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1 | AN ACT concerning vehicles.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section | |||||||||||||||||||||
5 | 27-24.2 as follows:
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6 | (105 ILCS 5/27-24.2) (from Ch. 122, par. 27-24.2)
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7 | Sec. 27-24.2. Driver education course. Any school district | |||||||||||||||||||||
8 | which maintains
grades 9 through 12 shall offer a driver | |||||||||||||||||||||
9 | education course in any such school
which it operates. Both the | |||||||||||||||||||||
10 | classroom instruction part and the practice driving
part of | |||||||||||||||||||||
11 | such driver education course shall be open to a resident or
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12 | non-resident pupil attending a non-public school in the | |||||||||||||||||||||
13 | district wherein the
course is offered and to each resident of | |||||||||||||||||||||
14 | the district who acquires or holds a
currently valid driver's | |||||||||||||||||||||
15 | license during the term of the course and who is at
least 15 | |||||||||||||||||||||
16 | but has not reached 21 years of age, without regard to whether | |||||||||||||||||||||
17 | any
such person is enrolled in any other course offered in any | |||||||||||||||||||||
18 | school that the
district operates. Each student attending any | |||||||||||||||||||||
19 | public or non-public high school
in the district must receive a | |||||||||||||||||||||
20 | passing grade in at least 8 courses during the
previous 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
21 | semesters prior to enrolling in a driver education course, or | |||||||||||||||||||||
22 | the
student shall not be permitted to enroll in the course; | |||||||||||||||||||||
23 | provided that the local
superintendent of schools (with respect |
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1 | to a student attending a public high
school in the district) or | ||||||
2 | chief school administrator (with respect to a
student attending | ||||||
3 | a non-public high school in the district) may waive the
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4 | requirement if the superintendent or chief school | ||||||
5 | administrator, as the case
may be, deems it to be in the best | ||||||
6 | interest of the student. Any school district
required to offer | ||||||
7 | a driver education course or courses as provided in this
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8 | Section also is authorized to offer either the classroom | ||||||
9 | instruction part or
the practice driving part or both such | ||||||
10 | parts of a driver education course to
any resident of the | ||||||
11 | district who is over age 55; provided that any such school
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12 | district which elects to offer either or both parts of such | ||||||
13 | course to such
residents shall be entitled to make either or | ||||||
14 | both parts of such course
available to such residents at any | ||||||
15 | attendance center or centers within the
district designated by | ||||||
16 | the school board; and provided further that no part of
any such | ||||||
17 | driver education course shall be offered to any resident of the
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18 | district over age 55 unless space therein remains available | ||||||
19 | after all persons
to whom such part of the driver education | ||||||
20 | course is required to be open as
provided in this Section and | ||||||
21 | who have requested such course have registered
therefor, and | ||||||
22 | unless such resident of the district over age 55 is a person | ||||||
23 | who
has not previously been licensed as a driver under the laws | ||||||
24 | of this or any
other state or country. However, a student may | ||||||
25 | be allowed to commence the
classroom instruction part of such | ||||||
26 | driver education course prior to reaching
age 15 if such |
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1 | student then will be eligible to complete the entire course
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2 | within 12 months after being allowed to commence such classroom | ||||||
3 | instruction.
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4 | Such a driver education course shall include classroom | ||||||
5 | instruction on distracted driving as a major traffic safety | ||||||
6 | issue. Such a driver education course may include classroom | ||||||
7 | instruction on
the safety rules and operation of motorcycles or | ||||||
8 | motor driven cycles. Such a driver education course shall | ||||||
9 | include classroom instruction on the safety rules concerning | ||||||
10 | funeral processions.
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11 | Such a course may be commenced immediately after the | ||||||
12 | completion of a prior
course. Teachers of such courses shall | ||||||
13 | meet the certification requirements of
this Act and regulations | ||||||
14 | of the State Board as to qualifications.
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15 | (Source: P.A. 95-339, eff. 8-21-07.)
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16 | Section 10. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by | ||||||
17 | changing Section 11-1420 as follows:
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18 | (625 ILCS 5/11-1420) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-1420)
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19 | Sec. 11-1420. Funeral processions.
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20 | (a) Funeral processions have the right-of-way at | ||||||
21 | intersections when
vehicles comprising such procession have | ||||||
22 | their headlights lighted,
subject
to the following conditions | ||||||
23 | and exceptions:
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24 | 1. Operators of vehicles in a funeral procession shall |
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1 | yield the
right-of-way upon the approach of an authorized | ||||||
2 | emergency vehicle giving an
audible or visible signal;
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3 | 2. Operators of vehicles in a funeral procession shall | ||||||
4 | yield the
right-of-way when directed to do so by a traffic | ||||||
5 | officer;
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6 | 3. The operator of the leading vehicle in a funeral | ||||||
7 | procession shall
comply with stop signs and traffic control | ||||||
8 | signals but when the leading
vehicle has proceeded across | ||||||
9 | an intersection in accordance with such signal
or after | ||||||
10 | stopping as required by the stop sign, all vehicles in such
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11 | procession may proceed without stopping, regardless of the | ||||||
12 | sign or signal
and the leading vehicle and the vehicles in | ||||||
13 | procession shall proceed with
due caution.
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14 | (b) The operator of a vehicle not in the funeral procession | ||||||
15 | shall not
drive his vehicle in the funeral procession except | ||||||
16 | when authorized to do so
by a traffic officer or when such | ||||||
17 | vehicle is an authorized emergency
vehicle giving audible or | ||||||
18 | visible signal.
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19 | (c) Operators of vehicles not a part of a funeral | ||||||
20 | procession may not
form a procession or convoy and have their | ||||||
21 | headlights lighted
for the
purpose of securing the right-of-way | ||||||
22 | granted by this Section to funeral
processions.
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23 | (d) The operator of a vehicle not in a funeral procession | ||||||
24 | may overtake
and pass the vehicles in such procession if such | ||||||
25 | overtaking and passing can
be accomplished without causing a | ||||||
26 | traffic hazard or interfering with such
procession.
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1 | (e) The lead vehicle and the final vehicle in the funeral | ||||||
2 | procession shall may be equipped with a
flashing amber light | ||||||
3 | which may be used only when such vehicle is used as a
lead or | ||||||
4 | final vehicle in such procession. Vehicles comprising a funeral | ||||||
5 | procession
shall may utilize funeral pennants , or flags , and or | ||||||
6 | windshield stickers on either the side or back window of the | ||||||
7 | vehicle. Vehicles comprising a funeral procession shall drive | ||||||
8 | with or flashing
hazard warning signal flashers to identify
the | ||||||
9 | individual vehicles in such a procession.
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10 | (f) A hearse shall be used as part of all funeral | ||||||
11 | processions. | ||||||
12 | (Source: P.A. 90-58, eff. 1-1-98.)
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