Vehicles & Safety Committee
Filed: 3/10/2010
 
 

 




 

 		












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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 5454




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    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 5454 by replacing 
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everything after the enacting clause with the following:

 
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    "Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended  by 
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changing 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
  a  
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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 telephone phone.
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(b) does not apply to a person under the age of 19 years using a 
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wireless telephone for emergency purposes, including, but not

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limited  to,  an  emergency call to a law enforcement agency,

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health care provider, fire  department,  or  other  emergency

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services agency or entity. 
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    (c) (Blank). This Section does not apply  to  a  person under 
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the age of 19 years using  a
wireless telephone for emergency 
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purposes, including, but not
limited  to,  an  emergency call to a 
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law enforcement agency,
health care provider, fire  department,  
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or  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, 19 years or older regardless of age, may not 
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use a wireless
telephone at any time while operating a motor 
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vehicle on a roadway in a school speed
zone established under 
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Section 11-605, or on a highway in a construction or

 


 






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maintenance speed zone established under Section 11-605.1.

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This subsection (e) does not apply to (i) a person engaged in a

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highway construction or maintenance project for which a

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construction or maintenance speed zone has been established

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under Section 11-605.1, (ii) a person using a wireless

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telephone for emergency purposes, including, but not limited 
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to,
law enforcement agency, health care provider, fire 
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department, or other emergency services agency or entity,  (iii) 
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a law enforcement officer or operator of an emergency vehicle 
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when performing the officer's or operator's official duties, or 
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(iv) to a person using a wireless telephone in hands-free or 
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voice-activated mode.
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(Source: P.A. 95-310, eff. 1-1-08; 95-338, eff. 1-1-08; 95-876, 
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eff. 8-21-08; 96-131, eff. 1-1-10.)
 

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    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January 
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1, 2011.".