Rep. Patricia Reid Lindner
Filed: 4/24/2007
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1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 226
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 226 by replacing | ||||||
3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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4 | "Section 5. The Motor Fuel Sales Act is amended by changing | ||||||
5 | Section 2 as follows:
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6 | (815 ILCS 365/2) (from Ch. 121 1/2, par. 1502)
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7 | Sec. 2. Assistance at stations with self-service and | ||||||
8 | full-service islands.
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9 | (a) Any attendant on duty at a gasoline station or service | ||||||
10 | station offering to the public retail sales of motor fuel at | ||||||
11 | both self-service and full-service islands
described in | ||||||
12 | Section
1 shall, upon request, dispense motor fuel for the | ||||||
13 | driver of a car which is
parked at a self-service island and | ||||||
14 | displays: (1)
(a) registration plates issued to
a physically | ||||||
15 | disabled person pursuant to Section 3-616 of the Illinois | ||||||
16 | Vehicle
Code; or (2)
(b) registration plates issued to a |
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1 | disabled veteran pursuant
to Section 3-609 of such Code; or (3)
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2 | (c) a special decal or device issued pursuant
to Section | ||||||
3 | 11-1301.2 of such Code; and shall only charge such driver | ||||||
4 | prices
as offered to the general public for motor fuel | ||||||
5 | dispensed at the self-service
island. However, such attendant | ||||||
6 | shall not be required to perform other
services which are | ||||||
7 | offered at the full-service island.
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8 | (b) Gasoline stations and service stations in this State | ||||||
9 | are subject to the federal Americans with Disabilities Act and | ||||||
10 | must: | ||||||
11 | (1) provide refueling assistance upon the request of an | ||||||
12 | individual with a disability; (A gasoline station or | ||||||
13 | service station is not required to provide such service at | ||||||
14 | any time that it is operating on a remote control basis | ||||||
15 | with a single employee, but is encouraged to do so, if | ||||||
16 | feasible.) | ||||||
17 | (2) let patrons know, through appropriate signs, that | ||||||
18 | customers with disabilities can obtain refueling | ||||||
19 | assistance by either honking or otherwise signaling an | ||||||
20 | employee; and | ||||||
21 | (3) provide the refueling assistance without any | ||||||
22 | charge beyond the self-serve price.
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23 | (c) The signage required under paragraph (2) of subsection | ||||||
24 | (b) shall be designated by the station owner and shall be | ||||||
25 | posted in a prominently visible place. The sign shall be | ||||||
26 | clearly visible to customers. |
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1 | (d) The Secretary of State shall provide to persons with | ||||||
2 | disabilities information regarding the availability of | ||||||
3 | refueling assistance under this Section by the following | ||||||
4 | methods: | ||||||
5 | (1) by posting information about that availability on | ||||||
6 | the Secretary of State's Internet website, along with a | ||||||
7 | link to the Department of Human Services website; and | ||||||
8 | (2) by publishing a brochure containing information | ||||||
9 | about that availability, which shall be made available at | ||||||
10 | all Secretary of State offices throughout the State. | ||||||
11 | (e) The Department of Human Services shall post on its | ||||||
12 | Internet website information regarding the availability of | ||||||
13 | refueling assistance for persons with disabilities and the | ||||||
14 | addresses and telephone numbers of all gasoline and service | ||||||
15 | stations in Illinois. | ||||||
16 | (f) A person commits a Class C misdemeanor if he or she | ||||||
17 | telephones
a gasoline station or service station to request | ||||||
18 | refueling assistance and he or she: | ||||||
19 | (1) is not actually physically present at the gasoline | ||||||
20 | or service station; or | ||||||
21 | (2) is physically present at the gasoline or service | ||||||
22 | station but does not actually require refueling | ||||||
23 | assistance. | ||||||
24 | (g) The Department of Transportation shall work in | ||||||
25 | cooperation with appropriate representatives of gasoline and | ||||||
26 | service station trade associations and the petroleum industry |
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1 | to increase the signage at gasoline and service stations on | ||||||
2 | interstate highways in this State with regard to the | ||||||
3 | availability of refueling assistance for persons with | ||||||
4 | disabilities.
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5 | (Source: P.A. 84-877.)
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6 | (815 ILCS 365/1 rep.)
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7 | Section 10. The Motor Fuel Sales Act is amended by | ||||||
8 | repealing Section 1.".
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