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 1                    AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2840

 2        AMENDMENT NO.     .  Amend House Bill 2840 on page 1,  by
 3    replacing lines 4 and 5 with the following:

 4        "Section 5.  The School Code is amended by adding Section
 5    10-20.21a as follows:

 6        (105 ILCS 5/10-20.21a new)
 7        Sec.  10-20.21a.  Contracts  for charter bus services. To
 8    award contracts for providing charter bus  services  for  the
 9    sole  purpose  of transporting students regularly enrolled in
10    grade 12 or below to  or  from  interscholastic  athletic  or
11    interscholastic or school sponsored activities.
12        All  contracts for providing charter bus services for the
13    sole purpose of transporting students regularly  enrolled  in
14    grade  12  or  below  to  or from interscholastic athletic or
15    interscholastic or school sponsored activities  must  contain
16    clause (A) as set forth below, except that a contract with an
17    out-of-state  company  may  contain  clause (B), as set forth
18    below, or clause (A). The clause must be  set  forth  in  the
19    body  of  the  contract in typeface of at least 12 points and
20    all upper case letters:
21        (A)  "ALL  OF  THE  CHARTER  BUS  DRIVERS  WHO  WILL   BE
22    PROVIDING  SERVICES  UNDER  THIS  CONTRACT HAVE, OR WILL HAVE
 
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 1    BEFORE ANY SERVICES ARE PROVIDED:
 2             (1)  SUBMITTED THEIR FINGERPRINTS TO A STATE  POLICE
 3        AGENCY  AND  THE  FEDERAL  BUREAU  OF INVESTIGATION FOR A
 4        CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECK, RESULTING IN  A  DETERMINATION
 5        THAT  THEY  HAVE  NOT BEEN CONVICTED OF COMMITTING ANY OF
 6        THE OFFENSES SET FORTH IN SUBDIVISION (C-1)(4) OF SECTION
 7        6-508 OF THE ILLINOIS VEHICLE CODE; AND
 8             (2)  DEMONSTRATED PHYSICAL FITNESS TO OPERATE SCHOOL
 9        BUSES BY SUBMITTING THE RESULTS OF A MEDICAL EXAMINATION,
10        INCLUDING TESTS FOR  DRUG  USE,  TO  A  STATE  REGULATORY
11        AGENCY."
12        (B)  "NOT  ALL  OF  THE  CHARTER  BUS DRIVERS WHO WILL BE
13    PROVIDING SERVICES UNDER THIS CONTRACT  HAVE,  OR  WILL  HAVE
14    BEFORE ANY SERVICES ARE PROVIDED:
15             (1)  SUBMITTED  THEIR FINGERPRINTS TO A STATE POLICE
16        AGENCY AND THE FEDERAL  BUREAU  OF  INVESTIGATION  FOR  A
17        CRIMINAL  BACKGROUND  CHECK, RESULTING IN A DETERMINATION
18        THAT THEY HAVE NOT BEEN CONVICTED OF  COMMITTING  ANY  OF
19        THE OFFENSES SET FORTH IN SUBDIVISION (C-1)(4) OF SECTION
20        6-508 THE ILLINOIS VEHICLE CODE; AND
21             (2)  DEMONSTRATED PHYSICAL FITNESS TO OPERATE SCHOOL
22        BUSES BY SUBMITTING THE RESULTS OF A MEDICAL EXAMINATION,
23        INCLUDING  TESTS  FOR  DRUG  USE,  TO  A STATE REGULATORY
24        AGENCY."

25        Section 10.  The Illinois  Vehicle  Code  is  amended  by
26    changing Sections 6-104 and 6-508 as follows:"; and

27    on page 3, below line 2, by inserting the following:
28        "A  person  may operate a chartered bus described in this
29    subsection (d-5) if  he  or  she  is  not  disqualified  from
30    driving a chartered bus of that type and if he or she holds a
31    CDL that is:
32             (1)  issued  to  him  or  her  by any other state or
33        jurisdiction in accordance with 49 CFR 383;
 
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 1             (2)  not suspended, revoked, or canceled; and
 2             (3)  valid under 49 CFR 383, subpart F, for the type
 3        of vehicle being driven.
 4        A person may also operate a chartered  bus  described  in
 5    this  subsection  (d-5) if he or she holds a valid school bus
 6    driver permit that was  issued  on  or  before  December  31,
 7    2003.".