Full Text of SB1370 96th General Assembly
SB1370eng 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| AN ACT concerning voter registration.
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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 5. The Illinois Identification Card Act is amended | 5 |
| by adding Section 5.5 as follows: | 6 |
| (15 ILCS 335/5.5 new) | 7 |
| Sec. 5.5. Voter registration. All applicants who will be at | 8 |
| least 18 years of age at the next election and who appear at a | 9 |
| Secretary of State driver services facility for the issuance of | 10 |
| an original, duplicate, corrected, or renewal identification | 11 |
| card shall be asked if they wish to apply to register to vote. | 12 |
| It shall be the responsibility of the applicant to determine | 13 |
| whether the applicant is otherwise legally eligible to register | 14 |
| to vote. Applicants who apply to register to vote shall | 15 |
| complete a voter registration application, which the Secretary | 16 |
| shall forward to the appropriate local election authority. | 17 |
| Applicants who do not wish to apply to register to vote shall | 18 |
| sign a declination statement. The Secretary shall maintain a | 19 |
| database of all persons who complete voter registration | 20 |
| applications at driver services facilities. | 21 |
| Section 10. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by | 22 |
| changing Section 2-105 as follows:
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| (625 ILCS 5/2-105) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 2-105)
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| Sec. 2-105. Offices of Secretary of State. | 3 |
| (a) The Secretary of State shall maintain offices in the | 4 |
| State capital and
in such other places in the State as he may | 5 |
| deem necessary to properly
carry out the powers and duties | 6 |
| vested in him.
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| (b) The Secretary of State may construct and equip one or | 8 |
| more buildings in
the State of Illinois outside of the County | 9 |
| of Sangamon as he deems
necessary to properly carry out the | 10 |
| powers and duties vested in him. The
Secretary of State may, on | 11 |
| behalf of the State of Illinois, acquire public
or private | 12 |
| property needed therefor by lease, purchase or eminent domain.
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| The care, custody and control of such sites and buildings | 14 |
| constructed
thereon shall be vested in the Secretary of State. | 15 |
| Expenditures for the
construction and equipping of any of such | 16 |
| buildings upon premises owned by
another public entity shall | 17 |
| not be subject to the provisions of any State
law requiring | 18 |
| that the State be vested with absolute fee title to the
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| premises. The exercise of the authority vested in the Secretary | 20 |
| of State by
this Section is subject to the appropriation of the | 21 |
| necessary funds.
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| (c) All applicants who will be at least 18 years of age at | 23 |
| the next election and who appear at a Secretary of State driver | 24 |
| services facility for the issuance of an original, duplicate, | 25 |
| corrected, or renewal driver's license, except for applicants |
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| for a temporary visitor's driver's license, shall be asked if | 2 |
| they wish to apply to register to vote. It shall be the | 3 |
| responsibility of the applicant to determine whether the | 4 |
| applicant is otherwise legally eligible to register to vote. | 5 |
| Applicants who apply to register to vote shall complete a voter | 6 |
| registration application, which the Secretary shall forward to | 7 |
| the appropriate local election authority. Applicants who do not | 8 |
| wish to apply to register to vote shall sign a declination | 9 |
| statement. The Secretary shall maintain a database of all | 10 |
| persons who complete voter registration applications at driver | 11 |
| services facilities. Pursuant to Sections 4-6.2, 5-16.2, and | 12 |
| 6-50.2 of the Election Code,
the Secretary of State shall make | 13 |
| driver services facilities available for use as temporary | 14 |
| places of registration. Registration
within the offices shall | 15 |
| be in the most public, orderly and convenient portions
thereof, | 16 |
| and Section 4-3, 5-3, and 11-4 of the Election Code relative
to | 17 |
| the attendance of police officers during the conduct of | 18 |
| registration
shall apply. Registration under this Section | 19 |
| shall be made in the manner
provided by Sections 4-8, 4-10, | 20 |
| 5-7, 5-9, 6-34, 6-35, and 6-37 of the
Election Code.
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| (d) (Blank). Within 30 days after the effective date of | 22 |
| this amendatory Act of 1990,
and no later than November 1 of | 23 |
| each even-numbered year thereafter, the
Secretary of State, to | 24 |
| the extent practicable, shall designate to each
election | 25 |
| authority in the State a reasonable number of employees at each
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| driver services facility
registered
to vote
within the
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| jurisdiction of such election authority and within adjacent | 2 |
| election
jurisdictions for appointment as deputy registrars by | 3 |
| the election
authority located within the election | 4 |
| jurisdiction where the employees
maintain their residences. | 5 |
| Such designation shall be in writing and
certified by the | 6 |
| Secretary of State.
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| (e) (Blank). Each person applying at a driver services | 8 |
| facility for a driver's
license or permit, a corrected driver's | 9 |
| license or permit, an Illinois
identification card or a | 10 |
| corrected Illinois identification card
shall be notified that | 11 |
| the person may register at such station to vote in
the State | 12 |
| and may also
transfer his voter registration at such station to | 13 |
| a different address in the
State. Such notification may be made | 14 |
| in
writing or verbally issued by an employee or the Secretary | 15 |
| of State.
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| The Secretary of State shall promulgate such rules as may | 17 |
| be necessary
for the efficient execution of his duties and the | 18 |
| duties of his employees
under this amendatory Act of 1990.
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| (f) Any person applying at a driver services facility for | 20 |
| issuance or renewal of a driver's license or Illinois | 21 |
| Identification Card shall be provided, without charge, with a | 22 |
| brochure warning the person of the dangers of financial | 23 |
| identity theft. The Department of Financial and Professional | 24 |
| Regulation shall prepare these brochures and provide them to | 25 |
| the Secretary of State for distribution. The brochures shall | 26 |
| (i) identify signs warning the reader that he or she might be |
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| an intended victim of the crime of financial identity theft, | 2 |
| (ii) instruct the reader in how to proceed if the reader | 3 |
| believes that he or she is the victim of the crime of identity | 4 |
| theft, and (iii) provide the reader with names and telephone | 5 |
| numbers of law enforcement and other governmental agencies that | 6 |
| provide assistance to victims of financial identity theft. | 7 |
| (Source: P.A. 94-645, eff. 8-22-05; 94-1001, eff. 1-1-07.)
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