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| 1 | AN ACT concerning transportation.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by changing | ||||||
| 5 | Section 12-604.1 as follows: | ||||||
| 6 | (625 ILCS 5/12-604.1) | ||||||
| 7 | Sec. 12-604.1. Video devices. | ||||||
| 8 | (a) A person may not operate a motor vehicle if a | ||||||
| 9 | television receiver, a video monitor, a television or video | ||||||
| 10 | screen, or any other similar means of visually displaying a | ||||||
| 11 | television broadcast or video signal that produces | ||||||
| 12 | entertainment or business applications is operating and is | ||||||
| 13 | located in the motor vehicle in a position where the moving | ||||||
| 14 | images are at any point forward of the back of the driver's | ||||||
| 15 | seat, or is operating and visible to the driver while driving | ||||||
| 16 | the motor vehicle is in motion.
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| 17 | (b) This Section does not apply to the following equipment, | ||||||
| 18 | whether or not permanently when installed in a vehicle:
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| 19 | (1) a vehicle information display;
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| 20 | (2) a global positioning display;
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| 21 | (3) a mapping or navigation display;
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| 22 | (4) a visual display used to enhance or supplement the | ||||||
| 23 | driver's view forward, behind, or to the sides of a motor | ||||||
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| 1 | vehicle for the purpose of maneuvering the vehicle; | ||||||
| 2 | (5) television-type receiving equipment used | ||||||
| 3 | exclusively for safety or traffic engineering studies; or
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| 4 | (6) a television receiver, video monitor, television | ||||||
| 5 | or video screen, or any other similar means of visually | ||||||
| 6 | displaying a television broadcast or video signal, if that | ||||||
| 7 | equipment has an interlock device that, when the motor | ||||||
| 8 | vehicle is driven, disables the equipment for all uses | ||||||
| 9 | except as a visual display as described in paragraphs (1) | ||||||
| 10 | through (5) of this subsection (b).
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| 11 | (c) This Section does not apply to a mobile, digital | ||||||
| 12 | terminal installed in an authorized emergency vehicle, a motor | ||||||
| 13 | vehicle providing emergency road service or roadside | ||||||
| 14 | assistance, or to motor vehicles utilized for public | ||||||
| 15 | transportation.
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| 16 | (d) A person convicted of violating this Section is guilty | ||||||
| 17 | of a petty offense and shall be fined not more than $100 for a | ||||||
| 18 | first offense, not more than $200 for a second offense within | ||||||
| 19 | one year of a previous conviction, and not more than $250 for a | ||||||
| 20 | third or subsequent offense within one year of 2 previous | ||||||
| 21 | convictions.
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| 22 | (Source: P.A. 94-185, eff. 1-1-06.) | ||||||