Bill Text: IL HB0446 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Identification Card Act. Requires the Secretary of State to affix the signature or mark of the applicant for standard Illinois Identification Cards and Illinois Disabled Person Identification Cards, rather than requiring each applicant to affix his or her signature to the card upon receipt and prior to its use for any purpose.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2009-08-07 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0146 [HB0446 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2009-HB0446-Enrolled.html

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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 Section 4 as follows:
(15 ILCS 335/4) (from Ch. 124, par. 24)
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, or who applies for a standard Illinois Identification
Card upon release as a committed person on parole, mandatory
supervised release, final discharge, or pardon from the
Department of Corrections by submitting an identification card
issued by the Department of Corrections under Section 3-14-1 of
the Unified Code of Corrections, together with the prescribed
fees. 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. The applicant, upon receipt of a card

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and prior to its use for any purpose, shall affix his signature
thereon in the space provided therefor. 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.
(b) The Secretary of State shall issue a special Illinois
Identification Card, which shall be known as an Illinois
Disabled Person Identification Card, to any natural person who
is a resident of the State of Illinois, who is a disabled
person as defined in Section 4A of this Act, who applies for
such card, or renewal thereof. No Disabled Person
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 Disabled Person Identification
Card, and shall include a comprehensible designation of the
type and classification of the applicant's disability as set

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out in Section 4A of this Act. 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. The applicant, upon receipt of such a card and prior to
its use for any purpose, shall have affixed thereon in the
space provided therefor his signature or mark. 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 Disabled Person
Identification Card may be used for identification purposes in
any lawful situation by the person to whom it was issued.
The Illinois Disabled Person 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 who has been delegated
the authority to make this determination by his or her
supervising physician, a determination of disability from an
advanced practice nurse who has a written collaborative
agreement with a collaborating physician that authorizes the
advanced practice nurse to make this determination, or any
other documentation of disability whenever any State law
requires that a disabled person provide such documentation of
disability, however an Illinois Disabled Person Identification
Card shall not qualify the cardholder to participate in any

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program or to receive any benefit which is not available to all
persons with like disabilities. Notwithstanding any other
provisions of law, an Illinois Disabled Person Identification
Card, or evidence that the Secretary of State has issued an
Illinois Disabled Person 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 disabled person 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 Disabled Person
Identification Card.
When medical information is contained on an Illinois
Disabled Person Identification Card, the Office of the
Secretary of State shall not be liable for any actions taken
based upon that medical information.
(c) Beginning January 1, 1986, the Secretary of State shall
provide that each original or renewal Illinois Identification
Card or Illinois Disabled Person Identification Card issued to
a person under the age of 21, shall be of a distinct nature
from those Illinois Identification Cards or Illinois Disabled
Person Identification Cards issued to individuals 21 years of
age or older. The color designated for Illinois Identification
Cards or Illinois Disabled Person Identification Cards for

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persons under the age of 21 shall be at the discretion of the
Secretary of State.
(c-1) Beginning January 1, 2003, each original or renewal
Illinois Identification Card or Illinois Disabled Person
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.
(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
Disabled Person 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
Disabled Person Identification Card.

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(Source: P.A. 95-762, eff. 1-1-09; 95-779, eff. 1-1-09; revised
9-5-08.)