HB3153ham001 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Rep. Jim Durkin

Filed: 3/13/2013

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3153

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 3153 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the following:

"Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by changing Section 6-105.1 as follows:

(625 ILCS 5/6-105.1)

(Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 97-1157)

Sec. 6-105.1. Temporary visitor's driver's license.

(a) The Secretary of State may issue a temporary visitor's driver's license to a foreign national who (i) resides in this State, (ii) is ineligible to obtain a social security number, and (iii) presents to the Secretary documentation, issued by United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, authorizing the person's presence in this country.

(b) A temporary visitor's driver's license is valid for 3 years, or for the period of time the individual is authorized to remain in this country, whichever ends sooner.

(c) The Secretary shall adopt rules for implementing this Section, including rules regarding the design and content of the temporary visitor's driver's license.

(Source: P.A. 93-752, eff. 1-1-05.)

(Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 97-1157)

Sec. 6-105.1. Temporary visitor's driver's license.

(a) The Secretary of State may issue a temporary visitor's driver's license to a foreign national who (i) resides in this State, (ii) is ineligible to obtain a social security number, and (iii) presents to the Secretary documentation, issued by United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, authorizing the person's presence in this country.

(a-5) The Secretary of State may issue a temporary visitor's driver's license to an applicant who (i) has resided in this State for a period in excess of one year, (ii) is ineligible to obtain a social security number, and (iii) is unable to present documentation issued by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services authorizing the person's presence in this country. The applicant shall submit a valid unexpired passport from the applicant's country of citizenship or a valid unexpired consular identification document issued by a consulate of that country as defined in Section 5 of the Consular Identification Document Act (5 ILCS 230/5).

(a-10) Applicants for a temporary visitor's driver's license who are under 18 years of age at the time of application shall be subject to the provisions of Sections 6-107 and 6-108 of this Code.

(a-15) The Secretary of State shall require that each applicant, as part of the application process for a temporary visitor's driver's license, submit his or her fingerprints to the Department of State Police in the form and manner prescribed by the Department of State Police. The fingerprints will be searched against the Illinois State Police and Federal Bureau of Investigation criminal history records databases. The applicant shall be required to pay all related fingerprinting fees as established by rule including, but not limited to, the amounts established by the Department of State Police and the Federal Bureau of Investigation to process fingerprint based criminal background investigations. All fees paid for fingerprint processing services under this Section shall be deposited into the State Police Services Fund for costs incurred in processing the fingerprint based criminal background investigation. The Department of State Police shall provide all conviction information authorized by law or federal statute, now and hereafter filed against the applicant, to the Secretary of State.

(b) A temporary visitor's driver's license issued under subsection (a) is valid for 3 years, or for the period of time the individual is authorized to remain in this country, whichever ends sooner. A temporary visitor's driver's license issued under subsection (a-5) shall be valid for a period of 3 years.

(b-5) A temporary visitor's driver's license issued under this Section may not be accepted for proof of the holder's identity. A temporary visitor's driver's license issued under this Section shall contain a notice on its face, in capitalized letters, stating that the temporary visitor's driver's license may not be accepted for proof of identity.

(c) The Secretary shall adopt rules for implementing this Section, including rules:

(1) regarding the design and content of the temporary visitor's driver's license;

(2) establishing criteria for proof of identification and residency of an individual applying under subsection (a-5);

(3) designating acceptable evidence that an applicant is not eligible for a social security number; and

(4) regarding the issuance of temporary visitor's instruction permits.

(d) Any person to whom the Secretary of State may issue a temporary visitor's driver's license shall be subject to any and all provisions of this Code and any and all implementing regulations issued by the Secretary of State to the same extent as any person issued a driver's license, unless otherwise provided in this Code or by administrative rule, including but not limited to the examination requirements in Section 6-109 as well as the mandatory insurance requirements and penalties set forth in Article VI of Chapter 7 of this Code.

(d-5) A temporary visitor's driver's license is invalid if the holder is unable to provide proof of liability insurance as required by Section 7-601 of this Code upon the request of a law enforcement officer, in which case the holder commits a violation of Section 6-101 of this Code.

(e) Temporary visitor's driver's licenses shall be issued from a central location after the Secretary of State has verified the information provided by the applicant.

(f) There is created in the State treasury a special fund to be known as the Driver Services Administration Fund. All fees collected for the issuance of temporary visitor's driver's licenses shall be deposited into the Fund. These funds shall, subject to appropriation, be used by the Office of the Secretary of State for costs related to the issuance of temporary visitor's driver's licenses, and other operational costs, including personnel, facilities, computer programming, and data transmission.

(Source: P.A. 97-1157, eff. 11-28-13.)

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 January 1, 2014.".