99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
SB3273

 

Introduced 2/19/2016, by Sen. Kyle McCarter

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
625 ILCS 5/12-707.01  from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-707.01

    Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning liability insurance.


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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 12-707.01 as follows:
 
6    (625 ILCS 5/12-707.01)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-707.01)
7    Sec. 12-707.01. Liability insurance.
8    (a) No school bus, first division vehicle including a a
9taxi which is used for a purpose that requires a school bus
10driver permit, commuter van or motor vehicle owned by or used
11for hire by and in connection with the operation of private or
12public schools, day camps, summer camps or nursery schools, and
13no commuter van or passenger car used for a for-profit
14ridesharing arrangement, shall be operated for such purposes
15unless the owner thereof shall carry a minimum of personal
16injury liability insurance in the amount of $25,000 for any one
17person in any one accident, and subject to the limit for one
18person, $100,000 for two or more persons injured by reason of
19the operation of the vehicle in any one accident. This
20subsection (a) applies only to personal injury liability
21policies issued or renewed before January 1, 2013.
22    (b) Liability insurance policies issued or renewed on and
23after January 1, 2013 shall comply with the following:

 

 

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1        (1) except as provided in subparagraph (2) of this
2    subsection (b), any vehicle that is used for a purpose that
3    requires a school bus driver permit under Section 6-104 of
4    this Code shall carry a minimum of liability insurance in
5    the amount of $2,000,000 combined single limit per
6    accident;
7        (2) any vehicle that is used for a purpose that
8    requires a school bus driver permit under Section 6-104 of
9    this Code and is used in connection with the operation of
10    private day care facilities, day camps, summer camps, or
11    nursery schools shall carry a minimum of liability
12    insurance in the amount of $1,000,000 combined single limit
13    per accident;
14        (3) any commuter van or passenger car used for a
15    for-profit ridesharing arrangement shall carry a minimum
16    of liability insurance in the amount of $500,000 combined
17    single limit per accident.
18(Source: P.A. 97-224, eff. 7-28-11; 97-1078, eff. 8-24-12.)