Bill Text: IL HB2626 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that the Secretary of State shall not issue, renew, or allow the retention of any driver's license nor issue any permit to any person who fails to file a State tax return, to pay the tax, penalty, or interest shown in a filed State tax return, or to pay any final assessment of a State tax, penalty, or interest as required by any State tax Act administered by the Illinois Department of Revenue, until such time as the requirements of that State tax Act are satisfied. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2014-12-03 - Session Sine Die [HB2626 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2013-HB2626-Introduced.html

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98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2013 and 2014 HB2626 Introduced , by Rep. Katherine Cloonen SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
625 ILCS 5/6-103 from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 6-103
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that the Secretary of State shall not issue, renew, or allow the retention of any driver's license nor issue any permit to any person who fails to file a State tax return, to pay the tax, penalty, or interest shown in a filed State tax return, or to pay any final assessment of a State tax, penalty, or interest as required by any State tax Act administered by the Illinois Department of Revenue, until such time as the requirements of that State tax Act are satisfied. Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning transportation.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by changing
Section 6-103 as follows:
(625 ILCS 5/6-103) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 6-103)
Sec. 6-103. What persons shall not be licensed as drivers
or granted permits. The Secretary of State shall not issue,
renew, or allow the retention of any driver's license nor issue
any permit under this Code:
1. To any person, as a driver, who is under the age of
18 years except as provided in Section 6-107, and except
that an instruction permit may be issued under Section
6-107.1 to a child who is not less than 15 years of age if
the child is enrolled in an approved driver education
course as defined in Section 1-103 of this Code and
requires an instruction permit to participate therein,
except that an instruction permit may be issued under the
provisions of Section 6-107.1 to a child who is 17 years
and 3 months of age without the child having enrolled in an
approved driver education course and except that an
instruction permit may be issued to a child who is at least
15 years and 3 months of age, is enrolled in school, meets

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the educational requirements of the Driver Education Act,
and has passed examinations the Secretary of State in his
or her discretion may prescribe;
2. To any person who is under the age of 18 as an
operator of a motorcycle other than a motor driven cycle
unless the person has, in addition to meeting the
provisions of Section 6-107 of this Code, successfully
completed a motorcycle training course approved by the
Illinois Department of Transportation and successfully
completes the required Secretary of State's motorcycle
driver's examination;
3. To any person, as a driver, whose driver's license
or permit has been suspended, during the suspension, nor to
any person whose driver's license or permit has been
revoked, except as provided in Sections 6-205, 6-206, and
6-208;
4. To any person, as a driver, who is a user of alcohol
or any other drug to a degree that renders the person
incapable of safely driving a motor vehicle;
5. To any person, as a driver, who has previously been
adjudged to be afflicted with or suffering from any mental
or physical disability or disease and who has not at the
time of application been restored to competency by the
methods provided by law;
6. To any person, as a driver, who is required by the
Secretary of State to submit an alcohol and drug evaluation

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or take an examination provided for in this Code unless the
person has successfully passed the examination and
submitted any required evaluation;
7. To any person who is required under the provisions
of the laws of this State to deposit security or proof of
financial responsibility and who has not deposited the
security or proof;
8. To any person when the Secretary of State has good
cause to believe that the person by reason of physical or
mental disability would not be able to safely operate a
motor vehicle upon the highways, unless the person shall
furnish to the Secretary of State a verified written
statement, acceptable to the Secretary of State, from a
competent medical specialist, a licensed physician
assistant who has been delegated the performance of medical
examinations by his or her supervising physician, or a
licensed advanced practice nurse who has a written
collaborative agreement with a collaborating physician
which authorizes him or her to perform medical
examinations, to the effect that the operation of a motor
vehicle by the person would not be inimical to the public
safety;
9. To any person, as a driver, who is 69 years of age
or older, unless the person has successfully complied with
the provisions of Section 6-109;
10. To any person convicted, within 12 months of

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application for a license, of any of the sexual offenses
enumerated in paragraph 2 of subsection (b) of Section
6-205;
11. To any person who is under the age of 21 years with
a classification prohibited in paragraph (b) of Section
6-104 and to any person who is under the age of 18 years
with a classification prohibited in paragraph (c) of
Section 6-104;
12. To any person who has been either convicted of or
adjudicated under the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 based upon
a violation of the Cannabis Control Act, the Illinois
Controlled Substances Act, or the Methamphetamine Control
and Community Protection Act while that person was in
actual physical control of a motor vehicle. For purposes of
this Section, any person placed on probation under Section
10 of the Cannabis Control Act, Section 410 of the Illinois
Controlled Substances Act, or Section 70 of the
Methamphetamine Control and Community Protection Act shall
not be considered convicted. Any person found guilty of
this offense, while in actual physical control of a motor
vehicle, shall have an entry made in the court record by
the judge that this offense did occur while the person was
in actual physical control of a motor vehicle and order the
clerk of the court to report the violation to the Secretary
of State as such. The Secretary of State shall not issue a
new license or permit for a period of one year;

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13. To any person who is under the age of 18 years and
who has committed the offense of operating a motor vehicle
without a valid license or permit in violation of Section
6-101 or a similar out of state offense;
14. To any person who is 90 days or more delinquent in
court ordered child support payments or has been
adjudicated in arrears in an amount equal to 90 days'
obligation or more and who has been found in contempt of
court for failure to pay the support, subject to the
requirements and procedures of Article VII of Chapter 7 of
the Illinois Vehicle Code;
14.5. To any person certified by the Illinois
Department of Healthcare and Family Services as being 90
days or more delinquent in payment of support under an
order of support entered by a court or administrative body
of this or any other State, subject to the requirements and
procedures of Article VII of Chapter 7 of this Code
regarding those certifications;
15. To any person released from a term of imprisonment
for violating Section 9-3 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or a
similar provision of a law of another state relating to
reckless homicide or for violating subparagraph (F) of
paragraph (1) of subsection (d) of Section 11-501 of this
Code relating to aggravated driving under the influence of
alcohol, other drug or drugs, intoxicating compound or
compounds, or any combination thereof, if the violation was

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the proximate cause of a death, within 24 months of release
from a term of imprisonment;
16. To any person who, with intent to influence any act
related to the issuance of any driver's license or permit,
by an employee of the Secretary of State's Office, or the
owner or employee of any commercial driver training school
licensed by the Secretary of State, or any other individual
authorized by the laws of this State to give driving
instructions or administer all or part of a driver's
license examination, promises or tenders to that person any
property or personal advantage which that person is not
authorized by law to accept. Any persons promising or
tendering such property or personal advantage shall be
disqualified from holding any class of driver's license or
permit for 120 consecutive days. The Secretary of State
shall establish by rule the procedures for implementing
this period of disqualification and the procedures by which
persons so disqualified may obtain administrative review
of the decision to disqualify;
17. To any person for whom the Secretary of State
cannot verify the accuracy of any information or
documentation submitted in application for a driver's
license; or
18. To any person who has been adjudicated under the
Juvenile Court Act of 1987 based upon an offense that is
determined by the court to have been committed in

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furtherance of the criminal activities of an organized
gang, as provided in Section 5-710 of that Act, and that
involved the operation or use of a motor vehicle or the use
of a driver's license or permit. The person shall be denied
a license or permit for the period determined by the court;
or .
19. To any person who fails to file a State tax return,
to pay the tax, penalty, or interest shown in a filed State
tax return, or to pay any final assessment of a State tax,
penalty, or interest as required by any State tax Act
administered by the Illinois Department of Revenue, until
such time as the requirements of that State tax Act are
satisfied.
The Secretary of State shall retain all conviction
information, if the information is required to be held
confidential under the Juvenile Court Act of 1987.
(Source: P.A. 96-607, eff. 8-24-09; 96-740, eff. 1-1-10;
96-962, eff. 7-2-10; 96-1000, eff. 7-2-10; 97-185, eff.
7-22-11.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.