Full Text of HB1866 101st General Assembly
HB1866ham001 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Rep. Ryan Spain Filed: 4/1/2019
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1866
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1866 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
| 4 | | "Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the | 5 | | Autonomous Vehicle Act. | 6 | | Section 5. Definitions. As used in this Act: | 7 | | "Automated driving system" means technology installed on a | 8 | | motor vehicle that has the capability, on a part-time or | 9 | | full-time basis, to drive the vehicle without the need for | 10 | | supervision of the driving environment by a human driver or | 11 | | operator, whether or not a human driver or operator is in the | 12 | | vehicle. | 13 | | "Autonomous vehicle tester" means an autonomous vehicle | 14 | | manufacturer, institution of higher education, fleet service | 15 | | provider, or automotive equipment or technology provider. | 16 | | "Department" means the Department of Transportation. |
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| 1 | | "Fleet service provider" means a person or entity that owns | 2 | | or leases a fully autonomous vehicle and operates such fully | 3 | | autonomous vehicle for commercial or public use. | 4 | | "Fully autonomous vehicle" means a motor vehicle that is | 5 | | equipped with an automated driving system, designed to function | 6 | | without an operator and classified as level 4 or level 5 by SAE | 7 | | J3016. | 8 | | "Operator" means the person seated in the driver's seat of | 9 | | a fully autonomous vehicle. | 10 | | "SAE J3016" means the "Taxonomy and Definitions for Terms | 11 | | Related to Driving Automation Systems for On-Road Motor | 12 | | Vehicles" published by SAE International in September 2016. | 13 | | Section 10. Pilot program. | 14 | | (a) The Department shall establish a pilot program for not | 15 | | less than 5 and not more than 10 municipalities to allow | 16 | | autonomous vehicle testers to test fully autonomous vehicles on | 17 | | the highways of such municipalities. Municipalities shall | 18 | | apply to the Department in the manner and form prescribed by | 19 | | the Department for inclusion in the pilot program. | 20 | | (b) If selected to participate, the chief elected official | 21 | | or chief executive officer of the municipality shall select and | 22 | | enter into a written agreement with an autonomous vehicle | 23 | | tester or autonomous vehicle testers to test fully autonomous | 24 | | vehicles on the highways of the municipality. |
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| 1 | | Section 15. Selected autonomous vehicle testers. | 2 | | (a) Selected autonomous vehicle testers shall be required | 3 | | to meet the following requirements: | 4 | | (1) Have a properly licensed operator either seated in | 5 | | the driver's seat of the fully autonomous vehicle or | 6 | | remotely monitoring the vehicle in real time. | 7 | | (2) Be capable of taking immediate manual control of | 8 | | such fully autonomous vehicle. | 9 | | (b) Selected autonomous vehicle testers shall be required | 10 | | to: | 11 | | (1) Register each fully autonomous vehicle to be tested | 12 | | with the Department. | 13 | | (2) Submit to the Department, in a manner and form | 14 | | directed by the Department, proof of liability insurance, | 15 | | self-insurance, or a surety bond of at least $5,000,000 for | 16 | | damages by reason of bodily injury, death, or property | 17 | | damage caused by a fully autonomous vehicle. | 18 | | (3) Provide information to the Department that the | 19 | | Department deems to be appropriate for measuring the | 20 | | performance of the pilot program. | 21 | | An autonomous vehicle tester may withhold any commercially | 22 | | valuable, confidential, or proprietary information. | 23 | | Section 20. Operation of a fully autonomous vehicle. | 24 | | (a) An operator of a fully autonomous motor vehicle must | 25 | | comply with any provision of the general statutes, any |
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| 1 | | ordinance of a municipality concerning the operation of motor | 2 | | vehicles, any standards established by the National Highway | 3 | | Traffic Safety Administration regarding fully autonomous | 4 | | vehicles, and any other requirements set by the Department in | 5 | | consultation with the other agencies as necessary to ensure the | 6 | | safe operation of such fully autonomous vehicle. | 7 | | (b) An operator of a fully autonomous motor vehicle shall | 8 | | be considered the driver or operator for purposes of assessing | 9 | | conformance to applicable traffic or motor vehicle laws; shall | 10 | | be validly licensed to operate a motor vehicle under Section | 11 | | 6-101 of the Illinois Vehicle Code and Section 15 of the | 12 | | Transportation Network Providers Act; shall satisfy all the | 13 | | applicable requirements to be licensed under this Act; and | 14 | | shall satisfy any physical acts required of a driver or | 15 | | operator, including, but not limited to, those required under | 16 | | Section 6-112 of the Illinois Vehicle Code. | 17 | | Section 25. Limiting provisions. | 18 | | (a) No autonomous vehicle tester shall test a fully | 19 | | autonomous vehicle on any limited access highway unless | 20 | | strictly authorized by the Department in consultation with | 21 | | other agencies. | 22 | | (b) The Department may immediately prohibit an operator or | 23 | | autonomous vehicle tester from testing a fully autonomous | 24 | | vehicle if the Department, in consultation with other agencies, | 25 | | determines that such testing poses a risk to public safety or |
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| 1 | | that the operator or autonomous vehicle tester has failed to | 2 | | comply with the provisions or requirements of the pilot | 3 | | program. | 4 | | Section 30. Annual report. The Department shall publish an | 5 | | annual report concerning the implementation and progress of the | 6 | | pilot program.
| 7 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 8 | | becoming law.".
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