Public Act 099-0419
 
SB0023 EnrolledLRB099 05457 HEP 25492 b

    AN ACT concerning courts.
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
 
    Section 5. The Attorney Act is amended by changing Section
2 as follows:
 
    (705 ILCS 205/2)  (from Ch. 13, par. 2)
    Sec. 2. Licensing of noncitizens.
    (a) No person shall be prohibited from receiving a license
solely because he or she is not a citizen of the United States
entitled to receive a license as aforesaid unless he is a
citizen of the United States or unless he has made a
declaration of intention to become a citizen or unless, having
made such declaration of intention, he has filed a petition for
naturalization within thirty days after becoming eligible to do
so and until he shall have obtained a certificate of his good
moral character from a circuit court.
    (b) The Supreme Court of this State may grant a license to
a person who, in addition to fulfilling the requirements to
practice law within this State, satisfies the following
requirements:
        (1) the United States Department of Homeland Security
    has approved the person's request for Deferred Action for
    Childhood Arrivals;
        (2) the person's Deferred Action for Childhood
    Arrivals has not expired or has been properly renewed; and
        (3) the person has a current and valid employment
    authorization document issued by the United States
    Citizenship and Immigration Service.
    The General Assembly finds and declares that this
subsection (b) is a state law within the meaning of subsection
(d) of Section 1621 of Title 8 of the United States Code.
    (c) The Illinois Supreme Court may promulgate any orders or
rules necessary to implement this amendatory Act of the 99th
General Assembly.
(Source: P.A. 79-1361.)

Effective Date: 1/1/2016