Bill Text: IL HB2374 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that each school bus manufactured on or after the effective date of this bill and purchased for use in this State by a school district or a school bus company under contract with a school district shall be equipped with a lap belt or any other federally approved restraint system in a number sufficient to allow each passenger being transported to use a separate belt or restraint system. Effective January 1, 2019.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2019-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB2374 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-HB2374-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 12-807 as follows:
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6 | (625 ILCS 5/12-807) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-807)
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7 | Sec. 12-807. Seat belt for driver and passengers . | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | (a) Each school bus shall be equipped with a retractable | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | lap belt assembly
for the driver's seat. No school bus shall be | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | operated unless the driver
has properly restrained himself with | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | the lap belt assembly.
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12 | (b) Each school bus manufactured on or after the effective | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | date of this amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly and | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | purchased for use in this State by a school district or a | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | school bus company under contract with a school district shall | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | be equipped with a lap belt or any other federally approved | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | restraint system under 49 CFR 571.222 in a number sufficient to | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | allow each passenger being transported to use a separate seat | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | belt or restraint system. | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | (Source: P.A. 78-1244 .)
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21 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | 1, 2019.
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