102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB5301

 

Introduced 1/31/2022, by Rep. Anne Stava-Murray

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
625 ILCS 5/6-508  from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 6-508

    Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that the Secretary of State shall waive the skills tests for a driver applying for a commercial driver's license who has fire department or fire protection district motor vehicle experience.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning transportation.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by
5changing Section 6-508 as follows:
 
6    (625 ILCS 5/6-508)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 6-508)
7    Sec. 6-508. Commercial Driver's License (CDL);
8qualification (CDL) - qualification standards.
9    (a) Testing.
10        (1) General. No person shall be issued an original or
11    renewal CDL unless that person is domiciled in this State
12    or is applying for a non-domiciled CDL under Sections
13    6-509 and 6-510 of this Code. The Secretary shall cause to
14    be administered such tests as the Secretary deems
15    necessary to meet the requirements of 49 CFR C.F.R. Part
16    383, subparts F, G, H, and J.
17        (1.5) Effective July 1, 2014, no person shall be
18    issued an original CDL or an upgraded CDL that requires a
19    skills test unless that person has held a CLP, for a
20    minimum of 14 calendar days, for the classification of
21    vehicle and endorsement, if any, for which the person is
22    seeking a CDL.
23        (2) Third party testing. The Secretary of State may

 

 

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1    authorize a "third party tester", pursuant to 49 CFR
2    C.F.R. 383.75 and 49 CFR C.F.R. 384.228 and 384.229, to
3    administer the skills test or tests specified by the
4    Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration pursuant to
5    the Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1986 and any
6    appropriate federal rule.
7        (3)(i) Effective February 7, 2020, unless the person
8    is exempted by 49 CFR 380.603, no person shall be issued an
9    original (first time issuance) CDL, an upgraded CDL or a
10    school bus (S), passenger (P), or hazardous Materials (H)
11    endorsement unless the person has successfully completed
12    entry-level driver training (ELDT) taught by a training
13    provider listed on the federal Training Provider Registry.
14        (ii) Persons who obtain a CLP before February 7, 2020
15    are not required to complete ELDT if the person obtains a
16    CDL before the CLP or renewed CLP expires.
17        (iii) Except for persons seeking the H endorsement,
18    persons must complete the theory and behind-the-wheel
19    (range and public road) portions of ELDT within one year
20    of completing the first portion.
21        (iv) The Secretary shall adopt rules to implement this
22    subsection.
23    (b) Waiver of Skills Test. The Secretary of State may
24waive the skills test specified in this Section for a driver
25applicant for a commercial driver license who meets the
26requirements of 49 CFR C.F.R. 383.77. The Secretary of State

 

 

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1shall waive the skills tests specified in this Section for a
2driver applicant who has military commercial motor vehicle
3experience, subject to the requirements of 49 CFR C.F.R.
4383.77, or fire department or fire protection district motor
5vehicle experience.
6    (b-1) No person shall be issued a CDL unless the person
7certifies to the Secretary one of the following types of
8driving operations in which he or she will be engaged:
9        (1) non-excepted interstate;
10        (2) non-excepted intrastate;
11        (3) excepted interstate; or
12        (4) excepted intrastate.
13    (b-2) (Blank).
14    (c) Limitations on issuance of a CDL. A CDL shall not be
15issued to a person while the person is subject to a
16disqualification from driving a commercial motor vehicle, or
17unless otherwise permitted by this Code, while the person's
18driver's license is suspended, revoked, or cancelled in any
19state, or any territory or province of Canada; nor may a CLP or
20CDL be issued to a person who has a CLP or CDL issued by any
21other state, or foreign jurisdiction, nor may a CDL be issued
22to a person who has an Illinois CLP unless the person first
23surrenders all of these licenses or permits. However, a person
24may hold an Illinois CLP and an Illinois CDL providing the CLP
25is necessary to train or practice for an endorsement or
26vehicle classification not present on the current CDL. No CDL

 

 

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1shall be issued to or renewed for a person who does not meet
2the requirement of 49 CFR 391.41(b)(11). The requirement may
3be met with the aid of a hearing aid.
4    (c-1) The Secretary may issue a CDL with a school bus
5driver endorsement to allow a person to drive the type of bus
6described in subsection (d-5) of Section 6-104 of this Code.
7The CDL with a school bus driver endorsement may be issued only
8to a person meeting the following requirements:
9        (1) the person has submitted his or her fingerprints
10    to the Illinois State Police in the form and manner
11    prescribed by the Illinois State Police. These
12    fingerprints shall be checked against the fingerprint
13    records now and hereafter filed in the Illinois State
14    Police and Federal Bureau of Investigation criminal
15    history records databases;
16        (2) the person has passed a written test, administered
17    by the Secretary of State, on charter bus operation,
18    charter bus safety, and certain special traffic laws
19    relating to school buses determined by the Secretary of
20    State to be relevant to charter buses, and submitted to a
21    review of the driver applicant's driving habits by the
22    Secretary of State at the time the written test is given;
23        (3) the person has demonstrated physical fitness to
24    operate school buses by submitting the results of a
25    medical examination, including tests for drug use; and
26        (4) the person has not been convicted of committing or

 

 

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1    attempting to commit any one or more of the following
2    offenses: (i) those offenses defined in Sections 8-1.2,
3    9-1, 9-1.2, 9-2, 9-2.1, 9-3, 9-3.2, 9-3.3, 10-1, 10-2,
4    10-3.1, 10-4, 10-5, 10-5.1, 10-6, 10-7, 10-9, 11-1.20,
5    11-1.30, 11-1.40, 11-1.50, 11-1.60, 11-6, 11-6.5, 11-6.6,
6    11-9, 11-9.1, 11-9.3, 11-9.4, 11-14, 11-14.1, 11-14.3,
7    11-14.4, 11-15, 11-15.1, 11-16, 11-17, 11-17.1, 11-18,
8    11-18.1, 11-19, 11-19.1, 11-19.2, 11-20, 11-20.1,
9    11-20.1B, 11-20.3, 11-21, 11-22, 11-23, 11-24, 11-25,
10    11-26, 11-30, 12-2.6, 12-3.1, 12-3.3, 12-4, 12-4.1,
11    12-4.2, 12-4.2-5, 12-4.3, 12-4.4, 12-4.5, 12-4.6, 12-4.7,
12    12-4.9, 12-6, 12-6.2, 12-7.1, 12-7.3, 12-7.4, 12-7.5,
13    12-11, 12-13, 12-14, 12-14.1, 12-15, 12-16, 12-21.5,
14    12-21.6, 12-33, 12C-5, 12C-10, 12C-20, 12C-30, 12C-45,
15    16-16, 16-16.1, 18-1, 18-2, 18-3, 18-4, 18-5, 19-6, 20-1,
16    20-1.1, 20-1.2, 20-1.3, 20-2, 24-1, 24-1.1, 24-1.2,
17    24-1.2-5, 24-1.6, 24-1.7, 24-2.1, 24-3.3, 24-3.5, 24-3.8,
18    24-3.9, 31A-1, 31A-1.1, 33A-2, and 33D-1, and in
19    subsection (b) of Section 8-1, and in subdivisions (a)(1),
20    (a)(2), (b)(1), (e)(1), (e)(2), (e)(3), (e)(4), and (f)(1)
21    of Section 12-3.05, and in subsection (a) and subsection
22    (b), clause (1), of Section 12-4, and in subsection (A),
23    clauses (a) and (b), of Section 24-3, and those offenses
24    contained in Article 29D of the Criminal Code of 1961 or
25    the Criminal Code of 2012; (ii) those offenses defined in
26    the Cannabis Control Act except those offenses defined in

 

 

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1    subsections (a) and (b) of Section 4, and subsection (a)
2    of Section 5 of the Cannabis Control Act; (iii) those
3    offenses defined in the Illinois Controlled Substances
4    Act; (iv) those offenses defined in the Methamphetamine
5    Control and Community Protection Act; (v) any offense
6    committed or attempted in any other state or against the
7    laws of the United States, which if committed or attempted
8    in this State would be punishable as one or more of the
9    foregoing offenses; (vi) the offenses defined in Sections
10    4.1 and 5.1 of the Wrongs to Children Act or Section
11    11-9.1A of the Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code
12    of 2012; (vii) those offenses defined in Section 6-16 of
13    the Liquor Control Act of 1934; and (viii) those offenses
14    defined in the Methamphetamine Precursor Control Act.
15    The Illinois State Police shall charge a fee for
16conducting the criminal history records check, which shall be
17deposited into the State Police Services Fund and may not
18exceed the actual cost of the records check.
19    (c-2) The Secretary shall issue a CDL with a school bus
20endorsement to allow a person to drive a school bus as defined
21in this Section. The CDL shall be issued according to the
22requirements outlined in 49 CFR C.F.R. 383. A person may not
23operate a school bus as defined in this Section without a
24school bus endorsement. The Secretary of State may adopt rules
25consistent with Federal guidelines to implement this
26subsection (c-2).

 

 

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1    (d) (Blank).
2(Source: P.A. 101-185, eff. 1-1-20; 102-168, eff. 7-27-21;
3102-299, eff. 8-6-21; 102-538, eff. 8-20-21; revised
410-12-21.)