94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
HB3125

 

Introduced 2/22/2005, by Rep. Tom Cross

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
625 ILCS 5/12-803   from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-803

    Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning school bus safety.


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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,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by changing
5 Section 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
8 stop signal arm on the the driver's side of the school bus that
9 may be operated either manually or mechanically. For each
10 school bus manufactured on and after September 1, 1992, the
11 stop signal arm shall be an octagon shaped semaphore that
12 conforms to 49 C.F.R. 571.131, "SCHOOL BUS PEDESTRIAN SAFETY
13 DEVICES", S5.1 through S5.5.
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.
17 (Source: P.A. 88-415.)