100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
SB2482
 
Introduced 1/30/2018, by Sen. Julie A. Morrison
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 

 



625 ILCS 5/12-806a  from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-806a

     Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that a bus that meets certain requirements for school buses under the Code may be used to transport persons 18 years of age or less (rather than used to transport persons 18 years of age or less  in connection with a licensed youth camp or licensed child care facility).
  


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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 12-806a as follows:
 



6    (625 ILCS 5/12-806a)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-806a)



7    Sec. 12-806a. 
Identification, stop signal arms, and 
8special lighting on
school buses used to transport children 
9outside of a school activity or persons in connection with a 
10youth camp, child care
facility, or community based 
11rehabilitation facility.

12    (a) Subject to the conditions in Subsection (c), a bus 
13which meets any
of the special requirements for school buses in 
14Section 12-801, 12-802,
12-803, and 12-805 of this Code may be 
15used for the purpose of transporting
persons 18 years of age or 
16less. in connection with any of the following
facilities:


17        (i) any youth camp licensed under the Youth Camp Act; 
18    and


19        (ii) any child care facility licensed under the Child 
20    Care Act of 1969.

21    (b) Subject to the conditions in subsection (c), a bus 
22which meets any
of the special requirements for school buses in 
23Sections 12-801, 12-802,
12-803 and 12-805 of this Code may be 
 
 
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1used for the purpose of transporting
persons recognized as 
2clients of a community based rehabilitation facility
which is 
3accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of 
4Rehabilitation
Facilities of Tucson, Arizona, and which is 
5under a contractual agreement
with the Department of Human 
6Services.

7    (c) A bus used for transportation as provided in subsection 
8(a) or (b) shall
either (i) meet all of the special 
9requirements for school buses in Section
12-801, 12-802, 12-803 
10and 12-805 or (ii) shall have the "SCHOOL BUS" signs
covered or 
11concealed and the stop signal arm and flashing signal system

12rendered inoperable through normal means.  A bus which meets all 
13of the
special requirements for school buses in Section 12-801, 
1412-802, 12-803 and
12-805 shall be operated by a person who has 
15a valid and properly
classified driver's license issued by the 
16Secretary of State and who
possesses a valid school bus driver 
17permit or is accompanied and
supervised, for the specific 
18purpose of training prior to routine operation
of a school bus, 
19by a person who has held a valid school bus driver permit
for 
20at least one year.  A bus which has had the "SCHOOL BUS" signs 
21covered
or concealed and the stop signal arm and flashing 
22signal system rendered
inoperable through normal means may be 
23operated by a person who has a valid
and properly classified 
24driver's license issued by the Secretary of State.

25(Source: P.A. 85-815; 89-507, eff. 7-1-97.)