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Full Text of SB0947  101st General Assembly

SB0947sam001 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Sen. Chapin Rose

Filed: 4/3/2019

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 947

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 947 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by
5changing Sections 2-112 and 6-109 as follows:
 
6    (625 ILCS 5/2-112)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 2-112)
7    Sec. 2-112. Distribution of synopsis laws.
8    (a) The Secretary of State may publish a synopsis or
9summary of the laws of this State regulating the operation of
10vehicles and may deliver a copy thereof without charge with
11each original vehicle registration and with each original
12driver's license.
13    (b) The Secretary of State shall make any necessary
14revisions in its publications including, but not limited to,
15the Illinois Rules of the Road, to accurately conform its
16publications to the provisions of the Pedestrians with

 

 

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1Disabilities Safety Act.
2    (c) The Secretary of State shall include, in the Illinois
3Rules of the Road publication, information advising drivers to
4use the Dutch Reach method when opening a vehicle door after
5parallel parking on a street (checking the rear-view mirror,
6checking the side-view mirror, then opening the door with the
7right hand, thereby reducing the risk of injuring a bicyclist
8or opening the door in the path a vehicle approaching from
9behind).
10    (d) The Secretary of State shall include, in each
11registration renewal notice, information advising drivers to
12abide by subsection (c) of Section 11-907 of this Code when
13approaching a stationary authorized emergency vehicle.
14(Source: P.A. 100-770, eff. 1-1-19; 100-962, eff. 1-1-19.)
 
15    (625 ILCS 5/6-109)
16    Sec. 6-109. Examination of Applicants.
17    (a) The Secretary of State shall examine every applicant
18for a driver's license or permit who has not been previously
19licensed as a driver under the laws of this State or any other
20state or country, or any applicant for renewal of such driver's
21license or permit when such license or permit has been expired
22for more than one year. The Secretary of State shall, subject
23to the provisions of paragraph (c), examine every licensed
24driver at least every 8 years, and may examine or re-examine
25any other applicant or licensed driver, provided that during

 

 

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1the years 1984 through 1991 those drivers issued a license for
23 years may be re-examined not less than every 7 years or more
3than every 10 years.
4    The Secretary of State shall require the testing of the
5eyesight of any driver's license or permit applicant who has
6not been previously licensed as a driver under the laws of this
7State and shall promulgate rules and regulations to provide for
8the orderly administration of all the provisions of this
9Section.
10    The Secretary of State shall include at least one test
11question that concerns the provisions of the Pedestrians with
12Disabilities Safety Act in the question pool used for the
13written portion of the driver's drivers license examination
14within one year after July 22, 2010 (the effective date of
15Public Act 96-1167).
16    The Secretary of State shall include, in the question pool
17used for the written portion of the driver's license
18examination, test questions concerning safe driving in the
19presence of bicycles, of which one may be concerning the Dutch
20Reach method as described in Section 2-112.
21    The Secretary of State shall include, in the question pool
22used for the written portion of the driver's license
23examination, test questions concerning safe driving when
24approaching authorized emergency vehicles, as described in
25Section 11-907.
26    (b) Except as provided for those applicants in paragraph

 

 

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1(c), such examination shall include a test of the applicant's
2eyesight, his or her ability to read and understand official
3traffic control devices, his or her knowledge of safe driving
4practices and the traffic laws of this State, and may include
5an actual demonstration of the applicant's ability to exercise
6ordinary and reasonable control of the operation of a motor
7vehicle, and such further physical and mental examination as
8the Secretary of State finds necessary to determine the
9applicant's fitness to operate a motor vehicle safely on the
10highways, except the examination of an applicant 75 years of
11age or older shall include an actual demonstration of the
12applicant's ability to exercise ordinary and reasonable
13control of the operation of a motor vehicle. All portions of
14written and verbal examinations under this Section, excepting
15where the English language appears on facsimiles of road signs,
16may be given in the Spanish language and, at the discretion of
17the Secretary of State, in any other language as well as in
18English upon request of the examinee. Deaf persons who are
19otherwise qualified are not prohibited from being issued a
20license, other than a commercial driver's license, under this
21Code.
22    (c) Re-examination for those applicants who at the time of
23renewing their driver's license possess a driving record devoid
24of any convictions of traffic violations or evidence of
25committing an offense for which mandatory revocation would be
26required upon conviction pursuant to Section 6-205 at the time

 

 

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1of renewal shall be in a manner prescribed by the Secretary in
2order to determine an applicant's ability to safely operate a
3motor vehicle, except that every applicant for the renewal of a
4driver's license who is 75 years of age or older must prove, by
5an actual demonstration, the applicant's ability to exercise
6reasonable care in the safe operation of a motor vehicle.
7    (d) In the event the applicant is not ineligible under the
8provisions of Section 6-103 to receive a driver's license, the
9Secretary of State shall make provision for giving an
10examination, either in the county where the applicant resides
11or at a place adjacent thereto reasonably convenient to the
12applicant, within not more than 30 days from the date said
13application is received.
14    (e) The Secretary of State may adopt rules regarding the
15use of foreign language interpreters during the application and
16examination process.
17(Source: P.A. 100-770, eff. 1-1-19; 100-962, eff. 1-1-19;
18revised 10-3-18.)".