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1		AN ACT concerning courts.
2		Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3		represented in the General Assembly:
4		Section 5. The Attorney Act is amended by changing Section
5		2 as follows:
6		(705 ILCS 205/2) (from Ch. 13, par. 2)
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
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.
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;

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1		(2) the person's Deferred Action for Childhood
2		Arrivals has not expired or has been properly renewed; and
3		(3) the person has a current and valid employment
4		authorization document issued by the United States
5		Citizenship and Immigration Service.
6		The General Assembly finds and declares that this
7		subsection (b) is a state law within the meaning of subsection
8		(d) of Section 1621 of Title 8 of the United States Code.
9		(c) The Illinois Supreme Court may promulgate any orders or
10		rules necessary to implement this amendatory Act of the 99th
11		General Assembly.
12		(Source: P.A. 79-1361.)