Public Act 097-0079
 
HB3331 EnrolledLRB097 08348 AEK 48475 b


  
    AN ACT concerning transportation.
  
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
    Section 5. 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.

    The Secretary of State is authorized to issue driver's 
licenses during
the years 1984 through 1987 which shall expire 
not less than 3 years nor
more than 5 years from the date of 
issuance, except as provided elsewhere
in this Section, for the 
purpose of converting
all driver's licenses issued under this 
Code to a 4 year expiration.  Provided
that all original 
driver's licenses, except as provided elsewhere in
this 
Section, shall expire not less than 4 years nor more than
5 
years from the date of issuance.

    (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 90 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. 94-993, eff. 1-1-07; 95-540, eff. 8-28-07.)

 
 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January 
1, 2012.