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Public Act 095-1034
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LRB095 15331 LCT 41319 b |
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AN ACT concerning transportation.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by changing |
Section 6-117 as follows:
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(625 ILCS 5/6-117) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 6-117)
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Sec. 6-117. Records to be kept by the Secretary of State.
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(a) The Secretary of State shall file every application for |
a license or
permit accepted under this Chapter, and shall |
maintain suitable
indexes thereof. The records of the Secretary |
of State shall indicate the
action taken with respect to such |
applications.
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(b) The Secretary of State shall maintain appropriate |
records of all
licenses and permits refused, cancelled, |
disqualified, revoked, or suspended and of the
revocation,
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suspension, and disqualification of driving privileges of |
persons not licensed
under this Chapter, and such records shall |
note the reasons for such
action.
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(c) The Secretary of State shall maintain appropriate |
records of
convictions reported under this Chapter. Records of |
conviction may be
maintained in a computer processible medium.
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(d) The Secretary of State may also maintain appropriate |
records of any
accident reports received.
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(e) The Secretary of State shall also maintain appropriate |
records
of any disposition of supervision or records
relative
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to a driver's referral to a driver remedial or rehabilitative |
program, as
required by the Secretary of State or the courts. |
Such records shall only
be available for use by the Secretary, |
the driver licensing administrator of any other state, law |
enforcement agencies, the
courts, and the affected driver or, |
upon proper verification,
such affected driver's attorney.
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(f) The Secretary of State shall also maintain or contract |
to maintain
appropriate records of all photographs and |
signatures obtained in the process
of issuing any driver's |
license, permit, or identification card. The record
shall be |
confidential and shall not be disclosed except to those |
entities
listed under Section 6-110.1 of this Code.
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(g) The Secretary of State may establish a First Person |
Consent organ and tissue donor registry in compliance with |
subsection (b-1) of Section 5-20 of the Illinois Anatomical |
Gift Act, as follows: |
(1) The Secretary shall offer, to each applicant |
for issuance or renewal of a driver's license or |
identification card who is 18 years of age or older, the |
opportunity to have his or her name included in the First |
Person Consent organ and tissue donor registry. The |
Secretary must advise the applicant or licensee that he or |
she is under no compulsion to have his or her name included |
in the registry. An individual who agrees to having his or |
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her name included in the First Person Consent organ and |
tissue donor registry has given full legal consent to the |
donation of any of his or her organs or tissue upon his or |
her death. A brochure explaining this method of executing |
an anatomical gift must be given to each applicant for |
issuance or renewal of a driver's license or identification |
card. The brochure must advise the applicant or licensee |
(i) that he or she is under no compulsion to have his or |
her name included in this registry and (ii) that he or she |
may wish to consult with family, friends, or clergy before |
doing so. |
(2) The Secretary of State may establish |
additional methods by which an individual may have his or |
her name included in the First Person Consent organ and |
tissue donor registry. |
(3) When an individual has agreed to have his or |
her name included in the First Person Consent organ and |
tissue donor registry, the Secretary of State shall note |
that agreement in the First Person consent organ and tissue |
donor registry. Representatives of federally designated |
organ procurement agencies and tissue banks and the offices |
of Illinois county coroners and medical examiners may |
inquire of the Secretary of State whether a potential organ |
donor's name is included in the First Person Consent organ |
and tissue donor registry, and the Secretary of State may |
provide that information to the representative. |
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(4) An individual may withdraw his or her consent |
to be listed in the First Person Consent organ and tissue |
donor registry maintained by the Secretary of State by |
notifying the Secretary of State in writing, or by any |
other means approved by the Secretary, of the individual's |
decision to have his or her name removed from the registry. |
(5) The Secretary of State may undertake |
additional efforts, including education and awareness |
activities, to promote organ and tissue donation. |
(6) In the absence of gross negligence or willful |
misconduct, the Secretary of State and his or her employees |
are immune from any civil or criminal liability in |
connection with an individual's consent to be listed in the |
organ and tissue donor registry.
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(Source: P.A. 94-75, eff. 1-1-06; 95-382, eff. 8-23-07.)
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
becoming law. |