HB1866ham001 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Rep. Ryan Spain

Filed: 4/1/2019

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1866

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1866 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the following:

"Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Autonomous Vehicle Act.

Section 5. Definitions. As used in this Act:

"Automated driving system" means technology installed on a motor vehicle that has the capability, on a part-time or full-time basis, to drive the vehicle without the need for supervision of the driving environment by a human driver or operator, whether or not a human driver or operator is in the vehicle.

"Autonomous vehicle tester" means an autonomous vehicle manufacturer, institution of higher education, fleet service provider, or automotive equipment or technology provider.

"Department" means the Department of Transportation.

"Fleet service provider" means a person or entity that owns or leases a fully autonomous vehicle and operates such fully autonomous vehicle for commercial or public use.

"Fully autonomous vehicle" means a motor vehicle that is equipped with an automated driving system, designed to function without an operator and classified as level 4 or level 5 by SAE J3016.

"Operator" means the person seated in the driver's seat of a fully autonomous vehicle.

"SAE J3016" means the "Taxonomy and Definitions for Terms Related to Driving Automation Systems for On-Road Motor Vehicles" published by SAE International in September 2016.

Section 10. Pilot program.

(a) The Department shall establish a pilot program for not less than 5 and not more than 10 municipalities to allow autonomous vehicle testers to test fully autonomous vehicles on the highways of such municipalities. Municipalities shall apply to the Department in the manner and form prescribed by the Department for inclusion in the pilot program.

(b) If selected to participate, the chief elected official or chief executive officer of the municipality shall select and enter into a written agreement with an autonomous vehicle tester or autonomous vehicle testers to test fully autonomous vehicles on the highways of the municipality.

Section 15. Selected autonomous vehicle testers.

(a) Selected autonomous vehicle testers shall be required to meet the following requirements:

(1) Have a properly licensed operator either seated in the driver's seat of the fully autonomous vehicle or remotely monitoring the vehicle in real time.

(2) Be capable of taking immediate manual control of such fully autonomous vehicle.

(b) Selected autonomous vehicle testers shall be required to:

(1) Register each fully autonomous vehicle to be tested with the Department.

(2) Submit to the Department, in a manner and form directed by the Department, proof of liability insurance, self-insurance, or a surety bond of at least $5,000,000 for damages by reason of bodily injury, death, or property damage caused by a fully autonomous vehicle.

(3) Provide information to the Department that the Department deems to be appropriate for measuring the performance of the pilot program.

An autonomous vehicle tester may withhold any commercially valuable, confidential, or proprietary information.

Section 20. Operation of a fully autonomous vehicle.

(a) An operator of a fully autonomous motor vehicle must comply with any provision of the general statutes, any ordinance of a municipality concerning the operation of motor vehicles, any standards established by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration regarding fully autonomous vehicles, and any other requirements set by the Department in consultation with the other agencies as necessary to ensure the safe operation of such fully autonomous vehicle.

(b) An operator of a fully autonomous motor vehicle shall be considered the driver or operator for purposes of assessing conformance to applicable traffic or motor vehicle laws; shall be validly licensed to operate a motor vehicle under Section 6-101 of the Illinois Vehicle Code and Section 15 of the Transportation Network Providers Act; shall satisfy all the applicable requirements to be licensed under this Act; and shall satisfy any physical acts required of a driver or operator, including, but not limited to, those required under Section 6-112 of the Illinois Vehicle Code.

Section 25. Limiting provisions.

(a) No autonomous vehicle tester shall test a fully autonomous vehicle on any limited access highway unless strictly authorized by the Department in consultation with other agencies.

(b) The Department may immediately prohibit an operator or autonomous vehicle tester from testing a fully autonomous vehicle if the Department, in consultation with other agencies, determines that such testing poses a risk to public safety or that the operator or autonomous vehicle tester has failed to comply with the provisions or requirements of the pilot program.

Section 30. Annual report. The Department shall publish an annual report concerning the implementation and progress of the pilot program.

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