Full Text of SB2084 95th General Assembly
SB2084 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008 SB2084
Introduced 2/14/2008, by Sen. Ira I. Silverstein SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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65 ILCS 5/11-40-2a |
from Ch. 24, par. 11-40-2a |
625 ILCS 5/12-807 |
from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-807 |
30 ILCS 805/8.32 new |
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Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that, beginning July 1, 2009, each school bus that is purchased new shall be equipped with seat safety belts for each passenger. Provides that the State Board of Education shall adopt rules to ensure that school districts require all passengers on those buses to wear seat safety belts. Provides that, except for willful or wanton misconduct, a school bus driver may not be held personally liable for the failure of passengers to wear seat safety belts. Denies home rule powers. Makes a corresponding change in the Illinois Municipal Code. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement by the State. Effective immediately.
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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY |
HOME RULE NOTE ACT MAY APPLY |
STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT |
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A BILL FOR
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LRB095 19008 LCT 45181 b |
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| AN ACT concerning transportation.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by | 5 |
| changing Section 11-40-2a as follows:
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| (65 ILCS 5/11-40-2a) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-40-2a)
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| Sec. 11-40-2a. Except as otherwise provided in this | 8 |
| Section, the
corporate authorities of any city of 1,000,000 or | 9 |
| more
inhabitants may, subject to the provisions of the
"The
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| Illinois Vehicle Code ,
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as now and hereafter amended
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| regulate, license and prescribe safety requirements
for motor | 12 |
| vehicles used to transport for hire students to or from a | 13 |
| school
where students are in attendance except (a) those | 14 |
| belonging to or used by
a common carrier or public utility | 15 |
| operating under the jurisdiction of the
Illinois Commerce | 16 |
| Commission, and (b) those under the jurisdiction of the
State | 17 |
| Board of Education or owned
by the Chicago Transit Authority. | 18 |
| However, no such municipality,
including any home rule unit, | 19 |
| may require that school buses be equipped
with seat safety | 20 |
| belts while transporting students who reside and attend
schools | 21 |
| situated outside of the corporate limits of the municipality, | 22 |
| and
it is declared to be the law of this State, pursuant to | 23 |
| paragraph (g) of
Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois |
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| Constitution, that this amendatory
Act of 1986 is a limitation | 2 |
| on and denial of the powers of a home rule unit
to impose such a | 3 |
| requirement. In this Section "school" means any public,
private | 4 |
| or parochial elementary or secondary school or nursery.
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| (Source: P.A. 84-1374.)
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| Section 10. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by | 7 |
| changing Section 12-807 as follows:
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| (625 ILCS 5/12-807) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-807)
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| Sec. 12-807. Seat safety belts
belt for driver .
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| (a) Each school bus shall be equipped with a retractable | 11 |
| lap belt assembly
for the driver's seat. No school bus shall be | 12 |
| operated unless the driver
has properly restrained himself with | 13 |
| the lap belt assembly. | 14 |
| (b) Beginning July 1, 2009, each school bus that is | 15 |
| purchased new shall be equipped with seat safety belts for each | 16 |
| passenger. | 17 |
| (c) The State Board of Education shall adopt rules to | 18 |
| ensure that school districts require all passengers on those | 19 |
| buses to wear seat safety belts. | 20 |
| (d) Except for willful or wanton misconduct, a school bus | 21 |
| driver may not be held personally liable for the failure of | 22 |
| passengers to wear seat safety belts. | 23 |
| (e) Pursuant to subsections (h) and (i) of Section 6 of | 24 |
| Article VII of the Illinois Constitution, the exercise by a |
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| home rule unit of any power that is inconsistent with this | 2 |
| Section is specifically denied and preempted, and the | 3 |
| regulation of seat safety belts on school buses is declared to | 4 |
| be the subject of exclusive State jurisdiction.
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| (Source: P.A. 78-1244.)
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| Section 90. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding | 7 |
| Section 8.32 as follows: | 8 |
| (30 ILCS 805/8.32 new) | 9 |
| Sec. 8.32. Exempt mandate. Notwithstanding Sections 6 and 8 | 10 |
| of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is required for the | 11 |
| implementation of any mandate created by this amendatory Act of | 12 |
| the 95th General Assembly. | 13 |
| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 14 |
| becoming law.
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