HB2374 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
HB2374

Introduced , by Rep. Anthony DeLuca

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

625 ILCS 5/12-807

from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-807

Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that each school bus manufactured on or after the effective date of this bill and purchased for use in this State by a school district or a school bus company under contract with a school district shall be equipped with a lap belt or any other federally approved restraint system in a number sufficient to allow each passenger being transported to use a separate belt or restraint system. Effective January 1, 2019.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning transportation.

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

Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by changing Section 12-807 as follows:

(625 ILCS 5/12-807) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-807)

Sec. 12-807. Seat belt for driver and passengers.

(a) Each school bus shall be equipped with a retractable lap belt assembly for the driver's seat. No school bus shall be operated unless the driver has properly restrained himself with the lap belt assembly.

(b) Each school bus manufactured on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly and purchased for use in this State by a school district or a school bus company under contract with a school district shall be equipped with a lap belt or any other federally approved restraint system under 49 CFR 571.222 in a number sufficient to allow each passenger being transported to use a separate seat belt or restraint system.

(Source: P.A. 78-1244.)

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January 1, 2019.