Public Act 93-0180
SB311 Enrolled LRB093 05948 DRH 06045 b
AN ACT in relation to vehicles.
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 11-1414 as follows:
(625 ILCS 5/11-1414) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-1414)
Sec. 11-1414. Approaching, overtaking, and passing
school bus.
(a) The driver of a vehicle shall stop such vehicle
before meeting or overtaking, from either direction, any
school bus stopped at any location for the purpose of
receiving or discharging pupils on a highway, on a roadway on
school property, or upon a private road within an area that
is covered by a contract or agreement executed pursuant to
Section 11-209.1 of this Code. Such stop is required before
reaching the school bus when there is in operation on the
school bus the visual signals as specified in Sections 12-803
and 12-805 of this Code. The driver of the vehicle shall not
proceed until the school bus resumes motion or the driver of
the vehicle is signaled by the school bus driver to proceed
or the visual signals are no longer actuated.
(b) The stop signal arm required by Section 12-803 of
this Code shall be extended after the school bus has come to
a complete stop for the purpose of loading or discharging
pupils and shall be closed before the school bus is placed in
motion again. The stop signal arm shall not be extended at
any other time.
(c) The alternately flashing red signal lamps of an
8-lamp flashing signal system required by Section 12-805 of
this Code shall be actuated after the school bus has come to
a complete stop for the purpose of loading or discharging
pupils and shall be turned off before the school bus is
placed in motion again. The red signal lamps shall not be
actuated at any other time except as provided in paragraph
(d) of this Section.
(d) The alternately flashing amber signal lamps of an
8-lamp flashing signal system required by Section 12-805 of
this Code shall be actuated continuously during not less than
the last 100 feet traveled by the school bus before stopping
for the purpose of loading or discharging pupils within an
urban area and during not less than the last 200 feet
traveled by the school bus outside an urban area. The amber
signal lamps shall remain actuated until the school bus is
stopped. The amber signal lamps shall not be actuated at any
other time.
(e) The driver of a vehicle upon a highway having 4 or
more lanes which permits at least 2 lanes of traffic to
travel in opposite directions need not stop such vehicle upon
meeting a school bus which is stopped in the opposing
roadway; and need not stop such vehicle when driving upon a
controlled access highway when passing a school bus traveling
in either direction that is stopped in a loading zone
adjacent to the surfaced or improved part of the controlled
access highway where pedestrians are not permitted to cross.
(f) Beginning with the effective date of this amendatory
Act of 1985, the Secretary of State shall suspend for a
period of 3 months the driving privileges of any person
convicted of a violation of subsection (a) of this Section or
a similar provision of a local ordinance; the Secretary shall
suspend for a period of one year the driving privileges of
any person convicted of a second or subsequent violation of
subsection (a) of this Section or a similar provision of a
local ordinance if the second or subsequent violation occurs
within 5 years of a prior conviction for the same offense. In
addition to the suspensions authorized by this Section, any
person convicted of violating this Section or a similar
provision of a local ordinance shall be subject to a
mandatory fine of $150 or, upon a second or subsequent
violation, $500. The Secretary may also grant, for the
duration of any suspension issued under this subsection, a
restricted driving permit granting the privilege of driving a
motor vehicle between the driver's residence and place of
employment or within other proper limits that the Secretary
of State shall find necessary to avoid any undue hardship. A
restricted driving permit issued hereunder shall be subject
to cancellation, revocation and suspension by the Secretary
of State in like manner and for like cause as a driver's
license may be cancelled, revoked or suspended; except that a
conviction upon one or more offenses against laws or
ordinances regulating the movement of traffic shall be deemed
sufficient cause for the revocation, suspension or
cancellation of the restricted driving permit. The Secretary
of State may, as a condition to the issuance of a restricted
driving permit, require the applicant to participate in a
designated driver remedial or rehabilitative program. Any
conviction for a violation of this subsection shall be
included as an offense for the purposes of determining
suspension action under any other provision of this Code,
provided however, that the penalties provided under this
subsection shall be imposed unless those penalties imposed
under other applicable provisions are greater.
The owner of any vehicle alleged to have violated
paragraph (a) of this Section shall, upon appropriate demand
by the State's Attorney or other authorized prosecutor acting
in response to a signed complaint, provide a written
statement or deposition identifying the operator of the
vehicle if such operator was not the owner at the time of the
alleged violation. Failure to supply such information shall
be construed to be the same as a violation of paragraph (a)
and shall be subject to the same penalties herein provided.
In the event the owner has assigned control for the use of
the vehicle to another, the person to whom control was
assigned shall comply with the provisions of this paragraph
and be subject to the same penalties as herein provided.
(Source: P.A. 91-260, eff. 1-1-00.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.