093_HB1766

 
                                     LRB093 10751 DRH 11145 b

 1        AN ACT with regard to vehicles.

 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
 5    changing 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
 8    a stop signal arm on 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  before  prior  to
15    September 1, 1992 shall be equipped with a  stop  signal  arm
16    that conforms to standards promulgated by the Department.
17    (Source: P.A. 88-415.)