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1 HOUSE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, Approximately 100 drivers in Illinois wear
3 spectacle-mounted telescopes while driving; and
4 WHEREAS, Since January 1999 these persons have been
5 allowed to drive only in daylight hours; and
6 WHEREAS, Twenty other states currently allow drivers
7 wearing spectacle-mounted telescopes to drive during the
8 nighttime as well as the daylight hours; and
9 WHEREAS, From 1987 through 1998, during the
10 administrations of former Secretaries of State Jim Edgar and
11 George H. Ryan, Illinois drivers wearing spectacle-mounted
12 telescopes also were allowed to drive during the nighttime
13 hours if they met all the medical requirements established by
14 the Vision Advisory Committee, a panel of doctors in
15 consultation with the Secretary; and
16 WHEREAS, Illinois drivers wearing spectacle-mounted
17 telescopes have sustained substantial economic losses as a
18 result of not being allowed to drive during the nighttime
19 hours; therefore be it
20 RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
21 NINETY-FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, That
22 we urge Secretary of State Jesse White to reconvene the
23 Vision Advisory Committee and to reinstate the policy of
24 allowing drivers wearing telescopic lenses to drive during
25 the nighttime as well as the daylight hours if they meet the
26 medical requirements established by the committee; and be it
27 further
28 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
29 delivered to Secretary of State Jesse White.