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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 12-610.1 as follows:
 
6     (625 ILCS 5/12-610.1)
7     Sec. 12-610.1. Wireless telephones.
8     (a) As used in this Section, "wireless telephone" means a
9 device that is capable of transmitting or receiving telephonic
10 communications without a wire connecting the device to the
11 telephone network.
12     (b) A person under the age of 19 years who holds an
13 instruction permit issued under Section 6-105 or 6-107.1, or a
14 person under the age of 19 years who holds a graduated license
15 issued under Section 6-107, may not drive a vehicle on a
16 roadway while using a wireless phone.
17     (c) This Section does not apply to a person under the age
18 of 19 years using a wireless telephone for emergency purposes,
19 including, but not limited to, an emergency call to a law
20 enforcement agency, health care provider, fire department, or
21 other emergency services agency or entity.
22     (d) If a graduated driver's license holder over the age of
23 18 committed an offense against traffic regulations governing

 

 

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1 the movement of vehicles or any violation of Section 6-107 or
2 Section 12-603.1 of this Code in the 6 months prior to the
3 graduated driver's license holder's 18th birthday, and was
4 subsequently convicted of the violation, the provisions of
5 paragraph (b) shall continue to apply until such time as a
6 period of 6 consecutive months has elapsed without an
7 additional violation and subsequent conviction of an offense
8 against traffic regulations governing the movement of vehicles
9 or any violation of Section 6-107 or Section 12-603.1 of this
10 Code.
11     (e) A person, regardless of age, may not use a wireless
12 telephone at any time while operating a motor vehicle on a
13 roadway in a school speed zone established under Section
14 11-605, or on a highway in a construction or maintenance speed
15 zone established under Section 11-605.1. This subsection (e)
16 does not apply to (i) a person engaged in a highway
17 construction or maintenance project for which a construction or
18 maintenance speed zone has been established under Section
19 11-605.1, (ii) a person using a wireless telephone for
20 emergency purposes, including, but not limited to, law
21 enforcement agency, health care provider, fire department, or
22 other emergency services agency or entity, or (iii) a law
23 enforcement officer or operator of an emergency vehicle when
24 performing the officer's or operator's official duties.
25 (Source: P.A. 94-240, eff. 7-15-05; 95-310, eff. 1-1-08;
26 95-338, eff. 1-1-08; 95-876, eff. 8-21-08.)