HB5536eng 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

HB5536 Engrossed LRB095 14173 DRH 40037 b

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 changing Section 12-821 as follows:

(625 ILCS 5/12-821)

Sec. 12-821. Display of telephone number; complaint calls.

(a) Each school bus shall display at the rear of the bus a sign, with letters and numerals readily visible and readable, indicating the area code and telephone number of the owner of the school bus, regardless of whether the owner is a school district or another person or entity. The sign shall be in the following form:

"TO COMMENT ON MY DRIVING, CALL (area code and telephone number of school bus owner)" indicate that the number is to be called to report erratic driving by the school bus driver.

A school bus owner who placed a sign conforming to the requirements of Public Act 95-176 on a school bus before the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly may continue to use that sign on that school bus rather than a sign that conforms to the requirements of this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly; however, if the school bus owner replaces that sign, the replacement sign shall conform to the requirements of this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly.

(b) The owner of each school bus shall establish procedures for accepting the calls provided for under subsection (a) and for taking complaints.

(c) The procedures established under subsection (b) shall include, but not be limited to:

(1) an internal investigation of the events that led to each complaint; and

(2) a report to the complaining party on the results of the investigation and the action taken, if any.

(Source: P.A. 95-176, eff. 1-1-08.)

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January 1, 2009.