Bill Text: IL SB1834 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Enrolled
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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides for the use of video event recorder devices in vehicles to be used exclusively for driver feedback or safety monitoring programs, as long as the device does not obstruct the driver's clear view through the front windshield. Prohibits rail carriers from using audio or video images obtained from a video event recorder originating within a contract carrier vehicle in any disciplinary proceeding against an employee. Provides that in the event of an accident involving a contract carrier vehicle equipped with a video event recorder, no audio or video recordings shall be released except upon the order of a court with jurisdiction in the matter.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Vetoed) 2015-09-24 - Bill Dead - Amendatory Veto [SB1834 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-SB1834-Enrolled.html
Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides for the use of video event recorder devices in vehicles to be used exclusively for driver feedback or safety monitoring programs, as long as the device does not obstruct the driver's clear view through the front windshield. Prohibits rail carriers from using audio or video images obtained from a video event recorder originating within a contract carrier vehicle in any disciplinary proceeding against an employee. Provides that in the event of an accident involving a contract carrier vehicle equipped with a video event recorder, no audio or video recordings shall be released except upon the order of a court with jurisdiction in the matter.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Vetoed) 2015-09-24 - Bill Dead - Amendatory Veto [SB1834 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-SB1834-Enrolled.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 12-604.1 and by adding Section 1-218.10 as follows:
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| 6 | (625 ILCS 5/1-218.10 new) | ||||||
| 7 | Sec. 1-218.10. Video event recorder. A video recorder | ||||||
| 8 | placed inside a vehicle that continuously records, in a digital | ||||||
| 9 | loop, audio, video, and G-force levels, but saves video only | ||||||
| 10 | when triggered by an unusual shaking motion or crash of a | ||||||
| 11 | vehicle, or when operated by a driver to monitor driver | ||||||
| 12 | performance.
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| 13 | (625 ILCS 5/12-604.1) | ||||||
| 14 | Sec. 12-604.1. Video devices. | ||||||
| 15 | (a) A person may not operate a motor vehicle if a | ||||||
| 16 | television receiver, a video monitor, a television or video | ||||||
| 17 | screen, or any other similar means of visually displaying a | ||||||
| 18 | television broadcast or video signal that produces | ||||||
| 19 | entertainment or business applications is operating and is | ||||||
| 20 | located in the motor vehicle at any point forward of the back | ||||||
| 21 | of the driver's seat, or is operating and visible to the driver | ||||||
| 22 | while driving the motor vehicle.
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| 1 | (a-5) A person commits aggravated use of a video device | ||||||
| 2 | when he or she violates subsection (a) and in committing the | ||||||
| 3 | violation he or she was involved in a motor vehicle accident | ||||||
| 4 | that results in great bodily harm, permanent disability, | ||||||
| 5 | disfigurement, or death to another and the violation was a | ||||||
| 6 | proximate cause of the injury or death. | ||||||
| 7 | (b) This Section does not apply to the following equipment, | ||||||
| 8 | whether or not permanently installed in a vehicle:
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| 9 | (1) a vehicle information display;
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| 10 | (2) a global positioning display;
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| 11 | (3) a mapping or navigation display;
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| 12 | (4) a visual display used to enhance or supplement the | ||||||
| 13 | driver's view forward, behind, or to the sides of a motor | ||||||
| 14 | vehicle for the purpose of maneuvering the vehicle; | ||||||
| 15 | (5) television-type receiving equipment used | ||||||
| 16 | exclusively for safety or traffic engineering studies; or
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| 17 | (6) a television receiver, video monitor, television | ||||||
| 18 | or video screen, or any other similar means of visually | ||||||
| 19 | displaying a television broadcast or video signal, if that | ||||||
| 20 | equipment has an interlock device that, when the motor | ||||||
| 21 | vehicle is driven, disables the equipment for all uses | ||||||
| 22 | except as a visual display as described in paragraphs (1) | ||||||
| 23 | through (5) of this subsection (b).
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| 24 | (c) This Section does not apply to a mobile, digital | ||||||
| 25 | terminal installed in an authorized emergency vehicle, a motor | ||||||
| 26 | vehicle providing emergency road service or roadside | ||||||
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| 1 | assistance, or to motor vehicles utilized for public | ||||||
| 2 | transportation. | ||||||
| 3 | (d) This Section does not apply to a television receiver, | ||||||
| 4 | video monitor, television or video screen, or any other similar | ||||||
| 5 | means of visually displaying a television broadcast or video | ||||||
| 6 | signal if: (i) the equipment is permanently installed in the | ||||||
| 7 | motor vehicle; and (ii) the moving entertainment images that | ||||||
| 8 | the equipment displays are not visible to the driver while the | ||||||
| 9 | motor vehicle is in motion. | ||||||
| 10 | (d-5) This Section does not apply to a video event | ||||||
| 11 | recorder, as defined in Section 1-218.10 of this Code, | ||||||
| 12 | installed in a contract carrier vehicle. A contract carrier | ||||||
| 13 | vehicle carrying passengers that is equipped with a video event | ||||||
| 14 | recorder shall have a notice posted in a visible location | ||||||
| 15 | stating that a passenger's conversation may be recorded. Any | ||||||
| 16 | data recorded by a video event recorder shall be the sole | ||||||
| 17 | property of the registered owner or lessee of the contract | ||||||
| 18 | carrier vehicle. | ||||||
| 19 | (e) Except as provided in subsection (f) of this Section, a | ||||||
| 20 | person convicted of violating this Section is guilty of a petty | ||||||
| 21 | offense and shall be fined not more than $100 for a first | ||||||
| 22 | offense, not more than $200 for a second offense within one | ||||||
| 23 | year of a previous conviction, and not more than $250 for a | ||||||
| 24 | third or subsequent offense within one year of 2 previous | ||||||
| 25 | convictions.
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| 26 | (f) A person convicted of violating subsection (a-5) | ||||||
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