Full Text of HB5484 97th General Assembly
HB5484 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2011 and 2012 HB5484 Introduced 2/15/2012, by Rep. JoAnn D. Osmond SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: | | 625 ILCS 5/6-117 | from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 6-117 |
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Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning records to be kept by the Secretary of State.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning transportation.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by changing | 5 | | Section 6-117 as follows:
| 6 | | (625 ILCS 5/6-117) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 6-117)
| 7 | | Sec. 6-117. Records to be kept by the Secretary of State.
| 8 | | (a) The
The Secretary of State shall file every application | 9 | | for a license or
permit accepted under this Chapter, and shall | 10 | | maintain suitable
indexes thereof. The records of the Secretary | 11 | | of State shall indicate the
action taken with respect to such | 12 | | applications. | 13 | | (b) The Secretary of State shall maintain appropriate | 14 | | records of all
licenses and permits refused, cancelled, | 15 | | disqualified, revoked, or suspended and of the
revocation,
| 16 | | suspension, and disqualification of driving privileges of | 17 | | persons not licensed
under this Chapter, and such records shall | 18 | | note the reasons for such
action.
| 19 | | (c) The Secretary of State shall maintain appropriate | 20 | | records of
convictions reported under this Chapter. Records of | 21 | | conviction may be
maintained in a computer processible medium.
| 22 | | (d) The Secretary of State may also maintain appropriate | 23 | | records of any
accident reports received.
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| 1 | | (e) The Secretary of State shall also maintain appropriate | 2 | | records
of any disposition of supervision or records
relative
| 3 | | to a driver's referral to a driver remedial or rehabilitative | 4 | | program, as
required by the Secretary of State or the courts. | 5 | | Such records shall only
be available for use by the Secretary, | 6 | | the driver licensing administrator of any other state, law | 7 | | enforcement agencies, the
courts, and the affected driver or, | 8 | | upon proper verification,
such affected driver's attorney.
| 9 | | (f) The Secretary of State shall also maintain or contract | 10 | | to maintain
appropriate records of all photographs and | 11 | | signatures obtained in the process
of issuing any driver's | 12 | | license, permit, or identification card. The record
shall be | 13 | | confidential and shall not be disclosed except to those | 14 | | entities
listed under Section 6-110.1 of this Code.
| 15 | | (g) The Secretary of State may establish a First Person | 16 | | Consent organ and tissue donor registry in compliance with | 17 | | subsection (b-1) of Section 5-20 of the Illinois Anatomical | 18 | | Gift Act, as follows: | 19 | | (1) The Secretary shall offer, to each applicant for | 20 | | issuance or renewal of a driver's license or identification | 21 | | card who is 18 years of age or older, the opportunity to | 22 | | have his or her name included in the First Person Consent | 23 | | organ and tissue donor registry. The Secretary must advise | 24 | | the applicant or licensee that he or she is under no | 25 | | compulsion to have his or her name included in the | 26 | | registry. An individual who agrees to having his or her |
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| 1 | | name included in the First Person Consent organ and tissue | 2 | | donor registry has given full legal consent to the donation | 3 | | of any of his or her organs or tissue upon his or her | 4 | | death. A brochure explaining this method of executing an | 5 | | anatomical gift must be given to each applicant for | 6 | | issuance or renewal of a driver's license or identification | 7 | | card. The brochure must advise the applicant or licensee | 8 | | (i) that he or she is under no compulsion to have his or | 9 | | her name included in this registry and (ii) that he or she | 10 | | may wish to consult with family, friends, or clergy before | 11 | | doing so. | 12 | | (2) The Secretary of State may establish additional | 13 | | methods by which an individual may have his or her name | 14 | | included in the First Person Consent organ and tissue donor | 15 | | registry. | 16 | | (3) When an individual has agreed to have his or her | 17 | | name included in the First Person Consent organ and tissue | 18 | | donor registry, the Secretary of State shall note that | 19 | | agreement in the First Person consent organ and tissue | 20 | | donor registry. Representatives of federally designated | 21 | | organ procurement agencies and tissue banks and the offices | 22 | | of Illinois county coroners and medical examiners may | 23 | | inquire of the Secretary of State whether a potential organ | 24 | | donor's name is included in the First Person Consent organ | 25 | | and tissue donor registry, and the Secretary of State may | 26 | | provide that information to the representative. |
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| 1 | | (4) An individual may withdraw his or her consent to be | 2 | | listed in the First Person Consent organ and tissue donor | 3 | | registry maintained by the Secretary of State by notifying | 4 | | the Secretary of State in writing, or by any other means | 5 | | approved by the Secretary, of the individual's decision to | 6 | | have his or her name removed from the registry. | 7 | | (5) The Secretary of State may undertake additional | 8 | | efforts, including education and awareness activities, to | 9 | | promote organ and tissue donation. | 10 | | (6) In the absence of gross negligence or willful | 11 | | misconduct, the Secretary of State and his or her employees | 12 | | are immune from any civil or criminal liability in | 13 | | connection with an individual's consent to be listed in the | 14 | | organ and tissue donor registry.
| 15 | | (Source: P.A. 94-75, eff. 1-1-06; 95-382, eff. 8-23-07; | 16 | | 95-1034, eff. 2-17-09.)
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