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91_HB2866

 
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 1        AN  ACT  to  amend  the Illinois Vehicle Code by changing
 2    Section 6-104.

 3        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 4    represented in the General Assembly:

 5        Section  5.  The  Illinois  Vehicle  Code  is  amended by
 6    changing Section 6-104 as follows:

 7        (625 ILCS 5/6-104) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 6-104)
 8        Sec.  6-104.   Classification   of   Driver   -   Special
 9    Restrictions.
10        (a)  A  driver's  license  issued  under the authority of
11    this Act shall indicate  the  classification  for  which  the
12    applicant  therefor  has  qualified by examination or by such
13    other means that the  Secretary  of  State  shall  prescribe.
14    Driver's  license classifications shall be prescribed by rule
15    or regulation promulgated by the Secretary of State and  such
16    may specify classifications as to operation of motor vehicles
17    of  the  first  division, or of those of the second division,
18    whether operated singly or in lawful combination, and whether
19    for-hire  or  not-for-hire,  and  may  specify   such   other
20    classifications as the Secretary deems necessary.
21        No  person  shall  operate  a  motor  vehicle unless such
22    person has a valid license with a  proper  classification  to
23    permit  the operation of such vehicle, except that any person
24    may operate a motorized pedalcycle if such person has a valid
25    current   Illinois   driver's    license,    regardless    of
26    classification.
27        (b)  No  person  who  is under the age of 21 years or has
28    had less than 1 year of driving experience shall drive:   (1)
29    in  connection  with  the  operation of any school, day camp,
30    summer camp, or nursery school, any public or  private  motor
31    vehicle  for transporting children to or from any school, day
 
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 1    camp, summer camp, or  nursery  school,  or  (2)  any   motor
 2    vehicle   of   the  second  division  when  in  use  for  the
 3    transportation of persons for compensation.
 4        (c)  No person who is under the age of 18 years shall  be
 5    issued a license for the purpose of transporting property for
 6    hire,   or  for  the  purpose  of  transporting  persons  for
 7    compensation in a motor vehicle of the first division.
 8        (d)  No person  shall  drive:   (1)  a  school  bus  when
 9    transporting  school  children unless such person possesses a
10    valid  school  bus  driver  permit  or  is  accompanied   and
11    supervised,  for  the  specific  purpose of training prior to
12    routine operation of a school bus, by a person who has held a
13    valid school bus driver permit for at least one year; or  (2)
14    any  other  vehicle  owned  or operated by or for a public or
15    private  school,  or  a  school  operated  by   a   religious
16    institution,   where  such  vehicle  is  being  used  over  a
17    regularly scheduled route for the transportation  of  persons
18    enrolled  as  a  student  in grade 12 or below, in connection
19    with  any  activity  of  the  entities  unless  such   person
20    possesses a valid school bus driver permit.
21        (d-5)  No  person may drive a bus that has been chartered
22    for the  sole  purpose  of  transporting  students  regularly
23    enrolled  in  grade  12  or  below  to  or  from a primary or
24    secondary school or to or from a school activity  unless  the
25    person  has  a  valid school bus driver permit in addition to
26    any other permit or license that is required to operate  that
27    bus.
28        (e)  No  person  shall drive a religious organization bus
29    unless such  person  has  a  valid  and  properly  classified
30    drivers license or a valid school bus driver permit.
31        (f)  No  person  shall  drive  a  motor  vehicle  for the
32    purpose  of  providing  transportation  for  the  elderly  in
33    connection with the  activities  of  any  public  or  private
34    organization  unless  such  person  has  a valid and properly
 
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 1    classified driver's license issued by the Secretary of State.
 2        (g)  No person shall drive a bus which meets the  special
 3    requirements  for  school  buses  provided in Section 12-801,
 4    12-802, 12-803 and 12-805 of this Code  for  the  purpose  of
 5    transporting  persons  18  years of age or less in connection
 6    with any youth camp licensed under the Youth Camp Act or  any
 7    child care facility licensed under the Child Care Act of 1969
 8    unless such person possesses a valid school bus driver permit
 9    or is accompanied and supervised, for the specific purpose of
10    training  prior  to  routine  operation of a school bus, by a
11    person who has held a valid school bus driver permit  for  at
12    least  one  year;  however,  a  person  who  has  a valid and
13    properly classified driver's license issued by the  Secretary
14    of  State  may  operate  a  school  bus  for  the  purpose of
15    transporting persons 18 years of age or  less  in  connection
16    with  any  such  youth  camp  or  child  care facility if the
17    "SCHOOL BUS" signs are covered  or  concealed  and  the  stop
18    signal  arm  and  flashing  signal  systems  are not operable
19    through normal controls.
20    (Source: P.A. 88-612, eff. 7-1-95.)

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