Bill Text: IL SB3604 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning headset receivers.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [SB3604 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-SB3604-Introduced.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, | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by changing | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Section 12-610 as follows:
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| 6 | (625 ILCS 5/12-610) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-610)
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| 7 | Sec. 12-610. Headset receivers.
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| 8 | (a) Except as provided
under Section 11-1403.3, no driver | |||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | of a motor vehicle on
the
the highways of this State shall wear | |||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | headset receivers while driving. | |||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | (b) This Section does not prohibit the use of a headset | |||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | type
receiving equipment used exclusively for safety or traffic | |||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | engineering
studies, by law enforcement personnel on duty, or | |||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | emergency
medical services and fire service personnel.
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| 15 | (c) This Section does not prohibit the use of any single | |||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | sided headset
type receiving and transmitting equipment | |||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | designed to be used in or on one
ear which is used exclusively | |||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | for providing two-way radio vocal
communications by an | |||||||||||||||||||
| 19 | individual in possession of a current and valid novice
class or | |||||||||||||||||||
| 20 | higher amateur radio license issued by the Federal | |||||||||||||||||||
| 21 | Communications
Commission and an amateur radio operator | |||||||||||||||||||
| 22 | special registration plate issued
under Section 3-607 of this | |||||||||||||||||||
| 23 | Code.
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| 1 | (d) This Section does not prohibit the use of a | ||||||
| 2 | single-sided headset or
earpiece with
a cellular or other | ||||||
| 3 | mobile telephone.
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| 4 | (Source: P.A. 92-152, eff. 7-25-01.)
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