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91_HB2751
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1 AN ACT to amend the Illinois Vehicle Code by adding
2 Section 6-106.1c.
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 adding
6 Section 6-106.1c as follows:
7 (625 ILCS 5/6-106.1c new)
8 Sec. 6-106.1c. School children safety enhancement pilot
9 program.
10 (a) The Secretary of State shall establish a 3-year
11 pilot program to test the effectiveness of school bus safety
12 enhancement devices on school buses driven by individuals
13 issued school bus driver permits under Section 6-106.1.
14 (b) "School bus safety enhancement device" means an
15 ignition interlock device as that term is used in subsection
16 (h) of Section 6-205 and subsection (i) of Section 11-501 of
17 the Illinois Vehicle Code enhanced by one or more of the
18 following:
19 (i) an internal clock;
20 (ii) ability to track and store in its memory the
21 speed of and number of stops made by the school bus;
22 (iii) ability to count and store in its memory the
23 number of students getting on and off the bus and the
24 time they do so;
25 (iv) ability to record and store in its memory by
26 time of day each stop made by the bus at a railroad
27 crossing;
28 (v) a panic signal that the driver can activate to
29 alert law enforcement authorities of trouble;
30 (vi) a signal that automatically alerts law
31 enforcement authorities in the event that the school bus
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1 is involved in a collision; or
2 (vii) a video camera that records images from
3 inside the bus or transmits them to a central location or
4 both.
5 (c) The pilot program may be established with particular
6 school districts, private schools, or school bus companies,
7 but shall be established to test the effectiveness of school
8 bus safety enhancement devices in urban, suburban, and rural
9 areas.
10 (d) The Secretary shall establish by rule the population
11 and procedures for conducting the school children safety
12 enhancement pilot program.
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