Public Act 100-0791
 
SB2482 EnrolledLRB100 18258 LNS 33461 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
Sections 12-806 and 12-806a 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 over 18 years of age 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 buses 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. 100-277, eff. 1-1-18; revised 10-5-17.)
 
    (625 ILCS 5/12-806a)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-806a)
    Sec. 12-806a. Identification, stop signal arms, and
special lighting on school buses used to transport children
outside of a school activity or persons in connection with a
youth camp, child care facility, or community based
rehabilitation facility.
    (a) Subject to the conditions in Subsection (c), a bus
which meets any of the special requirements for school buses in
Section 12-801, 12-802, 12-803, and 12-805 of this Code may be
used for the purpose of transporting persons 18 years of age or
less. in connection with any of the following facilities:
        (i) any youth camp licensed under the Youth Camp Act;
    and
        (ii) any child care facility licensed under the Child
    Care Act of 1969.
    (b) Subject to the conditions in subsection (c), a bus
which meets any of the special requirements for school buses in
Sections 12-801, 12-802, 12-803 and 12-805 of this Code may be
used for the purpose of transporting persons recognized as
clients of a community based rehabilitation facility which is
accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of
Rehabilitation Facilities of Tucson, Arizona, and which is
under a contractual agreement with the Department of Human
Services.
    (c) A bus used for transportation as provided in subsection
(a) or (b) shall either (i) meet all of the special
requirements for school buses in Section 12-801, 12-802, 12-803
and 12-805 or (ii) shall have the "SCHOOL BUS" signs covered or
concealed and the stop signal arm and flashing signal system
rendered inoperable through normal means. A bus which meets all
of the special requirements for school buses in Section 12-801,
12-802, 12-803 and 12-805 shall be operated by a person who has
a valid and properly classified driver's license issued by the
Secretary of State and who possesses a valid school bus driver
permit or is accompanied and supervised, for the specific
purpose of training prior to routine operation of a school bus,
by a person who has held a valid school bus driver permit for
at least one year. A bus which has had the "SCHOOL BUS" signs
covered or concealed and the stop signal arm and flashing
signal system rendered inoperable through normal means may be
operated by a person who has a valid and properly classified
driver's license issued by the Secretary of State.
(Source: P.A. 85-815; 89-507, eff. 7-1-97.)