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91_HB1871

 
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 1        AN ACT to amend the Illinois  Vehicle  Code  by  changing
 2    Section 6-106.1a.

 3        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 4    represented in the General Assembly:

 5        Section 5.  The  Illinois  Vehicle  Code  is  amended  by
 6    changing Section 6-106.1a as follows:

 7        (625 ILCS 5/6-106.1a)
 8        Sec. 6-106.1a.  Cancellation of school bus driver permit;
 9    trace of alcohol.
10        (a)  A  person  who  has  been issued a school bus driver
11    permit by the Secretary of State in accordance  with  Section
12    6-106.1  of this Code and who drives or is in actual physical
13    control of a  school  bus  or  any  other  vehicle  owned  or
14    operated  by  or  for a public or private school, or a school
15    operated by a religious  institution,  when  the  vehicle  is
16    being   used  over  a  regularly  scheduled   route  for  the
17    transportation of persons enrolled as students in grade 12 or
18    below, in  connection  with  any  activity  of  the  entities
19    listed,   upon  the  public  highways  of this State shall be
20    deemed to have given consent to a chemical test or  tests  of
21    blood,  breath,  or  urine for the purpose of determining the
22    alcohol  content  of  the  person's  blood  if  arrested,  as
23    evidenced  by the issuance of a Uniform  Traffic  Ticket  for
24    any  violation of this Code or a similar provision of a local
25    ordinance, if a police officer has probable cause to  believe
26    that  the  driver  has  consumed  any  amount of an alcoholic
27    beverage  based  upon  evidence  of  the  driver's   physical
28    condition  or  other  first  hand  knowledge  of  the  police
29    officer.    The  test  or  tests shall be administered at the
30    direction of the  arresting  officer.   The  law  enforcement
31    agency  employing  the  officer  shall designate which of the
 
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 1    aforesaid tests shall be administered.  A urine test  may  be
 2    administered  even  after  a blood or breath test or both has
 3    been administered.
 4        (b)  A  person  who  is  dead,  unconscious,  or  who  is
 5    otherwise in a condition rendering that person  incapable  of
 6    refusal,  shall  be  deemed not to have withdrawn the consent
 7    provided by paragraph (a) of this Section  and  the  test  or
 8    tests   may   be   administered   subject  to  the  following
 9    provisions:
10             (1)  Chemical analysis of the person's blood, urine,
11        breath, or other substance,  to be considered valid under
12        the  provisions  of  this  Section,   shall   have   been
13        performed  according  to  standards  promulgated  by  the
14        Department  of  Public  Health,  in consultation with the
15        Department of State Police, by an individual possessing a
16        valid permit issued by the Department  of  Public  Health
17        for  this  purpose.   The  Director  of Public Health, in
18        consultation with the  Department  of  State  Police,  is
19        authorized to approve satisfactory techniques or methods,
20        to   ascertain   the  qualifications  and  competence  of
21        individuals to conduct analyses, to issue   permits  that
22        shall  be  subject  to  termination  or revocation at the
23        direction of the Department  of  Public  Health,  and  to
24        certify  the  accuracy  of breath testing equipment.  The
25        Department of Public  Health  shall  prescribe  rules  as
26        necessary.
27             (2)  When  a  person  submits to a blood test at the
28        request of a law enforcement officer under the provisions
29        of this Section, only a physician authorized to  practice
30        medicine,  a  registered nurse, or other qualified person
31        trained in venipuncture and acting under the direction of
32        a licensed physician may withdraw blood for  the  purpose
33        of  determining the alcohol content. This limitation does
34        not apply to the taking of  breath or urine specimens.
 
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 1             (3)  The  person  tested  may  have   a   physician,
 2        qualified technician, chemist, registered nurse, or other
 3        qualified  person of his or her own choosing administer a
 4        chemical test or tests in addition to any test  or  tests
 5        administered  at  the  direction  of  a  law  enforcement
 6        officer.   The  test  administered  at the request of the
 7        person may be  admissible  into  evidence  at  a  hearing
 8        conducted  in accordance with Section 2-118 of this Code.
 9        The failure or inability to obtain an additional test  by
10        a  person  shall  not  preclude  the consideration of the
11        previously performed chemical test.
12             (4)  Upon a request of the person who submits  to  a
13        chemical   test   or  tests  at  the  request  of  a  law
14        enforcement officer, full information concerning the test
15        or tests shall be made available  to the person  or  that
16        person's  attorney  by  the  requesting  law  enforcement
17        agency within 72 hours of receipt of the test result.
18             (5)  Alcohol  concentration  means  either  grams of
19        alcohol per 100 milliliters of blood or grams of  alcohol
20        per 210 liters of breath.
21             (6)  If a driver is receiving medical treatment as a
22        result  of a motor vehicle accident, a physician licensed
23        to  practice  medicine,  registered   nurse,   or   other
24        qualified person trained in venipuncture and acting under
25        the  direction  of  a   licensed physician shall withdraw
26        blood for testing purposes to ascertain the  presence  of
27        alcohol  upon  the  specific request of a law enforcement
28        officer.   However, that testing shall not  be  performed
29        until,  in the opinion of the medical personnel on scene,
30        the withdrawal can be made without  interfering  with  or
31        endangering the well-being of the patient.
32        (c)  A  person  requested to submit to a test as provided
33    in this Section  shall  be  warned  by  the  law  enforcement
34    officer  requesting  the test that a refusal to submit to the
 
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 1    test, or  submission to the  test  resulting  in  an  alcohol
 2    concentration  of  more than 0.00, may result  in the loss of
 3    that person's  privilege  to  possess  a  school  bus  driver
 4    permit.   The loss of the individual's privilege to possess a
 5    school bus driver permit shall be imposed in accordance  with
 6    Section 6-106.1b of this Code.
 7        (d)  If  the  person refuses testing or submits to a test
 8    that discloses an alcohol concentration of  more  than  0.00,
 9    the  law enforcement officer shall immediately submit a sworn
10    report to the Secretary of State on a form prescribed by  the
11    Secretary  of  State  certifying  that the test or tests were
12    requested under subsection (a)  and  the  person  refused  to
13    submit  to  a  test  or  tests  or submitted to testing which
14    disclosed an alcohol concentration of more  than  0.00.   The
15    law  enforcement  officer  shall submit the same sworn report
16    when a person who has been issued a school bus driver  permit
17    and who was operating a school bus or any other vehicle owned
18    or operated by or for a public or private school, or a school
19    operated  by  a  religious  institution,  when the vehicle is
20    being  used  over  a  regularly  scheduled  route   for   the
21    transportation of persons enrolled as students in grade 12 or
22    below,  in  connection  with    any  activity of the entities
23    listed, submits to testing under  Section  11-501.1  of  this
24    Code  and  the  testing discloses an alcohol concentration of
25    more than 0.00 and less than  the  alcohol  concentration  at
26    which  driving or being in actual physical control of a motor
27    vehicle is prohibited under paragraph (1) of  subsection  (a)
28    of Section 11-501 0.10.
29        Upon  receipt  of  the  sworn report of a law enforcement
30    officer, the Secretary of State shall enter  the  school  bus
31    driver permit sanction on the individual's driving record and
32    the sanction shall be effective on the 46th day following the
33    date notice of the sanction was given to the person.
34        The  law  enforcement officer submitting the sworn report
 
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 1    shall serve immediate notice of this school bus driver permit
 2    sanction on the person and the sanction shall be effective on
 3    the 46th day following the date notice was given.
 4        In cases where the blood alcohol  concentration  of  more
 5    than 0.00 is established by a subsequent analysis of blood or
 6    urine,  the  police  officer  or  arresting agency shall give
 7    notice as provided in this  Section  or  by  deposit  in  the
 8    United States mail of that notice in an envelope with postage
 9    prepaid and addressed to that person at his or her last known
10    address and the loss of the school bus driver permit shall be
11    effective  on  the  46th  day  following  the date notice was
12    given.
13        Upon receipt of the sworn report  of  a  law  enforcement
14    officer, the Secretary of State shall also give notice of the
15    school  bus  driver  permit  sanction  to  the driver and the
16    driver's  current  employer  by  mailing  a  notice  of   the
17    effective  date  of the sanction to the individual.  However,
18    shall  the  sworn  report  be  defective  by  not  containing
19    sufficient information or be completed in error,  the  notice
20    of the school bus driver permit sanction may not be mailed to
21    the  person or his current employer or entered to the driving
22    record,  but rather the sworn report shall be returned to the
23    issuing law enforcement agency.
24        (e)  A driver may contest this school bus  driver  permit
25    sanction  by  requesting  an  administrative hearing with the
26    Secretary of State in accordance with Section 2-118  of  this
27    Code.   An  individual  whose  blood alcohol concentration is
28    shown to be more than 0.00 is not subject to this Section  if
29    he  or she consumed alcohol in the performance of a religious
30    service or  ceremony.   An  individual  whose  blood  alcohol
31    concentration  is  shown  to  be  more than 0.00 shall not be
32    subject to this Section if  the  individual's  blood  alcohol
33    concentration  resulted only from ingestion of the prescribed
34    or recommended dosage of  medicine  that  contained  alcohol.
 
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 1    The  petition  for  that  hearing shall not stay or delay the
 2    effective date of the impending suspension. The scope of this
 3    hearing shall be limited to the issues of:
 4             (1)  whether the police officer had  probable  cause
 5        to  believe  that  the  person  was  driving or in actual
 6        physical control of a school bus  or  any  other  vehicle
 7        owned  or  operated by or for a public or private school,
 8        or a  school operated by a  religious  institution,  when
 9        the  vehicle  is  being  used  over a regularly scheduled
10        route for  the  transportation  of  persons  enrolled  as
11        students  in  grade  12  or below, in connection with any
12        activity of the entities listed, upon the public highways
13        of the State and the police officer had reason to believe
14        that the person was in violation of any provision of this
15        Code or a similar provision of a local ordinance; and
16             (2)  whether the person was issued a Uniform Traffic
17        Ticket for any  violation  of  this  Code  or  a  similar
18        provision of a local ordinance; and
19             (3)  whether  the  police officer had probable cause
20        to believe that the driver had  consumed any amount of an
21        alcoholic  beverage  based  upon  the  driver's  physical
22        actions or  other  first-hand  knowledge  of  the  police
23        officer; and
24             (4)  whether  the person, after being advised by the
25        officer that the privilege to possess a school bus driver
26        permit would be canceled if the person refused to  submit
27        to  and  complete the test or tests, did refuse to submit
28        to or  complete  the  test  or  tests  to  determine  the
29        person's alcohol concentration; and
30             (5)  whether  the person, after being advised by the
31        officer that the  privileges  to  possess  a  school  bus
32        driver  permit would be canceled if the person submits to
33        a chemical test or tests and the test or  tests  disclose
34        an  alcohol  concentration  of  more  than  0.00 and  the
 
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 1        person did submit to and complete the test or tests  that
 2        determined  an  alcohol  concentration of more than 0.00;
 3        and
 4             (6)  whether  the  test   result   of   an   alcohol
 5        concentration  of  more  than  0.00  was  based  upon the
 6        person's consumption of alcohol in the performance  of  a
 7        religious service or ceremony; and
 8             (7)  whether   the   test   result   of  an  alcohol
 9        concentration of  more  than  0.00  was  based  upon  the
10        person's  consumption of alcohol through ingestion of the
11        prescribed or recommended dosage of medicine.
12        The Secretary of State  may  adopt  administrative  rules
13    setting  forth  circumstances  under  which  the  holder of a
14    school bus driver permit is not required to appear in  person
15    at the hearing.
16        Provided  that  the  petitioner may subpoena the officer,
17    the hearing may be   conducted  upon  a  review  of  the  law
18    enforcement  officer's  own official reports.  Failure of the
19    officer to  answer  the  subpoena  shall  be  grounds  for  a
20    continuance  if,  in  the  hearing  officer's discretion, the
21    continuance is appropriate.  At the conclusion of the hearing
22    held under Section 2-118 of this Code, the Secretary of State
23    may rescind, continue, or  modify    the  school  bus  driver
24    permit sanction.
25        (f)  The  results  of  any  chemical testing performed in
26    accordance with  subsection  (a)  of  this  Section  are  not
27    admissible  in  any civil or criminal proceeding, except that
28    the results  of the testing may be considered  at  a  hearing
29    held  under Section 2-118 of this Code.  However, the results
30    of the testing may not be used  to  impose  driver's  license
31    sanctions  under  Section  11-501.1  of  this  Code.   A  law
32    enforcement  officer may, however, pursue a statutory summary
33    suspension of driving privileges under  Section  11-501.1  of
34    this  Code if other physical evidence or first hand knowledge
 
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 1    forms the basis of that suspension.
 2        (g)  This Section applies only to drivers who  have  been
 3    issued  a school bus driver permit in accordance with Section
 4    6-106.1 of this Code at the  time  of  the  issuance  of  the
 5    Uniform  Traffic  Ticket  for  a  violation of this Code or a
 6    similar provision of a local ordinance, and a  chemical  test
 7    request is made under this Section.
 8        (h)  The  action of the Secretary of State in suspending,
 9    revoking,  canceling,  or  denying   any   license,   permit,
10    registration,  or  certificate  of  title shall be subject to
11    judicial review in the Circuit Court of Sangamon County or in
12    the Circuit Court of Cook County, and the provisions  of  the
13    Administrative  Review  Law  and its rules are hereby adopted
14    and shall apply to and govern every action for  the  judicial
15    review  of  final acts or decisions of the Secretary of State
16    under this Section.
17    (Source: P.A. 90-107, eff. 1-1-98.)

18        Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect  upon
19    becoming law.

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