AUTHORITY GRANTED TO AMEND CHAPTER 27,
SECTION 27-342.2 OF MUNICIPAL CODE CONCERNING
SEAT BELTS ON SCHOOL BUSES

The Committee on Traffic Control and Safety submitted a report recommending that the City Council pass the following proposed ordinance transmitted therewith (as a substitute for a proposed ordinance previously referred to the committee on November 6, 1985.)

Be it Ordained by the City Council of the City of Chicago:

SECTION 1. That Chapter 27-342.2 of the Municipal Code of the City of Chicago which was passed by the City Council on December 18, 1984 and was printed on page 12030 of said Journal of Proceedings is hereby amended to read:

27-342.2 - All school buses, as defined in Illinois Revised Statutes, Chapter 95 « [Paragraph 12-800] [operated in the City of Chicago for the purposes of transporting students to and from school and school related activities shall be equipped with a seat safety belt system for each passenger in the school bus] Paragraph 1-182 et.seq. that meet the minimum Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards 222 for the purposes of transporting children 18 and under shall be equipped with an individual set of seat safety belts meeting Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards 208 and 209 as they apply to a multipassenger vehicle with a gross weight at or under 10,000 pounds, in good operating condition for each passenger. [No school bus shall be operated unless the driver of the school bus has properly adjusted and fastened the seat safety belts of all student passengers.] No school bus shall be operated unless all passengers' safety belts are fastened.

SECTION 2. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force and effect from and after its passage and publication.