Public Act 103-0680
 
HB4711 EnrolledLRB103 36600 MXP 66709 b

    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 6-109 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 
Disabilities Safety Act in the question pool used for the 
written portion of the driver's 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, of which one may be concerning the Dutch 
Reach method as described in Section 2-112. 
    The Secretary of State shall include, in the question pool 
used for the written portion of the driver's license 
examination, at least one test question concerning driver 
responsibilities when approaching a stationary emergency 
vehicle as described in Section 11-907. If an applicant gives 
an incorrect response to a test question concerning subsection 
(c) of Section 11-907, Section 11-907.5, or subsection (a-1) 
of Section 11-908, then the Secretary of State shall provide 
the applicant with information concerning those Sections. 
    (b) Except as provided for those applicants in paragraph 
(c), such examination shall include a test of the applicant's 
eyesight, his or her ability to read and understand official 
traffic control devices, his or her 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 or, if the Secretary adopts rules under Section 37 
of the Secretary of State Act to raise the age requirement for 
actual demonstrations, the examination of an applicant who has 
attained that increased age or is 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 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 or, if the 
Secretary adopts rules under Section 37 of the Secretary of 
State Act to raise the age requirement for actual 
demonstrations, every applicant for the renewal of a driver's 
license who has attained that increased age or is 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. 103-140, eff. 6-30-23.)

Effective Date:  1/1/2025