Rep. Dan Brady

Filed: 3/13/2014

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 5897

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 5897 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by
5changing Sections 6-113 and 6-201 as follows:
 
6    (625 ILCS 5/6-113)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 6-113)
7    Sec. 6-113. Restricted licenses and permits.
8    (a) The Secretary of State upon issuing a drivers license
9or permit shall have the authority whenever good cause appears
10to impose restrictions suitable to the licensee's driving
11ability with respect to the type of, or special mechanical
12control devices required on, a motor vehicle which the licensee
13may operate or such other restrictions applicable to the
14licensee as the Secretary of State may determine to be
15appropriate to assure the safe operation of a motor vehicle by
16the licensee.

 

 

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1    (b) The Secretary of State may either issue a special
2restricted license or permit or may set forth such restrictions
3upon the usual license or permit form.
4    (c) The Secretary of State may issue a probationary license
5to a person whose driving privileges have been suspended
6pursuant to subsection (d) of this Section or subsection (a)(2)
7of Section 6-206 of this Code. This subsection (c) does not
8apply to any driver required to possess a CDL for the purpose
9of operating a commercial motor vehicle. The Secretary of State
10shall promulgate rules pursuant to the Illinois Administrative
11Procedure Act, setting forth the conditions and criteria for
12the issuance and cancellation of probationary licenses.
13    (d) The Secretary of State may upon receiving satisfactory
14evidence of any violation of the restrictions of such license
15or permit suspend, revoke or cancel the same without
16preliminary hearing, but the licensee or permittee shall be
17entitled to a hearing as in the case of a suspension or
18revocation.
19    (e) It is unlawful for any person to operate a motor
20vehicle in any manner in violation of the restrictions imposed
21on a restricted license or permit issued to him.
22    (f) Whenever the holder of a restricted driving permit is
23issued a citation for any of the following offenses including
24similar local ordinances, the restricted driving permit is
25immediately invalidated:
26        1. Reckless homicide resulting from the operation of a

 

 

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1    motor vehicle;
2        2. Violation of Section 11-501 of this Act relating to
3    the operation of a motor vehicle while under the influence
4    of intoxicating liquor or narcotic drugs;
5        3. Violation of Section 11-401 of this Act relating to
6    the offense of leaving the scene of a traffic accident
7    involving death or injury;
8        4. Violation of Section 11-504 of this Act relating to
9    the offense of drag racing; or
10        5. Violation of Section 11-506 of this Act relating to
11    the offense of street racing.
12    The police officer issuing the citation shall confiscate
13the restricted driving permit and forward it, along with the
14citation, to the Clerk of the Circuit Court of the county in
15which the citation was issued.
16    (g) The Secretary of State may issue a special restricted
17license for a period of 48 12 months to individuals using
18vision aid arrangements other than standard eyeglasses or
19contact lenses, allowing the operation of a motor vehicle
20during nighttime hours. The Secretary of State shall adopt
21rules defining the terms and conditions by which the individual
22may obtain and renew this special restricted license. At a
23minimum, all drivers must meet the following requirements:
24        1. Possess a valid driver's license and have operated a
25    motor vehicle during daylight hours for a period of 12
26    months using vision aid arrangements other than standard

 

 

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1    eyeglasses or contact lenses.
2        2. Have a driving record that does not include any
3    traffic accidents that occurred during nighttime hours,
4    for which the driver has been found to be at fault, during
5    the 12 months before he or she applied for the special
6    restricted license.
7        3. Successfully complete a road test administered
8    during nighttime hours.
9    The special restricted license holder must submit to the
10Secretary annually a vision specialist report from his or her
11ophthalmologist or optometrist that the special restricted
12license holder's vision has not changed. If the special
13restricted license holder fails to submit this vision
14specialist report the special restricted license shall be
15cancelled under Section 6-201 of this Code.
16    At a minimum, all drivers renewing this license must meet
17the following requirements:
18        1. Successfully complete a road test administered
19    during nighttime hours.
20        2. Have a driving record that does not include any
21    traffic accidents that occurred during nighttime hours,
22    for which the driver has been found to be at fault, during
23    the 12 months before he or she applied for the special
24    restricted license.
25    (h) Any driver issued a special restricted license as
26defined in subsection (g) whose privilege to drive during

 

 

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1nighttime hours has been suspended due to an accident occurring
2during nighttime hours may request a hearing as provided in
3Section 2-118 of this Code to contest that suspension. If it is
4determined that the accident for which the driver was at fault
5was not influenced by the driver's use of vision aid
6arrangements other than standard eyeglasses or contact lenses,
7the Secretary may reinstate that driver's privilege to drive
8during nighttime hours.
9(Source: P.A. 97-229, eff. 7-28-11.)
 
10    (625 ILCS 5/6-201)
11    (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 98-176)
12    Sec. 6-201. Authority to cancel licenses and permits.
13    (a) The Secretary of State is authorized to cancel any
14license or permit upon determining that the holder thereof:
15        1. was not entitled to the issuance thereof hereunder;
16    or
17        2. failed to give the required or correct information
18    in his application; or
19        3. failed to pay any fees, civil penalties owed to the
20    Illinois Commerce Commission, or taxes due under this Act
21    and upon reasonable notice and demand; or
22        4. committed any fraud in the making of such
23    application; or
24        5. is ineligible therefor under the provisions of
25    Section 6-103 of this Act, as amended; or

 

 

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1        6. has refused or neglected to submit an alcohol, drug,
2    and intoxicating compound evaluation or to submit to
3    examination or re-examination as required under this Act;
4    or
5        7. has been convicted of violating the Cannabis Control
6    Act, the Illinois Controlled Substances Act, the
7    Methamphetamine Control and Community Protection Act, or
8    the Use of Intoxicating Compounds Act while that individual
9    was in actual physical control of a motor vehicle. For
10    purposes of this Section, any person placed on probation
11    under Section 10 of the Cannabis Control Act, Section 410
12    of the Illinois Controlled Substances Act, or Section 70 of
13    the Methamphetamine Control and Community Protection Act
14    shall not be considered convicted. Any person found guilty
15    of this offense, while in actual physical control of a
16    motor vehicle, shall have an entry made in the court record
17    by the judge that this offense did occur while the person
18    was in actual physical control of a motor vehicle and order
19    the clerk of the court to report the violation to the
20    Secretary of State as such. After the cancellation, the
21    Secretary of State shall not issue a new license or permit
22    for a period of one year after the date of cancellation.
23    However, upon application, the Secretary of State may, if
24    satisfied that the person applying will not endanger the
25    public safety, or welfare, issue a restricted driving
26    permit granting the privilege of driving a motor vehicle

 

 

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1    between the petitioner's residence and petitioner's place
2    of employment or within the scope of the petitioner's
3    employment related duties, or to allow transportation for
4    the petitioner or a household member of the petitioner's
5    family for the receipt of necessary medical care, or
6    provide transportation for the petitioner to and from
7    alcohol or drug remedial or rehabilitative activity
8    recommended by a licensed service provider, or for the
9    petitioner to attend classes, as a student, in an
10    accredited educational institution. The petitioner must
11    demonstrate that no alternative means of transportation is
12    reasonably available; provided that the Secretary's
13    discretion shall be limited to cases where undue hardship,
14    as defined by the rules of the Secretary of State, would
15    result from a failure to issue such restricted driving
16    permit. In each case the Secretary of State may issue such
17    restricted driving permit for such period as he deems
18    appropriate, except that such permit shall expire within
19    one year from the date of issuance. A restricted driving
20    permit issued hereunder shall be subject to cancellation,
21    revocation and suspension by the Secretary of State in like
22    manner and for like cause as a driver's license issued
23    hereunder may be cancelled, revoked or suspended; except
24    that a conviction upon one or more offenses against laws or
25    ordinances regulating the movement of traffic shall be
26    deemed sufficient cause for the revocation, suspension or

 

 

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1    cancellation of a restricted driving permit. The Secretary
2    of State may, as a condition to the issuance of a
3    restricted driving permit, require the applicant to
4    participate in a driver remedial or rehabilitative
5    program. In accordance with 49 C.F.R. 384, the Secretary of
6    State may not issue a restricted driving permit for the
7    operation of a commercial motor vehicle to a person holding
8    a CDL whose driving privileges have been revoked,
9    suspended, cancelled, or disqualified under this Code; or
10        8. failed to submit a report as required by Section
11    6-116.5 of this Code; or
12        9. has been convicted of a sex offense as defined in
13    the Sex Offender Registration Act. The driver's license
14    shall remain cancelled until the driver registers as a sex
15    offender as required by the Sex Offender Registration Act,
16    proof of the registration is furnished to the Secretary of
17    State and the sex offender provides proof of current
18    address to the Secretary; or
19        10. is ineligible for a license or permit under Section
20    6-107, 6-107.1, or 6-108 of this Code; or
21        11. refused or neglected to appear at a Driver Services
22    facility to have the license or permit corrected and a new
23    license or permit issued or to present documentation for
24    verification of identity; or
25        12. failed to submit a medical examiner's certificate
26    or medical variance as required by 49 C.F.R. 383.71 or

 

 

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1    submitted a fraudulent medical examiner's certificate or
2    medical variance; or
3        13. has had his or her medical examiner's certificate,
4    medical variance, or both removed or rescinded by the
5    Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration; or
6        14. failed to self-certify as to the type of driving in
7    which the CDL driver engages or expects to engage; or
8        15. has submitted acceptable documentation indicating
9    out-of-state residency to the Secretary of State to be
10    released from the requirement of showing proof of financial
11    responsibility in this State.
12    (b) Upon such cancellation the licensee or permittee must
13surrender the license or permit so cancelled to the Secretary
14of State.
15    (c) Except as provided in Sections 6-206.1 and 7-702.1, the
16Secretary of State shall have exclusive authority to grant,
17issue, deny, cancel, suspend and revoke driving privileges,
18drivers' licenses and restricted driving permits.
19    (d) The Secretary of State may adopt rules to implement
20this Section.
21(Source: P.A. 97-208, eff. 1-1-12; 97-229; eff. 7-28-11;
2297-813, eff. 7-13-12; 97-835, eff. 7-20-12; 98-178, eff.
231-1-14.)
 
24    (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 98-176)
25    Sec. 6-201. Authority to cancel licenses and permits.

 

 

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1    (a) The Secretary of State is authorized to cancel any
2license or permit upon determining that the holder thereof:
3        1. was not entitled to the issuance thereof hereunder;
4    or
5        2. failed to give the required or correct information
6    in his application; or
7        3. failed to pay any fees, civil penalties owed to the
8    Illinois Commerce Commission, or taxes due under this Act
9    and upon reasonable notice and demand; or
10        4. committed any fraud in the making of such
11    application; or
12        5. is ineligible therefor under the provisions of
13    Section 6-103 of this Act, as amended; or
14        6. has refused or neglected to submit an alcohol, drug,
15    and intoxicating compound evaluation or to submit to
16    examination or re-examination as required under this Act;
17    or
18        7. has been convicted of violating the Cannabis Control
19    Act, the Illinois Controlled Substances Act, the
20    Methamphetamine Control and Community Protection Act, or
21    the Use of Intoxicating Compounds Act while that individual
22    was in actual physical control of a motor vehicle. For
23    purposes of this Section, any person placed on probation
24    under Section 10 of the Cannabis Control Act, Section 410
25    of the Illinois Controlled Substances Act, or Section 70 of
26    the Methamphetamine Control and Community Protection Act

 

 

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1    shall not be considered convicted. Any person found guilty
2    of this offense, while in actual physical control of a
3    motor vehicle, shall have an entry made in the court record
4    by the judge that this offense did occur while the person
5    was in actual physical control of a motor vehicle and order
6    the clerk of the court to report the violation to the
7    Secretary of State as such. After the cancellation, the
8    Secretary of State shall not issue a new license or permit
9    for a period of one year after the date of cancellation.
10    However, upon application, the Secretary of State may, if
11    satisfied that the person applying will not endanger the
12    public safety, or welfare, issue a restricted driving
13    permit granting the privilege of driving a motor vehicle
14    between the petitioner's residence and petitioner's place
15    of employment or within the scope of the petitioner's
16    employment related duties, or to allow transportation for
17    the petitioner or a household member of the petitioner's
18    family for the receipt of necessary medical care, or
19    provide transportation for the petitioner to and from
20    alcohol or drug remedial or rehabilitative activity
21    recommended by a licensed service provider, or for the
22    petitioner to attend classes, as a student, in an
23    accredited educational institution. The petitioner must
24    demonstrate that no alternative means of transportation is
25    reasonably available; provided that the Secretary's
26    discretion shall be limited to cases where undue hardship,

 

 

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1    as defined by the rules of the Secretary of State, would
2    result from a failure to issue such restricted driving
3    permit. In each case the Secretary of State may issue such
4    restricted driving permit for such period as he deems
5    appropriate, except that such permit shall expire within
6    one year from the date of issuance. A restricted driving
7    permit issued hereunder shall be subject to cancellation,
8    revocation and suspension by the Secretary of State in like
9    manner and for like cause as a driver's license issued
10    hereunder may be cancelled, revoked or suspended; except
11    that a conviction upon one or more offenses against laws or
12    ordinances regulating the movement of traffic shall be
13    deemed sufficient cause for the revocation, suspension or
14    cancellation of a restricted driving permit. The Secretary
15    of State may, as a condition to the issuance of a
16    restricted driving permit, require the applicant to
17    participate in a driver remedial or rehabilitative
18    program. In accordance with 49 C.F.R. 384, the Secretary of
19    State may not issue a restricted driving permit for the
20    operation of a commercial motor vehicle to a person holding
21    a CDL whose driving privileges have been revoked,
22    suspended, cancelled, or disqualified under this Code; or
23        8. failed to submit a report as required by Section
24    6-116.5 of this Code; or
25        9. has been convicted of a sex offense as defined in
26    the Sex Offender Registration Act. The driver's license

 

 

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1    shall remain cancelled until the driver registers as a sex
2    offender as required by the Sex Offender Registration Act,
3    proof of the registration is furnished to the Secretary of
4    State and the sex offender provides proof of current
5    address to the Secretary; or
6        10. is ineligible for a license or permit under Section
7    6-107, 6-107.1, or 6-108 of this Code; or
8        11. refused or neglected to appear at a Driver Services
9    facility to have the license or permit corrected and a new
10    license or permit issued or to present documentation for
11    verification of identity; or
12        12. failed to submit a medical examiner's certificate
13    or medical variance as required by 49 C.F.R. 383.71 or
14    submitted a fraudulent medical examiner's certificate or
15    medical variance; or
16        13. has had his or her medical examiner's certificate,
17    medical variance, or both removed or rescinded by the
18    Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration; or
19        14. failed to self-certify as to the type of driving in
20    which the CDL driver engages or expects to engage; or
21        15. has submitted acceptable documentation indicating
22    out-of-state residency to the Secretary of State to be
23    released from the requirement of showing proof of financial
24    responsibility in this State; or .
25        16. 15. was convicted of fraud relating to the testing
26    or issuance of a CDL or CLP, in which case only the CDL or

 

 

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1    CLP shall be cancelled. After cancellation, the Secretary
2    shall not issue a CLP or CDL for a period of one year from
3    the date of cancellation; or .
4        17. has a special restricted license under subsection
5    (g) of Section 6-113 of this Code and failed to submit the
6    required annual vision specialist report that the special
7    restricted license holder's vision has not changed; or
8        18. has a special restricted license under subsection
9    (g) of Section 6-113 of this Code and was convicted or
10    received court supervision for a violation of this Code
11    that occurred during nighttime hours or was involved in a
12    motor vehicle accident during nighttime hours in which the
13    restricted license holder was at fault.
14    (b) Upon such cancellation the licensee or permittee must
15surrender the license or permit so cancelled to the Secretary
16of State.
17    (c) Except as provided in Sections 6-206.1 and 7-702.1, the
18Secretary of State shall have exclusive authority to grant,
19issue, deny, cancel, suspend and revoke driving privileges,
20drivers' licenses and restricted driving permits.
21    (d) The Secretary of State may adopt rules to implement
22this Section.
23(Source: P.A. 97-208, eff. 1-1-12; 97-229; eff. 7-28-11;
2497-813, eff. 7-13-12; 97-835, eff. 7-20-12; 98-176, eff.
257-1-14; 98-178, eff. 1-1-14; revised 9-19-13.)
 

 

 

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1    Section 95. No acceleration or delay. Where this Act makes
2changes in a statute that is represented in this Act by text
3that is not yet or no longer in effect (for example, a Section
4represented by multiple versions), the use of that text does
5not accelerate or delay the taking effect of (i) the changes
6made by this Act or (ii) provisions derived from any other
7Public Act.".