Bill Text: IL HB3325 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning school bus identification markings.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)

Status: (Passed) 2009-11-03 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0815 [HB3325 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2009-HB3325-Introduced.html

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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2009 and 2010 HB3325 Introduced 2/24/2009, by Rep. Tom Cross SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
625 ILCS 5/12-802 from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-802
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning school bus identification markings.
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A BILL FOR
HB3325 LRB096 05916 AJT 15997 b
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 changing
Section 12-802 as follows:
(625 ILCS 5/12-802) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-802)
Sec. 12-802. Identification. Each school bus shall have the
the sign "SCHOOL BUS" painted on both the front and rear of the
bus as high as practicable in letters at least 8 inches high.
The vehicle weight and the vehicle maximum passenger capacity
recommended by the manufacturer of the bus, which shall be
based upon provision for 13 inches of seating space for each
passenger exclusive of the driver, shall be painted on the body
to the left of the service door in letters at least 2 inches
high. The name of the owner or the entity for which the school
bus is operated or both shall be painted in a contrasting color
on both sides, centered as high as practicable below the window
line, in letters at least 4 inches high. A school bus
identification number shall be painted as high as practicable
on both the front and rear of the bus in letters at least 4
inches high. Decals may be used instead of painting.
(Source: P.A. 82-111.)