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    AN ACT concerning transportation.

 
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    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
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represented in the General Assembly:


 
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    Section 5. The Cycle Rider Safety Training Act is amended  
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by changing Sections 4, 6, and 7 as follows:
 



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    (625 ILCS 35/4)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 804)



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    Sec. 4. Any State university or community college, State 
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university
or community agency designated by the Department may 
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organize a
Regional Cycle Rider Safety Training Center and may 
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offer cycle
rider safety training courses through such Training 
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Centers which
it operates.  The curriculum and accreditation for 
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the courses,
and the geographic areas in which each Training 
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Center may offer
the courses, shall be provided for by rules 
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and regulations of the
Department. Instructors of such courses 
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shall meet the
qualification and certification requirements of 
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the regulations
of the Department and the college, university 
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or community agency
offering the program and may be employed on 
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a calendar year
rather than a school year basis.  Such courses 
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shall be open to
all residents of the State who hold a 
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currently valid driver's
license and who have reached their 
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16th birthday without regard
to whether such person is enrolled 
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in any other course offered by
said State university or 
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community college, State university or community
agency.  Such 
 


 






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courses may be offered throughout the calendar year.
The 
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courses may be offered as credit or noncredit courses, but no

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fee shall be charged except for a nominal registration fee 
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which
shall be refunded upon completion of the course.

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(Source: P.A. 86-1005.)

 



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    (625 ILCS 35/6)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 806)



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    Sec. 6. To finance the Cycle Rider Safety Training program 
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and to pay
the costs thereof, the Secretary of State will 
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hereafter deposit with the
State Treasurer an amount equal to 
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each annual fee and each reduced fee, for
the registration of 
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each motorcycle, motor driven cycle and motorized
pedalcycle 
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processed by the Office of the Secretary of State during the

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preceding quarter as required in subsection (d) of Section 
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2-119 of the
Illinois Vehicle Code, which amount the State 
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Comptroller shall transfer
quarterly to a trust fund outside of 
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the State treasury to be known as the
Cycle Rider Safety 
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Training Fund, which is hereby created. The State Treasurer 
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shall appoint the trustee for this fund to serve a term of 3 
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years, subject to possible reappointment. In addition, the

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Department may accept any federal, State, or private moneys for 
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deposit into
the Fund and shall be used by the Department only 
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for the expenses of the
Department in administering the 
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provisions of this Act, for funding of
contracts with approved 
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Regional Cycle Rider Safety Training Centers for the
conduct of 
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courses, or for any purpose related or incident thereto and

 


 






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connected therewith.

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(Source: P.A. 86-1005; 87-838; 87-1217.)

 



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    (625 ILCS 35/7)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 807)



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    Sec. 7. The trustee of the Cycle Rider Safety Training 
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Fund, in consultation with the Department, is authorized to and 
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shall award
contracts out of appropriations to the Department 
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from "The
Cycle Rider Safety Training Fund" to qualifying 
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Regional Cycle
Rider Safety Training Centers for the conduct of 
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approved Cycle
Rider Safety Training courses.

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(Source: P.A. 82-649.)

 

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    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
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becoming law.