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92_SB1795

 
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 1        AN ACT in relation to vehicles.

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

 4        Section  5.  The  Illinois  Vehicle  Code  is  amended by
 5    adding Section 12-813.1 as follows:

 6        (625 ILCS 5/12-813.1 new)
 7        Sec. 12-813.1.  Operation of a school bus while  using  a
 8    cellular radio telecommunication device.
 9        (a)  In this Section:
10        "School bus driver" means a person operating a school bus
11    who  has  a  valid school bus driver permit as required under
12    Sections 6-104 and 6-106.1 of this Code.
13        "Cellular radio telecommunication device" means a  device
14    capable  of  sending  or  receiving  telephone communications
15    without an access line for service  and  which  requires  the
16    operator  to  dial  numbers  manually.  It does not, however,
17    include citizens band radios or citizens band radio hybrids.
18        "Using a cellular radio telecommunication  device"  means
19    talking   or   listening  to  or  dialing  a  cellular  radio
20    telecommunication device.
21        To "operate" means to have the vehicle in motion while it
22    contains one or more passengers.
23        (b)  A school bus driver may not  operate  a  school  bus
24    while using a cellular radio telecommunication device.
25        (c)  This Section does not apply:
26             (1)  To    the    use    of    a    cellular   radio
27        telecommunication device for the purpose of communicating
28        with  any  of  the  following  regarding   an   emergency
29        situation:
30                  (A)  an emergency response operator;
31                  (B)  a hospital;
 
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 1                  (C)  a physician's office or health clinic;
 2                  (D)  an ambulance service;
 3                  (E)  a  fire department, fire district, or fire
 4             company; or
 5                  (F)  a police department.
 6             (2)  To   the    use    of    a    cellular    radio
 7        telecommunication  device  to  call for assistance in the
 8        event that there  is  a  mechanical  breakdown  or  other
 9        mechanical problem that impairs the safe operation of the
10        bus.
11             (3)  When  the  school  bus is parked in a safe area
12        off of a roadway.
13        (d)  A school bus driver who  violates  this  Section  is
14    guilty  of  a  petty offense punishable by a fine of not less
15    than $100 and not more than $250.

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