SB1173sam001 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Sen. Mike Simmons

Filed: 4/1/2025

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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1173

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1173 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the following:

"Section 5. The Illinois Identification Card Act is amended by changing Section 12 as follows:

(15 ILCS 335/12) (from Ch. 124, par. 32)

Sec. 12. Fees concerning standard Illinois Identification Cards. The fees required under this Act for standard Illinois Identification Cards must accompany any application provided for in this Act, and the Secretary shall collect such fees as follows:

All fees collected under this Act shall be paid into the Road Fund of the State treasury, except that the following amounts shall be paid into the General Revenue Fund: (i) 80% of the fee for an original, renewal, or duplicate Illinois Identification Card issued on or after January 1, 2005; and (ii) 80% of the fee for a corrected Illinois Identification Card issued on or after January 1, 2005.

An individual, who resides in a veterans home or veterans hospital operated by the State or federal government, who makes an application for an Illinois Identification Card to be issued at no fee, must submit, along with the application, an affirmation by the applicant on a form provided by the Secretary of State, that such person resides in a veterans home or veterans hospital operated by the State or federal government.

A homeless person who makes an application for an Illinois Identification Card to be issued at no fee, must submit, along with the application, proof of a nonresidential address where the person can receive mail, such as a piece of mail sent to the person's name at a post office box or a signed letter from an organization that can receive mail on the person's behalf. The State shall not use the address provided by the homeless person to send any mail other than the mail containing the person's Illinois Identification Card. A homeless person may support proof of name by providing an old document that states the person's name, such as a bank statement, canceled check, school transcript, pay stub, retirement statement, health care bill, doctor's note, report card, utility bill, or prison release order.

The application of a homeless individual for an Illinois Identification Card to be issued at no fee must be accompanied by an affirmation by a qualified person, as defined in Section 4C of this Act, on a form provided by the Secretary of State, that the applicant is currently homeless as defined in Section 1A of this Act.

For the application for the first Illinois Identification Card of a youth for whom the Department of Children and Family Services is legally responsible or a foster child to be issued at no fee, the youth must submit, along with the application, an affirmation by his or her court appointed attorney or an employee of the Department of Children and Family Services on a form provided by the Secretary of State, that the person is a youth for whom the Department of Children and Family Services is legally responsible or a foster child.

The fee for any duplicate identification card shall be waived for any person who presents the Secretary of State's Office with a police report showing that his or her identification card was stolen.

The fee for any duplicate identification card shall be waived for any person age 60 or older whose identification card has been lost or stolen.

As used in this Section, "active-duty member of the United States Armed Forces" means a member of the Armed Services or Reserve Forces of the United States or a member of the Illinois National Guard who is called to active duty pursuant to an executive order of the President of the United States, an act of the Congress of the United States, or an order of the Governor.

(Source: P.A. 103-782, eff. 8-6-24; revised 10-21-24.)".