Full Text of HB4861 95th General Assembly
HB4861ham003 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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Rep. Luis Arroyo
Filed: 5/21/2008
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| AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4861
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 4861 by replacing | 3 |
| everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| "Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by | 5 |
| changing Section 6-117 as follows:
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| (625 ILCS 5/6-117) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 6-117)
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| Sec. 6-117. Records to be kept by the Secretary of State.
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| (a) The Secretary of State shall file every application for | 9 |
| a license or
permit accepted under this Chapter, and shall | 10 |
| maintain suitable
indexes thereof. The records of the Secretary | 11 |
| of State shall indicate the
action taken with respect to such | 12 |
| applications.
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| (b) The Secretary of State shall maintain appropriate | 14 |
| records of all
licenses and permits refused, cancelled, | 15 |
| disqualified, revoked, or suspended and of the
revocation,
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| suspension, and disqualification of driving privileges of |
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| persons not licensed
under this Chapter, and such records shall | 2 |
| note the reasons for such
action.
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| (c) The Secretary of State shall maintain appropriate | 4 |
| records of
convictions reported under this Chapter. Records of | 5 |
| conviction may be
maintained in a computer processible medium.
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| (d) The Secretary of State may also maintain appropriate | 7 |
| records of any
accident reports received.
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| (e) The Secretary of State shall also maintain appropriate | 9 |
| records
of any disposition of supervision or records
relative
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| to a driver's referral to a driver remedial or rehabilitative | 11 |
| program, as
required by the Secretary of State or the courts. | 12 |
| Such records shall only
be available for use by the Secretary, | 13 |
| the driver licensing administrator of any other state, law | 14 |
| enforcement agencies, the
courts, and the affected driver or, | 15 |
| upon proper verification,
such affected driver's attorney.
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| (f) The Secretary of State shall also maintain or contract | 17 |
| to maintain
appropriate records of all photographs and | 18 |
| signatures obtained in the process
of issuing any driver's | 19 |
| license, permit, or identification card. The record
shall be | 20 |
| confidential and shall not be disclosed except to those | 21 |
| entities
listed under Section 6-110.1 of this Code.
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| (g) The Secretary of State may establish a First Person | 23 |
| Consent organ and tissue donor registry in compliance with | 24 |
| subsection (b-1) of Section 5-20 of the Illinois Anatomical | 25 |
| Gift Act, as follows: | 26 |
| (1) The Secretary shall offer, to each applicant |
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| for issuance or renewal of a driver's license or | 2 |
| identification card who is 18 years of age or older, the | 3 |
| opportunity to have his or her name included in the First | 4 |
| Person Consent organ and tissue donor registry. The | 5 |
| Secretary must advise the applicant or licensee that he or | 6 |
| she is under no compulsion to have his or her name included | 7 |
| in the registry. An individual who agrees to having his or | 8 |
| her name included in the First Person Consent organ and | 9 |
| tissue donor registry has given full legal consent to the | 10 |
| donation of any of his or her organs or tissue upon his or | 11 |
| her death. A brochure explaining this method of executing | 12 |
| an anatomical gift must be given to each applicant for | 13 |
| issuance or renewal of a driver's license or identification | 14 |
| card. The brochure must advise the applicant or licensee | 15 |
| (i) that he or she is under no compulsion to have his or | 16 |
| her name included in this registry and (ii) that he or she | 17 |
| may wish to consult with family, friends, or clergy before | 18 |
| doing so. | 19 |
| (2) The Secretary of State may establish | 20 |
| additional methods by which an individual may have his or | 21 |
| her name included in the First Person Consent organ and | 22 |
| tissue donor registry. | 23 |
| (3) When an individual has agreed to have his or | 24 |
| her name included in the First Person Consent organ and | 25 |
| tissue donor registry, the Secretary of State shall note | 26 |
| that agreement in the First Person consent organ and tissue |
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| donor registry. Representatives of federally designated | 2 |
| organ procurement agencies and tissue banks and the offices | 3 |
| of Illinois county coroners and medical examiners may | 4 |
| inquire of the Secretary of State whether a potential organ | 5 |
| donor's name is included in the First Person Consent organ | 6 |
| and tissue donor registry, and the Secretary of State may | 7 |
| provide that information to the representative. | 8 |
| (4) An individual may withdraw his or her consent | 9 |
| to be listed in the First Person Consent organ and tissue | 10 |
| donor registry maintained by the Secretary of State by | 11 |
| notifying the Secretary of State in writing, or by any | 12 |
| other means approved by the Secretary, of the individual's | 13 |
| decision to have his or her name removed from the registry. | 14 |
| (5) The Secretary of State may undertake | 15 |
| additional efforts, including education and awareness | 16 |
| activities, to promote organ and tissue donation. | 17 |
| (6) In the absence of gross negligence or willful | 18 |
| misconduct, the Secretary of State and his or her employees | 19 |
| are immune from any civil or criminal liability in | 20 |
| connection with an individual's consent to be listed in the | 21 |
| organ and tissue donor registry.
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| (Source: P.A. 94-75, eff. 1-1-06; 95-382, eff. 8-23-07.)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 24 |
| becoming law.".
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