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(1) ENGAGING IN A CALL means talking into, dialing, or listening on a hand-held mobile telephone, but does not include holding a mobile telephone to activate or deactivate the telephone. (2) HAND-HELD MOBILE TELEPHONE means a mobile telephone with which a user engages in a call using at least one hand (or prosthetic device or aid in the case of a physically disabled person). (3) HANDS-FREE MOBILE TELEPHONE means a mobile telephone that has an internal feature or function or that is equipped with an attachment or addition, whether or not permanently part of the mobile telephone, by which a user engages in a call without the use of either hand (ar prosthetic device or aid in the case of a physically disabled person) whether or not the use of either hand (or prosthetic device) is necessary to activate or deactivate the mobile telephone. (4) MOBILE COMMiINICATION DEVICE means a text-messaging device or other electronic, two-way communication device that is designed to receive and transmit voice communication, text communication, or both. The term includes a mobile telephone and a personal digital assistant (PDA). (5) MOBILE TELEPHONE means a device used by subscribers and other users of wireless telephone service to access such seroice. (6) SCHOOL ZONE means a reduced speed school traffic zone as designated in Section 19-251 of this chapter. (7) TEXT MESSAGE means a two-way communication (whether real-time or asynchronous) in which data (composed in whole or in part of text, numbers, images, or symbols) is sent, entered, or received by a method other than by voice and transmitted through either a short message service (SMS) or a computer network. The term does not include a communication transmitted through a global pasitioning or navigation system. (8) WIRELESS TELEPHONE SERVICE means two-way, real time voice telecommunications service that is interconnected to a public switched telephone network and is commonly refened to as cellular service or personal communication service. (b) A person commits an offense if the person uses a hand-held mobile telephane to engage in a call or uses a mobile communication device to send, read, or write a text message, while operating a moving motor vehicte in a reduced speed school zone;