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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: | ||||||
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. | ||||||
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) |
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1 | commits a Class A misdemeanor if the violation resulted in | ||||||
2 | great bodily harm, permanent disability, or disfigurement to | ||||||
3 | another. A person convicted of violating subsection (a-5) | ||||||
4 | commits a Class 4 felony if the violation resulted in the death | ||||||
5 | of another person. | ||||||
6 | (Source: P.A. 97-499, eff. 1-1-12; 98-507, eff. 1-1-14.) |