Bill Text: IL HB3293 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Chaptered
Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that whenever a school bus is operated for the purpose of transporting passengers other than persons in connection with an activity of the school or religious organization which owns the bus or whenever a school district or a school bus company under contract with a school district discards a school bus through sale or donation, the "SCHOOL BUS" signs and any other insignia or words indicating that the vehicle is a school bus shall be removed, covered, or concealed, the stop signal arm and flashing signal system shall not be operable through normal controls, and the bus shall be painted a color different from the colors required for a school bus under the Code.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-3)
Status: (Passed) 2017-08-22 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0277 [HB3293 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-HB3293-Chaptered.html
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Public Act 100-0277 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning transportation.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by changing | ||||
Section 12-806 as follows:
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(625 ILCS 5/12-806) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-806)
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Sec. 12-806.
Identification, stop signal arms and special | ||||
lighting when
not used as a school bus. | ||||
(a) Except as provided in Section 12-806a,
whenever a | ||||
school bus is operated for the purpose of transporting
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passengers other than persons in connection with an activity of | ||||
the school
or religious organization which owns the school bus | ||||
or for which the school
bus is operated, the "SCHOOL BUS" signs | ||||
shall be covered or concealed and
the stop signal arm and | ||||
flashing signal system shall not be operable
through normal | ||||
controls.
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(b) If a school district, religious organization, vendor of | ||||
school busses, or school bus company whose main source of | ||||
income is contracting with a school district or religious | ||||
organization for the provision of transportation services in | ||||
connection with the activities of a school district or | ||||
religious organization, discards through either sale or | ||||
donation, a school bus to an individual or entity that is not |
one of the aforementioned entities above, then the recipient of | ||
such school bus shall be responsible for immediately removing, | ||
covering, or concealing the "SCHOOL BUS" signs and any other | ||
insignia or words indicating the vehicle is a school bus, | ||
rendering inoperable or removing entirely the stop signal arm | ||
and flashing signal system, and painting the school bus a | ||
different color from those under Section 12-801 of this Code. | ||
(Source: P.A. 84-1311.)
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