Bill Text: IL HB3377 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that a school district or a school bus company under contract with a school district shall not operate a Type I or Type II school bus manufactured after the effective date of the bill unless the bus is equipped with a set of 3-point seat belts or any other federally approved restraint system under 49 CFR 571.222 in good operating condition for each passenger seat and a rooftop safety hatch. Provides that the provision shall not apply to a school bus that is legally registered in another state and displaying valid registration plates of that state if the bus is not operated in Illinois on a regular basis and the bus is operated in Illinois in connection with a cultural, tourist, athletic, or other similar activity for students enrolled in a school located outside of Illinois. Provides that nothing in the provision shall make a school district or a school bus company liable for a passenger's failure to properly adjust or fasten a seat belt or other restraint system. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-4)

Status: (Failed) 2019-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB3377 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2017-HB3377-Introduced.html

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100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2017 and 2018 HB3377 Introduced , by Rep. Lou Lang SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
625 ILCS 5/12-807.3 new
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that a school district or a school bus company under contract with a school district shall not operate a Type I or Type II school bus manufactured after the effective date of the bill unless the bus is equipped with a set of 3-point seat belts or any other federally approved restraint system under 49 CFR 571.222 in good operating condition for each passenger seat and a rooftop safety hatch. Provides that the provision shall not apply to a school bus that is legally registered in another state and displaying valid registration plates of that state if the bus is not operated in Illinois on a regular basis and the bus is operated in Illinois in connection with a cultural, tourist, athletic, or other similar activity for students enrolled in a school located outside of Illinois. Provides that nothing in the provision shall make a school district or a school bus company liable for a passenger's failure to properly adjust or fasten a seat belt or other restraint system. Effective immediately.
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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 adding
Section 12-807.3 as follows:
(625 ILCS 5/12-807.3 new)
Sec. 12-807.3. Seat safety belts; rooftop safety hatch.
(a) A school district or a school bus company under
contract with a school district shall not operate a Type I or
Type II school bus manufactured after the effective date of
this amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly unless that
bus is equipped with a set of 3-point seat belts or any other
federally approved restraint system under 49 CFR 571.222 in
good operating condition for each passenger seat and a rooftop
safety hatch. The Department shall adopt rules governing the
standards for the seat belts and belt anchorages.
(b) This Section shall not apply to a school bus that is
legally registered in another state and displaying valid
registration plates of that state if the bus is not operated in
Illinois on a regular basis and the bus is operated in Illinois
in connection with a cultural, tourist, athletic, or other
similar activity for students enrolled in a school located
outside of Illinois.

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(c) Nothing in this Section shall make a school district or
a school bus company liable for a passenger's failure to
properly adjust and fasten a seat belt or other restraint
system under this Section.
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.