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| | 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
SB0075 Introduced 1/12/2017, by Sen. Ira I. Silverstein SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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| 65 ILCS 5/11-40-2a | from Ch. 24, par. 11-40-2a | 625 ILCS 5/12-807 | from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-807 | 30 ILCS 805/8.41 new | |
| Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that, beginning July 1, 2017, each school bus that is purchased new shall be equipped with seat safety belts for each passenger. Provides that the State Board of Education shall adopt rules to ensure that school districts require all passengers on those buses to wear seat safety belts. Provides that, except for willful or wanton misconduct, a school bus driver may not be held personally liable for the failure of passengers to wear seat safety belts. Preempts the exercise of home rule powers. Makes a corresponding change in the Illinois Municipal Code. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement by the State. Effective immediately.
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| | FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY | HOME RULE NOTE ACT MAY APPLY | STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT |
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| | SB0075 | | LRB100 03934 AXK 13939 b |
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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 Municipal Code is amended by |
5 | | changing Section 11-40-2a as follows:
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6 | | (65 ILCS 5/11-40-2a) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-40-2a)
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7 | | Sec. 11-40-2a. Except as otherwise provided in this |
8 | | Section, the
corporate authorities of any city of 1,000,000 or |
9 | | more
inhabitants may, subject to the provisions of the
"The
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10 | | Illinois Vehicle Code ,
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as now and hereafter amended
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11 | | regulate, license and prescribe safety requirements
for motor |
12 | | vehicles used to transport for hire students to or from a |
13 | | school
where students are in attendance except (a) those |
14 | | belonging to or used by
a common carrier or public utility |
15 | | operating under the jurisdiction of the
Illinois Commerce |
16 | | Commission, and (b) those under the jurisdiction of the
State |
17 | | Board of Education or owned
by the Chicago Transit Authority. |
18 | | However, no such municipality,
including any home rule unit, |
19 | | may require that school buses be equipped
with seat safety |
20 | | belts while transporting students who reside and attend
schools |
21 | | situated outside of the corporate limits of the municipality, |
22 | | and
it is declared to be the law of this State, pursuant to |
23 | | paragraph (g) of
Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois |