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 1        AN ACT in relation to 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 Sections 6-103 and 6-208 as follows:

 6        (625 ILCS 5/6-103) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 6-103)
 7        Sec. 6-103. What persons shall not be licensed as drivers
 8    or  granted permits.  The Secretary of State shall not issue,
 9    renew, or allow the retention of  any  driver's  license  nor
10    issue any permit under this Code:
11             1.  To any person, as a driver, who is under the age
12        of  18  years  except  as  provided in Section 6-107, and
13        except that an instruction permit  may  be  issued  under
14        paragraphs (a) and (b) of Section 6-105 to a child who is
15        not less than 15 years of age if the child is enrolled in
16        an approved driver education course as defined in Section
17        1-103  of this Code and requires an instruction permit to
18        participate therein, except that  an  instruction  permit
19        may  be issued under the provisions of Section 6-107.1 to
20        a child who is 17 years and 9 months of age  without  the
21        child  having  enrolled  in  an approved driver education
22        course and except  that  an  instruction  permit  may  be
23        issued  to  a child who is at least 15 years and 6 months
24        of age, is enrolled  in  school,  meets  the  educational
25        requirements  of the Driver Education Act, and has passed
26        examinations  the  Secretary  of  State  in  his  or  her
27        discretion may prescribe;
28             2.  To any person who is under the age of 18  as  an
29        operator  of a motorcycle other than a motor driven cycle
30        unless  the  person  has,  in  addition  to  meeting  the
31        provisions of Section 6-107 of  this  Code,  completed  a
 
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 1        motorcycle  training  course  approved  by  the  Illinois
 2        Department  of  Transportation and successfully completes
 3        the required Secretary  of  State's  motorcycle  driver's
 4        examination;
 5             3.  To  any  person,  as  a  driver,  whose driver's
 6        license  or  permit  has  been  suspended,   during   the
 7        suspension,  nor  to any person whose driver's license or
 8        permit has been revoked, except as provided  in  Sections
 9        6-205, 6-206, and 6-208;
10             4.  To  any  person,  as  a driver, who is a user of
11        alcohol or any other drug to a degree  that  renders  the
12        person incapable of safely driving a motor vehicle;
13             5.  To  any  person, as a driver, who has previously
14        been adjudged to be afflicted with or suffering from  any
15        mental  or physical disability or disease and who has not
16        at the time of application been restored to competency by
17        the methods provided by law;
18             6.  To any person, as a driver, who is  required  by
19        the  Secretary  of  State  to  submit an alcohol and drug
20        evaluation or take an examination provided  for  in  this
21        Code  unless  the  person  has  successfully  passed  the
22        examination and submitted any required evaluation;
23             7.  To   any   person  who  is  required  under  the
24        provisions of the laws of this State to deposit  security
25        or  proof  of  financial  responsibility  and who has not
26        deposited the security or proof;
27             8.  To any person when the Secretary  of  State  has
28        good  cause  to  believe  that  the  person  by reason of
29        physical or mental disability would not be able to safely
30        operate a motor vehicle upon  the  highways,  unless  the
31        person shall furnish to the Secretary of State a verified
32        written  statement, acceptable to the Secretary of State,
33        from a competent medical specialist to  the  effect  that
34        the  operation of a motor vehicle by the person would not
 
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 1        be inimical to the public safety;
 2             9.  To any person, as a driver, who is 69  years  of
 3        age or older, unless the person has successfully complied
 4        with the provisions of Section 6-109;
 5             10.  To  any  person  convicted, within 12 months of
 6        application for a license, of any of the sexual  offenses
 7        enumerated  in  paragraph  2 of subsection (b) of Section
 8        6-205;
 9             11.  To any person who is under the age of 21  years
10        with  a  classification  prohibited  in  paragraph (b) of
11        Section 6-104 and to any person who is under the  age  of
12        18  years  with  a classification prohibited in paragraph
13        (c) of Section 6-104;
14             12.  To any person who has been either convicted  of
15        or adjudicated under the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 based
16        upon  a  violation  of  the  Cannabis  Control Act or the
17        Illinois Controlled Substances Act while that person  was
18        in  actual  physical  control  of  a  motor vehicle.  For
19        purposes of this Section, any person placed on  probation
20        under  Section  10 of the Cannabis Control Act or Section
21        410 of the Illinois Controlled Substances Act  shall  not
22        be  considered convicted. Any person found guilty of this
23        offense, while in actual  physical  control  of  a  motor
24        vehicle,  shall have an entry made in the court record by
25        the judge that this offense did occur  while  the  person
26        was  in  actual  physical  control of a motor vehicle and
27        order the clerk of the court to report the  violation  to
28        the  Secretary  of State as such.  The Secretary of State
29        shall not issue a new license or permit for a  period  of
30        one year;
31             13.  To  any person who is under the age of 18 years
32        and who has committed the offense of  operating  a  motor
33        vehicle without a valid license or permit in violation of
34        Section 6-101; or
 
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 1             14.  To any person who is 90 days or more delinquent
 2        in  court  ordered  child  support  payments  or has been
 3        adjudicated in arrears in an amount  equal  to  90  days'
 4        obligation  or more and who has been found in contempt of
 5        court for failure to pay  the  support,  subject  to  the
 6        requirements  and  procedures of Article VII of Chapter 7
 7        of the Illinois Vehicle Code; or.
 8             15.  To  any  person  released  from   a   term   of
 9        imprisonment  for  violating  Section 9-3 of the Criminal
10        Code of 1961 relating  to  reckless  homicide  within  24
11        months of release from a term of imprisonment.
12        The  Secretary  of  State  shall  retain  all  conviction
13    information,  if  the  information  is  required  to  be held
14    confidential under the Juvenile Court Act of 1987.
15    (Source: P.A. 90-369, eff. 1-1-98; 90-733, eff. 8-11-98.)

16        (625 ILCS 5/6-208) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 6-208)
17        Sec. 6-208.  Period of  Suspension  -  Application  After
18    Revocation.
19        (a)  Except  as  otherwise  provided  by this Code or any
20    other law of this State, the Secretary  of  State  shall  not
21    suspend  a  driver's  license, permit or privilege to drive a
22    motor vehicle on the highways for a period of more  than  one
23    year.
24        (b)  Any  person  whose  license,  permit or privilege to
25    drive a motor vehicle on the highways has been revoked  shall
26    not  be  entitled  to  have such license, permit or privilege
27    renewed or restored.  However, such  person  may,  except  as
28    provided   under   subsection  (d)  of  Section  6-205,  make
29    application for a license pursuant to Section  6-106  (i)  if
30    the revocation was for a cause which has been removed or (ii)
31    as provided in the following subparagraphs:
32             1.  Except as provided in subparagraphs 2, 3, and 4,
33        the  person  may make application for a license after the
 
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 1        expiration of one year from the  effective  date  of  the
 2        revocation  or,  in  the case of a violation of paragraph
 3        (b) of Section 11-401 of this Code or a similar provision
 4        of a local ordinance, after the  expiration  of  3  years
 5        from the effective date of the revocation or, in the case
 6        of  a  violation  of  Section 9-3 of the Criminal Code of
 7        1961 relating to the offense of reckless homicide,  after
 8        the  expiration of 2 years from the effective date of the
 9        revocation or after the expiration of 24 months from  the
10        date of release from a period of imprisonment as provided
11        in Section 6-103 of this Code, whichever is later.
12             2.  If  such  person  is  convicted  of committing a
13        second violation within a 20 year period of:
14                  (A)  Section 11-501 of this Code, or a  similar
15             provision of a local ordinance; or
16                  (B)  Paragraph  (b)  of  Section 11-401 of this
17             Code, or a similar provision of a  local  ordinance;
18             or
19                  (C)  Section  9-3 of the Criminal Code of 1961,
20             as amended, relating  to  the  offense  of  reckless
21             homicide; or
22                  (D)  any  combination  of  the  above  offenses
23             committed at different instances;
24        then  such  person may not make application for a license
25        until after the expiration of 5 years from the  effective
26        date  of  the most recent revocation.  The 20 year period
27        shall be computed by using the dates  the  offenses  were
28        committed  and  shall  also  include similar out-of-state
29        offenses.
30             3.  However, except as provided in  subparagraph  4,
31        if  such  person  is  convicted of committing a third, or
32        subsequent, violation or any  combination  of  the  above
33        offenses,   including   similar   out-of-state  offenses,
34        contained in subparagraph 2, then  such  person  may  not
 
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 1        make application for a license until after the expiration
 2        of  10  years  from the effective date of the most recent
 3        revocation.
 4             4.  The  person  may  not  make  application  for  a
 5        license if the person is convicted of committing a fourth
 6        or subsequent violation of Section 11-501 of this Code or
 7        a similar provision of a local ordinance,  paragraph  (b)
 8        of  Section  11-401  of  this  Code,  Section  9-3 of the
 9        Criminal Code of 1961, or a combination of these offenses
10        or similar provisions  of  local  ordinances  or  similar
11        out-of-state  offenses  if  the  original  revocation  or
12        suspension  was  for  a  violation  of  Section 11-501 or
13        11-501.1 of this Code or a similar provision of  a  local
14        ordinance.
15        Notwithstanding  any  other  provision  of this Code, all
16    persons referred to in this paragraph (b) may not have  their
17    privileges  restored  until the Secretary receives payment of
18    the required reinstatement fee pursuant to subsection (b)  of
19    Section 6-118.
20        In no event shall the Secretary issue such license unless
21    and until such person has had a hearing pursuant to this Code
22    and the appropriate administrative rules and the Secretary is
23    satisfied,  after  a  review or investigation of such person,
24    that to grant the privilege of driving a motor vehicle on the
25    highways will not endanger the public safety or welfare.
26    (Source: P.A. 90-543,  eff.  12-1-97;  90-738,  eff.  1-1-99;
27    91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)

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