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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning courts.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Attorney Act is amended by changing Section |
| 5 | | 2 as follows:
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| 6 | | (705 ILCS 205/2) (from Ch. 13, par. 2)
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| 7 | | Sec. 2. Licensing of noncitizens. |
| 8 | | (a) No person shall be prohibited from receiving a license |
| 9 | | solely because he or she is not a citizen of the United States |
| 10 | | entitled to receive a license as aforesaid
unless he is a |
| 11 | | citizen of the United States or unless he has made a
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| 12 | | declaration of intention to become a citizen or unless, having |
| 13 | | made such
declaration of intention, he has filed a petition for |
| 14 | | naturalization within
thirty days after becoming eligible to do |
| 15 | | so and until he shall have
obtained a certificate of his good |
| 16 | | moral character from a circuit court.
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| 17 | | (b) The Supreme Court of this State may grant a license to |
| 18 | | a person who, in addition to fulfilling the requirements to |
| 19 | | practice law within this State, satisfies the following |
| 20 | | requirements: |
| 21 | | (1) the United States Department of Homeland Security |
| 22 | | has approved the person's request for Deferred Action for |
| 23 | | Childhood Arrivals; |