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 1                    AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3153

 2        AMENDMENT NO.     .  Amend House Bill 3153,  AS  AMENDED,
 3    by  replacing  everything  after the enacting clause with the
 4    following:

 5        "Section 5.  The Illinois  Vehicle  Code  is  amended  by
 6    adding Sections 11-1408.5 and 11-1408.6 as follows:

 7        (625 ILCS 5/11-1408.5 new)
 8        Sec.  11-1408.5.  Riding in towed vehicles.  A person may
 9    not occupy a disabled vehicle while it is being  towed  by  a
10    tow  truck  on  a  public  highway,  except that a person may
11    occupy a disabled vehicle while it towed to the nearest place
12    of safety as necessary to ensure the person's protection.

13        (625 ILCS 5/11-1408.6 new)
14        Sec. 11-1408.6.  Riding in tow trucks.  No  more  than  2
15    passengers  may  occupy  the cab of a tow truck while the tow
16    truck is towing a vehicle on a public  highway,  except  that
17    more  than  2  passengers  may  occupy the cab of a tow truck
18    while it is transporting the passengers to the nearest  place
19    of safety as necessary to ensure their protection.

20        Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
 
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 1    becoming law.".