625 ILCS 5/6-104
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 625 - VEHICLES|625 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Vehicle Code.|Chapter 6 - The Illinois Driver Licensing Law

 (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 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.(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 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.(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  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.)