Rep. Michael W. Tryon

Filed: 3/19/2009

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3787

2     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 3787 by replacing
3 everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4     "Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by
5 changing Section 6-106.1 as follows:
 
6     (625 ILCS 5/6-106.1)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 6-106.1)
7     Sec. 6-106.1. School bus driver permit.
8     (a) The Secretary of State shall issue a school bus driver
9 permit to those applicants who have met all the requirements of
10 the application and screening process under this Section to
11 insure the welfare and safety of children who are transported
12 on school buses throughout the State of Illinois. Applicants
13 shall obtain the proper application required by the Secretary
14 of State from their prospective or current employer and submit
15 the completed application to the prospective or current
16 employer along with the necessary fingerprint submission as

 

 

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1 required by the Department of State Police to conduct
2 fingerprint based criminal background checks on current and
3 future information available in the state system and current
4 information available through the Federal Bureau of
5 Investigation's system. Applicants who have completed the
6 fingerprinting requirements shall not be subjected to the
7 fingerprinting process when applying for subsequent permits or
8 submitting proof of successful completion of the annual
9 refresher course. Individuals who on the effective date of this
10 Act possess a valid school bus driver permit that has been
11 previously issued by the appropriate Regional School
12 Superintendent are not subject to the fingerprinting
13 provisions of this Section as long as the permit remains valid
14 and does not lapse. The applicant shall be required to pay all
15 related application and fingerprinting fees as established by
16 rule including, but not limited to, the amounts established by
17 the Department of State Police and the Federal Bureau of
18 Investigation to process fingerprint based criminal background
19 investigations. All fees paid for fingerprint processing
20 services under this Section shall be deposited into the State
21 Police Services Fund for the cost incurred in processing the
22 fingerprint based criminal background investigations. All
23 other fees paid under this Section shall be deposited into the
24 Road Fund for the purpose of defraying the costs of the
25 Secretary of State in administering this Section. All
26 applicants must:

 

 

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1         1. be 21 years of age or older;
2         2. possess a valid and properly classified driver's
3     license issued by the Secretary of State;
4         3. possess a valid driver's license, which has not been
5     revoked, suspended, or canceled for 3 years immediately
6     prior to the date of application, or have not had his or
7     her commercial motor vehicle driving privileges
8     disqualified within the 3 years immediately prior to the
9     date of application;
10         4. successfully pass a written test, administered by
11     the Secretary of State, on school bus operation, school bus
12     safety, and special traffic laws relating to school buses
13     and submit to a review of the applicant's driving habits by
14     the Secretary of State at the time the written test is
15     given;
16         5. demonstrate ability to exercise reasonable care in
17     the operation of school buses in accordance with rules
18     promulgated by the Secretary of State;
19         6. demonstrate physical fitness to operate school
20     buses by submitting the results of a medical examination,
21     including tests for drug use for each applicant not subject
22     to such testing pursuant to federal law, conducted by a
23     licensed physician, an advanced practice nurse who has a
24     written collaborative agreement with a collaborating
25     physician which authorizes him or her to perform medical
26     examinations, or a physician assistant who has been

 

 

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1     delegated the performance of medical examinations by his or
2     her supervising physician within 90 days of the date of
3     application according to standards promulgated by the
4     Secretary of State;
5         7. affirm under penalties of perjury that he or she has
6     not made a false statement or knowingly concealed a
7     material fact in any application for permit;
8         8. have completed an initial classroom course,
9     including first aid procedures, in school bus driver safety
10     as promulgated by the Secretary of State; and after
11     satisfactory completion of said initial course an annual
12     refresher course; such courses and the agency or
13     organization conducting such courses shall be approved by
14     the Secretary of State; failure to complete the annual
15     refresher course, shall result in cancellation of the
16     permit until such course is completed;
17         9. not have been convicted of 2 or more serious traffic
18     offenses, as defined by rule, within one year prior to the
19     date of application that may endanger the life or safety of
20     any of the driver's passengers within the duration of the
21     permit period;
22         10. not have been convicted of reckless driving,
23     driving while intoxicated, or reckless homicide resulting
24     from the operation of a motor vehicle within 3 years of the
25     date of application;
26         11. not have been convicted of committing or attempting

 

 

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1     to commit any one or more of the following offenses: (i)
2     those offenses defined in Sections 9-1, 9-1.2, 9-2, 9-2.1,
3     9-3, 9-3.2, 9-3.3, 10-1, 10-2, 10-3.1, 10-4, 10-5, 10-6,
4     10-7, 11-6, 11-9, 11-9.1, 11-14, 11-15, 11-15.1, 11-16,
5     11-17, 11-18, 11-19, 11-19.1, 11-19.2, 11-20, 11-20.1,
6     11-21, 11-22, 12-3.1, 12-4.1, 12-4.2, 12-4.3, 12-4.4,
7     12-4.5, 12-6, 12-6.2, 12-7.1, 12-7.3, 12-7.4, 12-11,
8     12-13, 12-14, 12-14.1, 12-15, 12-16, 12-16.2, 12-21.5,
9     12-21.6, 12-33, 18-1, 18-2, 18-3, 18-4, 18-5, 20-1, 20-1.1,
10     20-2, 24-1, 24-1.1, 24-1.2, 24-3.3, 31A-1, 31A-1.1, and
11     33A-2, and in subsection (a) and subsection (b), clause
12     (1), of Section 12-4 of the Criminal Code of 1961; (ii)
13     those offenses defined in the Cannabis Control Act except
14     those offenses defined in subsections (a) and (b) of
15     Section 4, and subsection (a) of Section 5 of the Cannabis
16     Control Act; (iii) those offenses defined in the Illinois
17     Controlled Substances Act; (iv) those offenses defined in
18     the Methamphetamine Control and Community Protection Act;
19     (v) any offense committed or attempted in any other state
20     or against the laws of the United States, which if
21     committed or attempted in this State would be punishable as
22     one or more of the foregoing offenses; (vi) the offenses
23     defined in Section 4.1 and 5.1 of the Wrongs to Children
24     Act and (vii) those offenses defined in Section 6-16 of the
25     Liquor Control Act of 1934;
26         12. not have been repeatedly involved as a driver in

 

 

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1     motor vehicle collisions or been repeatedly convicted of
2     offenses against laws and ordinances regulating the
3     movement of traffic, to a degree which indicates lack of
4     ability to exercise ordinary and reasonable care in the
5     safe operation of a motor vehicle or disrespect for the
6     traffic laws and the safety of other persons upon the
7     highway;
8         13. not have, through the unlawful operation of a motor
9     vehicle, caused an accident resulting in the death of any
10     person; and
11         14. not have, within the last 5 years, been adjudged to
12     be afflicted with or suffering from any mental disability
13     or disease.
14     (b) A school bus driver permit shall be valid for a period
15 specified by the Secretary of State as set forth by rule. It
16 shall be renewable upon compliance with subsection (a) of this
17 Section.
18     (c) A school bus driver permit shall contain the holder's
19 driver's license number, legal name, residence address, zip
20 code, social security number and date of birth, a brief
21 description of the holder and a space for signature. The
22 Secretary of State may require a suitable photograph of the
23 holder.
24     (d) The employer shall be responsible for conducting a
25 pre-employment interview with prospective school bus driver
26 candidates, distributing school bus driver applications and

 

 

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1 medical forms to be completed by the applicant, and submitting
2 the applicant's fingerprint cards to the Department of State
3 Police that are required for the criminal background
4 investigations. The employer shall certify in writing to the
5 Secretary of State that all pre-employment conditions have been
6 successfully completed including the successful completion of
7 an Illinois specific criminal background investigation through
8 the Department of State Police and the submission of necessary
9 fingerprints to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for
10 criminal history information available through the Federal
11 Bureau of Investigation system. The applicant shall present the
12 certification to the Secretary of State at the time of
13 submitting the school bus driver permit application.
14     (e) Permits shall initially be provisional upon receiving
15 certification from the employer that all pre-employment
16 conditions have been successfully completed, and upon
17 successful completion of all training and examination
18 requirements for the classification of the vehicle to be
19 operated, the Secretary of State shall provisionally issue a
20 School Bus Driver Permit. The permit shall remain in a
21 provisional status pending the completion of the Federal Bureau
22 of Investigation's criminal background investigation based
23 upon fingerprinting specimens submitted to the Federal Bureau
24 of Investigation by the Department of State Police. The Federal
25 Bureau of Investigation shall report the findings directly to
26 the Secretary of State. The Secretary of State shall remove the

 

 

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1 bus driver permit from provisional status upon the applicant's
2 successful completion of the Federal Bureau of Investigation's
3 criminal background investigation.
4     (f) A school bus driver permit holder shall notify the
5 employer and the Secretary of State if he or she is convicted
6 in another state of an offense that would make him or her
7 ineligible for a permit under subsection (a) of this Section.
8 The written notification shall be made within 5 days of the
9 entry of the conviction. Failure of the permit holder to
10 provide the notification is punishable as a petty offense for a
11 first violation and a Class B misdemeanor for a second or
12 subsequent violation.
13     (g) Cancellation; suspension; notice and procedure.
14         (1) The Secretary of State shall cancel a school bus
15     driver permit of an applicant whose criminal background
16     investigation discloses that he or she is not in compliance
17     with the provisions of subsection (a) of this Section.
18         (2) The Secretary of State shall cancel a school bus
19     driver permit when he or she receives notice that the
20     permit holder fails to comply with any provision of this
21     Section or any rule promulgated for the administration of
22     this Section.
23         (3) The Secretary of State shall cancel a school bus
24     driver permit if the permit holder's restricted commercial
25     or commercial driving privileges are withdrawn or
26     otherwise invalidated.

 

 

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1         (4) The Secretary of State may not issue a school bus
2     driver permit for a period of 3 years to an applicant who
3     fails to obtain a negative result on a drug test as
4     required in item 6 of subsection (a) of this Section or
5     under federal law.
6         (5) The Secretary of State shall forthwith suspend a
7     school bus driver permit for a period of 3 years upon
8     receiving notice that the holder has failed to obtain a
9     negative result on a drug test as required in item 6 of
10     subsection (a) of this Section or under federal law.
11     The Secretary of State shall notify the State
12 Superintendent of Education and the permit holder's
13 prospective or current employer that the applicant has (1) has
14 failed a criminal background investigation or (2) is no longer
15 eligible for a school bus driver permit; and of the related
16 cancellation of the applicant's provisional school bus driver
17 permit. The cancellation shall remain in effect pending the
18 outcome of a hearing pursuant to Section 2-118 of this Code.
19 The scope of the hearing shall be limited to the issuance
20 criteria contained in subsection (a) of this Section. A
21 petition requesting a hearing shall be submitted to the
22 Secretary of State and shall contain the reason the individual
23 feels he or she is entitled to a school bus driver permit. The
24 permit holder's employer shall notify in writing to the
25 Secretary of State that the employer has certified the removal
26 of the offending school bus driver from service prior to the

 

 

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1 start of that school bus driver's next workshift. An employing
2 school board that fails to remove the offending school bus
3 driver from service is subject to the penalties defined in
4 Section 3-14.23 of the School Code. A school bus contractor who
5 violates a provision of this Section is subject to the
6 penalties defined in Section 6-106.11.
7     All valid school bus driver permits issued under this
8 Section prior to January 1, 1995, shall remain effective until
9 their expiration date unless otherwise invalidated.
10     (h) When a school bus driver permit holder who is a service
11 member is called to active duty, the employer of the permit
12 holder shall notify the Secretary of State, within 30 days of
13 notification from the permit holder, that the permit holder has
14 been called to active duty. Upon notification pursuant to this
15 subsection, (i) the Secretary of State shall characterize the
16 permit as inactive until a permit holder renews the permit as
17 provided in subsection (i) of this Section, and (ii) if a
18 permit holder fails to comply with the requirements of this
19 Section while called to active duty, the Secretary of State
20 shall not characterize the permit as invalid.
21     (i) A school bus driver permit holder who is a service
22 member returning from active duty must, within 90 days, renew a
23 permit characterized as inactive pursuant to subsection (h) of
24 this Section by complying with the renewal requirements of
25 subsection (b) of this Section.
26     (g) For purposes of subsections (h) and (i) of this

 

 

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1 Section:
2     "Active duty" means active duty pursuant to an executive
3 order of the President of the United States, an act of the
4 Congress of the United States, or an order of the Governor.
5     "Service member" means a member of the armed services or
6 reserve forces of the United States or a member of the Illinois
7 National Guard.
8 (Source: P.A. 93-895, eff. 1-1-05; 94-556, eff. 9-11-05.)
 
9     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
10 becoming law.".