101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
SB1338
 
Introduced 2/7/2019, by Sen. Chapin Rose
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 

 
  
625 ILCS 5/12-803  from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-803

     Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that a school bus may be equipped with an extended stop signal or second stop signal apparatus on the driver's side of the school bus that: (1) extends no more than 7 feet from the school bus, (2) can break away from the original stop signal without affecting the operation of the original stop signal, and (3) includes a second octagonal sign that conforms to the same requirements as the original stop signal. Effective January 1, 2020.
  


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A BILL FOR
 

  
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1    AN ACT concerning transportation.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended  by changing 
5Section 12-803 as follows:
 



6    (625 ILCS 5/12-803)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-803)



7    Sec. 12-803. 
(a)  Each school bus shall be equipped with a 
8stop signal
arm on the driver's side of the school bus that may 
9be operated either manually
or mechanically.  For each school 
10bus manufactured on and after September 1,
1992, the stop 
11signal arm shall be an octagon shaped semaphore that conforms 
12to
49 C.F.R. 571.131, "SCHOOL BUS PEDESTRIAN SAFETY DEVICES", 
13S5.1 through S5.5.

14    (b) Each school bus manufactured prior to September 1, 1992 
15shall be
equipped with a stop signal arm that conforms to 
16standards promulgated by the
Department.

17    (c) A school bus may be equipped with an extended stop 
18signal or second stop signal
apparatus on the driver's side of 
19the school bus that:
20        (1) extends no more than 7 feet from the school bus;
21        (2) is attached to the stop signal arm required under 
22    subsection (a) so that, if the second stop signal
apparatus 
23    is struck by a vehicle, the second stop signal
apparatus 
 
 
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1    separates from the school bus without affecting the 
2    operation of the stop signal arm required under subsection 
3    (a); and
4        (3) includes a second octagonal sign that conforms to 
5    the  same requirements as the   octagon shaped semaphore 
6    required under subsection (a).
7(Source: P.A. 88-415.)

 
 
8    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January 
91, 2020.