Rep. John D'Amico
Filed: 2/19/2009
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| 1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 72
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| 2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 72 on page 2, by | ||||||
| 3 | replacing lines 11 through 19 with the following: | ||||||
| 4 | "(e) A person, regardless of age, may not use a wireless
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| 5 | telephone at any time while operating a motor vehicle on a | ||||||
| 6 | roadway in a school speed
zone established under Section | ||||||
| 7 | 11-605, or on a highway in a construction or
maintenance speed | ||||||
| 8 | zone established under Section 11-605.1.
This subsection (e) | ||||||
| 9 | does not apply to (i) a person engaged in a
highway | ||||||
| 10 | construction or maintenance project for which a
construction or | ||||||
| 11 | maintenance speed zone has been established
under Section | ||||||
| 12 | 11-605.1, (ii) a person using a wireless
telephone for | ||||||
| 13 | emergency purposes, including, but not limited to,
law | ||||||
| 14 | enforcement agency, health care provider, fire department, or | ||||||
| 15 | other emergency services agency or entity, or (iii) a law | ||||||
| 16 | enforcement officer or operator of an emergency vehicle when | ||||||
| 17 | performing the officer's or operator's official duties.".
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