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1    AN ACT concerning transportation, which may be referred to
2as "Kelsey's Law".
 
3    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4represented in the General Assembly:
 
5    Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by changing
6Sections 6-107, 6-108, and 6-301.3 as follows:
 
7    (625 ILCS 5/6-107)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 6-107)
8    Sec. 6-107. Graduated license.
9    (a) The purpose of the Graduated Licensing Program is to
10develop safe and mature driving habits in young, inexperienced
11drivers and reduce or prevent motor vehicle accidents,
12fatalities, and injuries by:
13        (1) providing for an increase in the time of practice
14    period before granting permission to obtain a driver's
15    license;
16        (2) strengthening driver licensing and testing
17    standards for persons under the age of 21 years;
18        (3) sanctioning driving privileges of drivers under
19    age 21 who have committed serious traffic violations or
20    other specified offenses; and
21        (4) setting stricter standards to promote the public's
22    health and safety.
23    (b) The application of any person under the age of 18

 

 

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1years, and not legally emancipated, for a drivers license or
2permit to operate a motor vehicle issued under the laws of this
3State, shall be accompanied by the written consent of either
4parent of the applicant; otherwise by the guardian having
5custody of the applicant, or in the event there is no parent or
6guardian, then by another responsible adult. The written
7consent must accompany any application for a driver's license
8under this subsection (b), regardless of whether or not the
9required written consent also accompanied the person's
10previous application for an instruction permit.
11    No graduated driver's license shall be issued to any
12applicant under 18 years of age, unless the applicant is at
13least 16 years of age and has:
14        (1) Held a valid instruction permit for a minimum of 9
15    months.
16        (2) Passed an approved driver education course and
17    submits proof of having passed the course as may be
18    required.
19        (3) Certification by the parent, legal guardian, or
20    responsible adult that the applicant has had a minimum of
21    50 hours of behind-the-wheel practice time, at least 10
22    hours of which have been at night, and is sufficiently
23    prepared and able to safely operate a motor vehicle.
24    (b-1) No graduated driver's license shall be issued to any
25applicant who is under 18 years of age and not legally
26emancipated, unless the applicant has graduated from a

 

 

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1secondary school of this State or any other state, is enrolled
2in a course leading to a general educational development (GED)
3certificate, has obtained a GED certificate, is enrolled in an
4elementary or secondary school or college or university of this
5State or any other state and is not a chronic or habitual
6truant as provided in Section 26-2a of the School Code, or is
7receiving home instruction and submits proof of meeting any of
8those requirements at the time of application.
9    An applicant under 18 years of age who provides proof
10acceptable to the Secretary that the applicant has resumed
11regular school attendance or home instruction or that his or
12her application was denied in error shall be eligible to
13receive a graduated license if other requirements are met. The
14Secretary shall adopt rules for implementing this subsection
15(b-1).
16    (c) No graduated driver's license or permit shall be issued
17to any applicant under 18 years of age who has committed the
18offense of operating a motor vehicle without a valid license or
19permit in violation of Section 6-101 of this Code or a similar
20out of state offense and no graduated driver's license or
21permit shall be issued to any applicant under 18 years of age
22who has committed an offense that would otherwise result in a
23mandatory revocation of a license or permit as provided in
24Section 6-205 of this Code or who has been either convicted of
25or adjudicated a delinquent based upon a violation of the
26Cannabis Control Act, the Illinois Controlled Substances Act,

 

 

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1the Use of Intoxicating Compounds Act, or the Methamphetamine
2Control and Community Protection Act while that individual was
3in actual physical control of a motor vehicle. For purposes of
4this Section, any person placed on probation under Section 10
5of the Cannabis Control Act, Section 410 of the Illinois
6Controlled Substances Act, or Section 70 of the Methamphetamine
7Control and Community Protection Act shall not be considered
8convicted. Any person found guilty of this offense, while in
9actual physical control of a motor vehicle, shall have an entry
10made in the court record by the judge that this offense did
11occur while the person was in actual physical control of a
12motor vehicle and order the clerk of the court to report the
13violation to the Secretary of State as such.
14    (d) No graduated driver's license shall be issued for 9
15months to any applicant under the age of 18 years who has
16committed and subsequently been convicted of an offense against
17traffic regulations governing the movement of vehicles, any
18violation of this Section or Section 12-603.1 of this Code, or
19who has received a disposition of court supervision for a
20violation of Section 6-20 of the Illinois Liquor Control Act of
211934 or a similar provision of a local ordinance.
22    (e) No graduated driver's license holder under the age of
2318 years shall operate any motor vehicle, except a motor driven
24cycle or motorcycle, with more than one passenger in the front
25seat of the motor vehicle and no more passengers in the back
26seats than the number of available seat safety belts as set

 

 

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1forth in Section 12-603 of this Code. If a graduated driver's
2license holder over the age of 18 committed an offense against
3traffic regulations governing the movement of vehicles or any
4violation of this Section or Section 12-603.1 of this Code in
5the 6 months prior to the graduated driver's license holder's
618th birthday, and was subsequently convicted of the violation,
7the provisions of this paragraph shall continue to apply until
8such time as a period of 6 consecutive months has elapsed
9without an additional violation and subsequent conviction of an
10offense against traffic regulations governing the movement of
11vehicles or any violation of this Section or Section 12-603.1
12of this Code.
13    (f) (Blank).
14    (g) If a graduated driver's license holder is under the age
15of 18 when he or she receives the license, for the first 12
16months he or she holds the license or until he or she reaches
17the age of 18, whichever occurs sooner, the graduated license
18holder may not operate a motor vehicle with more than one
19passenger in the vehicle who is under the age of 20, unless any
20additional passenger or passengers are siblings,
21step-siblings, children, or stepchildren of the driver. If a
22graduated driver's license holder committed an offense against
23traffic regulations governing the movement of vehicles or any
24violation of this Section or Section 12-603.1 of this Code
25during the first 12 months the license is held and subsequently
26is convicted of the violation, the provisions of this paragraph

 

 

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1shall remain in effect until such time as a period of 6
2consecutive months has elapsed without an additional violation
3and subsequent conviction of an offense against traffic
4regulations governing the movement of vehicles or any violation
5of this Section or Section 12-603.1 of this Code.
6    (h) It shall be an offense for a person that is age 15, but
7under age 20, to be a passenger in a vehicle operated by a
8driver holding a graduated driver's license during the first 12
9months the driver holds the license or until the driver reaches
10the age of 18, whichever occurs sooner, if another passenger
11under the age of 20 is present, excluding a sibling,
12step-sibling, child, or step-child of the driver.
13    (i) No graduated driver's license shall be issued to any
14applicant under the age of 18 years if the applicant has been
15issued a traffic citation for which a disposition has not been
16rendered at the time of application.
17(Source: P.A. 96-607, eff. 8-24-09; 97-229, eff. 7-28-11;
1897-835, eff. 7-20-12.)
 
19    (625 ILCS 5/6-108)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 6-108)
20    Sec. 6-108. Cancellation of license issued to minor.
21    (a) The Secretary of State shall cancel the license or
22permit of any minor under the age of 18 years in any of the
23following events:
24        1. Upon the verified written request of the person who
25    consented to the application of the minor that the license

 

 

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1    or permit be cancelled;
2        2. Upon receipt of satisfactory evidence of the death
3    of the person who consented to the application of the
4    minor;
5        3. Upon receipt of satisfactory evidence that the
6    person who consented to the application of a minor no
7    longer has legal custody of the minor;
8        4. Upon receipt of information, submitted on a form
9    prescribed by the Secretary of State under Section 26-3a of
10    the School Code and provided voluntarily by nonpublic
11    schools, that a license-holding minor no longer meets the
12    school attendance requirements defined in Section 6-107 of
13    this Code.
14        A minor who provides proof acceptable to the Secretary
15    that the minor has resumed regular school attendance or
16    home instruction or that his or her license or permit was
17    cancelled in error shall have his or her license
18    reinstated. The Secretary shall adopt rules for
19    implementing this subdivision (a)4.
20        5. Upon determination by the Secretary that at the time
21    of license issuance, the minor held an instruction permit
22    and had a traffic citation for which a disposition had not
23    been rendered.
24    After cancellation, the Secretary of State shall not issue
25a new license or permit until the applicant meets the
26provisions of Section 6-107 of this Code.

 

 

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1    (b) The Secretary of State shall cancel the license or
2permit of any person under the age of 18 years if he or she is
3convicted of violating the Cannabis Control Act, the Illinois
4Controlled Substances Act, or the Methamphetamine Control and
5Community Protection Act while that person was in actual
6physical control of a motor vehicle. For purposes of this
7Section, any person placed on probation under Section 10 of the
8Cannabis Control Act, Section 410 of the Illinois Controlled
9Substances Act, or Section 70 of the Methamphetamine Control
10and Community Protection Act shall not be considered convicted.
11Any person found guilty of this offense, while in actual
12physical control of a motor vehicle, shall have an entry made
13in the court record by the judge that this offense did occur
14while the person was in actual physical control of a motor
15vehicle and order the clerk of the court to report the
16violation to the Secretary of State as such. After the
17cancellation, the Secretary of State shall not issue a new
18license or permit for a period of one year after the date of
19cancellation or until the minor attains the age of 18 years,
20whichever is longer. However, upon application, the Secretary
21of State may, if satisfied that the person applying will not
22endanger the public safety, or welfare, issue a restricted
23driving permit granting the privilege of driving a motor
24vehicle between the person's residence and person's place of
25employment or within the scope of the person's employment
26related duties, or to allow transportation for the person or a

 

 

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1household member of the person's family for the receipt of
2necessary medical care or, if the professional evaluation
3indicates, provide transportation for the petitioner for
4alcohol remedial or rehabilitative activity, or for the person
5to attend classes, as a student, in an accredited educational
6institution; if the person is able to demonstrate that no
7alternative means of transportation is reasonably available;
8provided that the Secretary's discretion shall be limited to
9cases where undue hardship would result from a failure to issue
10such restricted driving permit. In each case the Secretary of
11State may issue a restricted driving permit for a period as he
12deems appropriate, except that the permit shall expire within
13one year from the date of issuance. A restricted driving permit
14issued hereunder shall be subject to cancellation, revocation,
15and suspension by the Secretary of State in like manner and for
16like cause as a driver's license issued hereunder may be
17cancelled, revoked, or suspended; except that a conviction upon
18one or more offenses against laws or ordinances regulating the
19movement of traffic shall be deemed sufficient cause for the
20revocation, suspension, or cancellation of a restricted
21driving permit. The Secretary of State may, as a condition to
22the issuance of a restricted driving permit, require the
23applicant to participate in a driver remedial or rehabilitative
24program. Thereafter, upon reapplication for a license as
25provided in Section 6-106 of this Code or a permit as provided
26in Section 6-105 of this Code and upon payment of the

 

 

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1appropriate application fee, the Secretary of State shall issue
2the applicant a license as provided in Section 6-106 of this
3Code or shall issue the applicant a permit as provided in
4Section 6-105.
5(Source: P.A. 94-556, eff. 9-11-05; 94-916, eff. 7-1-07;
695-331, eff. 8-21-07.)
 
7    (625 ILCS 5/6-301.3)
8    Sec. 6-301.3. Invalidation of a driver's license or permit.
9    (a) The Secretary of State may invalidate a driver's
10license or permit:
11        (1) when the holder voluntarily surrenders the license
12    or permit and declares his or her intention to do so in
13    writing to the Secretary;
14        (2) when the Secretary receives a certified court order
15    indicating the holder is to refrain from driving;
16        (3) upon the death of the holder; or
17        (4) as the Secretary deems appropriate by
18    administrative rule.
19    (b) A driver's license or permit invalidated under this
20Section shall nullify the holder's driving privileges. If a
21license is invalidated under subdivision (a)(3) of this
22Section, the actual license or permit may be released to a
23relative of the decedent; provided, the actual license or
24permit bears a readily identifiable designation evidencing
25invalidation as prescribed by the Secretary.

 

 

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1    (c) If a driver is issued a citation for any violation of
2this Code or a similar local ordinance and the violation is the
3proximate cause of the death or Type A injury of another, the
4prosecuting authority may ask the court to enter an order
5invalidating the driver's license or permit under paragraph (2)
6of subsection (a) of this Section. For purposes of this
7Section, Type A injury has the meaning ascribed in Section
86-108.1 of this Code.
9(Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)