Bill Text: IL HB1315 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced
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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that no person may occupy a vehicle or the cargo area of a second division vehicle while it is being towed upon a public highway. Creates an exemption when the vehicle does not exceed 15 miles per hour and is used in connection with a parade or farming activity, or if the speed does not exceed 15 miles per hour and the passenger is over 18.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-06-27 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0017 [HB1315 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-HB1315-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that no person may occupy a vehicle or the cargo area of a second division vehicle while it is being towed upon a public highway. Creates an exemption when the vehicle does not exceed 15 miles per hour and is used in connection with a parade or farming activity, or if the speed does not exceed 15 miles per hour and the passenger is over 18.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-06-27 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0017 [HB1315 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-HB1315-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,
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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 11-1408 as follows:
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6 | (625 ILCS 5/11-1408) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-1408)
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7 | Sec. 11-1408. Riding in certain vehicles, riding in certain | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | cargo areas of second division vehicles house trailers . | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | (a) No person or persons shall occupy
a house trailer, | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | semitrailer, farm wagon, or any other vehicle travel trailer | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | while it is being towed upon a public highway.
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12 | (b) No person or person may occupy the cargo area of a | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | second division vehicle while it is being operated upon a | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | public highway, unless (i) the speed of the vehicle does not | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | exceed 15 miles per hour and is used in connection with a | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | parade, farming related activity, or similar activity; or (ii) | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | the speed of the vehicle does not exceed 15 miles per hour and | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | the passenger is over the age of 18. | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | (Source: P.A. 81-969.)
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