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 1        AN ACT concerning motor 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  Sections  1-197.5,  6-205, 6-500, 6-506, 6-514, and
 6    11-1201 as follows:

 7        (625 ILCS 5/1-197.5) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 1-203.1)
 8        Sec. 1-197.5.  Statutory summary alcohol  or  other  drug
 9    related suspension of driver's privileges.  The withdrawal by
10    the  circuit  court  of  a  person's  license or privilege to
11    operate a motor  vehicle  on  the  public  highways  for  the
12    periods provided in Section 6-208.1.  Reinstatement after the
13    suspension period shall occur after all appropriate fees have
14    been  paid,  unless the court notifies the Secretary of State
15    that the person should be disqualified. The  bases  for  this
16    withdrawal  of  driving  privileges shall be the individual's
17    refusal to submit to or failure to complete a  chemical  test
18    or tests following an arrest for the offense of driving under
19    the  influence  of  alcohol,  or other drugs, or intoxicating
20    compounds, or any combination thereof, or both, or submission
21    to such a test or tests indicating an  alcohol  concentration
22    of 0.08 or more as provided in Section 11-501.1 of this Code.
23    (Source:  P.A.  90-89,  eff. 1-1-98; incorporates 90-43, eff.
24    7-2-97; 90-655, eff. 7-30-98.)

25        (625 ILCS 5/6-205) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 6-205)
26        Sec. 6-205.  Mandatory revocation of license  or  permit;
27    Hardship cases.
28        (a)  Except as provided in this Section, the Secretary of
29    State  shall  immediately  revoke  the license, or permit, or
30    driving privileges of any driver upon receiving a  report  of
 
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 1    the driver's conviction of any of the following offenses:
 2             1.  Reckless  homicide  resulting from the operation
 3        of a motor vehicle;
 4             2.  Violation of Section 11-501 of this  Code  or  a
 5        similar  provision  of  a local ordinance relating to the
 6        offense of operating or being in physical  control  of  a
 7        vehicle  while under the influence of alcohol, other drug
 8        or drugs, intoxicating  compound  or  compounds,  or  any
 9        combination thereof;
10             3.  Any  felony  under  the laws of any State or the
11        federal government in the commission  of  which  a  motor
12        vehicle was used;
13             4.  Violation   of   Section  11-401  of  this  Code
14        relating to the offense of leaving the scene of a traffic
15        accident involving death or personal injury;
16             5.  Perjury or the making of a  false  affidavit  or
17        statement under oath to the Secretary of State under this
18        Code  or under any other law relating to the ownership or
19        operation of motor vehicles;
20             6.  Conviction  upon  3  charges  of  violation   of
21        Section  11-503  of  this Code relating to the offense of
22        reckless driving committed within a period of 12 months;
23             7.  Conviction of  any  the  offense  of  automobile
24        theft as defined in Section 4-102 of this Code;
25             8.  Violation   of   Section  11-504  of  this  Code
26        relating to the offense of drag racing;
27             9.  Violation of Chapters 8 and 9 of this Code;
28             10.  Violation of Section 12-5 of the Criminal  Code
29        of 1961 arising from the use of a motor vehicle;
30             11.  Violation  of  Section  11-204.1  of  this Code
31        relating to aggravated fleeing or attempting to  elude  a
32        police officer;
33             12.  Violation of paragraph (1) of subsection (b) of
34        Section  6-507,  or  a  similar  law  of any other state,
 
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 1        relating to the unlawful operation of a commercial  motor
 2        vehicle;
 3             13.  Violation of paragraph (a) of Section 11-502 of
 4        this  Code or a similar provision of a local ordinance if
 5        the driver has been previously convicted of  a  violation
 6        of  that  Section  or  a  similar  provision  of  a local
 7        ordinance and the driver was less than 21 years of age at
 8        the time of the offense.
 9        (b)  The Secretary of State shall also immediately revoke
10    the  license  or  permit  of  any  driver  in  the  following
11    situations:
12             1.  Of any minor upon receiving the notice  provided
13        for  in  Section  5-901 of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987
14        that the minor has been adjudicated  under  that  Act  as
15        having  committed  an  offense relating to motor vehicles
16        prescribed in Section 4-103 of this Code;
17             2.  Of any person when any other law of  this  State
18        requires either the revocation or suspension of a license
19        or permit.
20        (c)  Whenever  a  person  is  convicted  of  any  of  the
21    offenses  enumerated in this Section, the court may recommend
22    and the Secretary of State in his discretion, without  regard
23    to  whether the recommendation is made by the court may, upon
24    application, issue to the person a restricted driving  permit
25    granting the privilege of driving a motor vehicle between the
26    petitioner's  residence  and petitioner's place of employment
27    or within the scope of the  petitioner's  employment  related
28    duties,  or  to  allow transportation for the petitioner or a
29    household member of the petitioner's family for  the  receipt
30    of  necessary medical care or, if the professional evaluation
31    indicates, provide  transportation  for  the  petitioner  for
32    alcohol  remedial  or  rehabilitative  activity,  or  for the
33    petitioner to attend classes, as a student, in an  accredited
34    educational   institution;  if  the  petitioner  is  able  to
 
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 1    demonstrate that no alternative means  of  transportation  is
 2    reasonably available and the petitioner will not endanger the
 3    public  safety  or  welfare;  provided  that  the Secretary's
 4    discretion shall be limited to  cases  where  undue  hardship
 5    would  result  from a failure to issue the restricted driving
 6    permit.
 7        If a person's license  or  permit  has  been  revoked  or
 8    suspended  due  to 2 or more convictions of violating Section
 9    11-501 of this  Code  or  a  similar  provision  of  a  local
10    ordinance  or  a similar out-of-state offense, arising out of
11    separate occurrences, that person,  if  issued  a  restricted
12    driving  permit, may not operate a vehicle unless it has been
13    equipped with an ignition  interlock  device  as  defined  in
14    Section 1-129.1.
15        If  a  person's  license  or  permit  has been revoked or
16    suspended 2 or more times within a 10 year period  due  to  a
17    single conviction of violating Section 11-501 of this Code or
18    a  similar  provision  of  a  local  ordinance  or  a similar
19    out-of-state offense,  and  a  statutory  summary  suspension
20    under  Section  11-501.1,  or  2  or  more  statutory summary
21    suspensions, or combination of 2 offenses, or of  an  offense
22    and  a  statutory summary suspension, arising out of separate
23    occurrences, that person,  if  issued  a  restricted  driving
24    permit, may not operate a vehicle unless it has been equipped
25    with  an  ignition  interlock  device  as  defined in Section
26    1-129.1.  The person must pay to the Secretary of  State  DUI
27    Administration  Fund  an  amount not to exceed $20 per month.
28    The Secretary shall establish by  rule  the  amount  and  the
29    procedures,  terms, and conditions relating to these fees. If
30    the restricted  driving  permit  was  issued  for  employment
31    purposes, then this provision does not apply to the operation
32    of  an  occupational vehicle owned or leased by that person's
33    employer.  In each case the Secretary of State  may  issue  a
34    restricted  driving permit for a period he deems appropriate,
 
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 1    except that the permit shall expire within one year from  the
 2    date  of  issuance.  The  Secretary may not, however, issue a
 3    restricted  driving  permit  to  any  person  whose   current
 4    revocation is the result of a second or subsequent conviction
 5    for  a  violation of Section 11-501 of this Code or a similar
 6    provision of a local ordinance relating  to  the  offense  of
 7    operating  or  being  in  physical control of a motor vehicle
 8    while under the influence of alcohol, other  drug  or  drugs,
 9    intoxicating   compound   or   compounds,   or   any  similar
10    out-of-state offense, or any combination thereof,  until  the
11    expiration  of  at  least  one  year  from  the  date  of the
12    revocation.  A restricted driving permit  issued  under  this
13    Section  shall  be  subject  to cancellation, revocation, and
14    suspension by the Secretary of State in like manner  and  for
15    like  cause  as a driver's license issued under this Code may
16    be cancelled, revoked, or suspended; except that a conviction
17    upon  one  or  more  offenses  against  laws  or   ordinances
18    regulating the movement of traffic shall be deemed sufficient
19    cause  for  the  revocation, suspension, or cancellation of a
20    restricted driving permit. The Secretary of State may,  as  a
21    condition  to  the  issuance  of a restricted driving permit,
22    require the applicant to participate in a  designated  driver
23    remedial or rehabilitative program. The Secretary of State is
24    authorized  to  cancel  a  restricted  driving  permit if the
25    permit holder does not  successfully  complete  the  program.
26    However,  if  an  individual's  driving  privileges have been
27    revoked in accordance with paragraph 13 of subsection (a)  of
28    this  Section,  no  restricted driving permit shall be issued
29    until the individual has served 6 months  of  the  revocation
30    period.
31        (d)  Whenever  a  person under the age of 21 is convicted
32    under Section 11-501 of this Code or a similar provision of a
33    local ordinance, the Secretary  of  State  shall  revoke  the
34    driving  privileges  of that person.  One year after the date
 
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 1    of revocation, and upon application, the Secretary  of  State
 2    may,  if satisfied that the person applying will not endanger
 3    the public safety or  welfare,  issue  a  restricted  driving
 4    permit granting the privilege of driving a motor vehicle only
 5    between  the  hours  of  5  a.m.  and  9 p.m. or as otherwise
 6    provided by this Section for a period of  one  year.    After
 7    this one year period, and upon reapplication for a license as
 8    provided  in  Section  6-106, upon payment of the appropriate
 9    reinstatement fee provided under  paragraph  (b)  of  Section
10    6-118,  the  Secretary of State, in his discretion, may issue
11    the applicant a license, or  extend  the  restricted  driving
12    permit  as  many  times  as  the  Secretary  of  State  deems
13    appropriate, by additional periods of not more than 12 months
14    each, until the applicant attains 21 years of age.
15        If  a  person's  license  or  permit  has been revoked or
16    suspended due to 2 or more convictions of  violating  Section
17    11-501  of  this  Code  or  a  similar  provision  of a local
18    ordinance or a similar out-of-state offense, arising  out  of
19    separate  occurrences,  that  person,  if issued a restricted
20    driving permit, may not operate a vehicle unless it has  been
21    equipped  with  an  ignition  interlock  device as defined in
22    Section 1-129.1.
23        If a person's license  or  permit  has  been  revoked  or
24    suspended  2  or  more times within a 10 year period due to a
25    single conviction of violating Section 11-501 of this Code or
26    a similar  provision  of  a  local  ordinance  or  a  similar
27    out-of-state  offense,  and  a  statutory  summary suspension
28    under Section  11-501.1,  or  2  or  more  statutory  summary
29    suspensions,  or  combination of 2 offenses, or of an offense
30    and a statutory summary suspension, arising out  of  separate
31    occurrences,  that  person,  if  issued  a restricted driving
32    permit, may not operate a vehicle unless it has been equipped
33    with an ignition  interlock  device  as  defined  in  Section
34    1-129.1.  The  person  must pay to the Secretary of State DUI
 
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 1    Administration Fund an amount not to exceed  $20  per  month.
 2    The  Secretary  shall  establish  by  rule the amount and the
 3    procedures, terms, and conditions relating to these fees.  If
 4    the  restricted  driving  permit  was  issued  for employment
 5    purposes, then this provision does not apply to the operation
 6    of an occupational vehicle owned or leased by  that  person's
 7    employer.   A  restricted  driving  permit  issued under this
 8    Section shall be subject  to  cancellation,  revocation,  and
 9    suspension  by  the Secretary of State in like manner and for
10    like cause as a driver's license issued under this  Code  may
11    be cancelled, revoked, or suspended; except that a conviction
12    upon   one  or  more  offenses  against  laws  or  ordinances
13    regulating the movement of traffic shall be deemed sufficient
14    cause for the revocation, suspension, or  cancellation  of  a
15    restricted  driving permit.  The revocation periods contained
16    in this subparagraph  shall  apply  to  similar  out-of-state
17    convictions.
18        (e)  This  Section  is  subject  to the provisions of the
19    Driver License Compact.
20        (f)  Any  revocation  imposed  upon  any   person   under
21    subsections  2  and  3  of paragraph (b) that is in effect on
22    December 31, 1988 shall be converted to a  suspension  for  a
23    like period of time.
24        (g)  The  Secretary of State shall not issue a restricted
25    driving permit to a person under the age of  16  years  whose
26    driving  privileges have been revoked under any provisions of
27    this Code.
28        (h)  The Secretary of State  shall  require  the  use  of
29    ignition  interlock  devices  on  all  vehicles  owned  by an
30    individual who has been convicted of a second  or  subsequent
31    offense  under  Section  11-501  of  this  Code  or a similar
32    provision  of  a  local  ordinance.   The   Secretary   shall
33    establish   by   rule   and  regulation  the  procedures  for
34    certification and use of the interlock system.
 
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 1        (i)  The Secretary of State may not  issue  a  restricted
 2    driving  permit  for  a  period of one year after a second or
 3    subsequent revocation  of  driving  privileges  under  clause
 4    (a)(2) of this Section; however, one year after the date of a
 5    second  or  subsequent revocation of driving privileges under
 6    clause (a)(2) of this Section, the Secretary  of  State  may,
 7    upon application, issue a restricted driving permit under the
 8    terms and conditions of subsection (c).
 9    (Source: P.A.  91-357,  eff.  7-29-99;  92-248,  eff. 8-3-01;
10    92-418, eff. 8-17-01; revised 8-24-01.)

11        (625 ILCS 5/6-500) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 6-500)
12        Sec.  6-500.    Definitions   of   words   and   phrases.
13    Notwithstanding  the  definitions set forth elsewhere in this
14    Code, for purposes of the Uniform Commercial Driver's License
15    Act (UCDLA), the words and phrases listed  below  shall  have
16    the meanings ascribed to them as follows:
17        (1)  Alcohol.   "Alcohol"  means any substance containing
18    any form of alcohol, including but not limited to:  ethanol,;
19    methanol,; propanol, and isopropanol.
20        (2)  Alcohol  concentration.    "Alcohol   concentration"
21    means:
22             (A) (a)  the  number  of  grams  of  alcohol per 210
23        liters of breath; or
24             (B) (b)  the number of  grams  of  alcohol  per  100
25        milliliters of blood; or
26             (C) (c)  the  number  of  grams  of  alcohol  per 67
27        milliliters of urine.
28        Alcohol tests administered within 2 hours of  the  driver
29    being "stopped or detained" shall be considered that driver's
30    "alcohol  concentration"  for  the purposes of enforcing this
31    UCDLA.
32        (3)  (Blank).
33        (4)  (Blank).
 
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 1        (5)  (Blank).
 2        (6)  Commercial Motor Vehicle.
 3             (A)  "Commercial  motor  vehicle"  means   a   motor
 4        vehicle,  except  those  referred  to  in subdivision (B)
 5        paragraph  (d),  designed  to  transport  passengers   or
 6        property if:
 7                  (i) (a)  the  vehicle  has  a  GVWR  of  26,001
 8             pounds or more or such a lesser GVWR as subsequently
 9             determined  by  federal regulations or the Secretary
10             of State; or any combination of vehicles with a GCWR
11             of 26,001 pounds or more, provided the GVWR  of  any
12             vehicle  or vehicles being towed is 10,001 pounds or
13             more; or
14                  (ii) (b)  the vehicle is designed to  transport
15             16 or more persons; or
16                  (iii) (c)  the    vehicle    is    transporting
17             hazardous  materials and is required to be placarded
18             in accordance with 49 C.F.R. Part 172, subpart F.
19             (B) (d)  Pursuant  to  the  interpretation  of   the
20        Commercial  Motor  Vehicle  Safety  Act  of  1986  by the
21        Federal  Highway  Administration,   the   definition   of
22        "commercial motor vehicle" does not include:
23                  (i)  recreational   vehicles,   when   operated
24             primarily for personal use;
25                  (ii)  United   States   Department  of  Defense
26             vehicles being operated by  non-civilian  personnel.
27             This  includes any operator on active military duty;
28             members of the Reserves; National  Guard;  personnel
29             on  part-time  training; and National Guard military
30             technicians (civilians  who  are  required  to  wear
31             military  uniforms  and  are  subject to the Code of
32             Military Justice); or
33                  (iii)  firefighting   and    other    emergency
34             equipment  with audible and visual signals, owned or
 
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 1             operated by or for a governmental entity,  which  is
 2             necessary to the preservation of life or property or
 3             the  execution  of  emergency governmental functions
 4             which are normally not subject  to  general  traffic
 5             rules and regulations.
 6        (7)  Controlled  Substance.  "Controlled substance" shall
 7    have the same meaning  as  defined  in  Section  102  of  the
 8    Illinois  Controlled  Substances  Act, and shall also include
 9    cannabis as defined in Section 3 of the Cannabis Control Act.
10        (8)  Conviction.    "Conviction"   means   an   unvacated
11    adjudication of guilt or a determination that  a  person  has
12    violated  or  failed  to  comply  with  the law in a court of
13    original  jurisdiction  or   an   authorized   administrative
14    tribunal;  an  unvacated  forfeiture  of  bail  or collateral
15    deposited to secure the person's  appearance  in  court;  the
16    payment  of  a  fine  or court cost regardless of whether the
17    imposition of sentence is deferred and ultimately a  judgment
18    dismissing  the  underlying charge is entered; or a violation
19    of a condition of release without bail, regardless of whether
20    or not the penalty is rebated, suspended or probated.
21        (9)  (Blank).
22        (10)  (Blank).
23        (11)  (Blank).
24        (12)  (Blank).
25        (13)  Driver.  "Driver"  means  any  person  who  drives,
26    operates,  or  is  in  physical control of a commercial motor
27    vehicle, or who is required to hold a CDL.
28        (14)  Employee.   "Employee"  means  a  person   who   is
29    employed  as a commercial motor vehicle driver.  A person who
30    is self-employed as a commercial motor  vehicle  driver  must
31    comply  with  the  requirements  of  this UCDLA pertaining to
32    employees.  An owner-operator on a long-term lease  shall  be
33    considered an employee.
34        (15)  Employer.  "Employer" means a person (including the
 
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 1    United  States,  a  State  or  a local authority) who owns or
 2    leases a commercial motor vehicle  or  assigns  employees  to
 3    operate  such  a vehicle.  A person who is self-employed as a
 4    commercial  motor  vehicle  driver  must  comply   with   the
 5    requirements of this UCDLA.
 6        (16)  (Blank).
 7        (17)  Foreign jurisdiction.  "Foreign jurisdiction" means
 8    a  sovereign  jurisdiction  that  does  not  fall  within the
 9    definition of "State".
10        (18)  (Blank).
11        (19)  (Blank).
12        (20)  Hazardous Material.  Upon a finding by  the  United
13    States Secretary of Transportation, in his or her discretion,
14    under  49  App.  U.S.C. 5103(a), that the transportation of a
15    particular quantity and form of material in commerce may pose
16    an unreasonable risk to health and safety or property, he  or
17    she  shall  designate  the  quantity  and form of material or
18    group or class of the materials as a hazardous material.  The
19    materials so designated may include but are  not  limited  to
20    explosives,    radioactive   materials,   etiologic   agents,
21    flammable liquids or solids, combustible liquids  or  solids,
22    poisons,  oxidizing  or  corrosive  materials, and compressed
23    gases.
24        (21)  Long-term lease Long-term-lease.  "Long-term lease"
25    "Long-term-lease" means a lease of a commercial motor vehicle
26    by the owner-lessor to a lessee, for a period of more than 29
27    days.
28        (22)  Motor Vehicle.  "Motor vehicle" means every vehicle
29    which is self-propelled, and every vehicle which is propelled
30    by electric power obtained from over head trolley  wires  but
31    not  operated  upon  rails,  except  vehicles moved solely by
32    human power and motorized wheel chairs.
33        (23)  Non-resident  CDL.   "Non-resident  CDL"  means   a
34    commercial   driver's   license  issued  by  a  state  to  an
 
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 1    individual who is domiciled in a foreign jurisdiction.
 2        (24)  (Blank).
 3        (25)  (Blank).
 4        (25.5)  Railroad-Highway   Grade   Crossing    Violation.
 5    "Railroad-highway   grade   crossing   violation"   means   a
 6    violation, while operating a commercial motor vehicle, of any
 7    of the following:
 8             (A)  Section  11-1201,  11-1202,  or 11-1425 of this
 9        Code. (1)  An offense listed in subsection (j) of Section
10        6-514 of this Code.
11              (2)  Section 11-1201 of this Code.
12              (3)  Section 11-1201.1 of this Code.
13              (4)  Section 11-1202 of this Code.
14              (5)  Section 11-1203 of this Code.
15              (6)  92  Illinois  Administrative  Code 392.10.
16              (7)  92  Illinois  Administrative  Code 392.11.
17             (B) (8)  Any local ordinance that is  other  similar
18        law   or   local  ordinance  of  any  state  relating  to
19        railroad-highway grade crossing.  to  any  of  items  (1)
20        through (7).
21        (26)  Serious   Traffic   Violation.    "Serious  traffic
22    violation" means:
23             (A) (a)  a conviction when  operating  a  commercial
24        motor vehicle of:
25                  (i)  a    violation   relating   to   excessive
26             speeding, involving a single speeding charge  of  15
27             miles  per hour or more above the legal speed limit;
28             or
29                  (ii)  a violation relating to reckless driving;
30             or
31                  (iii)  a violation of any State  law  or  local
32             ordinance  relating to motor vehicle traffic control
33             (other   than   parking   violations)   arising   in
34             connection with a fatal traffic accident; or
 
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 1                  (iv)  a violation of Section 6-501, relating to
 2             having multiple driver's licenses; or
 3                  (v)  a violation of paragraph (a),  of  Section
 4             6-507,  relating  to the requirement to have a valid
 5             CDL; or
 6                  (vi)  a  violation  relating  to  improper   or
 7             erratic traffic lane changes; or
 8                  (vii)  a   violation   relating   to  following
 9             another vehicle too closely; or
10             (B) (b)  any other similar violation  of  a  law  or
11        local  ordinance  of  any state relating to motor vehicle
12        traffic control, other than a  parking  violation,  which
13        the  Secretary of State determines by administrative rule
14        to be serious.
15        (27)  State.  "State" means a state of the United States,
16    the District of Columbia and any  province  or  territory  of
17    Canada.
18        (28)  (Blank).
19        (29)  (Blank).
20        (30)  (Blank).
21        (31)  (Blank).
22    (Source: P.A. 92-249, eff. 1-1-02; revised 9-19-01.)

23        (625 ILCS 5/6-506) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 6-506)
24        Sec.   6-506.    Commercial   motor   vehicle   driver  -
25    employer/owner responsibilities.
26        (a)  No employer or commercial motor vehicle owner  shall
27    knowingly  allow, permit, or authorize an employee to drive a
28    commercial motor vehicle on the highways during any period in
29    which such employee:
30             (1)  has a driver's license  suspended,  revoked  or
31        cancelled by any state; or
32             (2)  has  lost  the  privilege to drive a commercial
33        motor vehicle in any state; or
 
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 1             (3)  has been disqualified from driving a commercial
 2        motor vehicle; or
 3             (4)  has more than one driver's license,  except  as
 4        provided by this UCDLA; or
 5             (5)  is   subject   to   or   in   violation  of  an
 6        "out-of-service" order.
 7        (b)  No employer or commercial motor vehicle owner  shall
 8    may  knowingly  allow, permit, authorize, or require a driver
 9    to operate a commercial motor vehicle in violation of any law
10    or regulation pertaining to railroad-highway grade crossings.
11        (c)  Any employer convicted of violating  subsection  (a)
12    of  this  Section, whether individually or in connection with
13    one  or  more  other  persons,  or  as  principal  agent,  or
14    accessory, shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
15    (Source: P.A. 92-249, eff. 1-1-02.)

16        (625 ILCS 5/6-514) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 6-514)
17        Sec.  6-514.   Commercial  Driver's   License   (CDL)   -
18    Disqualifications.
19        (a)  A  person  shall  be  disqualified  from  driving  a
20    commercial  motor  vehicle  for  a period of not less than 12
21    months for the first violation of:
22             (1)  Refusing to submit to or failure to complete  a
23        test   or   tests   to   determine   the  driver's  blood
24        concentration of alcohol,  other  drug,  or  both,  while
25        driving a commercial motor vehicle; or
26             (2)  Operating  a commercial motor vehicle while the
27        alcohol concentration of the person's  blood,  breath  or
28        urine  is  at  least  0.04,  or  any  amount  of  a drug,
29        substance, or compound in the  person's  blood  or  urine
30        resulting   from  the  unlawful  use  or  consumption  of
31        cannabis  listed  in  the  Cannabis  Control  Act  or   a
32        controlled  substance  listed  in the Illinois Controlled
33        Substances Act as indicated by a police  officer's  sworn
 
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 1        report or other verified evidence; or
 2             (3)  Conviction for a first violation of:
 3                  (i)  Driving  a  commercial motor vehicle while
 4             under the influence of alcohol, or any  other  drug,
 5             or  combination  of  drugs to a degree which renders
 6             such person incapable of safely driving; or
 7                  (ii)  Knowingly and wilfully leaving the  scene
 8             of  an  accident  while operating a commercial motor
 9             vehicle; or
10                  (iii)  Driving a commercial motor vehicle while
11             committing any felony.
12             If any of the above violations or refusals  occurred
13        while  transporting  hazardous material(s) required to be
14        placarded, the person shall be disqualified for a  period
15        of not less than 3 years.
16        (b)  A  person  is  disqualified  for  life  for a second
17    conviction of any of the offenses specified in paragraph (a),
18    or any combination of those offenses, arising from 2 or  more
19    separate incidents.
20        (c)  A  person  is disqualified from driving a commercial
21    motor vehicle for life who uses a commercial motor vehicle in
22    the commission  of  any  felony  involving  the  manufacture,
23    distribution,  or  dispensing  of  a controlled substance, or
24    possession with intent to manufacture, distribute or dispense
25    a controlled substance.
26        (d)  The Secretary of State may, when the  United  States
27    Secretary  of Transportation so authorizes, issue regulations
28    in which a disqualification for life under paragraph (b)  may
29    be  reduced  to  a  period  of  not  less than 10 years. If a
30    reinstated  driver  is  subsequently  convicted  of   another
31    disqualifying offense, as specified in subsection (a) of this
32    Section, he or she shall be permanently disqualified for life
33    and shall be ineligible to again apply for a reduction of the
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 1        (e)  A  person  is disqualified from driving a commercial
 2    motor vehicle for a period of  not  less  than  2  months  if
 3    convicted  of  2  serious  traffic violations, committed in a
 4    commercial motor vehicle, arising  from  separate  incidents,
 5    occurring  within a 3 year period.  However, a person will be
 6    disqualified from driving a commercial motor  vehicle  for  a
 7    period  of  not  less than 4 months if convicted of 3 serious
 8    traffic violations, committed in a commercial motor  vehicle,
 9    arising  from  separate  incidents, occurring within a 3 year
10    period.
11        (f)  Notwithstanding any other provision  of  this  Code,
12    any  driver  disqualified  from  operating a commercial motor
13    vehicle, pursuant to this UCDLA, shall not  be  eligible  for
14    restoration  of commercial driving privileges during any such
15    period of disqualification.
16        (g)  After  suspending,   revoking,   or   cancelling   a
17    commercial  driver's  license,  the  Secretary  of State must
18    update the driver's records to reflect such action within  10
19    days.   After suspending or revoking the driving privilege of
20    any person who has been issued a  CDL  or  commercial  driver
21    instruction  permit  from another jurisdiction, the Secretary
22    shall originate notification  to  such  issuing  jurisdiction
23    within 10 days.
24        (h)  The  "disqualifications" referred to in this Section
25    shall not  be  imposed  upon  any  commercial  motor  vehicle
26    driver,  by  the  Secretary  of  State, unless the prohibited
27    action(s) occurred after March 31, 1992.
28        (i)  A person is disqualified from driving  a  commercial
29    motor vehicle in accordance with the following:
30             (1)  For   6  months  upon  a  first  conviction  of
31        paragraph (2) of subsection (b) of Section 6-507 of  this
32        Code.
33             (2)  For  one  year  upon  a  second  conviction  of
34        paragraph  (2) of subsection (b) of Section 6-507 of this
 
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 1        Code within a 10-year period.
 2             (3)  For  3  years  upon  a  third   or   subsequent
 3        conviction  of paragraph (2) of subsection (b) of Section
 4        6-507 of this Code within a 10-year period.
 5             (4)  For  one  year  upon  a  first  conviction   of
 6        paragraph  (3) of subsection (b) of Section 6-507 of this
 7        Code.
 8             (5)  For  3  years  upon  a  second  conviction   of
 9        paragraph  (3) of subsection (b) of Section 6-507 of this
10        Code within a 10-year period.
11             (6)  For  5  years  upon  a  third   or   subsequent
12        conviction  of paragraph (3) of subsection (b) of Section
13        6-507 of this Code within a 10-year period.
14        (j)  Disqualification for railroad-highway grade crossing
15    violation.
16             (1)  General rule. A driver who is  convicted  of  a
17        violation of a federal, State, or local law or regulation
18        pertaining  to  one  of  the  following  6  offenses at a
19        railroad-highway grade crossing must be disqualified from
20        operating a commercial motor vehicle for  the  period  of
21        time specified in paragraph (2) of this subsection (j) if
22        the  offense  was  committed while operating a commercial
23        motor vehicle:
24                  (i)  For drivers who are not required to always
25             stop, failing to slow down and check that the tracks
26             are clear of an approaching train, as  described  in
27             subsection (a-5) of Section 11-1201 of this Code;
28                  (ii)  For  drivers  who  are  not  required  to
29             always  stop,  failing  to  stop before reaching the
30             crossing, if the tracks are not clear, as  described
31             in subsection (a) of Section 11-1201 of this Code;
32                  (iii)  For  drivers  who are always required to
33             stop,  failing  to  stop  before  driving  onto  the
34             crossing, as described in Section  11-1202  of  this
 
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 1             Code;
 2                  (iv)  For   all   drivers,   failing   to  have
 3             sufficient space to  drive  completely  through  the
 4             crossing   without   stopping,   as   described   in
 5             subsection (b) of Section 11-1425 of this Code;
 6                  (v)  For all drivers, failing to obey a traffic
 7             control  device  or the directions of an enforcement
 8             official  at   the   crossing,   as   described   in
 9             subdivision (a)2 of Section 11-1201 of this Code;
10                  (vi)  For  all  drivers, failing to negotiate a
11             crossing  because  of   insufficient   undercarriage
12             clearance,  as  described  in  subsection  (d-1)  of
13             Section 11-1201 of this Code.
14             (2)  Duration      of      disqualification      for
15        railroad-highway grade crossing violation.
16                  (i)  First   violation.   A   driver   must  be
17             disqualified  from  operating  a  commercial   motor
18             vehicle  for  not less than 60 days if the driver is
19             convicted of a violation described in paragraph  (1)
20             of this subsection (j) and, in the three-year period
21             preceding   the   conviction,   the  driver  had  no
22             convictions for a violation described  in  paragraph
23             (1) of this subsection (j).
24                  (ii)  Second   violation.   A  driver  must  be
25             disqualified  from  operating  a  commercial   motor
26             vehicle  for not less than 120 days if the driver is
27             convicted of a violation described in paragraph  (1)
28             of this subsection (j) and, in the three-year period
29             preceding  the  conviction, the driver had one other
30             conviction for a violation  described  in  paragraph
31             (1)  of  this subsection (j) that was committed in a
32             separate incident.
33                  (iii)  Third or subsequent violation. A  driver
34             must  be  disqualified  from  operating a commercial
 
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 1             motor vehicle for not less  than  one  year  if  the
 2             driver  is  convicted  of  a  violation described in
 3             paragraph (1) of this subsection  (j)  and,  in  the
 4             three-year  period  preceding  the  conviction,  the
 5             driver   had   2   or  more  other  convictions  for
 6             violations  described  in  paragraph  (1)  of   this
 7             subsection  (j)  that  were  committed  in  separate
 8             incidents.
 9        (j) (1)  A   driver   shall   be   disqualified  for  the
10    applicable  period  specified  in  paragraph  (2)   for   any
11    violation  of  a  federal,  State, or local law or regulation
12    pertaining  to  one  of   the   following   offenses   at   a
13    railroad-highway  grade crossing while operating a commercial
14    motor vehicle:
15                  (i)  For drivers who are not always required to
16             stop, failing to slow down and check that the tracks
17             are clear of an approaching train.
18                  (ii)  For drivers who are not  always  required
19             to   stop,  failing  to  stop  before  reaching  the
20             crossing, if the tracks are not clear.
21                  (iii)  For drivers who are always  required  to
22             stop,  failing  to  stop  before  driving  onto  the
23             crossing.
24                  (iv)  For   all   drivers,   failing   to  have
25             sufficient space to  drive  completely  through  the
26             crossing without stopping.
27                  (v)  For all drivers, failing to obey a traffic
28             control  device  or the directions of an enforcement
29             official at the crossing.
30                  (vi)  For all drivers, failing to  negotiate  a
31             crossing   because   of  insufficient  undercarriage
32             clearance.
33        (2)  The length of the disqualification shall be:
34                  (i)  Not less than 60 days in  the  case  of  a
 
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 1             conviction  for  any  of  the  offenses described in
 2             paragraph (1) if the person had no  convictions  for
 3             any  of  the  offenses  described  in  paragraph (1)
 4             during the 3-year period immediately  preceding  the
 5             conviction.
 6                  (ii)  Not  less  than 120 days in the case of a
 7             conviction for any  of  the  offenses  described  in
 8             paragraph  (1)  if the person had one conviction for
 9             any of  the  offenses  described  in  paragraph  (1)
10             during  the  3-year period immediately preceding the
11             conviction.
12                  (iii)  Not less than one year in the case of  a
13             conviction  for  any  of  the  offenses described in
14             paragraph  (1)  if  the  person  had   2   or   more
15             convictions, based on separate incidents, for any of
16             the  offenses  described in paragraph (1) during the
17             3-year period immediately preceding the conviction.
18    (Source: P.A. 92-249, eff. 1-1-02.)

19        (625 ILCS 5/11-1201) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-1201)
20        Sec. 11-1201.  Obedience to signal indicating approach of
21    train.
22        (a)  Whenever any person driving a vehicle  approaches  a
23    railroad  grade  crossing  where  the  driver  is  not always
24    required to stop, the such person must exercise due care  and
25    caution as the existence of a railroad track across a highway
26    is  a  warning  of danger, and under any of the circumstances
27    stated in this Section, the driver shall stop within 50  feet
28    but  not  less  than  15  feet  from  the nearest rail of the
29    railroad and shall not proceed until the tracks are clear and
30    he or she can do so safely.  The foregoing requirements shall
31    apply when:
32             1.  A clearly visible electric or mechanical  signal
33        device  gives  warning  of  the  immediate  approach of a
 
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 1        railroad train;
 2             2.  A crossing gate is lowered or  a  human  flagman
 3        gives  or  continues  to give a signal of the approach or
 4        passage of a railroad train;
 5             3.  A railroad train approaching a highway  crossing
 6        emits a warning signal and such railroad train, by reason
 7        of  its  speed  or  nearness  to  such  crossing,  is  an
 8        immediate hazard;
 9             4.  An approaching railroad train is plainly visible
10        and is in hazardous proximity to such crossing;.
11             5.  A  railroad train is approaching so closely that
12        an immediate hazard is created.
13        (a-5)  Whenever a person driving a vehicle  approaches  a
14    railroad  grade  crossing  where  the  driver  is  not always
15    required to stop but must slow down, the person must exercise
16    due care and caution as the existence  of  a  railroad  track
17    across a highway is a warning of danger, and under any of the
18    circumstances  stated  in this Section, the driver shall slow
19    down within 50 feet but  not  less  than  15  feet  from  the
20    nearest  rail  of the railroad and shall not proceed until he
21    or she checks that the tracks are  clear  of  an  approaching
22    train.
23        (b)  No person shall drive any vehicle through, around or
24    under  any  crossing  gate  or barrier at a railroad crossing
25    while such gate or barrier is closed or is  being  opened  or
26    closed.
27        (c)  The  Department,  and  local  authorities  with  the
28    approval   of   the  Department,  are  hereby  authorized  to
29    designate particularly dangerous highway grade  crossings  of
30    railroads  and  to  erect stop signs thereat.  When such stop
31    signs are erected the driver of any vehicle shall stop within
32    50 feet but not less than 15 feet from the  nearest  rail  of
33    such  railroad  and  shall  proceed  only upon exercising due
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 1        (d)  At  any  railroad  grade  crossing   provided   with
 2    railroad  crossbuck  signs,  without  automatic, electric, or
 3    mechanical signal devices, crossing gates, or a human flagman
 4    giving a signal of the approach or passage of  a  train,  the
 5    driver  of  a  vehicle  shall  in  obedience  to the railroad
 6    crossbuck sign, yield the right-of-way and  slow  down  to  a
 7    speed  reasonable for the existing conditions and shall stop,
 8    if required for safety, at a clearly marked stopped line,  or
 9    if  no  stop  line,  within 50 feet but not less than 15 feet
10    from the nearest rail of the railroad and shall  not  proceed
11    until he or she can do so safely.  If a driver is involved in
12    a  collision  at  a  railroad crossing or interferes with the
13    movement of a train after driving past the railroad crossbuck
14    sign, the collision or interference is prima  facie  evidence
15    of the driver's failure to yield right-of-way.
16        (d-1)  No  person shall, while driving a commercial motor
17    vehicle, fail to negotiate a railroad-highway grade  railroad
18    crossing because of insufficient undercarriage clearance.
19        (d-5)  (Blank). No person may drive any vehicle through a
20    railroad  crossing  if  there  is insufficient space to drive
21    completely through the crossing without stopping.
22        (e)  It is unlawful to violate any part of this  Section.
23    A first conviction of a person for a violation of any part of
24    this  Section  shall  result in a mandatory fine of $250; all
25    subsequent convictions of that person for  any  violation  of
26    any  part  of  this  Section shall each result in a mandatory
27    fine of $500.
28        (f)  Corporate  authorities  of  municipal   corporations
29    regulating  operators  of  vehicles that fail to obey signals
30    indicating the presence, approach, passage, or departure of a
31    train shall impose fines as established in subsection (e)  of
32    this Section.
33    (Source:  P.A.  92-245,  eff.  8-3-01;  92-249,  eff. 1-1-02;
34    revised 9-19-01.)
 
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 1        Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect  upon
 2    becoming law.

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