Bill Amendment: IL HB4494 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly

NOTE: For additional amemendments please see the Bill Drafting List

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Bill Title: VEH CD-SOS-VARIOUS

Status: 2025-01-07 - Session Sine Die [HB4494 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-HB4494-House_Amendment_001.html

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Rep. Dave Vella

Filed: 3/7/2024

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4494
AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 4494 as follows:
on page 7, line 13, after "6-107.5," by inserting "6-109,";
and
on page 7, line 14, by deleting "6-209,"; and
on page 41, immediately below line 12, by inserting the
following:
"(625 ILCS 5/6-109)
Sec. 6-109. Examination of applicants.
(a) The Secretary of State shall examine every applicant
for a driver's license or permit who has not been previously
licensed as a driver under the laws of this State or any other
state or country, or any applicant for renewal of such
driver's license or permit when such license or permit has

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been expired for more than one year. The Secretary of State
shall, subject to the provisions of paragraph (c), examine
every licensed driver at least every 8 years, and may examine
or re-examine any other applicant or licensed driver, provided
that during the years 1984 through 1991 those drivers issued a
license for 3 years may be re-examined not less than every 7
years or more than every 10 years.
The Secretary of State shall require the testing of the
eyesight of any driver's license or permit applicant who has
not been previously licensed as a driver under the laws of this
State and shall promulgate rules and regulations to provide
for the orderly administration of all the provisions of this
Section.
The Secretary of State shall include at least one test
question that concerns the provisions of the Pedestrians with
Disabilities Safety Act in the question pool used for the
written portion of the driver's license examination within one
year after July 22, 2010 (the effective date of Public Act
96-1167).
The Secretary of State shall include, in the question pool
used for the written portion of the driver's license
examination, test questions concerning safe driving in the
presence of bicycles, of which one may be concerning the Dutch
Reach method as described in Section 2-112.
The Secretary of State shall include, in the question pool
used for the written portion of the driver's license

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examination, at least one test question concerning driver
responsibilities when approaching a stationary emergency
vehicle as described in Section 11-907.
(b) Except as provided for those applicants in paragraph
(c), such examination shall include a test of the applicant's
eyesight, his or her ability to read and understand official
traffic control devices, his or her knowledge of safe driving
practices and the traffic laws of this State, and may include
an actual demonstration of the applicant's ability to exercise
ordinary and reasonable control of the operation of a motor
vehicle, and such further physical and mental examination as
the Secretary of State finds necessary to determine the
applicant's fitness to operate a motor vehicle safely on the
highways, except the examination of an applicant 75 years of
age or older or, if the Secretary adopts rules under Section 37
of the Secretary of State Act to raise the age requirement for
actual demonstrations, the examination of an applicant who has
attained that increased age or is older shall include an
actual demonstration of the applicant's ability to exercise
ordinary and reasonable control of the operation of a motor
vehicle. All portions of written and verbal examinations under
this Section, excepting where the English language appears on
facsimiles of road signs, may be given in the Spanish language
and, at the discretion of the Secretary of State, in any other
language as well as in English upon request of the examinee.
Deaf persons who are otherwise qualified are not prohibited

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from being issued a license, other than a commercial driver's
license, under this Code. The examination to test an
applicant's ability to read and understand official traffic
control devices and knowledge of safe driving practices and
the traffic laws of this State may be administered at a
Secretary of State facility, remotely via the Internet, or in
a manner otherwise specified by the Secretary of State in
administrative rule.
(c) Re-examination for those applicants who at the time of
renewing their driver's license possess a driving record
devoid of any convictions of traffic violations or evidence of
committing an offense for which mandatory revocation would be
required upon conviction pursuant to Section 6-205 at the time
of renewal shall be in a manner prescribed by the Secretary in
order to determine an applicant's ability to safely operate a
motor vehicle, except that every applicant for the renewal of
a driver's license who is 75 years of age or older or, if the
Secretary adopts rules under Section 37 of the Secretary of
State Act to raise the age requirement for actual
demonstrations, every applicant for the renewal of a driver's
license who has attained that increased age or is older must
prove, by an actual demonstration, the applicant's ability to
exercise reasonable care in the safe operation of a motor
vehicle.
(d) In the event the applicant is not ineligible under the
provisions of Section 6-103 to receive a driver's license, the

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Secretary of State shall make provision for giving an
examination, either in the county where the applicant resides
or at a place adjacent thereto reasonably convenient to the
applicant, within not more than 30 days from the date said
application is received.
(e) The Secretary of State may adopt rules regarding the
use of foreign language interpreters during the application
and examination process.
(Source: P.A. 103-140, eff. 6-30-23.)"; and
by deleting line 13 on page 87 through line 2 on page 88; and
on page 88, line 7, by replacing "cancelled or , revoked or
suspended" with "cancelled, revoked or suspended"; and
on page 88, line 15, by replacing "suspended," with
"suspended,"; and
by replacing line 21 on page 113 through line 4 on page 114
with the following:
"(1.5) The officer shall confiscate any Illinois
driver's license or permit on the person at the time of
arrest. If the person has a valid driver's license or
permit, the officer shall issue the person a receipt, in a
form prescribed by the Secretary of State, that will allow
that person to drive during the periods provided for in

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paragraph (g). The officer shall immediately forward the
driver's license or permit to the Secretary of State
circuit court of venue along with the sworn report
provided for in paragraph (d)."; and
on page 118, by replacing lines 1 through 8 with the following:
"(625 ILCS 5/11-712 new)
Sec. 11-712. Driving on certain pedestrian and bicycle
lanes, trails, and paths.
(a) No person shall drive a motor vehicle on a pedestrian
or bicycle lane, trail, or path, designated by an official
sign or marking for the exclusive use of bicycles or
pedestrians. A violation of this Section is not an offense
against traffic regulations governing the movement of
vehicles.
(b) This Section does not apply to an authorized emergency
vehicle."; and
on page 121, immediately below line 9, by inserting the
following: