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| Public Act 099-0689 | ||||
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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 Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by changing | ||||
Section 12-604.1 and by adding Sections 1-218.10 and 12-604.3 | ||||
as follows: | ||||
(625 ILCS 5/1-218.10 new) | ||||
Sec. 1-218.10. Video event recorder. A video recorder | ||||
placed inside a vehicle that continuously records, in a digital | ||||
loop, audio, video, and G-force levels. | ||||
(625 ILCS 5/12-604.1) | ||||
Sec. 12-604.1. Video devices. | ||||
(a) A person may not operate a motor vehicle if a | ||||
television receiver, a video monitor, a television or video | ||||
screen, or any other similar means of visually displaying a | ||||
television broadcast or video signal that produces | ||||
entertainment or business applications is operating and is | ||||
located in the motor vehicle at any point forward of the back | ||||
of the driver's seat, or is operating and visible to the driver | ||||
while driving the motor vehicle.
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(a-5) A person commits aggravated use of a video device | ||||
when he or she violates subsection (a) and in committing the | ||||
violation he or she was involved in a motor vehicle accident | ||
that results in great bodily harm, permanent disability, | ||
disfigurement, or death to another and the violation was a | ||
proximate cause of the injury or death. | ||
(b) This Section does not apply to the following equipment, | ||
whether or not permanently installed in a vehicle:
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(1) a vehicle information display;
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(2) a global positioning display;
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(3) a mapping or navigation display;
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(4) a visual display used to enhance or supplement the | ||
driver's view forward, behind, or to the sides of a motor | ||
vehicle for the purpose of maneuvering the vehicle; | ||
(5) television-type receiving equipment used | ||
exclusively for safety or traffic engineering studies; or
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(6) a television receiver, video monitor, television | ||
or video screen, or any other similar means of visually | ||
displaying a television broadcast or video signal, if that | ||
equipment has an interlock device that, when the motor | ||
vehicle is driven, disables the equipment for all uses | ||
except as a visual display as described in paragraphs (1) | ||
through (5) of this subsection (b).
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(c) This Section does not apply to a mobile, digital | ||
terminal installed in an authorized emergency vehicle, a motor | ||
vehicle providing emergency road service or roadside | ||
assistance, or to motor vehicles utilized for public | ||
transportation. | ||
(d) This Section does not apply to a television receiver, | ||
video monitor, television or video screen, or any other similar | ||
means of visually displaying a television broadcast or video | ||
signal if: (i) the equipment is permanently installed in the | ||
motor vehicle; and (ii) the moving entertainment images that | ||
the equipment displays are not visible to the driver while the | ||
motor vehicle is in motion. | ||
(d-5) This Section does not apply to a video event | ||
recorder, as defined in Section 1-218.10 of this Code, | ||
installed in a contract carrier vehicle. | ||
(e) Except as provided in subsection (f) of this Section, a | ||
person convicted of violating this Section is guilty of a petty | ||
offense and shall be fined not more than $100 for a first | ||
offense, not more than $200 for a second offense within one | ||
year of a previous conviction, and not more than $250 for a | ||
third or subsequent offense within one year of 2 previous | ||
convictions.
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(f) A person convicted of violating subsection (a-5) | ||
commits a Class A misdemeanor if the violation resulted in | ||
great bodily harm, permanent disability, or disfigurement to | ||
another. A person convicted of violating subsection (a-5) | ||
commits a Class 4 felony if the violation resulted in the death | ||
of another person. | ||
(Source: P.A. 97-499, eff. 1-1-12; 98-507, eff. 1-1-14.) | ||
(625 ILCS 5/12-604.3 new) | ||
Sec. 12-604.3. Video event recorder notice. A contract | ||
carrier vehicle carrying passengers that is equipped with a | ||
video event recorder shall have a notice posted in a visible | ||
location stating that a passenger's conversation may be | ||
recorded. Any data recorded by a video event recorder shall be | ||
the sole property of the registered owner or lessee of the | ||
contract carrier vehicle.
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