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1 | AN ACT concerning transportation.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by changing | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | Section 6-105.1 as follows: | |||||||||||||||||||
6 | (625 ILCS 5/6-105.1) | |||||||||||||||||||
7 | (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 97-1157 )
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8 | Sec. 6-105.1. Temporary visitor's driver's license. | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | (a) The Secretary of State may issue a temporary visitor's | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | driver's license to a foreign national who (i) resides in this | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | State, (ii) is ineligible to obtain a social security number, | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | and (iii) presents to the Secretary documentation, issued by | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | authorizing the person's presence in this country. Each | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | applicant for the temporary visitor's driver's license shall | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | submit fingerprints as required by the Department of State | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | Police to conduct fingerprint based criminal background checks | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | on information available in the State system and information | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | available through the Federal Bureau of Investigation's | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | system. The applicant shall be required to pay all related | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | fingerprinting fees as established by rule including, but not | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | limited to, the amounts established by the Department of State | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | Police and the Federal Bureau of Investigation to process |
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1 | fingerprint based criminal background investigations. All fees | ||||||
2 | paid for fingerprint processing services under this Section | ||||||
3 | shall be deposited into the State Police Services Fund for | ||||||
4 | costs incurred in processing the fingerprint based criminal | ||||||
5 | background investigations. | ||||||
6 | (b) A temporary visitor's driver's license is valid for 3 | ||||||
7 | years, or for the period of time the individual is authorized | ||||||
8 | to remain in this country, whichever ends sooner.
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9 | (c) The Secretary shall adopt rules for implementing this | ||||||
10 | Section, including rules regarding the design and content of | ||||||
11 | the temporary visitor's driver's license.
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12 | (Source: P.A. 93-752, eff. 1-1-05.) | ||||||
13 | (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 97-1157 ) | ||||||
14 | Sec. 6-105.1. Temporary visitor's driver's license. | ||||||
15 | (a) The Secretary of State may issue a temporary visitor's | ||||||
16 | driver's license to a foreign national who (i) resides in this | ||||||
17 | State, (ii) is ineligible to obtain a social security number, | ||||||
18 | and (iii) presents to the Secretary documentation, issued by | ||||||
19 | United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, | ||||||
20 | authorizing the person's presence in this country. | ||||||
21 | (a-5) The Secretary of State may issue a temporary | ||||||
22 | visitor's driver's license to an applicant who (i) has resided | ||||||
23 | in this State for a period in excess of one year, (ii) is | ||||||
24 | ineligible to obtain a social security number, and (iii) is | ||||||
25 | unable to present documentation issued by the United States |
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1 | Citizenship and Immigration Services authorizing the person's | ||||||
2 | presence in this country. Each applicant for the temporary | ||||||
3 | visitor's driver's license shall submit fingerprints as | ||||||
4 | required by the Department of State Police to conduct | ||||||
5 | fingerprint based criminal background checks on information | ||||||
6 | available in the State system and information available through | ||||||
7 | the Federal Bureau of Investigation's system. The applicant | ||||||
8 | shall be required to pay all related fingerprinting fees as | ||||||
9 | established by rule including, but not limited to, the amounts | ||||||
10 | established by the Department of State Police and the Federal | ||||||
11 | Bureau of Investigation to process fingerprint based criminal | ||||||
12 | background investigations. All fees paid for fingerprint | ||||||
13 | processing services under this Section shall be deposited into | ||||||
14 | the State Police Services Fund for costs incurred in processing | ||||||
15 | the fingerprint based criminal background investigations. The | ||||||
16 | applicant shall submit a valid unexpired passport from the | ||||||
17 | applicant's country of citizenship or a valid unexpired | ||||||
18 | consular identification document issued by a consulate of that | ||||||
19 | country as defined in Section 5 of the Consular Identification | ||||||
20 | Document Act (5 ILCS 230/5). | ||||||
21 | (a-10) Applicants for a temporary visitor's driver's | ||||||
22 | license who are under 18 years of age at the time of | ||||||
23 | application shall be subject to the provisions of Sections | ||||||
24 | 6-107 and 6-108 of this Code. | ||||||
25 | (b) A temporary visitor's driver's license issued under | ||||||
26 | subsection (a) is valid for 3 years, or for the period of time |
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1 | the individual is authorized to remain in this country, | ||||||
2 | whichever ends sooner. A temporary visitor's driver's license | ||||||
3 | issued under subsection (a-5) shall be valid for a period of 3 | ||||||
4 | years. | ||||||
5 | (b-5) A temporary visitor's driver's license issued under | ||||||
6 | this Section may not be accepted for proof of the holder's | ||||||
7 | identity. A temporary visitor's driver's license issued under | ||||||
8 | this Section shall contain a notice on its face, in capitalized | ||||||
9 | letters, stating that the temporary visitor's driver's license | ||||||
10 | may not be accepted for proof of identity. | ||||||
11 | (c) The Secretary shall adopt rules for implementing this | ||||||
12 | Section, including rules: | ||||||
13 | (1) regarding the design and content of the temporary | ||||||
14 | visitor's driver's license; | ||||||
15 | (2) establishing criteria for proof of identification | ||||||
16 | and residency of an individual applying under subsection | ||||||
17 | (a-5); | ||||||
18 | (3) designating acceptable evidence that an applicant | ||||||
19 | is not eligible for a social security number; and | ||||||
20 | (4) regarding the issuance of temporary visitor's | ||||||
21 | instruction permits.
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22 | (d) Any person to whom the Secretary of State may issue a | ||||||
23 | temporary visitor's driver's license shall be subject to any | ||||||
24 | and all provisions of this Code and any and all implementing | ||||||
25 | regulations issued by the Secretary of State to the same extent | ||||||
26 | as any person issued a driver's license, unless otherwise |
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1 | provided in this Code or by administrative rule, including but | ||||||
2 | not limited to the examination requirements in Section 6-109 as | ||||||
3 | well as the mandatory insurance requirements and penalties set | ||||||
4 | forth in Article VI of Chapter 7 of this Code. | ||||||
5 | (d-5) A temporary visitor's driver's license is invalid if | ||||||
6 | the holder is unable to provide proof of liability insurance as | ||||||
7 | required by Section 7-601 of this Code upon the request of a | ||||||
8 | law enforcement officer, in which case the holder commits a | ||||||
9 | violation of Section 6-101 of this Code. | ||||||
10 | (e) Temporary visitor's driver's licenses shall be issued | ||||||
11 | from a central location after the Secretary of State has | ||||||
12 | verified the information provided by the applicant. | ||||||
13 | (f) There is created in the State treasury a special fund | ||||||
14 | to be known as the Driver Services Administration Fund. All | ||||||
15 | fees collected for the issuance of temporary visitor's driver's | ||||||
16 | licenses shall be deposited into the Fund. These funds shall, | ||||||
17 | subject to appropriation, be used by the Office of the | ||||||
18 | Secretary of State for costs related to the issuance of | ||||||
19 | temporary visitor's driver's licenses, and other operational | ||||||
20 | costs, including personnel, facilities, computer programming, | ||||||
21 | and data transmission. | ||||||
22 | (Source: P.A. 97-1157, eff. 11-28-13.) | ||||||
23 | Section 95. No acceleration or delay. Where this Act makes | ||||||
24 | changes in a statute that is represented in this Act by text | ||||||
25 | that is not yet or no longer in effect (for example, a Section |
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1 | represented by multiple versions), the use of that text does | ||||||
2 | not accelerate or delay the taking effect of (i) the changes | ||||||
3 | made by this Act or (ii) provisions derived from any other | ||||||
4 | Public Act.
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5 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
6 | becoming law.
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