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1    AN ACT concerning courts.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
4    Section 5. The Attorney Act is amended  by changing Section 
52 as follows:
 



6    (705 ILCS 205/2)  (from Ch. 13, par. 2)



7    Sec. 2. Licensing of noncitizens. 
8    (a) No person shall be prohibited from receiving a license 
9solely because he or she is not a citizen of the United States 
10entitled to receive a license as aforesaid
unless he is a 
11citizen of the United States or unless he has made a

12declaration of intention to become a citizen or unless, having 
13made such
declaration of intention, he has filed a petition for 
14naturalization within
thirty days after becoming eligible to do 
15so and until he shall have
obtained a certificate of his good 
16moral character from a circuit court.

17    (b) The Supreme Court of this State may grant a license to 
18a person who, in addition to fulfilling the requirements to 
19practice law within this State, satisfies the following 
20requirements:
21        (1) the United States Department of Homeland Security 
22    has approved the person's request for  Deferred Action for 
23    Childhood Arrivals;
 
 
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1        (2) the person's Deferred Action for Childhood 
2    Arrivals has not expired or has been properly renewed; and
3        (3) the person has a current and valid employment 
4    authorization document issued by the United States 
5    Citizenship and Immigration Service.
6    The General Assembly finds and declares that this 
7subsection (b) is a state law within the meaning of subsection 
8(d) of Section 1621 of Title 8 of the United States Code.
9    (c)  The Illinois Supreme Court may promulgate any orders or 
10rules necessary to implement this amendatory Act of the 99th 
11General Assembly.
12(Source: P.A. 79-1361.)