102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
SB1808

 

Introduced 2/26/2021, by Sen. Chapin Rose

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
625 ILCS 5/12-812  from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-812

    Amends the Article of the Illinois Vehicle Code concerning special equipment for school buses. Provides that the Department of Transportation may establish by rule a pilot program to permit the testing of safety equipment not otherwise prohibited by State or federal law.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning transportation.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by
5changing Section 12-812 as follows:
 
6    (625 ILCS 5/12-812)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-812)
7    Sec. 12-812. Rules and regulations.
8    (a) The Department may promulgate rules and regulations to
9more completely specify the equipment requirements of this
10Article and may establish by rule a pilot program to permit the
11testing of safety equipment not otherwise prohibited by State
12or federal law.
13    (b) All rules, regulations and standards promulgated from
14time to time by the State Board of Education and the Department
15for the safety and construction of school buses shall be
16applicable to every motor vehicle in this State defined as a
17school bus under Section 1-182.
18(Source: P.A. 81-1508.)