Full Text of HB5143 100th General Assembly
HB5143ham001 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Rep. Theresa Mah Filed: 3/15/2018
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 5143
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 5143 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
| 4 | | "Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by | 5 | | changing Sections 2-112 and 6-109 as follows:
| 6 | | (625 ILCS 5/2-112) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 2-112)
| 7 | | Sec. 2-112. Distribution of synopsis laws.
| 8 | | (a) The Secretary of State may publish a synopsis or | 9 | | summary of the laws of
this State regulating the operation of | 10 | | vehicles and may deliver a copy
thereof without charge with | 11 | | each original vehicle registration and with
each original | 12 | | driver's license.
| 13 | | (b) The Secretary of State shall make any necessary | 14 | | revisions in its publications including, but not limited to, | 15 | | the Illinois Rules of the Road, to accurately conform its | 16 | | publications to the provisions of the Pedestrians with |
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| 1 | | Disabilities Safety Act. | 2 | | (c) The Secretary of State shall include, in the Illinois | 3 | | Rules of the Road publication, information advising drivers to | 4 | | use the Dutch Reach method when opening a vehicle door after | 5 | | parallel parking on a street (checking the rear-view mirror, | 6 | | checking the side-view mirror, then opening the door with the | 7 | | right hand, thereby reducing the risk of injuring a bicyclist | 8 | | or opening the door in the path a vehicle approaching from | 9 | | behind). | 10 | | (Source: P.A. 96-1167, eff. 7-22-10.)
| 11 | | (625 ILCS 5/6-109)
| 12 | | Sec. 6-109. Examination of Applicants. | 13 | | (a) The Secretary of State shall examine every applicant | 14 | | for a driver's
license or permit who has not been previously | 15 | | licensed as a driver under the
laws of this State or any other | 16 | | state or country, or any applicant for renewal
of such driver's | 17 | | license or permit when such license or permit has been expired
| 18 | | for more than one year. The Secretary of State shall, subject | 19 | | to the
provisions of paragraph (c), examine every licensed | 20 | | driver at least every 8
years, and may examine or re-examine | 21 | | any other applicant or licensed driver,
provided that during | 22 | | the years 1984 through 1991 those drivers issued a license
for | 23 | | 3 years may be re-examined not less than every 7 years or more | 24 | | than every
10 years. | 25 | | The Secretary of State shall require the testing of the |
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| 1 | | eyesight of any
driver's license or permit applicant who has | 2 | | not been previously licensed
as a driver under the laws of this | 3 | | State and shall promulgate rules and
regulations to provide for | 4 | | the orderly administration of all the provisions of
this | 5 | | Section. | 6 | | The Secretary of State shall include at least one test | 7 | | question that concerns the provisions of the Pedestrians with | 8 | | Disabilities Safety Act in the question pool used for the | 9 | | written portion of the drivers license examination within one | 10 | | year after July 22, 2010 (the effective date of Public Act | 11 | | 96-1167). | 12 | | The Secretary of State shall include, in the question pool | 13 | | used for the written portion of the driver's license | 14 | | examination, test questions concerning safe driving in the | 15 | | presence of bicycles, of which one may be concerning the Dutch | 16 | | Reach method as described in Section 2-112. | 17 | | (b) Except as provided for those applicants in paragraph | 18 | | (c), such
examination shall include a test of the applicant's
| 19 | | eyesight, his ability to read and understand official traffic | 20 | | control devices,
his knowledge of safe driving practices and | 21 | | the traffic laws of this State,
and may include an actual | 22 | | demonstration of the applicant's ability to exercise
ordinary | 23 | | and reasonable control of the operation of a motor vehicle, and
| 24 | | such further physical and mental examination as the Secretary | 25 | | of State finds
necessary to determine the applicant's fitness | 26 | | to operate a motor vehicle
safely on the highways, except the |
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| 1 | | examination of an applicant 75 years
of age or older shall | 2 | | include an actual demonstration of the applicant's
ability to | 3 | | exercise ordinary and reasonable control of the operation of
a | 4 | | motor vehicle. All portions of written and verbal examinations | 5 | | under
this Section, excepting where the English language | 6 | | appears on facsimiles
of road signs, may be given in the | 7 | | Spanish language and, at the discretion
of the Secretary of | 8 | | State, in any other language as well as in English upon
request | 9 | | of the examinee. Deaf persons who are otherwise qualified are | 10 | | not
prohibited from being issued a license, other than a | 11 | | commercial driver's
license, under this Code. | 12 | | (c) Re-examination for those applicants who at the time of | 13 | | renewing their
driver's license possess a driving record devoid | 14 | | of any convictions of traffic
violations or evidence of | 15 | | committing an offense
for which mandatory revocation
would be | 16 | | required upon conviction pursuant to Section 6-205 at the time
| 17 | | of renewal shall be in a manner prescribed by the Secretary
in | 18 | | order to determine an applicant's ability to safely operate a | 19 | | motor
vehicle,
except that every applicant for the renewal of a | 20 | | driver's license who is
75 years of age or older must prove, by | 21 | | an actual demonstration,
the applicant's ability to exercise | 22 | | reasonable care in the safe operation
of a motor vehicle. | 23 | | (d) In the event the applicant is not ineligible under the | 24 | | provisions of
Section 6-103 to receive a driver's license, the | 25 | | Secretary of State
shall make provision for giving an | 26 | | examination, either in the county where
the applicant resides |
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| 1 | | or at a place adjacent thereto reasonably convenient
to the | 2 | | applicant, within not more than 30 days from the date said
| 3 | | application is received. | 4 | | (e) The Secretary of State may adopt rules regarding the | 5 | | use of foreign language interpreters during the application and | 6 | | examination process. | 7 | | (Source: P.A. 96-1167, eff. 7-22-10; 96-1231, eff. 7-23-10; | 8 | | 97-333, eff. 8-12-11.)".
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