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Rep. John D'Amico
Filed: 2/19/2009
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09600HB0072ham002 |
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LRB096 02955 AJT 21136 a |
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| AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 72
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 72 on page 2, by |
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| replacing lines 11 through 19 with the following: |
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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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