Public Act 102-0659
 
SB2662 EnrolledLRB102 15556 RJF 20919 b



    AN ACT concerning government.

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



 
    Section 5. The Illinois Identification Card Act is amended  
by changing Section 8 as follows:
 


    (15 ILCS 335/8)  (from Ch. 124, par. 28)


    Sec. 8. Expiration. 

    (a) Except as otherwise provided in this Section:
        (1) Every identification card issued hereunder,
except 
    to persons who have reached their 15th birthday, but are 
    not yet 21
years of age, persons who are 65 years of age or 
    older, and persons who are
issued an Illinois Person with 
    a Disability Identification Card, shall
expire 5 years 
    from the ensuing birthday of the
applicant and a renewal

    shall expire 5 years thereafter.
        (2) Every original or renewal identification
card 
    issued to a person who has reached his or her 15th 
    birthday, but is
not yet
21 years of age shall expire 3 
    months after the person's 21st birthday.

    (b) Except as provided elsewhere in this Section, every 
original, renewal, or duplicate: (i) non-REAL ID 
identification card issued
to a
person who has reached his or 
her 65th birthday shall be permanent and need
not be renewed; 
(ii) REAL ID compliant identification card issued on or after 
July 1, 2017, to a person who has reached his or her 65th 
birthday shall expire 8 years thereafter; (iii) non-REAL ID 
Illinois Person with a Disability Identification Card issued 
to a qualifying person shall expire 10 years
thereafter; and 
(iv) REAL ID compliant Illinois Person with a Disability 
Identification Card issued on or after July 1, 2017, shall 
expire 8 years thereafter.  The Secretary of State shall  
promulgate rules setting forth the
conditions and criteria for 
the renewal of all Illinois Person with a Disability 
Identification Cards.

    (c) Every identification card or Illinois Person with a 
Disability Identification Card issued under this Act to an 
applicant who is not a United States citizen or permanent 
resident, other than a conditional permanent resident, or an 
individual who has an approved application for asylum in the 
United States or has entered the United States in refugee 
status, shall expire on whichever is the earlier date of the 
following:
        (1) as provided under subsection (a) or (b) of this 
    Section;
        (2) on the date the applicant's authorized stay in the 
    United States terminates; or 
        (3)    if the applicant's authorized stay is indefinite 
    and the applicant is applying for a Limited Term REAL ID 
    compliant identification card, one year from the date of 
    issuance of the card.
    (d) Every REAL ID compliant identification card or REAL ID 
compliant Person with a Disability Identification Card issued 
under this Act to an applicant who is not a United States 
citizen or permanent resident, other than a conditional 
permanent resident, or an individual who has an approved 
application for asylum in the United States or has entered the 
United States in refugee status, shall be marked "Limited 
Term".
(Source: P.A. 100-248, eff. 8-22-17; 100-827, eff. 8-13-18; 
101-185, eff. 1-1-20.)


 
    Section 10. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by 
changing Section 6-115 as follows:
 


    (625 ILCS 5/6-115)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 6-115)




    Sec. 6-115. Expiration of driver's license. 

    (a) Except as provided elsewhere in this Section, every

driver's license issued under the provisions of
this Code 
shall
expire 4 years from the date of its issuance, or at such 
later
date, as the Secretary of State may by proper rule and 
regulation designate,
not to exceed 12 calendar months; in the 
event
that an applicant for renewal of a driver's license 
fails
to apply prior to
the expiration date of the previous 
driver's license, the renewal driver's
license
shall expire 4 
years from the expiration date of the previous
driver's 
license, or at such later date as the Secretary of State may
by 
proper rule and
regulation designate, not to exceed 12 
calendar months.

    The Secretary of State may, however, issue to a
person not 
previously licensed as a driver in Illinois a driver's
license

which will expire not less than 4 years nor more than 5
years 
from date of
issuance, except as provided elsewhere in this 
Section.


    (a-5) Every driver's license issued under this Code to an 
applicant who is not a United States citizen or permanent 
resident, other than a conditional permanent resident, or an 
individual who has an approved application for asylum in the 
United States or has entered the United States in refugee 
status, shall expire on whichever is the earlier date of the 
following:
        (1) as provided under subsection (a), (f), (g), or (i) 
    of this Section;
        (2) on the date the applicant's authorized stay in the 
    United States terminates; or 
        (3)    if the applicant's authorized stay is indefinite 
    and the applicant is applying for a Limited Term REAL ID 
    compliant driver's license, one year from the date of 
    issuance of the license.
    (a-10) Every REAL ID compliant driver's license issued 
under this Code to an applicant who is not a United States 
citizen or permanent resident, other than a conditional 
permanent resident, or an individual who has an approved 
application for asylum in the United States or has entered the 
United States in refugee status, shall be marked "Limited 
Term". 
    (b) Before the expiration of a driver's license, except 
those
licenses expiring on the individual's 21st birthday, or 
3 months after
the individual's 21st birthday, the holder 
thereof may apply for a renewal
thereof, subject to all the 
provisions of Section 6-103, and the Secretary
of State may 
require an examination of the applicant. A licensee
whose 
driver's license expires on his 21st birthday, or 3 months 
after
his 21st birthday, may not apply for a renewal of his 
driving privileges
until he reaches the age of 21.

    (c) The Secretary of State shall, 30 days prior to the 
expiration of a
driver's license, forward to each person whose 
license
is to expire a
notification of the expiration of said 
license which may
be presented at the time of renewal of said 
license.

    There may be included with such notification information 
explaining
the anatomical gift and Emergency Medical 
Information Card provisions of
Section 6-110.  The format and 
text of such information
shall be prescribed by the Secretary.

    There shall be included with such notification,
for a 
period of 4 years beginning January 1, 2000 information 
regarding the
Illinois Adoption Registry and Medical 
Information Exchange established in
Section 18.1 of the 
Adoption Act.

    (d) The Secretary may defer the expiration of the driver's 
license
of a licensee, spouse, and dependent children who are 
living with such licensee
while on active duty, serving in the 
Armed Forces of the United
States outside of the State of 
Illinois, and 120 days thereafter, upon such
terms and 
conditions as the Secretary may prescribe.

    (d-5) The Secretary may defer the expiration of the 
driver's license of a licensee, or of a spouse or dependent 
children living with the licensee, serving as a civilian 
employee of the United States Armed Forces or the United 
States Department of Defense, outside of the State of 
Illinois, and 120 days thereafter, upon such terms and 
conditions as the Secretary may prescribe. 
    (e) The Secretary of State may decline to process a 
renewal of a driver's
license
of any person who has not paid 
any fee or tax due under this Code and is not
paid upon 
reasonable notice and demand.

    (f) The Secretary shall provide that each original or 
renewal driver's
license issued to a licensee under 21 years 
of age shall expire 3 months
after the licensee's 21st 
birthday. Persons whose current driver's licenses
expire on 
their 21st birthday on or after January 1, 1986 shall not renew 
their
driver's license before their 21st birthday, and their 
current driver's
license will be extended for an additional 
term of 3 months beyond their
21st birthday. Thereafter, the 
expiration and term of the driver's license
shall be governed 
by subsection (a) hereof.

    (g) The Secretary shall provide that each original or 
renewal driver's
license issued to a licensee 81 years of age 
through age 86 shall expire 2
years from the date of issuance, 
or at such later date as the Secretary may
by rule and 
regulation designate, not to exceed an additional 12 calendar

months.  The
Secretary shall also provide that each original or 
renewal driver's license
issued to a licensee 87 years of age 
or older shall expire 12 months from
the date of issuance, or 
at such later date as the Secretary may by rule
and regulation 
designate, not to exceed an additional 12 calendar months.

    (h) The Secretary of State shall provide that each special

restricted driver's license issued under subsection (g) of 
Section
6-113 of this Code shall expire 12 months from the date 
of
issuance. The Secretary shall adopt rules defining renewal

requirements.

    (i) The Secretary of State shall provide that each 
driver's license issued to a person convicted of a sex offense 
as defined in Section 2 of the Sex Offender Registration Act 
shall expire 12 months from the date of issuance or at such 
date as the Secretary may by rule designate, not to exceed an 
additional 12 calendar months.  The Secretary  may adopt rules 
defining renewal requirements.

(Source: P.A. 100-248, eff. 8-22-17; 100-863, eff. 8-14-18; 
101-185, eff. 1-1-20.)