96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
SB0272


 
Introduced 2/6/2009, by Sen. Michael W. Frerichs - Pamela J. Althoff
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		













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    Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that a person, regardless of age, may not use a wireless telephone in a school speed zone or a construction or maintenance speed zone, except for a person engaged in a highway construction or maintenance project for which a construction or maintenance speed zone has been established when the person is using a wireless telephone in furtherance of that project.
















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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
  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 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 while operating a motor vehicle in a school speed 
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zone established under Section 11-605 or 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 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 when the person is using a wireless 
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telephone in furtherance of that project.
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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.)