Illinois General Assembly - Bill Status for HB3982

Amends the School Code and the Illinois Vehicle Code. Removes a provision in the School Code that allows a school district to transport not more than 15 students to and from an interscholastic athletic or other interscholastic or school-sponsored activity in a van. Provides instead that a school district transporting students in grade 12 or below for an interscholastic, interscholastic athletic, or school-sponsored, noncurriculum-related activity that (i) does not require student participation as part of the educational services of the district and (ii) is not associated with the students' regular class-for-credit schedule or required 5 clock hours of instruction shall transport the students only in a school bus, a vehicle manufactured to transport not more than 10 persons, including the driver, or a multifunction school-activity bus manufactured to transport not more than 15 persons, including the driver; allows for a depreciation allowance claim. In the Illinois Vehicle Code, makes changes with regard to the definition of "school bus" and the requirement that every student enrolled in grade 12 or below in a public or private nursery, primary, or secondary school be transported in specified types of vehicles for certain activities. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective July 1, 2010.

Changes the definition of "multifunction school-activity bus" in the Illinois Vehicle Code to mean a school bus manufactured for the purpose of transporting 11 to 15 persons, including the driver, whose purposes do not include transporting students to and from home or school bus stops. Provides that a multifunction school-activity bus (MFSAB) is prohibited from meeting certain special requirements for school buses in the Illinois Vehicle Code. Requires a MFSAB to have painted on the body the vehicle weight, vehicle maximum passenger capacity, the name of the owner or entity for which the MFSAB is operated, and an identification number. Requires a MFSAB to display a sign indicating the telephone number of the owner of the MFSAB. Requires the owner of a MFSAB to establish procedures for accepting calls and taking complaints.

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