96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
SB2476

 

Introduced 10/14/2009, by Sen. Rickey R. Hendon

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
625 ILCS 5/11-208  from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-208
625 ILCS 5/11-1307 new

    Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that local authorities utilizing one or more centralized parking meter systems for the regulation of the standing or parking of vehicles must keep the pathway located within all centralized parking meter systems clear of ice and snow. Defines "centralized parking meter system", "parking meter", "parking meter zone", and "pathway".


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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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 Section 11-208 and by adding Section 11-1307 as follows:
 
6     (625 ILCS 5/11-208)   (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-208)
7     Sec. 11-208. Powers of local authorities.
8     (a) The provisions of this Code shall not be deemed to
9 prevent local authorities with respect to streets and highways
10 under their jurisdiction and within the reasonable exercise of
11 the police power from:
12         1. Regulating the standing or parking of vehicles,
13     except as limited by Sections Section 11-1306 and 11-1307
14     of this Act;
15         2. Regulating traffic by means of police officers or
16     traffic control signals;
17         3. Regulating or prohibiting processions or
18     assemblages on the highways;
19         4. Designating particular highways as one-way highways
20     and requiring that all vehicles thereon be moved in one
21     specific direction;
22         5. Regulating the speed of vehicles in public parks
23     subject to the limitations set forth in Section 11-604;

 

 

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1         6. Designating any highway as a through highway, as
2     authorized in Section 11-302, and requiring that all
3     vehicles stop before entering or crossing the same or
4     designating any intersection as a stop intersection or a
5     yield right-of-way intersection and requiring all vehicles
6     to stop or yield the right-of-way at one or more entrances
7     to such intersections;
8         7. Restricting the use of highways as authorized in
9     Chapter 15;
10         8. Regulating the operation of bicycles and requiring
11     the registration and licensing of same, including the
12     requirement of a registration fee;
13         9. Regulating or prohibiting the turning of vehicles or
14     specified types of vehicles at intersections;
15         10. Altering the speed limits as authorized in Section
16     11-604;
17         11. Prohibiting U-turns;
18         12. Prohibiting pedestrian crossings at other than
19     designated and marked crosswalks or at intersections;
20         13. Prohibiting parking during snow removal operation;
21         14. Imposing fines in accordance with Section
22     11-1301.3 as penalties for use of any parking place
23     reserved for persons with disabilities, as defined by
24     Section 1-159.1, or disabled veterans by any person using a
25     motor vehicle not bearing registration plates specified in
26     Section 11-1301.1 or a special decal or device as defined

 

 

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1     in Section 11-1301.2 as evidence that the vehicle is
2     operated by or for a person with disabilities or disabled
3     veteran;
4         15. Adopting such other traffic regulations as are
5     specifically authorized by this Code; or
6         16. Enforcing the provisions of subsection (f) of
7     Section 3-413 of this Code or a similar local ordinance.
8     (b) No ordinance or regulation enacted under subsections 1,
9 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11 or 13 of paragraph (a) shall be effective
10 until signs giving reasonable notice of such local traffic
11 regulations are posted.
12     (c) The provisions of this Code shall not prevent any
13 municipality having a population of 500,000 or more inhabitants
14 from prohibiting any person from driving or operating any motor
15 vehicle upon the roadways of such municipality with headlamps
16 on high beam or bright.
17     (d) The provisions of this Code shall not be deemed to
18 prevent local authorities within the reasonable exercise of
19 their police power from prohibiting, on private property, the
20 unauthorized use of parking spaces reserved for persons with
21 disabilities.
22     (e) No unit of local government, including a home rule
23 unit, may enact or enforce an ordinance that applies only to
24 motorcycles if the principal purpose for that ordinance is to
25 restrict the access of motorcycles to any highway or portion of
26 a highway for which federal or State funds have been used for

 

 

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1 the planning, design, construction, or maintenance of that
2 highway. No unit of local government, including a home rule
3 unit, may enact an ordinance requiring motorcycle users to wear
4 protective headgear. Nothing in this subsection (e) shall
5 affect the authority of a unit of local government to regulate
6 motorcycles for traffic control purposes or in accordance with
7 Section 12-602 of this Code. No unit of local government,
8 including a home rule unit, may regulate motorcycles in a
9 manner inconsistent with this Code. This subsection (e) is a
10 limitation under subsection (i) of Section 6 of Article VII of
11 the Illinois Constitution on the concurrent exercise by home
12 rule units of powers and functions exercised by the State.
13     (f) A municipality or county designated in Section 11-208.6
14 may enact an ordinance providing for an automated traffic law
15 enforcement system to enforce violations of this Code or a
16 similar provision of a local ordinance and imposing liability
17 on a registered owner of a vehicle used in such a violation.
18     (g) A municipality or county, as provided in Section
19 11-1201.1, may enact an ordinance providing for an automated
20 traffic law enforcement system to enforce violations of Section
21 11-1201 of this Code or a similar provision of a local
22 ordinance and imposing liability on a registered owner of a
23 vehicle used in such a violation.
24 (Source: P.A. 96-478, eff. 1-1-10.)
 
25     (625 ILCS 5/11-1307 new)

 

 

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1     Sec. 11-1307. Centralized parking meter systems.
2     (a) As used in this Section:
3     "Centralized parking meter system" means a system of
4 regulating the standing or parking of vehicles that includes 3
5 or more parking meter zones, a pathway, and a single parking
6 meter.
7     "Parking meter" means a traffic control device which, upon
8 being activated by deposit of currency of the United States, or
9 by electronic or other form of payment, in the amount indicated
10 thereon or otherwise, either: (1) displays a signal showing
11 that parking is allowed from the time of such activation until
12 the expiration of the time fixed for parking in the parking
13 meter zone in which it is located, and upon expiration of such
14 time indicates by sign or signal that the lawful parking period
15 has expired, or (2) issues a ticket or other token, or
16 activates a display device, on which is printed or otherwise
17 indicated the lawful parking period in the parking meter zone
18 in which the parking meter is located, such ticket, other
19 token, or display device, to be displayed in a publicly visible
20 location on the dashboard or inner windshield of a vehicle
21 parked in the parking meter zone, or such ticket to be affixed
22 on the front lamp of a motorcycle or motor scooter parked in
23 the parking meter zone.
24     "Parking meter zone" means a certain designated and
25 marked-off section of the public way within the marked
26 boundaries where a vehicle may be temporarily parked and

 

 

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1 allowed to remain for such period of time as the parking meter
2 attached thereto, or the ticket or other token issued by the
3 parking meter, may indicate.
4     "Pathway" means any portion of the regular walking path
5 from any parking meter zone in a centralized parking meter
6 system to the parking meter.
7     (b) Local authorities utilizing one or more centralized
8 parking meter systems for the regulation of the standing or
9 parking of vehicles must keep the pathway located within all
10 centralized parking meter systems clear of ice and snow.