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92_HB0182
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1 AN ACT concerning motor vehicles.
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 Section 12-610 as follows:
6 (625 ILCS 5/12-610) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-610)
7 Sec. 12-610. Headset receivers.
8 (a) Except as provided under Section 11-1403.3, no
9 driver of a motor vehicle on the highways of this State shall
10 wear headset receivers while driving.
11 (b) This Section does not prohibit the use of a headset
12 type receiving equipment used exclusively for safety or
13 traffic engineering studies, by law enforcement personnel on
14 duty, or emergency medical services and fire service
15 personnel.
16 (c) This Section does not prohibit the use of any single
17 sided headset type receiving and transmitting equipment
18 designed to be used in or on one ear which is used
19 exclusively for providing two-way radio vocal communications
20 by an individual in possession of a current and valid novice
21 class or higher amateur radio license issued by the Federal
22 Communications Commission and an amateur radio operator
23 special registration plate issued under Section 3-607 of this
24 Code.
25 (d) This Section does not prohibit the use of a
26 single-sided headset with a cellular or other mobile
27 telephone that allows the driver to talk and listen to a
28 telephone without holding the telephone or its handset or
29 receiver.
30 (Source: P.A. 89-551, eff. 1-1-97.)