Public Act 098-0168
 
HB1009 EnrolledLRB098 07991 MLW 38081 b

    AN ACT concerning transportation, which may be referred to
as "Kelsey's Law".
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
 
    Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by changing
Sections 6-107, 6-108, and 6-301.3 as follows:
 
    (625 ILCS 5/6-107)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 6-107)
    Sec. 6-107. Graduated license.
    (a) The purpose of the Graduated Licensing Program is to
develop safe and mature driving habits in young, inexperienced
drivers and reduce or prevent motor vehicle accidents,
fatalities, and injuries by:
        (1) providing for an increase in the time of practice
    period before granting permission to obtain a driver's
    license;
        (2) strengthening driver licensing and testing
    standards for persons under the age of 21 years;
        (3) sanctioning driving privileges of drivers under
    age 21 who have committed serious traffic violations or
    other specified offenses; and
        (4) setting stricter standards to promote the public's
    health and safety.
    (b) The application of any person under the age of 18
years, and not legally emancipated, for a drivers license or
permit to operate a motor vehicle issued under the laws of this
State, shall be accompanied by the written consent of either
parent of the applicant; otherwise by the guardian having
custody of the applicant, or in the event there is no parent or
guardian, then by another responsible adult. The written
consent must accompany any application for a driver's license
under this subsection (b), regardless of whether or not the
required written consent also accompanied the person's
previous application for an instruction permit.
    No graduated driver's license shall be issued to any
applicant under 18 years of age, unless the applicant is at
least 16 years of age and has:
        (1) Held a valid instruction permit for a minimum of 9
    months.
        (2) Passed an approved driver education course and
    submits proof of having passed the course as may be
    required.
        (3) Certification by the parent, legal guardian, or
    responsible adult that the applicant has had a minimum of
    50 hours of behind-the-wheel practice time, at least 10
    hours of which have been at night, and is sufficiently
    prepared and able to safely operate a motor vehicle.
    (b-1) No graduated driver's license shall be issued to any
applicant who is under 18 years of age and not legally
emancipated, unless the applicant has graduated from a
secondary school of this State or any other state, is enrolled
in a course leading to a general educational development (GED)
certificate, has obtained a GED certificate, is enrolled in an
elementary or secondary school or college or university of this
State or any other state and is not a chronic or habitual
truant as provided in Section 26-2a of the School Code, or is
receiving home instruction and submits proof of meeting any of
those requirements at the time of application.
    An applicant under 18 years of age who provides proof
acceptable to the Secretary that the applicant has resumed
regular school attendance or home instruction or that his or
her application was denied in error shall be eligible to
receive a graduated license if other requirements are met. The
Secretary shall adopt rules for implementing this subsection
(b-1).
    (c) No graduated driver's license or permit shall be issued
to any applicant under 18 years of age who has committed the
offense of operating a motor vehicle without a valid license or
permit in violation of Section 6-101 of this Code or a similar
out of state offense and no graduated driver's license or
permit shall be issued to any applicant under 18 years of age
who has committed an offense that would otherwise result in a
mandatory revocation of a license or permit as provided in
Section 6-205 of this Code or who has been either convicted of
or adjudicated a delinquent based upon a violation of the
Cannabis Control Act, the Illinois Controlled Substances Act,
the Use of Intoxicating Compounds Act, or the Methamphetamine
Control and Community Protection Act while that individual was
in actual physical control of a motor vehicle. For purposes of
this Section, any person placed on probation under Section 10
of the Cannabis Control Act, Section 410 of the Illinois
Controlled Substances Act, or Section 70 of the Methamphetamine
Control and Community Protection Act shall not be considered
convicted. Any person found guilty of this offense, while in
actual physical control of a motor vehicle, shall have an entry
made in the court record by the judge that this offense did
occur while the person was in actual physical control of a
motor vehicle and order the clerk of the court to report the
violation to the Secretary of State as such.
    (d) No graduated driver's license shall be issued for 9
months to any applicant under the age of 18 years who has
committed and subsequently been convicted of an offense against
traffic regulations governing the movement of vehicles, any
violation of this Section or Section 12-603.1 of this Code, or
who has received a disposition of court supervision for a
violation of Section 6-20 of the Illinois Liquor Control Act of
1934 or a similar provision of a local ordinance.
    (e) No graduated driver's license holder under the age of
18 years shall operate any motor vehicle, except a motor driven
cycle or motorcycle, with more than one passenger in the front
seat of the motor vehicle and no more passengers in the back
seats than the number of available seat safety belts as set
forth in Section 12-603 of this Code. If a graduated driver's
license holder over the age of 18 committed an offense against
traffic regulations governing the movement of vehicles or any
violation of this Section or Section 12-603.1 of this Code in
the 6 months prior to the graduated driver's license holder's
18th birthday, and was subsequently convicted of the violation,
the provisions of this paragraph shall continue to apply until
such time as a period of 6 consecutive months has elapsed
without an additional violation and subsequent conviction of an
offense against traffic regulations governing the movement of
vehicles or any violation of this Section or Section 12-603.1
of this Code.
    (f) (Blank).
    (g) If a graduated driver's license holder is under the age
of 18 when he or she receives the license, for the first 12
months he or she holds the license or until he or she reaches
the age of 18, whichever occurs sooner, the graduated license
holder may not operate a motor vehicle with more than one
passenger in the vehicle who is under the age of 20, unless any
additional passenger or passengers are siblings,
step-siblings, children, or stepchildren of the driver. If a
graduated driver's license holder committed an offense against
traffic regulations governing the movement of vehicles or any
violation of this Section or Section 12-603.1 of this Code
during the first 12 months the license is held and subsequently
is convicted of the violation, the provisions of this paragraph
shall remain in effect until such time as a period of 6
consecutive months has elapsed without an additional violation
and subsequent conviction of an offense against traffic
regulations governing the movement of vehicles or any violation
of this Section or Section 12-603.1 of this Code.
    (h) It shall be an offense for a person that is age 15, but
under age 20, to be a passenger in a vehicle operated by a
driver holding a graduated driver's license during the first 12
months the driver holds the license or until the driver reaches
the age of 18, whichever occurs sooner, if another passenger
under the age of 20 is present, excluding a sibling,
step-sibling, child, or step-child of the driver.
    (i) No graduated driver's license shall be issued to any
applicant under the age of 18 years if the applicant has been
issued a traffic citation for which a disposition has not been
rendered at the time of application.
(Source: P.A. 96-607, eff. 8-24-09; 97-229, eff. 7-28-11;
97-835, eff. 7-20-12.)
 
    (625 ILCS 5/6-108)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 6-108)
    Sec. 6-108. Cancellation of license issued to minor.
    (a) The Secretary of State shall cancel the license or
permit of any minor under the age of 18 years in any of the
following events:
        1. Upon the verified written request of the person who
    consented to the application of the minor that the license
    or permit be cancelled;
        2. Upon receipt of satisfactory evidence of the death
    of the person who consented to the application of the
    minor;
        3. Upon receipt of satisfactory evidence that the
    person who consented to the application of a minor no
    longer has legal custody of the minor;
        4. Upon receipt of information, submitted on a form
    prescribed by the Secretary of State under Section 26-3a of
    the School Code and provided voluntarily by nonpublic
    schools, that a license-holding minor no longer meets the
    school attendance requirements defined in Section 6-107 of
    this Code.
        A minor who provides proof acceptable to the Secretary
    that the minor has resumed regular school attendance or
    home instruction or that his or her license or permit was
    cancelled in error shall have his or her license
    reinstated. The Secretary shall adopt rules for
    implementing this subdivision (a)4.
        5. Upon determination by the Secretary that at the time
    of license issuance, the minor held an instruction permit
    and had a traffic citation for which a disposition had not
    been rendered.
    After cancellation, the Secretary of State shall not issue
a new license or permit until the applicant meets the
provisions of Section 6-107 of this Code.
    (b) The Secretary of State shall cancel the license or
permit of any person under the age of 18 years if he or she is
convicted of violating the Cannabis Control Act, the Illinois
Controlled Substances Act, or the Methamphetamine Control and
Community Protection Act while that person was in actual
physical control of a motor vehicle. For purposes of this
Section, any person placed on probation under Section 10 of the
Cannabis Control Act, Section 410 of the Illinois Controlled
Substances Act, or Section 70 of the Methamphetamine Control
and Community Protection Act shall not be considered convicted.
Any person found guilty of this offense, while in actual
physical control of a motor vehicle, shall have an entry made
in the court record by the judge that this offense did occur
while the person was in actual physical control of a motor
vehicle and order the clerk of the court to report the
violation to the Secretary of State as such. After the
cancellation, the Secretary of State shall not issue a new
license or permit for a period of one year after the date of
cancellation or until the minor attains the age of 18 years,
whichever is longer. However, upon application, the Secretary
of State may, if satisfied that the person applying will not
endanger the public safety, or welfare, issue a restricted
driving permit granting the privilege of driving a motor
vehicle between the person's residence and person's place of
employment or within the scope of the person's employment
related duties, or to allow transportation for the person or a
household member of the person's family for the receipt of
necessary medical care or, if the professional evaluation
indicates, provide transportation for the petitioner for
alcohol remedial or rehabilitative activity, or for the person
to attend classes, as a student, in an accredited educational
institution; if the person is able to demonstrate that no
alternative means of transportation is reasonably available;
provided that the Secretary's discretion shall be limited to
cases where undue hardship would result from a failure to issue
such restricted driving permit. In each case the Secretary of
State may issue a restricted driving permit for a period as he
deems appropriate, except that the permit shall expire within
one year from the date of issuance. A restricted driving permit
issued hereunder shall be subject to cancellation, revocation,
and suspension by the Secretary of State in like manner and for
like cause as a driver's license issued hereunder may be
cancelled, revoked, or suspended; except that a conviction upon
one or more offenses against laws or ordinances regulating the
movement of traffic shall be deemed sufficient cause for the
revocation, suspension, or cancellation of a restricted
driving permit. The Secretary of State may, as a condition to
the issuance of a restricted driving permit, require the
applicant to participate in a driver remedial or rehabilitative
program. Thereafter, upon reapplication for a license as
provided in Section 6-106 of this Code or a permit as provided
in Section 6-105 of this Code and upon payment of the
appropriate application fee, the Secretary of State shall issue
the applicant a license as provided in Section 6-106 of this
Code or shall issue the applicant a permit as provided in
Section 6-105.
(Source: P.A. 94-556, eff. 9-11-05; 94-916, eff. 7-1-07;
95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)
 
    (625 ILCS 5/6-301.3)
    Sec. 6-301.3. Invalidation of a driver's license or permit.
    (a) The Secretary of State may invalidate a driver's
license or permit:
        (1) when the holder voluntarily surrenders the license
    or permit and declares his or her intention to do so in
    writing to the Secretary;
        (2) when the Secretary receives a certified court order
    indicating the holder is to refrain from driving;
        (3) upon the death of the holder; or
        (4) as the Secretary deems appropriate by
    administrative rule.
    (b) A driver's license or permit invalidated under this
Section shall nullify the holder's driving privileges. If a
license is invalidated under subdivision (a)(3) of this
Section, the actual license or permit may be released to a
relative of the decedent; provided, the actual license or
permit bears a readily identifiable designation evidencing
invalidation as prescribed by the Secretary.
    (c) If a driver is issued a citation for any violation of
this Code or a similar local ordinance and the violation is the
proximate cause of the death or Type A injury of another, the
prosecuting authority may ask the court to enter an order
invalidating the driver's license or permit under paragraph (2)
of subsection (a) of this Section. For purposes of this
Section, Type A injury has the meaning ascribed in Section
6-108.1 of this Code.
(Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)

Effective Date: 1/1/2014