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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A BILL FOR

 

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1     AN ACT concerning transportation.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by changing
5 Section 18a-404 as follows:
 
6     (625 ILCS 5/18a-404)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 18a-404)
7     Sec. 18a-404. Operator's and dispatcher's employment
8 permits - Revocation.
9     (1) The Commission shall suspend or revoke the permit of an
10 operator if it finds that:
11         (a) The operator or dispatcher made a false statement
12     on the application for an operator's or dispatcher's
13     employment permit;
14         (b) The operator's or dispatcher's driver's license
15     issued by the Secretary of State has been suspended or
16     revoked; or
17         (c) The operator or dispatcher has been convicted,
18     during the preceding 5 years, of any criminal offense of
19     the State of Illinois or any other jurisdiction involving
20     any of the following, and the holder does not make a
21     compelling showing that he is nevertheless fit to hold an
22     operator's license:
23             (i) Bodily injury or attempt to inflict bodily
24         injury to another;
25             (ii) Theft of property or attempted theft of
26         property; or
27             (iii) Sexual assault or attempted sexual assault
28         of any kind; or .
29         (d) The operator or dispatcher has otherwise
30     demonstrated that he or she is unfit to hold an operator or
31     dispatcher permit.
32     (2) The Commission, upon notification and verification of

 

 

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1 any conviction described in this Section, of any person to whom
2 license has been issued, occurring within the 5 years prior to
3 such issuance or any time thereafter, shall immediately suspend
4 the employment permit of such person, and issue an order
5 setting forth the grounds for revocation. The person and his
6 employer shall be notified of such suspension. Such person
7 shall not thereafter be employed by a relocator until a final
8 order is issued by the Commission either reinstating the
9 employment permit, upon a finding that the reinstatement of an
10 employment permit to the person constitutes no threat to the
11 public safety, or revoking the employment permit.
12     (3) If the employment permit is revoked, the person shall
13 not thereafter be employed by a relocator until he obtains an
14 employment permit license under Article IV of this Chapter.
15 (Source: P.A. 85-923.)