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 1                    AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1926

 2        AMENDMENT NO.     .  Amend Senate Bill 1926 on page 1, by
 3    replacing line 1 with the following:
 4        "AN ACT concerning identification."; and

 5    on page 1, below line 3, by inserting the following:

 6        "Section 3.  The  Illinois  Identification  Card  Act  is
 7    amended by changing Section 4 as follows:

 8        (15 ILCS 335/4) (from Ch. 124, par. 24)
 9        Sec. 4.  Identification Card.
10        (a)  The  Secretary  of  State  shall  issue  a  standard
11    Illinois  Identification  Card to any natural person who is a
12    resident of the State of Illinois who applies for such  card,
13    or  renewal  thereof,  or who applies for a standard Illinois
14    Identification Card upon release as  a  committed  person  on
15    parole,  mandatory  supervised  release,  final discharge, or
16    pardon from the Department of Corrections  by  submitting  an
17    identification  card  issued by the Department of Corrections
18    under Section 3-14-1 of  the  Unified  Code  of  Corrections,
19    together  with  the  prescribed  fees.   The  card  shall  be
20    prepared  and  supplied  by  the Secretary of State and shall
21    include a photograph of the applicant.  The  applicant,  upon
 
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 1    receipt of a card and prior to its use for any purpose, shall
 2    affix  his  signature thereon in the space provided therefor.
 3    The  Illinois   Identification   Card   may   be   used   for
 4    identification  purposes  in any lawful situation only by the
 5    person  to  whom  it  was  issued.  As  used  in  this   Act,
 6    "photograph" means any color photograph or digitally produced
 7    and  captured  image  of  an  applicant for an identification
 8    card.  As used in this Act, "signature" means the name  of  a
 9    person  as  written  by  that person and captured in a manner
10    acceptable to the Secretary of State.
11        (b)  The  Secretary  of  State  shall  issue  a   special
12    Illinois  Identification  Card,  which  shall  be known as an
13    Illinois Disabled Person Identification Card, to any  natural
14    person  who  is a resident of the State of Illinois, who is a
15    disabled person as defined in Section 4A  of  this  Act,  who
16    applies  for such card, or renewal thereof.  The Secretary of
17    State shall charge no fee to issue such card.  The card shall
18    be prepared and supplied by the Secretary of State, and shall
19    include  a  photograph  of  the  applicant,   a   designation
20    indicating  that  the  card  is  an  Illinois Disabled Person
21    Identification  Card,  and  shall  include  a  comprehensible
22    designation of the type and classification of the applicant's
23    disability as set out in Section 4A  of  this  Act.   If  the
24    applicant  so  requests, the card shall include a description
25    of the applicant's disability and any information  about  the
26    applicant's disability or medical history which the Secretary
27    determines  would  be  helpful  to  the applicant in securing
28    emergency medical care.  The applicant, upon receipt of  such
29    a  card  and  prior  to  its  use for any purpose, shall have
30    affixed thereon in the space provided therefor his  signature
31    or mark.  If a mark is used in lieu of a signature, such mark
32    shall be affixed to the card in the presence of two witnesses
33    who  attest  to  the  authenticity of the mark.  The Illinois
34    Disabled  Person  Identification  Card  may   be   used   for
 
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 1    identification purposes in any lawful situation by the person
 2    to whom it was issued.
 3        The  Illinois  Disabled Person Identification Card may be
 4    used as adequate documentation of disability  in  lieu  of  a
 5    physician's   determination   of   disability  or  any  other
 6    documentation of disability whenever any State  law  requires
 7    that   a   disabled  person  provide  such  documentation  of
 8    disability,   however    an    Illinois    Disabled    Person
 9    Identification  Card  shall  not  qualify  the  cardholder to
10    participate in any program or to receive any benefit which is
11    not  available  to  all  persons  with   like   disabilities.
12    Notwithstanding  any  other  provisions  of  law, an Illinois
13    Disabled Person Identification Card,  or  evidence  that  the
14    Secretary  of  State  has  issued an Illinois Disabled Person
15    Identification Card, shall not be used by  any  person  other
16    than  the  person named on such card to prove that the person
17    named on such card is a disabled  person  or  for  any  other
18    purpose unless the card is used for the benefit of the person
19    named  on  such  card,  and  the  person  named  on such card
20    consents to such use at the time the card is so used.
21        When medical information  is  contained  on  an  Illinois
22    Disabled  Person  Identification  Card,  the  Office  of  the
23    Secretary  of State shall not be liable for any actions taken
24    based upon that medical information.
25        (c)  Beginning January 1, 1986, the  Secretary  of  State
26    shall   provide   that  each  original  or  renewal  Illinois
27    Identification   Card    or    Illinois    Disabled    Person
28    Identification  Card  issued to a person under the age of 21,
29    shall  be  of  a  distinct   nature   from   those   Illinois
30    Identification    Cards    or    Illinois   Disabled   Person
31    Identification Cards issued to individuals 21 years of age or
32    older. The color designated for Illinois Identification Cards
33    or Illinois Disabled Person Identification Cards for  persons
34    under  the  age  of  21  shall  be  at  the discretion of the
 
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 1    Secretary of State.
 2        (c-1)  Beginning  January  1,  2003,  each  original   or
 3    renewal  Illinois  Identification  Card  or Illinois Disabled
 4    Person Identification Card issued to a person under  the  age
 5    of 21 shall display the date upon which the person becomes 18
 6    years  of  age  and the date upon which the person becomes 21
 7    years of age.
 8        (d)  The Secretary of State may issue  a  Senior  Citizen
 9    discount card, to any natural person who is a resident of the
10    State  of  Illinois  who  is 60 years of age or older and who
11    applies for such a card or renewal thereof.  The Secretary of
12    State shall charge no fee to issue such card.  The card shall
13    be issued in every county  and  applications  shall  be  made
14    available  at,  but  not  limited to, nutrition sites, senior
15    citizen centers and Area Agencies on Aging.   The  applicant,
16    upon  receipt  of  such  card  and  prior  to its use for any
17    purpose, shall have affixed thereon  in  the  space  provided
18    therefor his signature or mark.
19    (Source: P.A. 92-240, eff. 1-1-02.)"; and

20    on page 4, line 12, by replacing "July" with "January"; and

21    on page 4, line 13, by replacing "2002" with "2003".

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