Full Text of SB2482 100th General Assembly
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning transportation.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by changing | 5 | | Sections 12-806 and 12-806a as follows:
| 6 | | (625 ILCS 5/12-806) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-806)
| 7 | | Sec. 12-806. Identification, stop signal arms and special | 8 | | lighting when
not used as a school bus. | 9 | | (a) Except as provided in Section 12-806a,
whenever a | 10 | | school bus is operated for the purpose of transporting
| 11 | | passengers over 18 years of age other than persons in | 12 | | connection with an activity of the school
or religious | 13 | | organization which owns the school bus or for which the school
| 14 | | bus is operated, the "SCHOOL BUS" signs shall be covered or | 15 | | concealed and
the stop signal arm and flashing signal system | 16 | | shall not be operable
through normal controls.
| 17 | | (b) If a school district, religious organization, vendor of | 18 | | school buses busses , or school bus company whose main source of | 19 | | income is contracting with a school district or religious | 20 | | organization for the provision of transportation services in | 21 | | connection with the activities of a school district or | 22 | | religious organization, discards through either sale or | 23 | | donation, a school bus to an individual or entity that is not |
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| 1 | | one of the aforementioned entities above, then the recipient of | 2 | | such school bus shall be responsible for immediately removing, | 3 | | covering, or concealing the "SCHOOL BUS" signs and any other | 4 | | insignia or words indicating the vehicle is a school bus, | 5 | | rendering inoperable or removing entirely the stop signal arm | 6 | | and flashing signal system, and painting the school bus a | 7 | | different color from those under Section 12-801 of this Code. | 8 | | (Source: P.A. 100-277, eff. 1-1-18; revised 10-5-17.)
| 9 | | (625 ILCS 5/12-806a) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-806a)
| 10 | | Sec. 12-806a.
Identification, stop signal arms , and | 11 | | special lighting on
school buses used to transport children | 12 | | outside of a school activity or persons in connection with a | 13 | | youth camp, child care
facility, or community based | 14 | | rehabilitation facility.
| 15 | | (a) Subject to the conditions in Subsection (c), a bus | 16 | | which meets any
of the special requirements for school buses in | 17 | | Section 12-801, 12-802,
12-803 , and 12-805 of this Code may be | 18 | | used for the purpose of transporting
persons 18 years of age or | 19 | | less . in connection with any of the following
facilities:
| 20 | | (i) any youth camp licensed under the Youth Camp Act; | 21 | | and
| 22 | | (ii) any child care facility licensed under the Child | 23 | | Care Act of 1969.
| 24 | | (b) Subject to the conditions in subsection (c), a bus | 25 | | which meets any
of the special requirements for school buses in |
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| 1 | | Sections 12-801, 12-802,
12-803 and 12-805 of this Code may be | 2 | | used for the purpose of transporting
persons recognized as | 3 | | clients of a community based rehabilitation facility
which is | 4 | | accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of | 5 | | Rehabilitation
Facilities of Tucson, Arizona, and which is | 6 | | under a contractual agreement
with the Department of Human | 7 | | Services.
| 8 | | (c) A bus used for transportation as provided in subsection | 9 | | (a) or (b) shall
either (i) meet all of the special | 10 | | requirements for school buses in Section
12-801, 12-802, 12-803 | 11 | | and 12-805 or (ii) shall have the "SCHOOL BUS" signs
covered or | 12 | | concealed and the stop signal arm and flashing signal system
| 13 | | rendered inoperable through normal means . A bus which meets all | 14 | | of the
special requirements for school buses in Section 12-801, | 15 | | 12-802, 12-803 and
12-805 shall be operated by a person who has | 16 | | a valid and properly
classified driver's license issued by the | 17 | | Secretary of State and who
possesses a valid school bus driver | 18 | | permit or is accompanied and
supervised, for the specific | 19 | | purpose of training prior to routine operation
of a school bus, | 20 | | by a person who has held a valid school bus driver permit
for | 21 | | at least one year. A bus which has had the "SCHOOL BUS" signs | 22 | | covered
or concealed and the stop signal arm and flashing | 23 | | signal system rendered
inoperable through normal means may be | 24 | | operated by a person who has a valid
and properly classified | 25 | | driver's license issued by the Secretary of State.
| 26 | | (Source: P.A. 85-815; 89-507, eff. 7-1-97.)
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