posted Jan 6, 2010, 7:33 AM by Michael Treece
Public Act HB0072 - Introduced 1/14/09 Effective January 1, 2010625 ILCS 5/12-610.1 Public Act 96-0131 Wireless Phones
Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that a person, regardless of age, may not use a wireless telephone in a school speed zone or a construction or maintenance speed zone, except for a person engaged in a highway construction or maintenance project for which a construction or maintenance speed zone has been established when the person is using a wireless telephone in furtherance of that project.
Public Act 096-0131
| | HB0072 Enrolled | LRB096 02955 AJT 12969 b |
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| AN ACT concerning transportation.
| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | represented in the General Assembly:
| Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by changing | Section 12-610.1 as follows:
| (625 ILCS 5/12-610.1) | Sec. 12-610.1. Wireless telephones. | (a) As used in this Section, "wireless telephone" means a | device that is capable of transmitting or receiving telephonic | communications without a wire connecting the device to the | telephone network. | (b) A person under the age of 19 years who holds an | instruction permit issued under Section 6-105 or 6-107.1, or a | person under the age of 19 years who holds a graduated license | issued under Section 6-107, may not drive a vehicle on a | roadway while using a wireless phone. | (c) This Section does not apply to a person under the age | of 19 years using a wireless telephone for emergency purposes, | including, but not limited to, an emergency call to a law | enforcement agency, health care provider, fire department, or | other emergency services agency or entity. | (d) If a graduated driver's license holder over the age of | 18 committed an offense against traffic regulations governing |
| the movement of vehicles or any violation of Section 6-107 or | Section 12-603.1 of this Code in the 6 months prior to the | graduated driver's license holder's 18th birthday, and was | subsequently convicted of the violation, the provisions of | paragraph (b) shall continue to apply until such time as a | period of 6 consecutive months has elapsed without an | additional violation and subsequent conviction of an offense | against traffic regulations governing the movement of vehicles | or any violation of Section 6-107 or Section 12-603.1 of this | Code. | (e) A person, regardless of age, may not use a wireless | telephone at any time while operating a motor vehicle on a | roadway in a school speed zone established under Section | 11-605, or on a highway in a construction or maintenance speed | zone established under Section 11-605.1. This subsection (e) | does not apply to (i) a person engaged in a highway | construction or maintenance project for which a construction or | maintenance speed zone has been established under Section | 11-605.1, (ii) a person using a wireless telephone for | emergency purposes, including, but not limited to, law | enforcement agency, health care provider, fire department, or | other emergency services agency or entity, (iii) a law | enforcement officer or operator of an emergency vehicle when | performing the officer's or operator's official duties, or (iv) | to a person using a wireless telephone in voice-activated mode. | (Source: P.A. 94-240, eff. 7-15-05; 95-310, eff. 1-1-08; |
| 95-338, eff. 1-1-08; 95-876, eff. 8-21-08.)
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