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Public Act 095-0319 |
HB1238 Enrolled |
LRB095 08962 DRH 29153 b |
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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 12-815 as follows:
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(625 ILCS 5/12-815) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-815)
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Sec. 12-815. Strobe lamp on school bus.
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(a) A school bus manufactured prior to January 1, 2000 may
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be equipped with one strobe lamp that
will emit 60
to 120 |
flashes per minute of white or bluish-white light visible to a
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motorist approaching the bus from any direction.
A school bus
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manufactured on or after January 1, 2000 shall be equipped with |
one strobe lamp that will emit 60 to
120 flashes
per minute of |
white or bluish-white light visible to a motorist approaching |
the
bus from
any direction.
The lamp shall be of
sufficient |
brightness to be visible in normal sunlight when viewed |
directly
from a distance of at least one mile.
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(b) The strobe lamp shall be mounted on the rooftop of the |
bus with the
light generating element in the lamp located |
equidistant from each side
and either at or behind the center |
of the rooftop. The maximum height of
the element above the |
rooftop shall not exceed 1/30 of its distance from
the rear of |
the rooftop. If the structure of the strobe lamp obscures the
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