Public Act 096-0131
 		





HB0072 Enrolled
LRB096 02955 AJT 12969 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 12-610.1 as follows:
 
    (625 ILCS 5/12-610.1)
    Sec. 12-610.1. Wireless telephones.
    (a)  As  used in this Section, "wireless telephone" means
  a  
device  that  is  capable  of  transmitting  or  receiving
  telephonic  
communications  without  a  wire  connecting  the
  device to the 
telephone network.
    (b) A person under the age of 19 years who holds an 
instruction permit issued under Section 6-105 or 6-107.1, or a 
person under the age of 19 years who holds a graduated license 
issued under Section 6-107, may not drive a vehicle on a 
roadway while using a wireless phone.

    (c) This Section does not apply  to  a  person under the age 
of 19 years using  a
wireless telephone for emergency purposes, 
including, but not
limited  to,  an  emergency call to a law 
enforcement agency,
health care provider, fire  department,  or  
other  emergency
services agency or entity.

    (d)  If a graduated driver's license holder over the age of 
18 committed an offense against traffic regulations governing 
the movement of vehicles or any violation of Section 6-107 or 
Section 12-603.1 of this Code in the 6 months prior to the 
graduated driver's license holder's 18th birthday, and was 
subsequently convicted of the violation, the provisions of 
paragraph (b) shall continue to apply until such time as a 
period of 6 consecutive months has elapsed without an 
additional violation and subsequent conviction of an offense 
against traffic regulations governing the movement of vehicles 
or any violation of Section 6-107 or Section 12-603.1 of this 
Code.

    (e) A person, regardless of age, may not use a wireless

telephone at any time while operating a motor vehicle on a 
roadway in a school speed
zone established under Section 
11-605, or on a highway in a construction or
maintenance speed 
zone established under Section 11-605.1.
This subsection (e) 
does not apply to (i) a person engaged in a
highway 
construction or maintenance project for which a
construction or 
maintenance speed zone has been established
under Section 
11-605.1, (ii) a person using a wireless
telephone for 
emergency purposes, including, but not limited to,
law 
enforcement agency, health care provider, fire department, or 
other emergency services agency or entity,  (iii) a law 
enforcement officer or operator of an emergency vehicle when 
performing the officer's or operator's official duties, or (iv) 
to a person using a wireless telephone in voice-activated mode.
(Source: P.A. 94-240, eff. 7-15-05; 95-310, eff. 1-1-08; 
95-338, eff. 1-1-08; 95-876, eff. 8-21-08.)