Full Text of SB0993 95th General Assembly
SB0993eng 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| AN ACT concerning transportation.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | 3 |
| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Illinois Identification Card Act is amended | 5 |
| by adding Section 11A as follows: | 6 |
| (15 ILCS 335/11A new) | 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. | 13 |
| (b) Any person holding an identification card shall be | 14 |
| afforded the opportunity to provide the Secretary of State, in | 15 |
| a manner and form designated by the Secretary of State, the | 16 |
| name, address, telephone number, and relationship to the holder | 17 |
| of no more than 2 emergency contact persons whom the holder | 18 |
| wishes to be contacted by a law enforcement officer if the | 19 |
| holder is involved in a motor vehicle accident or other | 20 |
| emergency situation and the holder is unable to communicate | 21 |
| with the contact person or persons. A contact person need not | 22 |
| be the holder's next of kin. | 23 |
| (c) The Secretary shall adopt rules to implement this |
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| Section. At a minimum, the rules shall address all of the | 2 |
| following: | 3 |
| (1) the method whereby a holder may provide the | 4 |
| Secretary of State with emergency contact information; | 5 |
| (2) the method whereby a holder may provide the | 6 |
| Secretary of State with a change to the emergency contact | 7 |
| information; and | 8 |
| (3) any other aspect of the database or its operation | 9 |
| that the Secretary determines is necessary to implement | 10 |
| this Section. | 11 |
| (d) If a person involved in a motor vehicle accident or | 12 |
| other emergency situation is unable to communicate with the | 13 |
| contact person or persons specified in the database, a law | 14 |
| enforcement officer shall make a good faith effort to notify | 15 |
| the contact person or persons of the situation. Neither the law | 16 |
| enforcement officer nor the law enforcement agency that employs | 17 |
| that law enforcement officer incurs any liability, however, if | 18 |
| the law enforcement officer is not able to make contact with | 19 |
| the contact person. | 20 |
| (e) The Secretary of State shall make a good faith effort | 21 |
| to maintain accurate data as provided by the identification | 22 |
| card holder and to provide that information to law enforcement | 23 |
| as provided in subsection (a). The Secretary of State is not | 24 |
| liable for any damages, costs, or expenses, including, without | 25 |
| limitation, consequential damages, arising or resulting from | 26 |
| any inaccurate data or system unavailability. |
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| Section 10. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by adding | 2 |
| Section 6-117.2 as follows: | 3 |
| (625 ILCS 5/6-117.2 new) | 4 |
| Sec. 6-117.2. Emergency contact database. | 5 |
| (a) The Secretary of State shall establish a database of | 6 |
| the emergency contacts of persons who hold a driver's license, | 7 |
| instruction permit, or any other type of driving permit issued | 8 |
| by the Secretary of State. Information in the database shall be | 9 |
| accessible only to employees of the Office of the Secretary and | 10 |
| law enforcement officers employed by a law enforcement agency. | 11 |
| (b) Any person holding a driver's license, instruction | 12 |
| permit, or any other type of driving permit issued by the | 13 |
| Secretary of State shall be afforded the opportunity to provide | 14 |
| the Secretary of State, in a manner and form designated by the | 15 |
| Secretary of State, the name, address, telephone number, and | 16 |
| relationship to the holder of no more than 2 emergency contact | 17 |
| persons whom the holder wishes to be contacted by a law | 18 |
| enforcement officer if the holder is involved in a motor | 19 |
| vehicle accident or other emergency situation and the holder is | 20 |
| unable to communicate with the contact person or persons. A | 21 |
| contact person need not be the holder's next of kin. | 22 |
| (c) The Secretary shall adopt rules to implement this | 23 |
| Section. At a minimum, the rules shall address all of the | 24 |
| following: |
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| (1) the method whereby a holder may provide the | 2 |
| Secretary of State with emergency contact information; | 3 |
| (2) the method whereby a holder may provide the | 4 |
| Secretary of State with a change to the emergency contact | 5 |
| information; and | 6 |
| (3) any other aspect of the database or its operation | 7 |
| that the Secretary determines is necessary to implement | 8 |
| this Section. | 9 |
| (d) If a person involved in a motor vehicle accident or | 10 |
| other emergency situation is unable to communicate with the | 11 |
| contact person or persons specified in the database, a law | 12 |
| enforcement officer shall make a good faith effort to notify | 13 |
| the contact person or persons of the situation. Neither the law | 14 |
| enforcement officer nor the law enforcement agency that employs | 15 |
| that law enforcement officer incurs any liability, however, if | 16 |
| the law enforcement officer is not able to make contact with | 17 |
| the contact person. | 18 |
| (e) The Secretary of State shall make a good faith effort | 19 |
| to maintain accurate data as provided by the driver's license | 20 |
| or instruction permit holder and to provide that information to | 21 |
| law enforcement as provided in subsection (a). The Secretary of | 22 |
| State is not liable for any damages, costs, or expenses, | 23 |
| including, without limitation, consequential damages, arising | 24 |
| or resulting from any inaccurate data or system unavailability.
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, | 26 |
| 2009.
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