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| | 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
HB2374 Introduced , by Rep. Anthony DeLuca SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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| 625 ILCS 5/12-807 | from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-807 |
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Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that each school bus manufactured on or after the effective date of this bill and purchased for use in this State by a school district or a school bus company under contract with a school district shall be equipped with a lap belt or any other federally approved restraint system in a number sufficient to allow each passenger being transported to use a separate belt or restraint system. Effective January 1, 2019.
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| | HB2374 | | LRB100 09667 AXK 19836 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning transportation.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by changing |
| 5 | | Section 12-807 as follows:
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| 6 | | (625 ILCS 5/12-807) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-807)
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| 7 | | Sec. 12-807. Seat belt for driver and passengers. |
| 8 | | (a) Each school bus shall be equipped with a retractable |
| 9 | | lap belt assembly
for the driver's seat. No school bus shall be |
| 10 | | operated unless the driver
has properly restrained himself with |
| 11 | | the lap belt assembly.
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| 12 | | (b) Each school bus manufactured on or after the effective |
| 13 | | date of this amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly and |
| 14 | | purchased for use in this State by a school district or a |
| 15 | | school bus company under contract with a school district shall |
| 16 | | be equipped with a lap belt or any other federally approved |
| 17 | | restraint system under 49 CFR 571.222 in a number sufficient to |
| 18 | | allow each passenger being transported to use a separate seat |
| 19 | | belt or restraint system. |
| 20 | | (Source: P.A. 78-1244.)
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| 21 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January |
| 22 | | 1, 2019.
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