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1    AN ACT concerning transportation.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  

  
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by adding 
5Section 11-1308 as follows:
 
6    (625 ILCS 5/11-1308 new)
7    Sec. 11-1308. Unauthorized use of parking places reserved 
8for electric vehicles.
9    (a)   For the purposes of this Section:
10    "Electric vehicle" means a battery-powered electric 
11vehicle operated solely by electricity or a plug-in hybrid 
12electric vehicle that operates on electricity and gasoline and 
13has a battery that can be recharged from an external source.
14    "Electric vehicle charging station" means any facility or 
15equipment that is used to charge a battery or other energy 
16storage device of an electric vehicle. 
17    (b) It shall be prohibited to park a non-electric vehicle 
18in an electric vehicle charging station designated for use by 
19electric vehicles, including an electric vehicle  charging 
20station on any private or public offstreet parking facility. A 
21person may park only an electric vehicle in an electric vehicle  
22charging station space designated for use by electric vehicles.
23    (c)   Any person or local authority owning or operating any 
 
 
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1public or private offstreet parking facility may, after 
2notifying the police or sheriff's department, remove or cause 
3to be removed to the nearest garage or other place of safety 
4any non-electric vehicle parked within an electric vehicle  
5charging station space designated for use by electric vehicles.
6    (d) It shall not be a defense to a charge under this 
7Section that the sign or notice posted at the electric vehicle 
8charging station or the designated parking space does not 
9comply with applicable rules, regulations, or local 
10ordinances, if a reasonable person would be made aware by the 
11sign or notice on or near the parking space that the space is 
12reserved for electric vehicles. 
13    (e)   Any person found guilty of violating the provisions of 
14subsection (b) shall be fined $75 in addition to any costs or 
15charges connected with the removal or storage of the 
16non-electric vehicle; but municipalities by ordinance may 
17impose a fine up to $100.