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94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
HB0960
Introduced 2/3/2005, by Rep. Maria Antonia Berrios SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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625 ILCS 5/12-604 |
from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-604 |
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Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that a motor vehicle equipped with visual media technology other than a navigational system (rather than a motor vehicle equipped with a television receiver) may not be operated on a highway if the viewer or screen is located where it is visible from the driver's seat and is activated. Effective January 1, 2006.
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A BILL FOR
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HB0960 |
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LRB094 03666 DRH 33671 b |
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| AN ACT concerning transportation.
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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 changing |
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| Section 12-604 as follows:
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| (625 ILCS 5/12-604) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-604)
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| Sec. 12-604. Visual media technology
Television receivers.
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| (a)
No motor vehicle
operated on the highways of this State
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| shall be
equipped with visual media technology, other than a |
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| navigational system, including but not limited to a portable |
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| DVD or VCR player or a laptop computer containing an internal |
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| DVD player
television broadcast receiver equipment so located |
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| that the
viewer or screen is visible from the driver's seat and |
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| is activated.
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| (b) A visual display device permitted under this Section |
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| shall be attached
to the vehicle in a manner that meets all |
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| applicable federal motor vehicle dash
safety standards.
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| (c) This Section does not prohibit the use of |
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| television-type receiving
equipment used exclusively for |
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| safety or traffic engineering studies.
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| (Source: P.A. 88-415.)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January |
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| 1, 2006.
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