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91_HB4728

 
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 1        AN ACT to amend the Illinois  Vehicle  Code  by  changing
 2    Section 12-610.

 3        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 4    represented in the General Assembly:

 5        Section 5.  The  Illinois  Vehicle  Code  is  amended  by
 6    changing Section 12-610 as follows:

 7        (625 ILCS 5/12-610) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-610)
 8        Sec. 12-610. Headset receivers.
 9        (a)  Except  as  provided  under  Section  11-1403.3,  no
10    driver of a motor vehicle on the highways of this State shall
11    wear headset receivers while driving.
12        (b)  This  Section does not prohibit the use of a headset
13    type receiving  equipment  used  exclusively  for  safety  or
14    traffic  engineering studies, by law enforcement personnel on
15    duty,  or  emergency  medical  services  and   fire   service
16    personnel.
17        (c)  This Section does not prohibit the use of any single
18    sided  headset  type  receiving  and  transmitting  equipment
19    designed  to  be  used  in  or  on  one  ear  which  is  used
20    exclusively  for providing two-way radio vocal communications
21    by an individual in possession of a current and valid  novice
22    class  or  higher amateur radio license issued by the Federal
23    Communications  Commission  and  an  amateur  radio  operator
24    special registration plate issued under Section 3-607 of this
25    Code.
26        (d)  This  Section  does  not  prohibit  the  use  of   a
27    single-sided   headset   with  a  cellular  or  other  mobile
28    telephone that allows the driver to  talk  and  listen  to  a
29    telephone  without  holding  the  telephone or its handset or
30    receiver.
31    (Source: P.A. 89-551, eff. 1-1-97.)

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