Bill Text: IL HB1315 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Enrolled
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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-Enrolled.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-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 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 towed vehicles house trailers . No | ||||||
8 | person or persons shall occupy
a house trailer, semitrailer, | ||||||
9 | farm wagon, or any other vehicle travel trailer while it is | ||||||
10 | being towed upon a public highway , unless: | ||||||
11 | (1) the occupancy of the towed vehicle is necessary to | ||||||
12 | avoid an imminent threat to a person's safety due to | ||||||
13 | extreme weather conditions or another emergency situation; | ||||||
14 | (2) the speed of the vehicle does not exceed 15 miles | ||||||
15 | per hour and the vehicle is used in connection with a | ||||||
16 | parade, farming-related activity, or similar activity; or | ||||||
17 | (3) the speed of the vehicle does not exceed 15 miles | ||||||
18 | per hour and the passenger is over the age of 18 .
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19 | (Source: P.A. 81-969.)
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