101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB4501

 

Introduced 2/4/2020, by Rep. Dan Caulkins

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
625 ILCS 5/6-105.1

    Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Deletes language requiring certain applicants for temporary visitor's driver's licenses to demonstrate that they are ineligible to obtain a social security number. Provides that such applicants must present documentation, issued by United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, authorizing the person's entry into (instead of "presence in") this country. Provides that a temporary visitor's driver's license, issued to a person who presents documentation from the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services authorizing the person's presence in this country, is valid for 3 years (rather than 3 years or for the period of time the individual is authorized to remain in this country, whichever ends sooner). Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning transportation.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by changing
5Section 6-105.1 as follows:
 
6    (625 ILCS 5/6-105.1)
7    Sec. 6-105.1. Temporary visitor's driver's license.
8    (a) The Secretary of State may issue a temporary visitor's
9driver's license to a foreign national who (i) resides in this
10State, (ii) is ineligible to obtain a social security number,
11and (iii) presents to the Secretary documentation, issued by
12United States Citizenship and Immigration Services,
13authorizing the person's entry into presence in this country.
14    (a-5) The Secretary of State may issue a temporary
15visitor's driver's license to an applicant who (i) has resided
16in this State for a period in excess of one year, (ii) is
17ineligible to obtain a social security number, and (iii) is
18unable to present documentation issued by the United States
19Citizenship and Immigration Services authorizing the person's
20presence in this country. The applicant shall submit a valid
21unexpired passport from the applicant's country of citizenship
22or a valid unexpired consular identification document issued by
23a consulate of that country as defined in Section 5 of the

 

 

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1Consular Identification Document Act (5 ILCS 230/5).
2    (a-10) Applicants for a temporary visitor's driver's
3license who are under 18 years of age at the time of
4application shall be subject to the provisions of Sections
56-107 and 6-108 of this Code.
6    (b) A temporary visitor's driver's license issued under
7this Section subsection (a) is valid for 3 years, or for the
8period of time the individual is authorized to remain in this
9country, whichever ends sooner. A temporary visitor's driver's
10license issued under subsection (a-5) shall be valid for a
11period of 3 years.
12    (b-5) A temporary visitor's driver's license issued under
13this Section may not be accepted for proof of the holder's
14identity. A temporary visitor's driver's license issued under
15this Section shall contain a notice on its face, in capitalized
16letters, stating that the temporary visitor's driver's license
17may not be accepted for proof of identity.
18    (c) The Secretary shall adopt rules for implementing this
19Section, including rules:
20        (1) regarding the design and content of the temporary
21    visitor's driver's license;
22        (2) establishing criteria for proof of identification
23    and residency of an individual applying under subsection
24    (a-5);
25        (3) designating acceptable evidence that an applicant
26    is not eligible for a social security number; and

 

 

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1        (4) regarding the issuance of temporary visitor's
2    instruction permits.
3    (d) Any person to whom the Secretary of State may issue a
4temporary visitor's driver's license shall be subject to any
5and all provisions of this Code and any and all implementing
6regulations issued by the Secretary of State to the same extent
7as any person issued a driver's license, unless otherwise
8provided in this Code or by administrative rule, including but
9not limited to the examination requirements in Section 6-109 as
10well as the mandatory insurance requirements and penalties set
11forth in Article VI of Chapter 7 of this Code.
12    (d-5) A temporary visitor's driver's license is invalid if
13the holder is unable to provide proof of liability insurance as
14required by Section 7-601 of this Code upon the request of a
15law enforcement officer, in which case the holder commits a
16violation of Section 6-101 of this Code.
17    (e) Temporary visitor's driver's licenses shall be issued
18from a central location after the Secretary of State has
19verified the information provided by the applicant.
20    (f) There is created in the State treasury a special fund
21to be known as the Driver Services Administration Fund. All
22fees collected for the issuance of temporary visitor's driver's
23licenses shall be deposited into the Fund. These funds shall,
24subject to appropriation, be used by the Office of the
25Secretary of State for costs related to the issuance of
26temporary visitor's driver's licenses, and other operational

 

 

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1costs, including personnel, facilities, computer programming,
2and data transmission.
3(Source: P.A. 97-1157, eff. 11-28-13.)
 
4    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
5becoming law.