97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
SB2488

 

Introduced 10/12/2011, by Sen. Susan Garrett

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
625 ILCS 5/12-610.1

    Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that no person may use a wireless telephone at any time while operating a motor vehicle on any section of a highway that is undergoing a construction or maintenance project (instead of on a highway in a construction or maintenance speed zone).


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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 12-610.1 as follows:
 
6    (625 ILCS 5/12-610.1)
7    Sec. 12-610.1. Wireless telephones.
8    (a) As used in this Section, "wireless telephone" means a
9device that is capable of transmitting or receiving telephonic
10communications without a wire connecting the device to the
11telephone network.
12    (b) A person under the age of 19 years who holds an
13instruction permit issued under Section 6-105 or 6-107.1, or a
14person under the age of 19 years who holds a graduated license
15issued under Section 6-107, may not drive a vehicle on a
16roadway while using a wireless phone.
17    (c) This Section does not apply to a person under the age
18of 19 years using a wireless telephone for emergency purposes,
19including, but not limited to, an emergency call to a law
20enforcement agency, health care provider, fire department, or
21other emergency services agency or entity.
22    (d) If a graduated driver's license holder over the age of
2318 committed an offense against traffic regulations governing

 

 

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1the movement of vehicles or any violation of Section 6-107 or
2Section 12-603.1 of this Code in the 6 months prior to the
3graduated driver's license holder's 18th birthday, and was
4subsequently convicted of the violation, the provisions of
5paragraph (b) shall continue to apply until such time as a
6period of 6 consecutive months has elapsed without an
7additional violation and subsequent conviction of an offense
8against traffic regulations governing the movement of vehicles
9or any violation of Section 6-107 or Section 12-603.1 of this
10Code.
11    (e) A person, regardless of age, may not use a wireless
12telephone at any time while operating a motor vehicle on a
13roadway in a school speed zone established under Section
1411-605, or on any section of a highway that is undergoing a
15construction or maintenance project. a highway in a
16construction or maintenance speed zone established under
17Section 11-605.1. This subsection (e) does not apply to (i) a
18person engaged in a highway construction or maintenance project
19for which a construction or maintenance speed zone has been
20established under Section 11-605.1, (ii) a person using a
21wireless telephone for emergency purposes, including, but not
22limited to, law enforcement agency, health care provider, fire
23department, or other emergency services agency or entity, (iii)
24a law enforcement officer or operator of an emergency vehicle
25when performing the officer's or operator's official duties, or
26(iv) to a person using a wireless telephone in voice-activated

 

 

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1mode.
2(Source: P.A. 95-310, eff. 1-1-08; 95-338, eff. 1-1-08; 95-876,
3eff. 8-21-08; 96-131, eff. 1-1-10.)