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91_HB4733 LRB9114564DHmb 1 AN ACT to amend the Illinois Vehicle Code by changing 2 Section 12-610. 3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 4 represented in the General Assembly: 5 Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by 6 changing Section 12-610 as follows: 7 (625 ILCS 5/12-610) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-610) 8 Sec. 12-610. Headset receivers. 9 (a) Except as provided under Section 11-1403.3, no 10 driver of a motor vehicle on the highways of this State shall 11 wear headset receivers while driving. 12 (b) This Section does not prohibit the use of a headset 13 type receiving equipment used exclusively for safety or 14 traffic engineering studies, by law enforcement personnel on 15 duty, or emergency medical services and fire service 16 personnel. 17 (c) This Section does not prohibit the use of any single 18 sided headset type receiving and transmitting equipment 19 designed to be used in or on one ear which is used 20 exclusively for providing two-way radio vocal communications 21 by an individual in possession of a current and valid novice 22 class or higher amateur radio license issued by the Federal 23 Communications Commission and an amateur radio operator 24 special registration plate issued under Section 3-607 of this 25 Code. 26 (d) This Section does not prohibit the use of a 27 single-sided headset with a cellular or other mobile 28 telephone. 29 (Source: P.A. 89-551, eff. 1-1-97.) 30 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon -2- LRB9114564DHmb 1 becoming law.