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91_HB1166
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1 AN ACT concerning seat belts.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by
5 changing Section 11-40-2a as follows:
6 (65 ILCS 5/11-40-2a) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-40-2a)
7 Sec. 11-40-2a. Except as otherwise provided in this
8 Section, the corporate authorities of any city of 1,000,000
9 or more inhabitants may, subject to the provisions of "The
10 Illinois Vehicle Code", as now and hereafter amended
11 regulate, license and prescribe safety requirements for motor
12 vehicles used to transport for hire students to or from a
13 school where students are in attendance except (a) those
14 belonging to or used by a common carrier or public utility
15 operating under the jurisdiction of the Illinois Commerce
16 Commission, and (b) those under the jurisdiction of the State
17 Board of Education or owned by the Chicago Transit Authority.
18 However, no such municipality, including any home rule unit,
19 may require that school buses be equipped with seat safety
20 belts while transporting students who reside and attend
21 schools situated outside of the corporate limits of the
22 municipality, and it is declared to be the law of this State,
23 pursuant to paragraph (g) of Section 6 of Article VII of the
24 Illinois Constitution, that this amendatory Act of 1986 is a
25 limitation on and denial of the powers of a home rule unit to
26 impose such a requirement. In this Section "school" means
27 any public, private or parochial elementary or secondary
28 school or nursery.
29 (Source: P.A. 84-1374.)
30 Section 10. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by
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1 adding Section 12-807.3 as follows:
2 (625 ILCS 5/12-807.3 new)
3 Sec. 12-807.3. Seat belts for elementary students. Each
4 school bus used in the transportation of elementary students
5 must be equipped with a retractable lap belt assembly for
6 each elementary student on the vehicle.