Bill Amendment: IL SB0263 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly

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Bill Title: IDOT-CONTRACTORS-EVALUATION

Status: 2019-01-09 - Session Sine Die [SB0263 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2017-SB0263-House_Amendment_002.html

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Rep. Theresa Mah

Filed: 5/22/2018

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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 263
AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 263 by replacing
everything after the enacting clause with the following:
"Section 5. The Secretary of State Act is amended by adding
Section 30 as follows:
(15 ILCS 305/30 new)
Sec. 30. Dutch Reach door opening method. The Secretary of
State shall include in the Illinois Rules of the Road
publication information advising drivers to use the Dutch Reach
method when opening a vehicle door after parallel parking on a
street. The Dutch Reach method includes: (1) checking the
rear-view mirror; (2) checking the side-view mirror; and (3)
opening the door with the right hand, or the hand farthest from
the driver's-side door, thereby reducing the risk of injuring a
bicyclist or opening the door in the path a vehicle approaching
from behind.

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Section 10. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by
changing Section 6-109 as follows:
(625 ILCS 5/6-109)
Sec. 6-109. Examination of Applicants.
(a) The Secretary of State shall examine every applicant
for a driver's license or permit who has not been previously
licensed as a driver under the laws of this State or any other
state or country, or any applicant for renewal of such driver's
license or permit when such license or permit has been expired
for more than one year. The Secretary of State shall, subject
to the provisions of paragraph (c), examine every licensed
driver at least every 8 years, and may examine or re-examine
any other applicant or licensed driver, provided that during
the years 1984 through 1991 those drivers issued a license for
3 years may be re-examined not less than every 7 years or more
than every 10 years.
The Secretary of State shall require the testing of the
eyesight of any driver's license or permit applicant who has
not been previously licensed as a driver under the laws of this
State and shall promulgate rules and regulations to provide for
the orderly administration of all the provisions of this
Section.
The Secretary of State shall include at least one test
question that concerns the provisions of the Pedestrians with

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Disabilities Safety Act in the question pool used for the
written portion of the drivers license examination within one
year after July 22, 2010 (the effective date of Public Act
96-1167).
The Secretary of State shall include, in the question pool
used for the written portion of the driver's license
examination, test questions concerning safe driving in the
presence of bicycles, which may include, but not be limited to,
questions concerning the Dutch Reach method as described in
Section 30 of the Secretary of State Act.
(b) Except as provided for those applicants in paragraph
(c), such examination shall include a test of the applicant's
eyesight, his ability to read and understand official traffic
control devices, his knowledge of safe driving practices and
the traffic laws of this State, and may include an actual
demonstration of the applicant's ability to exercise ordinary
and reasonable control of the operation of a motor vehicle, and
such further physical and mental examination as the Secretary
of State finds necessary to determine the applicant's fitness
to operate a motor vehicle safely on the highways, except the
examination of an applicant 75 years of age or older shall
include an actual demonstration of the applicant's ability to
exercise ordinary and reasonable control of the operation of a
motor vehicle. All portions of written and verbal examinations
under this Section, excepting where the English language
appears on facsimiles of road signs, may be given in the

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Spanish language and, at the discretion of the Secretary of
State, in any other language as well as in English upon request
of the examinee. Deaf persons who are otherwise qualified are
not prohibited from being issued a license, other than a
commercial driver's license, under this Code.
(c) Re-examination for those applicants who at the time of
renewing their driver's license possess a driving record devoid
of any convictions of traffic violations or evidence of
committing an offense for which mandatory revocation would be
required upon conviction pursuant to Section 6-205 at the time
of renewal shall be in a manner prescribed by the Secretary in
order to determine an applicant's ability to safely operate a
motor vehicle, except that every applicant for the renewal of a
driver's license who is 75 years of age or older must prove, by
an actual demonstration, the applicant's ability to exercise
reasonable care in the safe operation of a motor vehicle.
(d) In the event the applicant is not ineligible under the
provisions of Section 6-103 to receive a driver's license, the
Secretary of State shall make provision for giving an
examination, either in the county where the applicant resides
or at a place adjacent thereto reasonably convenient to the
applicant, within not more than 30 days from the date said
application is received.
(e) The Secretary of State may adopt rules regarding the
use of foreign language interpreters during the application and
examination process.

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(Source: P.A. 96-1167, eff. 7-22-10; 96-1231, eff. 7-23-10;
97-333, eff. 8-12-11.)".