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94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
HB5004
Introduced 01/24/06, by Rep. Elizabeth Coulson SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that no person
shall operate a school bus manufactured after the effective
date of this amendatory Act that is not equipped with seat belts for the
passengers and a rooftop safety hatch. Effective immediately.
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| FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY | |
STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT |
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A BILL FOR
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HB5004 |
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LRB094 17396 DRH 52691 b |
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| AN ACT in relation to 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 adding |
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| Section 12-807.3
as follows:
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| (625 ILCS 5/12-807.3 new)
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| Sec. 12-807.3. Bus seat safety belts; rooftop safety hatch.
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| (a) No person shall operate any Type I or Type II school
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| bus manufactured after the effective date of this amendatory |
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| Act of the 94th
General Assembly
unless a set of seat safety |
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| belts in good operating condition is available
to each |
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| passenger and the school bus is equipped with a rooftop safety
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| hatch. The belts and belt anchorages shall conform to the
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| equipment requirements of this Article VIII.
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| (b) This Section does not apply to a school bus legally |
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| registered in
another state and displaying valid registration |
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| plates of that state if
the bus is not operated in Illinois on |
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| a regular basis and if the bus is
being operated in Illinois in |
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| connection with the cultural, tourist,
athletic, or similar |
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| activities of persons enrolled as students in a school
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| schools located outside of Illinois.
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
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| becoming law. |