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 1        AN ACT concerning driver's licenses.

 2        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section 5.  Section 6-106 of the Illinois Vehicle Code is
 5    amended as follows:

 6        (625 ILCS 5/6-106) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 6-106)
 7        Sec.   6-106.  Application  for  license  or  instruction
 8    permit.
 9        (a)  Every  application  for  any   permit   or   license
10    authorized  to  be issued under this Act shall be made upon a
11    form furnished by the Secretary of State.  Every  application
12    shall  be  accompanied  by the proper fee and payment of such
13    fee shall entitle the applicant to not more than  3  attempts
14    to  pass  the examination within a period of 1 year after the
15    date of application.
16        (b)  Every  application  shall  state  the  name,  social
17    security number, zip code, date of birth, sex, and  residence
18    address  of  the  applicant;  briefly describe the applicant;
19    state whether the applicant has theretofore been licensed  as
20    a  driver, and, if so, when and by what state or country, and
21    whether any such license has ever been cancelled,  suspended,
22    revoked  or refused, and, if so, the date and reason for such
23    cancellation,  suspension,  revocation  or   refusal;   shall
24    include  an affirmation by the applicant that all information
25    set forth is true and correct; and shall bear the applicant's
26    signature.   The  application  form  may  also  require   the
27    statement  of  such  additional  relevant  information as the
28    Secretary of State shall  deem  necessary  to  determine  the
29    applicant's  competency  and  eligibility.  The  Secretary of
30    State may in his discretion substitute a federal  tax  number
31    in lieu of a social security number, or he may instead assign
 
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 1    an  additional  distinctive  number in lieu thereof, where an
 2    applicant is prohibited by bona  fide  religious  convictions
 3    from  applying  or  is  exempt  from  applying  for  a social
 4    security number.  The  Secretary  of  State  shall,  however,
 5    determine which religious orders or sects have such bona fide
 6    religious  convictions.  The  Secretary  of State may, in his
 7    discretion,  by  rule  or   regulation,   provide   that   an
 8    application  for  a  drivers  license or permit may include a
 9    suitable photograph of the applicant in the  form  prescribed
10    by  the  Secretary,  and  he  may  further  provide that each
11    drivers license shall include a photograph of the driver. The
12    Secretary of State may utilize a photograph process or system
13    most suitable to deter alteration or improper reproduction of
14    a drivers license and  to  prevent  substitution  of  another
15    photo thereon.
16        However, a documented, legal alien shall be able to bring
17    their  Department  of  Immigration and Naturalization Service
18    documents (I-94, I-551, H4, visas, etc.)  to  demonstrate  to
19    the  Secretary  of  State  that  they  are legal aliens.  The
20    Secretary shall verify the documents with the  Department  of
21    Immigration  and  Naturalization  Service.   If the Secretary
22    verifies  the  legitimacy  of  the  legal  alien's  residency
23    status, the Secretary shall, within six weeks, issue a letter
24    of permission  for  the  legal  alien  to  receive  a  social
25    security  number for the sole purpose of obtaining a driver's
26    license.
27        (c)  The application form shall include a notice  to  the
28    applicant  of  the  registration obligations of sex offenders
29    under the Sex Offender Registration Act.  The notice shall be
30    provided in a form and manner prescribed by the Secretary  of
31    State.   For  purposes of this subsection (c), "sex offender"
32    has the meaning ascribed to  it  in  Section  2  of  the  Sex
33    Offender Registration Act.
34        (d)  Any  male  United  States  citizen  or immigrant who
 
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 1    applies for any permit or license  authorized  to  be  issued
 2    under this Act or for a renewal of any permit or license, and
 3    who  is  at  least  18 years of age but less than 26 years of
 4    age, must be registered in compliance with  the  requirements
 5    of  the federal Military Selective Service Act. The Secretary
 6    of State must forward in an electronic format  the  necessary
 7    personal  information  regarding the applicants identified in
 8    this subsection (d) to  the  Selective  Service  System.  The
 9    applicant's   signature  on  the  application  serves  as  an
10    indication that the applicant either has  already  registered
11    with  the  Selective Service System or that he is authorizing
12    the Secretary to forward to the Selective Service System  the
13    necessary  information  for  registration. The Secretary must
14    notify the applicant at the  time  of  application  that  his
15    signature   constitutes  consent  to  registration  with  the
16    Selective Service System, if he is not already registered.
17    (Source: P.A. 92-117, eff. 1-1-02.)