Full Text of HB2091 103rd General Assembly
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning State Government.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Secretary of State Act is amended by | 5 | | changing Section 37 as follows: | 6 | | (15 ILCS 305/37) | 7 | | Sec. 37. Study on age-related changes that affect driving | 8 | | abilities. By October 1, 2023 , the Secretary of State shall | 9 | | conduct a study on age-related changes in vision, physical | 10 | | functioning, and the ability to reason and remember, as well | 11 | | as any other diseases and medications that might affect safe | 12 | | driving abilities. When conducting the study, the Secretary of | 13 | | State may utilize data or academic studies conducted by other | 14 | | sources, including, but not limited to, other states, the | 15 | | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the American | 16 | | Geriatrics Society, and the National Highway Traffic Safety | 17 | | Administration. Upon completion of the study, if the study | 18 | | shows that there is no immediate risk to public safety, the | 19 | | Secretary of State may adopt administrative rules to raise or | 20 | | lower the age requirement for actual demonstrations, provided | 21 | | that the required age shall be no lower than the minimum age | 22 | | required under subsection (c) of Section 6-109 of the Illinois | 23 | | Vehicle Code.
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| 1 | | (Source: P.A. 102-1103, eff. 12-6-22.)
| 2 | | Section 10. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by | 3 | | changing Section 6-109 as follows:
| 4 | | (625 ILCS 5/6-109)
| 5 | | Sec. 6-109. Examination of applicants. | 6 | | (a) The Secretary of State shall examine every applicant | 7 | | for a driver's
license or permit who has not been previously | 8 | | licensed as a driver under the
laws of this State or any other | 9 | | state or country, or any applicant for renewal
of such | 10 | | driver's license or permit when such license or permit has | 11 | | been expired
for more than one year. The Secretary of State | 12 | | shall, subject to the
provisions of paragraph (c), examine | 13 | | every licensed driver at least every 8
years, and may examine | 14 | | or re-examine any other applicant or licensed driver,
provided | 15 | | that during the years 1984 through 1991 those drivers issued a | 16 | | license
for 3 years may be re-examined not less than every 7 | 17 | | years or more than every
10 years. | 18 | | The Secretary of State shall require the testing of the | 19 | | eyesight of any
driver's license or permit applicant who has | 20 | | not been previously licensed
as a driver under the laws of this | 21 | | State and shall promulgate rules and
regulations to provide | 22 | | for the orderly administration of all the provisions of
this | 23 | | Section. | 24 | | The Secretary of State shall include at least one test |
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| 1 | | question that concerns the provisions of the Pedestrians with | 2 | | Disabilities Safety Act in the question pool used for the | 3 | | written portion of the driver's license examination within one | 4 | | year after July 22, 2010 (the effective date of Public Act | 5 | | 96-1167). | 6 | | The Secretary of State shall include, in the question pool | 7 | | used for the written portion of the driver's license | 8 | | examination, test questions concerning safe driving in the | 9 | | presence of bicycles, of which one may be concerning the Dutch | 10 | | Reach method as described in Section 2-112. | 11 | | The Secretary of State shall include, in the question pool | 12 | | used for the written portion of the driver's license | 13 | | examination, at least one test question concerning driver | 14 | | responsibilities when approaching a stationary emergency | 15 | | vehicle as described in Section 11-907. | 16 | | (b) Except as provided for those applicants in paragraph | 17 | | (c), such
examination shall include a test of the applicant's
| 18 | | eyesight, his or her ability to read and understand official | 19 | | traffic control devices,
his or her knowledge of safe driving | 20 | | practices and the traffic laws of this State,
and may include | 21 | | an actual demonstration of the applicant's ability to exercise
| 22 | | ordinary and reasonable control of the operation of a motor | 23 | | vehicle, and
such further physical and mental examination as | 24 | | the Secretary of State finds
necessary to determine the | 25 | | applicant's fitness to operate a motor vehicle
safely on the | 26 | | highways, except the examination of an applicant 75 years
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| 1 | | age or older or, if the Secretary adopts rules under Section 37 | 2 | | of the Secretary of State Act to raise the age requirement for | 3 | | actual demonstrations, the examination of an applicant who has | 4 | | attained that increased age or is older shall include an | 5 | | actual demonstration of the applicant's
ability to exercise | 6 | | ordinary and reasonable control of the operation of
a motor | 7 | | vehicle. All portions of written and verbal examinations under
| 8 | | this Section, excepting where the English language appears on | 9 | | facsimiles
of road signs, may be given in the Spanish language | 10 | | and, at the discretion
of the Secretary of State, in any other | 11 | | language as well as in English upon
request of the examinee. | 12 | | Deaf persons who are otherwise qualified are not
prohibited | 13 | | from being issued a license, other than a commercial driver's
| 14 | | license, under this Code. | 15 | | (c) Re-examination for those applicants who at the time of | 16 | | renewing their
driver's license possess a driving record | 17 | | devoid of any convictions of traffic
violations or evidence of | 18 | | committing an offense
for which mandatory revocation
would be | 19 | | required upon conviction pursuant to Section 6-205 at the time
| 20 | | of renewal shall be in a manner prescribed by the Secretary
in | 21 | | order to determine an applicant's ability to safely operate a | 22 | | motor
vehicle,
except that every applicant for the renewal of | 23 | | a driver's license who is
75 years of age or older or, if the | 24 | | Secretary adopts rules under Section 37 of the Secretary of | 25 | | State Act to raise the age requirement for actual | 26 | | demonstrations, every applicant for the renewal of a driver's |
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| 1 | | license who has attained that increased age or is older must | 2 | | prove, by an actual demonstration,
the applicant's ability to | 3 | | exercise reasonable care in the safe operation
of a motor | 4 | | vehicle. | 5 | | (d) In the event the applicant is not ineligible under the | 6 | | provisions of
Section 6-103 to receive a driver's license, the | 7 | | Secretary of State
shall make provision for giving an | 8 | | examination, either in the county where
the applicant resides | 9 | | or at a place adjacent thereto reasonably convenient
to the | 10 | | applicant, within not more than 30 days from the date said
| 11 | | application is received. | 12 | | (e) The Secretary of State may adopt rules regarding the | 13 | | use of foreign language interpreters during the application | 14 | | and examination process. | 15 | | (Source: P.A. 100-770, eff. 1-1-19; 100-962, eff. 1-1-19; | 16 | | 101-81, eff. 7-12-19; 101-174, eff. 1-1-20 .)
| 17 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 18 | | becoming law. |
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