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90_HB0562
625 ILCS 5/12-612 new
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code to provide that while
operating a vehicle, a driver may use only a telephone
equipped with an apparatus that allows the driver to talk and
listen without holding the telephone or its handset or
receiver.
LRB9000358NTsb
LRB9000358NTsb
1 AN ACT to amend the Illinois Vehicle Code by adding
2 Section 12-612.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by
6 adding Section 12-612 as follows:
7 (625 ILCS 5/12-612 new)
8 Sec. 12-612. Telephone; use of hands free apparatus.
9 The driver of a motor vehicle may not use a telephone while
10 operating the motor vehicle unless the telephone is equipped
11 with and the driver uses an apparatus that allows the driver
12 to talk and listen without holding the telephone or its
13 handset or receiver. The driver may not hold or touch the
14 telephone or its handset or receiver while operating the
15 motor vehicle except to enable the apparatus, enter a
16 telephone number, or hang up or turn off the telephone. As
17 used in this Section, "telephone" means a cellular telephone,
18 portable telephone, or other telephone that may be used from
19 within a moving motor vehicle.