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 1        AN ACT in relation to vehicles.

 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
10    this Act shall indicate  the  classification  for  which  the
11    applicant  therefor  has  qualified by examination or by such
12    other means that the  Secretary  of  State  shall  prescribe.
13    Driver's  license classifications shall be prescribed by rule
14    or regulation promulgated by the Secretary of State and  such
15    may specify classifications as to operation of motor vehicles
16    of  the  first  division, or of those of the second division,
17    whether operated singly or in lawful combination, and whether
18    for-hire  or  not-for-hire,  and  may  specify   such   other
19    classifications as the Secretary deems necessary.
20        No  person  shall  operate  a  motor  vehicle unless such
21    person has a valid license with a  proper  classification  to
22    permit  the operation of such vehicle, except that any person
23    may operate a motorized pedalcycle if such person has a valid
24    current   Illinois   driver's    license,    regardless    of
25    classification.
26        (b)  No  person  who  is under the age of 21 years or has
27    had less than 1 year of driving experience shall drive:   (1)
28    in  connection  with  the  operation of any school, day camp,
29    summer camp, or nursery school, any public or  private  motor
30    vehicle  for transporting children to or from any school, day
31    camp, summer camp, or  nursery  school,  or  (2)  any   motor
 
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 1    vehicle   of   the  second  division  when  in  use  for  the
 2    transportation of persons for compensation.
 3        (c)  No person who is under the age of 18 years shall  be
 4    issued a license for the purpose of transporting property for
 5    hire,   or  for  the  purpose  of  transporting  persons  for
 6    compensation in a motor vehicle of the first division.
 7        (d)  No person  shall  drive:   (1)  a  school  bus  when
 8    transporting  school  children unless such person possesses a
 9    valid  school  bus  driver  permit  or  is  accompanied   and
10    supervised,  for  the  specific  purpose of training prior to
11    routine operation of a school bus, by a person who has held a
12    valid school bus driver permit for at least one year; or  (2)
13    any  other  vehicle  owned  or operated by or for a public or
14    private  school,  or  a  school  operated  by   a   religious
15    institution,   where  such  vehicle  is  being  used  over  a
16    regularly scheduled route for the transportation  of  persons
17    enrolled  as  a  student  in grade 12 or below, in connection
18    with  any  activity  of  the  entities  unless  such   person
19    possesses a valid school bus driver permit.
20        (d-5)  No  person may drive a bus that has been chartered
21    for the  sole  purpose  of  transporting  students  regularly
22    enrolled  in  grade  12  or  below to or from interscholastic
23    athletic or interscholastic or  school  sponsored  activities
24    unless  the  person has submitted his or her fingerprints, as
25    required  by  the  Department  of  State  Police  to  conduct
26    fingerprint based criminal background checks on  current  and
27    future  information available in the State system and current
28    information  available  through   the   Federal   Bureau   of
29    Investigation's  system  a  valid school bus driver permit in
30    addition to any other permit or license that is  required  to
31    operate  that  bus.   The Secretary shall adopt rules for the
32    procedure for submitting fingerprints  as  required  by  this
33    subsection.   This subsection (d-5) does not apply to any bus
34    driver  employed  by   a   public   transportation   provider
 
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 1    authorized  to  conduct local or interurban transportation of
 2    passengers when the bus is not traveling  a  specific  school
 3    bus  route  but  is  on  a  regularly scheduled route for the
 4    transporting of other fare paying passengers.
 5        (e)  No person shall drive a religious  organization  bus
 6    unless  such  person  has  a  valid  and  properly classified
 7    drivers license or a valid school bus driver permit.
 8        (f)  No person  shall  drive  a  motor  vehicle  for  the
 9    purpose  of  providing  transportation  for  the  elderly  in
10    connection  with  the  activities  of  any  public or private
11    organization unless such person  has  a  valid  and  properly
12    classified driver's license issued by the Secretary of State.
13        (g)  No  person shall drive a bus which meets the special
14    requirements for school buses  provided  in  Section  12-801,
15    12-802,  12-803  and  12-805  of this Code for the purpose of
16    transporting persons 18 years of age or  less  in  connection
17    with  any youth camp licensed under the Youth Camp Act or any
18    child care facility licensed under the Child Care Act of 1969
19    unless such person possesses a valid school bus driver permit
20    or is accompanied and supervised, for the specific purpose of
21    training prior to routine operation of a  school  bus,  by  a
22    person  who  has held a valid school bus driver permit for at
23    least one year;  however,  a  person  who  has  a  valid  and
24    properly  classified driver's license issued by the Secretary
25    of State  may  operate  a  school  bus  for  the  purpose  of
26    transporting  persons  18  years of age or less in connection
27    with any such youth  camp  or  child  care  facility  if  the
28    "SCHOOL  BUS"  signs  are  covered  or concealed and the stop
29    signal arm and  flashing  signal  systems  are  not  operable
30    through normal controls.
31    (Source: P.A. 92-849, eff. 1-1-03.)