Full Text of HB4749 100th General Assembly
HB4749ham001 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Rep. Mike Fortner Filed: 3/7/2018
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4749
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 4749 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
| 4 | | "Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing | 5 | | Section 1A-16.1 as follows: | 6 | | (10 ILCS 5/1A-16.1) | 7 | | Sec. 1A-16.1. Automatic voter registration; Secretary of | 8 | | State. | 9 | | (a) The Office of the Secretary of State and the State | 10 | | Board of Elections, pursuant to an interagency contract and | 11 | | jointly-adopted rules, shall establish an automatic voter | 12 | | registration program that satisfies the requirements of this | 13 | | Section and other applicable law. | 14 | | (b) If an application, an application for renewal, a change | 15 | | of address form, or a recertification form for a driver's | 16 | | license, other than a temporary visitor's driver's license, or |
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| 1 | | a State identification card issued by the Office of the | 2 | | Secretary of State meets the requirements of the federal REAL | 3 | | ID Act of 2005, then that application shall serve as a | 4 | | dual-purpose application. The dual-purpose application shall: | 5 | | (1) also serve as an application to register to vote in | 6 | | Illinois; | 7 | | (2) allow an applicant to change his or her registered | 8 | | residence address or name as it appears on the voter | 9 | | registration rolls; | 10 | | (3) provide the applicant with an opportunity to | 11 | | affirmatively decline to register to vote or to change his | 12 | | or her registered residence address or name by providing a | 13 | | check box on the application form without requiring the | 14 | | applicant to state the reason; and | 15 | | (4) unless the applicant declines to register to vote | 16 | | or change his or her registered residence address or name, | 17 | | require the applicant to attest, by signature under penalty | 18 | | of perjury as described in subsection (e) of this Section, | 19 | | to meeting the qualifications to register to vote in | 20 | | Illinois at his or her residence address as indicated on | 21 | | his or her driver's license or identification card | 22 | | dual-purpose application. | 23 | | (b-5) If an application, an application for renewal, a | 24 | | change of address form, or a recertification form for a | 25 | | driver's license, other than a temporary visitor's driver's | 26 | | license, or a State identification card issued by the Office of |
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| 1 | | the Secretary of State does not meet the requirements of the | 2 | | federal REAL ID Act of 2005, then that application shall serve | 3 | | as a dual-purpose application. The dual-purpose application | 4 | | shall: | 5 | | (1) also serve as an application to register to vote in | 6 | | Illinois; | 7 | | (2) allow an applicant to change his or her registered | 8 | | residence address or name as it appears on the voter | 9 | | registration rolls; and | 10 | | (3) if the applicant chooses to register to vote or to | 11 | | change his or her registered residence address or name, | 12 | | then require the applicant to attest, by a separate | 13 | | signature under penalty of perjury, to meeting the | 14 | | qualifications to register to vote in Illinois at his or | 15 | | her residence address as indicated on his or her | 16 | | dual-purpose application. | 17 | | (b-10) The Office of the Secretary of State shall clearly | 18 | | and conspicuously inform each applicant in writing: (i) of the | 19 | | qualifications to register to vote in Illinois, (ii) of the | 20 | | penalties provided by law for submission of a false voter | 21 | | registration application, (iii) that, unless the applicant | 22 | | declines to register to vote or update his or her voter | 23 | | registration, his or her dual-purpose application shall also | 24 | | serve as both an application to register to vote and his or her | 25 | | attestation that he or she meets the eligibility requirements | 26 | | for voter registration, and that his or her application to |
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| 1 | | register to vote or update his or her registration will be | 2 | | transmitted to the State Board of Elections for the purpose of | 3 | | registering the person to vote at the residence address to be | 4 | | indicated on his or her driver's license or identification | 5 | | card, and (iv) that declining to register to vote is | 6 | | confidential and will not affect any services the person may be | 7 | | seeking from the Office of the Secretary of State. | 8 | | (c) The Office of the Secretary of State shall review | 9 | | information provided to the Office of the Secretary of State by | 10 | | the State Board of Elections to inform each applicant for a | 11 | | driver's license or permit, other than a temporary visitor's | 12 | | driver's license, or a State identification card issued by the | 13 | | Office of the Secretary of State whether the applicant is | 14 | | currently registered to vote in Illinois and, if registered, at | 15 | | what address. | 16 | | (d) The Office of the Secretary of State shall not require | 17 | | an applicant for a driver's license or State identification | 18 | | card to provide duplicate identification or information in | 19 | | order to complete an application to register to vote or change | 20 | | his or her registered residence address or name. Before | 21 | | transmitting any personal information about an applicant to the | 22 | | State Board of Elections, the Office of the Secretary of State | 23 | | shall review its records of the identification documents the | 24 | | applicant provided in order to complete the application for a | 25 | | driver's license or State identification card, to confirm that | 26 | | nothing in those documents indicates that the applicant does |
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| 1 | | not satisfy the qualifications to register to vote in Illinois | 2 | | at his or her residence address. | 3 | | (e) A completed, signed application for (i) a driver's | 4 | | license or permit, other than a temporary visitor's driver's | 5 | | license, or a State identification card issued by the Office of | 6 | | the Secretary of State, that meets the requirements of the | 7 | | federal REAL ID Act of 2005; or (ii) a completed application | 8 | | under subsection (b-5) of this Section with a separate | 9 | | signature attesting the applicant meets the qualifications to | 10 | | register to vote in Illinois at his or her residence address as | 11 | | indicated on his or her application shall constitute a signed | 12 | | application to register to vote in Illinois at the residence | 13 | | address indicated in the application unless the person | 14 | | affirmatively declined in the application to register to vote | 15 | | or to change his or her registered residence address or name. | 16 | | If the identification documents provided to complete the | 17 | | dual-purpose application indicate that he or she does not | 18 | | satisfy the qualifications to register to vote in Illinois at | 19 | | his or her residence address, the application shall be marked | 20 | | as incomplete. | 21 | | (f) For each completed and signed application that | 22 | | constitutes an application to register to vote in Illinois or | 23 | | provides for a change in the applicant's registered residence | 24 | | address or name, the Office of the Secretary of State shall | 25 | | electronically transmit to the State Board of Elections | 26 | | personal information needed to complete the person's |
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| 1 | | registration to vote in Illinois at his or her residence | 2 | | address. The application to register to vote shall be processed | 3 | | in accordance with Section 1A-16.7. | 4 | | (g) If the federal REAL ID Act of 2005 is repealed, | 5 | | abrogated, superseded, or otherwise no longer in effect, then | 6 | | the State Board of Elections shall establish criteria for | 7 | | determining reliable personal information indicating | 8 | | citizenship status and shall adopt rules as necessary for the | 9 | | Secretary of State to continue processing dual-purpose | 10 | | applications under this Section. | 11 | | (h) As used in this Section, "dual-purpose application" | 12 | | means an application, an application for renewal, a change of | 13 | | address form, or a recertification form for driver's license or | 14 | | permit, other than a temporary visitor's driver's license, or a | 15 | | State identification card offered by the Secretary of State | 16 | | that also serves as an application to register to vote in | 17 | | Illinois. "Dual-purpose application" does not mean an | 18 | | application under subsection (c) of Section 6-109 of the | 19 | | Illinois Vehicle Code.
| 20 | | (i) This Section shall be implemented no later than 90 days | 21 | | after the federal Real ID database is certified by the | 22 | | Secretary of State. | 23 | | (Source: P.A. 100-464, eff. 8-28-17.)".
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