LRB096 05765 AJT 15838 b |
|
| 1 |
| the citations was unrelated to the purposes for which the | 2 |
| confidential drivers' license was issued. In such cases, | 3 |
| the citations and any resulting court orders, convictions, | 4 |
| supervisions or other sanctions must be treated by the | 5 |
| Secretary of State as though they were issued in relation | 6 |
| to the true drivers' licenses of the individual to whom the | 7 |
| confidential drivers' license was issued. | 8 |
| (2) A government agency must request cancellation of | 9 |
| confidential drivers' licenses that are no longer required | 10 |
| for the purposes for which they were issued. | 11 |
| (3) All revoked confidential drivers' licenses must be | 12 |
| promptly returned to the Secretary of State Police | 13 |
| Department by the government agency to which they were | 14 |
| issued.
| 15 |
| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 16 |
| becoming law.
|
|