Illinois Compiled Statutes 625 Vehicles: Article 6 - The Illinois Driver Licensing Law

Article I. Issuance of Licenses Expiration and Renewal

• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 6-100
  Definitions. For the purposes of this Chapter, the following words shall have the meanings ascribed to them: (a) Application Process. The process of obtaining...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 6-101
  Drivers must have licenses or permits. (a) No person, except those expressly exempted by Section 6-102, shall drive any motor vehicle upon a highway in...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 6-102
  What persons are exempt. The following persons are exempt from the requirements of Section 6-101 and are not required to have an Illinois drivers license...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 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...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 6-103.1
  New residents; out-of-state revocation. (a) The Secretary of State may not issue a driver's license to a nonresident who becomes a resident of this State...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 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...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 6-105
  Instruction permits and temporary licenses for persons 18 years of age or older. (a) Except as provided in this Section, the Secretary of State...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 6-105.1
  Temporary visitor's driver's license. (a) The Secretary of State may issue a temporary visitor's driver's license to a foreign national who (i) resides in this...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 6-106
  Application for license or instruction permit. (a) Every application for any permit or license authorized to be issued under this Code shall be made upon...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 6-106.1
  School bus driver permit. (a) The Secretary of State shall issue a school bus driver permit to those applicants who have met all the requirements...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 6-106.1a
  Cancellation of school bus driver permit; trace of alcohol. (a) A person who has been issued a school bus driver permit by the Secretary of...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 6-106.1b
  Loss of school bus driver permit privileges; failure or refusal to submit to chemical testing. Unless the loss of school bus driver permit privileges...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 6-106.1c
  Reasonable suspicion drug and alcohol testing of school bus driver permit holders. (a) An employer of a school bus driver permit holder who holds a...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 6-106.2
  Religious organization bus driver. A religious organization bus driver shall meet the following requirements: 1. is 21 years of age or older; 2. has a...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 6-106.3
  Senior citizen transportation - driver. A driver of a vehicle operated solely for the purpose of providing transportation for the elderly in connection with the...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 6-106.4
  For-profit ridesharing arrangement - driver. No person may drive a commuter van while it is being used for a for-profit ridesharing arrangement unless such person:...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 6-106.11
  (a) Any individual, corporation, partnership or association, who through contractual arrangements with a school district transports students, teachers or other personnel of that district for...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 6-106.12
  Contracts requiring school bus driver permits. (a) No school district that contracts with any individual, corporation, partnership, association, or other entity to transport students, teachers,...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 6-107
  Graduated license. (a) The purpose of the Graduated Licensing Program is to develop safe and mature driving habits in young, inexperienced drivers and reduce or...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 6-107.1
  Instruction permit for a minor. (a) The Secretary of State, upon receiving proper application and payment of the required fee, may issue an instruction permit...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 6-107.2
  Rules for graduated licenses. The Secretary of State, using the authority to license motor vehicle operators, may adopt such rules as may be necessary...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 6-107.3
  Distinct nature of driver's license dependent on age. The Secretary of State shall provide that each graduated driver's license and each regular driver's license...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 6-107.4
  Temporary driver's license; applicant under 18. The Secretary of State may issue a temporary driver's license to an applicant under the age of 18 permitting...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 6-107.5
  Adult Driver Education Course. (a) The Secretary shall establish by rule the curriculum and designate the materials to be used in an adult driver education...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 6-108
  Cancellation of license issued to minor. (a) The Secretary of State shall cancel the license or permit of any minor under the age of 18...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 6-108.1
  Notice to Secretary; denial of license; persons under 18. (a) The State's Attorney must notify the Secretary of the charges pending against any person younger...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 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...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 6-110
  Licenses issued to drivers. (a) The Secretary of State shall issue to every qualifying applicant a driver's license as applied for, which license shall bear...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 6-110.1
  Confidentiality of captured photographs or images. The Secretary of State shall maintain a file on or contract to file all photographs and signatures obtained in...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 6-112
  License and Permits to be carried and exhibited on demand. Every licensee or permittee shall have his drivers license or permit in his immediate...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 6-113
  Restricted licenses and permits. (a) The Secretary of State upon issuing a drivers license or permit shall have the authority whenever good cause appears to...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 6-114
  Duplicate and Corrected Licenses and Permits. In the event that a drivers license or permit issued under the provisions of this Act is lost or...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 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 4...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 6-116
  Notice of Change of Residence Address or Legal Name. (a) Whenever any person after applying for or receiving a drivers license or permit moves from...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 6-116.5
  Driver's duty to report medical condition. Every driver shall report to the Secretary any medical condition, as defined by the Driver's License Medical Review...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 6-117
  Records to be kept by the Secretary of State. (a) The Secretary of State shall file every application for a license or permit accepted under...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 6-117.1
  Prohibited use of driver's license information. (a) When information is obtained from a driver's license to identify or prove the age of the holder of...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 6-117.2
  Emergency contact database. (a) The Secretary of State shall establish a database of the emergency contacts of persons who hold a driver's license, instruction permit,...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 6-118
  Fees. (a) The fee for licenses and permits under this Article is as follows: Original driver's license..............................$30 Original or renewal driver's license issued to 18,...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 6-119
  When fees returnable-drivers license. (a) Whenever any application to the Secretary of State is accompanied by any fee as required by law and such...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 6-120
  Inter-agency agreement for information. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Code, the Secretary of State shall enter into an inter-agency agreement with the Department...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 6-121
  Issuance of confidential drivers' licenses. (a) Requirements for use of confidential drivers' licenses. Confidential drivers' licenses may be issued to local, state, and federal government...

Article II. Cancellation, Suspension, or Revocation of Licenses and Permits

• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 6-201
  Authority to cancel licenses and permits. (a) The Secretary of State is authorized to cancel any license or permit upon determining that the holder thereof:...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 6-202
  Non-residents and Unlicensed Persons-Revocation and Suspension-Reporting Convictions. (a) The privilege of driving a motor vehicle on highways of this State given to a nonresident hereunder...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 6-203
  Suspending or revoking license or privilege upon conviction in another state. The Secretary of State is authorized to suspend or revoke the license of...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 6-203.1
  (a) The Secretary of State is authorized to suspend, for the period set forth in Section 6-208.1, the driving privileges of persons arrested in another...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 6-204
  When Court to forward license and reports. (a) For the purpose of providing to the Secretary of State the records essential to the performance of...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 6-205
  Mandatory revocation of license or permit; Hardship cases. (a) Except as provided in this Section, the Secretary of State shall immediately revoke the license, permit,...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 6-205.1
  (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 90-590, eff. 1-1-99. Repealed by P.A. 92-458, eff. 8-22-01.)
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 6-205.2
  Suspension of driver's license of person convicted of theft of motor fuel. The driver's license of a person convicted of theft of motor fuel under...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 6-206
  Discretionary authority to suspend or revoke license or permit; Right to a hearing. (a) The Secretary of State is authorized to suspend or revoke the...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 6-206.1
  Monitoring Device Driving Permit. Declaration of Policy. It is hereby declared a policy of the State of Illinois that the driver who is impaired by...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 6-206.2
  Violations relating to an ignition interlock device. (a) It is unlawful for any person whose driving privilege is restricted by being prohibited from operating a...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 6-207
  Secretary of State may require reexamination or reissuance of a license. (a) The Secretary of State, having good cause to believe that a licensed driver...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 6-208
  Period of Suspension - Application After Revocation. (a) Except as otherwise provided by this Code or any other law of this State, the Secretary of...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 6-208.1
  Period of statutory summary alcohol, other drug, or intoxicating compound related suspension or revocation. (a) Unless the statutory summary suspension has been rescinded, any person...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 6-208.2
  Restoration of driving privileges; persons under age 21. (a) Unless the suspension based upon consumption of alcohol by a minor or refusal to submit...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 6-209
  Notice of Cancellation, Suspension or Revocation - Surrender and Return of License. The Secretary of State upon cancelling, suspending or revoking a license or...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 6-210
  No operation under foreign license during suspension or revocation in this State. Any resident or nonresident whose drivers license or permit or privilege to...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 6-211
  Secretary of State to Administer Act-Notices Required. (a) The Secretary of State shall administer the provisions of this Chapter and may make and enforce...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 6-212
  Court Review. The provisions of the Administrative Review Law, and all amendments and modifications thereof, and the rules adopted pursuant thereto, shall apply to...

Article III. Violation of License Provisions

• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 6-301
  Unlawful use of license or permit. (a) It is a violation of this Section for any person: 1. To display or cause to be...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 6-301.1
  Fictitious or unlawfully altered driver's license or permit. (a) As used in this Section: 1. "A fictitious driver's license or permit" means any issued license...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 6-301.2
  Fraudulent driver's license or permit. (a) (Blank). (b) It is a violation of this Section for any person: 1. To knowingly possess any fraudulent driver's...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 6-301.3
  Invalidation of a driver's license or permit. (a) The Secretary of State may invalidate a driver's license or permit: (1) when the holder voluntarily surrenders...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 6-302
  Making false application or affidavit - Perjury. (a) It is a violation of this Section for any person: 1. To display or present any...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 6-303
  Driving while driver's license, permit or privilege to operate a motor vehicle is suspended or revoked. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (a-5), any...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 6-304
  Permitting unauthorized person to drive. No person shall cause, authorize or knowingly permit a motor vehicle owned by him or under his control to...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 6-304.1
  Permitting a driver under the influence to operate a motor vehicle. No person shall knowingly cause, authorize, or permit a motor vehicle owned by,...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 6-305
  Renting motor vehicle to another. (a) No person shall rent a motor vehicle to any other person unless the latter person, or a driver designated...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 6-305.1
  Unlawful subleasing of a motor vehicle. (a) It is unlawful for any person who is not a party to a lease contract, conditional sale...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 6-305.2
  Limited liability for damage. (a) Damage to private passenger vehicle. A person who rents a motor vehicle to another may hold the renter liable...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 6-305.3
  Vehicle license cost recovery fee. (a) As used in this Section: "Motor vehicle rental company" means a person or entity whose primary business is renting...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 6-306.3
  (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 95-310, eff. 1-1-08. Repealed by P.A. 98-870, eff. 1-1-15.)
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 6-306.4
  Procedures for residents of other states. (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this Section, any resident of another state which is a member...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 6-306.5
  Failure to pay fine or penalty for standing, parking, compliance, automated speed enforcement system, or automated traffic law violations; suspension of driving privileges. (a) Upon...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 6-306.6
  Failure to pay traffic fines, penalties, or court costs. (a) Whenever any resident of this State fails to pay any traffic fine, penalty, or cost...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 6-306.7
  Failure to satisfy fines or penalties for toll violations or evasions; suspension of driving privileges. (a) Upon receipt of a certified report, as prescribed by...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 6-307
  Injunctions. If any person operates in violation of any provision of this Chapter, or any rule, regulation, order or decision of the Secretary of...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 6-308
  Procedures for traffic violations. (a) Any person cited for violating this Code or a similar provision of a local ordinance for which a violation is...

Article IV. Commercial Driver Training Schools (Source: P. A. 96-740, Eff. 1-1-10; 96-962, Eff. 7-2-10.)

• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 6-401
  Driver training schools-license required. No person, firm, association, partnership or corporation shall operate a driver training school or engage in the business of giving instruction...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 6-402
  Qualifications of driver training schools. In order to qualify for a license to operate a driver training school, each applicant must: (a) be of good...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 6-403
  Established Place of Business. The established place of business of each driver training school must be owned or leased by the driver training school and...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 6-404
  Location of Schools. The established place of business of each driver training school must be located in a district which is zoned for business or...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 6-405
  Restrictions of Locations. The established place of business, or branch office, branch class room or advertised address of any driver training school shall not consist...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 6-406
  Required Facilities. (a) The established place of business of each driver training school must consist of at least the following permanent facilities: (1) An office...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 6-407
  Locations and State Facilities. No office or place of business of a driver training school shall be established within 1,500 feet of any building used...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 6-408
  Records. All driver training schools licensed by the Secretary of State must maintain a permanent record of instructions given to each student. The record must...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 6-408.5
  Courses for students or high school dropouts; limitation. (a) No driver training school or driving training instructor licensed under this Act may request a certificate...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 6-409
  Display of License. Each driver training school must display at a prominent place in its main office all of the following: (a) The State license...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 6-410
  Vehicle inspections. The Department of Transportation shall provide for the inspection of all motor vehicles used for driver training, and shall issue a safety inspection...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 6-411
  Qualifications of Driver Training Instructors. In order to qualify for a license as an instructor for a driving school, an applicant must: (a) Be of...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 6-412
  Issuance of Licenses to Driver Training Schools and Driver Training Instructors. The Secretary of State shall issue a license certificate to each applicant to conduct...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 6-413
  Expiration of Licenses. All outstanding licenses issued to any driver training school or driver training instructor under this Act shall expire by operation of law...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 6-414
  Renewal of Licenses. The license of each driver training school may be renewed subject to the same conditions as the original license, and upon the...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 6-415
  Renewal Fee. The license of each driver training instructor may be renewed subject to the same conditions of the original license, and upon the payment...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 6-416
  Licenses: Form and Filing. All applications for renewal of a driver training school license or driver training instructor's license shall be on a form prescribed...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 6-417
  Instructor's license. Each driver training instructor's license shall authorize the licensee to instruct only at or for the driver training school indicated on the license....
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 6-418
  Instructor's Records. Every licensee shall keep a record showing the name and address of each person given instruction and the instruction permit or driver's...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 6-419
  Rules and Regulations. The Secretary is authorized to prescribe by rule standards for the eligibility, conduct and operation of driver training schools, and instructors and...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 6-420
  Denial, Cancellation, Suspension, Revocation and Failure to Renew License. The Secretary may deny, cancel, suspend or revoke, or refuse to renew any driver training school...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 6-421
  Judicial Review. The action of the Secretary in cancelling, suspending, revoking or denying any license under this Act shall be subject to judicial review...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 6-422
  Prior law and licenses thereunder. This Act shall not affect the validity of any outstanding license issued to any driver training school or driver training...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 6-423
  Deposit of fees. Fees collected under this Article shall be deposited in the Road Fund. (Source: P.A. 76-1586.)
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 6-424
  Injunctions. If any person operates in violation of any provision of this Article, or any rule, regulation, order, or decision of the Secretary of...

Article V. Commercial Motor Vehicle Operators

• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 6-500
  Definitions of words and phrases. Notwithstanding the definitions set forth elsewhere in this Code, for purposes of the Uniform Commercial Driver's License Act (UCDLA), the...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 6-500.1
  Short title. This Article may be cited as the Uniform Commercial Driver's License Act or "UCDLA". (Source: P.A. 86-845.)
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 6-500.2
  Statement of intent and purpose. The purpose of this UCDLA is to implement the federal Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1986 (CMVSA) (Title...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 6-501
  Commercial drivers - permitted only one driver's license. No person who drives a commercial motor vehicle, on the highways, shall have more than one driver's...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 6-502
  Commercial motor vehicle drivers - reporting of traffic violations to the Secretary of State. When required by the Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety Act of...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 6-503
  Commercial motor vehicle drivers - reporting of traffic violations to employer. Every person who is a domiciliary of this State or who has been...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 6-504
  Commercial motor vehicle drivers - other reporting requirements. All drivers of commercial motor vehicles licensed or domiciled in Illinois: (1) who have their driving...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 6-505
  Commercial motor vehicle driver - duty to report certain previous employment to potential employer. Each person who applies for employment as a driver of...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 6-506
  Commercial motor vehicle driver - employer/owner responsibilities. (a) No employer or commercial motor vehicle owner shall allow, permit, authorize, or require an employee to drive...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 6-507
  Commercial Driver's License (CDL) Required. (a) Except as expressly permitted by this UCDLA, or when driving pursuant to the issuance of a commercial driver instruction...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 6-507.5
  Application for Commercial Learner's Permit (CLP). (a) The application for a CLP must include, but is not limited to, the following: (1) the driver applicant's...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 6-508
  Commercial Driver's License (CDL) - qualification standards. (a) Testing. (1) General. No person shall be issued an original or renewal CDL unless that person is...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 6-508.1
  Medical Examiner's Certificate. (a) It shall be unlawful for any person to drive a CMV in non-excepted interstate commerce unless the person holds a CDL...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 6-509
  Non-resident commercial driver's license. (a) The Secretary of State may issue a non-resident CDL to a domiciliary of a foreign jurisdiction if the United States...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 6-510
  Application for Commercial Driver's License (CDL). The application for a CDL or commercial driver instruction permit, must include, but not necessarily be limited to, the...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 6-511
  Change of legal name or domiciliary address. (a) All persons to whom a CDL has been issued, shall notify the Driver Services Department of the...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 6-512
  Unlawful operation of a commercial motor vehicle pursuant to a non-Illinois issued CDL. No person, after becoming a domiciliary of this State for 30...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 6-512.5
  Commercial Learner's Permit or CLP. (a) The content of the CLP shall include, but is not limited to, the following: (1) A CLP shall be...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 6-513
  Commercial Driver's License or CDL. The content of the CDL shall include, but not necessarily be limited to the following: (a) A CDL shall be...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 6-514
  Commercial driver's license (CDL); commercial learner's permit (CLP); disqualifications. (a) A person shall be disqualified from driving a commercial motor vehicle for a period of...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 6-515
  Prohibitions against a person driving a commercial motor vehicle while having any alcohol, other drug, or both in such person's system. (a) Notwithstanding any...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 6-516
  Implied consent requirements for commercial motor vehicle drivers. (a) Effective April 1, 1992, any person who drives a commercial motor vehicle upon the highways is...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 6-517
  Commercial driver; implied consent warnings. (a) Any person driving a commercial motor vehicle who is requested by a police officer, pursuant to Section 6-516, to...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 6-518
  Notification of traffic convictions. (a) Within 5 days after receiving a report of an Illinois conviction, or other verified evidence, of any driver who has...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 6-519
  Driving Record Information To Be Furnished. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the Secretary of State shall furnish the following information regarding...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 6-520
  CDL disqualification or out-of-service order; hearing. (a) A disqualification of commercial driving privileges by the Secretary of State, pursuant to this UCDLA, shall not become...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 6-521
  Rulemaking Authority. (a) The Secretary of State, using the authority to license motor vehicle operators under this Code, may adopt such rules and regulations as...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 6-522
  Authority to Enter Agreements. The Secretary of State may enter into or make agreements, arrangements, or declarations to carry out the provisions of this...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 6-523
  Reciprocity. (a) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, a person may drive a commercial motor vehicle in this State if such person has a valid...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 6-524
  Penalties. (a) Every person convicted of violating any provision of this UCDLA for which another penalty is not provided shall for a first offense be...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 6-525
  Severability. The provisions of this UCLDA shall be severable and if any phrase, clause, sentence or provision of this UCLDA is declared to be...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 6-526
  Prohibition against texting. (a) A driver may not engage in texting while driving a commercial motor vehicle. (b) A motor carrier may not allow or...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 6-527
  Using a hand-held mobile telephone. (a) A driver may not use a hand-held mobile telephone while driving a commercial motor vehicle. (b) A motor carrier...

Article VI. Penalties

• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 6-601
  Penalties. (a) It is a petty offense for any person to violate any of the provisions of this Chapter unless such violation is by this...

Article VII. Driver License Compact

• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 6-700
  Definitions. As used in this compact: (a) "State" means a state, territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia, or the...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 6-701
  Findings and Declaration of Policy. (a) The party states find that: 1. The safety of their streets and highways is materially affected by the...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 6-702
  Reports of Conviction. The licensing authority of a party state shall report each conviction of a person from another party state occurring within its...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 6-703
  Effect of Conviction. (a) The licensing authority in the home state, for the purposes of suspension, revocation or limitation of the license to operate...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 6-704
  Applications for new licenses. Upon application for a license to drive, the licensing authority in a party state shall ascertain whether the applicant has...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 6-705
  Applicability of Other Laws. Except as expressly required by provisions of this compact, nothing contained herein shall be construed to affect the right of...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 6-706
  Compact Administrator and Interchange of Information. (a) The head of the licensing authority of each party state shall be administrator of this compact for...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 6-707
  Entry into Force and Withdrawal. (a) This compact shall enter into force and become effective as to any state when it has enacted the...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 6-708
  Construction and Severability. (a) This compact shall be liberally construed so as to effectuate the purposes thereof. The provisions of this compact shall be severable...

Article VIII. Nonresident Violator Compact

• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 6-800
  The Nonresident Violator Compact, hereinafter referred to as the Compact, is hereby enacted into law and entered into with all other jurisdictions legally joining...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 6-801
  Findings, Declaration of Policy and Purpose. (a) The party jurisdictions find that: 1. In most instances, a motorist who is cited for a traffic...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 6-802
  Definitions. In the Nonresident Violator Compact, the following words have the meanings indicated, unless the context requires otherwise. 1. "Citation" means any summons, ticket,...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 6-803
  Procedure for Issuing Jurisdiction. (a) When issuing a citation for a traffic violation, a police officer shall issue the citation to a motorist who...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 6-804
  Procedure for Home Jurisdiction. (a) Upon receipt of a report of a failure to comply from the Secretary, the licensing authority of the home...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 6-805
  Applicability of Other Laws. Except as expressly required by provisions of this Compact, nothing contained herein shall be construed to affect the right of...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 6-806
  Compact Administrator Procedures. (a) For the purpose of administering the provisions of this Compact and to serve as a governing body for the resolution...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 6-807
  Entry into Compact and Withdrawal. (a) This Compact shall become effective when it has been adopted by at least 2 jurisdictions. (b) Entry into...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 6-808
  Exceptions. The provisions of this Compact shall not apply to parking or standing violations, highway weight limit violations, or to violations of law governing...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 6-809
  Amendments to the Compact. (a) This Compact may be amended from time to time. Amendments shall be presented in resolution form to the Chairman...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 6-810
  Construction. This Compact shall be liberally construed so as to effectuate the purposes stated herein. If this Compact shall be held contrary to the...

Article IX. Driver's License Medical Review Law of 1992

• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 6-900
  Short title. This Article may be cited as the Driver's License Medical Review Law of 1992. (Source: P.A. 87-1249.)
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 6-901
  Definitions. For the purposes of this Article: "Board" means the Driver's License Medical Advisory Board. "Medical examiner" or "medical practitioner" means: (i) any person licensed...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 6-902
  Driver's License Medical Advisory Board; membership; terms; compensation; meetings. (a) There is established within the Office of the Secretary of State a Driver's License...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 6-903
  Standard for determining medical limitation; records. (a) The Secretary in cooperation with the Board shall establish standards for determining the degree to which a...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 6-904
  Referral of cases by the Secretary. The Secretary shall, when he or she has good cause to believe an individual by reason of a...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 6-905
  Medical evaluations of individuals under review; scope of driving privileges; report to the Secretary. (a) Within the scope of the case request, as sent...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 6-906
  Request for a hearing. (a) After utilizing all possible review by the Board under this Act or any regulation promulgated by the Secretary, any...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 6-907
  Cooperation required of person under review. (a) In making an inquiry or conducting a hearing the Secretary or Board may require the person under...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 6-908
  Confidential information. As provided in subsection (j) of Section 2-123 of this Code, all information furnished to the Secretary or Board, the results of all...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 6-909
  Rules and regulations; review under Administrative Review Law. The Secretary, in cooperation with the Board, shall administer and enforce this Act and shall have...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 6-910
  Liability of persons for information supplied to Board or Secretary. No member of the Board, medical practitioner, clinic, hospital, or mental institution, whether public...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 6-911
  Information submitted by medical practitioners; police officers; State's attorneys; or members of the judiciary. Any qualified medical practitioner, commissioned police officer, State's attorney, or...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 6-912
  Severability. The provisions of this Article are severable under Section 1.31 of the Statute on Statutes. (Source: P.A. 87-1249.)

Article X. Enhanced Skills Driving Schools (Source: P. A. 96-740, Eff. 1-1-10.)

• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 6-1001
  Enhanced skills driving schools. (a) As used in this Code, "enhanced skills driving school" means a school for teaching advanced driving skills, such as emergency...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 6-1002
  Enhanced skills driving school qualifications. In order to qualify for a license to operate an enhanced skills driving school, each applicant must: (1) Be of...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 6-1003
  Display of license. Each enhanced skills driving school must display at a prominent place in its main office all of the following: (1) The State...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 6-1004
  Qualifications of enhanced skills driving school instructors. In order to qualify for a license as an instructor for an enhanced skills driving school, an applicant...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 6-1005
  Renewal of license; enhanced skills driving school. The license of each enhanced skills driving school may be renewed subject to the same conditions as the...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 6-1006
  Renewal of license; enhanced skills driving school instructor. The license of each enhanced skills driving school instructor may be renewed subject to the same conditions...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 6-1007
  Licenses; form and filing. All applications for renewal of an enhanced skills driving school license or instructor's license shall be on a form prescribed by...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 6-1008
  Instructor's records. Every enhanced skills driving school shall keep records regarding instructors, students, courses, and equipment, as required by administrative rules prescribed by the Secretary....
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 6-1009
  Denial, cancellation, suspension, revocation, and failure to renew license. The Secretary may deny, cancel, suspend or revoke, or refuse to renew any enhanced skills driving...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 6-1010
  Judicial review. The action of the Secretary in canceling, suspending, revoking, or denying any license under this Article shall be subject to judicial review in...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 6-1011
  Injunctions. If any person, firm, association, partnership, or corporation operates in violation of any provision of this Article, or any rule, regulation, order, or decision...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 6-1012
  Rules and regulations. The Secretary is authorized to prescribe by rule standards for the eligibility, conduct, and operation of enhanced driver skills training schools, and...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 6-1013
  Deposit of fees. Fees collected under this Article shall be deposited into the Road Fund. (Source: P.A. 96-740, eff. 1-1-10.)

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