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State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
HB5491 Introduced , by Rep. Joe Sosnowski SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Deletes language that requires an applicant who is 75 years or older to give an actual demonstration of the applicant's ability to exercise ordinary and reasonable control of the safe operation of a motor vehicle.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning transportation.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by changing |
| 5 | | Section 6-109 as follows:
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| 6 | | (625 ILCS 5/6-109)
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| 7 | | Sec. 6-109. Examination of Applicants. |
| 8 | | (a) The Secretary of State shall examine every applicant |
| 9 | | for a driver's
license or permit who has not been previously |
| 10 | | licensed as a driver under the
laws of this State or any other |
| 11 | | state or country, or any applicant for renewal
of such driver's |
| 12 | | license or permit when such license or permit has been expired
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| 13 | | for more than one year. The Secretary of State shall, subject |
| 14 | | to the
provisions of paragraph (c), examine every licensed |
| 15 | | driver at least every 8
years, and may examine or re-examine |
| 16 | | any other applicant or licensed driver,
provided that during |
| 17 | | the years 1984 through 1991 those drivers issued a license
for |
| 18 | | 3 years may be re-examined not less than every 7 years or more |
| 19 | | than every
10 years. |
| 20 | | The Secretary of State shall require the testing of the |
| 21 | | eyesight of any
driver's license or permit applicant who has |
| 22 | | not been previously licensed
as a driver under the laws of this |
| 23 | | State and shall promulgate rules and
regulations to provide for |
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| 1 | | the orderly administration of all the provisions of
this |
| 2 | | Section. |
| 3 | | The Secretary of State shall include at least one test |
| 4 | | question that concerns the provisions of the Pedestrians with |
| 5 | | Disabilities Safety Act in the question pool used for the |
| 6 | | written portion of the drivers license examination within one |
| 7 | | year after July 22, 2010 (the effective date of Public Act |
| 8 | | 96-1167). |
| 9 | | (b) Except as provided for those applicants in paragraph |
| 10 | | (c), such
examination shall include a test of the applicant's
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| 11 | | eyesight, his ability to read and understand official traffic |
| 12 | | control devices,
his knowledge of safe driving practices and |
| 13 | | the traffic laws of this State,
and may include an actual |
| 14 | | demonstration of the applicant's ability to exercise
ordinary |
| 15 | | and reasonable control of the operation of a motor vehicle, and
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| 16 | | such further physical and mental examination as the Secretary |
| 17 | | of State finds
necessary to determine the applicant's fitness |
| 18 | | to operate a motor vehicle
safely on the highways, except the |
| 19 | | examination of an applicant 75 years
of age or older shall |
| 20 | | include an actual demonstration of the applicant's
ability to |
| 21 | | exercise ordinary and reasonable control of the operation of
a |
| 22 | | motor vehicle. All portions of written and verbal examinations |
| 23 | | under
this Section, excepting where the English language |
| 24 | | appears on facsimiles
of road signs, may be given in the |
| 25 | | Spanish language and, at the discretion
of the Secretary of |
| 26 | | State, in any other language as well as in English upon
request |
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| 1 | | of the examinee. Deaf persons who are otherwise qualified are |
| 2 | | not
prohibited from being issued a license, other than a |
| 3 | | commercial driver's
license, under this Code. |
| 4 | | (c) Re-examination for those applicants who at the time of |
| 5 | | renewing their
driver's license possess a driving record devoid |
| 6 | | of any convictions of traffic
violations or evidence of |
| 7 | | committing an offense
for which mandatory revocation
would be |
| 8 | | required upon conviction pursuant to Section 6-205 at the time
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| 9 | | of renewal shall be in a manner prescribed by the Secretary
in |
| 10 | | order to determine an applicant's ability to safely operate a |
| 11 | | motor
vehicle,
except that every applicant for the renewal of a |
| 12 | | driver's license who is
75 years of age or older must prove, by |
| 13 | | an actual demonstration,
the applicant's ability to exercise |
| 14 | | reasonable care in the safe operation
of a motor vehicle. |
| 15 | | (d) In the event the applicant is not ineligible under the |
| 16 | | provisions of
Section 6-103 to receive a driver's license, the |
| 17 | | Secretary of State
shall make provision for giving an |
| 18 | | examination, either in the county where
the applicant resides |
| 19 | | or at a place adjacent thereto reasonably convenient
to the |
| 20 | | applicant, within not more than 30 days from the date said
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| 21 | | application is received. |
| 22 | | (e) The Secretary of State may adopt rules regarding the |
| 23 | | use of foreign language interpreters during the application and |
| 24 | | examination process. |
| 25 | | (Source: P.A. 96-1167, eff. 7-22-10; 96-1231, eff. 7-23-10; |
| 26 | | 97-333, eff. 8-12-11.)
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