Bill Text: IL HB3293 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that whenever a school bus is operated for the purpose of transporting passengers other than persons in connection with an activity of the school or religious organization which owns the bus or whenever a school district or a school bus company under contract with a school district discards a school bus through sale or donation, the "SCHOOL BUS" signs and any other insignia or words indicating that the vehicle is a school bus shall be removed, covered, or concealed, the stop signal arm and flashing signal system shall not be operable through normal controls, and the bus shall be painted a color different from the colors required for a school bus under the Code.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-3)

Status: (Passed) 2017-08-22 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0277 [HB3293 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2017-HB3293-Introduced.html

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100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2017 and 2018 HB3293 Introduced , by Rep. Sue Scherer SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
625 ILCS 5/12-806 from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-806
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that whenever a school bus is operated for the purpose of transporting passengers other than persons in connection with an activity of the school or religious organization which owns the bus or whenever a school district or a school bus company under contract with a school district discards a school bus through sale or donation, the "SCHOOL BUS" signs and any other insignia or words indicating that the vehicle is a school bus shall be removed, covered, or concealed, the stop signal arm and flashing signal system shall not be operable through normal controls, and the bus shall be painted a color different from the colors required for a school bus under the Code.
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AN ACT concerning transportation.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by changing
Section 12-806 as follows:
(625 ILCS 5/12-806) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-806)
Sec. 12-806. Identification, stop signal arms and special
lighting when not used as a school bus. Except as provided in
Section 12-806a, whenever a school bus is operated for the
purpose of transporting passengers other than persons in
connection with an activity of the school or religious
organization which owns the school bus or for which the school
bus is operated or whenever a school district or a school bus
company under contract with a school district discards a school
bus through sale or donation, the "SCHOOL BUS" signs and any
other insignia or words indicating that the vehicle is a school
bus shall be removed, covered, or concealed, and the stop
signal arm and flashing signal system shall not be operable
through normal controls, and the bus shall be painted a color
different form those under Section 12-801 of this Code.
(Source: P.A. 84-1311.)