94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
SB2081


 
Introduced 2/25/2005, by Sen. Chris Lauzen
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		













New Act






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    Creates the State Employee Proof of Citizenship Act.  Specifies proof of citizenship necessary to begin State employment.  Amends the Election Code.  Specifies the proof of citizenship necessary to register to vote and requires presentation of identification documents when a person votes.
















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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY


STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT
















 


 


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    AN ACT concerning citizenship.

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


 
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    Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the State 
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Employee Proof of Citizenship Act.
 
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    Section 5. Proof of citizenship for State employment. No 
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person may begin State employment on or after the effective 
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date of this Act without providing the employing State officer 
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or agency satisfactory proof of United States citizenship. 
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Satisfactory proof of citizenship consists of those forms of 
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proof enumerated in subsection (b) of Section 1A-30 of the 
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Election Code.
 
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    Section 90. The Election Code is amended  by adding Section 
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1A-30 as follows:
 
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    (10 ILCS 5/1A-30  new)
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    Sec. 1A-30. Citizenship.
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    (a) In addition to the other requirements of this Code, 
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each voter registration application must include a statement 
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that the applicant shall submit evidence of United

States 
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citizenship with the application and that the registrar shall 
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reject the application if no evidence of citizenship is 
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attached.
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    (b) The election authority shall reject any application for 
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registration

that is not accompanied by satisfactory evidence 
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of United States

citizenship. Satisfactory evidence of 
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citizenship shall include any of the following:
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        (1) The number of the applicant's driver license or 
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    non-driver

identification card issued after October 1, 
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    1996 by the Secretary of State or the equivalent 
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    governmental agency of another state within the United 
 


 






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    States if the agency indicates on the applicant's driver 
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    license or non-driver identification card that the person 
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    has provided satisfactory proof of United States 
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    citizenship.
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        (2) A legible photocopy of the applicant's birth 
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    certificate that

verifies citizenship to the satisfaction 
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    of the election authority.
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        (3) A legible photocopy of pertinent pages of the 
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    applicant's United

States passport identifying the 
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    applicant and the applicant's passport

number or 
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    presentation to the  election authority of the applicant's 
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    United States passport.
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        (4) A presentation to the  election authority of the 
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    applicant's United

States naturalization documents or the 
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    number of the certificate of

naturalization. If only the 
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    number of the certificate of naturalization is provided, 
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    the applicant shall not be included in the registration 
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    rolls until the number of the certificate of naturalization 
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    is verified with the United States Immigration and 
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    Naturalization Service by the election authority.
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        (5) Other documents or methods of proof that are 
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    established

pursuant to the Immigration Reform and Control 
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    Act of 1986.
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        (6) The applicant's Bureau of Indian Affairs card 
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    number, tribal treaty card number, or tribal enrollment 
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    number.

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    (c) Notwithstanding subsection  (b) of this Section, any 
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person who is

registered in this State on the effective date of 
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this  amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly is deemed to 
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have provided satisfactory evidence of citizenship and shall 
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not be required to resubmit evidence of citizenship unless the 
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person is changing voter registration from one election 
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jurisdiction to another.
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    (d) For the purposes of this Section, proof of voter 
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registration from

another state or election jurisdiction in 
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this State is not satisfactory evidence of citizenship.
 


 






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    (e) A person who changes address within an election 
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jurisdiction shall not be required to submit evidence of 
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citizenship. After citizenship has been demonstrated to the 
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election authority, the person is not required to resubmit 
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satisfactory evidence of citizenship in that election 
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jurisdiction.
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    (f) After a person has submitted satisfactory evidence of 
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citizenship,

the  election authority shall indicate this 
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information in the person's

permanent voter file. After 2 years 
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the  election authority may destroy all documents that were 
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submitted as evidence of citizenship.
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    (g) When requesting a ballot at a polling place or as an 
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absentee voter, each voter shall present one form of 
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identification that bears the name, address, and photograph of 
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the elector or 2 different forms of identification that bear 
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the name and address of the elector.