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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning transportation.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by changing |
| 5 | | Section 12-604.1 and by adding Section 1-218.10 as follows:
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| 6 | | (625 ILCS 5/1-218.10 new) |
| 7 | | Sec. 1-218.10. Video event recorder. A video recorder |
| 8 | | placed inside a vehicle that continuously records, in a digital |
| 9 | | loop, audio, video, and G-force levels, but saves video only |
| 10 | | when triggered by an unusual shaking motion or crash of a |
| 11 | | vehicle, or when operated by a driver to monitor driver |
| 12 | | performance.
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| 13 | | (625 ILCS 5/12-604.1) |
| 14 | | Sec. 12-604.1. Video devices. |
| 15 | | (a) A person may not operate a motor vehicle if a |
| 16 | | television receiver, a video monitor, a television or video |
| 17 | | screen, or any other similar means of visually displaying a |
| 18 | | television broadcast or video signal that produces |
| 19 | | entertainment or business applications is operating and is |
| 20 | | located in the motor vehicle at any point forward of the back |
| 21 | | of the driver's seat, or is operating and visible to the driver |
| 22 | | while driving the motor vehicle.
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| 1 | | (a-5) A person commits aggravated use of a video device |
| 2 | | when he or she violates subsection (a) and in committing the |
| 3 | | violation he or she was involved in a motor vehicle accident |
| 4 | | that results in great bodily harm, permanent disability, |
| 5 | | disfigurement, or death to another and the violation was a |
| 6 | | proximate cause of the injury or death. |
| 7 | | (b) This Section does not apply to the following equipment, |
| 8 | | whether or not permanently installed in a vehicle:
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| 9 | | (1) a vehicle information display;
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| 10 | | (2) a global positioning display;
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| 11 | | (3) a mapping or navigation display;
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| 12 | | (4) a visual display used to enhance or supplement the |
| 13 | | driver's view forward, behind, or to the sides of a motor |
| 14 | | vehicle for the purpose of maneuvering the vehicle; |
| 15 | | (5) television-type receiving equipment used |
| 16 | | exclusively for safety or traffic engineering studies; or
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| 17 | | (6) a television receiver, video monitor, television |
| 18 | | or video screen, or any other similar means of visually |
| 19 | | displaying a television broadcast or video signal, if that |
| 20 | | equipment has an interlock device that, when the motor |
| 21 | | vehicle is driven, disables the equipment for all uses |
| 22 | | except as a visual display as described in paragraphs (1) |
| 23 | | through (5) of this subsection (b).
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| 24 | | (c) This Section does not apply to a mobile, digital |
| 25 | | terminal installed in an authorized emergency vehicle, a motor |
| 26 | | vehicle providing emergency road service or roadside |
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| 1 | | assistance, or to motor vehicles utilized for public |
| 2 | | transportation. |
| 3 | | (d) This Section does not apply to a television receiver, |
| 4 | | video monitor, television or video screen, or any other similar |
| 5 | | means of visually displaying a television broadcast or video |
| 6 | | signal if: (i) the equipment is permanently installed in the |
| 7 | | motor vehicle; and (ii) the moving entertainment images that |
| 8 | | the equipment displays are not visible to the driver while the |
| 9 | | motor vehicle is in motion. |
| 10 | | (d-5) This Section does not apply to a video event |
| 11 | | recorder, as defined in Section 1-218.10 of this Code, |
| 12 | | installed in a contract carrier vehicle. A contract carrier |
| 13 | | vehicle carrying passengers that is equipped with a video event |
| 14 | | recorder shall have a notice posted in a visible location |
| 15 | | stating that a passenger's conversation may be recorded. Any |
| 16 | | data recorded by a video event recorder shall be the sole |
| 17 | | property of the registered owner or lessee of the contract |
| 18 | | carrier vehicle. |
| 19 | | (e) Except as provided in subsection (f) of this Section, a |
| 20 | | person convicted of violating this Section is guilty of a petty |
| 21 | | offense and shall be fined not more than $100 for a first |
| 22 | | offense, not more than $200 for a second offense within one |
| 23 | | year of a previous conviction, and not more than $250 for a |
| 24 | | third or subsequent offense within one year of 2 previous |
| 25 | | convictions.
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| 26 | | (f) A person convicted of violating subsection (a-5) |