Bill Text: IL HB3293 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Engrossed
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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-Engrossed.html
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-Engrossed.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,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by changing | ||||||
5 | Section 12-806 as follows:
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6 | (625 ILCS 5/12-806) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-806)
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7 | Sec. 12-806.
Identification, stop signal arms and special | ||||||
8 | lighting when
not used as a school bus. | ||||||
9 | (a) Except as provided in Section 12-806a,
whenever a | ||||||
10 | school bus is operated for the purpose of transporting
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11 | passengers other than persons in connection with an activity of | ||||||
12 | the school
or religious organization which owns the school bus | ||||||
13 | or for which the school
bus is operated, the "SCHOOL BUS" signs | ||||||
14 | shall be covered or concealed and
the stop signal arm and | ||||||
15 | flashing signal system shall not be operable
through normal | ||||||
16 | controls.
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17 | (b) If a school district, religious organization, vendor of | ||||||
18 | school busses, or school bus company whose main source of | ||||||
19 | income is contracting with a school district or religious | ||||||
20 | organization for the provision of transportation services in | ||||||
21 | connection with the activities of a school district or | ||||||
22 | religious organization, discards through either sale or | ||||||
23 | donation, a school bus to an individual or entity that is not |
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1 | one of the aforementioned entities above, then the recipient of | ||||||
2 | such school bus shall be responsible for immediately removing, | ||||||
3 | covering, or concealing the "SCHOOL BUS" signs and any other | ||||||
4 | insignia or words indicating the vehicle is a school bus, | ||||||
5 | rendering inoperable or removing entirely the stop signal arm | ||||||
6 | and flashing signal system, and painting the school bus a | ||||||
7 | different color from those under Section 12-801 of this Code. | ||||||
8 | (Source: P.A. 84-1311.)
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