Full Text of HB4692 97th General Assembly
HB4692sam001 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Sen. William E. Brady Filed: 5/9/2012
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4692
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 4692 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
| 4 | | "Section 5. The State Finance Act is amended by adding | 5 | | Section 5.811 as follows: | 6 | | (30 ILCS 105/5.811 new) | 7 | | Sec. 5.811. The Illinois Nurses Foundation Fund. | 8 | | Section 10. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by | 9 | | changing Section 6-110 and by adding Section 3-699 as follows: | 10 | | (625 ILCS 5/3-699 new) | 11 | | Sec. 3-699. Illinois Nurses license plates. | 12 | | (a) The Secretary, upon receipt of an application made in | 13 | | the form prescribed by the Secretary, may issue special | 14 | | registration plates designated as Illinois Nurses license |
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| 1 | | plates. The special plates issued under this Section shall be | 2 | | affixed only to passenger vehicles of the first division and | 3 | | motor vehicles of the second division weighing not more than | 4 | | 8,000 pounds. Plates issued under this Section shall expire | 5 | | according to the multi-year procedure established by Section | 6 | | 3-414.1 of this Code. | 7 | | (b) The design and color of the plates is wholly within the | 8 | | discretion of the Secretary. The Secretary may allow the plates | 9 | | to be issued as vanity plates or personalized under Section | 10 | | 3-405.1 of the Code. The Secretary shall prescribe stickers or | 11 | | decals as provided under Section 3-412 of this Code. | 12 | | (c) An applicant for the special plate shall be charged a | 13 | | $35 fee for original issuance in addition to the appropriate | 14 | | registration fee. Of this fee, $20 shall be deposited into the | 15 | | Illinois Nurses Foundation Fund and $15 shall be deposited into | 16 | | the Secretary of State Special License Plate Fund, to be used | 17 | | by the Secretary to help defray administrative processing | 18 | | costs. | 19 | | For each registration renewal period, a $22 fee, in | 20 | | addition to the appropriate registration fee, shall be charged. | 21 | | Of this fee, $20 shall be deposited into the Illinois Nurses | 22 | | Foundation Fund and $2 shall be deposited into the Secretary of | 23 | | State Special License Plate Fund. | 24 | | (d) The Illinois Nurses Foundation Fund is created as a | 25 | | special fund in the State treasury. All money in the Illinois | 26 | | Nurses Foundation Fund shall be paid, subject to appropriation |
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| 1 | | by the General Assembly and distribution by the Secretary, as | 2 | | grants to the Illinois Nurses Foundation, to promote the health | 3 | | of the public by advancing the nursing profession in this | 4 | | State. Any scholarships awarded under this Section shall be | 5 | | distributed to students pursuing an associate, baccalaureate, | 6 | | or graduate degree in nursing. | 7 | | (625 ILCS 5/6-110) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 6-110)
| 8 | | Sec. 6-110. Licenses issued to drivers.
| 9 | | (a) The Secretary of State shall issue to every qualifying | 10 | | applicant a
driver's license as applied for, which license | 11 | | shall bear a
distinguishing
number assigned to the licensee, | 12 | | the legal name,
signature, zip
code, date of birth, residence | 13 | | address, and a brief description of the
licensee.
| 14 | | Licenses issued shall also indicate the classification and
| 15 | | the restrictions under Section 6-104 of this Code.
The | 16 | | Secretary may adopt rules to establish informational | 17 | | restrictions that can be placed on the driver's license | 18 | | regarding specific conditions of the licensee.
| 19 | | A driver's license issued may, in the discretion of the | 20 | | Secretary,
include a suitable photograph of a type prescribed | 21 | | by the Secretary.
| 22 | | (a-1) If the licensee is less than 18 years of age, unless | 23 | | one of the exceptions in subsection (a-2) apply, the license | 24 | | shall, as a matter of law, be invalid for the operation of any | 25 | | motor vehicle during the following times: |
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| 1 | | (A) Between 11:00 p.m. Friday and 6:00 a.m. Saturday; | 2 | | (B) Between 11:00 p.m. Saturday and 6:00 a.m. on | 3 | | Sunday; and | 4 | | (C) Between 10:00 p.m. on Sunday to Thursday, | 5 | | inclusive, and 6:00 a.m. on the following day. | 6 | | (a-2) The driver's license of a person under the age of 18 | 7 | | shall not be invalid as described in subsection (a-1) of this | 8 | | Section if the licensee under the age of 18 was: | 9 | | (1) accompanied by the licensee's parent or guardian or | 10 | | other person in custody or control of the minor; | 11 | | (2) on an errand at the direction of the minor's parent | 12 | | or guardian, without any detour or stop; | 13 | | (3) in a motor vehicle involved in interstate travel; | 14 | | (4) going to or returning home from an employment | 15 | | activity, without any detour or stop; | 16 | | (5) involved in an emergency; | 17 | | (6) going to or returning home from, without any detour | 18 | | or stop, an official school, religious, or other | 19 | | recreational activity supervised by adults and sponsored | 20 | | by a government or governmental agency, a civic | 21 | | organization, or another similar entity that takes | 22 | | responsibility for the licensee, without any detour or | 23 | | stop; | 24 | | (7) exercising First Amendment rights protected by the | 25 | | United States Constitution, such as the free exercise of | 26 | | religion, freedom of speech, and the right of assembly; or |
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| 1 | | (8) married or had been married or is an emancipated | 2 | | minor under the Emancipation of Minors Act. | 3 | | (a-2.5) The driver's license of a person who is 17 years of | 4 | | age and has been licensed for at least 12 months is not invalid | 5 | | as described in subsection (a-1) of this Section while the | 6 | | licensee is participating as an assigned driver in a Safe Rides | 7 | | program that meets the following criteria: | 8 | | (1) the program is sponsored by the Boy Scouts of | 9 | | America or another national public service organization; | 10 | | and | 11 | | (2) the sponsoring organization carries liability | 12 | | insurance covering the program. | 13 | | (a-3) If a graduated driver's license holder over the age | 14 | | of 18 committed an offense against traffic regulations | 15 | | governing the movement of vehicles or any violation of Section | 16 | | 6-107 or Section 12-603.1 of this Code in the 6 months prior to | 17 | | the graduated driver's license holder's 18th birthday, and was | 18 | | subsequently convicted of the offense, the provisions of | 19 | | subsection (a-1) shall continue to apply until such time as a | 20 | | period of 6 consecutive months has elapsed without an | 21 | | additional violation and subsequent conviction of an offense | 22 | | against traffic regulations governing the movement of vehicles | 23 | | or Section 6-107 or Section 12-603.1 of this Code.
| 24 | | (a-4) If an applicant for a driver's license or instruction | 25 | | permit has a current identification card issued by the | 26 | | Secretary of State, the Secretary may require the applicant to |
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| 1 | | utilize the same residence address and name on the | 2 | | identification card, driver's license, and instruction permit | 3 | | records maintained by the Secretary. The Secretary may | 4 | | promulgate rules to implement this provision. | 5 | | (b) Until the Secretary of State establishes a First Person | 6 | | Consent organ and tissue donor registry under Section 6-117 of | 7 | | this Code, the Secretary of State shall provide a format on the | 8 | | reverse of
each driver's license issued which the licensee may | 9 | | use to execute a document
of gift conforming to the provisions | 10 | | of the Illinois Anatomical Gift Act.
The format shall allow the | 11 | | licensee to indicate the gift intended, whether
specific | 12 | | organs, any organ, or the entire body, and shall accommodate | 13 | | the
signatures of the donor and 2 witnesses. The Secretary | 14 | | shall also inform
each applicant or licensee of this format, | 15 | | describe the procedure for its
execution, and may offer the | 16 | | necessary witnesses; provided that in so doing,
the Secretary | 17 | | shall advise the applicant or licensee that he or she is
under | 18 | | no compulsion to execute a document of gift. A brochure
| 19 | | explaining this method of executing an anatomical gift document | 20 | | shall be given
to each applicant or licensee. The brochure | 21 | | shall advise the applicant or
licensee that he or she is under | 22 | | no compulsion to execute a document of
gift, and that he or she | 23 | | may wish to consult with family, friends or clergy
before doing | 24 | | so. The Secretary of State may undertake additional efforts,
| 25 | | including education and awareness activities, to promote organ | 26 | | and tissue
donation.
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| 1 | | (c) The Secretary of State shall designate on each driver's | 2 | | license issued
a space where the licensee may place a sticker | 3 | | or decal of the uniform
size as the Secretary may specify, | 4 | | which sticker or decal may indicate in
appropriate language | 5 | | that the owner of the license carries an Emergency
Medical | 6 | | Information Card.
| 7 | | The sticker may be provided by any person, hospital, | 8 | | school,
medical group, or association interested in assisting | 9 | | in implementing
the Emergency Medical Information Card, but | 10 | | shall meet the specifications
as the Secretary may by rule or | 11 | | regulation require.
| 12 | | (d) The Secretary of State shall designate on each driver's | 13 | | license issued
a space where the licensee may indicate his | 14 | | blood type and RH factor.
| 15 | | (e) The Secretary of State shall provide
that each original | 16 | | or renewal driver's license issued to a licensee under
21 years | 17 | | of age shall be of a distinct nature from those driver's | 18 | | licenses
issued to individuals 21 years of age and older. The | 19 | | color designated for
driver's licenses for licensees under 21 | 20 | | years of age shall be at the
discretion of the Secretary of | 21 | | State.
| 22 | | (e-1) The Secretary shall provide that each driver's | 23 | | license issued to a
person under the age of 21 displays the | 24 | | date upon which the person becomes 18
years of age and the date | 25 | | upon which the person becomes 21 years of age.
| 26 | | (f) The Secretary of State shall inform all Illinois |
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| 1 | | licensed
commercial motor vehicle operators of the | 2 | | requirements of the Uniform
Commercial Driver License Act, | 3 | | Article V of this Chapter, and shall make
provisions to insure | 4 | | that all drivers, seeking to obtain a commercial
driver's | 5 | | license, be afforded an opportunity prior to April 1, 1992, to
| 6 | | obtain the license. The Secretary is authorized to extend
| 7 | | driver's license expiration dates, and assign specific times, | 8 | | dates and
locations where these commercial driver's tests shall | 9 | | be conducted. Any
applicant, regardless of the current | 10 | | expiration date of the applicant's
driver's license, may be | 11 | | subject to any assignment by the Secretary.
Failure to comply | 12 | | with the Secretary's assignment may result in the
applicant's | 13 | | forfeiture of an opportunity to receive a commercial driver's
| 14 | | license prior to April 1, 1992.
| 15 | | (g) The Secretary of State shall designate on a
driver's | 16 | | license issued, a space where the licensee may indicate that he | 17 | | or
she has drafted a living will in accordance with the | 18 | | Illinois Living Will
Act or a durable power of attorney for | 19 | | health care in accordance with the
Illinois Power of Attorney | 20 | | Act.
| 21 | | (g-1) The Secretary of State, in his or her discretion, may | 22 | | designate on
each driver's license issued a space where the | 23 | | licensee may place a sticker or
decal, issued by the Secretary | 24 | | of State, of uniform size as the Secretary may
specify, that | 25 | | shall indicate in appropriate language that the owner of the
| 26 | | license has renewed his or her driver's license.
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| 1 | | (h) A person who acts in good faith in accordance with the | 2 | | terms of
this Section is not liable for damages in any civil | 3 | | action or subject to
prosecution in any criminal proceeding for | 4 | | his or her act.
| 5 | | (Source: P.A. 96-607, eff. 8-24-09; 96-1231, eff. 7-23-10; | 6 | | 97-263, eff. 8-5-11.)".
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