Bill Text: IL SB2001 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Electronic Commerce Security Act. Provides that every State agency shall accept electronic signatures where a rule of law requires a signature, except when all parties waive the right to use electronic signatures. Provides that if any other statute or rule requires approval by a State agency prior to the use or retention of electronic records or the use of electronic signatures, the provisions of this Act shall control.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-02-26 - Referred to Assignments [SB2001 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2021-SB2001-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning government.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Electronic Commerce Security Act is amended | |||||||||||||||||||||
5 | by changing Sections 5-120 and 5-145 as follows:
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6 | (5 ILCS 175/5-120)
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7 | Sec. 5-120. Electronic signatures.
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8 | (a) Where a rule of law requires a signature, or provides | |||||||||||||||||||||
9 | for certain
consequences if a
document is not signed, an | |||||||||||||||||||||
10 | electronic signature satisfies that rule of law. Every State | |||||||||||||||||||||
11 | agency shall accept electronic signatures where a rule of law | |||||||||||||||||||||
12 | requires a signature,
except when all parties waive the right | |||||||||||||||||||||
13 | to use electronic signatures.
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14 | (a-5) In the course of exercising any permitting, | |||||||||||||||||||||
15 | licensing, or other regulatory function, a municipality may | |||||||||||||||||||||
16 | accept, but shall not require, documents with an electronic | |||||||||||||||||||||
17 | signature, including, but not limited to, the technical | |||||||||||||||||||||
18 | submissions of a design professional with an electronic | |||||||||||||||||||||
19 | signature. | |||||||||||||||||||||
20 | (b) An electronic signature may be proved in any manner, | |||||||||||||||||||||
21 | including by
showing that a
procedure existed by which a party | |||||||||||||||||||||
22 | must of necessity have executed a symbol or
security procedure | |||||||||||||||||||||
23 | for
the purpose of verifying that an electronic record is that |
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1 | of such party in
order to proceed further with a
transaction.
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2 | (c) The provisions of this Section shall not apply:
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3 | (1) when its application would involve a construction | ||||||
4 | of a rule of law
that is clearly
inconsistent with the | ||||||
5 | manifest intent of the lawmaking body or repugnant to the
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6 | context of the
same rule of law, provided that the mere | ||||||
7 | requirement of a "signature" or that a
record be
"signed" | ||||||
8 | shall not by itself be sufficient to establish such | ||||||
9 | intent;
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10 | (2) to any rule of law governing the creation or | ||||||
11 | execution of a will or
trust; and
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12 | (3) to any record that serves as a unique and | ||||||
13 | transferable instrument of
rights and
obligations | ||||||
14 | including, without limitation, negotiable instruments and | ||||||
15 | other
instruments of title
wherein possession of the | ||||||
16 | instrument is deemed to confer title, unless an
electronic | ||||||
17 | version of
such record is created, stored, and transferred | ||||||
18 | in a manner that allows for the
existence of only
one | ||||||
19 | unique, identifiable, and unalterable original with the | ||||||
20 | functional
attributes of an equivalent
physical | ||||||
21 | instrument, that can be possessed by only one person, and | ||||||
22 | which cannot
be copied
except in a form that is readily | ||||||
23 | identifiable as a copy.
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24 | (Source: P.A. 101-163, eff. 1-1-20 .)
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25 | (5 ILCS 175/5-145)
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1 | Sec. 5-145. Applicability of other statutes or rules. If | ||||||
2 | Notwithstanding
any provisions of
this Act, if any other | ||||||
3 | statute or rule requires approval by a State agency
prior to | ||||||
4 | the use or retention of electronic records or the use of | ||||||
5 | electronic
signatures, the provisions of this Act shall | ||||||
6 | control that other statute or rule shall also apply .
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7 | (Source: P.A. 90-759, eff. 7-1-99.)
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