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91_SB1588eng SB1588 Engrossed LRB9111399DHmb 1 AN ACT to amend the Illinois Vehicle Code by changing 2 Section 12-801. 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 12-801 as follows: 7 (625 ILCS 5/12-801) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-801) 8 Sec. 12-801. Color and signs. 9 (a) The exterior of each school bus shall be national 10 school bus glossy yellow except as follows: 11 The rooftop may be white. 12 The fenders of school buses manufactured before January 13 1, 1976, may be black. 14 Body trim, rub rails, lettering other than on a stop 15 signal arm and bumpers on a Type I school bus shall be glossy 16 black. 17 Lettering on a stop signal arm shall be white on a red 18 background. 19 Bumpers on a Type II school bus may be glossy black or a 20 bright, light or colorless finish. 21 The hood and upper cowl may be lusterless black or 22 lusterless school bus yellow. 23 Grilles on the front, lamp trim and hubcaps may be a 24 bright finish. 25 The name or emblem of a manufacturer may be colorless or 26 any color. 27 The exterior paint of any school bus shall match the 28 central value, hue and chroma set forth in rules promulgated 29 by the Department. 30 (b) Local school boards may elect, and any school bus 31 company may agree, to display signs bearing public safety SB1588 Engrossed -2- LRB9111399DHmb 1 messages on their Type I school buses. The signs may be of 2 any color, may be no larger than 2 feet in height and 6 feet 3 in width, and may be displayed within frames on either side 4 or both sides of any Type I school bus. Local school boards 5 electing to display these signs on their Type I school buses 6 shall adopt rules regarding the content of the signs. 7 (Source: P.A. 88-415; 89-433, eff. 12-15-95.) 8 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 9 becoming law.