94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
HB4727


 
Introduced 01/12/06, by Rep. Esther Golar
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		














625 ILCS 5/18a-404
  from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 18a-404







    Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that, in addition to the listed reasons for suspending or revoking the employment permit of a relocator operator or dispatcher, the Illinois Commerce Commission shall suspend or revoke the permit if the operator or dispatcher has otherwise demonstrated that he or she is unfit to hold the permit.
















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    AN ACT concerning transportation.

 
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    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
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represented in the General Assembly:


 
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    Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended  by changing 
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Section 18a-404 as follows:
 



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    (625 ILCS 5/18a-404)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 18a-404)



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    Sec. 18a-404. Operator's and dispatcher's employment 
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permits -
Revocation. 
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    (1) The Commission shall suspend or revoke the permit of
an 
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operator if it finds that:

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        (a) The operator or dispatcher made a false statement 
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    on the application
for an operator's or dispatcher's 
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    employment permit;

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        (b) The operator's or dispatcher's driver's license 
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    issued by the
Secretary of State has been suspended or 
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    revoked; or

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        (c) The operator or dispatcher has been convicted, 
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    during the preceding
5 years, of any criminal offense of 
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    the State of Illinois or any other
jurisdiction involving 
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    any of the following, and the holder does not make a

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    compelling showing that he is nevertheless fit to hold an 
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    operator's license:

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            (i) Bodily injury or attempt to inflict bodily 
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        injury to another;

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            (ii) Theft of property or attempted theft of 
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        property; or

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            (iii) Sexual assault or attempted sexual assault 
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        of any kind; or .
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        (d) The operator or dispatcher has otherwise 
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    demonstrated that he or she is unfit to hold an operator or 
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    dispatcher permit.


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    (2) The Commission, upon notification and verification of 
 


 






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any conviction
described in this Section, of any person to whom 
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license has been issued,
occurring within the 5 years prior to 
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such issuance or any time thereafter,
shall immediately suspend 
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the employment permit of such person, and
issue an order 
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setting forth the grounds for revocation.  The person and
his 
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employer shall be notified of such suspension.  Such person 
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shall not
thereafter be employed by a relocator until a final 
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order is issued by the
Commission either reinstating the 
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employment permit, upon a finding that
the reinstatement of an 
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employment permit to the person constitutes no
threat to the 
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public safety, or revoking the employment permit.

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    (3) If the employment permit is revoked, the
person shall 
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not thereafter be employed by a relocator until he obtains an

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employment permit license under Article IV of this Chapter.

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(Source: P.A. 85-923.)