|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1 | AN ACT concerning transportation.
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 changing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Sections 11-301 and 11-301.1 and by adding Section 11-1301.8 as | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
6 | follows:
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
7 | (625 ILCS 5/11-301) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-301)
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | Sec. 11-301. Department to adopt sign manual.
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | (a) The Department shall adopt a State manual and | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | specifications for a
uniform system of traffic-control devices | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | consistent with this Chapter for
use upon highways within this | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | State. Such manual shall include the
adoption of the R 7-8 sign | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | adopted by the United States Department of
Transportation to | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | designate the reservation of parking
facilities for a person | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | with disabilities.
Non-conforming signs in use prior to January
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | 1, 1985 shall not constitute a violation during their useful | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | lives, which
shall not be extended by other means than normal | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | maintenance. The manual
shall also specify insofar
as | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | practicable the minimum warrants justifying the use of the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | various
traffic control devices. Such uniform system shall | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | correlate with and,
where not inconsistent with Illinois | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | highway conditions, conform to the
system set forth in the most | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | recent edition of the national manual on
Uniform Traffic |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | Control Devices for Streets and Highways.
| ||||||
2 | (b) Signs adopted by the Department to designate the | ||||||
3 | reservation of
parking facilities for a person with | ||||||
4 | disabilities and for a vehicle equipped with a wheelchair lift | ||||||
5 | shall also exhibit, in a
manner determined by the Department, | ||||||
6 | the words "$100 Fine".
| ||||||
7 | (c) If the amount of a fine is changed, the Department | ||||||
8 | shall change the
design of the
signs to indicate
the current | ||||||
9 | amount of the fine.
| ||||||
10 | (Source: P.A. 88-685, eff. 1-24-95; 89-533, eff. 1-1-97.)
| ||||||
11 | (625 ILCS 5/11-301.1) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-301.1)
| ||||||
12 | Sec. 11-301.1. Beginning July 1, 1988 and through May 31, | ||||||
13 | 2008 , all signs erected and used to
designate the reservation | ||||||
14 | of parking facilities for a person with disabilities
shall be | ||||||
15 | in a form and manner prescribed under Section 11-301 of this | ||||||
16 | Code, and
all parking spaces reserved for a person with | ||||||
17 | disabilities, except those
reserving on-street parking areas, | ||||||
18 | shall be at least 16 feet wide.
Non-conforming signs in use | ||||||
19 | prior to July 1, 1988 shall not constitute a
violation during | ||||||
20 | their useful lives, which shall not be extended by means other
| ||||||
21 | than normal maintenance. Beginning June 1, 2008, all signs | ||||||
22 | erected and used to
designate the reservation of parking | ||||||
23 | facilities for a person with disabilities
or for a vehicle | ||||||
24 | equipped with a wheelchair lift shall be in a form and manner | ||||||
25 | prescribed under Section 11-301 of this Code, and
all parking |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | spaces reserved for a person with disabilities or for a vehicle | ||||||
2 | equipped with a wheelchair lift, except those
reserving | ||||||
3 | on-street parking areas, shall be at least 16 feet wide.
| ||||||
4 | Non-conforming signs in use prior to June 1, 2008 shall not | ||||||
5 | constitute a
violation during their useful lives, which shall | ||||||
6 | not be extended by means other
than normal maintenance. | ||||||
7 | Beginning October 1, 1992, all parking spaces reserved
for a | ||||||
8 | person with disabilities, except those reserving on-street | ||||||
9 | parking areas,
shall be at least 16 feet wide.
| ||||||
10 | (Source: P.A. 87-562; 88-685, eff. 1-24-95.)
| ||||||
11 | (625 ILCS 5/11-1301.8 new) | ||||||
12 | Sec. 11-1301.8. Reserved parking for vehicles equipped | ||||||
13 | with a wheelchair lift. | ||||||
14 | (a) If 2 or more adjacent parking spaces have been | ||||||
15 | restricted, under an ordinance or regulation of a unit of local | ||||||
16 | government, to use by vehicles displaying disability plates | ||||||
17 | issued under Section 3-616 or Disabled Veterans' plates issued | ||||||
18 | under Section 3-609 of this Code or a special person with | ||||||
19 | disabilities parking decal or device issued under Section 3-616 | ||||||
20 | or Section 11-1301.2, at least one of those adjacent parking | ||||||
21 | spaces must be restricted to use by a vehicle equipped with a | ||||||
22 | wheelchair lift. | ||||||
23 | (b) If a restricted parking space created under subsection | ||||||
24 | (a) of this Section is located in a parking lot, that parking | ||||||
25 | space must be one of the parking spaces restricted to vehicles |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | displaying special plates issued under Section 3-609 or 3-616 | ||||||
2 | or a parking decal or device issued under Section 3-616 or | ||||||
3 | 11-1301.2 that are closest to the primary facility that the | ||||||
4 | parking lot is serving. | ||||||
5 | (c) A parking restriction enacted under subsection (a) of | ||||||
6 | this Section does not become effective until signs giving | ||||||
7 | reasonable notice of the parking restriction have been posted. | ||||||
8 | (d) Local authorities shall impose fines as established in | ||||||
9 | subsection (c) of Section 11-1301.3 for violations of parking | ||||||
10 | restrictions imposed under this Section.
|