Bill Text: IL HB0349 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Engrossed
Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Creates the offense of distracted driving, which a person commits by operating a motor vehicle in violation of a law or ordinance governing the movement of vehicles while also engaging in certain activities. Provides that a law enforcement officer may charge a person with distracted driving if the officer (i) has stopped the person for any violation of a law or ordinance governing the movement of vehicles and (ii) determines that the person was driving while distracted. Specifies that distracted driving may not be recorded on a person's driving record, but requires a person who has committed distracted driving to pay an additional fine equivalent to the amount of the fine for the underlying offense that he or she committed.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-04-03 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB0349 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2009-HB0349-Engrossed.html
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| 1 | AN ACT concerning vehicles.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by adding | ||||||
| 5 | Section 11-503.5 as follows:
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| 6 | (625 ILCS 5/11-503.5 new)
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| 7 | Sec. 11-503.5. Distracted driving. | ||||||
| 8 | (a) A person commits distracted driving when he or she | ||||||
| 9 | fails to operate a motor vehicle according to the law or | ||||||
| 10 | ordinance governing the movement of vehicles while (i) engaging | ||||||
| 11 | in text messaging, or (ii) reading a newspaper, book, or | ||||||
| 12 | magazine. | ||||||
| 13 | (b) Any person found in violation of subsection (a) of this | ||||||
| 14 | Section commits a petty offense.
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