Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session

Illinois House Bill HB3793 Compare Versions

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1	1	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB3793 Introduced , by Rep. Joyce Mason SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 625 ILCS 5/6-109 Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Removes language providing that examination of an applicant 75 years of age or older for a driver's license or permit shall include an actual demonstration of the applicant's ability to exercise ordinary and reasonable control of the operation of a motor vehicle. Effective January 1, 2024. LRB103 27121 MXP 53489 b A BILL FOR 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB3793 Introduced , by Rep. Joyce Mason SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 625 ILCS 5/6-109 625 ILCS 5/6-109 Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Removes language providing that examination of an applicant 75 years of age or older for a driver's license or permit shall include an actual demonstration of the applicant's ability to exercise ordinary and reasonable control of the operation of a motor vehicle. Effective January 1, 2024. LRB103 27121 MXP 53489 b LRB103 27121 MXP 53489 b A BILL FOR
2	2	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB3793 Introduced , by Rep. Joyce Mason SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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5	5	Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Removes language providing that examination of an applicant 75 years of age or older for a driver's license or permit shall include an actual demonstration of the applicant's ability to exercise ordinary and reasonable control of the operation of a motor vehicle. Effective January 1, 2024.
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11	11	1 AN ACT concerning transportation.
12	12	2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
13	13	3 represented in the General Assembly:
14	14	4 Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by
15	15	5 changing Section 6-109 as follows:
16	16	6 (625 ILCS 5/6-109)
17	17	7 Sec. 6-109. Examination of applicants.
18	18	8 (a) The Secretary of State shall examine every applicant
19	19	9 for a driver's license or permit who has not been previously
20	20	10 licensed as a driver under the laws of this State or any other
21	21	11 state or country, or any applicant for renewal of such
22	22	12 driver's license or permit when such license or permit has
23	23	13 been expired for more than one year. The Secretary of State
24	24	14 shall, subject to the provisions of paragraph (c), examine
25	25	15 every licensed driver at least every 8 years, and may examine
26	26	16 or re-examine any other applicant or licensed driver, provided
27	27	17 that during the years 1984 through 1991 those drivers issued a
28	28	18 license for 3 years may be re-examined not less than every 7
29	29	19 years or more than every 10 years.
30	30	20 The Secretary of State shall require the testing of the
31	31	21 eyesight of any driver's license or permit applicant who has
32	32	22 not been previously licensed as a driver under the laws of this
33	33	23 State and shall promulgate rules and regulations to provide
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37	37	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB3793 Introduced , by Rep. Joyce Mason SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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40	40	Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Removes language providing that examination of an applicant 75 years of age or older for a driver's license or permit shall include an actual demonstration of the applicant's ability to exercise ordinary and reasonable control of the operation of a motor vehicle. Effective January 1, 2024.
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68	68	1 for the orderly administration of all the provisions of this
69	69	2 Section.
70	70	3 The Secretary of State shall include at least one test
71	71	4 question that concerns the provisions of the Pedestrians with
72	72	5 Disabilities Safety Act in the question pool used for the
73	73	6 written portion of the driver's license examination within one
74	74	7 year after July 22, 2010 (the effective date of Public Act
75	75	8 96-1167).
76	76	9 The Secretary of State shall include, in the question pool
77	77	10 used for the written portion of the driver's license
78	78	11 examination, test questions concerning safe driving in the
79	79	12 presence of bicycles, of which one may be concerning the Dutch
80	80	13 Reach method as described in Section 2-112.
81	81	14 The Secretary of State shall include, in the question pool
82	82	15 used for the written portion of the driver's license
83	83	16 examination, at least one test question concerning driver
84	84	17 responsibilities when approaching a stationary emergency
85	85	18 vehicle as described in Section 11-907.
86	86	19 (b) Such Except as provided for those applicants in
87	87	20 paragraph (c), such examination shall include a test of the
88	88	21 applicant's eyesight, his or her ability to read and
89	89	22 understand official traffic control devices, his or her
90	90	23 knowledge of safe driving practices and the traffic laws of
91	91	24 this State, and may include an actual demonstration of the
92	92	25 applicant's ability to exercise ordinary and reasonable
93	93	26 control of the operation of a motor vehicle, and such further
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104	104	1 physical and mental examination as the Secretary of State
105	105	2 finds necessary to determine the applicant's fitness to
106	106	3 operate a motor vehicle safely on the highways, except the
107	107	4 examination of an applicant 75 years of age or older shall
108	108	5 include an actual demonstration of the applicant's ability to
109	109	6 exercise ordinary and reasonable control of the operation of a
110	110	7 motor vehicle. All portions of written and verbal examinations
111	111	8 under this Section, excepting where the English language
112	112	9 appears on facsimiles of road signs, may be given in the
113	113	10 Spanish language and, at the discretion of the Secretary of
114	114	11 State, in any other language as well as in English upon request
115	115	12 of the examinee. Deaf persons who are otherwise qualified are
116	116	13 not prohibited from being issued a license, other than a
117	117	14 commercial driver's license, under this Code.
118	118	15 (c) Re-examination for those applicants who at the time of
119	119	16 renewing their driver's license possess a driving record
120	120	17 devoid of any convictions of traffic violations or evidence of
121	121	18 committing an offense for which mandatory revocation would be
122	122	19 required upon conviction pursuant to Section 6-205 at the time
123	123	20 of renewal shall be in a manner prescribed by the Secretary in
124	124	21 order to determine an applicant's ability to safely operate a
125	125	22 motor vehicle, except that every applicant for the renewal of
126	126	23 a driver's license who is 75 years of age or older must prove,
127	127	24 by an actual demonstration,the applicant's ability to exercise
128	128	25 reasonable care in the safe operation of a motor vehicle.
129	129	26 (d) In the event the applicant is not ineligible under the
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140	140	1 provisions of Section 6-103 to receive a driver's license, the
141	141	2 Secretary of State shall make provision for giving an
142	142	3 examination, either in the county where the applicant resides
143	143	4 or at a place adjacent thereto reasonably convenient to the
144	144	5 applicant, within not more than 30 days from the date said
145	145	6 application is received.
146	146	7 (e) The Secretary of State may adopt rules regarding the
147	147	8 use of foreign language interpreters during the application
148	148	9 and examination process.
149	149	10 (Source: P.A. 100-770, eff. 1-1-19; 100-962, eff. 1-1-19;
150	150	11 101-81, eff. 7-12-19; 101-174, eff. 1-1-20.)
151	151	12 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January
152	152	13 1, 2024.
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