98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
HB3710

 

Introduced , by Rep. Raymond Poe

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
625 ILCS 5/11-1414  from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-1414

    Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that a person convicted of violating the required procedures when approaching, overtaking, or passing a school bus is guilty of a Class 4 felony if the offense causes the death of another or severe injury to another person.


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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,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by changing
5Section 11-1414 as follows:
 
6    (625 ILCS 5/11-1414)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-1414)
7    Sec. 11-1414. Approaching, overtaking, and passing school
8bus.
9    (a) The driver of a vehicle shall stop such vehicle before
10meeting or overtaking, from either direction, any school bus
11stopped at any location for the purpose of receiving or
12discharging pupils. Such stop is required before reaching the
13school bus when there is in operation on the school bus the
14visual signals as specified in Sections 12-803 and 12-805 of
15this Code. The driver of the vehicle shall not proceed until
16the school bus resumes motion or the driver of the vehicle is
17signaled by the school bus driver to proceed or the visual
18signals are no longer actuated.
19    (b) The stop signal arm required by Section 12-803 of this
20Code shall be extended after the school bus has come to a
21complete stop for the purpose of loading or discharging pupils
22and shall be closed before the school bus is placed in motion
23again. The stop signal arm shall not be extended at any other

 

 

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1time.
2    (c) The alternately flashing red signal lamps of an 8-lamp
3flashing signal system required by Section 12-805 of this Code
4shall be actuated after the school bus has come to a complete
5stop for the purpose of loading or discharging pupils and shall
6be turned off before the school bus is placed in motion again.
7The red signal lamps shall not be actuated at any other time
8except as provided in paragraph (d) of this Section.
9    (d) The alternately flashing amber signal lamps of an
108-lamp flashing signal system required by Section 12-805 of
11this Code shall be actuated continuously during not less than
12the last 100 feet traveled by the school bus before stopping
13for the purpose of loading or discharging pupils within an
14urban area and during not less than the last 200 feet traveled
15by the school bus outside an urban area. The amber signal lamps
16shall remain actuated until the school bus is stopped. The
17amber signal lamps shall not be actuated at any other time.
18    (d-5) The alternately flashing head lamps permitted by
19Section 12-805 of this Code may be operated while the
20alternately flashing red or amber signal lamps required by that
21Section are actuated.
22    (e) The driver of a vehicle upon a highway having 4 or more
23lanes which permits at least 2 lanes of traffic to travel in
24opposite directions need not stop such vehicle upon meeting a
25school bus which is stopped in the opposing roadway; and need
26not stop such vehicle when driving upon a controlled access

 

 

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1highway when passing a school bus traveling in either direction
2that is stopped in a loading zone adjacent to the surfaced or
3improved part of the controlled access highway where
4pedestrians are not permitted to cross.
5    (f) Beginning with the effective date of this amendatory
6Act of 1985, the Secretary of State shall suspend for a period
7of 3 months the driving privileges of any person convicted of a
8violation of subsection (a) of this Section or a similar
9provision of a local ordinance; the Secretary shall suspend for
10a period of one year the driving privileges of any person
11convicted of a second or subsequent violation of subsection (a)
12of this Section or a similar provision of a local ordinance if
13the second or subsequent violation occurs within 5 years of a
14prior conviction for the same offense. In addition to the
15suspensions authorized by this Section, any person convicted of
16violating this Section or a similar provision of a local
17ordinance shall be subject to a mandatory fine of $150 or, upon
18a second or subsequent violation, $500. The Secretary may also
19grant, for the duration of any suspension issued under this
20subsection, a restricted driving permit granting the privilege
21of driving a motor vehicle between the driver's residence and
22place of employment or within other proper limits that the
23Secretary of State shall find necessary to avoid any undue
24hardship. A restricted driving permit issued hereunder shall be
25subject to cancellation, revocation and suspension by the
26Secretary of State in like manner and for like cause as a

 

 

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1driver's license may be cancelled, revoked or suspended; except
2that a conviction upon one or more offenses against laws or
3ordinances regulating the movement of traffic shall be deemed
4sufficient cause for the revocation, suspension or
5cancellation of the restricted driving permit. The Secretary of
6State may, as a condition to the issuance of a restricted
7driving permit, require the applicant to participate in a
8designated driver remedial or rehabilitative program. Any
9conviction for a violation of this subsection shall be included
10as an offense for the purposes of determining suspension action
11under any other provision of this Code, provided however, that
12the penalties provided under this subsection shall be imposed
13unless those penalties imposed under other applicable
14provisions are greater.
15    The owner of any vehicle alleged to have violated paragraph
16(a) of this Section shall, upon appropriate demand by the
17State's Attorney or other designated person acting in response
18to a signed complaint, provide a written statement or
19deposition identifying the operator of the vehicle if such
20operator was not the owner at the time of the alleged
21violation. Failure to supply such information shall result in
22the suspension of the vehicle registration of the vehicle for a
23period of 3 months. In the event the owner has assigned control
24for the use of the vehicle to another, the person to whom
25control was assigned shall comply with the provisions of this
26paragraph and be subject to the same penalties as herein

 

 

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1provided.
2    (g) A person convicted of violating subsection (a) of this
3Section is guilty of a Class 4 felony if the offense causes the
4death of another or a type A injury to another person. A "type
5A injury" includes severely bleeding wounds, distorted
6extremities, and injuries that require the injured party to be
7carried from the scene.
8(Source: P.A. 95-105, eff. 1-1-08; 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)