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91_SB1261
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1 AN ACT to amend the Illinois Vehicle Code by changing
2 Section 12-815.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by
6 changing Section 12-815 as follows:
7 (625 ILCS 5/12-815) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-815)
8 Sec. 12-815. Strobe lamp on school bus.
9 (a) A school bus manufactured purchased prior to January
10 1, 2000 the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 91st
11 General Assembly may be equipped with one strobe lamp that
12 will emit 60 to 120 flashes per minute of white or
13 bluish-white light visible to a motorist approaching the bus
14 from any direction. A school bus manufactured purchased on or
15 after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 91st
16 General Assembly shall be equipped with one strobe lamp that
17 will emit 60 to 120 flashes per minute of white or
18 bluish-white light visible to a motorist approaching the bus
19 from any direction. The lamp shall be of sufficient
20 brightness to be visible in normal sunlight when viewed
21 directly from a distance of at least one mile.
22 (b) The strobe lamp shall be mounted on the rooftop of
23 the bus with the light generating element in the lamp located
24 equidistant from each side and either at or behind the center
25 of the rooftop. The maximum height of the element above the
26 rooftop shall not exceed 1/30 of its distance from the rear
27 of the rooftop. If the structure of the strobe lamp obscures
28 the light generating element, the element shall be deemed to
29 be in the center of the lamp with a maximum height 1/4 inch
30 less than the maximum height of the strobe lamp unless
31 otherwise indicated in rules and regulations promulgated by
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1 the Department. The Department may promulgate rules and
2 regulations to govern measurements, glare, effectiveness and
3 protection of strobe lamps on school buses, including higher
4 strobe lamps than authorized in this paragraph.
5 (c) The strobe lamp may be lighted only when the school
6 bus is actually being used as a school bus and:
7 1. is stopping or stopped for loading or
8 discharging pupils on a highway outside an urban area; or
9 2. is bearing one or more pupils and is either
10 stopped or, in the interest of safety, is moving very
11 slowly at a speed:
12 (i) less than the posted minimum speed limit,
13 or
14 (ii) less than 30 miles per hour on a highway
15 outside an urban area.
16 (Source: P.A. 91-168, eff. 1-1-00.)
17 Section 95. No acceleration or delay. Where this Act
18 makes changes in a statute that is represented in this Act by
19 text that is not yet or no longer in effect (for example, a
20 Section represented by multiple versions), the use of that
21 text does not accelerate or delay the taking effect of (i)
22 the changes made by this Act or (ii) provisions derived from
23 any other Public Act.
24 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
25 becoming law.