SB1890 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
SB1890

Introduced 2/25/2005, by Sen. Gary G. Dahl

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

625 ILCS 5/11-1414.1

from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-1414.1

Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that students may be transported for an agrarian related school activity in any second division vehicle (rather than only in a school bus).

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning transportation.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by changing Section 11-1414.1 as follows:

(625 ILCS 5/11-1414.1) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-1414.1)

Sec. 11-1414.1. School transportation of students.

(a) Every student enrolled in grade 12 or below in any entity listed in paragraph (a) of Section 1-182 of this Code who is transported in a second division motor vehicle owned or operated by or for that entity, in connection with any official activity of such entity, must be transported in a school bus or a bus described in subparagraph (1) of paragraph (b) of Section 1-182.

(b) This Section shall not apply to any second division vehicle being used by such entity in a parade, homecoming or similar school activity, or agrarian related school activity, nor to a motor vehicle designed for the transportation of not less than 7 nor more than 16 persons while that vehicle is being operated by or for a public or private primary or secondary school, including any primary or secondary school operated by a religious institution, for the purpose of transporting not more than 15 students to and from interscholastic athletic or other interscholastic or school sponsored activities.

(Source: P.A. 89-132, eff. 7-14-95.)