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90_SB0464
20 ILCS 2705/49.34 new
625 ILCS 5/12-816 new
Amends the Civil Administrative Code and the Illinois
Vehicle Code. Amends the Civil Administrative Code to
require the Department of Transportation to study the
effectiveness of video surveillance systems on school buses.
Report due by January 1, 1999. Section repealed July 1,
2000. Amends the Vehicle Code to require school buses to be
equipped with a crossing arm. Effective January 1, 1998.
LRB9002806NTsb
LRB9002806NTsb
1 AN ACT concerning school buses, amending named Acts.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is
5 amended by adding Section 49.34 as follows:
6 (20 ILCS 2705/49.34 new)
7 Sec. 49.34. School buses; video surveillance.
8 (a) The Department shall conduct a study to evaluate the
9 effectiveness of video surveillance systems on school buses
10 to assist school bus drivers in managing students and shall
11 submit a report of its findings to the General Assembly by
12 January 1, 1999.
13 (b) The Department shall conduct a study to evaluate the
14 feasibility of using video surveillance to more accurately
15 identify persons who violate Section 11-1414 of the Illinois
16 Vehicle Code and shall submit a report of its findings to the
17 General Assembly by January 1, 1999.
18 (c) This Section is repealed July 1, 2000.
19 Section 10. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by
20 adding Section 12-816 as follows:
21 (625 ILCS 5/12-816 new)
22 Sec. 12-816. Crossing arm. Each school bus shall be
23 equipped with a crossing arm mounted to the school bus that,
24 when extended, will require students who are crossing in
25 front of the bus to walk more than 5 feet from the front of
26 the bus.
27 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect
28 January 1, 1998.