Sen. Larry K. Bomke
Filed: 5/18/2007
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1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1499
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1499, on page 1, | ||||||
3 | line 5, by replacing "Section 11-1426" with "Sections 11-1426 | ||||||
4 | and 11-1426.1"; and
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5 | on page 3, below line 16, by inserting the following: | ||||||
6 | "(625 ILCS 5/11-1426.1) | ||||||
7 | Sec. 11-1426.1. Operation of neighborhood electric | ||||||
8 | vehicles on streets, roads, and highways. | ||||||
9 | (a) As used in this Section, "neighborhood electric | ||||||
10 | vehicle" means a self-propelled, electronically powered | ||||||
11 | four-wheeled motor vehicle (or a self-propelled, | ||||||
12 | gasoline-powered four-wheeled motor vehicle with an engine | ||||||
13 | displacement under 1,200 cubic centimeters) which is capable of | ||||||
14 | attaining in one mile a speed of more than 20 miles per hour, | ||||||
15 | but not more than 25 miles per hour, and which conforms to | ||||||
16 | federal regulations under Title 49 C.F.R. Part 571.500. |
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1 | (b) Except as otherwise provided in this Section, it is | ||||||
2 | unlawful
for any person to drive or operate a neighborhood | ||||||
3 | electric vehicle
upon any street, highway, or roadway in this | ||||||
4 | State. If the operation of a neighborhood electric vehicle is | ||||||
5 | authorized under subsection (d), the neighborhood electric | ||||||
6 | vehicle may be operated only on streets where the posted speed | ||||||
7 | limit is 35 miles per hour or less. This subsection (b) does | ||||||
8 | not prohibit a neighborhood electric vehicle from crossing a | ||||||
9 | road or street at an intersection where the road or street has | ||||||
10 | a posted speed limit of more than 35 miles per hour. | ||||||
11 | (b-5) A person may not operate a neighborhood electric | ||||||
12 | vehicle upon any street, highway, or roadway in this State | ||||||
13 | unless he or she has a valid Illinois driver's license issued | ||||||
14 | in his or her name by the Secretary of State. | ||||||
15 | (c) No person operating a neighborhood electric vehicle | ||||||
16 | shall make a direct crossing upon or across any highway under | ||||||
17 | the jurisdiction of the State, tollroad,
interstate highway, or | ||||||
18 | controlled access highway in this State. | ||||||
19 | (d) A municipality, township, county, or other unit of | ||||||
20 | local government may authorize, by ordinance or resolution, the | ||||||
21 | operation of neighborhood electric vehicles on roadways under | ||||||
22 | its jurisdiction if the unit of local government determines | ||||||
23 | that the public safety will not be jeopardized. The Department | ||||||
24 | may authorize
the operation of neighborhood electric vehicles | ||||||
25 | on the roadways under its jurisdiction if the Department | ||||||
26 | determines that the public safety will not be jeopardized. |
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1 | Before permitting the operation of neighborhood electric | ||||||
2 | vehicles on its roadways,
a municipality, township, county, | ||||||
3 | other unit of local government, or the Department must consider | ||||||
4 | the volume, speed, and character of traffic on the roadway and | ||||||
5 | determine whether neighborhood electric vehicles may safely | ||||||
6 | travel on or cross the roadway. Upon determining that | ||||||
7 | neighborhood electric vehicles may safely operate on a roadway | ||||||
8 | and the adoption of an ordinance or resolution by a | ||||||
9 | municipality, township, county, or other unit of local | ||||||
10 | government, or authorization by the Department, appropriate | ||||||
11 | signs shall be posted. | ||||||
12 | If a roadway is under the jurisdiction of more than one | ||||||
13 | unit of government, neighborhood electric vehicles may not be | ||||||
14 | operated on the roadway unless each
unit of government agrees | ||||||
15 | and takes action as provided in this subsection. | ||||||
16 | (e) No neighborhood electric vehicle may be operated on a | ||||||
17 | roadway unless, at a minimum, it has
the following: brakes, a | ||||||
18 | steering apparatus, tires, a rearview mirror, red | ||||||
19 | reflectorized warning devices in the front and rear, a slow | ||||||
20 | moving emblem (as required of other vehicles in Section 12-709 | ||||||
21 | of this Code) on the rear of the neighborhood electric vehicle, | ||||||
22 | a headlight that emits a white light visible from a distance of | ||||||
23 | 500 feet to the front, a tail lamp that emits a
red light | ||||||
24 | visible from at least 100 feet from the rear, brake lights, and | ||||||
25 | turn signals. When operated on a roadway, a neighborhood | ||||||
26 | electric vehicle shall have its headlight and tail lamps |
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1 | lighted as required by Section 12-201 of this Code. | ||||||
2 | (f) A person who drives or is in actual physical control of | ||||||
3 | a neighborhood electric vehicle on a roadway while under the | ||||||
4 | influence is subject to Sections 11-500 through 11-502 of this | ||||||
5 | Code.
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6 | (Source: P.A. 94-298, eff. 1-1-06.)
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7 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
8 | becoming law.".
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