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CYCLE RIDER SAFETY-VARIOUS, the official text

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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 10. The Cycle Rider Safety Training Act is amended

5 by changing Sections 2.01, 2.03, 4, and 7 and by adding Section

6 2.03a as follows:

7   (625 ILCS 35/2.01) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 802.01)

8   Sec. 2.01. "Cycle" means a motorcycle, motor driven cycle

9 or moped, as defined in The Illinois Vehicle Code.

10 (Source: P.A. 96-554, eff. 1-1-10.)

11  (625 ILCS 35/2.03) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 802.03)

12  Sec. 2.03. "Cycle Rider Safety Training Courses" and

13 "Courses" mean courses of instruction in the use and operation

14 of cycles, including instruction in the safe on-road operation

15 of cycles, the rules of the road and the laws of this State

16 relating to motor vehicles, which courses meet the minimum

17 requirements of this Act, the standards established in the

18 model national administrative standards for state motorcycle

19 rider training programs by the National Highway Traffic Safety

20 Administration, and the rules and regulations issued hereunder

21 by the Department and which have been approved or denied

22 within 60 days by the Department as meeting such requirements.
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1 (Source: P.A. 82-649.)

2   (625 ILCS 35/2.03a new)

3   Sec. 2.03a. Cycle Rider Safety Training Course Provider.

4 "Cycle Rider Safety Training Course Provider" and "provider"

5 means a community college, State university, State or local

6 government agency, or for-profit or nonprofit business entity

7 in good standing and operating in the State that is capable of

8 providing courses meeting the definition in this Act in

9 accordance with the rules set forth by the Department and the

10 regulations of this Act. "Cycle Rider Safety Training Course

11 Provider" and "provider" does not include any business

12 registered as a motorcycle dealer with the Secretary of State

13 or any other business that derives income from the selling of

14 motorcycles or has motorcycles for sale at its place of

15 business on a consignment basis.

16  (625 ILCS 35/4) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 804)

17  Sec. 4. Cycle Rider Safety Training Courses.

18  (a) The Department shall, on an as needed basis, put out

19 notices to the public seeking Cycle Rider Safety Training

20 Course Providers to provide courses in this State. Such

21 courses shall be open to all residents of the State who hold a

22 currently valid driver's license and who have reached their

23 16th birthday before the first day of the course to be held.

24 Such courses may be offered throughout the calendar year.
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1   Providers may charge a nominal registration fee set by the

2 Department, which shall be refunded upon completion of the

3 course.

4   Responses from potential providers shall include, at a

5 minimum, the location where classes are to be held at, the

6 number of students they intend to train, whether they would be

7 providing motorcycles or using motorcycles provided by the

8 program, and the cost for courses provided on a per student

9 basis.

10  Contracts shall be awarded by the Department to providers

11 based on training needs and cost effectiveness of each bid or

12 proposal as well as the provider's organizational capacity to

13 satisfactorily discharge Cycle Rider Safety Training Courses.

14  (b) A provider shall only be paid grant funds under one of

15 the following conditions:

16         (1) a course was held, in which case the provider

17  shall be paid per student rate multiplied by the number of

18  students present on the first day of the course;

19         (2) expenses submitted related to the maintenance of

20  program equipment; or

21         (3) submitting other non-personnel expenses as deemed

22  appropriate by the Department.

23  (c) A provider awarded a contract with grant funding under

24 this Act shall:

25         (1) submit proof to the Department that each

26  instructor employed by the provider meets the
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1   qualifications to teach the curriculum for the courses;

2        (2) have at least one employee on staff certified to

3   do quality assurance or quality control visits where

4   instructors are evaluated per curriculum standards on

5   teaching;

6        (3) perform at least one quality assurance or quality

7   control visit on each instructor employed during the year

8   and submit the results of those visits to the Department;

9        (4) maintain appropriate liability insurance to cover

10  training activities;

11       (5) submit requests for payment in a timely manner;

12  and

13       (6) adhere to additional program rules and regulations

14  as determined by the Department.

15  (d) A provider awarded a contract with grant funding under

16 this Act shall not adopt any policy, requirement, or

17 expectation regarding employee's manner of dress outside of

18 the employee's scheduled work hours, nor may the provider pose

19 any questions regarding such on job applications or during

20 interviews with potential employees.

21 Any State or community college, State university or community

22 agency designated by the Department may organize a Regional

23 Cycle Rider Safety Training Center and may offer cycle rider

24 safety training courses through such Training Centers which it

25 operates. The curriculum and accreditation for the courses,

26 and the geographic areas in which each Training Center may
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 1 offer the courses, shall be provided for by rules and
 2 regulations of the Department. Instructors of such courses
 3 shall meet the qualification and certification requirements of
 4 the regulations of the Department and the college, university
 5 or community agency offering the program and may be employed
 6 on a calendar year rather than a school year basis. Such
 7 courses shall be open to all residents of the State who hold a
 8 currently valid driver's license and who have reached their
 9 16th birthday without regard to whether such person is
10 enrolled in any other course offered by said State or
11 community college, State university or community agency. Such
12 courses may be offered throughout the calendar year. The
13 courses may be offered as credit or noncredit courses, but no
14 fee shall be charged except for a nominal registration fee
15 which shall be refunded upon completion of the course.
16 (Source: P.A. 86-1005.)

17  (625 ILCS 35/7) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 807)

18  Sec. 7. The Department is authorized to and shall award

19 contracts out of appropriations to the Department from "The

20 Cycle Rider Safety Training Fund" to qualifying providers

21 Regional Cycle Rider Safety Training Centers for the conduct

22 of approved Cycle Rider Safety Training courses.

23 (Source: P.A. 82-649.)

24  Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January

25 1, 2026.
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