(625 ILCS 50/1) (from Ch. 100, par. 31)
Sec. 1.
A notice shall be prominently displayed in each vehicle or
conveyance used for the transportation of the public for hire which must
state substantially the following: Any person who assaults or harms an
individual whom he knows to be a driver, operator, employee or passenger of
a transportation facility or system engaged in the business of
transportation for hire and who is then performing in such capacity or
using such public transportation as a passenger, if such individual is
assaulted, commits a Class A misdemeanor, or if such individual is harmed,
commits a Class 3 felony.
(Source: P.A. 77-2830.)
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