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1 | AN ACT concerning public safety.
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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 Illinois Identification Card Act is amended | ||||||
5 | by changing Section 11A as follows: | ||||||
6 | (15 ILCS 335/11A) | ||||||
7 | Sec. 11A. Emergency contact database. | ||||||
8 | (a) The Secretary of State shall establish a database of | ||||||
9 | the emergency contacts of persons who hold identification | ||||||
10 | cards. Information in the database shall be accessible only to | ||||||
11 | employees of the Office of the Secretary and law enforcement | ||||||
12 | officers employed by a law enforcement agency. Law enforcement | ||||||
13 | officers may share information contained in the emergency | ||||||
14 | contact database, including disabilities and special needs | ||||||
15 | information, with other public safety workers on scene, as | ||||||
16 | needed to conduct official law enforcement duties. | ||||||
17 | (b) Any person holding an identification card shall be | ||||||
18 | afforded the opportunity to provide the Secretary of State, in | ||||||
19 | a manner and form designated by the Secretary of State, the | ||||||
20 | name, address, telephone number, and relationship to the holder | ||||||
21 | of no more than 2 emergency contact persons whom the holder | ||||||
22 | wishes to be contacted by a law enforcement officer if the | ||||||
23 | holder is involved in a motor vehicle accident or other |
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1 | emergency situation and the holder is unable to communicate | ||||||
2 | with the contact person or persons and may designate whether | ||||||
3 | the holder has a disability or is a special needs individual . A | ||||||
4 | contact person need not be the holder's next of kin. | ||||||
5 | (c) The Secretary shall adopt rules to implement this | ||||||
6 | Section. At a minimum, the rules shall address all of the | ||||||
7 | following: | ||||||
8 | (1) the method whereby a holder may provide the | ||||||
9 | Secretary of State with emergency contact , disability, and | ||||||
10 | special needs information; | ||||||
11 | (2) the method whereby a holder may provide the | ||||||
12 | Secretary of State with a change to the emergency contact , | ||||||
13 | disability, and special needs information; and | ||||||
14 | (3) any other aspect of the database or its operation | ||||||
15 | that the Secretary determines is necessary to implement | ||||||
16 | this Section. | ||||||
17 | (d) If a person involved in a motor vehicle accident or | ||||||
18 | other emergency situation is unable to communicate with the | ||||||
19 | contact person or persons specified in the database, a law | ||||||
20 | enforcement officer shall make a good faith effort to notify | ||||||
21 | the contact person or persons of the situation. Neither the law | ||||||
22 | enforcement officer nor the law enforcement agency that employs | ||||||
23 | that law enforcement officer incurs any liability, however, if | ||||||
24 | the law enforcement officer is not able to make contact with | ||||||
25 | the contact person. Except for willful or wanton misconduct, | ||||||
26 | neither the law enforcement officer, nor the law enforcement |
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1 | agency that employs the law enforcement officer, shall incur | ||||||
2 | any liability relating to the reporting or use of the database | ||||||
3 | during a motor vehicle accident or other emergency situation. | ||||||
4 | (e) The Secretary of State shall make a good faith effort | ||||||
5 | to maintain accurate data as provided by the identification | ||||||
6 | card holder and to provide that information to law enforcement | ||||||
7 | as provided in subsection (a). The Secretary of State is not | ||||||
8 | liable for any damages, costs, or expenses, including, without | ||||||
9 | limitation, consequential damages, arising or resulting from | ||||||
10 | any inaccurate or incomplete data or system unavailability. | ||||||
11 | Except for willful or wanton misconduct, the Secretary of State | ||||||
12 | shall not incur any liability relating to the reporting of | ||||||
13 | disabilities or special needs individuals. | ||||||
14 | (f) As used in this Section: | ||||||
15 | "Disability" means an individual's physical or mental | ||||||
16 | impairment that substantially limits one or more of the major | ||||||
17 | life activities; a record of such impairment; or when the | ||||||
18 | individual is regarded as having such impairment. | ||||||
19 | "Public safety worker" means a person employed by this | ||||||
20 | State or a political subdivision thereof that provides | ||||||
21 | firefighting, law enforcement, medical, or other emergency | ||||||
22 | services. | ||||||
23 | "Special needs individuals" means those individuals who | ||||||
24 | have or are at increased risk for a chronic physical, | ||||||
25 | developmental, behavioral, or emotional condition and who also | ||||||
26 | require health and related services of a type or amount beyond |
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1 | that required by individuals generally. | ||||||
2 | (Source: P.A. 95-898, eff. 7-1-09 .) | ||||||
3 | Section 10. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by | ||||||
4 | changing Section 6-117.2 as follows: | ||||||
5 | (625 ILCS 5/6-117.2) | ||||||
6 | Sec. 6-117.2. Emergency contact database. | ||||||
7 | (a) The Secretary of State shall establish a database of | ||||||
8 | the emergency contacts of persons who hold a driver's license, | ||||||
9 | instruction permit, or any other type of driving permit issued | ||||||
10 | by the Secretary of State. Information in the database shall be | ||||||
11 | accessible only to employees of the Office of the Secretary and | ||||||
12 | law enforcement officers employed by a law enforcement agency. | ||||||
13 | Law enforcement officers may share information contained in the | ||||||
14 | emergency contact database, including disabilities and special | ||||||
15 | needs information, with other public safety workers on scene, | ||||||
16 | as needed to conduct official law enforcement duties. | ||||||
17 | (b) Any person holding a driver's license, instruction | ||||||
18 | permit, or any other type of driving permit issued by the | ||||||
19 | Secretary of State shall be afforded the opportunity to provide | ||||||
20 | the Secretary of State, in a manner and form designated by the | ||||||
21 | Secretary of State, the name, address, telephone number, and | ||||||
22 | relationship to the holder of no more than 2 emergency contact | ||||||
23 | persons whom the holder wishes to be contacted by a law | ||||||
24 | enforcement officer if the holder is involved in a motor |
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1 | vehicle accident or other emergency situation and the holder is | ||||||
2 | unable to communicate with the contact person or persons and | ||||||
3 | may designate whether the holder has a disability or is a | ||||||
4 | special needs individual . A contact person need not be the | ||||||
5 | holder's next of kin. | ||||||
6 | (c) The Secretary shall adopt rules to implement this | ||||||
7 | Section. At a minimum, the rules shall address all of the | ||||||
8 | following: | ||||||
9 | (1) the method whereby a holder may provide the | ||||||
10 | Secretary of State with emergency contact , disability, and | ||||||
11 | special needs information; | ||||||
12 | (2) the method whereby a holder may provide the | ||||||
13 | Secretary of State with a change to the emergency contact , | ||||||
14 | disability, and special needs information; and | ||||||
15 | (3) any other aspect of the database or its operation | ||||||
16 | that the Secretary determines is necessary to implement | ||||||
17 | this Section. | ||||||
18 | (d) If a person involved in a motor vehicle accident or | ||||||
19 | other emergency situation is unable to communicate with the | ||||||
20 | contact person or persons specified in the database, a law | ||||||
21 | enforcement officer shall make a good faith effort to notify | ||||||
22 | the contact person or persons of the situation. Neither the law | ||||||
23 | enforcement officer nor the law enforcement agency that employs | ||||||
24 | that law enforcement officer incurs any liability, however, if | ||||||
25 | the law enforcement officer is not able to make contact with | ||||||
26 | the contact person. Except for willful or wanton misconduct, |
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1 | neither the law enforcement officer, nor the law enforcement | ||||||
2 | agency that employs the law enforcement officer, shall incur | ||||||
3 | any liability relating to the reporting or use of the database | ||||||
4 | during a motor vehicle accident or other emergency situation. | ||||||
5 | (e) The Secretary of State shall make a good faith effort | ||||||
6 | to maintain accurate data as provided by the driver's license | ||||||
7 | or instruction permit holder and to provide that information to | ||||||
8 | law enforcement as provided in subsection (a). The Secretary of | ||||||
9 | State is not liable for any damages, costs, or expenses, | ||||||
10 | including, without limitation, consequential damages, arising | ||||||
11 | or resulting from any inaccurate or incomplete data or system | ||||||
12 | unavailability. Except for willful or wanton misconduct, the | ||||||
13 | Secretary of State shall not incur any liability relating to | ||||||
14 | the reporting of disabilities or special needs individuals. | ||||||
15 | (f) As used in this Section: | ||||||
16 | "Disability" means an individual's physical or mental | ||||||
17 | impairment that substantially limits one or more of the major | ||||||
18 | life activities; a record of such impairment; or when the | ||||||
19 | individual is regarded as having such impairment. | ||||||
20 | "Public safety worker" means a person employed by this | ||||||
21 | State or a political subdivision thereof that provides | ||||||
22 | firefighting, law enforcement, medical or other emergency | ||||||
23 | services. | ||||||
24 | "Special needs individuals" means those individuals who | ||||||
25 | have or are at increased risk for a chronic physical, | ||||||
26 | developmental, behavioral, or emotional condition and who also |
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1 | require health and related services of a type or amount beyond | ||||||
2 | that required by individuals generally. | ||||||
3 | (Source: P.A. 95-898, eff. 7-1-09 .)
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4 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January | ||||||
5 | 1, 2011.
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