Full Text of HB5454 96th General Assembly
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Vehicles & Safety Committee
Filed: 3/10/2010
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| AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 5454
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 5454 by replacing | 3 |
| everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| "Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by | 5 |
| changing Section 12-610.1 as follows: | 6 |
| (625 ILCS 5/12-610.1) | 7 |
| Sec. 12-610.1. Wireless telephones. | 8 |
| (a) As used in this Section, "wireless telephone" means
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| device that is capable of transmitting or receiving
telephonic | 10 |
| communications without a wire connecting the
device to the | 11 |
| telephone network. | 12 |
| (b) A person under the age of 19 years who holds an | 13 |
| instruction permit issued under Section 6-105 or 6-107.1, or a | 14 |
| person under the age of 19 years who holds a graduated license | 15 |
| issued under Section 6-107, may not drive a vehicle on a | 16 |
| roadway while using a wireless telephone phone .
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| (b) does not apply to a person under the age of 19 years using a | 2 |
| wireless telephone for emergency purposes, including, but not
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| limited to, an emergency call to a law enforcement agency,
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| health care provider, fire department, or other emergency
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| services agency or entity. | 6 |
| (c) (Blank). This Section does not apply to a person under | 7 |
| the age of 19 years using a
wireless telephone for emergency | 8 |
| purposes, including, but not
limited to, an emergency call to a | 9 |
| law enforcement agency,
health care provider, fire department, | 10 |
| or other emergency
services agency or entity. | 11 |
| (d) If a graduated driver's license holder over the age of | 12 |
| 18 committed an offense against traffic regulations governing | 13 |
| the movement of vehicles or any violation of Section 6-107 or | 14 |
| Section 12-603.1 of this Code in the 6 months prior to the | 15 |
| graduated driver's license holder's 18th birthday, and was | 16 |
| subsequently convicted of the violation, the provisions of | 17 |
| paragraph (b) shall continue to apply until such time as a | 18 |
| period of 6 consecutive months has elapsed without an | 19 |
| additional violation and subsequent conviction of an offense | 20 |
| against traffic regulations governing the movement of vehicles | 21 |
| or any violation of Section 6-107 or Section 12-603.1 of this | 22 |
| Code.
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| (e) A person, 19 years or older regardless of age , may not | 24 |
| use a wireless
telephone at any time while operating a motor | 25 |
| vehicle on a roadway in a school speed
zone established under | 26 |
| Section 11-605, or on a highway in a construction or
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| maintenance speed zone established under Section 11-605.1 .
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| This subsection (e) does not apply to (i) a person engaged in a
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| highway construction or maintenance project for which a
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| construction or maintenance speed zone has been established
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| under Section 11-605.1, (ii) a person using a wireless
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| telephone for emergency purposes, including, but not limited | 7 |
| to,
law enforcement agency, health care provider, fire | 8 |
| department, or other emergency services agency or entity, (iii) | 9 |
| a law enforcement officer or operator of an emergency vehicle | 10 |
| when performing the officer's or operator's official duties, or | 11 |
| (iv) to a person using a wireless telephone in hands-free or | 12 |
| voice-activated mode. | 13 |
| (Source: P.A. 95-310, eff. 1-1-08; 95-338, eff. 1-1-08; 95-876, | 14 |
| eff. 8-21-08; 96-131, eff. 1-1-10.)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January | 16 |
| 1, 2011.".
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