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 1        AN  ACT  to  amend  the Illinois Vehicle Code by changing
 2    Sections 6-109 and 6-508.

 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 Sections 6-109 and 6-508 as follows:

 7        (625 ILCS 5/6-109) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 6-109)
 8        Sec. 6-109.  Examination of Applicants.
 9        (a)  The Secretary of State shall examine every applicant
10    for a driver's license or permit who has not been  previously
11    licensed  as  a  driver  under  the laws of this State or any
12    other state or country, or any applicant for renewal of  such
13    driver's  license  or  permit when such license or permit has
14    been expired for more than one year.  The Secretary of  State
15    shall,  subject  to  the provisions of paragraph (c), examine
16    every licensed driver at least every 8 years, and may examine
17    or  re-examine  any  other  applicant  or  licensed   driver,
18    provided  that  during  the  years  1984  through  1991 those
19    drivers issued a license for 3 years may be  re-examined  not
20    less than every 7 years or more than every 10 years.
21        The  Secretary  of State shall require the testing of the
22    eyesight of any driver's license or permit applicant who  has
23    not  been  previously  licensed as a driver under the laws of
24    this State and shall  promulgate  rules  and  regulations  to
25    provide  for the orderly administration of all the provisions
26    of this Section.
27        (b)  Except as provided for those applicants in paragraph
28    (c), such examination shall include a test of the applicant's
29    eyesight, his ability to read and understand official traffic
30    control devices, his knowledge of safe driving practices  and
31    the  traffic  laws  of  this State, and may include an actual
 
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 1    demonstration of the applicant's ability to exercise ordinary
 2    and reasonable control of the operation of a  motor  vehicle,
 3    and  such  further  physical  and  mental  examination as the
 4    Secretary  of  State  finds  necessary   to   determine   the
 5    applicant's  fitness to operate a motor vehicle safely on the
 6    highways, except the examination of an applicant 75 years  of
 7    age  or  older  shall  include an actual demonstration of the
 8    applicant's  ability  to  exercise  ordinary  and  reasonable
 9    control of the operation of a motor vehicle.  All portions of
10    written and verbal examinations under this Section, excepting
11    where the English language  appears  on  facsimiles  of  road
12    signs,  may  be  given  in  the  Spanish language and, at the
13    discretion of the Secretary of State, in any  other  language
14    as  well  as  in  English upon request of the examinee.  Deaf
15    persons who are otherwise qualified are not  prohibited  from
16    being  issued  a  license,  other  than a commercial driver's
17    license, under this Code.
18        (c)  Re-examination for those applicants who at the  time
19    of  renewing  their driver's license possess a driving record
20    devoid of any convictions of traffic violations  or  evidence
21    of committing an offense for which mandatory revocation would
22    be  required upon conviction pursuant to Section 6-205 at the
23    time of renewal shall  be  in  a  manner  prescribed  by  the
24    Secretary  in  order  to  determine an applicant's ability to
25    safely operate a motor vehicle, except that  every  applicant
26    for  the renewal of a driver's license who is 75 years of age
27    or  older  must  prove,  by  an  actual  demonstration,   the
28    applicant's  ability  to exercise reasonable care in the safe
29    operation of a motor vehicle.
30        (d)  In the event the applicant is not  ineligible  under
31    the  provisions  of  Section  6-103  to  receive  a  driver's
32    license,  the  Secretary  of  State  shall make provision for
33    giving  an  examination,  either  in  the  county  where  the
34    applicant resides or at a place adjacent  thereto  reasonably
 
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 1    convenient  to  the  applicant,  within not more than 30 days
 2    from the date said application is received.
 3    (Source: P.A. 89-569, eff. 1-1-97.)

 4        (625 ILCS 5/6-508) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 6-508)
 5        Sec.  6-508.   Commercial  Driver's   License   (CDL)   -
 6    qualification standards.
 7        (a)  Testing.
 8             (1)  General.  No person shall be issued an original
 9        or  renewal  CDL  unless that person is domiciled in this
10        State.  The Secretary shall cause to be administered such
11        tests as  the  Secretary  deems  necessary  to  meet  the
12        requirements of 49 C.F.R. Part 383, subparts G and H.
13             (2)  Third  party  testing.   The Secretary of state
14        may authorize a "third  party  tester",  pursuant  to  49
15        C.F.R.  Part  383.75,  to  administer  the skills test or
16        tests  specified  by   Federal   Highway   Administration
17        pursuant  to  the  Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety Act of
18        1986 and any appropriate federal rule.
19        (b)  Waiver of Skills Test.  The Secretary of  State  may
20    waive  the  skills  test  specified  in  this  Section  for a
21    commercial   driver   license   applicant   who   meets   the
22    requirements of 49 C.F.R. Part 383.77.
23        (c)  Limitations on issuance of  a  CDL.   A  CDL,  or  a
24    commercial  driver instruction permit, shall not be issued to
25    a person while the person is subject  to  a  disqualification
26    from  driving a commercial motor vehicle, or unless otherwise
27    permitted by this Code, while the person's  driver's  license
28    is  suspended,  revoked  or  cancelled  in  any state, or any
29    territory or province of Canada; nor may a CDL be issued to a
30    person who has a CDL issued by any other  state,  or  foreign
31    jurisdiction,  unless  the  person  first surrenders all such
32    licenses.  No CDL shall be issued to or renewed for a  person
33    who  does  not  meet the requirement of 49 CFR 391.41(b)(11).
 
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 1    The requirement may be met with the aid of a hearing aid.
 2        (d)  Commercial driver instruction permit.  A  commercial
 3    driver instruction permit may be issued to any person holding
 4    a valid Illinois driver's license if such person successfully
 5    passes   such   tests  as  the  Secretary  determines  to  be
 6    necessary. A commercial driver instruction permit  shall  not
 7    be  issued  to a person who does not meet the requirements of
 8    49 CFR 391.41 (b)(11), except for the renewal of a commercial
 9    driver instruction  permit  for  a  person  who  possesses  a
10    commercial  instruction permit prior to the effective date of
11    this amendatory Act of 1999.
12    (Source: P.A. 86-845.)

13        Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect  upon
14    becoming law.

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