Sen. Dan Cronin
Filed: 3/15/2010
 
 

 




 

 		












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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2879




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    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2879 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 Sections 1-148.3a-5 and 11-1414.1 as follows:
 
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    (625 ILCS 5/1-148.3a-5)
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    (This Section may contain text from a Public Act with a 
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delayed effective date)
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    Sec. 1-148.3a-5. Multifunction school activity bus.  A 
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multifunction school-activity bus (MFSAB) means a school bus 
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manufactured for the purpose of transporting 11 to 15 persons, 
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including the driver, whose purposes do not include 
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transporting students to and from home or school bus stops.  
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However, non-public schools may use a multifunction school 
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activity bus to transport non-public school students between 
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non-public schools for curriculum-related school activity. A 
 


 






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MFSAB is prohibited from meeting the special requirements for 
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school buses in Sections 12-801, 12-803, and 12-805 and 
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subsection (a) of Section 12-802 of this Code.
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(Source: P.A. 96-410, eff. 7-1-10.)
 
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    (625 ILCS 5/11-1414.1)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-1414.1)
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    (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 96-410)
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    Sec. 11-1414.1. School transportation of students. 
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    (a) Every student enrolled in grade 12 or below in any 
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entity listed in subsection (a) of Section 1-182 of this Code 
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must be transported in a school bus or a vehicle described in 
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subdivision (1)or (2)of subsection (b) of Section 1-182 of this 
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Code for any curriculum-related school activity. However, 
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non-public schools may use a multifunction school activity bus, 
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as defined in Section 1-148.3a-5 of this Code, to transport 
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non-public school students between non-public schools for 
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curriculum-related school activity.   "Curriculum-related school 
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activity" as used in this subsection (a) includes 
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transportation from home to school or from school to home, 
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tripper or shuttle service between school attendance centers, 
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transportation to a vocational or career center or other 
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trade-skill development site or a regional safe school or other 
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school-sponsored alternative learning program, or a trip that 
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is directly related to the regular curriculum of a student for 
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which he or she earns credit.
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    (b) Every student enrolled in grade 12 or below in any 
 


 






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entity listed in subsection (a) of Section 1-182 of this Code 
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who is transported in a vehicle that is being operated by or 
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for a public or private primary or secondary school, including 
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any primary or secondary school operated by a religious 
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institution, for an interscholastic, interscholastic-athletic, 
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or school-sponsored, noncurriculum-related activity that (i) 
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does not require student participation as part of the 
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educational services of the entity and (ii) is not associated 
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with the students' regular class-for-credit schedule shall 
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transport students only in a school bus or vehicle described in 
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subsection (b) of Section 1-182 of this Code.  This subsection 
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(b) does not apply to any second division vehicle used by an 
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entity listed in subsection (a) of Section 1-182 of this Code 
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for a parade, homecoming, or a similar noncurriculum-related 
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school activity.
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(Source: P.A. 96-410, eff. 7-1-10.)
 

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    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, 
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2010.".