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92_HB0051
LRB9200806DHsb
1 AN ACT to amend the Illinois Vehicle Code by changing
2 Section 12-610.
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 changing Section 12-610 as follows:
7 (625 ILCS 5/12-610) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-610)
8 Sec. 12-610. Headset receivers.
9 (a) Except as provided under Section 11-1403.3, no
10 driver of a motor vehicle on the highways of this State shall
11 wear headset receivers while driving.
12 (b) This Section does not prohibit the use of a headset
13 type receiving equipment used exclusively for safety or
14 traffic engineering studies, by law enforcement personnel on
15 duty, or emergency medical services and fire service
16 personnel.
17 (c) This Section does not prohibit the use of any single
18 sided headset type receiving and transmitting equipment
19 designed to be used in or on one ear which is used
20 exclusively for providing two-way radio vocal communications
21 by an individual in possession of a current and valid novice
22 class or higher amateur radio license issued by the Federal
23 Communications Commission and an amateur radio operator
24 special registration plate issued under Section 3-607 of this
25 Code.
26 (d) This Section does not prohibit the use of a
27 single-sided headset or earpiece with a cellular or other
28 mobile telephone that allows the driver to talk and listen to
29 a telephone without holding the telephone or its handset or
30 receiver.
31 (Source: P.A. 89-551, eff. 1-1-97.)