100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
HB0300
 
Introduced , by Rep. Luis Arroyo
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 

 
  
625 ILCS 5/11-1006  from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-1006

     Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that no person shall stand, sit, or stay on a street or roadway for the purpose of soliciting money from the occupant of any vehicle. A person convicted of violating the provision shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
  


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A BILL FOR
 

  
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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 changing 
5Section 11-1006 as follows:
 



6    (625 ILCS 5/11-1006)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-1006)



7    Sec. 11-1006. Pedestrians soliciting rides or business. 

8    (a) No person shall stand in a roadway for the purpose of 
9soliciting a ride
from the driver of any vehicle.

10    (b) No person shall stand on a highway for the purpose of 
11soliciting
employment or business from the occupant of any 
12vehicle.

13    (c) No person shall stand on a highway for the purpose of 
14soliciting
contributions from the occupant of any vehicle 
15except within a municipality
when expressly permitted by 
16municipal ordinance. The local municipality, city,
village, or 
17other local governmental entity in which the solicitation takes

18place shall determine by ordinance where and when solicitations 
19may take place
based on the safety of the solicitors and the 
20safety of motorists.  The
decision shall also take into account 
21the orderly flow of traffic and may not
allow interference with 
22the operation of official traffic control devices. The

23soliciting agency shall be:


 
 
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1        1. registered with the Attorney General as a charitable 
2    organization as
provided by "An Act to regulate 
3    solicitation and collection of funds for
charitable 
4    purposes, providing for violations thereof, and making an

5    appropriation therefor", approved July 26, 1963, as 
6    amended;


7        2. engaged in a Statewide fund raising activity; and


8        3. liable for any injuries to any person or property 
9    during the
solicitation which is causally related to an act 
10    of ordinary negligence of the
soliciting
agent.

11    Any person engaged in the act of solicitation shall be 16 
12years of age
or more and shall be wearing a high visibility 
13vest.

14    (c-5) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this Section, 
15no person shall stand, sit, or stay on a street or roadway for 
16the purpose of soliciting money from the occupant of any 
17vehicle. 
18    (d) No person shall stand on or in the proximity of a 
19highway for the
purpose of soliciting the watching or guarding 
20of any vehicle while parked
or about to be parked on a highway.

21    (e) Every person who is convicted of a violation of this 
22Section shall
be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.

23(Source: P.A. 88-589, eff. 8-14-94.)