102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB3371

 

Introduced 2/22/2021, by Rep. Daniel Didech

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
625 ILCS 5/6-107  from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 6-107

    Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that the foster parent of an applicant for a driver's license may provide the: (i) written consent required to accompany an application for a driver's license or permit by a person under the age of 18 years; and (ii) certification that the applicant has had a minimum of 50 hours behind-the-wheel practice time in order for an applicant under 18 years of age to be issued a driver's license.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning transportation.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by
5changing Section 6-107 as follows:
 
6    (625 ILCS 5/6-107)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 6-107)
7    Sec. 6-107. Graduated license.
8    (a) The purpose of the Graduated Licensing Program is to
9develop safe and mature driving habits in young, inexperienced
10drivers and reduce or prevent motor vehicle accidents,
11fatalities, and injuries by:
12        (1) providing for an increase in the time of practice
13    period before granting permission to obtain a driver's
14    license;
15        (2) strengthening driver licensing and testing
16    standards for persons under the age of 21 years;
17        (3) sanctioning driving privileges of drivers under
18    age 21 who have committed serious traffic violations or
19    other specified offenses; and
20        (4) setting stricter standards to promote the public's
21    health and safety.
22    (b) The application of any person under the age of 18
23years, and not legally emancipated, for a driver's drivers

 

 

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1license or permit to operate a motor vehicle issued under the
2laws of this State, shall be accompanied by the written
3consent of either parent of the applicant; otherwise by the
4guardian or foster parent having custody of the applicant, or
5in the event there is no parent, or guardian, or foster parent,
6then by another responsible adult. The written consent must
7accompany any application for a driver's license under this
8subsection (b), regardless of whether or not the required
9written consent also accompanied the person's previous
10application for an instruction permit.
11    No graduated driver's license shall be issued to any
12applicant under 18 years of age, unless the applicant is at
13least 16 years of age and has:
14        (1) Held a valid instruction permit for a minimum of 9
15    months.
16        (2) Passed an approved driver education course and
17    submits proof of having passed the course as may be
18    required.
19        (3) Certification by the parent, legal guardian,
20    foster parent, or responsible adult that the applicant has
21    had a minimum of 50 hours of behind-the-wheel practice
22    time, at least 10 hours of which have been at night, and is
23    sufficiently prepared and able to safely operate a motor
24    vehicle.
25    (b-1) No graduated driver's license shall be issued to any
26applicant who is under 18 years of age and not legally

 

 

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1emancipated, unless the applicant has graduated from a
2secondary school of this State or any other state, is enrolled
3in a course leading to a high school equivalency certificate,
4has obtained a high school equivalency certificate, is
5enrolled in an elementary or secondary school or college or
6university of this State or any other state and is not a
7chronic or habitual truant as provided in Section 26-2a of the
8School Code, or is receiving home instruction and submits
9proof of meeting any of those requirements at the time of
10application.
11    An applicant under 18 years of age who provides proof
12acceptable to the Secretary that the applicant has resumed
13regular school attendance or home instruction or that his or
14her application was denied in error shall be eligible to
15receive a graduated license if other requirements are met. The
16Secretary shall adopt rules for implementing this subsection
17(b-1).
18    (c) No graduated driver's license or permit shall be
19issued to any applicant under 18 years of age who has committed
20the offense of operating a motor vehicle without a valid
21license or permit in violation of Section 6-101 of this Code or
22a similar out of state offense and no graduated driver's
23license or permit shall be issued to any applicant under 18
24years of age who has committed an offense that would otherwise
25result in a mandatory revocation of a license or permit as
26provided in Section 6-205 of this Code or who has been either

 

 

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1convicted of or adjudicated a delinquent based upon a
2violation of the Cannabis Control Act, the Illinois Controlled
3Substances Act, the Use of Intoxicating Compounds Act, or the
4Methamphetamine Control and Community Protection Act while
5that individual was in actual physical control of a motor
6vehicle. For purposes of this Section, any person placed on
7probation under Section 10 of the Cannabis Control Act,
8Section 410 of the Illinois Controlled Substances Act, or
9Section 70 of the Methamphetamine Control and Community
10Protection Act shall not be considered convicted. Any person
11found guilty of this offense, while in actual physical control
12of a motor vehicle, shall have an entry made in the court
13record by the judge that this offense did occur while the
14person was in actual physical control of a motor vehicle and
15order the clerk of the court to report the violation to the
16Secretary of State as such.
17    (d) No graduated driver's license shall be issued for 9
18months to any applicant under the age of 18 years who has
19committed and subsequently been convicted of an offense
20against traffic regulations governing the movement of
21vehicles, any violation of this Section or Section 12-603.1 of
22this Code, or who has received a disposition of court
23supervision for a violation of Section 6-20 of the Illinois
24Liquor Control Act of 1934 or a similar provision of a local
25ordinance.
26    (e) No graduated driver's license holder under the age of

 

 

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118 years shall operate any motor vehicle, except a motor
2driven cycle or motorcycle, with more than one passenger in
3the front seat of the motor vehicle and no more passengers in
4the back seats than the number of available seat safety belts
5as set forth in Section 12-603 of this Code. If a graduated
6driver's license holder over the age of 18 committed an
7offense against traffic regulations governing the movement of
8vehicles or any violation of this Section or Section 12-603.1
9of this Code in the 6 months prior to the graduated driver's
10license holder's 18th birthday, and was subsequently convicted
11of the violation, the provisions of this paragraph shall
12continue to apply until such time as a period of 6 consecutive
13months has elapsed without an additional violation and
14subsequent conviction of an offense against traffic
15regulations governing the movement of vehicles or any
16violation of this Section or Section 12-603.1 of this Code.
17    (f) (Blank).
18    (g) If a graduated driver's license holder is under the
19age of 18 when he or she receives the license, for the first 12
20months he or she holds the license or until he or she reaches
21the age of 18, whichever occurs sooner, the graduated license
22holder may not operate a motor vehicle with more than one
23passenger in the vehicle who is under the age of 20, unless any
24additional passenger or passengers are siblings,
25step-siblings, children, or stepchildren of the driver. If a
26graduated driver's license holder committed an offense against

 

 

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1traffic regulations governing the movement of vehicles or any
2violation of this Section or Section 12-603.1 of this Code
3during the first 12 months the license is held and
4subsequently is convicted of the violation, the provisions of
5this paragraph shall remain in effect until such time as a
6period of 6 consecutive months has elapsed without an
7additional violation and subsequent conviction of an offense
8against traffic regulations governing the movement of vehicles
9or any violation of this Section or Section 12-603.1 of this
10Code.
11    (h) It shall be an offense for a person that is age 15, but
12under age 20, to be a passenger in a vehicle operated by a
13driver holding a graduated driver's license during the first
1412 months the driver holds the license or until the driver
15reaches the age of 18, whichever occurs sooner, if another
16passenger under the age of 20 is present, excluding a sibling,
17step-sibling, child, or step-child of the driver.
18    (i) No graduated driver's license shall be issued to any
19applicant under the age of 18 years if the applicant has been
20issued a traffic citation for which a disposition has not been
21rendered at the time of application.
22(Source: P.A. 97-229, eff. 7-28-11; 97-835, eff. 7-20-12;
2398-168, eff. 1-1-14; 98-718, eff. 1-1-15.)