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Public Act 92-0849
SB2164 Enrolled LRB9216067DHmg
AN ACT in relation to vehicles.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by
changing Section 6-104 as follows:
(625 ILCS 5/6-104) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 6-104)
Sec. 6-104. Classification of Driver - Special
Restrictions.
(a) A driver's license issued under the authority of
this Act shall indicate the classification for which the
applicant therefor has qualified by examination or by such
other means that the Secretary of State shall prescribe.
Driver's license classifications shall be prescribed by rule
or regulation promulgated by the Secretary of State and such
may specify classifications as to operation of motor vehicles
of the first division, or of those of the second division,
whether operated singly or in lawful combination, and whether
for-hire or not-for-hire, and may specify such other
classifications as the Secretary deems necessary.
No person shall operate a motor vehicle unless such
person has a valid license with a proper classification to
permit the operation of such vehicle, except that any person
may operate a motorized pedalcycle if such person has a valid
current Illinois driver's license, regardless of
classification.
(b) No person who is under the age of 21 years or has
had less than 1 year of driving experience shall drive: (1)
in connection with the operation of any school, day camp,
summer camp, or nursery school, any public or private motor
vehicle for transporting children to or from any school, day
camp, summer camp, or nursery school, or (2) any motor
vehicle of the second division when in use for the
transportation of persons for compensation.
(c) No person who is under the age of 18 years shall be
issued a license for the purpose of transporting property for
hire, or for the purpose of transporting persons for
compensation in a motor vehicle of the first division.
(d) No person shall drive: (1) a school bus when
transporting school children unless such person possesses a
valid school bus driver permit or is accompanied and
supervised, for the specific purpose of training prior to
routine operation of a school bus, by a person who has held a
valid school bus driver permit for at least one year; or (2)
any other vehicle owned or operated by or for a public or
private school, or a school operated by a religious
institution, where such vehicle is being used over a
regularly scheduled route for the transportation of persons
enrolled as a student in grade 12 or below, in connection
with any activity of the entities unless such person
possesses a valid school bus driver permit.
(d-5) No person may drive a bus that has been chartered
for the sole purpose of transporting students regularly
enrolled in grade 12 or below to or from interscholastic
athletic or interscholastic or school sponsored activities
unless the person has a valid school bus driver permit in
addition to any other permit or license that is required to
operate that bus. This subsection (d-5) does not apply to
any bus driver employed by a public transportation provider
authorized to conduct local or interurban transportation of
passengers when the bus is not traveling a specific school
bus route but is on a regularly scheduled route for the
transporting of other fare paying passengers.
(e) No person shall drive a religious organization bus
unless such person has a valid and properly classified
drivers license or a valid school bus driver permit.
(f) No person shall drive a motor vehicle for the
purpose of providing transportation for the elderly in
connection with the activities of any public or private
organization unless such person has a valid and properly
classified driver's license issued by the Secretary of State.
(g) No person shall drive a bus which meets the special
requirements for school buses provided in Section 12-801,
12-802, 12-803 and 12-805 of this Code for the purpose of
transporting persons 18 years of age or less in connection
with any youth camp licensed under the Youth Camp Act or any
child care facility licensed under the Child Care Act of 1969
unless such person possesses a valid school bus driver permit
or is accompanied and supervised, for the specific purpose of
training prior to routine operation of a school bus, by a
person who has held a valid school bus driver permit for at
least one year; however, a person who has a valid and
properly classified driver's license issued by the Secretary
of State may operate a school bus for the purpose of
transporting persons 18 years of age or less in connection
with any such youth camp or child care facility if the
"SCHOOL BUS" signs are covered or concealed and the stop
signal arm and flashing signal systems are not operable
through normal controls.
(Source: P.A. 88-612, eff. 7-1-95.)
Passed in the General Assembly May 31, 2002.
Approved August 23, 2002.
Effective January 01, 2003.
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