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92_HB0182

 
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 1        AN ACT concerning motor 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
 5    changing Section 12-610 as follows:

 6        (625 ILCS 5/12-610) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-610)
 7        Sec. 12-610. Headset receivers.
 8        (a)  Except  as  provided  under  Section  11-1403.3,  no
 9    driver of a motor vehicle on the highways of this State shall
10    wear headset receivers while driving.
11        (b)  This Section does not prohibit the use of a  headset
12    type  receiving  equipment  used  exclusively  for  safety or
13    traffic engineering studies, by law enforcement personnel  on
14    duty,   or   emergency  medical  services  and  fire  service
15    personnel.
16        (c)  This Section does not prohibit the use of any single
17    sided  headset  type  receiving  and  transmitting  equipment
18    designed  to  be  used  in  or  on  one  ear  which  is  used
19    exclusively for providing two-way radio vocal  communications
20    by  an individual in possession of a current and valid novice
21    class or higher amateur radio license issued by  the  Federal
22    Communications  Commission  and  an  amateur  radio  operator
23    special registration plate issued under Section 3-607 of this
24    Code.
25        (d)  This   Section  does  not  prohibit  the  use  of  a
26    single-sided  headset  with  a  cellular  or   other   mobile
27    telephone  that  allows  the  driver  to talk and listen to a
28    telephone without holding the telephone  or  its  handset  or
29    receiver.
30    (Source: P.A. 89-551, eff. 1-1-97.)

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