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92_SB0311

 
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 1        AN ACT concerning vehicles.

 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
 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
23    may operate a motorized pedalcycle if such person has a valid
24    current    Illinois    driver's    license,   regardless   of
25    classification.
26        (b)  No person who is under the age of 21  years  or  has
27    had  less than 1 year of driving experience shall drive:  (1)
28    in connection with the operation of  any  school,  day  camp,
29    summer  camp,  or nursery school, any public or private motor
30    vehicle for transporting children to or from any school,  day
31    camp,  summer  camp,  or  nursery  school,  or (2) any  motor
 
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 1    vehicle  of  the  second  division  when  in  use   for   the
 2    transportation of persons for compensation.
 3        (c)  No  person who is under the age of 18 years shall be
 4    issued a license for the purpose of transporting property for
 5    hire,  or  for  the  purpose  of  transporting  persons   for
 6    compensation in a motor vehicle of the first division.
 7        (d)  No  person  shall  drive:   (1)  a  school  bus when
 8    transporting school children unless such person  possesses  a
 9    valid   school  bus  driver  permit  or  is  accompanied  and
10    supervised, for the specific purpose  of  training  prior  to
11    routine operation of a school bus, by a person who has held a
12    valid  school bus driver permit for at least one year; or (2)
13    any other vehicle owned or operated by or  for  a  public  or
14    private   school,   or  a  school  operated  by  a  religious
15    institution,  where  such  vehicle  is  being  used  over   a
16    regularly  scheduled  route for the transportation of persons
17    enrolled as a student in grade 12  or  below,  in  connection
18    with   any  activity  of  the  entities  unless  such  person
19    possesses a valid school bus driver permit.
20        (d-5)  No person may drive a bus that has been  chartered
21    for  the  sole  purpose  of  transporting  students regularly
22    enrolled in grade 12  or  below  to  or  from  a  primary  or
23    secondary  school  or to or from a school activity unless the
24    person has a valid school bus driver permit  in  addition  to
25    any  other permit or license that is required to operate that
26    bus.
27        (e)  No person shall drive a religious  organization  bus
28    unless  such  person  has  a  valid  and  properly classified
29    drivers license or a valid school bus driver permit.
30        (f)  No person  shall  drive  a  motor  vehicle  for  the
31    purpose  of  providing  transportation  for  the  elderly  in
32    connection  with  the  activities  of  any  public or private
33    organization unless such person  has  a  valid  and  properly
34    classified driver's license issued by the Secretary of State.
 
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 1        (g)  No  person shall drive a bus which meets the special
 2    requirements for school buses  provided  in  Section  12-801,
 3    12-802,  12-803  and  12-805  of this Code for the purpose of
 4    transporting persons 18 years of age or  less  in  connection
 5    with  any youth camp licensed under the Youth Camp Act or any
 6    child care facility licensed under the Child Care Act of 1969
 7    unless such person possesses a valid school bus driver permit
 8    or is accompanied and supervised, for the specific purpose of
 9    training prior to routine operation of a  school  bus,  by  a
10    person  who  has held a valid school bus driver permit for at
11    least one year;  however,  a  person  who  has  a  valid  and
12    properly  classified driver's license issued by the Secretary
13    of State  may  operate  a  school  bus  for  the  purpose  of
14    transporting  persons  18  years of age or less in connection
15    with any such youth  camp  or  child  care  facility  if  the
16    "SCHOOL  BUS"  signs  are  covered  or concealed and the stop
17    signal arm and  flashing  signal  systems  are  not  operable
18    through normal controls.
19    (Source: P.A. 88-612, eff. 7-1-95.)

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