a) The Secretary of State shall maintain a file on or contract to file all photographs and signatures obtained in the process of issuing a driver’s license, permit, or identification card. Except as otherwise provided in this Section, the photographs and signatures shall be confidential and shall not be disclosed except to the following persons:
         (1) the individual upon written request;

Terms Used In Illinois Compiled Statutes 625 ILCS 5/6-110.1

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • individual: shall include every infant member of the species homo sapiens who is born alive at any stage of development. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 5 ILCS 70/1.36
  • State: when applied to different parts of the United States, may be construed to include the District of Columbia and the several territories, and the words "United States" may be construed to include the said district and territories. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 5 ILCS 70/1.14

         (2) officers and employees of the Secretary of State
    
who have a need to have access to the stored images for purposes of issuing and controlling driver’s licenses, permits, or identification cards and investigation of fraud or misconduct;
        (3) law enforcement officials for a civil or criminal
    
law enforcement investigation;
        (3-5) the State Board of Elections for the sole
    
purpose of providing the signatures required by a local election authority to register a voter through an online voter registration system;
        (3-10) officers and employees of the Secretary of
    
State who have a need to have access to the stored images for purposes of issuing and controlling notary public commissions and for the purpose of providing the signatures required to process online applications for appointment and commission as notaries public; or
        (4) other entities that the Secretary may authorize
    
by rule.
    (b) The Secretary of State shall not provide facial recognition search services or photographs obtained in the process of issuing a driver’s license or permit to any federal, State, or local law enforcement agency or other governmental entity for the purpose of enforcing federal immigration laws. This subsection shall not apply to requests from federal, State, or local law enforcement agencies or other governmental entities for facial recognition search services or photographs obtained in the process of issuing a driver’s license or permit when the purpose of the request relates to criminal activity other than violations of immigration laws.
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