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Sen. M. Maggie Crotty
Filed: 4/9/2008
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| AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 993
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 993 by replacing |
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| everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| "Section 5. The Illinois Identification Card Act is amended |
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| by adding Section 11A as follows: |
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| (15 ILCS 335/11A new) |
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| Sec. 11A. Emergency contact database. |
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| (a) The Secretary of State shall establish a database of |
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| the emergency contacts of persons who hold identification |
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| cards. Information in the database shall be accessible only to |
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| employees of the Office of the Secretary and law enforcement |
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| officers employed by a law enforcement agency. |
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| (b) Any person holding an identification card shall be |
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| afforded the opportunity to provide the Secretary of State, in |
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| a manner and form designated by the Secretary of State, the |
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| name, address, telephone number, and relationship to the holder |
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| of no more than 2 emergency contact persons whom the holder |
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| wishes to be contacted by a law enforcement officer if the |
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| holder is involved in a motor vehicle accident or other |
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| emergency situation and the holder is unable to communicate |
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| with the contact person or persons. A contact person need not |
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| be the holder's next of kin. |
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| (c) The Secretary shall adopt rules to implement this |
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| Section. At a minimum, the rules shall address all of the |
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| following: |
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| (1) the method whereby a holder may provide the |
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| Secretary of State with emergency contact information; |
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| (2) the method whereby a holder may provide the |
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| Secretary of State with a change to the emergency contact |
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| information; and |
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| (3) any other aspect of the database or its operation |
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| that the Secretary determines is necessary to implement |
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| this Section. |
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| (d) If a person involved in a motor vehicle accident or |
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| other emergency situation is unable to communicate with the |
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| contact person or persons specified in the database, a law |
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| enforcement officer shall make a good faith effort to notify |
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| the contact person or persons of the situation. Neither the law |
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| enforcement officer nor the law enforcement agency that employs |
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| that law enforcement officer incurs any liability, however, if |
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| the law enforcement officer is not able to make contact with |
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| the contact person. |
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| (e) The Secretary of State shall make a good faith effort |
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| to maintain accurate data as provided by the identification |
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| card holder and to provide that information to law enforcement |
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| as provided in subsection (a). The Secretary of State is not |
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| liable for any damages, costs, or expenses, including, without |
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| limitation, consequential damages, arising or resulting from |
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| any inaccurate data or system unavailability. |
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| Section 10. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by adding |
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| Section 6-117.2 as follows: |
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| (625 ILCS 5/6-117.2 new) |
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| Sec. 6-117.2. Emergency contact database. |
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| (a) The Secretary of State shall establish a database of |
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| the emergency contacts of persons who hold a driver's license, |
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| instruction permit, or any other type of driving permit issued |
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| by the Secretary of State. Information in the database shall be |
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| accessible only to employees of the Office of the Secretary and |
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| law enforcement officers employed by a law enforcement agency. |
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| (b) Any person holding a driver's license, instruction |
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| permit, or any other type of driving permit issued by the |
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| Secretary of State shall be afforded the opportunity to provide |
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| the Secretary of State, in a manner and form designated by the |
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| Secretary of State, the name, address, telephone number, and |
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| relationship to the holder of no more than 2 emergency contact |
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| persons whom the holder wishes to be contacted by a law |
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| enforcement officer if the holder is involved in a motor |
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| vehicle accident or other emergency situation and the holder is |
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| unable to communicate with the contact person or persons. A |
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| contact person need not be the holder's next of kin. |
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| (c) The Secretary shall adopt rules to implement this |
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| Section. At a minimum, the rules shall address all of the |
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| following: |
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| (1) the method whereby a holder may provide the |
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| Secretary of State with emergency contact information; |
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| (2) the method whereby a holder may provide the |
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| Secretary of State with a change to the emergency contact |
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| information; and |
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| (3) any other aspect of the database or its operation |
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| that the Secretary determines is necessary to implement |
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| this Section. |
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| (d) If a person involved in a motor vehicle accident or |
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| other emergency situation is unable to communicate with the |
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| contact person or persons specified in the database, a law |
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| enforcement officer shall make a good faith effort to notify |
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| the contact person or persons of the situation. Neither the law |
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| enforcement officer nor the law enforcement agency that employs |
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| that law enforcement officer incurs any liability, however, if |
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| the law enforcement officer is not able to make contact with |
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| the contact person. |
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| (e) The Secretary of State shall make a good faith effort |
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| to maintain accurate data as provided by the driver's license |
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| or instruction permit holder and to provide that information to |
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| law enforcement as provided in subsection (a). The Secretary of |
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| State is not liable for any damages, costs, or expenses, |
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| including, without limitation, consequential damages, arising |
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| or resulting from any inaccurate data or system unavailability.
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, |
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| 2009.".
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