Public Act 096-0410
 		





HB3982 Enrolled
LRB096 03622 NHT 13650 b






    AN ACT concerning education.

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


 
    Section 5. The School Code is amended  by changing Section 
29-6.3 as follows:
 



    (105 ILCS 5/29-6.3)



    Sec. 29-6.3. Transportation to and from specified 
interscholastic or school-sponsored
school sponsored 
activities.
    (a)  Any school district transporting students in grade 12 
or below for an interscholastic, interscholastic athletic, or 
school-sponsored, noncurriculum-related activity that (i) does 
not require student participation as part of the educational 
services of the district and (ii) is not associated with the 
students' regular class-for-credit schedule or required 5 
clock hours of instruction shall transport the students only in 
a school bus, a vehicle manufactured to transport not more than 
10 persons, including the driver, or a multifunction 
school-activity bus manufactured to transport not more than 15 
persons, including the driver.
    (b)  Any school district furnishing transportation for 
students under the authority of this Section shall insure 
against any loss or liability of the district resulting from 
the maintenance, operation, or use of the vehicle.
    (c)  Vehicles used to transport students under this Section 
may claim a depreciation allowance of 20% over 5 years as 
provided in Section 29-5 of this Code.  Any school district may 
transport not more
than 15 students to and from an 
interscholastic athletic or other
interscholastic or school 
sponsored activity in a motor vehicle designed for
the 
transportation of not less than 7 nor more than 16 persons, 
commonly
referred to as a van, provided that the van is 
operated by or for the
district and provided further that any

school district furnishing transportation for students under 
the authority
of this Section shall insure against any loss or 
liability of the district
resulting from the maintenance, 
operation, or use of the vehicle.

(Source: P.A. 89-132, eff. 7-14-95; 89-608, eff. 8-2-96; 
89-626, eff.
8-9-96.)

 
    Section 10. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended  by adding 
Section 1-148.3a-5 and by changing Sections 1-182, 11-1414.1, 
12-802, and 12-821 as follows:
 
    (625 ILCS 5/1-148.3a-5  new)
    Sec. 1-148.3a-5. Multifunction school activity bus.  A 
multifunction school-activity bus (MFSAB) means a school bus 
manufactured for the purpose of transporting 11 to 15 persons, 
including the driver, whose purposes do not include 
transporting students to and from home or school bus stops.  A 
MFSAB is prohibited from meeting the special requirements for 
school buses in Sections 12-801, 12-803, and 12-805 and 
subsection (a) of Section 12-802 of this Code.
 



    (625 ILCS 5/1-182)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 1-182)



    Sec. 1-182. School bus. 

    (a) "School bus" means every motor
vehicle, except as 
provided in paragraph (b) of this Section, owned
or operated by 
or for any of the following entities for the transportation of

persons
regularly enrolled as students in grade 12 or below
in 
connection with any activity of such entity:

    Any public or private primary or secondary school;

    Any primary or secondary school operated by a religious 
institution; or

    Any public, private or religious nursery school.

    (b) This definition shall not include the following:


        1. A bus operated by a public utility, municipal 
    corporation
or common carrier authorized to conduct local 
    or interurban transportation
of passengers when such bus is 
    not traveling a specific school bus route but
is:


        On a regularly scheduled route for the
transportation 
    of other fare paying passengers;


        Furnishing charter
service for the transportation of 
    groups on field trips or other special
trips or in 
    connection with other special events; or


        Being used for shuttle service
between attendance 
    centers or other educational facilities.


        2. A motor vehicle of the First Division.


        3. A multifunction school-activity bus.  A motor 
    vehicle designed for the transportation of not less than 7

    nor more than 16 persons that is operated by or for a 
    public or private
primary or secondary school, including 
    any primary or secondary school
operated by a religious 
    institution, for the purpose of transporting not
more than 
    15 students to and from interscholastic athletic or other

    interscholastic or school sponsored activities.

(Source: P.A. 89-132, eff. 7-14-95.)

 



    (625 ILCS 5/11-1414.1)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-1414.1)



    Sec. 11-1414.1. School transportation of students. 

    (a) Every student enrolled in grade 12 or below in any 
entity listed in subsection (a) of Section 1-182 of this Code 
must be transported in a school bus or a vehicle described in 
subdivision (1) or (2) of subsection (b) of Section 1-182 of 
this Code for any curriculum-related school activity.  
"Curriculum-related school activity" as used in this 
subsection (a) includes transportation from home to school or 
from school to home, tripper or shuttle service between school 
attendance centers, transportation to a vocational or career 
center or other trade-skill development site or a regional safe 
school or other school-sponsored alternative learning program, 
or a trip that is directly related to the regular curriculum of 
a student for which he or she earns credit. Every student

enrolled in grade 12 or below in any entity listed in paragraph 
(a) of Section
1-182 of this Code who is transported in a 
second division motor vehicle
owned or operated by or for that 
entity, in connection with any official
activity
of such 
entity, must be transported in a school bus or a bus described 
in
subparagraph (1) of paragraph (b) of Section 1-182.

    (b) Every student enrolled in grade 12 or below in any 
entity listed in subsection (a) of Section 1-182 of this Code 
who is transported in a vehicle that is being operated by or 
for a public or private primary or secondary school, including 
any primary or secondary school operated by a religious 
institution, for an interscholastic, interscholastic-athletic, 
or school-sponsored, noncurriculum-related activity that (i) 
does not require student participation as part of the 
educational services of the entity and (ii) is not associated 
with the students' regular class-for-credit schedule shall 
transport students only in a school bus or vehicle described in 
subsection (b) of Section 1-182 of this Code.  This subsection 
(b) does not apply to any second division vehicle used by an 
entity listed in subsection (a) of Section 1-182 of this Code 
for a parade, homecoming, or a similar noncurriculum-related 
school activity. This Section shall not apply to any second 
division vehicle being
used by such entity in a parade, 
homecoming or similar school activity, nor
to a motor vehicle 
designed for the transportation of not less than 7
nor more 
than 16 persons while that vehicle is being operated by or for 
a
public or private primary or secondary school, including any 
primary or
secondary school operated by a religious 
institution, for the purpose of
transporting not more than 15 
students to and from interscholastic athletic
or other 
interscholastic or school sponsored activities.

(Source: P.A. 89-132, eff. 7-14-95.)

 



    (625 ILCS 5/12-802)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-802)



    Sec. 12-802. Identification. 
    (a) Each school bus shall have the sign "SCHOOL
BUS" 
painted on both the front and rear of the bus as high as 
practicable
in letters at least 8 inches high.
    (b) Each school bus and multifunction school-activity bus 
(MFSAB) shall have the  The vehicle
weight and the vehicle 
maximum passenger capacity recommended by the manufacturer
of 
the bus, which shall be based upon provision for 13 inches of 
seating
space for each passenger exclusive of the driver, shall 
be painted on
the body to the left of the service door in 
letters at least 2 inches high.
The name of the owner or the 
entity or both for which the school bus or MFSAB is operated
or 
both shall be painted in a contrasting color on both sides, 
centered
as high as practicable below the window line, in 
letters at least 4 inches
high.  An A school bus identification 
number shall be painted as high as practicable
on both the 
front and rear of the school bus or MFSAB in letters at least
4 
inches high.
    (c)  Decals may be used instead of painting under this 
Section.

(Source: P.A. 82-111.)

 
    (625 ILCS 5/12-821)
    Sec. 12-821. Display of telephone number; complaint calls.
    (a) Each school bus and multifunction school-activity bus 
shall display at the rear of the bus a sign, with letters and 
numerals readily visible and readable, indicating the 
telephone number of the owner of the school bus, regardless of 
whether the owner is a school district or another person or 
entity. The sign shall indicate that the number is to be called 
to report erratic driving by the school bus driver.
    (b) The owner of each school bus or multifunction 
school-activity bus shall establish procedures for accepting 
the calls provided for under subsection (a) and for taking 
complaints.
    (c) The procedures established under subsection (b) shall 
include, but not be limited to:
        (1) an internal investigation of the events that led to 
    each complaint; and
        (2) a report to the complaining party on the results of 
    the investigation and the action taken, if any.


(Source: P.A. 95-176, eff. 1-1-08.)
 
    Section 90. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding 
Section 8.33 as follows:
 
    (30 ILCS 805/8.33 new)
    Sec. 8.33. Exempt mandate. Notwithstanding Sections 6 and 8 
of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is required for the 
implementation of any mandate created by this amendatory Act of 
the 96th General Assembly.
 

    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, 
2010.