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1 AN ACT concerning driver's licenses.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. Section 6-106 of the Illinois Vehicle Code is
5 amended as follows:
6 (625 ILCS 5/6-106) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 6-106)
7 Sec. 6-106. Application for license or instruction
8 permit.
9 (a) Every application for any permit or license
10 authorized to be issued under this Act shall be made upon a
11 form furnished by the Secretary of State. Every application
12 shall be accompanied by the proper fee and payment of such
13 fee shall entitle the applicant to not more than 3 attempts
14 to pass the examination within a period of 1 year after the
15 date of application.
16 (b) Every application shall state the name, social
17 security number, zip code, date of birth, sex, and residence
18 address of the applicant; briefly describe the applicant;
19 state whether the applicant has theretofore been licensed as
20 a driver, and, if so, when and by what state or country, and
21 whether any such license has ever been cancelled, suspended,
22 revoked or refused, and, if so, the date and reason for such
23 cancellation, suspension, revocation or refusal; shall
24 include an affirmation by the applicant that all information
25 set forth is true and correct; and shall bear the applicant's
26 signature. The application form may also require the
27 statement of such additional relevant information as the
28 Secretary of State shall deem necessary to determine the
29 applicant's competency and eligibility. The Secretary of
30 State may in his discretion substitute a federal tax number
31 in lieu of a social security number, or he may instead assign
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1 an additional distinctive number in lieu thereof, where an
2 applicant is prohibited by bona fide religious convictions
3 from applying or is exempt from applying for a social
4 security number. The Secretary of State shall, however,
5 determine which religious orders or sects have such bona fide
6 religious convictions. The Secretary of State may, in his
7 discretion, by rule or regulation, provide that an
8 application for a drivers license or permit may include a
9 suitable photograph of the applicant in the form prescribed
10 by the Secretary, and he may further provide that each
11 drivers license shall include a photograph of the driver. The
12 Secretary of State may utilize a photograph process or system
13 most suitable to deter alteration or improper reproduction of
14 a drivers license and to prevent substitution of another
15 photo thereon.
16 However, a documented, legal alien shall be able to bring
17 their Department of Immigration and Naturalization Service
18 documents (I-94, I-551, H4, visas, etc.) to demonstrate to
19 the Secretary of State that they are legal aliens. The
20 Secretary shall verify the documents with the Department of
21 Immigration and Naturalization Service. If the Secretary
22 verifies the legitimacy of the legal alien's residency
23 status, the Secretary shall, within six weeks, issue a letter
24 of permission for the legal alien to receive a social
25 security number for the sole purpose of obtaining a driver's
26 license.
27 (c) The application form shall include a notice to the
28 applicant of the registration obligations of sex offenders
29 under the Sex Offender Registration Act. The notice shall be
30 provided in a form and manner prescribed by the Secretary of
31 State. For purposes of this subsection (c), "sex offender"
32 has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 2 of the Sex
33 Offender Registration Act.
34 (d) Any male United States citizen or immigrant who
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1 applies for any permit or license authorized to be issued
2 under this Act or for a renewal of any permit or license, and
3 who is at least 18 years of age but less than 26 years of
4 age, must be registered in compliance with the requirements
5 of the federal Military Selective Service Act. The Secretary
6 of State must forward in an electronic format the necessary
7 personal information regarding the applicants identified in
8 this subsection (d) to the Selective Service System. The
9 applicant's signature on the application serves as an
10 indication that the applicant either has already registered
11 with the Selective Service System or that he is authorizing
12 the Secretary to forward to the Selective Service System the
13 necessary information for registration. The Secretary must
14 notify the applicant at the time of application that his
15 signature constitutes consent to registration with the
16 Selective Service System, if he is not already registered.
17 (Source: P.A. 92-117, eff. 1-1-02.)