Bill Text: IL SB0275 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Chaptered
Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that, beginning no later than January 1, 2027, the Secretary of State shall offer to qualified applicants the option to be issued an 8-year driver's license at a cost of $60. Provides that the Secretary shall submit proposed rules to implement the new provisions to the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules no later than December 31, 2024. Makes corresponding changes.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 21-7)
Status: (Passed) 2024-08-09 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0872 [SB0275 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-SB0275-Chaptered.html
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| Public Act 103-0872 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning transportation.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | ||||
represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by | ||||
changing Sections 6-115 and 6-118 as follows:
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(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. | ||
(a-3) Beginning no later than July 1, 2027, the Secretary | ||
shall offer to qualified applicants the option to be issued an | ||
8-year driver's license. The Secretary shall submit proposed | ||
rules to implement this subsection to the Joint Committee on | ||
Administrative Rules no later than January 1, 2027. | ||
(a-5) Every driver's license issued under this Code to an | ||
applicant who is not a United States citizen or permanent | ||
resident, or an individual who has an approved application for | ||
asylum in the United States or has entered the United States in | ||
refugee status, shall expire on whichever is the earlier date | ||
of the following: | ||
(1) as provided under subsection (a), (f), (g), or (i) | ||
of this Section; | ||
(2) on the date the applicant's authorized stay in the | ||
United States terminates; or | ||
(3) if the applicant's authorized stay is indefinite | ||
and the applicant is applying for a Limited Term REAL ID | ||
compliant driver's license, one year from the date of | ||
issuance of the license. | ||
(a-10) Every REAL ID compliant driver's license issued | ||
under this Code to an applicant who is not a United States | ||
citizen or permanent resident, or an individual who has an | ||
approved application for asylum in the United States or has | ||
entered the United States in refugee status, shall be marked | ||
"Limited Term". | ||
(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 days thereafter, upon such terms and | ||
conditions as the Secretary may prescribe. | ||
(d-5) The Secretary may defer the expiration of the | ||
driver's license of a licensee, or of a spouse or dependent | ||
children living with the licensee, serving as a civilian | ||
employee of the United States Armed Forces or the United | ||
States Department of Defense, outside of the State of | ||
Illinois, and 120 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. 101-185, eff. 1-1-20; 102-659, eff. 1-1-22.)
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