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    AN ACT concerning vehicles.

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


 
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    Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended  by adding 
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Section 12-610.1 as follows:
 
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    (625 ILCS 5/12-610.1  new)
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    Sec. 12-610.1. Wireless telephones.
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    (a)  As  used in this Section, "wireless telephone" means
  a  
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device  that  is  capable  of  transmitting  or  receiving
  telephonic  
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communications  without  a  wire  connecting  the
  device to the 
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telephone network.
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    (b) A person who holds an instruction permit issued under 
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Section 6-105 or 6-107.1, a person who holds a temporary 
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license issued under Section 6-108, or a person who has held 
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for less than one year a graduated license issued under Section 
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6-107, may not drive a vehicle while using a wireless phone.

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    (c) A person who has held for less than one year a driver's 
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license issued under Section  6-110, and who has never held a 
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driver's license under a law of another state, may not drive a 
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vehicle while using a wireless phone, unless the person 
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previously held a graduated license.
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    (d) A licensed driver who is not subject to the prohibition 
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of subsection (b) or (c) may drive a motor vehicle while using 
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a
    wireless telephone  if he or she abides by this Code and 
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similar provisions of local ordinances; if, however, a person  
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is convicted of an offense against a law or ordinance 
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regulating the movement of traffic, committed while the  person 
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was using a wireless telephone, the person has violated this 
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Section and is subject to subsections (f) and (g).
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    (e) This Section does not apply  to  a  person  using  a

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wireless telephone for emergency purposes, including, but not

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limited  to,  an  emergency call to a law enforcement agency,

 


 






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health care provider, fire  department,  or  other  emergency

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services agency or entity.
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    (f) A person who violates this Section is guilty of a petty 
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offense and subject to a fine of not more than $79.
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