97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB3138

 

Introduced 2/23/2011, by Rep. Roger L. Eddy

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
625 ILCS 5/6-106.1

    Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that an applicant for a school bus driver permit must have no established medical history or clinical diagnosis of diabetes mellitus currently requiring insulin for control.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning transportation.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by changing
5Section 6-106.1 as follows:
 
6    (625 ILCS 5/6-106.1)
7    Sec. 6-106.1. School bus driver permit.
8    (a) The Secretary of State shall issue a school bus driver
9permit to those applicants who have met all the requirements of
10the application and screening process under this Section to
11insure the welfare and safety of children who are transported
12on school buses throughout the State of Illinois. Applicants
13shall obtain the proper application required by the Secretary
14of State from their prospective or current employer and submit
15the completed application to the prospective or current
16employer along with the necessary fingerprint submission as
17required by the Department of State Police to conduct
18fingerprint based criminal background checks on current and
19future information available in the state system and current
20information available through the Federal Bureau of
21Investigation's system. Applicants who have completed the
22fingerprinting requirements shall not be subjected to the
23fingerprinting process when applying for subsequent permits or

 

 

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1submitting proof of successful completion of the annual
2refresher course. Individuals who on the effective date of this
3Act possess a valid school bus driver permit that has been
4previously issued by the appropriate Regional School
5Superintendent are not subject to the fingerprinting
6provisions of this Section as long as the permit remains valid
7and does not lapse. The applicant shall be required to pay all
8related application and fingerprinting fees as established by
9rule including, but not limited to, the amounts established by
10the Department of State Police and the Federal Bureau of
11Investigation to process fingerprint based criminal background
12investigations. All fees paid for fingerprint processing
13services under this Section shall be deposited into the State
14Police Services Fund for the cost incurred in processing the
15fingerprint based criminal background investigations. All
16other fees paid under this Section shall be deposited into the
17Road Fund for the purpose of defraying the costs of the
18Secretary of State in administering this Section. All
19applicants must:
20        1. be 21 years of age or older;
21        2. possess a valid and properly classified driver's
22    license issued by the Secretary of State;
23        3. possess a valid driver's license, which has not been
24    revoked, suspended, or canceled for 3 years immediately
25    prior to the date of application, or have not had his or
26    her commercial motor vehicle driving privileges

 

 

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1    disqualified within the 3 years immediately prior to the
2    date of application;
3        4. successfully pass a written test, administered by
4    the Secretary of State, on school bus operation, school bus
5    safety, and special traffic laws relating to school buses
6    and submit to a review of the applicant's driving habits by
7    the Secretary of State at the time the written test is
8    given;
9        5. demonstrate ability to exercise reasonable care in
10    the operation of school buses in accordance with rules
11    promulgated by the Secretary of State;
12        6. demonstrate physical fitness to operate school
13    buses by submitting the results of a medical examination,
14    including tests for drug use for each applicant not subject
15    to such testing pursuant to federal law, conducted by a
16    licensed physician, an advanced practice nurse who has a
17    written collaborative agreement with a collaborating
18    physician which authorizes him or her to perform medical
19    examinations, or a physician assistant who has been
20    delegated the performance of medical examinations by his or
21    her supervising physician within 90 days of the date of
22    application according to standards promulgated by the
23    Secretary of State;
24        6.5. have no established medical history or clinical
25    diagnosis of diabetes mellitus currently requiring insulin
26    for control;

 

 

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1        7. affirm under penalties of perjury that he or she has
2    not made a false statement or knowingly concealed a
3    material fact in any application for permit;
4        8. have completed an initial classroom course,
5    including first aid procedures, in school bus driver safety
6    as promulgated by the Secretary of State; and after
7    satisfactory completion of said initial course an annual
8    refresher course; such courses and the agency or
9    organization conducting such courses shall be approved by
10    the Secretary of State; failure to complete the annual
11    refresher course, shall result in cancellation of the
12    permit until such course is completed;
13        9. not have been convicted of 2 or more serious traffic
14    offenses, as defined by rule, within one year prior to the
15    date of application that may endanger the life or safety of
16    any of the driver's passengers within the duration of the
17    permit period;
18        10. not have been convicted of reckless driving,
19    aggravated reckless driving, driving while under the
20    influence of alcohol, other drug or drugs, intoxicating
21    compound or compounds or any combination thereof, or
22    reckless homicide resulting from the operation of a motor
23    vehicle within 3 years of the date of application;
24        11. not have been convicted of committing or attempting
25    to commit any one or more of the following offenses: (i)
26    those offenses defined in Sections 8-1.2, 9-1, 9-1.2, 9-2,

 

 

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1    9-2.1, 9-3, 9-3.2, 9-3.3, 10-1, 10-2, 10-3.1, 10-4, 10-5,
2    10-5.1, 10-6, 10-7, 10-9, 11-6, 11-6.5, 11-6.6, 11-9,
3    11-9.1, 11-9.3, 11-9.4, 11-14, 11-14.1, 11-15, 11-15.1,
4    11-16, 11-17, 11-17.1, 11-18, 11-18.1, 11-19, 11-19.1,
5    11-19.2, 11-20, 11-20.1, 11-20.3, 11-21, 11-22, 11-23,
6    11-24, 11-25, 11-26, 12-2.6, 12-3.1, 12-4, 12-4.1, 12-4.2,
7    12-4.2-5, 12-4.3, 12-4.4, 12-4.5, 12-4.6, 12-4.7, 12-4.9,
8    12-6, 12-6.2, 12-7.1, 12-7.3, 12-7.4, 12-7.5, 12-11,
9    12-13, 12-14, 12-14.1, 12-15, 12-16, 12-16.2, 12-21.5,
10    12-21.6, 12-33, 16-16, 16-16.1, 18-1, 18-2, 18-3, 18-4,
11    18-5, 20-1, 20-1.1, 20-1.2, 20-1.3, 20-2, 24-1, 24-1.1,
12    24-1.2, 24-1.2-5, 24-1.6, 24-1.7, 24-2.1, 24-3.3, 24-3.5,
13    31A-1, 31A-1.1, 33A-2, and 33D-1, and in subsection (b) of
14    Section 8-1, and in subsection (a) and subsection (b),
15    clause (1), of Section 12-4, and in subsection (A), clauses
16    (a) and (b), of Section 24-3, and those offenses contained
17    in Article 29D of the Criminal Code of 1961; (ii) those
18    offenses defined in the Cannabis Control Act except those
19    offenses defined in subsections (a) and (b) of Section 4,
20    and subsection (a) of Section 5 of the Cannabis Control
21    Act; (iii) those offenses defined in the Illinois
22    Controlled Substances Act; (iv) those offenses defined in
23    the Methamphetamine Control and Community Protection Act;
24    (v) any offense committed or attempted in any other state
25    or against the laws of the United States, which if
26    committed or attempted in this State would be punishable as

 

 

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1    one or more of the foregoing offenses; (vi) the offenses
2    defined in Section 4.1 and 5.1 of the Wrongs to Children
3    Act; (vii) those offenses defined in Section 6-16 of the
4    Liquor Control Act of 1934; and (viii) those offenses
5    defined in the Methamphetamine Precursor Control Act; .
6        12. not have been repeatedly involved as a driver in
7    motor vehicle collisions or been repeatedly convicted of
8    offenses against laws and ordinances regulating the
9    movement of traffic, to a degree which indicates lack of
10    ability to exercise ordinary and reasonable care in the
11    safe operation of a motor vehicle or disrespect for the
12    traffic laws and the safety of other persons upon the
13    highway;
14        13. not have, through the unlawful operation of a motor
15    vehicle, caused an accident resulting in the death of any
16    person; and
17        14. not have, within the last 5 years, been adjudged to
18    be afflicted with or suffering from any mental disability
19    or disease.
20    (b) A school bus driver permit shall be valid for a period
21specified by the Secretary of State as set forth by rule. It
22shall be renewable upon compliance with subsection (a) of this
23Section.
24    (c) A school bus driver permit shall contain the holder's
25driver's license number, legal name, residence address, zip
26code, social security number and date of birth, a brief

 

 

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1description of the holder and a space for signature. The
2Secretary of State may require a suitable photograph of the
3holder.
4    (d) The employer shall be responsible for conducting a
5pre-employment interview with prospective school bus driver
6candidates, distributing school bus driver applications and
7medical forms to be completed by the applicant, and submitting
8the applicant's fingerprint cards to the Department of State
9Police that are required for the criminal background
10investigations. The employer shall certify in writing to the
11Secretary of State that all pre-employment conditions have been
12successfully completed including the successful completion of
13an Illinois specific criminal background investigation through
14the Department of State Police and the submission of necessary
15fingerprints to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for
16criminal history information available through the Federal
17Bureau of Investigation system. The applicant shall present the
18certification to the Secretary of State at the time of
19submitting the school bus driver permit application.
20    (e) Permits shall initially be provisional upon receiving
21certification from the employer that all pre-employment
22conditions have been successfully completed, and upon
23successful completion of all training and examination
24requirements for the classification of the vehicle to be
25operated, the Secretary of State shall provisionally issue a
26School Bus Driver Permit. The permit shall remain in a

 

 

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1provisional status pending the completion of the Federal Bureau
2of Investigation's criminal background investigation based
3upon fingerprinting specimens submitted to the Federal Bureau
4of Investigation by the Department of State Police. The Federal
5Bureau of Investigation shall report the findings directly to
6the Secretary of State. The Secretary of State shall remove the
7bus driver permit from provisional status upon the applicant's
8successful completion of the Federal Bureau of Investigation's
9criminal background investigation.
10    (f) A school bus driver permit holder shall notify the
11employer and the Secretary of State if he or she is convicted
12in another state of an offense that would make him or her
13ineligible for a permit under subsection (a) of this Section.
14The written notification shall be made within 5 days of the
15entry of the conviction. Failure of the permit holder to
16provide the notification is punishable as a petty offense for a
17first violation and a Class B misdemeanor for a second or
18subsequent violation.
19    (g) Cancellation; suspension; notice and procedure.
20        (1) The Secretary of State shall cancel a school bus
21    driver permit of an applicant whose criminal background
22    investigation discloses that he or she is not in compliance
23    with the provisions of subsection (a) of this Section.
24        (2) The Secretary of State shall cancel a school bus
25    driver permit when he or she receives notice that the
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1    Section or any rule promulgated for the administration of
2    this Section.
3        (3) The Secretary of State shall cancel a school bus
4    driver permit if the permit holder's restricted commercial
5    or commercial driving privileges are withdrawn or
6    otherwise invalidated.
7        (4) The Secretary of State may not issue a school bus
8    driver permit for a period of 3 years to an applicant who
9    fails to obtain a negative result on a drug test as
10    required in item 6 of subsection (a) of this Section or
11    under federal law.
12        (5) The Secretary of State shall forthwith suspend a
13    school bus driver permit for a period of 3 years upon
14    receiving notice that the holder has failed to obtain a
15    negative result on a drug test as required in item 6 of
16    subsection (a) of this Section or under federal law.
17        (6) The Secretary of State shall suspend a school bus
18    driver permit for a period of 3 years upon receiving notice
19    from the employer that the holder failed to perform the
20    inspection procedure set forth in subsection (a) or (b) of
21    Section 12-816 of this Code.
22    The Secretary of State shall notify the State
23Superintendent of Education and the permit holder's
24prospective or current employer that the applicant has (1) has
25failed a criminal background investigation or (2) is no longer
26eligible for a school bus driver permit; and of the related

 

 

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1cancellation of the applicant's provisional school bus driver
2permit. The cancellation shall remain in effect pending the
3outcome of a hearing pursuant to Section 2-118 of this Code.
4The scope of the hearing shall be limited to the issuance
5criteria contained in subsection (a) of this Section. A
6petition requesting a hearing shall be submitted to the
7Secretary of State and shall contain the reason the individual
8feels he or she is entitled to a school bus driver permit. The
9permit holder's employer shall notify in writing to the
10Secretary of State that the employer has certified the removal
11of the offending school bus driver from service prior to the
12start of that school bus driver's next workshift. An employing
13school board that fails to remove the offending school bus
14driver from service is subject to the penalties defined in
15Section 3-14.23 of the School Code. A school bus contractor who
16violates a provision of this Section is subject to the
17penalties defined in Section 6-106.11.
18    All valid school bus driver permits issued under this
19Section prior to January 1, 1995, shall remain effective until
20their expiration date unless otherwise invalidated.
21    (h) When a school bus driver permit holder who is a service
22member is called to active duty, the employer of the permit
23holder shall notify the Secretary of State, within 30 days of
24notification from the permit holder, that the permit holder has
25been called to active duty. Upon notification pursuant to this
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1permit as inactive until a permit holder renews the permit as
2provided in subsection (i) of this Section, and (ii) if a
3permit holder fails to comply with the requirements of this
4Section while called to active duty, the Secretary of State
5shall not characterize the permit as invalid.
6    (i) A school bus driver permit holder who is a service
7member returning from active duty must, within 90 days, renew a
8permit characterized as inactive pursuant to subsection (h) of
9this Section by complying with the renewal requirements of
10subsection (b) of this Section.
11    (j) For purposes of subsections (h) and (i) of this
12Section:
13    "Active duty" means active duty pursuant to an executive
14order of the President of the United States, an act of the
15Congress of the United States, or an order of the Governor.
16    "Service member" means a member of the Armed Services or
17reserve forces of the United States or a member of the Illinois
18National Guard.
19(Source: P.A. 96-89, eff. 7-27-09; 96-818, eff. 11-17-09;
2096-962, eff. 7-2-10; 96-1000, eff. 7-2-10; 96-1182, eff.
217-22-10; revised 9-2-10.)