(a) The fees for licenses and permits under this Article are as follows:
     Original driver’s license…………………………$30

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Terms Used In Illinois Compiled Statutes 625 ILCS 5/6-118

  • Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
  • State: when applied to different parts of the United States, may be construed to include the District of Columbia and the several territories, and the words "United States" may be construed to include the said district and territories. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 5 ILCS 70/1.14
  • United States: may be construed to include the said district and territories. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 5 ILCS 70/1.14

     Original or renewal driver’s license
         issued to 18, 19 and 20 year olds……………….5
     All driver’s licenses for persons
         age 69 through age 80………………………….5
     All driver’s licenses for persons
         age 81 through age 86………………………….2
     All driver’s licenses for persons
         age 87 or older………………………………..0
     Renewal driver’s license (except for
         applicants ages 18, 19 and 20 or
         age 69 and older)……………………………..30
     Original instruction permit issued to
         persons (except those age 69 and older)
         who do not hold or have not previously
         held an Illinois instruction permit or
         driver’s license……………………………..20
     Instruction permit issued to any person
         holding an Illinois driver’s license
         who wishes a change in classifications,
         other than at the time of renewal……………….5
     Any instruction permit issued to a person
         age 69 and older………………………………5
     Instruction permit issued to any person,
         under age 69, not currently holding a
         valid Illinois driver’s license or
         instruction permit but who has
         previously been issued either document
         in Illinois………………………………….10
     Restricted driving permit………………………….8
     Monitoring device driving permit…………………..8
     Duplicate or corrected driver’s license
         or permit…………………………………….5
     Duplicate or corrected restricted
         driving permit………………………………..5
     Duplicate or corrected monitoring
     device driving permit……………………………..5
     Duplicate driver’s license or permit issued to
         an active-duty member of the
         United States Armed Forces,
         the member’s spouse, or
         the dependent children living
         with the member………………………………0
     Original or renewal M or L endorsement………………5
SPECIAL FEES FOR COMMERCIAL DRIVER’S LICENSE
         The fees for commercial driver licenses and permits
    
under Article V shall be as follows:
    Commercial driver’s license:
         $6 for the CDLIS/AAMVAnet/NMVTIS Trust Fund
         (Commercial Driver’s License Information
         System/American Association of Motor Vehicle
         Administrators network/National Motor Vehicle
         Title Information Service Trust Fund);
         $20 for the Motor Carrier Safety Inspection Fund;
         $10 for the driver’s license;
         and $24 for the CDL:…………………………$60
     Renewal commercial driver’s license:
         $6 for the CDLIS/AAMVAnet/NMVTIS Trust Fund;
         $20 for the Motor Carrier Safety Inspection Fund;
         $10 for the driver’s license; and
         $24 for the CDL:…………………………….$60
     Commercial learner’s permit
         issued to any person holding a valid
         Illinois driver’s license for the
         purpose of changing to a
         CDL classification: $6 for the
         CDLIS/AAMVAnet/NMVTIS Trust Fund;
         $20 for the Motor Carrier
         Safety Inspection Fund; and
         $24 for the CDL classification………………..$50
     Commercial learner’s permit
         issued to any person holding a valid
         Illinois CDL for the purpose of
         making a change in a classification,
         endorsement or restriction…………………….$5
     CDL duplicate or corrected license…………………$5
     In order to ensure the proper implementation of the Uniform Commercial Driver License Act, Article V of this Chapter, the Secretary of State is empowered to prorate the $24 fee for the commercial driver’s license proportionate to the expiration date of the applicant’s Illinois driver’s license.
     The fee for any duplicate license or permit shall be waived for any person who presents the Secretary of State’s office with a police report showing that his license or permit was stolen.
     The fee for any duplicate license or permit shall be waived for any person age 60 or older whose driver’s license or permit has been lost or stolen.
     No additional fee shall be charged for a driver’s license, or for a commercial driver’s license, when issued to the holder of an instruction permit for the same classification or type of license who becomes eligible for such license.
     The fee for a restricted driving permit under this subsection (a) shall be imposed annually until the expiration of the permit.
     (a-5) The fee for a driver’s record or data contained therein is $20 and shall be disbursed as set forth in subsection (k) of Section 2-123 of this Code.
     (b) Any person whose license or privilege to operate a motor vehicle in this State has been suspended or revoked under Section 3-707, any provision of Chapter 6, Chapter 11, or Section 7-205, 7-303, or 7-702 of the Family Financial Responsibility Law of this Code, shall in addition to any other fees required by this Code, pay a reinstatement fee as follows:
     Suspension under Section 3-707………………….$100
     Suspension under Section 11-1431…………………$100
     Summary suspension under Section 11-501.1…………$250
     Suspension under Section 11-501.9………………..$250
     Summary revocation under Section 11-501.1………….$500
     Other suspension…………………………………$70
     Revocation……………………………………..$500
     However, any person whose license or privilege to operate a motor vehicle in this State has been suspended or revoked for a second or subsequent time for a violation of Section 11-501, 11-501.1, or 11-501.9 of this Code or a similar provision of a local ordinance or a similar out-of-state offense or Section 9-3 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012 and each suspension or revocation was for a violation of Section 11-501, 11-501.1, or 11-501.9 of this Code or a similar provision of a local ordinance or a similar out-of-state offense or Section 9-3 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012 shall pay, in addition to any other fees required by this Code, a reinstatement fee as follows:
     Summary suspension under Section 11-501.1………….$500
     Suspension under Section 11-501.9………………..$500
     Summary revocation under Section 11-501.1………….$500
     Revocation……………………………………..$500
     (c) All fees collected under the provisions of this Chapter 6 shall be disbursed under subsection (g) of Section 2-119 of this Code, except as follows:
         1. The following amounts shall be paid into the
    
Drivers Education Fund:
            (A) $16 of the $20 fee for an original driver’s
        
instruction permit;
            (B) $5 of the $30 fee for an original driver’s
        
license;
            (C) $5 of the $30 fee for a 4 year renewal
        
driver’s license;
            (D) $4 of the $8 fee for a restricted driving
        
permit; and
            (E) $4 of the $8 fee for a monitoring device
        
driving permit.
        2. $30 of the $250 fee for reinstatement of a license
    
summarily suspended under Section 11-501.1 or suspended under Section 11-501.9 shall be deposited into the Drunk and Drugged Driving Prevention Fund. However, for a person whose license or privilege to operate a motor vehicle in this State has been suspended or revoked for a second or subsequent time for a violation of Section 11-501, 11-501.1, or 11-501.9 of this Code or Section 9-3 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012, $190 of the $500 fee for reinstatement of a license summarily suspended under Section 11-501.1 or suspended under Section 11-501.9, and $190 of the $500 fee for reinstatement of a revoked license shall be deposited into the Drunk and Drugged Driving Prevention Fund. $190 of the $500 fee for reinstatement of a license summarily revoked pursuant to Section 11-501.1 shall be deposited into the Drunk and Drugged Driving Prevention Fund.
        3. $6 of the original or renewal fee for a commercial
    
driver’s license and $6 of the commercial learner’s permit fee when the permit is issued to any person holding a valid Illinois driver’s license, shall be paid into the CDLIS/AAMVAnet/NMVTIS Trust Fund.
        4. $30 of the $70 fee for reinstatement of a license
    
suspended under the Family Financial Responsibility Law shall be paid into the Family Responsibility Fund.
        5. The $5 fee for each original or renewal M or L
    
endorsement shall be deposited into the Cycle Rider Safety Training Fund.
        6. $20 of any original or renewal fee for a
    
commercial driver’s license or commercial learner’s permit shall be paid into the Motor Carrier Safety Inspection Fund.
        7. The following amounts shall be paid into the
    
General Revenue Fund:
            (A) $190 of the $250 reinstatement fee for a
        
summary suspension under Section 11-501.1 or a suspension under Section 11-501.9;
            (B) $40 of the $70 reinstatement fee for any
        
other suspension provided in subsection (b) of this Section; and
            (C) $440 of the $500 reinstatement fee for a
        
first offense revocation and $310 of the $500 reinstatement fee for a second or subsequent revocation.
        8. Fees collected under paragraph (4) of subsection
    
(d) and subsection (h) of Section 6-205 of this Code; subparagraph (C) of paragraph 3 of subsection (c) of Section 6-206 of this Code; and paragraph (4) of subsection (a) of Section 6-206.1 of this Code, shall be paid into the funds set forth in those Sections.
    (d) All of the proceeds of the additional fees imposed by this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly shall be deposited into the Capital Projects Fund.
     (e) The additional fees imposed by this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly shall become effective 90 days after becoming law. The additional fees imposed by this amendatory Act of the 103rd General Assembly shall become effective July 1, 2023 and shall be paid into the Secretary of State Special Services Fund.
     (f) As used in this Section, “active-duty member of the United States Armed Forces” means a member of the Armed Services or Reserve Forces of the United States or a member of the Illinois National Guard who is called to active duty pursuant to an executive order of the President of the United States, an act of the Congress of the United States, or an order of the Governor.