Bill Text: IL SB0981 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning records to be kept by the Secretary of State.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [SB0981 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2011-SB0981-Introduced.html

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97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2011 and 2012 SB0981 Introduced 2/8/2011, by Sen. John J. Cullerton SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
625 ILCS 5/6-117 from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 6-117
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning records to be kept by the Secretary of State.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning transportation.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by changing
Section 6-117 as follows:
(625 ILCS 5/6-117) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 6-117)
Sec. 6-117. Records to be kept by the Secretary of State.
(a) The The Secretary of State shall file every application
for a license or permit accepted under this Chapter, and shall
maintain suitable indexes thereof. The records of the Secretary
of State shall indicate the action taken with respect to such
applications.
(b) The Secretary of State shall maintain appropriate
records of all licenses and permits refused, cancelled,
disqualified, revoked, or suspended and of the revocation,
suspension, and disqualification of driving privileges of
persons not licensed under this Chapter, and such records shall
note the reasons for such action.
(c) The Secretary of State shall maintain appropriate
records of convictions reported under this Chapter. Records of
conviction may be maintained in a computer processible medium.
(d) The Secretary of State may also maintain appropriate
records of any accident reports received.

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

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

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(4) An individual may withdraw his or her consent to be
listed in the First Person Consent organ and tissue donor
registry maintained by the Secretary of State by notifying
the Secretary of State in writing, or by any other means
approved by the Secretary, of the individual's decision to
have his or her name removed from the registry.
(5) The Secretary of State may undertake additional
efforts, including education and awareness activities, to
promote organ and tissue donation.
(6) In the absence of gross negligence or willful
misconduct, the Secretary of State and his or her employees
are immune from any civil or criminal liability in
connection with an individual's consent to be listed in the
organ and tissue donor registry.
(Source: P.A. 94-75, eff. 1-1-06; 95-382, eff. 8-23-07;
95-1034, eff. 2-17-09.)