Public Act 102-1103
 
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    AN ACT concerning State government.
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
 
    Section 5. The Illinois Administrative Procedure Act is
amended by changing Section 5-45.20 as follows:
 
    (5 ILCS 100/5-45.20)
    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2023)
    Sec. 5-45.20. Emergency rulemaking; Secretary of State
emergency powers. To provide for the expeditious and timely
implementation of the provisions of Section 30 of the
Secretary of State Act, emergency rules implementing the
changes made to Section 30 of the Secretary of State Act by
this amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly may be
adopted by the Secretary in accordance with Section 5-45. The
adoption of emergency rules authorized by Section 5-45 and
this Section is deemed to be necessary for the public
interest, safety, and welfare.
    This Section is repealed on October January 1, 2023.
(Source: P.A. 102-678, eff. 12-10-21.)
 
    Section 10. The Secretary of State Act is amended by
changing Section 30 and by adding Section 37 as follows:
 
    (15 ILCS 305/30)
    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2023)
    Sec. 30. Emergency powers.
    (a) In response to the interruption of services available
to the public as a result of the public health disaster caused
by Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), a novel severe acute
respiratory illness that spreads rapidly through respiratory
transmissions, the extended closure of State government
offices and private sector businesses caused by COVID-19, and
the need to ameliorate any detrimental impact on members of
the public caused by that interruption of services, the
Secretary of State is hereby given the authority to adopt
emergency rulemakings, and to adopt permanent administrative
rules:
        (1) extending until not later than December 31, 2022,
    the expiration dates of driver's licenses, driving
    permits, monitoring device driving permits, restricted
    driving permits, and identification cards which were
    issued with expiration dates on or after January 1, 2020.
    During the period of any extensions implemented pursuant
    to this subsection, all driver's licenses, driving
    permits, monitoring device driving permits, restricted
    driving permits, and identification cards, shall be
    subject to any terms and conditions under which the
    original document was issued; and
        (2) modifying the requirements for the renewal of
    driver's licenses, driving permits, monitoring device
    driving permits, restricted driving permits, and
    identification cards. No such modification shall apply for
    more than one renewal cycle after the effective date of
    the rulemaking.
    (b) When the renewal of any driver's license, driving
permit, monitoring device driving permit, restricted driving
permit, or identification card has been extended pursuant to
this Section, it shall be renewed during the period of an
extension. Any such renewals shall be from the original
expiration date and shall be subject to the full fee which
would have been due had the renewals been issued based on the
original expiration date, except that no late filing fees or
penalties shall be imposed.
    (c) All law enforcement agencies in the State of Illinois
and all State and local governmental entities shall recognize
the validity of, and give full legal force to, extensions
granted pursuant to this Section.
    (d) Upon the request of any person whose driver's license,
driving permit, monitoring device driving permit, restricted
driving permit, or identification card has been subject to an
extension under this Section, the Secretary shall issue a
statement verifying the extension was issued pursuant to
Illinois law, and requesting any foreign jurisdiction to honor
the extension.
    (e) This Section is repealed on October January 1, 2023.
(Source: P.A. 101-640, eff. 6-12-20; 102-39, eff. 6-25-21;
102-678, eff. 12-10-21.)
 
    (15 ILCS 305/37 new)
    Sec. 37. Study on age-related changes that affect driving
abilities. By October 1, 2023 the Secretary of State shall
conduct a study on age-related changes in vision, physical
functioning, and the ability to reason and remember, as well
as any other diseases and medications that might affect safe
driving abilities. When conducting the study, the Secretary of
State may utilize data or academic studies conducted by other
sources, including, but not limited to, other states, the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the American
Geriatrics Society, and the National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration. Upon completion of the study, if the study
shows that there is no immediate risk to public safety, the
Secretary of State may adopt administrative rules to raise or
lower the age requirement for actual demonstrations, provided
that the required age shall be no lower than the minimum age
required under subsection (c) of Section 6-109 of the Illinois
Vehicle Code.
 
    Section 15. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by adding
Section 3-606.5 as follows:
 
    (625 ILCS 5/3-606.5 new)
    Sec. 3-606.5. Retired Executive Branch Constitutional
Officers. Upon receipt of a request from a retired executive
branch constitutional officer, accompanied by the appropriate
application and fee, the Secretary of State shall issue to the
retired executive branch constitutional officer plates bearing
appropriate wording or abbreviations indicating that the
holder is a retired executive branch constitutional officer
and the office held. Such plates may be issued for a 2-year
period beginning on January 1 of each odd-numbered year and
ending on December 31 of the subsequent even-numbered year.
Upon the death of a retired executive branch constitutional
officer who has been issued a retired executive branch
constitutional officer plate, the retired executive branch
constitutional officer's surviving spouse shall be entitled to
retain the plate so long as the surviving spouse is a resident
of Illinois and transfers the registration to his or her name
within 90 days of the death of the retired executive branch
constitutional officer. For purposes of this Section, "retired
executive branch constitutional officer" means any individual
who has served at least one full term of office as (i)
Governor; (ii) Lieutenant Governor; (iii) Attorney General;
(iv) Secretary of State; (v) Comptroller; or (vi) Treasurer;
and who was not removed from office pursuant to Section 14 of
Article IV of the Illinois Constitution of 1970.
 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.