93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
HB6211

 

Introduced 02/06/04, by Tom Cross

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
625 ILCS 5/12-803   from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-803

    Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning school bus safety.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1     AN ACT with regard to vehicles.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by changing
5 Section 12-803 as follows:
 
6     (625 ILCS 5/12-803)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-803)
7     Sec. 12-803. (a) Each school bus shall be equipped with a
8 stop signal arm on the driver's side of the school bus that may
9 be operated either manually or mechanically. For each school
10 bus manufactured on and after September 1, 1992, the stop
11 signal arm shall be an octagon shaped semaphore that conforms
12 to 49 C.F.R. 571.131, "SCHOOL BUS PEDESTRIAN SAFETY DEVICES",
13 S5.1 through S5.5.
14     (b) Each school bus manufactured before prior to September
15 1, 1992 shall be equipped with a stop signal arm that conforms
16 to standards promulgated by the Department.
17 (Source: P.A. 88-415.)