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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 |
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| Section 12-610.1 as follows:
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| (625 ILCS 5/12-610.1) |
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| Sec. 12-610.1. Wireless telephones. |
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| (a) As used in this Section, "wireless telephone" means
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| device that is capable of transmitting or receiving
telephonic |
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| communications without a wire connecting the
device to the |
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| telephone network. |
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| (b) A person under the age of 19 years who holds an |
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| instruction permit issued under Section 6-105 or 6-107.1, or a |
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| person under the age of 19 years who holds a graduated license |
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| issued under Section 6-107, may not drive a vehicle on a |
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| roadway while using a wireless phone.
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| (c) This Section does not apply to a person under the age |
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| of 19 years using a
wireless telephone for emergency purposes, |
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| including, but not
limited to, an emergency call to a law |
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| enforcement agency,
health care provider, fire department, or |
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| other emergency
services agency or entity.
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| (d) If a graduated driver's license holder over the age of |
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| 18 committed an offense against traffic regulations governing |
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| the movement of vehicles or any violation of Section 6-107 or |
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| Section 12-603.1 of this Code in the 6 months prior to the |
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| graduated driver's license holder's 18th birthday, and was |
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| subsequently convicted of the violation, the provisions of |
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| paragraph (b) shall continue to apply until such time as a |
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| period of 6 consecutive months has elapsed without an |
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| additional violation and subsequent conviction of an offense |
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| against traffic regulations governing the movement of vehicles |
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| or any violation of Section 6-107 or Section 12-603.1 of this |
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| Code.
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| (e) A person, regardless of age, may not use a wireless
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| telephone at any time while operating a motor vehicle on a |
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| roadway in a school speed
zone established under Section |
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| 11-605, or on a highway in a construction or
maintenance speed |
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| zone established under Section 11-605.1.
This subsection (e) |
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| does not apply to (i) a person engaged in a
highway |
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| construction or maintenance project for which a
construction or |
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| maintenance speed zone has been established
under Section |
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| 11-605.1, (ii) a person using a wireless
telephone for |
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| emergency purposes, including, but not limited to,
law |
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| enforcement agency, health care provider, fire department, or |
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| other emergency services agency or entity, or (iii) a law |
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| enforcement officer or operator of an emergency vehicle when |
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| performing the officer's or operator's official duties. |
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| (Source: P.A. 94-240, eff. 7-15-05; 95-310, eff. 1-1-08; |
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| 95-338, eff. 1-1-08; 95-876, eff. 8-21-08.)
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