HB3374 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB3374

Introduced 2/22/2021, by Rep. Daniel Didech

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

625 ILCS 5/12-807.3 new

Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that a school district or a school bus company under contract with a school district shall not operate a Type I or Type II school bus manufactured after the effective date unless the bus is equipped with a set of 3-point seat belts or any other federally approved restraint system in good operating condition for each passenger seat and a rooftop safety hatch. Provides that the new language does not apply to a school bus that is legally registered in another state and displaying valid registration plates of that state if the bus is not operated in Illinois on a regular basis and the bus is operated in Illinois in connection with a cultural, tourist, athletic, or other similar activity for students enrolled in a school located outside of Illinois. Provides that nothing in the new provisions shall make a school district or a school bus company liable for a passenger's failure to properly adjust or fasten a seat belt or other restraint system. Effective immediately.

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning transportation.

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

Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by adding Section 12-807.3 as follows:

(625 ILCS 5/12-807.3 new)

Sec. 12-807.3. Seat safety belts; rooftop safety hatch.

(a) A school district or a school bus company under contract with a school district shall not operate a Type I or Type II school bus manufactured after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly unless that bus is equipped with a set of 3-point seat belts or any other federally approved restraint system under 49 CFR 571.222 in good operating condition for each passenger seat and a rooftop safety hatch. The Department shall adopt rules governing the standards for the seat belts and belt anchorages.

(b) This Section does not apply to a school bus that is legally registered in another state and displaying valid registration plates of that state if the bus is not operated in Illinois on a regular basis and the bus is operated in Illinois in connection with a cultural, tourist, athletic, or other similar activity for students enrolled in a school located outside of Illinois.

(c) Nothing in this Section shall make a school district or a school bus company liable for a passenger's failure to properly adjust and fasten a seat belt or other restraint system under this Section.

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