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| Public Act 099-0740 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning transportation.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by changing | ||||
Section 11-1414 as follows:
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(625 ILCS 5/11-1414) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-1414)
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Sec. 11-1414. Approaching, overtaking, and passing school | ||||
bus.
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(a) The driver of a vehicle shall stop such vehicle before | ||||
meeting or
overtaking, from either direction, any school bus | ||||
stopped on a highway, roadway, private road, parking lot, | ||||
school property, or at any other location, including, without | ||||
limitation, a location that is not a highway or roadway for
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purpose of receiving or discharging pupils. 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.
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(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.
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(c) The alternately flashing red signal lamps of an
8-lamp | ||
flashing signal system required by Section 12-805 of this Code
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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
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except as provided in paragraph (d) of this Section.
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(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.
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(d-5) The alternately flashing head lamps permitted by | ||
Section 12-805 of
this Code may be operated while the | ||
alternately flashing red or amber signal
lamps required by that | ||
Section are actuated.
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(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
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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.
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(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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
designated person 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 result in | ||
the suspension of the vehicle registration of the vehicle for a | ||
period of 3 months. 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.
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(Source: P.A. 95-105, eff. 1-1-08; 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)
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