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1 | AN ACT concerning vehicles.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by changing | ||||||
5 | Section 12-215 and by adding Section 12-203.1 as follows: | ||||||
6 | (625 ILCS 5/12-203.1 new) | ||||||
7 | Sec. 12-203.1. Oscillating, rotating, or flashing amber | ||||||
8 | lights on parked farm vehicles. Beginning July 1, 2004, any | ||||||
9 | farm vehicle or implement of husbandry standing on any portion | ||||||
10 | of a highway, including the shoulder, during the period from | ||||||
11 | sunset to sunrise must be equipped with at least one | ||||||
12 | oscillating, flashing, or rotating amber light and must have | ||||||
13 | the light lighted.
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14 | (625 ILCS 5/12-215) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-215)
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15 | Sec. 12-215. Oscillating, rotating or flashing lights on | ||||||
16 | motor vehicles. Except as otherwise provided in this Code:
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17 | (a) The use of red or white oscillating, rotating or | ||||||
18 | flashing lights,
whether lighted or unlighted, is prohibited | ||||||
19 | except on:
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20 | 1. Law enforcement vehicles of State, Federal or
local | ||||||
21 | authorities;
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22 | 2. A vehicle operated by a police officer or county | ||||||
23 | coroner
and designated or authorized by local authorities, | ||||||
24 | in writing, as a law
enforcement vehicle; however, such | ||||||
25 | designation or authorization must
be carried in the | ||||||
26 | vehicle;
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27 | 3. Vehicles of local fire departments and State or | ||||||
28 | federal
firefighting vehicles;
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29 | 4. Vehicles which are designed and used exclusively as | ||||||
30 | ambulances
or rescue vehicles; furthermore, such lights | ||||||
31 | shall not be lighted except
when responding to an emergency |
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1 | call for and while actually conveying the
sick or injured;
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2 | 5. Tow trucks licensed in a state that requires such | ||||||
3 | lights;
furthermore, such lights shall not be lighted on | ||||||
4 | any such tow truck while the
tow truck is
operating in the | ||||||
5 | State of Illinois;
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6 | 6. Vehicles of the Illinois Emergency Management | ||||||
7 | Agency, and vehicles of
the
Department of Nuclear Safety;
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8 | 7. Vehicles operated by a local or county emergency | ||||||
9 | management
services agency as defined in the Illinois | ||||||
10 | Emergency
Management Agency Act; and
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11 | 8. School buses operating alternately flashing head | ||||||
12 | lamps as permitted
under Section 12-805 of this Code.
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13 | (b) The use of amber oscillating, rotating or flashing | ||||||
14 | lights, whether
lighted or unlighted, is prohibited except on:
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15 | 1. Second division vehicles designed and used for | ||||||
16 | towing or hoisting
vehicles; furthermore, such lights | ||||||
17 | shall not be lighted except as
required in
this paragraph | ||||||
18 | 1; such lights shall be lighted
when such vehicles are | ||||||
19 | actually being
used at the scene of an accident or
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20 | disablement; if the towing vehicle is equipped with a flat | ||||||
21 | bed that
supports all wheels of the vehicle being | ||||||
22 | transported, the lights shall not be
lighted while the | ||||||
23 | vehicle is engaged in towing on a highway; if the towing
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24 | vehicle is not equipped with a flat bed that supports all | ||||||
25 | wheels of a vehicle
being transported, the lights shall be | ||||||
26 | lighted while the
towing
vehicle is engaged in towing on a | ||||||
27 | highway during all
times when the use
of headlights is | ||||||
28 | required under Section 12-201 of this Code;
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29 | 2. Motor vehicles or equipment of the State of | ||||||
30 | Illinois, local authorities
and contractors; furthermore, | ||||||
31 | such lights shall not be lighted except while
such vehicles | ||||||
32 | are engaged in maintenance or construction operations | ||||||
33 | within
the limits of construction projects;
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34 | 3. Vehicles or equipment used by engineering or survey | ||||||
35 | crews;
furthermore, such lights shall not be lighted except | ||||||
36 | while such vehicles
are actually engaged in work on a |
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1 | highway;
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2 | 4. Vehicles of public utilities, municipalities, or | ||||||
3 | other
construction, maintenance or automotive service | ||||||
4 | vehicles except that such
lights shall be lighted only as a | ||||||
5 | means for indicating the presence of a
vehicular traffic | ||||||
6 | hazard requiring unusual care in approaching, overtaking
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7 | or passing while such vehicles are engaged in maintenance, | ||||||
8 | service or
construction on a highway;
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9 | 5. Oversized vehicle or load; however, such lights | ||||||
10 | shall only be lighted
when moving under permit issued by | ||||||
11 | the Department under Section 15-301
of this Code;
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12 | 6. The front and rear of motorized equipment owned and | ||||||
13 | operated by the
State of Illinois or any political | ||||||
14 | subdivision thereof, which is designed
and used for removal | ||||||
15 | of snow and ice from highways;
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16 | 7. Fleet safety vehicles registered in another state, | ||||||
17 | furthermore, such
lights shall not be lighted except as | ||||||
18 | provided for in Section 12-212 of
this Code;
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19 | 8. Such other vehicles as may be authorized by local | ||||||
20 | authorities;
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21 | 9. Law enforcement vehicles of State or local | ||||||
22 | authorities when used in
combination with red oscillating, | ||||||
23 | rotating or flashing lights;
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24 | 9.5. Propane delivery trucks;
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25 | 10. Vehicles used for collecting or delivering mail for | ||||||
26 | the
United States Postal Service provided that such lights | ||||||
27 | shall not be lighted
except when such vehicles are actually | ||||||
28 | being used for such purposes;
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29 | 11. Any vehicle displaying a slow-moving vehicle | ||||||
30 | emblem as
provided in Section 12-205.1;
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31 | 11.1. Farm vehicles and implements of husbandry, as | ||||||
32 | provided in Section 12-203.1;
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33 | 12. All trucks equipped with self-compactors or | ||||||
34 | roll-off hoists and
roll-on containers for garbage or | ||||||
35 | refuse hauling. Such lights shall not be
lighted except | ||||||
36 | when such vehicles are actually being used for such |
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1 | purposes;
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2 | 13. Vehicles used by a security company, alarm | ||||||
3 | responder, or control
agency;
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4 | 14. Security vehicles of the Department of Human | ||||||
5 | Services; however, the
lights shall not be lighted except | ||||||
6 | when being used for security related
purposes under the | ||||||
7 | direction of the superintendent of the facility where the
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8 | vehicle is located; and
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9 | 15. Vehicles of union representatives, except that the | ||||||
10 | lights shall be
lighted only while the vehicle is within | ||||||
11 | the limits of a construction
project.
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12 | (c) The use of blue oscillating, rotating or flashing | ||||||
13 | lights, whether
lighted or unlighted, is prohibited except on:
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14 | 1. Rescue squad vehicles not owned by a fire department | ||||||
15 | and
vehicles owned or fully operated by a:
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16 | voluntary firefighter;
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17 | paid firefighter;
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18 | part-paid firefighter;
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19 | call firefighter;
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20 | member of the board of trustees of a fire | ||||||
21 | protection district;
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22 | paid or unpaid member of a rescue squad;
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23 | paid or unpaid member of a voluntary ambulance | ||||||
24 | unit; or
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25 | paid or unpaid members of a local or county | ||||||
26 | emergency management
services agency as defined in the | ||||||
27 | Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act,
designated | ||||||
28 | or authorized by local authorities, in writing, and | ||||||
29 | carrying that
designation or authorization in the | ||||||
30 | vehicle.
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31 | However, such lights are not to be lighted except when | ||||||
32 | responding to a
bona fide emergency.
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33 | 2. Police department vehicles in cities having a | ||||||
34 | population of 500,000
or more inhabitants.
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35 | 3. Law enforcement vehicles of State or local | ||||||
36 | authorities when used in
combination with red oscillating, |
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1 | rotating or flashing lights.
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2 | 4. Vehicles of local fire departments and State or | ||||||
3 | federal
firefighting vehicles when used in combination | ||||||
4 | with red oscillating,
rotating or flashing lights.
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5 | 5. Vehicles which are designed and used exclusively as | ||||||
6 | ambulances or
rescue vehicles when used in combination with | ||||||
7 | red oscillating, rotating or
flashing lights; furthermore, | ||||||
8 | such lights shall not be lighted except when
responding to | ||||||
9 | an emergency call.
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10 | 6. Vehicles that are equipped and used exclusively as | ||||||
11 | organ transport
vehicles when used in combination with red | ||||||
12 | oscillating, rotating, or flashing
lights; furthermore, | ||||||
13 | these lights shall only be lighted when the transportation
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14 | is declared an emergency by a member of the transplant team | ||||||
15 | or a
representative of the organ procurement organization.
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16 | 7. Vehicles of the Illinois Emergency Management | ||||||
17 | Agency and vehicles of
the
Department of Nuclear Safety, | ||||||
18 | when used in combination with red oscillating,
rotating, or | ||||||
19 | flashing lights.
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20 | 8. Vehicles operated by a local or county emergency | ||||||
21 | management
services agency as defined in the Illinois | ||||||
22 | Emergency Management Agency
Act, when used in combination | ||||||
23 | with red oscillating, rotating, or
flashing lights.
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24 | (c-1) In addition to the blue oscillating, rotating, or | ||||||
25 | flashing
lights permitted under subsection (c), and | ||||||
26 | notwithstanding subsection
(a), a vehicle operated by a | ||||||
27 | voluntary firefighter, a voluntary member
of a rescue squad, or | ||||||
28 | a member of a voluntary ambulance unit may be
equipped with | ||||||
29 | flashing white headlights and blue grill lights, which may
be | ||||||
30 | used only in responding to an emergency call.
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31 | (c-2) In addition to the blue oscillating, rotating, or | ||||||
32 | flashing
lights permitted under subsection (c), and | ||||||
33 | notwithstanding subsection (a),
a vehicle operated by a paid or | ||||||
34 | unpaid member of a local or county
emergency management | ||||||
35 | services agency as defined in the Illinois Emergency
Management | ||||||
36 | Agency Act, may be equipped with white oscillating, rotating,
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1 | or flashing lights to be used in combination with blue | ||||||
2 | oscillating, rotating,
or flashing lights, if authorization by | ||||||
3 | local authorities is in
writing and carried in the vehicle.
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4 | (d) The use of a combination of amber and white | ||||||
5 | oscillating, rotating or
flashing lights, whether lighted or | ||||||
6 | unlighted, is prohibited except motor
vehicles or equipment of | ||||||
7 | the State of Illinois, local authorities, contractors,
and | ||||||
8 | union representatives may be so equipped; furthermore, such | ||||||
9 | lights shall
not be lighted on vehicles of the State of | ||||||
10 | Illinois, local authorities, and
contractors except while such | ||||||
11 | vehicles are engaged in highway maintenance or
construction | ||||||
12 | operations within the limits of highway construction projects, | ||||||
13 | and
shall not be lighted on the vehicles of union | ||||||
14 | representatives except when those
vehicles are within the | ||||||
15 | limits of a construction project.
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16 | (e) All oscillating, rotating or flashing lights referred | ||||||
17 | to in this Section
shall be of sufficient intensity, when | ||||||
18 | illuminated, to be visible at 500
feet in normal sunlight.
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19 | (f) Nothing in this Section shall prohibit a manufacturer | ||||||
20 | of oscillating,
rotating or flashing lights or his | ||||||
21 | representative from temporarily mounting
such lights on a | ||||||
22 | vehicle for demonstration purposes only.
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23 | (g) Any person violating the provisions of subsections (a), | ||||||
24 | (b), (c) or (d)
of this Section who without lawful authority | ||||||
25 | stops or detains or attempts
to stop or detain another person | ||||||
26 | shall be guilty of a Class 4 felony.
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27 | (h) Except as provided in subsection (g) above, any person | ||||||
28 | violating the
provisions of subsections (a) or (c) of this | ||||||
29 | Section shall be guilty of a
Class A misdemeanor.
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30 | (Source: P.A. 92-138, eff. 7-24-01; 92-407, eff.
8-17-01; | ||||||
31 | 92-651, eff. 7-11-02; 92-782, eff. 8-6-02; 92-820, eff. | ||||||
32 | 8-21-02;
92-872, eff. 6-1-03; 93-181, eff. 1-1-04.)
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33 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
34 | becoming law.
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