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1 AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2840
2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend House Bill 2840 on page 1, by
3 replacing lines 4 and 5 with the following:
4 "Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Section
5 10-20.21a as follows:
6 (105 ILCS 5/10-20.21a new)
7 Sec. 10-20.21a. Contracts for charter bus services. To
8 award contracts for providing charter bus services for the
9 sole purpose of transporting students regularly enrolled in
10 grade 12 or below to or from interscholastic athletic or
11 interscholastic or school sponsored activities.
12 All contracts for providing charter bus services for the
13 sole purpose of transporting students regularly enrolled in
14 grade 12 or below to or from interscholastic athletic or
15 interscholastic or school sponsored activities must contain
16 clause (A) as set forth below, except that a contract with an
17 out-of-state company may contain clause (B), as set forth
18 below, or clause (A). The clause must be set forth in the
19 body of the contract in typeface of at least 12 points and
20 all upper case letters:
21 (A) "ALL OF THE CHARTER BUS DRIVERS WHO WILL BE
22 PROVIDING SERVICES UNDER THIS CONTRACT HAVE, OR WILL HAVE
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1 BEFORE ANY SERVICES ARE PROVIDED:
2 (1) SUBMITTED THEIR FINGERPRINTS TO A STATE POLICE
3 AGENCY AND THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION FOR A
4 CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECK, RESULTING IN A DETERMINATION
5 THAT THEY HAVE NOT BEEN CONVICTED OF COMMITTING ANY OF
6 THE OFFENSES SET FORTH IN SUBDIVISION (C-1)(4) OF SECTION
7 6-508 OF THE ILLINOIS VEHICLE CODE; AND
8 (2) DEMONSTRATED PHYSICAL FITNESS TO OPERATE SCHOOL
9 BUSES BY SUBMITTING THE RESULTS OF A MEDICAL EXAMINATION,
10 INCLUDING TESTS FOR DRUG USE, TO A STATE REGULATORY
11 AGENCY."
12 (B) "NOT ALL OF THE CHARTER BUS DRIVERS WHO WILL BE
13 PROVIDING SERVICES UNDER THIS CONTRACT HAVE, OR WILL HAVE
14 BEFORE ANY SERVICES ARE PROVIDED:
15 (1) SUBMITTED THEIR FINGERPRINTS TO A STATE POLICE
16 AGENCY AND THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION FOR A
17 CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECK, RESULTING IN A DETERMINATION
18 THAT THEY HAVE NOT BEEN CONVICTED OF COMMITTING ANY OF
19 THE OFFENSES SET FORTH IN SUBDIVISION (C-1)(4) OF SECTION
20 6-508 THE ILLINOIS VEHICLE CODE; AND
21 (2) DEMONSTRATED PHYSICAL FITNESS TO OPERATE SCHOOL
22 BUSES BY SUBMITTING THE RESULTS OF A MEDICAL EXAMINATION,
23 INCLUDING TESTS FOR DRUG USE, TO A STATE REGULATORY
24 AGENCY."
25 Section 10. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by
26 changing Sections 6-104 and 6-508 as follows:"; and
27 on page 3, below line 2, by inserting the following:
28 "A person may operate a chartered bus described in this
29 subsection (d-5) if he or she is not disqualified from
30 driving a chartered bus of that type and if he or she holds a
31 CDL that is:
32 (1) issued to him or her by any other state or
33 jurisdiction in accordance with 49 CFR 383;
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1 (2) not suspended, revoked, or canceled; and
2 (3) valid under 49 CFR 383, subpart F, for the type
3 of vehicle being driven.
4 A person may also operate a chartered bus described in
5 this subsection (d-5) if he or she holds a valid school bus
6 driver permit that was issued on or before December 31,
7 2003.".