Public Act 101-0185
 
HB2315 EnrolledLRB101 08090 TAE 53153 b

    AN ACT concerning the Secretary of State.
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
 
    Section 5. The Illinois Administrative Procedure Act is
amended by changing Section 10-75 as follows:
 
    (5 ILCS 100/10-75)
    Sec. 10-75. Service by email.
    (a) The following requirements shall apply for consenting
to accept service by email:
        (1) At any time either before or after its issuance of
    a hearing notice as described in Section 10-25, an agency
    may require any attorney representing a party to the
    hearing to provide one or more email addresses at which he
    or she they shall accept service of documents described in
    Sections 10-25 and 10-50 in connection with the hearing. A
    party represented by an attorney may provide the email
    address of the attorney.
        (2) To the extent a person or entity is subject to
    licensure, permitting, or regulation by the agency, or
    submits an application for licensure or permitting to the
    agency, that agency may require, as a condition of such
    application, licensure, permitting, or regulation, that
    such persons or entities consent to service by email of the
    documents described in Sections 10-25 and 10-50 for any
    hearings that may arise in connection with such
    application, licensure or regulation, provided that the
    agency: (i) requires that any person or entity providing
    such an email address update that email address if it is
    changed; and (ii) annually verifies that email address.
        (3) At any time either before or after its issuance of
    a hearing notice as described in Section 10-25, an agency
    may request, but not require, an unrepresented party that
    is not subject to paragraph (2) of this subsection (a) to
    consent to accept service by email of the documents
    described in Sections 10-25 and 10-50 by designating an
    email address at which they will accept service.
        (4) Any person or entity who submits an email address
    under this Section shall also be given the option to
    designate no more than two secondary email addresses at
    which the person or entity consents to accept service,
    provided that, if any secondary email address is
    designated, an agency must serve the documents to both the
    designated primary and secondary email addresses.
    (b) Notwithstanding any party's consent to accept service
by email, no document described in Section Sections 10-25 or
10-50 may be served by email to the extent the document
contains:
        (1) a Social Security or individual taxpayer
    identification number;
        (2) a driver's license number, except if such document
    is issued by the Secretary of State;
        (3) a financial account number;
        (4) a debit or credit card number;
        (5) any other information that could reasonably be
    deemed personal, proprietary, confidential, or trade
    secret information; or
        (6) any information about or concerning a minor.
    (c) Service by email is deemed complete on the day of
transmission. Agencies that use email to serve documents under
Sections 10-25 and 10-50 shall adopt rules that specify the
standard for confirming delivery, and in failure to confirm
delivery, what steps the agency will take to ensure that
service by email or other means is accomplished.
    (d) This Section shall not apply with respect to any
service of notice other than under this Act.
(Source: P.A. 100-880, eff. 1-1-19; revised 10-10-18.)
 
    Section 10. The Illinois Identification Card Act is amended
by changing Section 8 and by adding Section 17 as follows:
 
    (15 ILCS 335/8)  (from Ch. 124, par. 28)
    Sec. 8. Expiration.
    (a) Except as otherwise provided in this Section:
        (1) Every identification card issued hereunder, except
    to persons who have reached their 15th birthday, but are
    not yet 21 years of age, persons who are 65 years of age or
    older, and persons who are issued an Illinois Person with a
    Disability Identification Card, shall expire 5 years from
    the ensuing birthday of the applicant and a renewal shall
    expire 5 years thereafter.
        (2) Every original or renewal identification card
    issued to a person who has reached his or her 15th
    birthday, but is not yet 21 years of age shall expire 3
    months after the person's 21st birthday.
    (b) Except as provided elsewhere in this Section, every
original, renewal, or duplicate: (i) non-REAL ID
identification card issued to a person who has reached his or
her 65th birthday shall be permanent and need not be renewed;
(ii) REAL ID compliant identification card issued on or after
July 1, 2017, to a person who has reached his or her 65th
birthday shall expire 8 years thereafter; (iii) non-REAL ID
Illinois Person with a Disability Identification Card issued to
a qualifying person shall expire 10 years thereafter; and (iv)
REAL ID compliant Illinois Person with a Disability
Identification Card issued on or after July 1, 2017, shall
expire 8 years thereafter. The Secretary of State shall
promulgate rules setting forth the conditions and criteria for
the renewal of all Illinois Person with a Disability
Identification Cards.
    (c) Every identification card or Illinois Person with a
Disability Identification Card issued under this Act to an
applicant who is not a United States citizen or permanent
resident, other than a conditional permanent resident, or an
individual who has an approved application for asylum in the
United States or has entered the United States in refugee
status, shall be marked "Limited Term" and shall expire on
whichever is the earlier date of the following:
        (1) as provided under subsection (a) or (b) of this
    Section;
        (2) on the date the applicant's authorized stay in the
    United States terminates; or
        (3) if the applicant's authorized stay is indefinite
    and the applicant is applying for a Limited Term REAL ID
    compliant identification card, one year from the date of
    issuance of the card.
    (d) Every REAL ID compliant identification card or REAL ID
compliant Person with a Disability Identification Card issued
under this Act to an applicant who is not a United States
citizen or permanent resident, other than a conditional
permanent resident, or an individual who has an approved
application for asylum in the United States or has entered the
United States in refugee status, shall be marked "Limited
Term".
(Source: P.A. 99-305, eff. 1-1-16; 99-511, eff. 1-1-17;
100-248, eff. 8-22-17; 100-827, eff. 8-13-18.)
 
    (15 ILCS 335/17 new)
    Sec. 17. Invalidation of a standard Illinois
Identification Card or an Illinois Person with a Disability
Identification Card.
    (a) The Secretary of State may invalidate a standard
Illinois Identification Card or an Illinois Person with a
Disability Identification Card:
        (1) when the holder voluntarily surrenders the
    standard Illinois Identification Card or Illinois Person
    with a Disability Identification Card and declares his or
    her intention to do so in writing;
        (2) upon the death of the holder;
        (3) upon the refusal of the holder to correct or update
    information contained on a standard Illinois
    Identification Card or an Illinois Person with a Disability
    Identification Card; and
        (4) as the Secretary deems appropriate by
    administrative rule.
 
    Section 15. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by
changing Sections 2-111, 3-704, 6-115, 6-209, 6-500, 6-508, and
6-508.1 as follows:
 
    (625 ILCS 5/2-111)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 2-111)
    Sec. 2-111. Seizure or confiscation of documents and
plates.
    (a) The Secretary of State or any law enforcement entity is
authorized to take possession of any certificate of title,
registration card, permit, license, registration plate,
plates, disability license plate or parking decal or device, or
registration sticker issued by the Secretary him upon
expiration, revocation, cancellation or suspension thereof, or
which is fictitious, or which has been unlawfully or
erroneously issued. Police officers who have reasonable
grounds to believe that any item or items listed in this
Section should be seized such items shall return the items to
the Secretary of State in a manner and form set forth by the
Secretary in administrative rule to take possession of such
item or items of the items and return them or cause them to be
returned to the Secretary of State.
    (b) The Secretary of State is authorized to confiscate any
suspected fraudulent, fictitious, or altered documents
submitted by an applicant in support of an application for a
driver's license or permit.
(Source: P.A. 97-743, eff. 1-1-13.)
 
    (625 ILCS 5/3-704)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-704)
    Sec. 3-704. Authority of Secretary of State to suspend or
revoke a registration or certificate of title; authority to
suspend or revoke the registration of a vehicle.
    (a) The Secretary of State may suspend or revoke the
registration of a vehicle or a certificate of title,
registration card, registration sticker, registration plate,
disability parking decal or device, or any nonresident or other
permit in any of the following events:
        1. When the Secretary of State is satisfied that such
    registration or that such certificate, card, plate,
    registration sticker or permit was fraudulently or
    erroneously issued;
        2. When a registered vehicle has been dismantled or
    wrecked or is not properly equipped;
        3. When the Secretary of State determines that any
    required fees have not been paid to the Secretary of State,
    to the Illinois Commerce Commission, or to the Illinois
    Department of Revenue under the Motor Fuel Tax Law, and the
    same are not paid upon reasonable notice and demand;
        4. When a registration card, registration plate,
    registration sticker or permit is knowingly displayed upon
    a vehicle other than the one for which issued;
        5. When the Secretary of State determines that the
    owner has committed any offense under this Chapter
    involving the registration or the certificate, card,
    plate, registration sticker or permit to be suspended or
    revoked;
        6. When the Secretary of State determines that a
    vehicle registered not-for-hire is used or operated
    for-hire unlawfully, or used or operated for purposes other
    than those authorized;
        7. When the Secretary of State determines that an owner
    of a for-hire motor vehicle has failed to give proof of
    financial responsibility as required by this Act;
        8. When the Secretary determines that the vehicle is
    not subject to or eligible for a registration;
        9. When the Secretary determines that the owner of a
    vehicle registered under the mileage weight tax option
    fails to maintain the records specified by law, or fails to
    file the reports required by law, or that such vehicle is
    not equipped with an operable and operating speedometer or
    odometer;
        10. When the Secretary of State is so authorized under
    any other provision of law;
        11. When the Secretary of State determines that the
    holder of a disability parking decal or device has
    committed any offense under Chapter 11 of this Code
    involving the use of a disability parking decal or device.
    (a-5) The Secretary of State may revoke a certificate of
title and registration card and issue a corrected certificate
of title and registration card, at no fee to the vehicle owner
or lienholder, if there is proof that the vehicle
identification number is erroneously shown on the original
certificate of title.
    (b) The Secretary of State may suspend or revoke the
registration of a vehicle as follows:
        1. When the Secretary of State determines that the
    owner of a vehicle has not paid a civil penalty or a
    settlement agreement arising from the violation of rules
    adopted under the Illinois Motor Carrier Safety Law or the
    Illinois Hazardous Materials Transportation Act or that a
    vehicle, regardless of ownership, was the subject of
    violations of these rules that resulted in a civil penalty
    or settlement agreement which remains unpaid.
        2. When the Secretary of State determines that a
    vehicle registered for a gross weight of more than 16,000
    pounds within an affected area is not in compliance with
    the provisions of Section 13-109.1 of the Illinois Vehicle
    Code.
        3. When the Secretary of State is notified by the
    United States Department of Transportation that a vehicle
    is in violation of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety
    Regulations, as they are now or hereafter amended, and is
    prohibited from operating.
    (c) The Secretary of State may suspend the registration of
a vehicle when a court finds that the vehicle was used in a
violation of Section 24-3A of the Criminal Code of 1961 or the
Criminal Code of 2012 relating to gunrunning. A suspension of
registration under this subsection (c) may be for a period of
up to 90 days.
    (d) The Secretary shall deny, suspend, or revoke
registration if the applicant fails to disclose material
information required, if the applicant has made a materially
false statement on the application, if the applicant has
applied as a subterfuge for the real party in interest who has
been issued a federal out-of-service order, or if the
applicant's business is operated by, managed by, or otherwise
controlled by or affiliated with a person who is ineligible for
registration, including the applicant entity, a relative,
family member, corporate officer, or shareholder. The
Secretary shall deny, suspend, or revoke registration for
either (i) a vehicle if the motor carrier responsible for the
safety of the vehicle has been prohibited from operating by the
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration; or (ii) a carrier
whose business is operated by, managed by, or otherwise
controlled by or affiliated with a person who is ineligible for
registration, which may include the owner, a relative, family
member, corporate officer, or shareholder of the carrier.
(Source: P.A. 97-540, eff. 1-1-12; 97-1150, eff. 1-25-13.)
 
    (625 ILCS 5/6-115)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 6-115)
    Sec. 6-115. Expiration of driver's license.
    (a) Except as provided elsewhere in this Section, every
driver's license issued under the provisions of this Code shall
expire 4 years from the date of its issuance, or at such later
date, as the Secretary of State may by proper rule and
regulation designate, not to exceed 12 calendar months; in the
event that an applicant for renewal of a driver's license fails
to apply prior to the expiration date of the previous driver's
license, the renewal driver's license shall expire 4 years from
the expiration date of the previous driver's license, or at
such later date as the Secretary of State may by proper rule
and regulation designate, not to exceed 12 calendar months.
    The Secretary of State may, however, issue to a person not
previously licensed as a driver in Illinois a driver's license
which will expire not less than 4 years nor more than 5 years
from date of issuance, except as provided elsewhere in this
Section.
    (a-5) Every driver's license issued under this Code to an
applicant who is not a United States citizen or permanent
resident, other than a conditional permanent resident, or an
individual who has an approved application for asylum in the
United States or has entered the United States in refugee
status, shall be marked "Limited Term" and shall expire on
whichever is the earlier date of the following:
        (1) as provided under subsection (a), (f), (g), or (i)
    of this Section;
        (2) on the date the applicant's authorized stay in the
    United States terminates; or
        (3) if the applicant's authorized stay is indefinite
    and the applicant is applying for a Limited Term REAL ID
    compliant driver's license, one year from the date of
    issuance of the license.
    (a-10) Every REAL ID compliant driver's license issued
under this Code to an applicant who is not a United States
citizen or permanent resident, other than a conditional
permanent resident, or an individual who has an approved
application for asylum in the United States or has entered the
United States in refugee status, shall be marked "Limited
Term".
    (b) Before the expiration of a driver's license, except
those licenses expiring on the individual's 21st birthday, or 3
months after the individual's 21st birthday, the holder thereof
may apply for a renewal thereof, subject to all the provisions
of Section 6-103, and the Secretary of State may require an
examination of the applicant. A licensee whose driver's license
expires on his 21st birthday, or 3 months after his 21st
birthday, may not apply for a renewal of his driving privileges
until he reaches the age of 21.
    (c) The Secretary of State shall, 30 days prior to the
expiration of a driver's license, forward to each person whose
license is to expire a notification of the expiration of said
license which may be presented at the time of renewal of said
license.
    There may be included with such notification information
explaining the anatomical gift and Emergency Medical
Information Card provisions of Section 6-110. The format and
text of such information shall be prescribed by the Secretary.
    There shall be included with such notification, for a
period of 4 years beginning January 1, 2000 information
regarding the Illinois Adoption Registry and Medical
Information Exchange established in Section 18.1 of the
Adoption Act.
    (d) The Secretary may defer the expiration of the driver's
license of a licensee, spouse, and dependent children who are
living with such licensee while on active duty, serving in the
Armed Forces of the United States outside of the State of
Illinois, and 120 days thereafter, upon such terms and
conditions as the Secretary may prescribe.
    (d-5) The Secretary may defer the expiration of the
driver's license of a licensee, or of a spouse or dependent
children living with the licensee, serving as a civilian
employee of the United States Armed Forces or the United States
Department of Defense, outside of the State of Illinois, and
120 days thereafter, upon such terms and conditions as the
Secretary may prescribe.
    (e) The Secretary of State may decline to process a renewal
of a driver's license of any person who has not paid any fee or
tax due under this Code and is not paid upon reasonable notice
and demand.
    (f) The Secretary shall provide that each original or
renewal driver's license issued to a licensee under 21 years of
age shall expire 3 months after the licensee's 21st birthday.
Persons whose current driver's licenses expire on their 21st
birthday on or after January 1, 1986 shall not renew their
driver's license before their 21st birthday, and their current
driver's license will be extended for an additional term of 3
months beyond their 21st birthday. Thereafter, the expiration
and term of the driver's license shall be governed by
subsection (a) hereof.
    (g) The Secretary shall provide that each original or
renewal driver's license issued to a licensee 81 years of age
through age 86 shall expire 2 years from the date of issuance,
or at such later date as the Secretary may by rule and
regulation designate, not to exceed an additional 12 calendar
months. The Secretary shall also provide that each original or
renewal driver's license issued to a licensee 87 years of age
or older shall expire 12 months from the date of issuance, or
at such later date as the Secretary may by rule and regulation
designate, not to exceed an additional 12 calendar months.
    (h) The Secretary of State shall provide that each special
restricted driver's license issued under subsection (g) of
Section 6-113 of this Code shall expire 12 months from the date
of issuance. The Secretary shall adopt rules defining renewal
requirements.
    (i) The Secretary of State shall provide that each driver's
license issued to a person convicted of a sex offense as
defined in Section 2 of the Sex Offender Registration Act shall
expire 12 months from the date of issuance or at such date as
the Secretary may by rule designate, not to exceed an
additional 12 calendar months. The Secretary may adopt rules
defining renewal requirements.
(Source: P.A. 99-118, eff. 1-1-16; 99-305, eff. 1-1-16; 99-642,
eff. 7-28-16; 100-248, eff. 8-22-17; 100-863, eff. 8-14-18.)
 
    (625 ILCS 5/6-209)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 6-209)
    Sec. 6-209. Notice of Cancellation, Suspension or
Revocation - Surrender and Return of License. The Secretary of
State upon cancelling, suspending or revoking a license or
permit shall immediately notify the holder thereof in writing
and shall require that such license or permit shall be
surrendered to and retained by the Secretary of State. However,
upon payment of the reinstatement fee set out in subsection (g)
of Section 6-118 at the end of any period of suspension of a
license the licensee, if not ineligible for some other reason,
shall be entitled to reinstatement of driving privileges and
may apply for a duplicate driver's the return of his license if
it has not then expired; or, in case it has expired, to apply
for a new license.
(Source: P.A. 81-462.)
 
    (625 ILCS 5/6-500)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 6-500)
    Sec. 6-500. Definitions of words and phrases.
Notwithstanding the definitions set forth elsewhere in this
Code, for purposes of the Uniform Commercial Driver's License
Act (UCDLA), the words and phrases listed below have the
meanings ascribed to them as follows:
    (1) Alcohol. "Alcohol" means any substance containing any
form of alcohol, including but not limited to ethanol,
methanol, propanol, and isopropanol.
    (2) Alcohol concentration. "Alcohol concentration" means:
        (A) the number of grams of alcohol per 210 liters of
    breath; or
        (B) the number of grams of alcohol per 100 milliliters
    of blood; or
        (C) the number of grams of alcohol per 67 milliliters
    of urine.
    Alcohol tests administered within 2 hours of the driver
being "stopped or detained" shall be considered that driver's
"alcohol concentration" for the purposes of enforcing this
UCDLA.
    (3) (Blank).
    (4) (Blank).
    (5) (Blank).
    (5.3) CDLIS driver record. "CDLIS driver record" means the
electronic record of the individual CDL driver's status and
history stored by the State-of-Record as part of the Commercial
Driver's License Information System, or CDLIS, established
under 49 U.S.C. 31309.
    (5.5) CDLIS motor vehicle record. "CDLIS motor vehicle
record" or "CDLIS MVR" means a report generated from the CDLIS
driver record meeting the requirements for access to CDLIS
information and provided by states to users authorized in 49
C.F.R. 384.225(e)(3) and (4), subject to the provisions of the
Driver Privacy Protection Act, 18 U.S.C. 2721-2725.
    (5.7) Commercial driver's license downgrade. "Commercial
driver's license downgrade" or "CDL downgrade" means either:
        (A) a state allows the driver to change his or her
    self-certification to interstate, but operating
    exclusively in transportation or operation excepted from
    49 C.F.R. Part 391, as provided in 49 C.F.R. 390.3(f),
    391.2, 391.68, or 398.3;
        (B) a state allows the driver to change his or her
    self-certification to intrastate only, if the driver
    qualifies under that state's physical qualification
    requirements for intrastate only;
        (C) a state allows the driver to change his or her
    certification to intrastate, but operating exclusively in
    transportation or operations excepted from all or part of
    the state driver qualification requirements; or
        (D) a state removes the CDL privilege from the driver
    license.
    (6) Commercial Motor Vehicle.
        (A) "Commercial motor vehicle" or "CMV" means a motor
    vehicle or combination of motor vehicles used in commerce,
    except those referred to in subdivision (B), designed to
    transport passengers or property if the motor vehicle:
            (i) has a gross combination weight rating or gross
        combination weight of 11,794 kilograms or more (26,001
        pounds or more), whichever is greater, inclusive of any
        towed unit with a gross vehicle weight rating or gross
        vehicle weight of more than 4,536 kilograms (10,000
        pounds), whichever is greater; or
            (i-5) has a gross vehicle weight rating or gross
        vehicle weight of 11,794 or more kilograms (26,001
        pounds or more), whichever is greater; or
            (ii) is designed to transport 16 or more persons,
        including the driver; or
            (iii) is of any size and is used in transporting
        hazardous materials as defined in 49 C.F.R. 383.5.
        (B) Pursuant to the interpretation of the Commercial
    Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1986 by the Federal Highway
    Administration, the definition of "commercial motor
    vehicle" does not include:
            (i) recreational vehicles, when operated primarily
        for personal use;
            (ii) vehicles owned by or operated under the
        direction of the United States Department of Defense or
        the United States Coast Guard only when operated by
        non-civilian personnel. This includes any operator on
        active military duty; members of the Reserves;
        National Guard; personnel on part-time training; and
        National Guard military technicians (civilians who are
        required to wear military uniforms and are subject to
        the Code of Military Justice); or
            (iii) firefighting, police, and other emergency
        equipment (including, without limitation, equipment
        owned or operated by a HazMat or technical rescue team
        authorized by a county board under Section 5-1127 of
        the Counties Code), with audible and visual signals,
        owned or operated by or for a governmental entity,
        which is necessary to the preservation of life or
        property or the execution of emergency governmental
        functions which are normally not subject to general
        traffic rules and regulations.
    (7) Controlled Substance. "Controlled substance" shall
have the same meaning as defined in Section 102 of the Illinois
Controlled Substances Act, and shall also include cannabis as
defined in Section 3 of the Cannabis Control Act and
methamphetamine as defined in Section 10 of the Methamphetamine
Control and Community Protection Act.
    (8) Conviction. "Conviction" means an unvacated
adjudication of guilt or a determination that a person has
violated or failed to comply with the law in a court of
original jurisdiction or by an authorized administrative
tribunal; an unvacated forfeiture of bail or collateral
deposited to secure the person's appearance in court; a plea of
guilty or nolo contendere accepted by the court; the payment of
a fine or court cost regardless of whether the imposition of
sentence is deferred and ultimately a judgment dismissing the
underlying charge is entered; or a violation of a condition of
release without bail, regardless of whether or not the penalty
is rebated, suspended or probated.
    (8.5) Day. "Day" means calendar day.
    (9) (Blank).
    (10) (Blank).
    (11) (Blank).
    (12) (Blank).
    (13) Driver. "Driver" means any person who drives,
operates, or is in physical control of a commercial motor
vehicle, any person who is required to hold a CDL, or any
person who is a holder of a CDL while operating a
non-commercial motor vehicle.
    (13.5) Driver applicant. "Driver applicant" means an
individual who applies to a state or other jurisdiction to
obtain, transfer, upgrade, or renew a CDL or to obtain or renew
a CLP.
    (13.8) Electronic device. "Electronic device" includes,
but is not limited to, a cellular telephone, personal digital
assistant, pager, computer, or any other device used to input,
write, send, receive, or read text.
    (14) Employee. "Employee" means a person who is employed as
a commercial motor vehicle driver. A person who is
self-employed as a commercial motor vehicle driver must comply
with the requirements of this UCDLA pertaining to employees. An
owner-operator on a long-term lease shall be considered an
employee.
    (15) Employer. "Employer" means a person (including the
United States, a State or a local authority) who owns or leases
a commercial motor vehicle or assigns employees to operate such
a vehicle. A person who is self-employed as a commercial motor
vehicle driver must comply with the requirements of this UCDLA.
    (15.1) Endorsement. "Endorsement" means an authorization
to an individual's CLP or CDL required to permit the individual
to operate certain types of commercial motor vehicles.
    (15.2) Entry-level driver training. "Entry-level driver
training" means the training an entry-level driver receives
from an entity listed on the Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration's Training Provider Registry prior to: (i)
taking the CDL skills test required to receive the Class A or
Class B CDL for the first time; (ii) taking the CDL skills test
required to upgrade to a Class A or Class B CDL; or (iii)
taking the CDL skills test required to obtain a passenger or
school bus endorsement for the first time or the CDL knowledge
test required to obtain a hazardous materials endorsement for
the first time.
    (15.3) Excepted interstate. "Excepted interstate" means a
person who operates or expects to operate in interstate
commerce, but engages exclusively in transportation or
operations excepted under 49 C.F.R. 390.3(f), 391.2, 391.68, or
398.3 from all or part of the qualification requirements of 49
C.F.R. Part 391 and is not required to obtain a medical
examiner's certificate by 49 C.F.R. 391.45.
    (15.5) Excepted intrastate. "Excepted intrastate" means a
person who operates in intrastate commerce but engages
exclusively in transportation or operations excepted from all
or parts of the state driver qualification requirements.
    (16) (Blank).
    (16.5) Fatality. "Fatality" means the death of a person as
a result of a motor vehicle accident.
    (16.7) Foreign commercial driver. "Foreign commercial
driver" means a person licensed to operate a commercial motor
vehicle by an authority outside the United States, or a citizen
of a foreign country who operates a commercial motor vehicle in
the United States.
    (17) Foreign jurisdiction. "Foreign jurisdiction" means a
sovereign jurisdiction that does not fall within the definition
of "State".
    (18) (Blank).
    (19) (Blank).
    (20) Hazardous materials. "Hazardous Material" means any
material that has been designated under 49 U.S.C. 5103 and is
required to be placarded under subpart F of 49 C.F.R. part 172
or any quantity of a material listed as a select agent or toxin
in 42 C.F.R. part 73.
    (20.5) Imminent Hazard. "Imminent hazard" means the
existence of any condition of a vehicle, employee, or
commercial motor vehicle operations that substantially
increases the likelihood of serious injury or death if not
discontinued immediately; or a condition relating to hazardous
material that presents a substantial likelihood that death,
serious illness, severe personal injury, or a substantial
endangerment to health, property, or the environment may occur
before the reasonably foreseeable completion date of a formal
proceeding begun to lessen the risk of that death, illness,
injury or endangerment.
    (20.6) Issuance. "Issuance" means initial issuance,
transfer, renewal, or upgrade of a CLP or CDL and non-domiciled
CLP or CDL.
    (20.7) Issue. "Issue" means initial issuance, transfer,
renewal, or upgrade of a CLP or CDL and non-domiciled CLP or
non-domiciled CDL.
    (21) Long-term lease. "Long-term lease" means a lease of a
commercial motor vehicle by the owner-lessor to a lessee, for a
period of more than 29 days.
    (21.01) Manual transmission. "Manual transmission" means a
transmission utilizing a driver-operated clutch that is
activated by a pedal or lever and a gear-shift mechanism
operated either by hand or foot including those known as a
stick shift, stick, straight drive, or standard transmission.
All other transmissions, whether semi-automatic or automatic,
shall be considered automatic for the purposes of the
standardized restriction code.
    (21.1) Medical examiner. "Medical examiner" means an
individual certified by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration and listed on the National Registry of Certified
Medical Examiners in accordance with Federal Motor Carrier
Safety Regulations, 49 CFR 390.101 et seq.
    (21.2) Medical examiner's certificate. "Medical examiner's
certificate" means either (1) prior to June 22, 2021 2018, a
document prescribed or approved by the Secretary of State that
is issued by a medical examiner to a driver to medically
qualify him or her to drive; or (2) beginning June 22, 2021
2018, an electronic submission of results of an examination
conducted by a medical examiner listed on the National Registry
of Certified Medical Examiners to the Federal Motor Carrier
Safety Administration of a driver to medically qualify him or
her to drive.
    (21.5) Medical variance. "Medical variance" means a driver
has received one of the following from the Federal Motor
Carrier Safety Administration which allows the driver to be
issued a medical certificate: (1) an exemption letter
permitting operation of a commercial motor vehicle pursuant to
49 C.F.R. Part 381, Subpart C or 49 C.F.R. 391.64; or (2) a
skill performance evaluation (SPE) certificate permitting
operation of a commercial motor vehicle pursuant to 49 C.F.R.
391.49.
    (21.7) Mobile telephone. "Mobile telephone" means a mobile
communication device that falls under or uses any commercial
mobile radio service, as defined in regulations of the Federal
Communications Commission, 47 CFR 20.3. It does not include
two-way or citizens band radio services.
    (22) Motor Vehicle. "Motor vehicle" means every vehicle
which is self-propelled, and every vehicle which is propelled
by electric power obtained from over head trolley wires but not
operated upon rails, except vehicles moved solely by human
power and motorized wheel chairs.
    (22.2) Motor vehicle record. "Motor vehicle record" means a
report of the driving status and history of a driver generated
from the driver record provided to users, such as drivers or
employers, and is subject to the provisions of the Driver
Privacy Protection Act, 18 U.S.C. 2721-2725.
    (22.5) Non-CMV. "Non-CMV" means a motor vehicle or
combination of motor vehicles not defined by the term
"commercial motor vehicle" or "CMV" in this Section.
    (22.7) Non-excepted interstate. "Non-excepted interstate"
means a person who operates or expects to operate in interstate
commerce, is subject to and meets the qualification
requirements under 49 C.F.R. Part 391, and is required to
obtain a medical examiner's certificate by 49 C.F.R. 391.45.
    (22.8) Non-excepted intrastate. "Non-excepted intrastate"
means a person who operates only in intrastate commerce and is
subject to State driver qualification requirements.
    (23) Non-domiciled CLP or Non-domiciled CDL.
"Non-domiciled CLP" or "Non-domiciled CDL" means a CLP or CDL,
respectively, issued by a state or other jurisdiction under
either of the following two conditions:
        (i) to an individual domiciled in a foreign country
    meeting the requirements of Part 383.23(b)(1) of 49 C.F.R.
    of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.
        (ii) to an individual domiciled in another state
    meeting the requirements of Part 383.23(b)(2) of 49 C.F.R.
    of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.
    (24) (Blank).
    (25) (Blank).
    (25.5) Railroad-Highway Grade Crossing Violation.
"Railroad-highway grade crossing violation" means a violation,
while operating a commercial motor vehicle, of any of the
following:
        (A) Section 11-1201, 11-1202, or 11-1425 of this Code.
        (B) Any other similar law or local ordinance of any
    state relating to railroad-highway grade crossing.
    (25.7) School Bus. "School bus" means a commercial motor
vehicle used to transport pre-primary, primary, or secondary
school students from home to school, from school to home, or to
and from school-sponsored events. "School bus" does not include
a bus used as a common carrier.
    (26) Serious Traffic Violation. "Serious traffic
violation" means:
        (A) a conviction when operating a commercial motor
    vehicle, or when operating a non-CMV while holding a CLP or
    CDL, of:
            (i) a violation relating to excessive speeding,
        involving a single speeding charge of 15 miles per hour
        or more above the legal speed limit; or
            (ii) a violation relating to reckless driving; or
            (iii) a violation of any State law or local
        ordinance relating to motor vehicle traffic control
        (other than parking violations) arising in connection
        with a fatal traffic accident; or
            (iv) a violation of Section 6-501, relating to
        having multiple driver's licenses; or
            (v) a violation of paragraph (a) of Section 6-507,
        relating to the requirement to have a valid CLP or CDL;
        or
            (vi) a violation relating to improper or erratic
        traffic lane changes; or
            (vii) a violation relating to following another
        vehicle too closely; or
            (viii) a violation relating to texting while
        driving; or
            (ix) a violation relating to the use of a hand-held
        mobile telephone while driving; or
        (B) any other similar violation of a law or local
    ordinance of any state relating to motor vehicle traffic
    control, other than a parking violation, which the
    Secretary of State determines by administrative rule to be
    serious.
    (27) State. "State" means a state of the United States, the
District of Columbia and any province or territory of Canada.
    (28) (Blank).
    (29) (Blank).
    (30) (Blank).
    (31) (Blank).
    (32) Texting. "Texting" means manually entering
alphanumeric text into, or reading text from, an electronic
device.
        (1) Texting includes, but is not limited to, short
    message service, emailing, instant messaging, a command or
    request to access a World Wide Web page, pressing more than
    a single button to initiate or terminate a voice
    communication using a mobile telephone, or engaging in any
    other form of electronic text retrieval or entry for
    present or future communication.
        (2) Texting does not include:
            (i) inputting, selecting, or reading information
        on a global positioning system or navigation system; or
            (ii) pressing a single button to initiate or
        terminate a voice communication using a mobile
        telephone; or
            (iii) using a device capable of performing
        multiple functions (for example, a fleet management
        system, dispatching device, smart phone, citizens band
        radio, or music player) for a purpose that is not
        otherwise prohibited by Part 392 of the Federal Motor
        Carrier Safety Regulations.
    (32.3) Third party skills test examiner. "Third party
skills test examiner" means a person employed by a third party
tester who is authorized by the State to administer the CDL
skills tests specified in 49 C.F.R. Part 383, subparts G and H.
    (32.5) Third party tester. "Third party tester" means a
person (including, but not limited to, another state, a motor
carrier, a private driver training facility or other private
institution, or a department, agency, or instrumentality of a
local government) authorized by the State to employ skills test
examiners to administer the CDL skills tests specified in 49
C.F.R. Part 383, subparts G and H.
    (32.7) United States. "United States" means the 50 states
and the District of Columbia.
    (33) Use a hand-held mobile telephone. "Use a hand-held
mobile telephone" means:
        (1) using at least one hand to hold a mobile telephone
    to conduct a voice communication;
        (2) dialing or answering a mobile telephone by pressing
    more than a single button; or
        (3) reaching for a mobile telephone in a manner that
    requires a driver to maneuver so that he or she is no
    longer in a seated driving position, restrained by a seat
    belt that is installed in accordance with 49 CFR 393.93 and
    adjusted in accordance with the vehicle manufacturer's
    instructions.
(Source: P.A. 99-57, eff. 7-16-15; 100-223, eff. 8-18-17.)
 
    (625 ILCS 5/6-508)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 6-508)
    Sec. 6-508. Commercial Driver's License (CDL) -
qualification standards.
    (a) Testing.
        (1) General. No person shall be issued an original or
    renewal CDL unless that person is domiciled in this State
    or is applying for a non-domiciled CDL under Sections 6-509
    and 6-510 of this Code. The Secretary shall cause to be
    administered such tests as the Secretary deems necessary to
    meet the requirements of 49 C.F.R. Part 383, subparts F, G,
    H, and J.
        (1.5) Effective July 1, 2014, no person shall be issued
    an original CDL or an upgraded CDL that requires a skills
    test unless that person has held a CLP, for a minimum of 14
    calendar days, for the classification of vehicle and
    endorsement, if any, for which the person is seeking a CDL.
        (2) Third party testing. The Secretary of State may
    authorize a "third party tester", pursuant to 49 C.F.R.
    383.75 and 49 C.F.R. 384.228 and 384.229, to administer the
    skills test or tests specified by the Federal Motor Carrier
    Safety Administration pursuant to the Commercial Motor
    Vehicle Safety Act of 1986 and any appropriate federal
    rule.
        (3)(i) Effective February 7, 2020, unless the person is
    exempted by 49 CFR 380.603, no person shall be issued an
    original (first time issuance) CDL, an upgraded CDL or a
    school bus (S), passenger (P), or hazardous Materials (H)
    endorsement unless the person has successfully completed
    entry-level driver training (ELDT) taught by a training
    provider listed on the federal Training Provider Registry.
        (ii) Persons who obtain a CLP before February 7, 2020
    are not required to complete ELDT if the person obtains a
    CDL before the CLP or renewed CLP expires.
        (iii) Except for persons seeking the H endorsement,
    persons must complete the theory and behind-the-wheel
    (range and public road) portions of ELDT within one year of
    completing the first portion.
        (iv) The Secretary shall adopt rules to implement this
    subsection.
    (b) Waiver of Skills Test. The Secretary of State may waive
the skills test specified in this Section for a driver
applicant for a commercial driver license who meets the
requirements of 49 C.F.R. 383.77. The Secretary of State shall
waive the skills tests specified in this Section for a driver
applicant who has military commercial motor vehicle
experience, subject to the requirements of 49 C.F.R. 383.77.
    (b-1) No person shall be issued a CDL unless the person
certifies to the Secretary one of the following types of
driving operations in which he or she will be engaged:
        (1) non-excepted interstate;
        (2) non-excepted intrastate;
        (3) excepted interstate; or
        (4) excepted intrastate.
    (b-2) (Blank).
    (c) Limitations on issuance of a CDL. A CDL shall not be
issued to a person while the person is subject to a
disqualification from driving a commercial motor vehicle, or
unless otherwise permitted by this Code, while the person's
driver's license is suspended, revoked or cancelled in any
state, or any territory or province of Canada; nor may a CLP or
CDL be issued to a person who has a CLP or CDL issued by any
other state, or foreign jurisdiction, nor may a CDL be issued
to a person who has an Illinois CLP unless the person first
surrenders all of these licenses or permits. However, a person
may hold an Illinois CLP and an Illinois CDL providing the CLP
is necessary to train or practice for an endorsement or vehicle
classification not present on the current CDL. No CDL shall be
issued to or renewed for a person who does not meet the
requirement of 49 CFR 391.41(b)(11). The requirement may be met
with the aid of a hearing aid.
    (c-1) The Secretary may issue a CDL with a school bus
driver endorsement to allow a person to drive the type of bus
described in subsection (d-5) of Section 6-104 of this Code.
The CDL with a school bus driver endorsement may be issued only
to a person meeting the following requirements:
        (1) the person has submitted his or her fingerprints to
    the Department of State Police in the form and manner
    prescribed by the Department of State Police. These
    fingerprints shall be checked against the fingerprint
    records now and hereafter filed in the Department of State
    Police and Federal Bureau of Investigation criminal
    history records databases;
        (2) the person has passed a written test, administered
    by the Secretary of State, on charter bus operation,
    charter bus safety, and certain special traffic laws
    relating to school buses determined by the Secretary of
    State to be relevant to charter buses, and submitted to a
    review of the driver applicant's driving habits by the
    Secretary of State at the time the written test is given;
        (3) the person has demonstrated physical fitness to
    operate school buses by submitting the results of a medical
    examination, including tests for drug use; and
        (4) the person has not been convicted of committing or
    attempting to commit any one or more of the following
    offenses: (i) those offenses defined in Sections 8-1.2,
    9-1, 9-1.2, 9-2, 9-2.1, 9-3, 9-3.2, 9-3.3, 10-1, 10-2,
    10-3.1, 10-4, 10-5, 10-5.1, 10-6, 10-7, 10-9, 11-1.20,
    11-1.30, 11-1.40, 11-1.50, 11-1.60, 11-6, 11-6.5, 11-6.6,
    11-9, 11-9.1, 11-9.3, 11-9.4, 11-14, 11-14.1, 11-14.3,
    11-14.4, 11-15, 11-15.1, 11-16, 11-17, 11-17.1, 11-18,
    11-18.1, 11-19, 11-19.1, 11-19.2, 11-20, 11-20.1,
    11-20.1B, 11-20.3, 11-21, 11-22, 11-23, 11-24, 11-25,
    11-26, 11-30, 12-2.6, 12-3.1, 12-4, 12-4.1, 12-4.2,
    12-4.2-5, 12-4.3, 12-4.4, 12-4.5, 12-4.6, 12-4.7, 12-4.9,
    12-5.01, 12-6, 12-6.2, 12-7.1, 12-7.3, 12-7.4, 12-7.5,
    12-11, 12-13, 12-14, 12-14.1, 12-15, 12-16, 12-16.2,
    12-21.5, 12-21.6, 12-33, 12C-5, 12C-10, 12C-20, 12C-30,
    12C-45, 16-16, 16-16.1, 18-1, 18-2, 18-3, 18-4, 18-5, 19-6,
    20-1, 20-1.1, 20-1.2, 20-1.3, 20-2, 24-1, 24-1.1, 24-1.2,
    24-1.2-5, 24-1.6, 24-1.7, 24-2.1, 24-3.3, 24-3.5, 24-3.8,
    24-3.9, 31A-1, 31A-1.1, 33A-2, and 33D-1, and in subsection
    (b) of Section 8-1, and in subdivisions (a)(1), (a)(2),
    (b)(1), (e)(1), (e)(2), (e)(3), (e)(4), and (f)(1) of
    Section 12-3.05, and in subsection (a) and subsection (b),
    clause (1), of Section 12-4, and in subsection (A), clauses
    (a) and (b), of Section 24-3, and those offenses contained
    in Article 29D of the Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal
    Code of 2012; (ii) those offenses defined in the Cannabis
    Control Act except those offenses defined in subsections
    (a) and (b) of Section 4, and subsection (a) of Section 5
    of the Cannabis Control Act; (iii) those offenses defined
    in the Illinois Controlled Substances Act; (iv) those
    offenses defined in the Methamphetamine Control and
    Community Protection Act; (v) any offense committed or
    attempted in any other state or against the laws of the
    United States, which if committed or attempted in this
    State would be punishable as one or more of the foregoing
    offenses; (vi) the offenses defined in Sections 4.1 and 5.1
    of the Wrongs to Children Act or Section 11-9.1A of the
    Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012; (vii)
    those offenses defined in Section 6-16 of the Liquor
    Control Act of 1934; and (viii) those offenses defined in
    the Methamphetamine Precursor Control Act.
    The Department of State Police shall charge a fee for
conducting the criminal history records check, which shall be
deposited into the State Police Services Fund and may not
exceed the actual cost of the records check.
    (c-2) The Secretary shall issue a CDL with a school bus
endorsement to allow a person to drive a school bus as defined
in this Section. The CDL shall be issued according to the
requirements outlined in 49 C.F.R. 383. A person may not
operate a school bus as defined in this Section without a
school bus endorsement. The Secretary of State may adopt rules
consistent with Federal guidelines to implement this
subsection (c-2).
    (d) (Blank).
(Source: P.A. 97-208, eff. 1-1-12; 97-1108, eff. 1-1-13;
97-1109, eff. 1-1-13; 97-1150, eff. 1-25-13; 98-52, eff.
1-1-14; 98-176 (see Section 10 of P.A. 98-722 and Section 10 of
P.A. 99-414 for effective date of changes made by 98-176);
98-756, eff. 7-16-14.)
 
    (625 ILCS 5/6-508.1)
    Sec. 6-508.1. Medical examiner's certificate.
    (a) It shall be unlawful for any person to drive a CMV in
non-excepted interstate commerce unless the person holds a CLP
or CDL and is medically certified as physically qualified to do
so.
    (b) No person who has certified to non-excepted interstate
driving as provided in Sections 6-507.5 and 6-508 of this Code
shall be issued a CLP or CDL unless that person has a current
medical examiner's certificate on the CDLIS driver record.
    (c) (Blank).
    (d) On and after January 30, 2014, all persons who hold a
commercial driver instruction permit or CDL who have certified
as non-excepted interstate shall maintain a current medical
examiner's certificate on file with the Secretary. On and after
July 1, 2014, all persons issued a CLP who have certified as
non-excepted interstate shall maintain a current medical
examiner's certificate on file with the Secretary.
    (e) Before June 22, 2021 2018, the Secretary shall post the
following to the CDLIS driver record within 10 calendar days of
receipt of a medical examiner's certificate of a driver who has
certified as non-excepted interstate:
        (1) the medical examiner's name;
        (2) the medical examiner's telephone number;
        (3) the date of issuance of the medical examiner's
    certificate;
        (4) the medical examiner's license number and the state
    that issued it;
        (5) the medical certification status;
        (6) the expiration date of the medical examiner's
    certificate;
        (7) the existence of any medical variance on the
    medical examiner's certificate, including, but not limited
    to, an exemption, Skills Performance Evaluation
    certification, issuance and expiration date of the medical
    variance, or any grandfather provisions;
        (8) any restrictions noted on the medical examiner's
    certificate;
        (9) the date the medical examiner's certificate
    information was posted to the CDLIS driver record; and
        (10) the medical examiner's National Registry of
    Certified Medical Examiners identification number.
    (e-5) Beginning June 22, 2021 2018, the Secretary shall
post the following to the CDLIS driver record within one
business day of electronic receipt from the Federal Motor
Carrier Safety Administration of a driver's identification,
examination results, restriction information, and medical
variance information resulting from an examination performed
by a medical examiner on the National Registry of Certified
Medical Examiners for any driver who has certified as
non-excepted interstate:
        (1) the medical examiner's name;
        (2) the medical examiner's telephone number;
        (3) the date of issuance of the medical examiner's
    certificate;
        (4) the medical examiner's license number and the state
    that issued it;
        (5) the medical certification status;
        (6) the expiration date of the medical examiner's
    certificate;
        (7) the existence of any medical variance on the
    medical examiner's certificate, including, but not limited
    to, an exemption, Skills Performance Evaluation
    certification, issue and expiration date of a medical
    variance, or any grandfather provisions;
        (8) any restrictions noted on the medical examiner's
    certificate;
        (9) the date the medical examiner's certificate
    information was posted to the CDLIS driver record; and
        (10) the medical examiner's National Registry of
    Certified Medical Examiners identification number.
    (f) Within 10 calendar days of the expiration or rescission
of the driver's medical examiner's certificate or medical
variance or both, the Secretary shall update the medical
certification status to "not certified".
    (g) Within 10 calendar days of receipt of information from
the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration regarding
issuance or renewal of a medical variance, the Secretary shall
update the CDLIS driver record to include the medical variance
information provided by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration.
    (g-5) Beginning June 22, 2021 2018, within one business day
of electronic receipt of information from the Federal Motor
Carrier Safety Administration regarding issuance or renewal of
a medical variance, the Secretary shall update the CDLIS driver
record to include the medical variance information provided by
the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.
    (h) The Secretary shall notify the driver of his or her
non-certified status and that his or her CDL will be canceled
unless the driver submits a current medical examiner's
certificate or medical variance or changes his or her
self-certification to driving only in excepted or intrastate
commerce.
    (i) Within 60 calendar days of a driver's medical
certification status becoming non-certified, the Secretary
shall cancel the CDL.
    (j) As required under the Code of Federal Regulations 49
CFR 390.39, an operator of a covered farm vehicle, as defined
under Section 18b-101 of this Code, is exempt from the
requirements of this Section.
    (k) For purposes of ensuring a person is medically fit to
drive a commercial motor vehicle, the Secretary may release
medical information provided by an applicant or a holder of a
CDL or CLP to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.
Medical information includes, but is not limited to, a medical
examiner's certificate, a medical report that the Secretary
requires to be submitted, statements regarding medical
conditions made by an applicant or a holder of a CDL or CLP, or
statements made by his or her physician.
(Source: P.A. 99-57, eff. 7-16-15; 99-607, eff. 7-22-16;
100-223, eff. 8-18-17.)
INDEX
Statutes amended in order of appearance
    5 ILCS 100/10-75
    15 ILCS 335/8from Ch. 124, par. 28
    625 ILCS 5/2-111from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 2-111
    625 ILCS 5/3-704from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-704
    625 ILCS 5/6-115from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 6-115
    625 ILCS 5/6-209from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 6-209
    625 ILCS 5/6-500from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 6-500
    625 ILCS 5/6-508.1