Full Text of SB0981 101st General Assembly
SB0981sam001 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Sen. Paul Schimpf Filed: 3/21/2019
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 981
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 981 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
| 4 | | "Section 5. The Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is | 5 | | amended by changing Section 5-715 as follows: | 6 | | (20 ILCS 5/5-715) | 7 | | Sec. 5-715. Expedited licensure for service members and | 8 | | spouses. | 9 | | (a) In this Section, "service member" means any person who, | 10 | | at the time of application under this Section, is an active | 11 | | duty member of the United States Armed Forces or any reserve | 12 | | component of the United States Armed Forces or the National | 13 | | Guard of any state, commonwealth, or territory of the United | 14 | | States or the District of Columbia or whose active duty service | 15 | | concluded within the preceding 2 years before application. | 16 | | (b) Each director of a department that issues an |
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| 1 | | occupational or professional license is authorized to and shall | 2 | | issue an expedited temporary occupational or professional | 3 | | license to a service member who meets the requirements under | 4 | | this Section. The temporary occupational or professional | 5 | | license shall be valid for 3 years 6 months after the date of | 6 | | issuance or until a license is granted or a notice to deny a | 7 | | license is issued in accordance with rules adopted by the | 8 | | department issuing the license, whichever occurs first , but in | 9 | | no case shall an application for full licensure be denied to an | 10 | | applicant holding a valid temporary occupational or | 11 | | professional license under this Section except on the basis of | 12 | | criminal activity committed by the applicant . No temporary | 13 | | occupational or professional license shall be renewed. The | 14 | | service member shall apply to the department on forms provided | 15 | | by the department. An application must include proof that: | 16 | | (1) the applicant is a service member; | 17 | | (2) the applicant holds a valid license in good | 18 | | standing for the occupation or profession issued by another | 19 | | state, commonwealth, possession, or territory of the | 20 | | United States, the District of Columbia, or any foreign | 21 | | jurisdiction and the requirements for licensure in the | 22 | | other jurisdiction are determined by the department to be | 23 | | substantially equivalent to the standards for licensure of | 24 | | this State; | 25 | | (3) the applicant is assigned to a duty station in this | 26 | | State or has established legal residence in this State; |
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| 1 | | (4) a complete set of the applicant's fingerprints has | 2 | | been submitted to the Department of State Police for | 3 | | statewide and national criminal history checks, if | 4 | | applicable to the requirements of the department issuing | 5 | | the license; the applicant shall pay the fee to the | 6 | | Department of State Police or to the fingerprint vendor for | 7 | | electronic fingerprint processing; no temporary | 8 | | occupational or professional license shall be issued to an | 9 | | applicant if the statewide or national criminal history | 10 | | check discloses information that would cause the denial of | 11 | | an application for licensure under any applicable | 12 | | occupational or professional licensing Act; | 13 | | (5) the applicant is not ineligible for licensure | 14 | | pursuant to Section 2105-165 of the Civil Administrative | 15 | | Code of Illinois; | 16 | | (6) the applicant has submitted an application for full | 17 | | licensure; and | 18 | | (7) the applicant has paid the required fee; fees shall | 19 | | not be refundable. | 20 | | (c) Each director of a department that issues an | 21 | | occupational or professional license is authorized to and shall | 22 | | issue an expedited temporary occupational or professional | 23 | | license to the spouse of a service member who meets the | 24 | | requirements under this Section. The temporary occupational or | 25 | | professional license shall be valid for 3 years 6 months after | 26 | | the date of issuance or until a license is granted or a notice |
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| 1 | | to deny a license is issued in accordance with rules adopted by | 2 | | the department issuing the license, whichever occurs first , but | 3 | | in no case shall an application for full licensure be denied to | 4 | | an applicant holding a valid temporary occupational or | 5 | | professional license under this Section except on the basis of | 6 | | criminal activity committed by the applicant . No temporary | 7 | | occupational or professional license shall be renewed. The | 8 | | spouse of a service member shall apply to the department on | 9 | | forms provided by the department. An application must include | 10 | | proof that: | 11 | | (1) the applicant is the spouse of a service member; | 12 | | (2) the applicant holds a valid license in good | 13 | | standing for the occupation or profession issued by another | 14 | | state, commonwealth, possession, or territory of the | 15 | | United States, the District of Columbia, or any foreign | 16 | | jurisdiction and the requirements for licensure in the | 17 | | other jurisdiction are determined by the department to be | 18 | | substantially equivalent to the standards for licensure of | 19 | | this State; | 20 | | (3) the applicant's spouse is assigned to a duty | 21 | | station in this State or has established legal residence in | 22 | | this State; | 23 | | (4) a complete set of the applicant's fingerprints has | 24 | | been submitted to the Department of State Police for | 25 | | statewide and national criminal history checks, if | 26 | | applicable to the requirements of the department issuing |
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| 1 | | the license; the applicant shall pay the fee to the | 2 | | Department of State Police or to the fingerprint vendor for | 3 | | electronic fingerprint processing; no temporary | 4 | | occupational or professional license shall be issued to an | 5 | | applicant if the statewide or national criminal history | 6 | | check discloses information that would cause the denial of | 7 | | an application for licensure under any applicable | 8 | | occupational or professional licensing Act; | 9 | | (5) the applicant is not ineligible for licensure | 10 | | pursuant to Section 2105-165 of the Civil Administrative | 11 | | Code of Illinois; | 12 | | (6) the applicant has submitted an application for full | 13 | | licensure; and | 14 | | (7) the applicant has paid the required fee; fees shall | 15 | | not be refundable. | 16 | | (d) All relevant experience of a service member in the | 17 | | discharge of official duties, including full-time and | 18 | | part-time experience, shall be credited in the calculation of | 19 | | any years of practice in an occupation or profession as may be | 20 | | required under any applicable occupational or professional | 21 | | licensing Act. All relevant training provided by the military | 22 | | and completed by a service member shall be credited to that | 23 | | service member as meeting any training or education requirement | 24 | | under any applicable occupational or professional licensing | 25 | | Act, provided that the training or education is determined by | 26 | | the department to be substantially equivalent to that required |
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| 1 | | under any applicable Act and is not otherwise contrary to any | 2 | | other licensure requirement. | 3 | | (e) A department may adopt any rules necessary for the | 4 | | implementation and administration of this Section and shall by | 5 | | rule provide for fees for the administration of this Section.
| 6 | | (Source: P.A. 97-710, eff. 1-1-13; 98-463, eff. 8-16-13.)".
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