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1 AN ACT concerning transportation.
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 this
10 Act shall indicate the classification for which the applicant
11 therefor has qualified by examination or by such other means
12 that the Secretary of State shall prescribe. Driver's license
13 classifications shall be prescribed by rule or regulation
14 promulgated by the Secretary of State and such may specify
15 classifications as to operation of motor vehicles of the first
16 division, or of those of the second division, whether operated
17 singly or in lawful combination, and whether for-hire or
18 not-for-hire, and may specify such other classifications as
19 the Secretary deems necessary.
20 No person shall operate a motor vehicle unless such person
21 has a valid license with a proper classification to permit the
22 operation of such vehicle, except that any person may operate
23 a moped if such person has a valid current Illinois driver's
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1 license, regardless of classification.
2 Notwithstanding any other provision of this Code or any
3 rule adopted under this Code, a nonresident who is employed as
4 a public safety worker, as defined in Section 6-117.2, may
5 operate in this State an authorized emergency vehicle, as
6 defined in Section 1-105, if the nonresident possesses the
7 license class required by the nonresident's state of residence
8 to operate similar equipment.
9 (b) No person who is under the age of 21 years or has had
10 less than 1 year of driving experience shall drive: (1) in
11 connection with the operation of any school, day camp, summer
12 camp, or nursery school, any public or private motor vehicle
13 for transporting children to or from any school, day camp,
14 summer camp, or nursery school, or (2) any motor vehicle of the
15 second division when in use for the transportation of persons
16 for compensation.
17 (c) No person who is under the age of 18 years shall be
18 issued a license for the purpose of transporting property for
19 hire, or for the purpose of transporting persons for
20 compensation in a motor vehicle of the first division.
21 (d) No person shall drive: (1) a school bus when
22 transporting school children unless such person possesses a
23 valid school bus driver permit or is accompanied and
24 supervised, for the specific purpose of training prior to
25 routine operation of a school bus, by a person who has held a
26 valid school bus driver permit for at least one year; or (2)
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1 any other vehicle owned or operated by or for a public or
2 private school, or a school operated by a religious
3 institution, where such vehicle is being used over a regularly
4 scheduled route for the transportation of persons enrolled as
5 a student in grade 12 or below, in connection with any activity
6 of the entities unless such person possesses a valid school
7 bus driver permit.
8 (d-5) No person may drive a bus that does not meet the
9 special requirements for school buses provided in Sections
10 12-801, 12-802, 12-803, and 12-805 of this Code that has been
11 chartered for the sole purpose of transporting students
12 regularly enrolled in grade 12 or below to or from
13 interscholastic athletic or interscholastic or school
14 sponsored activities unless the person has a valid and
15 properly classified commercial driver's license as provided in
16 subsection (c-1) of Section 6-508 of this Code in addition to
17 any other permit or license that is required to operate that
18 bus. This subsection (d-5) does not apply to any bus driver
19 employed by a public transportation provider authorized to
20 conduct local or interurban transportation of passengers when
21 the bus is not traveling a specific school bus route but is on
22 a regularly scheduled route for the transporting of other fare
23 paying passengers.
24 A person may operate a chartered bus described in this
25 subsection (d-5) if he or she is not disqualified from driving
26 a chartered bus of that type and if he or she holds a CDL that
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1 is:
2 (1) issued to him or her by any other state or
3 jurisdiction in accordance with 49 CFR 383;
4 (2) not suspended, revoked, or canceled; and
5 (3) valid under 49 CFR 383, subpart F, for the type of
6 vehicle being driven.
7 A person may also operate a chartered bus described in
8 this subsection (d-5) if he or she holds a valid CDL and a
9 valid school bus driver permit that was issued on or before
10 December 31, 2003.
11 (e) No person shall drive a religious organization bus
12 unless such person has a valid and properly classified drivers
13 license or a valid school bus driver permit.
14 (f) No person shall drive a motor vehicle for the purpose
15 of providing transportation for the elderly in connection with
16 the activities of any public or private organization unless
17 such person has a valid and properly classified driver's
18 license issued by the Secretary of State.
19 (g) No person shall drive a bus which meets the special
20 requirements for school buses provided in Section 12-801,
21 12-802, 12-803 and 12-805 of this Code for the purpose of
22 transporting persons 18 years of age or less in connection
23 with any youth camp licensed under the Youth Camp Act or any
24 child care facility licensed under the Child Care Act of 1969
25 unless such person possesses a valid school bus driver permit
26 or is accompanied and supervised, for the specific purpose of
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1 training prior to routine operation of a school bus, by a
2 person who has held a valid school bus driver permit for at
3 least one year; however, a person who has a valid and properly
4 classified driver's license issued by the Secretary of State
5 may operate a school bus for the purpose of transporting
6 persons 18 years of age or less in connection with any such
7 youth camp or child care facility if the "SCHOOL BUS" signs are
8 covered or concealed and the stop signal arm and flashing
9 signal systems are not operable through normal controls.
10 (h) No person shall operate an autocycle unless he or she
11 has a valid Class D driver's license.
12 (Source: P.A. 98-777, eff. 1-1-15.)Every fact on this page links to its source, starting with the official bill record.