Bill Text: IL HB3849 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that provisions prohibiting the use of electronic communication devices while driving shall also apply to bicycles. Exempts bicyclists using electronic communication devices in hands-free or voice-activated mode and bicyclists using devices while parked on the shoulder of a roadway. Effective immediately.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB3849 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-HB3849-Amended.html
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| 1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3849
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| 2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 3849 by replacing | ||||||
| 3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| 4 | "Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by adding | ||||||
| 5 | Section 11-1517 as follows:
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| 6 | (625 ILCS 5/11-1517 new) | ||||||
| 7 | Sec. 11-1517. Electronic communication devices-bicyclists. | ||||||
| 8 | (a) As used in this Section: | ||||||
| 9 | "Electronic communication device" means an electronic | ||||||
| 10 | device, including but not limited to a wireless telephone, | ||||||
| 11 | personal digital assistant, or a portable or mobile computer | ||||||
| 12 | while being used for the purpose of composing, reading, or | ||||||
| 13 | sending an electronic message, but does not include a global | ||||||
| 14 | positioning system or navigation system. | ||||||
| 15 | "Electronic message" means a self-contained piece of | ||||||
| 16 | digital communication that is designed or intended to be | ||||||
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| 1 | transmitted between physical devices. "Electronic message" | ||||||
| 2 | includes, but is not limited to electronic mail, a text | ||||||
| 3 | message, an instant message, or a command or request to access | ||||||
| 4 | an Internet site. | ||||||
| 5 | (b) A person may not ride a bicycle on a roadway, sidewalk, | ||||||
| 6 | or bicycle path while using an electronic communication device | ||||||
| 7 | to compose, send, or read an electronic message. | ||||||
| 8 | (c) This Section does not apply to: | ||||||
| 9 | (1) a law enforcement officer while performing his or | ||||||
| 10 | her official duties; | ||||||
| 11 | (2) a bicyclist using an electronic communication | ||||||
| 12 | device for the sole purpose of reporting an emergency | ||||||
| 13 | situation and continued communication with emergency | ||||||
| 14 | personnel during the emergency situation; | ||||||
| 15 | (3) a bicyclist using an electronic communication | ||||||
| 16 | device in hands-free or voice-activated mode; or | ||||||
| 17 | (4) a bicyclist using an electronic communication | ||||||
| 18 | device while stopped on the shoulder of a roadway.".
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