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Sen. Daniel Biss
Filed: 4/22/2015
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1 | | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1834
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2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1834 by replacing |
3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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4 | | "Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by |
5 | | changing Section 12-604.1 and by adding Section 1-218.10 as |
6 | | follows: |
7 | | (625 ILCS 5/1-218.10 new) |
8 | | Sec. 1-218.10. Video event recorder. A video recorder |
9 | | placed inside a vehicle that continuously records, in a digital |
10 | | loop, audio, video, and G-force levels, but saves video only |
11 | | when triggered by an unusual shaking motion or crash of a |
12 | | vehicle, or when operated by a driver to monitor driver |
13 | | performance. |
14 | | (625 ILCS 5/12-604.1) |
15 | | Sec. 12-604.1. Video devices. |
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1 | | (a) A person may not operate a motor vehicle if a |
2 | | television receiver, a video monitor, a television or video |
3 | | screen, or any other similar means of visually displaying a |
4 | | television broadcast or video signal that produces |
5 | | entertainment or business applications is operating and is |
6 | | located in the motor vehicle at any point forward of the back |
7 | | of the driver's seat, or is operating and visible to the driver |
8 | | while driving the motor vehicle.
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9 | | (a-5) A person commits aggravated use of a video device |
10 | | when he or she violates subsection (a) and in committing the |
11 | | violation he or she was involved in a motor vehicle accident |
12 | | that results in great bodily harm, permanent disability, |
13 | | disfigurement, or death to another and the violation was a |
14 | | proximate cause of the injury or death. |
15 | | (b) This Section does not apply to the following equipment, |
16 | | whether or not permanently installed in a vehicle:
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17 | | (1) a vehicle information display;
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18 | | (2) a global positioning display;
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19 | | (3) a mapping or navigation display;
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20 | | (4) a visual display used to enhance or supplement the |
21 | | driver's view forward, behind, or to the sides of a motor |
22 | | vehicle for the purpose of maneuvering the vehicle; |
23 | | (5) television-type receiving equipment used |
24 | | exclusively for safety or traffic engineering studies; or
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25 | | (6) a television receiver, video monitor, television |
26 | | or video screen, or any other similar means of visually |
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1 | | displaying a television broadcast or video signal, if that |
2 | | equipment has an interlock device that, when the motor |
3 | | vehicle is driven, disables the equipment for all uses |
4 | | except as a visual display as described in paragraphs (1) |
5 | | through (5) of this subsection (b).
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6 | | (c) This Section does not apply to a mobile, digital |
7 | | terminal installed in an authorized emergency vehicle, a motor |
8 | | vehicle providing emergency road service or roadside |
9 | | assistance, or to motor vehicles utilized for public |
10 | | transportation. |
11 | | (d) This Section does not apply to a television receiver, |
12 | | video monitor, television or video screen, or any other similar |
13 | | means of visually displaying a television broadcast or video |
14 | | signal if: (i) the equipment is permanently installed in the |
15 | | motor vehicle; and (ii) the moving entertainment images that |
16 | | the equipment displays are not visible to the driver while the |
17 | | motor vehicle is in motion. |
18 | | (d-5) This Section does not apply to a video event |
19 | | recorder, as defined in Section 1-218.10 of this Code, |
20 | | installed in a contract carrier vehicle. A contract carrier |
21 | | vehicle carrying passengers that is equipped with a video event |
22 | | recorder shall have a notice posted in a visible location |
23 | | stating that a passenger's conversation may be recorded. Any |
24 | | data recorded by a video event recorder shall be the sole |
25 | | property of the registered owner or lessee of the contract |
26 | | carrier vehicle. |
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1 | | (e) Except as provided in subsection (f) of this Section, a |
2 | | person convicted of violating this Section is guilty of a petty |
3 | | offense and shall be fined not more than $100 for a first |
4 | | offense, not more than $200 for a second offense within one |
5 | | year of a previous conviction, and not more than $250 for a |
6 | | third or subsequent offense within one year of 2 previous |
7 | | convictions.
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8 | | (f) A person convicted of violating subsection (a-5) |
9 | | commits a Class A misdemeanor if the violation resulted in |
10 | | great bodily harm, permanent disability, or disfigurement to |
11 | | another. A person convicted of violating subsection (a-5) |
12 | | commits a Class 4 felony if the violation resulted in the death |
13 | | of another person. |
14 | | (Source: P.A. 97-499, eff. 1-1-12; 98-507, eff. 1-1-14.)".
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