Drivers Education & Safety Committee
Adopted in House Comm. on Mar 12, 2008
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1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4998
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 4998, AS AMENDED, in | ||||||
3 | Section 5, by replacing subsections (a) and (b) of Sec. | ||||||
4 | 11-503.5 with the following:
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5 | "(a) A person commits distracted driving when he or she | ||||||
6 | operates a motor vehicle while (i) engaging in text messaging, | ||||||
7 | (ii) reading a newspaper, book, magazine, or map, (iii) | ||||||
8 | applying make-up, or (iv) changing clothes or tying a tie, and | ||||||
9 | the operation of the motor vehicle is in violation of a law or | ||||||
10 | ordinance governing the movement of vehicles. | ||||||
11 | (b) A law enforcement officer may charge a person with | ||||||
12 | distracted driving under this Section if the officer has | ||||||
13 | stopped the person for any violation of a law or ordinance | ||||||
14 | governing the movement of vehicles and if the officer | ||||||
15 | determines that the driver was driving while distracted; | ||||||
16 | however, the offense of distracted driving is not deemed to be | ||||||
17 | a violation of a law or ordinance governing the movement of | ||||||
18 | vehicles and may not be recorded on the driving record of the |
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1 | driver of the vehicle. ".
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