101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB2405

 

Introduced , by Rep. Avery Bourne

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
625 ILCS 5/6-508  from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 6-508

    Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that the Secretary of State may issue a CDL with an agricultural endorsement to a person without requiring the person to demonstrate competence at parallel parking. Provides that the holder of a CDL with an agricultural endorsement may operate only covered farm vehicles. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning transportation.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by changing
5Section 6-508 as follows:
 
6    (625 ILCS 5/6-508)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 6-508)
7    Sec. 6-508. Commercial Driver's License (CDL) -
8qualification standards.
9    (a) Testing.
10        (1) General. No person shall be issued an original or
11    renewal CDL unless that person is domiciled in this State
12    or is applying for a non-domiciled CDL under Sections 6-509
13    and 6-510 of this Code. The Secretary shall cause to be
14    administered such tests as the Secretary deems necessary to
15    meet the requirements of 49 C.F.R. Part 383, subparts F, G,
16    H, and J.
17        (1.5) Effective July 1, 2014, no person shall be issued
18    an original CDL or an upgraded CDL that requires a skills
19    test unless that person has held a CLP, for a minimum of 14
20    calendar days, for the classification of vehicle and
21    endorsement, if any, for which the person is seeking a CDL.
22        (2) Third party testing. The Secretary of State may
23    authorize a "third party tester", pursuant to 49 C.F.R.

 

 

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1    383.75 and 49 C.F.R. 384.228 and 384.229, to administer the
2    skills test or tests specified by the Federal Motor Carrier
3    Safety Administration pursuant to the Commercial Motor
4    Vehicle Safety Act of 1986 and any appropriate federal
5    rule.
6    (b) Waiver of Skills Test. The Secretary of State may waive
7the skills test specified in this Section for a driver
8applicant for a commercial driver license who meets the
9requirements of 49 C.F.R. 383.77. The Secretary of State shall
10waive the skills tests specified in this Section for a driver
11applicant who has military commercial motor vehicle
12experience, subject to the requirements of 49 C.F.R. 383.77.
13    (b-1) No person shall be issued a CDL unless the person
14certifies to the Secretary one of the following types of
15driving operations in which he or she will be engaged:
16        (1) non-excepted interstate;
17        (2) non-excepted intrastate;
18        (3) excepted interstate; or
19        (4) excepted intrastate.
20    (b-2) (Blank).
21    (c) Limitations on issuance of a CDL. A CDL shall not be
22issued to a person while the person is subject to a
23disqualification from driving a commercial motor vehicle, or
24unless otherwise permitted by this Code, while the person's
25driver's license is suspended, revoked or cancelled in any
26state, or any territory or province of Canada; nor may a CLP or

 

 

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1CDL be issued to a person who has a CLP or CDL issued by any
2other state, or foreign jurisdiction, nor may a CDL be issued
3to a person who has an Illinois CLP unless the person first
4surrenders all of these licenses or permits. However, a person
5may hold an Illinois CLP and an Illinois CDL providing the CLP
6is necessary to train or practice for an endorsement or vehicle
7classification not present on the current CDL. No CDL shall be
8issued to or renewed for a person who does not meet the
9requirement of 49 CFR 391.41(b)(11). The requirement may be met
10with the aid of a hearing aid.
11    (c-1) The Secretary may issue a CDL with a school bus
12driver endorsement to allow a person to drive the type of bus
13described in subsection (d-5) of Section 6-104 of this Code.
14The CDL with a school bus driver endorsement may be issued only
15to a person meeting the following requirements:
16        (1) the person has submitted his or her fingerprints to
17    the Department of State Police in the form and manner
18    prescribed by the Department of State Police. These
19    fingerprints shall be checked against the fingerprint
20    records now and hereafter filed in the Department of State
21    Police and Federal Bureau of Investigation criminal
22    history records databases;
23        (2) the person has passed a written test, administered
24    by the Secretary of State, on charter bus operation,
25    charter bus safety, and certain special traffic laws
26    relating to school buses determined by the Secretary of

 

 

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1    State to be relevant to charter buses, and submitted to a
2    review of the driver applicant's driving habits by the
3    Secretary of State at the time the written test is given;
4        (3) the person has demonstrated physical fitness to
5    operate school buses by submitting the results of a medical
6    examination, including tests for drug use; and
7        (4) the person has not been convicted of committing or
8    attempting to commit any one or more of the following
9    offenses: (i) those offenses defined in Sections 8-1.2,
10    9-1, 9-1.2, 9-2, 9-2.1, 9-3, 9-3.2, 9-3.3, 10-1, 10-2,
11    10-3.1, 10-4, 10-5, 10-5.1, 10-6, 10-7, 10-9, 11-1.20,
12    11-1.30, 11-1.40, 11-1.50, 11-1.60, 11-6, 11-6.5, 11-6.6,
13    11-9, 11-9.1, 11-9.3, 11-9.4, 11-14, 11-14.1, 11-14.3,
14    11-14.4, 11-15, 11-15.1, 11-16, 11-17, 11-17.1, 11-18,
15    11-18.1, 11-19, 11-19.1, 11-19.2, 11-20, 11-20.1,
16    11-20.1B, 11-20.3, 11-21, 11-22, 11-23, 11-24, 11-25,
17    11-26, 11-30, 12-2.6, 12-3.1, 12-4, 12-4.1, 12-4.2,
18    12-4.2-5, 12-4.3, 12-4.4, 12-4.5, 12-4.6, 12-4.7, 12-4.9,
19    12-5.01, 12-6, 12-6.2, 12-7.1, 12-7.3, 12-7.4, 12-7.5,
20    12-11, 12-13, 12-14, 12-14.1, 12-15, 12-16, 12-16.2,
21    12-21.5, 12-21.6, 12-33, 12C-5, 12C-10, 12C-20, 12C-30,
22    12C-45, 16-16, 16-16.1, 18-1, 18-2, 18-3, 18-4, 18-5, 19-6,
23    20-1, 20-1.1, 20-1.2, 20-1.3, 20-2, 24-1, 24-1.1, 24-1.2,
24    24-1.2-5, 24-1.6, 24-1.7, 24-2.1, 24-3.3, 24-3.5, 24-3.8,
25    24-3.9, 31A-1, 31A-1.1, 33A-2, and 33D-1, and in subsection
26    (b) of Section 8-1, and in subdivisions (a)(1), (a)(2),

 

 

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1    (b)(1), (e)(1), (e)(2), (e)(3), (e)(4), and (f)(1) of
2    Section 12-3.05, and in subsection (a) and subsection (b),
3    clause (1), of Section 12-4, and in subsection (A), clauses
4    (a) and (b), of Section 24-3, and those offenses contained
5    in Article 29D of the Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal
6    Code of 2012; (ii) those offenses defined in the Cannabis
7    Control Act except those offenses defined in subsections
8    (a) and (b) of Section 4, and subsection (a) of Section 5
9    of the Cannabis Control Act; (iii) those offenses defined
10    in the Illinois Controlled Substances Act; (iv) those
11    offenses defined in the Methamphetamine Control and
12    Community Protection Act; (v) any offense committed or
13    attempted in any other state or against the laws of the
14    United States, which if committed or attempted in this
15    State would be punishable as one or more of the foregoing
16    offenses; (vi) the offenses defined in Sections 4.1 and 5.1
17    of the Wrongs to Children Act or Section 11-9.1A of the
18    Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012; (vii)
19    those offenses defined in Section 6-16 of the Liquor
20    Control Act of 1934; and (viii) those offenses defined in
21    the Methamphetamine Precursor Control Act.
22    The Department of State Police shall charge a fee for
23conducting the criminal history records check, which shall be
24deposited into the State Police Services Fund and may not
25exceed the actual cost of the records check.
26    (c-2) The Secretary shall issue a CDL with a school bus

 

 

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1endorsement to allow a person to drive a school bus as defined
2in this Section. The CDL shall be issued according to the
3requirements outlined in 49 C.F.R. 383. A person may not
4operate a school bus as defined in this Section without a
5school bus endorsement. The Secretary of State may adopt rules
6consistent with Federal guidelines to implement this
7subsection (c-2).
8    (c-3) The Secretary may issue a CDL with an agricultural
9endorsement to a person without requiring the person to
10demonstrate competence at parallel parking. The holder of a CDL
11with an agricultural endorsement may operate only covered farm
12vehicles.
13    (d) (Blank).
14(Source: P.A. 97-208, eff. 1-1-12; 97-1108, eff. 1-1-13;
1597-1109, eff. 1-1-13; 97-1150, eff. 1-25-13; 98-52, eff.
161-1-14; 98-176 (see Section 10 of P.A. 98-722 and Section 10 of
17P.A. 99-414 for effective date of changes made by 98-176);
1898-756, eff. 7-16-14.)
 
19    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
20becoming law.