Bill Text: IL HB1348 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning seat safety belts.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-04-12 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB1348 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-HB1348-Introduced.html
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| 1 | AN ACT concerning transportation.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by changing | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Section 12-603 as follows:
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| 6 | (625 ILCS 5/12-603) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-603)
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| 7 | Sec. 12-603. Seat safety belts.
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| 8 | (a) No person shall sell any 1965 or later model motor | |||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | vehicle of the
the
first division unless the front seat of such | |||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | motor vehicle is equipped with
2 sets of seat safety belts. | |||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | Motorcycles are exempted from the provisions
of this Section. | |||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | (b) No person shall operate any 1965 or later model motor
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| 13 | vehicle of the
first division that is titled or licensed by the | |||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | Secretary of State unless
the front seat of such motor vehicle | |||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | is equipped with 2 sets of seat safety
belts.
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| 16 | (b-5) No person under the age of 18 years shall operate
any | |||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | motor vehicle, except a motor driven cycle or motorcycle, with | |||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | more than
one
passenger in the front seat of the motor vehicle | |||||||||||||||||||
| 19 | and no more
passengers in the back seats than the number of | |||||||||||||||||||
| 20 | available seat safety belts,
except that each driver
under the | |||||||||||||||||||
| 21 | age of 18 years operating a second division vehicle having a | |||||||||||||||||||
| 22 | gross
vehicle weight rating of 8,000 pounds or less that | |||||||||||||||||||
| 23 | contains only a front seat
may operate the vehicle with more | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | than one passenger in the front seat,
provided that each | ||||||
| 2 | passenger is wearing a properly adjusted and fastened seat
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| 3 | safety belt.
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| 4 | (c) (Blank).
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| 5 | (d) The Department shall establish performance | ||||||
| 6 | specifications for seat
safety belts and for the attachment and | ||||||
| 7 | installation thereof.
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| 8 | (Source: P.A. 89-120, eff. 7-7-95; 90-89, eff. 1-1-98; 90-369, | ||||||
| 9 | eff. 1-1-98;
90-655, eff. 7-30-98.)
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