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Public Act 103-0782 | ||||
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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 Identification Card Act is amended | ||||
by changing Sections 4 and 12 as follows: | ||||
(15 ILCS 335/4) | ||||
(Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 103-210 ) | ||||
Sec. 4. Identification card. | ||||
(a) The Secretary of State shall issue a standard Illinois | ||||
Identification Card to any natural person who is a resident of | ||||
the State of Illinois who applies for such card, or renewal | ||||
thereof. No identification card shall be issued to any person | ||||
who holds a valid foreign state identification card, license, | ||||
or permit unless the person first surrenders to the Secretary | ||||
of State the valid foreign state identification card, license, | ||||
or permit. The card shall be prepared and supplied by the | ||||
Secretary of State and shall include a photograph and | ||||
signature or mark of the applicant. However, the Secretary of | ||||
State may provide by rule for the issuance of Illinois | ||||
Identification Cards without photographs if the applicant has | ||||
a bona fide religious objection to being photographed or to | ||||
the display of his or her photograph. The Illinois | ||||
Identification Card may be used for identification purposes in |
any lawful situation only by the person to whom it was issued. | ||
As used in this Act, "photograph" means any color photograph | ||
or digitally produced and captured image of an applicant for | ||
an identification card. As used in this Act, "signature" means | ||
the name of a person as written by that person and captured in | ||
a manner acceptable to the Secretary of State. | ||
(a-5) If an applicant for an identification card has a | ||
current driver's license or instruction permit issued by the | ||
Secretary of State, the Secretary may require the applicant to | ||
utilize the same residence address and name on the | ||
identification card, driver's license, and instruction permit | ||
records maintained by the Secretary. The Secretary may | ||
promulgate rules to implement this provision. | ||
(a-10) If the applicant is a judicial officer as defined | ||
in Section 1-10 of the Judicial Privacy Act or a peace officer, | ||
the applicant may elect to have his or her office or work | ||
address listed on the card instead of the applicant's | ||
residence or mailing address. The Secretary may promulgate | ||
rules to implement this provision. For the purposes of this | ||
subsection (a-10), "peace officer" means any person who by | ||
virtue of his or her office or public employment is vested by | ||
law with a duty to maintain public order or to make arrests for | ||
a violation of any penal statute of this State, whether that | ||
duty extends to all violations or is limited to specific | ||
violations. | ||
(a-15) The Secretary of State may provide for an expedited |
process for the issuance of an Illinois Identification Card. | ||
The Secretary shall charge an additional fee for the expedited | ||
issuance of an Illinois Identification Card, to be set by | ||
rule, not to exceed $75. All fees collected by the Secretary | ||
for expedited Illinois Identification Card service shall be | ||
deposited into the Secretary of State Special Services Fund. | ||
The Secretary may adopt rules regarding the eligibility, | ||
process, and fee for an expedited Illinois Identification | ||
Card. If the Secretary of State determines that the volume of | ||
expedited identification card requests received on a given day | ||
exceeds the ability of the Secretary to process those requests | ||
in an expedited manner, the Secretary may decline to provide | ||
expedited services, and the additional fee for the expedited | ||
service shall be refunded to the applicant. | ||
(a-20) The Secretary of State shall issue a standard | ||
Illinois Identification Card to a person committed to the | ||
Department of Corrections , the or Department of Juvenile | ||
Justice , a Federal Bureau of Prisons facility located in | ||
Illinois, or a county jail or county department of corrections | ||
as follows: upon receipt of the person's birth certificate, | ||
social security card, photograph, proof of residency upon | ||
discharge, and an identification card application transferred | ||
via a secure method as agreed upon by the Secretary and the | ||
Department of Corrections or Department of Juvenile Justice. | ||
Illinois residency shall be established by submission of a | ||
Secretary of State prescribed Identification Card verification |
form completed by the respective Department. | ||
(1) A committed person who has previously held an | ||
Illinois Identification Card or an Illinois driver's | ||
license shall submit an Identification Card verification | ||
form to the Secretary of State, including a photograph | ||
taken by the correctional facility, proof of residency | ||
upon discharge, and a social security number, if the | ||
committed person has a social security number. If the | ||
committed person does not have a social security number | ||
and is eligible for a social security number, the | ||
Secretary of State shall not issue a standard Illinois | ||
Identification Card until the committed person obtains a | ||
social security number. If the committed person's | ||
photograph and demographic information matches an existing | ||
Illinois Identification Card or Illinois driver's license | ||
and the Secretary of State verifies the applicant's social | ||
security number with the Social Security Administration, | ||
the Secretary of State shall issue the committed person a | ||
standard Illinois Identification Card. If the photograph | ||
or demographic information matches an existing Illinois | ||
Identification Card or Illinois driver's license in | ||
another person's name or identity, a standard Illinois | ||
Identification Card shall not be issued until the | ||
committed person submits a certified birth certificate and | ||
social security card to the Secretary of State and the | ||
Secretary of State verifies the identity of the committed |
person. If the Secretary of State cannot find a match to an | ||
existing Illinois Identification Card or Illinois driver's | ||
license, the committed person may apply for a standard | ||
Illinois Identification card as described in paragraph | ||
(2). | ||
(2) A committed person who has not previously held an | ||
Illinois Identification Card or Illinois driver's license | ||
or for whom a match cannot be found as described in | ||
paragraph (1) shall submit an Identification Card | ||
verification form, including a photograph taken by the | ||
correctional facility, a certified birth certificate, | ||
proof of residency upon discharge, and a social security | ||
number, if the committed has a social security number. If | ||
the committed person does not have a social security | ||
number and is eligible for a social security number, the | ||
Secretary of State shall not issue a standard Illinois | ||
Identification Card until the committed person obtains a | ||
social security number. If the Secretary of State verifies | ||
the applicant's social security number with the Social | ||
Security Administration, the Secretary of State shall | ||
issue the committed person a standard Illinois | ||
Identification Card. | ||
The Illinois Identification Card verification form | ||
described in this subsection shall be prescribed by the | ||
Secretary State. The Secretary of State and correctional | ||
facilities in this State shall establish a secure method to |
transfer the form. | ||
(a-25) The Secretary of State shall issue a limited-term | ||
Illinois Identification Card valid for 90 days to a committed | ||
person upon release on parole, mandatory supervised release, | ||
aftercare release, final discharge, or pardon from the | ||
Department of Corrections , the or Department of Juvenile | ||
Justice , a Federal Bureau of Prisons facility located in | ||
Illinois, or a county jail or county department of | ||
corrections , if the released person does not obtain a standard | ||
Illinois Identification Card as described in subsection (a-20) | ||
prior to release is unable to present a certified copy of his | ||
or her birth certificate and social security card or other | ||
documents authorized by the Secretary, but does present a | ||
Secretary of State prescribed Identification Card verification | ||
form completed by the correctional facility Department of | ||
Corrections or Department of Juvenile Justice , verifying the | ||
released person's date of birth, social security number, if | ||
the person has a social security number, and his or her | ||
Illinois residence address. The verification form must have | ||
been completed no more than 30 days prior to the date of | ||
application for the Illinois Identification Card. | ||
Prior to the expiration of the 90-day period of the | ||
limited-term Illinois Identification Card, if the released | ||
person submits to the Secretary of State a certified copy of | ||
his or her birth certificate and his or her social security | ||
card or other documents authorized by the Secretary, a |
standard Illinois Identification Card shall be issued. A | ||
limited-term Illinois Identification Card may not be renewed. | ||
This subsection shall not apply to a released person who | ||
was unable to obtain a standard Illinois Identification Card | ||
because his or her photograph or demographic information | ||
matched an existing Illinois Identification Card or Illinois | ||
driver's license in another person's name or identity or to a | ||
released person who does not have a social security number and | ||
is eligible for a social security number. | ||
(a-30) The Secretary of State shall issue a standard | ||
Illinois Identification Card to a person upon conditional | ||
release or absolute discharge from the custody of the | ||
Department of Human Services, if the person presents a | ||
certified copy of his or her birth certificate, social | ||
security card, or other documents authorized by the Secretary, | ||
and a document proving his or her Illinois residence address. | ||
The Secretary of State shall issue a standard Illinois | ||
Identification Card to a person prior to his or her | ||
conditional release or absolute discharge if personnel from | ||
the Department of Human Services bring the person to a | ||
Secretary of State location with the required documents. | ||
Documents proving residence address may include any official | ||
document of the Department of Human Services showing the | ||
person's address after release and a Secretary of State | ||
prescribed verification form, which may be executed by | ||
personnel of the Department of Human Services. |
(a-35) The Secretary of State shall issue a limited-term | ||
Illinois Identification Card valid for 90 days to a person | ||
upon conditional release or absolute discharge from the | ||
custody of the Department of Human Services, if the person is | ||
unable to present a certified copy of his or her birth | ||
certificate and social security card or other documents | ||
authorized by the Secretary, but does present a Secretary of | ||
State prescribed verification form completed by the Department | ||
of Human Services, verifying the person's date of birth and | ||
social security number, and a document proving his or her | ||
Illinois residence address. The verification form must have | ||
been completed no more than 30 days prior to the date of | ||
application for the Illinois Identification Card. The | ||
Secretary of State shall issue a limited-term Illinois | ||
Identification Card to a person no sooner than 14 days prior to | ||
his or her conditional release or absolute discharge if | ||
personnel from the Department of Human Services bring the | ||
person to a Secretary of State location with the required | ||
documents. Documents proving residence address shall include | ||
any official document of the Department of Human Services | ||
showing the person's address after release and a Secretary of | ||
State prescribed verification form, which may be executed by | ||
personnel of the Department of Human Services. | ||
(b) The Secretary of State shall issue a special Illinois | ||
Identification Card, which shall be known as an Illinois | ||
Person with a Disability Identification Card, to any natural |
person who is a resident of the State of Illinois, who is a | ||
person with a disability as defined in Section 4A of this Act, | ||
who applies for such card, or renewal thereof. No Illinois | ||
Person with a Disability Identification Card shall be issued | ||
to any person who holds a valid foreign state identification | ||
card, license, or permit unless the person first surrenders to | ||
the Secretary of State the valid foreign state identification | ||
card, license, or permit. The Secretary of State shall charge | ||
no fee to issue such card. The card shall be prepared and | ||
supplied by the Secretary of State, and shall include a | ||
photograph and signature or mark of the applicant, a | ||
designation indicating that the card is an Illinois Person | ||
with a Disability Identification Card, and shall include a | ||
comprehensible designation of the type and classification of | ||
the applicant's disability as set out in Section 4A of this | ||
Act. However, the Secretary of State may provide by rule for | ||
the issuance of Illinois Person with a Disability | ||
Identification Cards without photographs if the applicant has | ||
a bona fide religious objection to being photographed or to | ||
the display of his or her photograph. If the applicant so | ||
requests, the card shall include a description of the | ||
applicant's disability and any information about the | ||
applicant's disability or medical history which the Secretary | ||
determines would be helpful to the applicant in securing | ||
emergency medical care. If a mark is used in lieu of a | ||
signature, such mark shall be affixed to the card in the |
presence of two witnesses who attest to the authenticity of | ||
the mark. The Illinois Person with a Disability Identification | ||
Card may be used for identification purposes in any lawful | ||
situation by the person to whom it was issued. | ||
The Illinois Person with a Disability Identification Card | ||
may be used as adequate documentation of disability in lieu of | ||
a physician's determination of disability, a determination of | ||
disability from a physician assistant, a determination of | ||
disability from an advanced practice registered nurse, or any | ||
other documentation of disability whenever any State law | ||
requires that a person with a disability provide such | ||
documentation of disability, however an Illinois Person with a | ||
Disability Identification Card shall not qualify the | ||
cardholder to participate in any program or to receive any | ||
benefit which is not available to all persons with like | ||
disabilities. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, an | ||
Illinois Person with a Disability Identification Card, or | ||
evidence that the Secretary of State has issued an Illinois | ||
Person with a Disability Identification Card, shall not be | ||
used by any person other than the person named on such card to | ||
prove that the person named on such card is a person with a | ||
disability or for any other purpose unless the card is used for | ||
the benefit of the person named on such card, and the person | ||
named on such card consents to such use at the time the card is | ||
so used. | ||
An optometrist's determination of a visual disability |
under Section 4A of this Act is acceptable as documentation | ||
for the purpose of issuing an Illinois Person with a | ||
Disability Identification Card. | ||
When medical information is contained on an Illinois | ||
Person with a Disability Identification Card, the Office of | ||
the Secretary of State shall not be liable for any actions | ||
taken based upon that medical information. | ||
(c) The Secretary of State shall provide that each | ||
original or renewal Illinois Identification Card or Illinois | ||
Person with a Disability Identification Card issued to a | ||
person under the age of 21 shall be of a distinct nature from | ||
those Illinois Identification Cards or Illinois Person with a | ||
Disability Identification Cards issued to individuals 21 years | ||
of age or older. The color designated for Illinois | ||
Identification Cards or Illinois Person with a Disability | ||
Identification Cards for persons under the age of 21 shall be | ||
at the discretion of the Secretary of State. | ||
(c-1) Each original or renewal Illinois Identification | ||
Card or Illinois Person with a Disability Identification Card | ||
issued to a person under the age of 21 shall display the date | ||
upon which the person becomes 18 years of age and the date upon | ||
which the person becomes 21 years of age. | ||
(c-3) The General Assembly recognizes the need to identify | ||
military veterans living in this State for the purpose of | ||
ensuring that they receive all of the services and benefits to | ||
which they are legally entitled, including healthcare, |
education assistance, and job placement. To assist the State | ||
in identifying these veterans and delivering these vital | ||
services and benefits, the Secretary of State is authorized to | ||
issue Illinois Identification Cards and Illinois Person with a | ||
Disability Identification Cards with the word "veteran" | ||
appearing on the face of the cards. This authorization is | ||
predicated on the unique status of veterans. The Secretary may | ||
not issue any other identification card which identifies an | ||
occupation, status, affiliation, hobby, or other unique | ||
characteristics of the identification card holder which is | ||
unrelated to the purpose of the identification card. | ||
(c-5) Beginning on or before July 1, 2015, the Secretary | ||
of State shall designate a space on each original or renewal | ||
identification card where, at the request of the applicant, | ||
the word "veteran" shall be placed. The veteran designation | ||
shall be available to a person identified as a veteran under | ||
subsection (b) of Section 5 of this Act who was discharged or | ||
separated under honorable conditions. | ||
(d) The Secretary of State may issue a Senior Citizen | ||
discount card, to any natural person who is a resident of the | ||
State of Illinois who is 60 years of age or older and who | ||
applies for such a card or renewal thereof. The Secretary of | ||
State shall charge no fee to issue such card. The card shall be | ||
issued in every county and applications shall be made | ||
available at, but not limited to, nutrition sites, senior | ||
citizen centers and Area Agencies on Aging. The applicant, |
upon receipt of such card and prior to its use for any purpose, | ||
shall have affixed thereon in the space provided therefor his | ||
signature or mark. | ||
(e) The Secretary of State, in his or her discretion, may | ||
designate on each Illinois Identification Card or Illinois | ||
Person with a Disability Identification Card a space where the | ||
card holder may place a sticker or decal, issued by the | ||
Secretary of State, of uniform size as the Secretary may | ||
specify, that shall indicate in appropriate language that the | ||
card holder has renewed his or her Illinois Identification | ||
Card or Illinois Person with a Disability Identification Card. | ||
(Source: P.A. 102-299, eff. 8-6-21; 103-345, eff. 1-1-24.) | ||
(Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 103-210 ) | ||
Sec. 4. Identification card. | ||
(a) The Secretary of State shall issue a standard Illinois | ||
Identification Card to any natural person who is a resident of | ||
the State of Illinois who applies for such card, or renewal | ||
thereof. No identification card shall be issued to any person | ||
who holds a valid foreign state identification card, license, | ||
or permit unless the person first surrenders to the Secretary | ||
of State the valid foreign state identification card, license, | ||
or permit. The card shall be prepared and supplied by the | ||
Secretary of State and shall include a photograph and | ||
signature or mark of the applicant. However, the Secretary of | ||
State may provide by rule for the issuance of Illinois |
Identification Cards without photographs if the applicant has | ||
a bona fide religious objection to being photographed or to | ||
the display of his or her photograph. The Illinois | ||
Identification Card may be used for identification purposes in | ||
any lawful situation only by the person to whom it was issued. | ||
As used in this Act, "photograph" means any color photograph | ||
or digitally produced and captured image of an applicant for | ||
an identification card. As used in this Act, "signature" means | ||
the name of a person as written by that person and captured in | ||
a manner acceptable to the Secretary of State. | ||
(a-5) If an applicant for an identification card has a | ||
current driver's license or instruction permit issued by the | ||
Secretary of State, the Secretary may require the applicant to | ||
utilize the same residence address and name on the | ||
identification card, driver's license, and instruction permit | ||
records maintained by the Secretary. The Secretary may | ||
promulgate rules to implement this provision. | ||
(a-10) If the applicant is a judicial officer as defined | ||
in Section 1-10 of the Judicial Privacy Act or a peace officer, | ||
the applicant may elect to have his or her office or work | ||
address listed on the card instead of the applicant's | ||
residence or mailing address. The Secretary may promulgate | ||
rules to implement this provision. For the purposes of this | ||
subsection (a-10), "peace officer" means any person who by | ||
virtue of his or her office or public employment is vested by | ||
law with a duty to maintain public order or to make arrests for |
a violation of any penal statute of this State, whether that | ||
duty extends to all violations or is limited to specific | ||
violations. | ||
(a-15) The Secretary of State may provide for an expedited | ||
process for the issuance of an Illinois Identification Card. | ||
The Secretary shall charge an additional fee for the expedited | ||
issuance of an Illinois Identification Card, to be set by | ||
rule, not to exceed $75. All fees collected by the Secretary | ||
for expedited Illinois Identification Card service shall be | ||
deposited into the Secretary of State Special Services Fund. | ||
The Secretary may adopt rules regarding the eligibility, | ||
process, and fee for an expedited Illinois Identification | ||
Card. If the Secretary of State determines that the volume of | ||
expedited identification card requests received on a given day | ||
exceeds the ability of the Secretary to process those requests | ||
in an expedited manner, the Secretary may decline to provide | ||
expedited services, and the additional fee for the expedited | ||
service shall be refunded to the applicant. | ||
(a-20) The Secretary of State shall issue a standard | ||
Illinois Identification Card to a person committed to the | ||
Department of Corrections , the or Department of Juvenile | ||
Justice , a Federal Bureau of Prisons facility located in | ||
Illinois, or a county jail or county department of corrections | ||
as follows: upon receipt of the person's birth certificate, | ||
social security card, photograph, proof of residency upon | ||
discharge, and an identification card application transferred |
via a secure method as agreed upon by the Secretary and the | ||
Department of Corrections or Department of Juvenile Justice, | ||
if the person has a social security number,. Illinois | ||
residency shall be established by submission of a Secretary of | ||
State prescribed Identification Card verification form | ||
completed by the respective Department. | ||
(1) A committed person who has previously held an | ||
Illinois Identification Card or an Illinois driver's | ||
license shall submit an Identification Card verification | ||
form to the Secretary of State, including a photograph | ||
taken by the correctional facility, proof of residency | ||
upon discharge, and a social security number, if the | ||
committed person has a social security number. If the | ||
committed person does not have a social security number | ||
and is eligible for a social security number, the | ||
Secretary of State shall not issue a standard Illinois | ||
Identification Card until the committed person obtains a | ||
social security number. If the committed person's | ||
photograph and demographic information matches an existing | ||
Illinois Identification Card or Illinois driver's license | ||
and the Secretary of State verifies the applicant's social | ||
security number with the Social Security Administration, | ||
the Secretary of State shall issue the committed person a | ||
standard Illinois Identification Card. If the photograph | ||
or demographic information matches an existing Illinois | ||
Identification Card or Illinois driver's license in |
another person's name or identity, a standard Illinois | ||
Identification Card shall not be issued until the | ||
committed person submits a certified birth certificate and | ||
social security card to the Secretary of State and the | ||
Secretary of State verifies the identity of the committed | ||
person. If the Secretary of State cannot find a match to an | ||
existing Illinois Identification Card or Illinois driver's | ||
license, the committed person may apply for a standard | ||
Illinois Identification card as described in paragraph | ||
(2). | ||
(2) A committed person who has not previously held an | ||
Illinois Identification Card or Illinois driver's license | ||
or for whom a match cannot be found as described in | ||
paragraph (1) shall submit an Illinois Identification Card | ||
verification form, including a photograph taken by the | ||
correctional facility, a certified birth certificate, | ||
proof of residency upon discharge, and a social security | ||
number, if the committed has a social security number. If | ||
the committed person does not have a social security | ||
number and is eligible for a social security number, the | ||
Secretary of State shall not issue a standard Illinois | ||
Identification Card until the committed person obtains a | ||
social security number. If the Secretary of State verifies | ||
the applicant's social security number with the Social | ||
Security Administration, the Secretary of State shall | ||
issue the committed person a standard Illinois |
Identification Card. | ||
The Illinois Identification Card verification form | ||
described in this subsection shall be prescribed by the | ||
Secretary State. The Secretary of State and correctional | ||
facilities in this State shall establish a secure method to | ||
transfer the form. | ||
(a-25) The Secretary of State shall issue a limited-term | ||
Illinois Identification Card valid for 90 days to a committed | ||
person upon release on parole, mandatory supervised release, | ||
aftercare release, final discharge, or pardon from the | ||
Department of Corrections , the or Department of Juvenile | ||
Justice , a Federal Bureau of Prisons facility located in | ||
Illinois, or a county jail or county department of | ||
corrections , if the released person does not obtain a standard | ||
Illinois Identification Card as described in subsection (a-20) | ||
prior to release is unable to present a certified copy of his | ||
or her birth certificate and social security card, if the | ||
person has a social security number, or other documents | ||
authorized by the Secretary, but does present a Secretary of | ||
State prescribed Identification Card verification form | ||
completed by the correctional facility Department of | ||
Corrections or Department of Juvenile Justice , verifying the | ||
released person's date of birth, social security number, if | ||
the person has a social security number, and his or her | ||
Illinois residence address. The verification form must have | ||
been completed no more than 30 days prior to the date of |
application for the Illinois Identification Card. | ||
Prior to the expiration of the 90-day period of the | ||
limited-term Illinois Identification Card, if the released | ||
person submits to the Secretary of State a certified copy of | ||
his or her birth certificate and his or her social security | ||
card, if the person has a social security number, or other | ||
documents authorized by the Secretary, a standard Illinois | ||
Identification Card shall be issued. A limited-term Illinois | ||
Identification Card may not be renewed. | ||
This subsection shall not apply to a released person who | ||
was unable to obtain a standard Illinois Identification Card | ||
because his or her photograph or demographic information | ||
matched an existing Illinois Identification Card or Illinois | ||
driver's license in another person's name or identity or to a | ||
released person who does not have a social security number and | ||
is eligible for a social security number. | ||
(a-30) The Secretary of State shall issue a standard | ||
Illinois Identification Card to a person upon conditional | ||
release or absolute discharge from the custody of the | ||
Department of Human Services, if the person presents a | ||
certified copy of his or her birth certificate, social | ||
security card, if the person has a social security number, or | ||
other documents authorized by the Secretary, and a document | ||
proving his or her Illinois residence address. The Secretary | ||
of State shall issue a standard Illinois Identification Card | ||
to a person prior to his or her conditional release or absolute |
discharge if personnel from the Department of Human Services | ||
bring the person to a Secretary of State location with the | ||
required documents. Documents proving residence address may | ||
include any official document of the Department of Human | ||
Services showing the person's address after release and a | ||
Secretary of State prescribed verification form, which may be | ||
executed by personnel of the Department of Human Services. | ||
(a-35) The Secretary of State shall issue a limited-term | ||
Illinois Identification Card valid for 90 days to a person | ||
upon conditional release or absolute discharge from the | ||
custody of the Department of Human Services, if the person is | ||
unable to present a certified copy of his or her birth | ||
certificate and social security card, if the person has a | ||
social security number, or other documents authorized by the | ||
Secretary, but does present a Secretary of State prescribed | ||
verification form completed by the Department of Human | ||
Services, verifying the person's date of birth and social | ||
security number, if the person has a social security number, | ||
and a document proving his or her Illinois residence address. | ||
The verification form must have been completed no more than 30 | ||
days prior to the date of application for the Illinois | ||
Identification Card. The Secretary of State shall issue a | ||
limited-term Illinois Identification Card to a person no | ||
sooner than 14 days prior to his or her conditional release or | ||
absolute discharge if personnel from the Department of Human | ||
Services bring the person to a Secretary of State location |
with the required documents. Documents proving residence | ||
address shall include any official document of the Department | ||
of Human Services showing the person's address after release | ||
and a Secretary of State prescribed verification form, which | ||
may be executed by personnel of the Department of Human | ||
Services. | ||
(b) The Secretary of State shall issue a special Illinois | ||
Identification Card, which shall be known as an Illinois | ||
Person with a Disability Identification Card, to any natural | ||
person who is a resident of the State of Illinois, who is a | ||
person with a disability as defined in Section 4A of this Act, | ||
who applies for such card, or renewal thereof. No Illinois | ||
Person with a Disability Identification Card shall be issued | ||
to any person who holds a valid foreign state identification | ||
card, license, or permit unless the person first surrenders to | ||
the Secretary of State the valid foreign state identification | ||
card, license, or permit. The Secretary of State shall charge | ||
no fee to issue such card. The card shall be prepared and | ||
supplied by the Secretary of State, and shall include a | ||
photograph and signature or mark of the applicant, a | ||
designation indicating that the card is an Illinois Person | ||
with a Disability Identification Card, and shall include a | ||
comprehensible designation of the type and classification of | ||
the applicant's disability as set out in Section 4A of this | ||
Act. However, the Secretary of State may provide by rule for | ||
the issuance of Illinois Person with a Disability |
Identification Cards without photographs if the applicant has | ||
a bona fide religious objection to being photographed or to | ||
the display of his or her photograph. If the applicant so | ||
requests, the card shall include a description of the | ||
applicant's disability and any information about the | ||
applicant's disability or medical history which the Secretary | ||
determines would be helpful to the applicant in securing | ||
emergency medical care. If a mark is used in lieu of a | ||
signature, such mark shall be affixed to the card in the | ||
presence of two witnesses who attest to the authenticity of | ||
the mark. The Illinois Person with a Disability Identification | ||
Card may be used for identification purposes in any lawful | ||
situation by the person to whom it was issued. | ||
The Illinois Person with a Disability Identification Card | ||
may be used as adequate documentation of disability in lieu of | ||
a physician's determination of disability, a determination of | ||
disability from a physician assistant, a determination of | ||
disability from an advanced practice registered nurse, or any | ||
other documentation of disability whenever any State law | ||
requires that a person with a disability provide such | ||
documentation of disability, however an Illinois Person with a | ||
Disability Identification Card shall not qualify the | ||
cardholder to participate in any program or to receive any | ||
benefit which is not available to all persons with like | ||
disabilities. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, an | ||
Illinois Person with a Disability Identification Card, or |
evidence that the Secretary of State has issued an Illinois | ||
Person with a Disability Identification Card, shall not be | ||
used by any person other than the person named on such card to | ||
prove that the person named on such card is a person with a | ||
disability or for any other purpose unless the card is used for | ||
the benefit of the person named on such card, and the person | ||
named on such card consents to such use at the time the card is | ||
so used. | ||
An optometrist's determination of a visual disability | ||
under Section 4A of this Act is acceptable as documentation | ||
for the purpose of issuing an Illinois Person with a | ||
Disability Identification Card. | ||
When medical information is contained on an Illinois | ||
Person with a Disability Identification Card, the Office of | ||
the Secretary of State shall not be liable for any actions | ||
taken based upon that medical information. | ||
(c) The Secretary of State shall provide that each | ||
original or renewal Illinois Identification Card or Illinois | ||
Person with a Disability Identification Card issued to a | ||
person under the age of 21 shall be of a distinct nature from | ||
those Illinois Identification Cards or Illinois Person with a | ||
Disability Identification Cards issued to individuals 21 years | ||
of age or older. The color designated for Illinois | ||
Identification Cards or Illinois Person with a Disability | ||
Identification Cards for persons under the age of 21 shall be | ||
at the discretion of the Secretary of State. |
(c-1) Each original or renewal Illinois Identification | ||
Card or Illinois Person with a Disability Identification Card | ||
issued to a person under the age of 21 shall display the date | ||
upon which the person becomes 18 years of age and the date upon | ||
which the person becomes 21 years of age. | ||
(c-3) The General Assembly recognizes the need to identify | ||
military veterans living in this State for the purpose of | ||
ensuring that they receive all of the services and benefits to | ||
which they are legally entitled, including healthcare, | ||
education assistance, and job placement. To assist the State | ||
in identifying these veterans and delivering these vital | ||
services and benefits, the Secretary of State is authorized to | ||
issue Illinois Identification Cards and Illinois Person with a | ||
Disability Identification Cards with the word "veteran" | ||
appearing on the face of the cards. This authorization is | ||
predicated on the unique status of veterans. The Secretary may | ||
not issue any other identification card which identifies an | ||
occupation, status, affiliation, hobby, or other unique | ||
characteristics of the identification card holder which is | ||
unrelated to the purpose of the identification card. | ||
(c-5) Beginning on or before July 1, 2015, the Secretary | ||
of State shall designate a space on each original or renewal | ||
identification card where, at the request of the applicant, | ||
the word "veteran" shall be placed. The veteran designation | ||
shall be available to a person identified as a veteran under | ||
subsection (b) of Section 5 of this Act who was discharged or |
separated under honorable conditions. | ||
(d) The Secretary of State may issue a Senior Citizen | ||
discount card, to any natural person who is a resident of the | ||
State of Illinois who is 60 years of age or older and who | ||
applies for such a card or renewal thereof. The Secretary of | ||
State shall charge no fee to issue such card. The card shall be | ||
issued in every county and applications shall be made | ||
available at, but not limited to, nutrition sites, senior | ||
citizen centers and Area Agencies on Aging. The applicant, | ||
upon receipt of such card and prior to its use for any purpose, | ||
shall have affixed thereon in the space provided therefor his | ||
signature or mark. | ||
(e) The Secretary of State, in his or her discretion, may | ||
designate on each Illinois Identification Card or Illinois | ||
Person with a Disability Identification Card a space where the | ||
card holder may place a sticker or decal, issued by the | ||
Secretary of State, of uniform size as the Secretary may | ||
specify, that shall indicate in appropriate language that the | ||
card holder has renewed his or her Illinois Identification | ||
Card or Illinois Person with a Disability Identification Card. | ||
(Source: P.A. 102-299, eff. 8-6-21; 103-210, eff. 7-1-24; | ||
103-345, eff. 1-1-24; revised 12-12-23.) | ||
(15 ILCS 335/12) (from Ch. 124, par. 32) | ||
Sec. 12. Fees concerning standard Illinois Identification | ||
Cards. The fees required under this Act for standard Illinois |
Identification Cards must accompany any application provided | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
for in this Act, and the Secretary shall collect such fees as | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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All fees collected under this Act shall be paid into the | ||||||||||||||||||||
Road Fund of the State treasury, except that the following | ||||||||||||||||||||
amounts shall be paid into the General Revenue Fund: (i) 80% of | ||||||||||||||||||||
the fee for an original, renewal, or duplicate Illinois | ||||||||||||||||||||
Identification Card issued on or after January 1, 2005; and | ||||||||||||||||||||
(ii) 80% of the fee for a corrected Illinois Identification | ||||||||||||||||||||
Card issued on or after January 1, 2005. | ||||||||||||||||||||
An individual, who resides in a veterans home or veterans | ||||||||||||||||||||
hospital operated by the State or federal government, who | ||||||||||||||||||||
makes an application for an Illinois Identification Card to be | ||||||||||||||||||||
issued at no fee, must submit, along with the application, an | ||||||||||||||||||||
affirmation by the applicant on a form provided by the | ||||||||||||||||||||
Secretary of State, that such person resides in a veterans | ||||||||||||||||||||
home or veterans hospital operated by the State or federal | ||||||||||||||||||||
government. | ||||||||||||||||||||
The application of a homeless individual for an Illinois | ||||||||||||||||||||
Identification Card to be issued at no fee must be accompanied |
by an affirmation by a qualified person, as defined in Section | ||
4C of this Act, on a form provided by the Secretary of State, | ||
that the applicant is currently homeless as defined in Section | ||
1A of this Act. | ||
For the application for the first Illinois Identification | ||
Card of a youth for whom the Department of Children and Family | ||
Services is legally responsible or a foster child to be issued | ||
at no fee, the youth must submit, along with the application, | ||
an affirmation by his or her court appointed attorney or an | ||
employee of the Department of Children and Family Services on | ||
a form provided by the Secretary of State, that the person is a | ||
youth for whom the Department of Children and Family Services | ||
is legally responsible or a foster child. | ||
The fee for any duplicate identification card shall be | ||
waived for any person who presents the Secretary of State's | ||
Office with a police report showing that his or her | ||
identification card was stolen. | ||
The fee for any duplicate identification card shall be | ||
waived for any person age 60 or older whose identification | ||
card has been lost or stolen. | ||
As used in this Section, "active-duty member of the United | ||
States Armed Forces" means a member of the Armed Services or | ||
Reserve Forces of the United States or a member of the Illinois | ||
National Guard who is called to active duty pursuant to an | ||
executive order of the President of the United States, an act | ||
of the Congress of the United States, or an order of the |
Governor. | ||
(Source: P.A. 100-201, eff. 8-18-17; 100-717, eff. 7-1-19; | ||
100-827, eff. 8-13-18; 101-81, eff. 7-12-19; 101-232, eff. | ||
1-1-20 .) | ||
Section 95. No acceleration or delay. Where this Act makes | ||
changes in a statute that is represented in this Act by text | ||
that is not yet or no longer in effect (for example, a Section | ||
represented by multiple versions), the use of that text does | ||
not accelerate or delay the taking effect of (i) the changes | ||
made by this Act or (ii) provisions derived from any other | ||
Public Act. | ||
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||
becoming law. |