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 1                    AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2056

 2        AMENDMENT NO.     .  Amend House Bill 2056 as follows:

 3    by replacing everything after the enacting  clause  with  the
 4    following:

 5        "Section  5.   The  Illinois  Vehicle  Code is amended by
 6    changing Sections 11-1414, 12-215, and 12-805 as follows:

 7        (625 ILCS 5/11-1414) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-1414)
 8        Sec.  11-1414.   Approaching,  overtaking,  and   passing
 9    school bus.
10        (a)  The  driver  of  a  vehicle  shall stop such vehicle
11    before meeting or  overtaking,  from  either  direction,  any
12    school   bus   stopped   for  the  purpose  of  receiving  or
13    discharging pupils on a  highway,  on  a  roadway  on  school
14    property,  or  upon  a  private  road  within an area that is
15    covered by a  contract  or  agreement  executed  pursuant  to
16    Section  11-209.1 of this Code.  Such stop is required before
17    reaching the school bus when there is  in  operation  on  the
18    school bus the visual signals as specified in Sections 12-803
19    and  12-805 of this Code. The driver of the vehicle shall not
20    proceed until the school bus resumes motion or the driver  of
21    the  vehicle  is signaled by the school bus driver to proceed
 
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 1    or the visual signals are no longer actuated.
 2        (b)  The stop signal arm required by  Section  12-803  of
 3    this  Code shall be extended after the school bus has come to
 4    a complete stop for the purpose  of  loading  or  discharging
 5    pupils and shall be closed before the school bus is placed in
 6    motion  again.   The stop signal arm shall not be extended at
 7    any other time.
 8        (c)  The alternately flashing  red  signal  lamps  of  an
 9    8-lamp  flashing  signal system required by Section 12-805 of
10    this Code shall be actuated after the school bus has come  to
11    a  complete  stop  for  the purpose of loading or discharging
12    pupils and shall be turned  off  before  the  school  bus  is
13    placed  in  motion  again.  The red signal lamps shall not be
14    actuated at any other time except as  provided  in  paragraph
15    (d) of this Section.
16        (d)  The  alternately  flashing  amber signal lamps of an
17    8-lamp flashing signal system  required by Section 12-805  of
18    this Code shall be actuated continuously during not less than
19    the  last 100 feet traveled by the school bus before stopping
20    for the purpose of loading or discharging  pupils  within  an
21    urban  area  and  during  not  less  than  the  last 200 feet
22    traveled by the school bus outside an urban area.  The  amber
23    signal  lamps  shall  remain actuated until the school bus is
24    stopped. The amber signal lamps shall not be actuated at  any
25    other time.
26        (d-5)  The  alternately  flashing head lamps permitted by
27    Section 12-805  of  this  Code  may  be  operated  while  the
28    alternately  flashing  red  or amber signal lamps required by
29    that Section are actuated.
30        (e)  The driver of a vehicle upon a highway having  4  or
31    more  lanes  which  permits  at  least  2 lanes of traffic to
32    travel in opposite directions need not stop such vehicle upon
33    meeting a  school  bus  which  is  stopped  in  the  opposing
34    roadway;  and  need not stop such vehicle when driving upon a
 
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 1    controlled access highway when passing a school bus traveling
 2    in either  direction  that  is  stopped  in  a  loading  zone
 3    adjacent  to  the surfaced or improved part of the controlled
 4    access highway where pedestrians are not permitted to cross.
 5        (f)  Beginning with the effective date of this amendatory
 6    Act of 1985, the Secretary  of  State  shall  suspend  for  a
 7    period  of  3  months  the  driving  privileges of any person
 8    convicted of a violation of subsection (a) of this Section or
 9    a similar provision of a local ordinance; the Secretary shall
10    suspend for a period of one year the  driving  privileges  of
11    any  person  convicted of a second or subsequent violation of
12    subsection (a) of this Section or a similar  provision  of  a
13    local  ordinance if the second or subsequent violation occurs
14    within 5 years of a prior conviction for the same offense. In
15    addition to the suspensions authorized by this  Section,  any
16    person  convicted  of  violating  this  Section  or a similar
17    provision  of  a  local  ordinance  shall  be  subject  to  a
18    mandatory fine of  $150  or,  upon  a  second  or  subsequent
19    violation,  $500.  The  Secretary  may  also  grant,  for the
20    duration of any suspension issued under  this  subsection,  a
21    restricted driving permit granting the privilege of driving a
22    motor  vehicle  between  the  driver's residence and place of
23    employment or within other proper limits that  the  Secretary
24    of  State shall find necessary to avoid any undue hardship. A
25    restricted driving permit issued hereunder shall  be  subject
26    to  cancellation,  revocation and suspension by the Secretary
27    of State in like manner and for  like  cause  as  a  driver's
28    license may be cancelled, revoked or suspended; except that a
29    conviction   upon  one  or  more  offenses  against  laws  or
30    ordinances regulating the movement of traffic shall be deemed
31    sufficient  cause   for   the   revocation,   suspension   or
32    cancellation  of the restricted driving permit. The Secretary
33    of State may, as a condition to the issuance of a  restricted
34    driving  permit,  require  the  applicant to participate in a
 
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 1    designated driver remedial  or  rehabilitative  program.  Any
 2    conviction  for  a  violation  of  this  subsection  shall be
 3    included as  an  offense  for  the  purposes  of  determining
 4    suspension  action  under  any  other provision of this Code,
 5    provided however, that  the  penalties  provided  under  this
 6    subsection  shall  be  imposed unless those penalties imposed
 7    under other applicable provisions are greater.
 8        The  owner  of  any  vehicle  alleged  to  have  violated
 9    paragraph (a) of this Section shall, upon appropriate  demand
10    by the State's Attorney or other authorized prosecutor acting
11    in   response  to  a  signed  complaint,  provide  a  written
12    statement or  deposition  identifying  the  operator  of  the
13    vehicle if such operator was not the owner at the time of the
14    alleged  violation.  Failure to supply such information shall
15    be construed to be the same as a violation of  paragraph  (a)
16    and  shall  be subject to the same penalties herein provided.
17    In the event the owner has assigned control for  the  use  of
18    the  vehicle  to  another,  the  person  to  whom control was
19    assigned shall comply with the provisions of  this  paragraph
20    and be subject to the same penalties as herein provided.
21    (Source: P.A. 91-260, eff. 1-1-00.)

22        (625 ILCS 5/12-215) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-215)
23        Sec. 12-215.  Oscillating, rotating or flashing lights on
24    motor vehicles. Except as otherwise provided in this Code:
25        (a)  The  use  of  red  or white oscillating, rotating or
26    flashing lights, whether lighted or unlighted, is  prohibited
27    except on:
28             1.  Law  enforcement  vehicles  of State, Federal or
29        local authorities;
30             2.  A vehicle operated by a police officer or county
31        coroner   and   designated   or   authorized   by   local
32        authorities, in writing, as a  law  enforcement  vehicle;
33        however,   such  designation  or  authorization  must  be
 
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 1        carried in the vehicle;
 2             3.  Vehicles of local fire departments and State  or
 3        federal firefighting vehicles;
 4             4.  Vehicles which are designed and used exclusively
 5        as  ambulances  or  rescue  vehicles;  furthermore,  such
 6        lights  shall not be lighted except when responding to an
 7        emergency call for and while actually conveying the  sick
 8        or injured; and
 9             5.  Tow  trucks  licensed  in  a state that requires
10        such  lights;  furthermore,  such  lights  shall  not  be
11        lighted on any such tow truck  while  the  tow  truck  is
12        operating in the State of Illinois; and.
13             6.  School buses operating alternately flashing head
14        lamps as permitted under Section 12-805 of this Code.
15        (b)  The  use  of amber oscillating, rotating or flashing
16    lights, whether lighted or unlighted,  is  prohibited  except
17    on:
18             1.  Second  division  vehicles designed and used for
19        towing or hoisting  vehicles;  furthermore,  such  lights
20        shall not be lighted except as required in this paragraph
21        1;  such  lights  shall be lighted when such vehicles are
22        actually being used  at  the  scene  of  an  accident  or
23        disablement;  if  the  towing  vehicle is equipped with a
24        flat bed that supports all wheels of  the  vehicle  being
25        transported,  the  lights  shall not be lighted while the
26        vehicle is engaged in towing on a highway; if the  towing
27        vehicle is not equipped with a flat bed that supports all
28        wheels  of  a vehicle being transported, the lights shall
29        be lighted while the towing vehicle is engaged in  towing
30        on  a highway during all times when the use of headlights
31        is required under Section 12-201 of this Code;
32             2.  Motor vehicles or  equipment  of  the  State  of
33        Illinois, local authorities and contractors; furthermore,
34        such  lights  shall  not  be  lighted  except  while such
 
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 1        vehicles  are  engaged  in  maintenance  or  construction
 2        operations within the limits of construction projects;
 3             3.  Vehicles or equipment  used  by  engineering  or
 4        survey  crews;  furthermore,  such  lights  shall  not be
 5        lighted except while such vehicles are  actually  engaged
 6        in work on a highway;
 7             4.  Vehicles of public utilities, municipalities, or
 8        other  construction,  maintenance  or  automotive service
 9        vehicles except that such lights shall be lighted only as
10        a means  for  indicating  the  presence  of  a  vehicular
11        traffic  hazard  requiring  unusual  care in approaching,
12        overtaking or passing while such vehicles are engaged  in
13        maintenance, service or construction on a highway;
14             5.  Oversized  vehicle or load; however, such lights
15        shall only be lighted when moving under permit issued  by
16        the Department under Section 15-301 of this Code;
17             6.  The  front and rear of motorized equipment owned
18        and operated by the State of Illinois  or  any  political
19        subdivision  thereof,  which  is  designed  and  used for
20        removal of snow and ice from highways;
21             7.  Fleet  safety  vehicles  registered  in  another
22        state, furthermore, such  lights  shall  not  be  lighted
23        except as provided for in Section 12-212 of this Code;
24             8.  Such  other  vehicles  as  may  be authorized by
25        local authorities;
26             9.  Law  enforcement  vehicles  of  State  or  local
27        authorities   when   used   in   combination   with   red
28        oscillating, rotating or flashing lights;
29             10.  Vehicles used for collecting or delivering mail
30        for the United States Postal Service provided  that  such
31        lights shall not be lighted except when such vehicles are
32        actually being used for such purposes;
33             11.  Any  vehicle  displaying  a slow-moving vehicle
34        emblem as provided in Section 12-205.1;
 
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 1             12.  All trucks  equipped  with  self-compactors  or
 2        roll-off  hoists  and  roll-on  containers for garbage or
 3        refuse hauling.  Such lights shall not be lighted  except
 4        when  such  vehicles  are  actually  being  used for such
 5        purposes;
 6             13.  Vehicles used  by  a  security  company,  alarm
 7        responder,  or  control  agency, if the security company,
 8        alarm responder, or control agency is bound by a contract
 9        with a federal, State, or local government entity to  use
10        the lights; and
11             14.  Security  vehicles  of  the Department of Human
12        Services; however, the lights shall not be lighted except
13        when being used for security related purposes  under  the
14        direction of the superintendent of the facility where the
15        vehicle is located.
16        (c)  The  use  of  blue oscillating, rotating or flashing
17    lights, whether lighted or unlighted,  is  prohibited  except
18    on:
19             1.  Rescue  squad  vehicles  not  owned  by  a  fire
20        department and vehicles owned or fully operated by a:
21                  voluntary firefighter;
22                  paid firefighter;
23                  part-paid firefighter;
24                  call firefighter;
25                  member  of  the  board  of  trustees  of a fire
26             protection district;
27                  paid or unpaid member of a rescue squad; or
28                  paid or unpaid member of a voluntary  ambulance
29             unit.
30             However,  such  lights  are not to be lighted except
31        when responding to a bona fide emergency.
32             2.  Police department vehicles in  cities  having  a
33        population of 500,000 or more inhabitants.
34             3.  Law  enforcement  vehicles  of  State  or  local
 
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 1        authorities   when   used   in   combination   with   red
 2        oscillating, rotating or flashing lights.
 3             4.  Vehicles  of local fire departments and State or
 4        federal firefighting vehicles when  used  in  combination
 5        with red oscillating, rotating or flashing lights.
 6             5.  Vehicles which are designed and used exclusively
 7        as ambulances or rescue vehicles when used in combination
 8        with   red  oscillating,  rotating  or  flashing  lights;
 9        furthermore, such lights shall not be lighted except when
10        responding to an emergency call.
11             6.  Vehicles that are equipped and used  exclusively
12        as organ transport vehicles when used in combination with
13        red    oscillating,   rotating,   or   flashing   lights;
14        furthermore, these lights shall only be lighted when  the
15        transportation  is  declared  an emergency by a member of
16        the transplant team or  a  representative  of  the  organ
17        procurement organization.
18        (d)  The   use  of  a  combination  of  amber  and  white
19    oscillating, rotating or flashing lights, whether lighted  or
20    unlighted,  is prohibited, except motor vehicles or equipment
21    of the State of Illinois, local authorities  and  contractors
22    may  be  so  equipped;  furthermore, such lights shall not be
23    lighted except while such vehicles  are  engaged  in  highway
24    maintenance  or  construction operations within the limits of
25    highway construction projects.
26        (e)  All  oscillating,  rotating   or   flashing   lights
27    referred to in this Section shall be of sufficient intensity,
28    when  illuminated,  to  be  visible  at  500  feet  in normal
29    sunlight.
30        (f)  Nothing   in   this   Section   shall   prohibit   a
31    manufacturer of oscillating, rotating or flashing  lights  or
32    his representative from temporarily mounting such lights on a
33    vehicle for demonstration purposes only.
34        (g)  Any  person  violating the provisions of subsections
 
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 1    (a), (b), (c) or (d)  of  this  Section  who  without  lawful
 2    authority  stops  or  detains  or  attempts to stop or detain
 3    another person shall be guilty of a Class 4 felony.
 4        (h)  Except as provided  in  subsection  (g)  above,  any
 5    person  violating the provisions of subsections (a) or (c) of
 6    this Section shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
 7    (Source: P.A.  90-330,  eff.  8-8-97;  90-347,  eff.  1-1-98;
 8    90-655, eff. 7-30-98; 91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)

 9        (625 ILCS 5/12-805) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-805)
10        Sec. 12-805. Special lighting equipment.
11        Each school bus purchased as a new vehicle after December
12    31,  1975  shall  be  equipped with an 8-lamp flashing signal
13    system. Until December 31, 1978, all other school buses shall
14    be equipped with either a 4-lamp or an 8-lamp flashing signal
15    system.  After December 31, 1978, all school buses  shall  be
16    equipped with an 8-lamp flashing signal system.
17        A  4-lamp flashing signal system shall have 2 alternately
18    flashing red lamps mounted  as  high  and  as  widely  spaced
19    laterally  on  the  same level as practicable at the front of
20    the school bus and 2 such lamps mounted in the same manner at
21    the rear.
22        An 8-lamp flashing signal system shall have, in  addition
23    to  a 4-lamp system, 4 alternately flashing amber lamps. Each
24    amber lamp shall be mounted next to a red  lamp  and  at  the
25    same level but closer to the centerline of the school bus.
26        Each  signal  lamp  shall be a sealed beam at least 5 1/2
27    inches in diameter and shall have sufficient intensity to  be
28    visible  at  500 feet in normal sunlight. Both the 4-lamp and
29    8-lamp system shall be actuated only by  means  of  a  manual
30    switch.  There shall be a device for indicating to the driver
31    that the system is operating properly or is inoperative.
32        A school  bus  may  also  be  equipped  with  alternately
33    flashing  head  lamps,  which  may be operated in conjunction
 
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 1    with the 8-lamp flashing signal system.
 2    (Source: P.A. 79-1400.)

 3        Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect  upon
 4    becoming law.".

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