Bill Text: IL HB4682 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Identification Card Act. Provides that the Secretary of State shall, subject to appropriation, develop and implement a program to provide a first Illinois Identification Card without cost, during school enrollment, to any child age 12 through 17 who is a resident of the State and is otherwise eligible for an Illinois Identification Card under the Act. Authorizes the Secretary of State to adopt rules necessary to implement the program. Specifies that no fee is to be charged for a first Illinois Identification Card issued to a child through the program. Effective June 1, 2024.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-02-06 - Referred to Rules Committee [HB4682 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-HB4682-Introduced.html

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB4682 Introduced , by Rep. Cyril Nichols SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
15 ILCS 335/2 from Ch. 124, par. 22
15 ILCS 335/12 from Ch. 124, par. 32
Amends the Illinois Identification Card Act. Provides that the Secretary of State shall, subject to appropriation, develop and implement a program to provide a first Illinois Identification Card without cost, during school enrollment, to any child age 12 through 17 who is a resident of the State and is otherwise eligible for an Illinois Identification Card under the Act. Authorizes the Secretary of State to adopt rules necessary to implement the program. Specifies that no fee is to be charged for a first Illinois Identification Card issued to a child through the program. Effective June 1, 2024.
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A BILL FOR
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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 2 and 12 as follows:
(15 ILCS 335/2) (from Ch. 124, par. 22)
Sec. 2. Administration and powers and duties of the
Administrator.
(a) The Secretary of State is the Administrator of this
Act, and he is charged with the duty of observing,
administering and enforcing the provisions of this Act.
(b) The Secretary is vested with the powers and duties for
the proper administration of this Act as follows:
1. He shall organize the administration of this Act as
he may deem necessary and appoint such subordinate
officers, clerks and other employees as may be necessary.
2. From time to time, he may make, amend or rescind
rules and regulations as may be in the public interest to
implement the Act.
3. He may prescribe or provide suitable forms as
necessary, including such forms as are necessary to
establish that an applicant for an Illinois Person with a
Disability Identification Card is a "person with a

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disability" as defined in Section 4A of this Act, and
establish that an applicant for a State identification
card is a "homeless person" as defined in Section 1A of
this Act.
4. He may prepare under the seal of the Secretary of
State certified copies of any records utilized under this
Act and any such certified copy shall be admissible in any
proceeding in any court in like manner as the original
thereof.
5. Records compiled under this Act shall be maintained
for 6 years, but the Secretary may destroy such records
with the prior approval of the State Records Commission.
6. He shall examine and determine the genuineness,
regularity and legality of every application filed with
him under this Act, and he may in all cases investigate the
same, require additional information or proof or
documentation from any applicant.
7. He shall require the payment of all fees prescribed
in this Act, and all such fees received by him shall be
placed in the Road Fund of the State treasury except as
otherwise provided in Section 12 of this Act. Whenever any
application to the Secretary for an identification card
under this Act is accompanied by any fee, as required by
law, and the application is denied after a review of
eligibility, which may include facial recognition
comparison, the applicant shall not be entitled to a

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refund of any fees paid.
8. Beginning July 1, 2017, he shall refuse to issue a
REAL ID compliant identification card under this Act to
any person who has been issued a REAL ID compliant
driver's license under the Illinois Vehicle Code. Any such
person may, at his or her discretion, surrender the REAL
ID compliant driver's license in order to become eligible
to obtain a REAL ID compliant identification card.
9. The Secretary may issue both REAL ID compliant
identification cards and non-compliant identification
cards, and may permit applicants to designate which type
of identification card they wish to receive. All
provisions of this Act applicable to non-compliant
identification cards shall also apply to REAL ID compliant
identification cards, except where the provisions are
inconsistent with the REAL ID Act and implementing
regulations. The Secretary shall establish by rule the
date on which issuance of REAL ID compliant identification
cards will begin.
10. Subject to appropriation, the Secretary of State,
as Administrator of this Act, shall develop and implement
a program to provide a first Illinois Identification Card
without cost, during school enrollment, to any child age
12 through 17 who is a resident of this State and is
otherwise eligible for an Illinois Identification Card
under this Act. The Secretary of State may adopt rules

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necessary to implement this program.
(Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15; 99-305, eff. 1-1-16;
99-511, eff. 1-1-17; 99-642, eff. 7-28-16; 100-248, eff.
8-22-17.)
(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
follows:
a. Original card............................... $20
b. Renewal card................................ 20
c. Corrected card.............................. 10
d. Duplicate card.............................. 20
e. Certified copy with seal ................... 5
f. (Blank)
g. Applicant 65 years of age or over .......... No Fee
h. (Blank)
i. Individual living in Veterans
Home or Hospital ........................... No Fee
j. Original card under 18 years of age.......... $5
k. Renewal card under 18 years of age........... $5
l. Corrected card under 18 years of age......... $5
m. Duplicate card under 18 years of age......... $5
n. Homeless person.............................. No Fee

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o. Duplicate card issued to an active-duty
member of the United States Armed Forces,
the member's spouse, or dependent children
living with the member...................... No Fee
p. Duplicate temporary card..................... $5
q. First card issued to a youth
for whom the Department of Children
and Family Services is legally responsible
or a foster child upon turning the age of
16 years old until he or she reaches
the age of 21 years old..................... No Fee
r. Original card issued to a committed
person upon release on parole,
mandatory supervised release,
aftercare release, final
discharge, or pardon from the
Department of Corrections or
Department of Juvenile Justice.............. No Fee
s. Limited-term Illinois Identification
Card issued to a committed person
upon release on parole, mandatory
supervised release, aftercare
release, final discharge, or pardon
from the Department of
Corrections or Department of
Juvenile Justice............................ No Fee

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t. Original card issued to a
person up to 14 days prior
to or upon conditional release
or absolute discharge from
the Department of Human Services............ No Fee
u. Limited-term Illinois Identification
Card issued to a person up to
14 days prior to or upon
conditional release or absolute discharge
from the Department of Human Services....... No Fee
v. First card issued to an eligible child
through the program established
by the Secretary of State
under paragraph 10 of subsection (b)
of Section 2................................ No Fee
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

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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.

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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 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect June 1,
2024.