093_HB0123enr HB0123 Enrolled LRB093 03389 DRH 03407 b 1 AN ACT in relation to vehicles. 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 3 represented in the General Assembly: 4 Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by 5 adding Section 12-601.1 as follows: 6 (625 ILCS 5/12-601.1 new) 7 Sec. 12-601.1. Traffic control signal preemption 8 devices. 9 (a) As used in this Section, "traffic control signal 10 preemption device" means any device, either mechanical or 11 electrical, that emits a pulse of light or other signal that, 12 when received by a detector attached to a traffic control 13 signal, changes that traffic control signal to a green light 14 or, if the traffic control signal is already green, extends 15 the duration of the green light. 16 (b) Except as provided in subsection (d), a traffic 17 control signal preemption device may not be installed on a 18 motor vehicle, may not be transported in the passenger 19 compartment of a motor vehicle, and may not be operated by 20 the driver or passenger of a motor vehicle. 21 Violation of this subsection (b) is a Class A 22 misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of $1,000 in addition to 23 any other penalty that may be imposed. 24 (c) A retailer or manufacturer may not sell a traffic 25 control signal preemption device to any person or entity for 26 any intended use other than operation as permitted under 27 subsection (d). 28 Violation of this subsection (c) is a Class A 29 misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of $5,000 for each sale of 30 each device, in addition to any other penalty that may be 31 imposed. HB0123 Enrolled -2- LRB093 03389 DRH 03407 b 1 (d) Installation of a traffic control signal preemption 2 device is permitted on the following vehicles, and operation 3 of the device is permitted as follows: 4 (1) Police department vehicles, when responding to 5 a bona fide emergency, when used in combination with 6 red or blue oscillating, rotating, or flashing lights. 7 (2) Law enforcement vehicles of State or local 8 authorities, when responding to a bona fide emergency, 9 when used in combination with red oscillating, rotating, 10 or flashing lights. 11 (3) Vehicles of local fire departments and State or 12 federal firefighting vehicles, when responding to a bona 13 fide emergency, when used in combination with red 14 oscillating, rotating, or flashing lights. 15 (4) Vehicles that are designed and used exclusively 16 as ambulances or rescue vehicles, when responding to a 17 bona fide emergency, when used in combination with red 18 oscillating, rotating, or flashing lights. 19 (5) Vehicles that are equipped and used exclusively 20 as organ transport vehicles, when the transportation is 21 declared an emergency by a member of the transplant team 22 or a representative of the organ procurement 23 organization, when used in combination with red 24 oscillating, rotating, or flashing lights. 25 (6) Vehicles of the Illinois Emergency Management 26 Agency and vehicles of the Department of Nuclear Safety, 27 when responding to a bona fide emergency, when used in 28 combination with red oscillating, rotating, or flashing 29 lights. 30 (7) Commuter buses owned by any political 31 subdivision of this State, operated either by the 32 political subdivision or its lessee or agent, and 33 offering short-haul for-hire regularly scheduled 34 passenger transportation service, over regular routes HB0123 Enrolled -3- LRB093 03389 DRH 03407 b 1 with fixed schedules, within metropolitan and suburban 2 areas, when used to extend the duration of an already 3 green light to meet schedules. 4 (8) Vehicles used for snow removal owned by any 5 political subdivision of this State, operated either by 6 the political subdivision or its lessee or agent, when 7 used during a snow emergency in combination with yellow 8 or amber oscillating, rotating, or flashing lights, when 9 used to extend the duration of an already green light. 10 (e) This Section does not prohibit use by motorcycles of 11 electronic or magnetic safety devices designed to allow 12 traffic control signal systems to recognize or detect 13 motorcycles. 14 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 15 becoming law.