TITLE 92: TRANSPORTATION
CHAPTER V: ILLINOIS STATE POLICE
SUBCHAPTER b: MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY REGULATIONS
PART 3240 COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE STANDARDS; REQUIREMENTS AND PENALTIES

Section 3240.1000 Purpose and Applicability

Section 3240.1010 Incorporation by Reference of 49 CFR 383


AUTHORITY: Implementing, and authorized by Sections 18b-102 and 18b-105 of, the Illinois Motor Carrier Safety Law [625 ILCS 5/Ch. 18B].


SOURCE: Transferred from the Department of Transportation (92 Ill. Adm. Code 383) to the Illinois State Police (92 Ill. Adm. Code 3240) pursuant to P.A. 104-0025, and recodified at 49 Ill. Reg. 12539.

 

Section 3240.1000  Purpose and Applicability

 

a)         The purpose of this Part is to help reduce or prevent truck and bus accidents, fatalities, and injuries by requiring drivers to have a single commercial motor vehicle driver's license and by disqualifying drivers who operate commercial motor vehicles in an unsafe manner.

 

b)         This Part does not apply to a driver of a covered farm vehicle as defined in 92 Ill. Adm. Code 390.1020.

 

(Recodified from 92 Ill. Adm. Code 383 (Department of Transportation) pursuant to P.A. 104-0025, at 49 Ill. Reg. 12539)

 

Section 3240.1010  Incorporation by Reference of 49 CFR 383

 

a)         The Department incorporates by reference the following sections of 49 CFR 383 as those sections of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations (FMCSR) (49 CFR Subchapter B) were in effect on October 1, 2020, subject only to the exceptions in subsection (c) of this Section.  No later amendments to or editions of those sections of 49 CFR 383 are incorporated.  Copies of the incorporated material are available for inspection at 2300 South Dirksen Parkway, Springfield, Illinois 62764.  The FMCSR are also available on the U.S. Government Publishing Office's Website at http://www.ecfr.gov

 

383.1

Purpose and scope

383.3

Applicability

383.5

Definitions

383.23

Commercial driver's license

383.35

Notification of previous employment

383.37

Employer responsibilities

383.51

Disqualification of drivers

383.53

Penalties

 

b)         References to subchapters, parts, subparts, sections or paragraphs shall be read to refer to the appropriate citation in 49 CFR.

 

c)         As provided in 49 CFR 383.3(d), the following applies for purposes of this Part:

 

The Uniform Commercial Driver's License Act provides exceptions under 625 ILCS 5/6-507(c) for operators of certain vehicles in Illinois (i.e., farmers).  Those exceptions apply for purposes of this Part.

 

(Recodified from 92 Ill. Adm. Code 383 (Department of Transportation) pursuant to P.A. 104-0025, at 49 Ill. Reg. 12539)