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 1        AN ACT in relation to vehicles.

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

 4        Section  5.   The  Illinois  Vehicle  Code  is amended by
 5    changing Section 6-104 as follows:

 6        (625 ILCS 5/6-104) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 6-104)
 7        Sec.   6-104.  Classification   of   Driver   -   Special
 8    Restrictions.
 9        (a)  A driver's license issued  under  the  authority  of
10    this  Act  shall  indicate  the  classification for which the
11    applicant therefor has qualified by examination  or  by  such
12    other  means  that  the  Secretary  of State shall prescribe.
13    Driver's license classifications shall be prescribed by  rule
14    or  regulation promulgated by the Secretary of State and such
15    may specify classifications as to operation of motor vehicles
16    of the first division, or of those of  the  second  division,
17    whether operated singly or in lawful combination, and whether
18    for-hire   or   not-for-hire,  and  may  specify  such  other
19    classifications as the Secretary deems necessary.
20        No person shall  operate  a  motor  vehicle  unless  such
21    person  has  a  valid license with a proper classification to
22    permit the operation of such vehicle, except that any  person
23    may operate a motorized pedalcycle if such person has a valid
24    current    Illinois    driver's    license,   regardless   of
25    classification.
26        (b)  No person who is under the age of 21  years  or  has
27    had  less than 1 year of driving experience shall drive:  (1)
28    in connection with the operation of  any  school,  day  camp,
29    summer  camp,  or nursery school, any public or private motor
30    vehicle for transporting children to or from any school,  day
31    camp,  summer  camp,  or  nursery  school,  or (2) any  motor
 
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 1    vehicle  of  the  second  division  when  in  use   for   the
 2    transportation of persons for compensation.
 3        (c)  No  person who is under the age of 18 years shall be
 4    issued a license for the purpose of transporting property for
 5    hire,  or  for  the  purpose  of  transporting  persons   for
 6    compensation in a motor vehicle of the first division.
 7        (d)  No  person  shall  drive:   (1)  a  school  bus when
 8    transporting school children unless such person  possesses  a
 9    valid   school  bus  driver  permit  or  is  accompanied  and
10    supervised, for the specific purpose  of  training  prior  to
11    routine operation of a school bus, by a person who has held a
12    valid  school bus driver permit for at least one year; or (2)
13    any other vehicle owned or operated by or  for  a  public  or
14    private   school,   or  a  school  operated  by  a  religious
15    institution,  where  such  vehicle  is  being  used  over   a
16    regularly  scheduled  route for the transportation of persons
17    enrolled as a student in grade 12  or  below,  in  connection
18    with   any  activity  of  the  entities  unless  such  person
19    possesses a valid school bus driver permit.
20        (d-1)  A person  may  not  drive  a  bus  that  has  been
21    chartered  for  the  sole  purpose  of  transporting students
22    regularly  enrolled  in  grade  12  or  below  to   or   from
23    interscholastic   athletic   or   interscholastic  or  school
24    sponsored activities unless the person or his or her employer
25    is on a list of carriers approved by the Secretary  of  State
26    for  this  purpose.  The  Secretary  shall  adopt  rules  for
27    implementing  this  subsection  (d-1), and shall provide that
28    the list includes only drivers, and carriers that employ only
29    drivers,  who  have  undergone  training  identical  to  that
30    undergone by school bus drivers, other than driving a  school
31    bus.
32        This  subsection  (d-1)  does not apply to any bus driver
33    employed by a public transportation  provider  authorized  to
34    conduct local or interurban transportation of passengers when
 
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 1    the  bus  is not traveling a specific school bus route but is
 2    on a regularly scheduled route for the transporting of  other
 3    fare paying passengers.
 4        (d-5)  (Blank).  No  person may drive a bus that has been
 5    chartered for  the  sole  purpose  of  transporting  students
 6    regularly   enrolled   in  grade  12  or  below  to  or  from
 7    interscholastic  athletic  or   interscholastic   or   school
 8    sponsored activities unless the person has a valid school bus
 9    driver permit in addition to any other permit or license that
10    is  required to operate that bus.  This subsection (d-5) does
11    not  apply  to  any  bus  driver   employed   by   a   public
12    transportation   provider  authorized  to  conduct  local  or
13    interurban transportation of passengers when the bus  is  not
14    traveling  a  specific school bus route but is on a regularly
15    scheduled route for the transporting  of  other  fare  paying
16    passengers.
17        (e)  No  person  shall drive a religious organization bus
18    unless such  person  has  a  valid  and  properly  classified
19    drivers license or a valid school bus driver permit.
20        (f)  No  person  shall  drive  a  motor  vehicle  for the
21    purpose  of  providing  transportation  for  the  elderly  in
22    connection with the  activities  of  any  public  or  private
23    organization  unless  such  person  has  a valid and properly
24    classified driver's license issued by the Secretary of State.
25        (g)  No person shall drive a bus which meets the  special
26    requirements  for  school  buses  provided in Section 12-801,
27    12-802, 12-803 and 12-805 of this Code  for  the  purpose  of
28    transporting  persons  18  years of age or less in connection
29    with any youth camp licensed under the Youth Camp Act or  any
30    child care facility licensed under the Child Care Act of 1969
31    unless such person possesses a valid school bus driver permit
32    or is accompanied and supervised, for the specific purpose of
33    training  prior  to  routine  operation of a school bus, by a
34    person who has held a valid school bus driver permit  for  at
 
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 1    least  one  year;  however,  a  person  who  has  a valid and
 2    properly classified driver's license issued by the  Secretary
 3    of  State  may  operate  a  school  bus  for  the  purpose of
 4    transporting persons 18 years of age or  less  in  connection
 5    with  any  such  youth  camp  or  child  care facility if the
 6    "SCHOOL BUS" signs are covered  or  concealed  and  the  stop
 7    signal  arm  and  flashing  signal  systems  are not operable
 8    through normal controls.
 9    (Source: P.A. 92-849, eff. 1-1-03.)