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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 12-806 as follows:
 



6    (625 ILCS 5/12-806)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-806)



7    Sec. 12-806. 
Identification, stop signal arms and special 
8lighting when
not used as a school bus.  
9    (a) Except as provided in Section 12-806a,
whenever a 
10school bus is operated for the purpose of transporting

11passengers other than persons in connection with an activity of 
12the school
or religious organization which owns the school bus 
13or for which the school
bus is operated, the "SCHOOL BUS" signs 
14shall be covered or concealed and
the stop signal arm and 
15flashing signal system shall not be operable
through normal 
16controls.

17    (b) If a school district, religious organization, vendor of 
18school busses, or school bus company whose main source of 
19income is contracting with a school district or religious 
20organization for the provision of transportation services in 
21connection with the activities of a school district or 
22religious organization, discards through either sale or 
23donation, a school bus to an individual or entity that is not 
 
 
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1one of the aforementioned entities above, then the recipient of 
2such school bus shall be responsible for immediately removing, 
3covering, or concealing the "SCHOOL BUS" signs and any other 
4insignia or words indicating the vehicle is a school bus, 
5rendering inoperable or removing entirely the stop signal arm 
6and flashing signal system, and painting the school bus a 
7different color from those under Section 12-801 of this Code. 
8(Source: P.A. 84-1311.)