Full Text of SB0263 100th General Assembly
SB0263ham002 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Rep. Theresa Mah Filed: 5/22/2018
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 263
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 263 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
| 4 | | "Section 5. The Secretary of State Act is amended by adding | 5 | | Section 30 as follows: | 6 | | (15 ILCS 305/30 new) | 7 | | Sec. 30. Dutch Reach door opening method. The Secretary of | 8 | | State shall include in the Illinois Rules of the Road | 9 | | publication information advising drivers to use the Dutch Reach | 10 | | method when opening a vehicle door after parallel parking on a | 11 | | street. The Dutch Reach method includes: (1) checking the | 12 | | rear-view mirror; (2) checking the side-view mirror; and (3) | 13 | | opening the door with the right hand, or the hand farthest from | 14 | | the driver's-side door, thereby reducing the risk of injuring a | 15 | | bicyclist or opening the door in the path a vehicle approaching | 16 | | from behind. |
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| 1 | | Section 10. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by | 2 | | changing Section 6-109 as follows:
| 3 | | (625 ILCS 5/6-109)
| 4 | | Sec. 6-109. Examination of Applicants. | 5 | | (a) The Secretary of State shall examine every applicant | 6 | | for a driver's
license or permit who has not been previously | 7 | | licensed as a driver under the
laws of this State or any other | 8 | | state or country, or any applicant for renewal
of such driver's | 9 | | license or permit when such license or permit has been expired
| 10 | | for more than one year. The Secretary of State shall, subject | 11 | | to the
provisions of paragraph (c), examine every licensed | 12 | | driver at least every 8
years, and may examine or re-examine | 13 | | any other applicant or licensed driver,
provided that during | 14 | | the years 1984 through 1991 those drivers issued a license
for | 15 | | 3 years may be re-examined not less than every 7 years or more | 16 | | than every
10 years. | 17 | | The Secretary of State shall require the testing of the | 18 | | eyesight of any
driver's license or permit applicant who has | 19 | | not been previously licensed
as a driver under the laws of this | 20 | | State and shall promulgate rules and
regulations to provide for | 21 | | the orderly administration of all the provisions of
this | 22 | | Section. | 23 | | The Secretary of State shall include at least one test | 24 | | question that concerns the provisions of the Pedestrians with |
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| 1 | | Disabilities Safety Act in the question pool used for the | 2 | | written portion of the drivers license examination within one | 3 | | year after July 22, 2010 (the effective date of Public Act | 4 | | 96-1167). | 5 | | The Secretary of State shall include, in the question pool | 6 | | used for the written portion of the driver's license | 7 | | examination, test questions concerning safe driving in the | 8 | | presence of bicycles, which may include, but not be limited to, | 9 | | questions concerning the Dutch Reach method as described in | 10 | | Section 30 of the Secretary of State Act. | 11 | | (b) Except as provided for those applicants in paragraph | 12 | | (c), such
examination shall include a test of the applicant's
| 13 | | eyesight, his ability to read and understand official traffic | 14 | | control devices,
his knowledge of safe driving practices and | 15 | | the traffic laws of this State,
and may include an actual | 16 | | demonstration of the applicant's ability to exercise
ordinary | 17 | | and reasonable control of the operation of a motor vehicle, and
| 18 | | such further physical and mental examination as the Secretary | 19 | | of State finds
necessary to determine the applicant's fitness | 20 | | to operate a motor vehicle
safely on the highways, except the | 21 | | examination of an applicant 75 years
of age or older shall | 22 | | include an actual demonstration of the applicant's
ability to | 23 | | exercise ordinary and reasonable control of the operation of
a | 24 | | motor vehicle. All portions of written and verbal examinations | 25 | | under
this Section, excepting where the English language | 26 | | appears on facsimiles
of road signs, may be given in the |
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| 1 | | Spanish language and, at the discretion
of the Secretary of | 2 | | State, in any other language as well as in English upon
request | 3 | | of the examinee. Deaf persons who are otherwise qualified are | 4 | | not
prohibited from being issued a license, other than a | 5 | | commercial driver's
license, under this Code. | 6 | | (c) Re-examination for those applicants who at the time of | 7 | | renewing their
driver's license possess a driving record devoid | 8 | | of any convictions of traffic
violations or evidence of | 9 | | committing an offense
for which mandatory revocation
would be | 10 | | required upon conviction pursuant to Section 6-205 at the time
| 11 | | of renewal shall be in a manner prescribed by the Secretary
in | 12 | | order to determine an applicant's ability to safely operate a | 13 | | motor
vehicle,
except that every applicant for the renewal of a | 14 | | driver's license who is
75 years of age or older must prove, by | 15 | | an actual demonstration,
the applicant's ability to exercise | 16 | | reasonable care in the safe operation
of a motor vehicle. | 17 | | (d) In the event the applicant is not ineligible under the | 18 | | provisions of
Section 6-103 to receive a driver's license, the | 19 | | Secretary of State
shall make provision for giving an | 20 | | examination, either in the county where
the applicant resides | 21 | | or at a place adjacent thereto reasonably convenient
to the | 22 | | applicant, within not more than 30 days from the date said
| 23 | | application is received. | 24 | | (e) The Secretary of State may adopt rules regarding the | 25 | | use of foreign language interpreters during the application and | 26 | | examination process. |
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| 1 | | (Source: P.A. 96-1167, eff. 7-22-10; 96-1231, eff. 7-23-10; | 2 | | 97-333, eff. 8-12-11.)".
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