Bill Text: IL HB3699 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that a multifunction school activity bus may be used by a driver who holds a valid Class D driver's license for any curriculum-related activity, except for transportation on regular bus routes from home to school or from school to home, if the school district does not have a full-time employee who holds a school bus driver permit. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-29 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB3699 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-HB3699-Introduced.html

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2019 and 2020 HB3699 Introduced , by Rep. Sue Scherer SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
625 ILCS 5/6-104 from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 6-104
625 ILCS 5/11-1414.1 from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-1414.1
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that a multifunction school activity bus may be used by a driver who holds a valid Class D driver's license for any curriculum-related activity, except for transportation on regular bus routes from home to school or from school to home, if the school district does not have a full-time employee who holds a school bus driver permit. 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
Sections 6-104 and 11-1414.1 as follows:
(625 ILCS 5/6-104) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 6-104)
Sec. 6-104. Classification of Driver - Special
Restrictions.
(a) A driver's license issued under the authority of this
Act shall indicate the classification for which the applicant
therefor has qualified by examination or by such other means
that the Secretary of State shall prescribe. Driver's license
classifications shall be prescribed by rule or regulation
promulgated by the Secretary of State and such may specify
classifications as to operation of motor vehicles of the first
division, or of those of the second division, whether operated
singly or in lawful combination, and whether for-hire or
not-for-hire, and may specify such other classifications as the
Secretary deems necessary.
No person shall operate a motor vehicle unless such person
has a valid license with a proper classification to permit the
operation of such vehicle, except that any person may operate a
moped if such person has a valid current Illinois driver's

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license, regardless of classification.
(b) No person who is under the age of 21 years or has had
less than 1 year of driving experience shall drive: (1) in
connection with the operation of any school, day camp, summer
camp, or nursery school, any public or private motor vehicle
for transporting children to or from any school, day camp,
summer camp, or nursery school, or (2) any motor vehicle of the
second division when in use for the transportation of persons
for compensation.
(c) No person who is under the age of 18 years shall be
issued a license for the purpose of transporting property for
hire, or for the purpose of transporting persons for
compensation in a motor vehicle of the first division.
(d) No person shall drive: (1) a school bus when
transporting school children unless such person possesses a
valid school bus driver permit or is accompanied and
supervised, for the specific purpose of training prior to
routine operation of a school bus, by a person who has held a
valid school bus driver permit for at least one year; or (2)
any other vehicle owned or operated by or for a public or
private school, or a school operated by a religious
institution, where such vehicle is being used over a regularly
scheduled route for the transportation of persons enrolled as a
student in grade 12 or below, in connection with any activity
of the entities unless such person possesses a valid school bus
driver permit.

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(d-5) No person may drive a bus that does not meet the
special requirements for school buses provided in Sections
12-801, 12-802, 12-803, and 12-805 of this Code that has been
chartered for the sole purpose of transporting students
regularly enrolled in grade 12 or below to or from
interscholastic athletic or interscholastic or school
sponsored activities unless the person has a valid and properly
classified commercial driver's license as provided in
subsection (c-1) of Section 6-508 of this Code in addition to
any other permit or license that is required to operate that
bus. This subsection (d-5) does not apply to any bus driver
employed by a public transportation provider authorized to
conduct local or interurban transportation of passengers when
the bus is not traveling a specific school bus route but is on
a regularly scheduled route for the transporting of other fare
paying passengers.
A person may operate a chartered bus described in this
subsection (d-5) if he or she is not disqualified from driving
a chartered bus of that type and if he or she holds a CDL that
is:
(1) issued to him or her by any other state or
jurisdiction in accordance with 49 CFR 383;
(2) not suspended, revoked, or canceled; and
(3) valid under 49 CFR 383, subpart F, for the type of
vehicle being driven.
A person may also operate a chartered bus described in this

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subsection (d-5) if he or she holds a valid CDL and a valid
school bus driver permit that was issued on or before December
31, 2003.
(d-10) A person may operate a multifunction school activity
bus (MFSAB) if the person holds a valid Class D driver's
license and the MFSAB is operated in accordance with subsection
(a-5) of Section 11-1414.1.
(e) No person shall drive a religious organization bus
unless such person has a valid and properly classified drivers
license or a valid school bus driver permit.
(f) No person shall drive a motor vehicle for the purpose
of providing transportation for the elderly in connection with
the activities of any public or private organization unless
such person has a valid and properly classified driver's
license issued by the Secretary of State.
(g) No person shall drive a bus which meets the special
requirements for school buses provided in Section 12-801,
12-802, 12-803 and 12-805 of this Code for the purpose of
transporting persons 18 years of age or less in connection with
any youth camp licensed under the Youth Camp Act or any child
care facility licensed under the Child Care Act of 1969 unless
such person possesses a valid school bus driver permit or is
accompanied and supervised, for the specific purpose of
training prior to routine operation of a school bus, by a
person who has held a valid school bus driver permit for at
least one year; however, a person who has a valid and properly

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classified driver's license issued by the Secretary of State
may operate a school bus for the purpose of transporting
persons 18 years of age or less in connection with any such
youth camp or child care facility if the "SCHOOL BUS" signs are
covered or concealed and the stop signal arm and flashing
signal systems are not operable through normal controls.
(h) No person shall operate an autocycle unless he or she
has a valid Class D driver's license.
(Source: P.A. 98-777, eff. 1-1-15.)
(625 ILCS 5/11-1414.1) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-1414.1)
Sec. 11-1414.1. School transportation of students.
(a) Except as provided in subsection (a-5), every Every
student enrolled in grade 12 or below in any entity listed in
subsection (a) of Section 1-182 of this Code must be
transported in a school bus or a vehicle described in
subdivision (1) or (2) of subsection (b) of Section 1-182 of
this Code for any curriculum-related school activity, except a
student in any of grades 9 through 12 or a student in any of
grades K through 12 with an Individualized Education Plan (IEP)
with a staff to student ratio of 1 to 5, and attending Acacia
Academy, Alexander Leigh, Marklund, Helping Hands Center,
Connections Organization, Soaring Eagle Academy, or New
Horizon Academy may be transported in a multi-function school
activity bus (MFSAB) as defined in Section 1-148.3a-5 of this
Code for any curriculum-related activity except for

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transportation on regular bus routes from home to school or
from school to home, subject to the following conditions:
(i) A MFSAB may not be used to transport students under
this Section unless the driver holds a valid school bus
driver permit.
(ii) The use of a MFSAB under this Section is subject
to the requirements of Sections 6-106.11, 6-106.12,
12-707.01, 13-101, and 13-109 of this Code.
"Curriculum-related school activity" as used in this
Section subsection (a) includes transportation from home to
school or from school to home, tripper or shuttle service
between school attendance centers, transportation to a
vocational or career center or other trade-skill development
site or a regional safe school or other school-sponsored
alternative learning program, or a trip that is directly
related to the regular curriculum of a student for which he or
she earns credit.
(a-5) A MFSAB may be used by a driver who holds a valid
Class D driver's license for any curriculum-related activity,
except for transportation on regular bus routes from home to
school or from school to home, if the school district does not
have a full-time employee who holds a school bus driver permit.
(b) Every student enrolled in grade 12 or below in any
entity listed in subsection (a) of Section 1-182 of this Code
who is transported in a vehicle that is being operated by or
for a public or private primary or secondary school, including

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any primary or secondary school operated by a religious
institution, for an interscholastic, interscholastic-athletic,
or school-sponsored, noncurriculum-related activity that (i)
does not require student participation as part of the
educational services of the entity and (ii) is not associated
with the students' regular class-for-credit schedule shall
transport students only in a school bus or vehicle described in
subsection (b) of Section 1-182 of this Code. This subsection
(b) does not apply to any second division vehicle used by an
entity listed in subsection (a) of Section 1-182 of this Code
for a parade, homecoming, or a similar noncurriculum-related
school activity.
(Source: P.A. 99-888, eff. 1-1-17; 100-667, eff. 1-1-19.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.