Bill Text: IL HB4374 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that the Secretary of State shall examine every licensed driver at least every 16 (rather than 8) years. Provides that except as otherwise provided in the Code, every driver's license issued under the Code shall expire 8 (rather than 4) years from the date of issuance. Removes a provision allowing the Secretary to issue to a person not previously licensed as a driver in Illinois a driver's license which will expire not less than 4 years and not more than 5 years from the date of issuance.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2019-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB4374 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2017-HB4374-Introduced.html

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100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2017 and 2018 HB4374 Introduced , by Rep. Peter Breen SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
625 ILCS 5/6-109
625 ILCS 5/6-115 from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 6-115
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that the Secretary of State shall examine every licensed driver at least every 16 (rather than 8) years. Provides that except as otherwise provided in the Code, every driver's license issued under the Code shall expire 8 (rather than 4) years from the date of issuance. Removes a provision allowing the Secretary to issue to a person not previously licensed as a driver in Illinois a driver's license which will expire not less than 4 years and not more than 5 years from the date of issuance.
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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 6-109 and 6-115 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 16 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

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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
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).
(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
Spanish language and, at the discretion of the Secretary of
State, in any other language as well as in English upon request

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

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(625 ILCS 5/6-115) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 6-115)
Sec. 6-115. Expiration of driver's license.
(a) Except as provided elsewhere in this Section, every
driver's license issued under the provisions of this Code shall
expire 8 4 years from the date of its issuance, or at such
later date, as the Secretary of State may by proper rule and
regulation designate, not to exceed 12 calendar months; in the
event that an applicant for renewal of a driver's license fails
to apply prior to the expiration date of the previous driver's
license, the renewal driver's license shall expire 8 4 years
from the expiration date of the previous driver's license, or
at such later date as the Secretary of State may by proper rule
and regulation designate, not to exceed 8 years from the date
of issuance 12 calendar months.
The Secretary of State may, however, issue to a person not
previously licensed as a driver in Illinois a driver's license
which will expire not less than 4 years nor more than 5 years
from date of issuance, except as provided elsewhere in this
Section.
(a-5) Every driver's license issued under this Code to an
applicant who is not a United States citizen or permanent
resident shall be marked "Limited Term" and shall expire on
whichever is the earlier date of the following:
(1) as provided under subsection (a), (f), (g), or (i)
of this Section; or

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(2) on the date the applicant's authorized stay in the
United States terminates; or
(3) if the applicant's authorized stay is indefinite
and the applicant is applying for a Limited Term REAL ID
compliant driver's license, one year from the date of
issuance of the license.
(b) Before the expiration of a driver's license, except
those licenses expiring on the individual's 21st birthday, or 3
months after the individual's 21st birthday, the holder thereof
may apply for a renewal thereof, subject to all the provisions
of Section 6-103, and the Secretary of State may require an
examination of the applicant. A licensee whose driver's license
expires on his 21st birthday, or 3 months after his 21st
birthday, may not apply for a renewal of his driving privileges
until he reaches the age of 21.
(c) The Secretary of State shall, 30 days prior to the
expiration of a driver's license, forward to each person whose
license is to expire a notification of the expiration of said
license which may be presented at the time of renewal of said
license.
There may be included with such notification information
explaining the anatomical gift and Emergency Medical
Information Card provisions of Section 6-110. The format and
text of such information shall be prescribed by the Secretary.
There shall be included with such notification, for a
period of 4 years beginning January 1, 2000 information

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regarding the Illinois Adoption Registry and Medical
Information Exchange established in Section 18.1 of the
Adoption Act.
(d) The Secretary may defer the expiration of the driver's
license of a licensee, spouse, and dependent children who are
living with such licensee while on active duty, serving in the
Armed Forces of the United States outside of the State of
Illinois, and 120 days thereafter, upon such terms and
conditions as the Secretary may prescribe.
(d-5) The Secretary may defer the expiration of the
driver's license of a licensee, or of a spouse or dependent
children living with the licensee, serving as a civilian
employee of the United States Armed Forces or the United States
Department of Defense, outside of the State of Illinois, and
120 days thereafter, upon such terms and conditions as the
Secretary may prescribe.
(e) The Secretary of State may decline to process a renewal
of a driver's license of any person who has not paid any fee or
tax due under this Code and is not paid upon reasonable notice
and demand.
(f) The Secretary shall provide that each original or
renewal driver's license issued to a licensee under 21 years of
age shall expire 3 months after the licensee's 21st birthday.
Persons whose current driver's licenses expire on their 21st
birthday on or after January 1, 1986 shall not renew their
driver's license before their 21st birthday, and their current

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driver's license will be extended for an additional term of 3
months beyond their 21st birthday. Thereafter, the expiration
and term of the driver's license shall be governed by
subsection (a) hereof.
(g) The Secretary shall provide that each original or
renewal driver's license issued to a licensee 81 years of age
through age 86 shall expire 2 years from the date of issuance,
or at such later date as the Secretary may by rule and
regulation designate, not to exceed an additional 12 calendar
months. The Secretary shall also provide that each original or
renewal driver's license issued to a licensee 87 years of age
or older shall expire 12 months from the date of issuance, or
at such later date as the Secretary may by rule and regulation
designate, not to exceed an additional 12 calendar months.
(h) The Secretary of State shall provide that each special
restricted driver's license issued under subsection (g) of
Section 6-113 of this Code shall expire 12 months from the date
of issuance. The Secretary shall adopt rules defining renewal
requirements.
(i) The Secretary of State shall provide that each driver's
license issued to a person convicted of a sex offense as
defined in Section 2 of the Sex Offender Registration Act shall
expire 12 months from the date of issuance or at such date as
the Secretary may by rule designate, not to exceed an
additional 12 calendar months. The Secretary may adopt rules
defining renewal requirements.

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(Source: P.A. 99-118, eff. 1-1-16; 99-305, eff. 1-1-16; 99-642,
eff. 7-28-16; 100-248, eff. 8-22-17; revised 10-10-17.)