Full Text of HB5049 102nd General Assembly
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning State government.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Illinois Administrative Procedure Act is | 5 | | amended by changing Section 5-45.20 as follows: | 6 | | (5 ILCS 100/5-45.20) | 7 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2023) | 8 | | Sec. 5-45.20. Emergency rulemaking; Secretary of State | 9 | | emergency powers. To provide for the expeditious and timely | 10 | | implementation of the provisions of Section 30 of the | 11 | | Secretary of State Act, emergency rules implementing the | 12 | | changes made to Section 30 of the Secretary of State Act by | 13 | | this amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly may be | 14 | | adopted by the Secretary in accordance with Section 5-45. The | 15 | | adoption of emergency rules authorized by Section 5-45 and | 16 | | this Section is deemed to be necessary for the public | 17 | | interest, safety, and welfare. | 18 | | This Section is repealed on October January 1, 2023.
| 19 | | (Source: P.A. 102-678, eff. 12-10-21.) | 20 | | Section 10. The Secretary of State Act is amended by | 21 | | changing Section 30 and by adding Section 37 as follows: |
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| 1 | | (15 ILCS 305/30) | 2 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2023) | 3 | | Sec. 30. Emergency powers. | 4 | | (a) In response to the interruption of services available | 5 | | to the public as a result of the public health disaster caused | 6 | | by Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), a novel severe acute | 7 | | respiratory illness that spreads rapidly through respiratory | 8 | | transmissions, the extended closure of State government | 9 | | offices and private sector businesses caused by COVID-19, and | 10 | | the need to ameliorate any detrimental impact on members of | 11 | | the public caused by that interruption of services, the | 12 | | Secretary of State is hereby given the authority to adopt | 13 | | emergency rulemakings, and to adopt permanent administrative | 14 | | rules: | 15 | | (1) extending until not later than December 31, 2022, | 16 | | the expiration dates of driver's licenses, driving | 17 | | permits, monitoring device driving permits, restricted | 18 | | driving permits, and identification cards which were | 19 | | issued with expiration dates on or after January 1, 2020. | 20 | | During the period of any extensions implemented pursuant | 21 | | to this subsection, all driver's licenses, driving | 22 | | permits, monitoring device driving permits, restricted | 23 | | driving permits, and identification cards, shall be | 24 | | subject to any terms and conditions under which the | 25 | | original document was issued; and | 26 | | (2) modifying the requirements for the renewal of |
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| 1 | | driver's licenses, driving permits, monitoring device | 2 | | driving permits, restricted driving permits, and | 3 | | identification cards. No such modification shall apply for | 4 | | more than one renewal cycle after the effective date of | 5 | | the rulemaking. | 6 | | (b) When the renewal of any driver's license, driving | 7 | | permit, monitoring device driving permit, restricted driving | 8 | | permit, or identification card has been extended pursuant to | 9 | | this Section, it shall be renewed during the period of an | 10 | | extension. Any such renewals shall be from the original | 11 | | expiration date and shall be subject to the full fee which | 12 | | would have been due had the renewals been issued based on the | 13 | | original expiration date, except that no late filing fees or | 14 | | penalties shall be imposed. | 15 | | (c) All law enforcement agencies in the State of Illinois | 16 | | and all State and local governmental entities shall recognize | 17 | | the validity of, and give full legal force to, extensions | 18 | | granted pursuant to this Section. | 19 | | (d) Upon the request of any person whose driver's license, | 20 | | driving permit, monitoring device driving permit, restricted | 21 | | driving permit, or identification card has been subject to an | 22 | | extension under this Section, the Secretary shall issue a | 23 | | statement verifying the extension was issued pursuant to | 24 | | Illinois law, and requesting any foreign jurisdiction to honor | 25 | | the extension. | 26 | | (e) This Section is repealed on October January 1, 2023.
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| 1 | | (Source: P.A. 101-640, eff. 6-12-20; 102-39, eff. 6-25-21; | 2 | | 102-678, eff. 12-10-21.) | 3 | | (15 ILCS 305/37 new) | 4 | | Sec. 37. Study on age-related changes that affect driving | 5 | | abilities. By October 1, 2023 the Secretary of State shall | 6 | | conduct a study on age-related changes in vision, physical | 7 | | functioning, and the ability to reason and remember, as well | 8 | | as any other diseases and medications that might affect safe | 9 | | driving abilities. When conducting the study, the Secretary of | 10 | | State may utilize data or academic studies conducted by other | 11 | | sources, including, but not limited to, other states, the | 12 | | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the American | 13 | | Geriatrics Society, and the National Highway Traffic Safety | 14 | | Administration. Upon completion of the study, if the study | 15 | | shows that there is no immediate risk to public safety, the | 16 | | Secretary of State may adopt administrative rules to raise or | 17 | | lower the age requirement for actual demonstrations, provided | 18 | | that the required age shall be no lower than the minimum age | 19 | | required under subsection (c) of Section 6-109 of the Illinois | 20 | | Vehicle Code. | 21 | | Section 15. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by adding | 22 | | Section 3-606.5 as follows: | 23 | | (625 ILCS 5/3-606.5 new) |
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| 1 | | Sec. 3-606.5. Retired Executive Branch Constitutional | 2 | | Officers. Upon receipt of a request from a retired executive | 3 | | branch constitutional officer, accompanied by the appropriate | 4 | | application and fee, the Secretary of State shall issue to the | 5 | | retired executive branch constitutional officer plates bearing | 6 | | appropriate wording or abbreviations indicating that the | 7 | | holder is a retired executive branch constitutional officer | 8 | | and the office held. Such plates may be issued for a 2-year | 9 | | period beginning on January 1 of each odd-numbered year and | 10 | | ending on December 31 of the subsequent even-numbered year. | 11 | | Upon the death of a retired executive branch constitutional | 12 | | officer who has been issued a retired executive branch | 13 | | constitutional officer plate, the retired executive branch | 14 | | constitutional officer's surviving spouse shall be entitled to | 15 | | retain the plate so long as the surviving spouse is a resident | 16 | | of Illinois and transfers the registration to his or her name | 17 | | within 90 days of the death of the retired executive branch | 18 | | constitutional officer.
For purposes of this Section, "retired | 19 | | executive branch constitutional officer" means any individual | 20 | | who has served at least one full term of office as (i) | 21 | | Governor; (ii) Lieutenant Governor; (iii) Attorney General; | 22 | | (iv) Secretary of State; (v) Comptroller; or (vi) Treasurer; | 23 | | and who was not removed from office pursuant to Section 14 of | 24 | | Article IV of the Illinois Constitution of 1970.
| 25 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 26 | | becoming law. |
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