Bill Text: IL SB3310 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that "approved driver education course" includes online instruction. Provides that the Secretary of State may permit a course provider of a driver training school to offer the course online if the course provider is able to verify: (i) the identity of the person taking the course; (ii) and that the person completes the entire course. Provides that a fee charged by the course provider shall bear a reasonable relationship to the cost of the course. Providers that the Secretary shall post, on the Secretary of State's website, a list of approved course providers, the fees charged by the course providers, and contact information for each provider. Provides that the course provider shall collect an additional $5 to be paid to the Secretary for administering the program and such collected fees shall be deposited into the Driver Services Administration Fund.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2021-01-13 - Session Sine Die [SB3310 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-SB3310-Introduced.html

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2019 and 2020 SB3310 Introduced 2/11/2020, by Sen. Pat McGuire SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
625 ILCS 5/1-103 from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 1-103
625 ILCS 5/6-419 from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 6-419
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that "approved driver education course" includes online instruction. Provides that the Secretary of State may permit a course provider of a driver training school to offer the course online if the course provider is able to verify: (i) the identity of the person taking the course; (ii) and that the person completes the entire course. Provides that a fee charged by the course provider shall bear a reasonable relationship to the cost of the course. Providers that the Secretary shall post, on the Secretary of State's website, a list of approved course providers, the fees charged by the course providers, and contact information for each provider. Provides that the course provider shall collect an additional $5 to be paid to the Secretary for administering the program and such collected fees shall be deposited into the Driver Services Administration Fund.
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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 1-103 and 6-419 as follows:
(625 ILCS 5/1-103) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 1-103)
Sec. 1-103. Approved driver education course. (a) Any
course of driver education approved by the State Board of
Education, offered by public or private schools maintaining
grades 9 through 12, and meeting at least the minimum
requirements of the "Driver Education Act", as now or hereafter
amended, (b) any course of driver education, including online
instruction, offered by a school licensed to give driver
education instructions under this Act which meets at least the
minimum educational requirements of the "Driver Education
Act", as now or hereafter amended, and is approved by the State
Board of Education, (c) any course of driver education given in
another State to an Illinois resident attending school in such
State and approved by the State administrator of the Driver
Education Program of such other State, or (d) any course of
driver education given at a Department of Defense Education
Activity school that is approved by the Department of Defense
Education Activity and taught by an adult driver education

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instructor or traffic safety officer.
(Source: P.A. 96-740, eff. 1-1-10.)
(625 ILCS 5/6-419) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 6-419)
Sec. 6-419. Rules and regulations.
(a) The Secretary is authorized to prescribe by rule
standards for the eligibility, conduct and operation of driver
training schools, and instructors and to adopt other reasonable
rules and regulations necessary to carry out the provisions of
this Act. The Secretary may adopt rules exempting particular
types of driver training schools from specific statutory
provisions in Sections 6-401 through 6-424, where application
of those provisions would be inconsistent with the manner of
instruction offered by those schools. The Secretary, in
consultation with the State Board of Education, shall adopt
course content standards for driver education for those persons
under the age of 18 years, which shall include the operation
and equipment of motor vehicles. After June 30, 2017, the
course content standards for driver education provided by a
driver training school to those persons under the age of 18
years shall include instruction concerning law enforcement
procedures for traffic stops, including a demonstration of the
proper actions to be taken during a traffic stop and
appropriate interactions with law enforcement.
(b) The Secretary may permit a course provider to offer the
course online if the Secretary is satisfied the course provider

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has established adequate procedures for verifying:
(1) the identity of the person taking the course
online; and
(2) the person completes the entire course.
The Secretary shall establish a method of electronic
verification of a student's successful completion of the
course.
The fee charged by the course provider shall bear a
reasonable relationship to the cost of the course. The
Secretary shall post on the Secretary of State's website a list
of approved course providers, the fees charged by the
providers, and contact information for each provider.
In addition to any other fee charged by the course
provider, the course provider shall collect a fee of $5 from
each student to offset the costs incurred by the Secretary in
administering this program. The $5 shall be submitted to the
Secretary within 14 days of the day on which it was collected.
All fees received by the Secretary shall be deposited into the
Driver Services Administration Fund.
(Source: P.A. 99-720, eff. 1-1-17.)