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 1                     AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 995
 2        AMENDMENT NO.     .  Amend House Bill  995  by  replacing
 3    everything after the enacting clause with following:
 4        "Section  5.   The  Illinois  Vehicle  Code is amended by
 5    changing Section 6-507 as follows:
 6        (625 ILCS 5/6-507) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 6-507)
 7        Sec. 6-507.  Commercial Driver's License (CDL) Required.
 8        (a)  Except as expressly permitted by this UCDLA, or when
 9    driving pursuant to  the  issuance  of  a  commercial  driver
10    instruction  permit  and  accompanied  by the holder of a CDL
11    valid for the vehicle being driven; no person shall  drive  a
12    commercial  motor  vehicle  on the highways unless the person
13    has been issued, and is in the immediate possession of, a CDL
14    bearing  all  applicable  endorsements  valid  for  type   or
15    classification of the commercial vehicle being driven.
16        (b)  Except as otherwise provided by this Code, no person
17    may  drive  a  commercial motor vehicle on the highways while
18    such person's driving privilege, license or permit is:
19             (1)  Suspended, revoked, cancelled,  or  subject  to
20        disqualification.  Any person convicted of violating this
21        provision  or  a  similar  provision of this or any other
22        state shall have their driving privileges  revoked  under
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 1        paragraph  12  of subsection (a) of Section 6-205 of this
 2        Code.
 3             (2)  Subject   to   or   in    violation    of    an
 4        "out-of-service"  order. Any person who has been issued a
 5        CDL and is convicted of violating  this  provision  or  a
 6        similar   provision   of   any   other   state  shall  be
 7        disqualified from operating a  commercial  motor  vehicle
 8        under subsection (i) of Section 6-514 of this Code.
 9             (3)  Subject  to  or  in  violation  of  an  "out of
10        service"  order  and  while  transporting  passengers  or
11        hazardous materials.  Any person who has  been  issued  a
12        CDL  and  is  convicted  of violating this provision or a
13        similar provision of this or any  other  state  shall  be
14        disqualified  from  operating  a commercial motor vehicle
15        under subsection (i) of Section 6-514 of this Code.
16        (c)  Pursuant to the options provided to  the  States  by
17    FHWA  Docket  No.  MC-88-8,  the  driver of any motor vehicle
18    controlled or operated by or for a farmer is waived from  the
19    requirements  of  this  Section,  when  such motor vehicle is
20    being used to transport:  agricultural  products;  implements
21    of  husbandry;  or farm supplies; as long as such movement is
22    not over 150 air miles from the originating  farm.   However,
23    This waiver does not apply to the driver of any truck-tractor
24    semitrailer  combination(s)  nor  to  the driver of any other
25    motor vehicle being used in a common or contract carrier type
26    operation. However, for those drivers  of  any  truck-tractor
27    semitrailer  combination  or  combinations, this waiver shall
28    apply only when the driver is a farmer or  a  member  of  the
29    farmer's family and the driver is 21 years of age or more and
30    has  successfully  completed any tests the Secretary of State
31    deems necessary.
32        In addition, the farmer  or  a  member  of  the  farmer's
33    family  who  operates a truck-tractor semitrailer combination
34    or combinations pursuant to this waiver shall be granted  all
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 1    of  the  rights and shall be subject to all of the duties and
 2    restrictions with respect to Sections 6-514 and 6-515 of this
 3    Code applicable to the  driver  who  possesses  a  commercial
 4    driver's  license  issued  under  this  Code, except that the
 5    driver shall not be  subject  to  any  additional  duties  or
 6    restrictions  contained  in  Part  382  of  the Federal Motor
 7    Carrier Safety Regulations that  are  not  otherwise  imposed
 8    under Section 6-514 or 6-515 of this Code.
 9        (d)  Any  person  convicted  of  violating  this Section,
10    shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
11        (e)  Any person convicted of violating paragraph  (b)  of
12    this  Section,  shall  have all driving privileges revoked by
13    the Secretary of State.
14        (f)  This Section shall not apply to:
15             (1)  A person who currently holds a  valid  Illinois
16        driver's license, for the type of vehicle being operated,
17        until  the  expiration  of such license or April 1, 1992,
18        whichever is earlier; or
19             (2)  A  non-Illinois  domiciliary  who  is  properly
20        licensed in  another  State,  until  April  1,  1992.   A
21        non-Illinois domiciliary, if such domiciliary is properly
22        licensed  in another State or foreign jurisdiction, until
23        April 1, 1992.
24    (Source: P.A. 89-245, eff. 1-1-96.)
25        Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect  upon
26    becoming law.".

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