Public Act 097-0499

HB3403 Enrolled LRB097 00263 HEP 40281 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 12-604.1 as follows:

(625 ILCS 5/12-604.1)

Sec. 12-604.1. Video devices.

(a) A person may not operate a motor vehicle if a

television receiver, a video monitor, a television or video

screen, or any other similar means of visually displaying a

television broadcast or video signal that produces

entertainment or business applications is operating and is

located in the motor vehicle at any point forward of the back

of the driver's seat, or is operating and visible to the driver

while driving the motor vehicle.

(b) This Section does not apply to the following equipment,

whether or not permanently when installed in a vehicle:

(1) a vehicle information display;

(2) a global positioning display;

(3) a mapping or navigation display;

(4) a visual display used to enhance or supplement the

driver's view forward, behind, or to the sides of a motor

vehicle for the purpose of maneuvering the vehicle;

(5) television-type receiving equipment used

exclusively for safety or traffic engineering studies; or

(6) a television receiver, video monitor, television

or video screen, or any other similar means of visually

displaying a television broadcast or video signal, if that

equipment has an interlock device that, when the motor

vehicle is driven, disables the equipment for all uses

except as a visual display as described in paragraphs (1)

through (5) of this subsection (b).

(c) This Section does not apply to a mobile, digital

terminal installed in an authorized emergency vehicle, a motor

vehicle providing emergency road service or roadside

assistance, or to motor vehicles utilized for public

transportation.

(d) This Section does not apply to a television receiver,

video monitor, television or video screen, or any other similar

means of visually displaying a television broadcast or video

signal if: (i) the equipment is permanently installed in the

motor vehicle; and (ii) the moving entertainment images that

the equipment displays are not visible to the driver while the

motor vehicle is in motion.

(e) (d) A person convicted of violating this Section is

guilty of a petty offense and shall be fined not more than $100

for a first offense, not more than $200 for a second offense

within one year of a previous conviction, and not more than

$250 for a third or subsequent offense within one year of 2

previous convictions.

(Source: P.A. 94-185, eff. 1-1-06.)