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| | 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
SB3090 Introduced 2/6/2020, by Sen. Chapin Rose SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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| 625 ILCS 5/12-803 | from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-803 |
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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.
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| | A BILL FOR |
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| | SB3090 | | LRB101 17477 HEP 66887 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 12-803 as follows:
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| 6 | | (625 ILCS 5/12-803) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-803)
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| 7 | | Sec. 12-803.
(a) Each school bus shall be equipped with a |
| 8 | | stop signal
arm on the driver's side of the school bus that may |
| 9 | | be operated either manually
or mechanically. For each school |
| 10 | | bus manufactured on and after September 1,
1992, the stop |
| 11 | | signal arm shall be an octagon shaped semaphore that conforms |
| 12 | | to
49 C.F.R. 571.131, "SCHOOL BUS PEDESTRIAN SAFETY DEVICES", |
| 13 | | S5.1 through S5.5.
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| 14 | | (b) Each school bus manufactured prior to September 1, 1992 |
| 15 | | shall be
equipped with a stop signal arm that conforms to |
| 16 | | standards promulgated by the
Department.
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| 17 | | (c) A school bus may be equipped with an extended stop |
| 18 | | signal or second stop signal
apparatus on the driver's side of |
| 19 | | the 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 |