Section 625 ILCS 5/6-119 - When fees returnable-drivers license(a) Whenever any application to the Secretary of State for a driver's license or permit under this Article is accompanied by any fee as required by law and such application is refused or rejected after a review of eligibility, which may include facial recognition comparison, the applicant shall not be entitled to a refund of any fees paid.(a-5) If the Secretary of State determines that the volume of expedited driver's license requests received on a given day exceeds the ability of the Secretary to process those requests in an expedited manner, the Secretary may decline to provide expedited services, and the additional fee for the expedited service shall be refunded to the applicant.(b) Whenever the Secretary of State through error collects any fee not required to be paid hereunder, the same shall be refunded to the person paying the same upon application therefor made within 6 months after the date of such payment.(c) Whenever a person dies after making application for a drivers license or permit under this Article, application for a refund of the drivers license or permit may be made if the person dies prior to the effective date for which application has been made, and if the drivers license or permit has never been used. The Secretary of State shall refund the drivers license or permit fees upon receipt within 3 months after the application for a drivers license or permit of an application for refund accompanied with the drivers license or permit and proof of death of the applicant.(d) Any application for refund received after the times specified in this Section shall be denied and the applicant in order to receive a refund must apply to the Court of Claims.Amended by P.A. 099-0305,§ 10, eff. 1/1/2016.