Full Text of HB4692 97th General Assembly
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning transportation.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by changing | 5 | | Section 6-110 as follows: | 6 | | (625 ILCS 5/6-110) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 6-110)
| 7 | | Sec. 6-110. Licenses issued to drivers.
| 8 | | (a) The Secretary of State shall issue to every qualifying | 9 | | applicant a
driver's license as applied for, which license | 10 | | shall bear a
distinguishing
number assigned to the licensee, | 11 | | the legal name,
signature, zip
code, date of birth, residence | 12 | | address, and a brief description of the
licensee.
| 13 | | Licenses issued shall also indicate the classification and
| 14 | | the restrictions under Section 6-104 of this Code.
The | 15 | | Secretary may adopt rules to establish informational | 16 | | restrictions that can be placed on the driver's license | 17 | | regarding specific conditions of the licensee.
| 18 | | A driver's license issued may, in the discretion of the | 19 | | Secretary,
include a suitable photograph of a type prescribed | 20 | | by the Secretary.
| 21 | | (a-1) If the licensee is less than 18 years of age, unless | 22 | | one of the exceptions in subsection (a-2) apply, the license | 23 | | shall, as a matter of law, be invalid for the operation of any |
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| 1 | | motor vehicle during the following times: | 2 | | (A) Between 11:00 p.m. Friday and 6:00 a.m. Saturday; | 3 | | (B) Between 11:00 p.m. Saturday and 6:00 a.m. on | 4 | | Sunday; and | 5 | | (C) Between 10:00 p.m. on Sunday to Thursday, | 6 | | inclusive, and 6:00 a.m. on the following day. | 7 | | (a-2) The driver's license of a person under the age of 18 | 8 | | shall not be invalid as described in subsection (a-1) of this | 9 | | Section if the licensee under the age of 18 was: | 10 | | (1) accompanied by the licensee's parent or guardian or | 11 | | other person in custody or control of the minor; | 12 | | (2) on an errand at the direction of the minor's parent | 13 | | or guardian, without any detour or stop; | 14 | | (3) in a motor vehicle involved in interstate travel; | 15 | | (4) going to or returning home from an employment | 16 | | activity, without any detour or stop; | 17 | | (5) involved in an emergency; | 18 | | (6) going to or returning home from, without any detour | 19 | | or stop, an official school, religious, or other | 20 | | recreational activity supervised by adults and sponsored | 21 | | by a government or governmental agency, a civic | 22 | | organization, or another similar entity that takes | 23 | | responsibility for the licensee, without any detour or | 24 | | stop; | 25 | | (7) exercising First Amendment rights protected by the | 26 | | United States Constitution, such as the free exercise of |
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| 1 | | religion, freedom of speech, and the right of assembly; or | 2 | | (8) married or had been married or is an emancipated | 3 | | minor under the Emancipation of Minors Act. | 4 | | (a-2.5) The driver's license of a person who is 17 years of | 5 | | age and has been licensed for at least 12 months is not invalid | 6 | | as described in subsection (a-1) of this Section while the | 7 | | licensee is participating as an assigned driver in a Safe Rides | 8 | | program that meets the following criteria: | 9 | | (1) the program is sponsored by the Boy Scouts of | 10 | | America or another national public service organization; | 11 | | and | 12 | | (2) the sponsoring organization carries liability | 13 | | insurance covering the program. | 14 | | (a-3) If a graduated driver's license holder over the age | 15 | | of 18 committed an offense against traffic regulations | 16 | | governing the movement of vehicles or any violation of Section | 17 | | 6-107 or Section 12-603.1 of this Code in the 6 months prior to | 18 | | the graduated driver's license holder's 18th birthday, and was | 19 | | subsequently convicted of the offense, the provisions of | 20 | | subsection (a-1) shall continue to apply until such time as a | 21 | | period of 6 consecutive months has elapsed without an | 22 | | additional violation and subsequent conviction of an offense | 23 | | against traffic regulations governing the movement of vehicles | 24 | | or Section 6-107 or Section 12-603.1 of this Code.
| 25 | | (a-4) If an applicant for a driver's license or instruction | 26 | | permit has a current identification card issued by the |
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| 1 | | Secretary of State, the Secretary may require the applicant to | 2 | | utilize the same residence address and name on the | 3 | | identification card, driver's license, and instruction permit | 4 | | records maintained by the Secretary. The Secretary may | 5 | | promulgate rules to implement this provision. | 6 | | (b) Until the Secretary of State establishes a First Person | 7 | | Consent organ and tissue donor registry under Section 6-117 of | 8 | | this Code, the Secretary of State shall provide a format on the | 9 | | reverse of
each driver's license issued which the licensee may | 10 | | use to execute a document
of gift conforming to the provisions | 11 | | of the Illinois Anatomical Gift Act.
The format shall allow the | 12 | | licensee to indicate the gift intended, whether
specific | 13 | | organs, any organ, or the entire body, and shall accommodate | 14 | | the
signatures of the donor and 2 witnesses. The Secretary | 15 | | shall also inform
each applicant or licensee of this format, | 16 | | describe the procedure for its
execution, and may offer the | 17 | | necessary witnesses; provided that in so doing,
the Secretary | 18 | | shall advise the applicant or licensee that he or she is
under | 19 | | no compulsion to execute a document of gift. A brochure
| 20 | | explaining this method of executing an anatomical gift document | 21 | | shall be given
to each applicant or licensee. The brochure | 22 | | shall advise the applicant or
licensee that he or she is under | 23 | | no compulsion to execute a document of
gift, and that he or she | 24 | | may wish to consult with family, friends or clergy
before doing | 25 | | so. The Secretary of State may undertake additional efforts,
| 26 | | including education and awareness activities, to promote organ |
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| 1 | | and tissue
donation.
| 2 | | (c) The Secretary of State shall designate on each driver's | 3 | | license issued
a space where the licensee may place a sticker | 4 | | or decal of the uniform
size as the Secretary may specify, | 5 | | which sticker or decal may indicate in
appropriate language | 6 | | that the owner of the license carries an Emergency
Medical | 7 | | Information Card.
| 8 | | The sticker may be provided by any person, hospital, | 9 | | school,
medical group, or association interested in assisting | 10 | | in implementing
the Emergency Medical Information Card, but | 11 | | shall meet the specifications
as the Secretary may by rule or | 12 | | regulation require.
| 13 | | (d) The Secretary of State shall designate on each driver's | 14 | | license issued
a space where the licensee may indicate his | 15 | | blood type and RH factor.
| 16 | | (e) The Secretary of State shall provide
that each original | 17 | | or renewal driver's license issued to a licensee under
21 years | 18 | | of age shall be of a distinct nature from those driver's | 19 | | licenses
issued to individuals 21 years of age and older. The | 20 | | color designated for
driver's licenses for licensees under 21 | 21 | | years of age shall be at the
discretion of the Secretary of | 22 | | State.
| 23 | | (e-1) The Secretary shall provide that each driver's | 24 | | license issued to a
person under the age of 21 displays the | 25 | | date upon which the person becomes 18
years of age and the date | 26 | | upon which the person becomes 21 years of age.
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| 1 | | (f) The Secretary of State shall inform all Illinois | 2 | | licensed
commercial motor vehicle operators of the | 3 | | requirements of the Uniform
Commercial Driver License Act, | 4 | | Article V of this Chapter, and shall make
provisions to insure | 5 | | that all drivers, seeking to obtain a commercial
driver's | 6 | | license, be afforded an opportunity prior to April 1, 1992, to
| 7 | | obtain the license. The Secretary is authorized to extend
| 8 | | driver's license expiration dates, and assign specific times, | 9 | | dates and
locations where these commercial driver's tests shall | 10 | | be conducted. Any
applicant, regardless of the current | 11 | | expiration date of the applicant's
driver's license, may be | 12 | | subject to any assignment by the Secretary.
Failure to comply | 13 | | with the Secretary's assignment may result in the
applicant's | 14 | | forfeiture of an opportunity to receive a commercial driver's
| 15 | | license prior to April 1, 1992.
| 16 | | (g) The Secretary of State shall designate on a
driver's | 17 | | license issued, a space where the licensee may indicate that he | 18 | | or
she has drafted a living will in accordance with the | 19 | | Illinois Living Will
Act or a durable power of attorney for | 20 | | health care in accordance with the
Illinois Power of Attorney | 21 | | Act.
| 22 | | (g-1) The Secretary of State, in his or her discretion, may | 23 | | designate on
each driver's license issued a space where the | 24 | | licensee may place a sticker or
decal, issued by the Secretary | 25 | | of State, of uniform size as the Secretary may
specify, that | 26 | | shall indicate in appropriate language that the owner of the
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| 1 | | license has renewed his or her driver's license.
| 2 | | (h) A person who acts in good faith in accordance with the | 3 | | terms of
this Section is not liable for damages in any civil | 4 | | action or subject to
prosecution in any criminal proceeding for | 5 | | his or her act.
| 6 | | (Source: P.A. 96-607, eff. 8-24-09; 96-1231, eff. 7-23-10; | 7 | | 97-263, eff. 8-5-11.)
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