Public Act 100-0277
 
HB3293 EnrolledLRB100 06434 AXK 16473 b


  
    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 12-806 as follows:
 



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



    Sec. 12-806. 
Identification, stop signal arms and special 
lighting when
not used as a school bus.  
    (a) Except as provided in Section 12-806a,
whenever a 
school bus is operated for the purpose of transporting

passengers other than persons in connection with an activity of 
the school
or religious organization which owns the school bus 
or for which the school
bus is operated, the "SCHOOL BUS" signs 
shall be covered or concealed and
the stop signal arm and 
flashing signal system shall not be operable
through normal 
controls.

    (b) If a school district, religious organization, vendor of 
school busses, or school bus company whose main source of 
income is contracting with a school district or religious 
organization for the provision of transportation services in 
connection with the activities of a school district or 
religious organization, discards through either sale or 
donation, a school bus to an individual or entity that is not 
one of the aforementioned entities above, then the recipient of 
such school bus shall be responsible for immediately removing, 
covering, or concealing the "SCHOOL BUS" signs and any other 
insignia or words indicating the vehicle is a school bus, 
rendering inoperable or removing entirely the stop signal arm 
and flashing signal system, and painting the school bus a 
different color from those under Section 12-801 of this Code. 
(Source: P.A. 84-1311.)