Vehicles & Safety Committee
Filed: 3/3/2010
 
 

 




 

 		












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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 162




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    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 162 by replacing 
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everything after the enacting clause with the following:

 
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    "Section 5. The Cycle Rider Safety Training Act is amended  
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by changing Sections 2.03, 2.04, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 and  by 
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adding Section 6.2 as follows:
 



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    (625 ILCS 35/2.03)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 802.03)



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    Sec. 2.03. 
"Cycle Rider Safety Training Courses" and 
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"Courses"
mean courses of instruction in the use and operation 
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of cycles,
including instruction in the safe on-road operation 
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of cycles, the
rules of the road and the laws of this State 
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relating to motor vehicles,
which courses meet the minimum 
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requirements of this Act and the rules
and regulations issued 
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hereunder by the Secretary Department and which have been

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approved by the Secretary Department as meeting such 
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requirements.

 


 






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(Source: P.A. 82-649.)

 



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    (625 ILCS 35/2.04)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 802.04)



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    Sec. 2.04. "Secretary" "Department" means the Secretary of 
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State Illinois Department of Transportation. 
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(Source: P.A. 82-649.)

 



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    (625 ILCS 35/3)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 803)



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    Sec. 3. 
The Secretary Department shall have the power, duty 
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and
authority to administer this Act.

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(Source: P.A. 82-649.)

 



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    (625 ILCS 35/4)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 804)



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    Sec. 4. 
Any State or community college, State university
or 
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community agency designated by the Secretary Department may 
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organize a
Regional Cycle Rider Safety Training Center and may 
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offer cycle
rider safety training courses through such Training 
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Centers which
it operates.  The curriculum and accreditation for 
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the courses,
and the geographic areas in which each Training 
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Center may offer
the courses, shall be provided for by rules 
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and regulations of the
Secretary Department. Instructors of 
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such courses shall meet the
qualification and certification 
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requirements of the regulations
of the Secretary Department and 
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the college, university or community agency
offering the 
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program and may be employed on a calendar year
rather than a 
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school year basis.  Such courses shall be open to
all residents 
 


 






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of the State who hold a currently valid driver's
license and 
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who have reached their 16th birthday without regard
to whether 
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such person is enrolled in any other course offered by
said 
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State or community college, State university or community

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agency.  Such courses may be offered throughout the calendar 
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year.
The courses may be offered as credit or noncredit 
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courses, but no
fee shall be charged except for a nominal 
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registration fee which
shall be refunded upon completion of the 
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course.

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(Source: P.A. 86-1005.)

 



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    (625 ILCS 35/5)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 805)



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    Sec. 5. 
The Secretary Department may promulgate rules and 
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regulations
not inconsistent with the provisions of the Cycle 
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Rider Safety
Training Act for the administration of the Cycle 
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Rider Safety
Training Act.

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(Source: P.A. 82-649.)

 



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    (625 ILCS 35/6)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 806)


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    Sec. 6. 
To finance the Cycle Rider Safety Training program 
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and to pay
the costs thereof, the Secretary of State will 
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hereafter deposit with the
State Treasurer an amount equal to 
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each annual fee and each reduced fee, for
the registration of 
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each motorcycle, motor driven cycle and moped processed by the 
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Office of the Secretary of State during the
preceding quarter 
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as required in subsection (d) of Section 2-119 of the
Illinois 
 


 






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Vehicle Code, which amount the State Comptroller shall transfer

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quarterly to a trust fund outside of the State treasury to be 
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known as the
Cycle Rider Safety Training Fund, which is hereby 
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created. In addition, the
Secretary Department may accept any 
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federal, State, or private moneys for deposit into
the Fund and 
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shall be used by the Secretary Department only for the expenses 
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of the Secretary
Department in administering the provisions of 
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this Act, for funding of
contracts with approved Regional Cycle 
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Rider Safety Training Centers for the
conduct of courses, or 
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for any purpose related or incident thereto and
connected 
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therewith.

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(Source: P.A. 96-554, eff. 1-1-10.)

 
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    (625 ILCS 35/6.2 new)

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    Sec. 6.2. The trustee of the Cycle Rider Safety Training 
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Fund: 
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    (a) shall be the Secretary of State;
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    (b) has a fiduciary duty to all motorcyclists of the State 
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of Illinois to make maximum, efficient use of the Cycle Rider 
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Safety Training Fund to fund motorcycle safety training in 
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Illinois; and 
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    (c) shall transfer money from that  Fund to approved 
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motorcycle safety  programs in this State without further 
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authorization from any governmental official or body. 
 



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    (625 ILCS 35/7)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 807)



 


 






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    Sec. 7. 
The Secretary Department is authorized to and shall 
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award
contracts out of money in appropriations to the 
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Department from "The
Cycle Rider Safety Training Fund" to 
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qualifying Regional Cycle
Rider Safety Training Centers for the 
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conduct of approved Cycle
Rider Safety Training courses.

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(Source: P.A. 82-649.)

 

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    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
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becoming law.".