Public Act 0365 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

HB0610 Enrolled LRB096 07665 RLC 17766 b

Public Act 096-0365

AN ACT concerning criminal law.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Unified Code of Corrections is amended by adding Section 3-4-3.1 as follows:

(730 ILCS 5/3-4-3.1 new)

Sec. 3-4-3.1. Identification documents of committed persons.

(a) Driver's licenses, State issued identification cards, social security account cards, or other government issued identification documents in possession of a county sheriff at the time a person is committed to the Illinois Department of Corrections shall be forwarded to the Department.

(b) The Department shall retain the government issued identification documents of a committed person at the institution in which the person is incarcerated and shall ensure that the documents are forwarded to any institution to which the person is transferred.

(c) The government issued identification documents of a committed person shall be made available to the person upon discharge from the Department.