Full Text of SB2340 103rd General Assembly
SB2340 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2023 and 2024 SB2340 Introduced 2/10/2023, by Sen. Doris Turner SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| 625 ILCS 5/11-1414 | from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-1414 | 625 ILCS 5/12-803 | from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-803 |
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Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that any person convicted of violating provisions related to approaching, overtaking, or passing a school bus, or similar provisions of a local ordinance, shall be subject to a mandatory fine of $500 (rather than $300) for a first violation. Provides that a person who observes a violation related to approaching, overtaking, or passing a school bus or making contact with a stopped school bus may file a written or oral complaint with the county sheriff's office, and at the sheriff's discretion, the report may be transferred to the Illinois State Police or municipal police department. Requires the report to be investigated by a peace officer, and the investigating officer to contact the reporting party within 30 days to provide an update on the status or outcome of the investigation. Requires that no later than July 1, 2024, a school bus must be equipped with an extended stop arm that partially obstructs the roadway if the school bus has a route that includes a bus stop which requires a school child to cross a roadway. Establishes that each extended stop arm must be equipped with additional flashing red lights. Provides that the side extension arm must be capable of extending up to 72 inches, measured from the side of the bus to furthest part of the extension arm, and at a height not less than 36 inches from the ground. Provides that the rear extension arm must meet the same specification as the side extension arm, except that it may not extend more than 32 inches from the side of the school bus. Prohibits a driver of a motor vehicle from making contact with any portion of a stopped school bus or with a school child within 30 feet of the school bus, and the violation of such is a misdemeanor and punishable by a fine of not more than $500. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.
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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 | 5 | | changing Sections 11-1414 and 12-803 as follows:
| 6 | | (625 ILCS 5/11-1414) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-1414)
| 7 | | Sec. 11-1414. Approaching, overtaking, and passing school | 8 | | bus.
| 9 | | (a) The driver of a vehicle shall stop such vehicle before | 10 | | meeting or
overtaking, from either direction, any school bus | 11 | | stopped on a highway, roadway, private road, parking lot, | 12 | | school property, or at any other location, including, without | 13 | | limitation, a location that is not a highway or roadway , for
| 14 | | the purpose of receiving or discharging pupils. Such stop is | 15 | | required before
reaching the school bus when there is in | 16 | | operation on the school
bus the visual signals as specified in | 17 | | Sections 12-803 and 12-805 of this
Code. The driver of the | 18 | | vehicle shall not proceed until the
school bus resumes motion | 19 | | or the driver of the vehicle is signaled by the
school bus | 20 | | driver to proceed or the visual signals are no longer | 21 | | actuated.
| 22 | | (b) The stop signal arm required by Section 12-803 of this | 23 | | Code shall
be extended after the school bus has come to a |
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| 1 | | complete stop for the purpose of
loading or discharging pupils | 2 | | and shall be closed before the school bus
is placed in motion | 3 | | again. The stop signal arm shall
not be extended at any other | 4 | | time.
| 5 | | (c) The alternately flashing red signal lamps of an
8-lamp | 6 | | flashing signal system required by Section 12-805 of this Code
| 7 | | shall be actuated after the school bus has come to a complete | 8 | | stop for the
purpose of
loading or discharging pupils and | 9 | | shall be turned off before
the school bus is placed in motion | 10 | | again. The red signal
lamps shall not be actuated at any other | 11 | | time
except as provided in paragraph (d) of this Section.
| 12 | | (d) The alternately flashing amber signal lamps of an | 13 | | 8-lamp
flashing signal system required by Section 12-805 of | 14 | | this
Code shall be actuated continuously during not less than | 15 | | the last 100
feet traveled by the school bus before stopping | 16 | | for the purpose of loading
or discharging pupils within an | 17 | | urban area and during not less than
the last 200 feet traveled | 18 | | by the school
bus outside an urban area. The amber signal lamps | 19 | | shall remain actuated
until the school
bus is stopped. The | 20 | | amber signal lamps shall not be actuated at any other time.
| 21 | | (d-5) The alternately flashing head lamps permitted by | 22 | | Section 12-805 of
this Code may be operated while the | 23 | | alternately flashing red or amber signal
lamps required by | 24 | | that Section are actuated.
| 25 | | (e) The driver of a vehicle upon a highway having 4 or more | 26 | | lanes which
permits at least 2 lanes of traffic to travel in |
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| 1 | | opposite directions need not
stop such vehicle upon meeting a | 2 | | school bus which is stopped in the opposing
roadway; and need | 3 | | not stop such vehicle when driving upon a controlled access
| 4 | | highway when passing a school bus traveling in either | 5 | | direction that is stopped
in a loading zone
adjacent to the | 6 | | surfaced or improved part of the controlled access
highway | 7 | | where pedestrians are not permitted to cross.
| 8 | | (f) Beginning with the effective date of this amendatory | 9 | | Act of 1985,
the Secretary of State shall suspend for a period | 10 | | of 3 months
the driving
privileges of any person convicted of a | 11 | | violation of subsection (a) of this
Section or a similar | 12 | | provision of a local ordinance; the Secretary shall
suspend | 13 | | for a period of one year the driving privileges of any person | 14 | | convicted
of a second or subsequent violation of subsection | 15 | | (a) of this Section or a
similar provision of a local ordinance | 16 | | if the second or subsequent violation
occurs within 5 years of | 17 | | a prior conviction for the same offense. In addition
to the | 18 | | suspensions authorized by this Section, any person convicted | 19 | | of
violating this Section or a similar provision of a local | 20 | | ordinance
shall be subject to a mandatory fine of $500 $300 or, | 21 | | upon a second or subsequent
violation, $1,000, and community | 22 | | service in an amount set by the court.
The Secretary may also | 23 | | grant, for the duration of any
suspension issued under this | 24 | | subsection, a restricted driving permit
granting the privilege | 25 | | of driving a motor vehicle between the driver's
residence and | 26 | | place of employment or within other proper limits that the
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| 1 | | Secretary of State shall find necessary to avoid any undue | 2 | | hardship. A
restricted driving permit issued hereunder shall | 3 | | be subject to
cancellation, revocation , and suspension by the | 4 | | Secretary of State in like
manner and for like cause as a | 5 | | driver's license may be cancelled, revoked ,
or suspended; | 6 | | except that a conviction upon one or more offenses against
| 7 | | laws or ordinances regulating the movement of traffic shall be | 8 | | deemed
sufficient cause for the revocation, suspension , or | 9 | | cancellation of the
restricted driving permit. The Secretary | 10 | | of State may, as a condition to
the issuance of a restricted | 11 | | driving permit, require the applicant to
participate in a | 12 | | designated driver remedial or rehabilitative program. Any
| 13 | | conviction for a violation of this subsection shall be | 14 | | included as an
offense for the purposes of determining | 15 | | suspension action under any other
provision of this Code, | 16 | | provided however, that the penalties provided under
this | 17 | | subsection shall be imposed unless those penalties imposed | 18 | | under other
applicable provisions are greater.
| 19 | | The owner of any vehicle alleged to have violated | 20 | | subsection paragraph (a) of this
Section shall, upon | 21 | | appropriate demand by the State's Attorney or other
designated | 22 | | person acting in response to a signed complaint, provide
a | 23 | | written statement or deposition identifying the operator of | 24 | | the vehicle
if such operator was not the owner at the time of | 25 | | the alleged violation.
Failure to supply such information | 26 | | shall result in the suspension of the vehicle registration of |
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| 1 | | the vehicle for a period of 3 months. In the event the owner | 2 | | has assigned control for the use
of the vehicle to another, the | 3 | | person to whom control was assigned shall
comply with the | 4 | | provisions of this paragraph and be subject to the same
| 5 | | penalties as herein provided.
| 6 | | (g) A person who observes a violation of this Section or | 7 | | subsection (f) of Section 12-803 may file a written or oral | 8 | | complaint with the county sheriff's office. At the sheriff's | 9 | | discretion, the report may be transferred to the Illinois | 10 | | State Police or municipal police department. The report must | 11 | | be investigated by a peace officer, and the investigating | 12 | | officer shall contact the reporting party within 30 days to | 13 | | provide an update on the status or outcome of the | 14 | | investigation. | 15 | | (Source: P.A. 101-55, eff. 1-1-20; 102-859, eff. 1-1-23 .)
| 16 | | (625 ILCS 5/12-803) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-803)
| 17 | | Sec. 12-803.
(a) Each school bus shall be equipped with a | 18 | | stop signal
arm on the driver's side of the school bus that may | 19 | | be operated either manually
or mechanically. Each For each | 20 | | school bus manufactured on and after September 1,
1992, the | 21 | | stop signal arm shall be an octagon shaped semaphore that | 22 | | conforms to
49 C.F.R. 571.131, "SCHOOL BUS PEDESTRIAN SAFETY | 23 | | DEVICES", S5.1 through S5.5.
| 24 | | (b) Each school bus manufactured prior to September 1, | 25 | | 1992 shall be
equipped with a stop signal arm that conforms to |
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| 1 | | standards promulgated by the
Department.
| 2 | | (c) A school bus may be equipped with an extended stop arm | 3 | | that partially obstructs the roadway if the school bus has a | 4 | | route that includes a bus stop which requires a school child to | 5 | | cross a roadway. A school bus may be equipped with an extended | 6 | | stop arm regardless of whether a school child has to cross a | 7 | | roadway. | 8 | | (d) No later than July 1, 2024, a school bus must be | 9 | | equipped with an extended stop arm that partially obstructs | 10 | | the roadway if the school bus has a route that includes a bus | 11 | | stop which requires a school child to cross a roadway. The | 12 | | extended stop arm must be installed on both the driver's side | 13 | | and rear of the school bus. A school child may not cross a | 14 | | roadway to enter or exit from a school bus unless the roadway | 15 | | has been partially obstructed by the extended stop arm. | 16 | | (e) In addition to the lighting systems required under | 17 | | Section 12-805, each extended stop arm must be equipped with a | 18 | | system of flashing red lights. The side extension arm must | 19 | | extend no more than 72 inches, measured from the side of the | 20 | | bus to furthest part of the extension arm, and at a height not | 21 | | less than 36 inches from the ground. The rear extension must | 22 | | meet the same specification as the side extension arm except | 23 | | that it may not extend more than 32 inches, measured from the | 24 | | side of the bus to the furthest part of the extension arm. | 25 | | (f) If the school bus experiences a mechanical problem or | 26 | | emergency that requires the school bus to stop at a |
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| 1 | | non-designated bus stop is not subject to the requirements of | 2 | | this Section. | 3 | | (g) No driver of a motor vehicle may make contact with any | 4 | | portion of a stopped school bus, including an extended stop | 5 | | arm, or make contact with a school child within 30 feet of the | 6 | | school bus. A violation of this subsection is a misdemeanor | 7 | | and punishable by a fine of not more than $500. | 8 | | (Source: P.A. 88-415.)
| 9 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 10 | | becoming law.
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