Full Text of SB3310 101st General Assembly
SB3310 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2019 and 2020 SB3310 Introduced 2/11/2020, by Sen. Pat McGuire SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| 625 ILCS 5/1-103 | from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 1-103 | 625 ILCS 5/6-419 | from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 6-419 |
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Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that "approved driver education course" includes online instruction. Provides that the Secretary of State may permit a course provider of a driver training school to offer the course online if the course provider is able to verify: (i) the identity of the person taking the course; (ii) and that the person completes the entire course. Provides that a fee charged by the course provider shall bear a reasonable relationship to the cost of the course. Providers that the Secretary shall post, on the Secretary of State's website, a list of approved course providers, the fees charged by the course providers, and contact information for each provider. Provides that the course provider shall collect an additional $5 to be paid to the Secretary for administering the program and such collected fees shall be deposited into the Driver Services Administration Fund.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning transportation.
| 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 changing | 5 | | Sections 1-103 and 6-419 as follows:
| 6 | | (625 ILCS 5/1-103) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 1-103)
| 7 | | Sec. 1-103. Approved driver education course. (a) Any | 8 | | course of driver education approved by the State Board of | 9 | | Education,
offered by public or private schools maintaining
| 10 | | grades 9 through 12, and meeting at least the minimum | 11 | | requirements of
the "Driver Education Act", as now or hereafter | 12 | | amended, (b) any
course of driver education , including online | 13 | | instruction, offered by a school licensed to give driver
| 14 | | education instructions under this Act which meets at least the | 15 | | minimum
educational requirements of the "Driver Education | 16 | | Act", as now or
hereafter amended, and is approved by the State | 17 | | Board of Education,
(c) any course of driver education
given in | 18 | | another State
to an Illinois resident attending school in such | 19 | | State and approved by
the State administrator of the Driver | 20 | | Education Program of such other
State, or (d) any course of | 21 | | driver education given at a Department of Defense Education | 22 | | Activity school that is approved by the Department of Defense | 23 | | Education Activity and taught by an adult driver education |
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| 1 | | instructor or traffic safety officer.
| 2 | | (Source: P.A. 96-740, eff. 1-1-10.)
| 3 | | (625 ILCS 5/6-419) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 6-419)
| 4 | | Sec. 6-419. Rules and regulations. | 5 | | (a) The Secretary is authorized to prescribe by rule | 6 | | standards for the
eligibility, conduct and operation of driver | 7 | | training schools, and
instructors and to adopt other reasonable | 8 | | rules and regulations necessary
to carry out the provisions of | 9 | | this Act. The Secretary may adopt rules exempting particular | 10 | | types of driver training schools from specific statutory | 11 | | provisions in Sections 6-401 through 6-424, where application | 12 | | of those provisions would be inconsistent with the manner of | 13 | | instruction offered by those schools. The Secretary, in | 14 | | consultation with the State Board of Education, shall adopt | 15 | | course content standards for driver education for those persons | 16 | | under the age of 18 years, which shall include the operation | 17 | | and equipment of motor vehicles. After June 30, 2017, the | 18 | | course content standards for driver education provided by a | 19 | | driver training school to those persons under the age of 18 | 20 | | years shall include instruction concerning law enforcement | 21 | | procedures for traffic stops, including a demonstration of the | 22 | | proper actions to be taken during a traffic stop and | 23 | | appropriate interactions with law enforcement.
| 24 | | (b) The Secretary may permit a course provider to offer the | 25 | | course online if the Secretary is satisfied the course provider |
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| 1 | | has established adequate procedures for verifying: | 2 | | (1) the identity of the person taking the course | 3 | | online; and | 4 | | (2) the person completes the entire course. | 5 | | The Secretary shall establish a method of electronic | 6 | | verification of a student's successful completion of the | 7 | | course. | 8 | | The fee charged by the course provider shall bear a | 9 | | reasonable relationship to the cost of the course. The | 10 | | Secretary shall post on the Secretary of State's website a list | 11 | | of approved course providers, the fees charged by the | 12 | | providers, and contact information for each provider. | 13 | | In addition to any other fee charged by the course | 14 | | provider, the course provider shall collect a fee of $5 from | 15 | | each student to offset the costs incurred by the Secretary in | 16 | | administering this program. The $5 shall be submitted to the | 17 | | Secretary within 14 days of the day on which it was collected. | 18 | | All fees received by the Secretary shall be deposited into the | 19 | | Driver Services Administration Fund. | 20 | | (Source: P.A. 99-720, eff. 1-1-17 .)
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