This morning, driver's license offices around the state will open under new provisions that affect not only illegal immigrants but anyone who wants to drive on Utah roads.

Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr. signed into law Tuesday SB227, which will replace illegal immigrants' drivers' licenses with driving privilege cards that can't be used as a form of identification with government agencies.

The law also requires two forms of proof of Utah residency to get a new Utah driver's license, state identification card or driving privilege card.

The law takes effect immediately. Nanette Wolfe, director of the Driver License Division, said the state's driver's license offices are ready. Starting today, signs will be posted, informing people of the changes.

Department of Public Safety spokesman Lt. Doug McCleve said information on the new provision was in the final editing stages Tuesday night and was expected to be on the Web this morning at www.driverlicense.utah.gov/.

"We've anticipated this coming," he said. "This has been in the planning and anticipation stage."

The state's ethnic offices were preparing a bilingual English and Spanish fact sheet on the driving privilege card, which also was expected to be on the Internet at www.dced.utah.gov/ethnicaffairs.

The bill sparked protest among many in the Latino community who fear it will lead to racial profiling. It brought hundreds of people to the state Capitol in protest as lawmakers debated the bill during the session. And on Monday, hundreds gathered downtown for a protest and candlelight vigil in hopes of convincing Huntsman not to sign the measure into law.

"In reality, a lot of things don't change. We still have mobility," Yvette Diaz, executive director of the Department of Community and Culture, said of the driving privilege card.

The fact sheet will provide information on the card, and what it can and can't be used for, she said. It also clarifies that the card will be issued, starting July 1, to legal immigrants who don't have a work purpose, she said.

"What's important is people need to get it," she said. "It allows people to get insurance. It's against the law for people to drive without a license or driving privilege card."

Information on the card will be available at public meetings hosted by the ethnic offices around the state, Diaz said. The first will be at Dixie State College in St. George at 6 p.m. Thursday.

Huntsman has yet to sign another bill, HB223. Starting July 1, that bill would also make legal immigrants who aren't work-eligible able to get the driving privilege card. Those without a Social Security number or temporary tax number had previously been unable to obtain a driver's license.