Bill Text: IL SB3196 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that a school bus owner may affix to the school bus a sign displaying the fines a driver may incur if he or she passes a school bus while: (i) the school bus is stopped and the stop signal arm is extended; or (ii) the school bus is stopped for the purpose of receiving or discharging pupils. Provides that the sign may be affixed to the back of the school bus or to the stop arm signal.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2021-01-13 - Session Sine Die [SB3196 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-SB3196-Introduced.html

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2019 and 2020 SB3196 Introduced 2/7/2020, by Sen. Dan McConchie SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
625 ILCS 5/12-803 from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-803
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that a school bus owner may affix to the school bus a sign displaying the fines a driver may incur if he or she passes a school bus while: (i) the school bus is stopped and the stop signal arm is extended; or (ii) the school bus is stopped for the purpose of receiving or discharging pupils. Provides that the sign may be affixed to the back of the school bus or to the stop arm signal.
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A BILL FOR
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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 12-803 as follows:
(625 ILCS 5/12-803) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-803)
Sec. 12-803. (a) Each school bus shall be equipped with a
stop signal arm on the driver's side of the school bus that may
be operated either manually or mechanically. For each school
bus manufactured on and after September 1, 1992, the stop
signal arm shall be an octagon shaped semaphore that conforms
to 49 C.F.R. 571.131, "SCHOOL BUS PEDESTRIAN SAFETY DEVICES",
S5.1 through S5.5.
(b) Each school bus manufactured prior to September 1, 1992
shall be equipped with a stop signal arm that conforms to
standards promulgated by the Department.
(c) A school bus owner may affix to the school bus a sign
displaying the fines a driver may incur under subsection (f) of
Section 11-1414 if he or she passes a school bus while: (i) the
school bus is stopped and the stop signal arm is extended; or
(ii) the school bus is stopped for the purpose of receiving or
discharging pupils. The sign may be affixed to the back of the
school bus or to the stop arm signal.

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(Source: P.A. 88-415.)