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 1        AN ACT concerning vehicles.

 2        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section 5.  The Illinois  Vehicle  Code  is  amended   by
 5    changing Sections 1-182 and 11-1414.1 as follows:

 6        (625 ILCS 5/1-182) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 1-182)
 7        Sec. 1-182.  School bus.
 8        (a)  "School  bus"  means  every motor vehicle, except as
 9    provided in paragraph (b) of this Section, owned or  operated
10    by   or   for   any   of   the  following  entities  for  the
11    transportation of persons regularly enrolled as  students  in
12    grade  12  or  below  in connection with any activity of such
13    entity:
14        Any public or private primary or secondary school;
15        Any primary or secondary school operated by  a  religious
16    institution; or
17        Any public, private or religious nursery school.
18        (b)  This definition shall not include the following:
19             1.  A  bus  operated  by a public utility, municipal
20        corporation or common carrier authorized to conduct local
21        or interurban transportation of passengers when such  bus
22        is not traveling a specific school bus route but is:
23             On    a    regularly   scheduled   route   for   the
24        transportation of other fare paying passengers;
25             Furnishing charter service for the transportation of
26        groups on field  trips  or  other  special  trips  or  in
27        connection with other special events; or
28             Being  used  for  shuttle service between attendance
29        centers or other educational facilities.
30             2.  A motor vehicle of the First Division.
31             3.  A motor vehicle designed for the  transportation
 
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 1        of  not  less  than  7  nor  more than 16 persons that is
 2        operated by  or  for  a  public  or  private  primary  or
 3        secondary  school,  including  any  primary  or secondary
 4        school operated  by  a  religious  institution,  for  the
 5        purpose  of transporting not more than 15 students to and
 6        from interscholastic athletic or other interscholastic or
 7        school sponsored activities.
 8             4.  A  truck  as  defined  in  Section  1-211   when
 9        students  are  being  transported  within  the  passenger
10        compartment  to  a  school related instructional program.
11        The number of students being transported may  not  exceed
12        the   number  of  actual  seating  positions  within  the
13        passenger compartment of the truck.
14    (Source: P.A. 89-132, eff. 7-14-95.)

15        (625 ILCS 5/11-1414.1) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-1414.1)
16        Sec. 11-1414.1. School transportation of students.
17        (a)  Every student enrolled in grade 12 or below  in  any
18    entity  listed in paragraph (a) of Section 1-182 of this Code
19    who is transported in a second division motor  vehicle  owned
20    or  operated  by  or  for that entity, in connection with any
21    official activity of such entity, must be  transported  in  a
22    school  bus  or  a  bus  described  in  subparagraph  (1)  of
23    paragraph (b) of Section 1-182.
24        (b)  This  Section shall not apply to any second division
25    vehicle being used by such entity in a parade, homecoming  or
26    similar  school  activity,  or  to  a  truck used in a school
27    related instructional program if  authorized  by  the  school
28    board  and  supervised by the school district, nor to a motor
29    vehicle designed for the transportation of not  less  than  7
30    nor more than 16 persons while that vehicle is being operated
31    by  or  for  a public or private primary or secondary school,
32    including any primary  or  secondary  school  operated  by  a
33    religious  institution,  for  the purpose of transporting not
 
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 1    more than 15 students to and from interscholastic athletic or
 2    other interscholastic or school sponsored activities, nor  to
 3    any  truck,  as  defined  in Section 1-211, when students are
 4    being transported  within  the  passenger  compartment  to  a
 5    school related instructional program.  The number of students
 6    being transported may not exceed the number of actual seating
 7    positions  within  the  passenger compartment of the truck. A
 8    school board that authorizes a truck, as defined  in  Section
 9    1-211,  to  transport  students enrolled in grade 12 or below
10    for a  school  related  instructional  program  shall  accept
11    liability  for  any  injury  or  damage  resulting  from  the
12    transportation of the students.
13    (Source: P.A. 89-132, eff. 7-14-95.)

14        Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
15    becoming law.