Bill Text: IL SB3716 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Defines "global positioning device" as any electronic device that provides map or route information using an external network source and displays the information with the device's current location identified on a screen for navigation purposes, and defines "commercial motor vehicle attributed device" as a global positioning device that displays appropriate map and routing information for commercial vehicles based on current regulations regarding truck routes by allowing for the input of information regarding the weight, size, contents, or other regulated aspects of the commercial vehicle's load. Provides that a person operating certain classes of commercial vehicles on any highway in this State may not use a global positioning device for routing unless the device is a commercial motor vehicle attributed device.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2010-07-28 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-1370 [SB3716 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2009-SB3716-Introduced.html

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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2009 and 2010 SB3716 Introduced 2/11/2010, by Sen. Michael W. Frerichs SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
625 ILCS 5/12-614 new
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Defines "global positioning device" as any electronic device that provides map or route information using an external network source and displays the information with the device's current location identified on a screen for navigation purposes, and defines "commercial motor vehicle attributed device" as a global positioning device that displays appropriate map and routing information for commercial vehicles based on current regulations regarding truck routes by allowing for the input of information regarding the weight, size, contents, or other regulated aspects of the commercial vehicle's load. Provides that a person operating certain classes of commercial vehicles on any highway in this State may not use a global positioning device for routing unless the device is a commercial motor vehicle attributed device.
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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 adding
Section 12-614 as follows:
(625 ILCS 5/12-614 new)
Sec. 12-614. Commercial vehicles; global positioning
devices.
(a) As used in this Section:
"Commercial motor vehicle attributed device" means a
global positioning device that displays appropriate map and
routing information for commercial vehicles based on current
regulations regarding truck routes by allowing for the input of
information regarding the weight, size, contents, or other
regulated aspects of the commercial vehicle's load.
"Global positioning device" means any electronic device
that provides map or route information using an external
network source and displays the information with the device's
current location identified on a screen for navigation
purposes.
(b) A person operating a class 6, 7, or 8, as classified in
49 C.F.R. 565.15, commercial vehicle on any highway in this
State may not use a global positioning device for routing

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unless the device is a commercial motor vehicle attributed
device.