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1 AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3797
2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend House Bill 3797 by replacing
3 everything after the enacting clause with the following:
4 "Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by
5 changing Section 6-104 as follows:
6 (625 ILCS 5/6-104) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 6-104)
7 Sec. 6-104. Classification of Driver - Special
8 Restrictions.
9 (a) A driver's license issued under the authority of
10 this Act shall indicate the classification for which the
11 applicant therefor has qualified by examination or by such
12 other means that the Secretary of State shall prescribe.
13 Driver's license classifications shall be prescribed by rule
14 or regulation promulgated by the Secretary of State and such
15 may specify classifications as to operation of motor vehicles
16 of the first division, or of those of the second division,
17 whether operated singly or in lawful combination, and whether
18 for-hire or not-for-hire, and may specify such other
19 classifications as the Secretary deems necessary.
20 No person shall operate a motor vehicle unless such
21 person has a valid license with a proper classification to
22 permit the operation of such vehicle, except that any person
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1 may operate a motorized pedalcycle if such person has a valid
2 current Illinois driver's license, regardless of
3 classification.
4 (b) No person who is under the age of 21 years or has
5 had less than 1 year of driving experience shall drive: (1)
6 in connection with the operation of any school, day camp,
7 summer camp, or nursery school, any public or private motor
8 vehicle for transporting children to or from any school, day
9 camp, summer camp, or nursery school, or (2) any motor
10 vehicle of the second division when in use for the
11 transportation of persons for compensation.
12 (c) No person who is under the age of 18 years shall be
13 issued a license for the purpose of transporting property for
14 hire, or for the purpose of transporting persons for
15 compensation in a motor vehicle of the first division.
16 (d) No person shall drive: (1) a school bus when
17 transporting school children unless such person possesses a
18 valid school bus driver permit or is accompanied and
19 supervised, for the specific purpose of training prior to
20 routine operation of a school bus, by a person who has held a
21 valid school bus driver permit for at least one year; or (2)
22 any other vehicle owned or operated by or for a public or
23 private school, or a school operated by a religious
24 institution, where such vehicle is being used over a
25 regularly scheduled route for the transportation of persons
26 enrolled as a student in grade 12 or below, in connection
27 with any activity of the entities unless such person
28 possesses a valid school bus driver permit.
29 (d-5) On and after July 1, 2003, no person may drive a
30 bus that has been chartered for the sole purpose of
31 transporting students regularly enrolled in grade 12 or below
32 to or from interscholastic athletic or interscholastic or
33 school sponsored activities unless the person has a valid
34 school bus driver permit in addition to any other permit or
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1 license that is required to operate that bus. This
2 subsection (d-5) does not apply to any bus driver employed by
3 a public transportation provider authorized to conduct local
4 or interurban transportation of passengers when the bus is
5 not traveling a specific school bus route but is on a
6 regularly scheduled route for the transporting of other fare
7 paying passengers.
8 (e) No person shall drive a religious organization bus
9 unless such person has a valid and properly classified
10 drivers license or a valid school bus driver permit.
11 (f) No person shall drive a motor vehicle for the
12 purpose of providing transportation for the elderly in
13 connection with the activities of any public or private
14 organization unless such person has a valid and properly
15 classified driver's license issued by the Secretary of State.
16 (g) No person shall drive a bus which meets the special
17 requirements for school buses provided in Section 12-801,
18 12-802, 12-803 and 12-805 of this Code for the purpose of
19 transporting persons 18 years of age or less in connection
20 with any youth camp licensed under the Youth Camp Act or any
21 child care facility licensed under the Child Care Act of 1969
22 unless such person possesses a valid school bus driver permit
23 or is accompanied and supervised, for the specific purpose of
24 training prior to routine operation of a school bus, by a
25 person who has held a valid school bus driver permit for at
26 least one year; however, a person who has a valid and
27 properly classified driver's license issued by the Secretary
28 of State may operate a school bus for the purpose of
29 transporting persons 18 years of age or less in connection
30 with any such youth camp or child care facility if the
31 "SCHOOL BUS" signs are covered or concealed and the stop
32 signal arm and flashing signal systems are not operable
33 through normal controls.
34 (Source: P.A. 92-849, eff. 1-1-03.)
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1 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
2 becoming law.".