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1    AN ACT concerning transportation.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by changing
5Sections 1-105 and 12-215 as follows:
 
6    (625 ILCS 5/1-105)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 1-105)
7    Sec. 1-105. Authorized emergency vehicle. Emergency
8vehicles of municipal departments or public service
9corporations as are designated or authorized by proper local
10authorities; police vehicles; vehicles of the fire department;
11vehicles of a HazMat or technical rescue team authorized by a
12county board under Section 5-1127 of the Counties Code;
13ambulances; vehicles of the Illinois Emergency Management
14Agency; vehicles of the Office of the Illinois State Fire
15Marshal; mine rescue and explosives emergency response
16vehicles of the Department of Natural Resources; vehicles of
17the Illinois Department of Public Health; and vehicles of a
18municipal or county emergency services and disaster agency, as
19defined by the Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act.
20(Source: P.A. 96-214, eff. 8-10-09; 96-986, eff. 1-1-11;
2196-1190, eff. 7-22-10; revised 9-2-10.)
 
22    (625 ILCS 5/12-215)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-215)

 

 

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1    Sec. 12-215. Oscillating, rotating or flashing lights on
2motor vehicles. Except as otherwise provided in this Code:
3    (a) The use of red or white oscillating, rotating or
4flashing lights, whether lighted or unlighted, is prohibited
5except on:
6        1. Law enforcement vehicles of State, Federal or local
7    authorities;
8        2. A vehicle operated by a police officer or county
9    coroner and designated or authorized by local authorities,
10    in writing, as a law enforcement vehicle; however, such
11    designation or authorization must be carried in the
12    vehicle;
13        2.1. A vehicle operated by a fire chief who has
14    completed an emergency vehicle operation training course
15    approved by the Office of the State Fire Marshal and
16    designated or authorized by local authorities, in writing,
17    as a fire department, fire protection district, or township
18    fire department vehicle; however, the designation or
19    authorization must be carried in the vehicle, and the
20    lights may be visible or activated only when responding to
21    a bona fide emergency;
22        3. Vehicles of local fire departments and State or
23    federal firefighting vehicles;
24        4. Vehicles which are designed and used exclusively as
25    ambulances or rescue vehicles; furthermore, such lights
26    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;
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;
6        6. Vehicles of the Illinois Emergency Management
7    Agency, vehicles of the Office of the Illinois State Fire
8    Marshal, vehicles of the Illinois Department of Public
9    Health, and vehicles of the Department of Nuclear Safety;
10        7. Vehicles operated by a local or county emergency
11    management services agency as defined in the Illinois
12    Emergency Management Agency Act;
13        8. School buses operating alternately flashing head
14    lamps as permitted under Section 12-805 of this Code;
15        9. Vehicles that are equipped and used exclusively as
16    organ transplant vehicles when used in combination with
17    blue oscillating, rotating, or flashing lights;
18    furthermore, these lights shall be lighted only when the
19    transportation is declared an emergency by a member of the
20    transplant team or a representative of the organ
21    procurement organization; and
22        10. Vehicles of the Illinois Department of Natural
23    Resources that are used for mine rescue and explosives
24    emergency response.
25    (b) The use of amber oscillating, rotating or flashing
26lights, whether lighted or unlighted, is prohibited except on:

 

 

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1        1. Second division vehicles designed and used for
2    towing or hoisting vehicles; furthermore, such lights
3    shall not be lighted except as required in this paragraph
4    1; such lights shall be lighted when such vehicles are
5    actually being used at the scene of an accident or
6    disablement; if the towing vehicle is equipped with a flat
7    bed that supports all wheels of the vehicle being
8    transported, the lights shall not be lighted while the
9    vehicle is engaged in towing on a highway; if the towing
10    vehicle is not equipped with a flat bed that supports all
11    wheels of a vehicle being transported, the lights shall be
12    lighted while the towing vehicle is engaged in towing on a
13    highway during all times when the use of headlights is
14    required under Section 12-201 of this Code;
15        2. Motor vehicles or equipment of the State of
16    Illinois, local authorities and contractors; furthermore,
17    such lights shall not be lighted except while such vehicles
18    are engaged in maintenance or construction operations
19    within the limits of construction projects;
20        3. Vehicles or equipment used by engineering or survey
21    crews; furthermore, such lights shall not be lighted except
22    while such vehicles are actually engaged in work on a
23    highway;
24        4. Vehicles of public utilities, municipalities, or
25    other construction, maintenance or automotive service
26    vehicles except that such lights shall be lighted only as a

 

 

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1    means for indicating the presence of a vehicular traffic
2    hazard requiring unusual care in approaching, overtaking
3    or passing while such vehicles are engaged in maintenance,
4    service or construction on a highway;
5        5. Oversized vehicle or load; however, such lights
6    shall only be lighted when moving under permit issued by
7    the Department under Section 15-301 of this Code;
8        6. The front and rear of motorized equipment owned and
9    operated by the State of Illinois or any political
10    subdivision thereof, which is designed and used for removal
11    of snow and ice from highways;
12        (6.1) The front and rear of motorized equipment or
13    vehicles that (i) are not owned by the State of Illinois or
14    any political subdivision of the State, (ii) are designed
15    and used for removal of snow and ice from highways and
16    parking lots, and (iii) are equipped with a snow plow that
17    is 12 feet in width; these lights may not be lighted except
18    when the motorized equipment or vehicle is actually being
19    used for those purposes on behalf of a unit of government;
20        7. Fleet safety vehicles registered in another state,
21    furthermore, such lights shall not be lighted except as
22    provided for in Section 12-212 of this Code;
23        8. Such other vehicles as may be authorized by local
24    authorities;
25        9. Law enforcement vehicles of State or local
26    authorities when used in combination with red oscillating,

 

 

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1    rotating or flashing lights;
2        9.5. Propane delivery trucks;
3        10. Vehicles used for collecting or delivering mail for
4    the United States Postal Service provided that such lights
5    shall not be lighted except when such vehicles are actually
6    being used for such purposes;
7        10.5. Vehicles of the Office of the Illinois State Fire
8    Marshal, provided that such lights shall not be lighted
9    except for when such vehicles are engaged in work for the
10    Office of the Illinois State Fire Marshal;
11        11. Any vehicle displaying a slow-moving vehicle
12    emblem as provided in Section 12-205.1;
13        12. All trucks equipped with self-compactors or
14    roll-off hoists and roll-on containers for garbage or
15    refuse hauling. Such lights shall not be lighted except
16    when such vehicles are actually being used for such
17    purposes;
18        13. Vehicles used by a security company, alarm
19    responder, or control agency;
20        14. Security vehicles of the Department of Human
21    Services; however, the lights shall not be lighted except
22    when being used for security related purposes under the
23    direction of the superintendent of the facility where the
24    vehicle is located; and
25        15. Vehicles of union representatives, except that the
26    lights shall be lighted only while the vehicle is within

 

 

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1    the limits of a construction project.
2    (c) The use of blue oscillating, rotating or flashing
3lights, whether lighted or unlighted, is prohibited except on:
4        1. Rescue squad vehicles not owned by a fire department
5    and vehicles owned or operated by a:
6            voluntary firefighter;
7            paid firefighter;
8            part-paid firefighter;
9            call firefighter;
10            member of the board of trustees of a fire
11        protection district;
12            paid or unpaid member of a rescue squad;
13            paid or unpaid member of a voluntary ambulance
14        unit; or
15            paid or unpaid members of a local or county
16        emergency management services agency as defined in the
17        Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act, designated
18        or authorized by local authorities, in writing, and
19        carrying that designation or authorization in the
20        vehicle.
21        However, such lights are not to be lighted except when
22    responding to a bona fide emergency.
23        Any person using these lights in accordance with this
24    subdivision (c)1 must carry on his or her person an
25    identification card or letter identifying the bona fide
26    member of a fire department, fire protection district,

 

 

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1    rescue squad, ambulance unit, or emergency management
2    services agency that owns or operates that vehicle. The
3    card or letter must include:
4            (A) the name of the fire department, fire
5        protection district, rescue squad, ambulance unit, or
6        emergency management services agency;
7            (B) the member's position within the fire
8        department, fire protection district, rescue squad,
9        ambulance unit, or emergency management services
10        agency;
11            (C) the member's term of service; and
12            (D) the name of a person within the fire
13        department, fire protection district, rescue squad,
14        ambulance unit, or emergency management services
15        agency to contact to verify the information provided.
16        2. Police department vehicles in cities having a
17    population of 500,000 or more inhabitants.
18        3. Law enforcement vehicles of State or local
19    authorities when used in combination with red oscillating,
20    rotating or flashing lights.
21        4. Vehicles of local fire departments and State or
22    federal firefighting vehicles when used in combination
23    with red oscillating, rotating or flashing lights.
24        5. Vehicles which are designed and used exclusively as
25    ambulances or rescue vehicles when used in combination with
26    red oscillating, rotating or flashing lights; furthermore,

 

 

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1    such lights shall not be lighted except when responding to
2    an emergency call.
3        6. Vehicles that are equipped and used exclusively as
4    organ transport vehicles when used in combination with red
5    oscillating, rotating, or flashing lights; furthermore,
6    these lights shall only be lighted when the transportation
7    is declared an emergency by a member of the transplant team
8    or a representative of the organ procurement organization.
9        7. Vehicles of the Illinois Emergency Management
10    Agency, vehicles of the Office of the Illinois State Fire
11    Marshal, vehicles of the Illinois Department of Public
12    Health, and vehicles of the Department of Nuclear Safety,
13    when used in combination with red oscillating, rotating, or
14    flashing lights.
15        8. Vehicles operated by a local or county emergency
16    management services agency as defined in the Illinois
17    Emergency Management Agency Act, when used in combination
18    with red oscillating, rotating, or flashing lights.
19        9. Vehicles of the Illinois Department of Natural
20    Resources that are used for mine rescue and explosives
21    emergency response, when used in combination with red
22    oscillating, rotating, or flashing lights.
23    (c-1) In addition to the blue oscillating, rotating, or
24flashing lights permitted under subsection (c), and
25notwithstanding subsection (a), a vehicle operated by a
26voluntary firefighter, a voluntary member of a rescue squad, or

 

 

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1a member of a voluntary ambulance unit may be equipped with
2flashing white headlights and blue grill lights, which may be
3used only in responding to an emergency call.
4    (c-2) In addition to the blue oscillating, rotating, or
5flashing lights permitted under subsection (c), and
6notwithstanding subsection (a), a vehicle operated by a paid or
7unpaid member of a local or county emergency management
8services agency as defined in the Illinois Emergency Management
9Agency Act, may be equipped with white oscillating, rotating,
10or flashing lights to be used in combination with blue
11oscillating, rotating, or flashing lights, if authorization by
12local authorities is in writing and carried in the vehicle.
13    (d) The use of a combination of amber and white
14oscillating, rotating or flashing lights, whether lighted or
15unlighted, is prohibited except motor vehicles or equipment of
16the State of Illinois, local authorities, contractors, and
17union representatives may be so equipped; furthermore, such
18lights shall not be lighted on vehicles of the State of
19Illinois, local authorities, and contractors except while such
20vehicles are engaged in highway maintenance or construction
21operations within the limits of highway construction projects,
22and shall not be lighted on the vehicles of union
23representatives except when those vehicles are within the
24limits of a construction project.
25    (e) All oscillating, rotating or flashing lights referred
26to in this Section shall be of sufficient intensity, when

 

 

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1illuminated, to be visible at 500 feet in normal sunlight.
2    (f) Nothing in this Section shall prohibit a manufacturer
3of oscillating, rotating or flashing lights or his
4representative from temporarily mounting such lights on a
5vehicle for demonstration purposes only.
6    (g) Any person violating the provisions of subsections (a),
7(b), (c) or (d) of this Section who without lawful authority
8stops or detains or attempts to stop or detain another person
9shall be guilty of a Class 2 felony.
10    (h) Except as provided in subsection (g) above, any person
11violating the provisions of subsections (a) or (c) of this
12Section shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
13(Source: P.A. 96-214, eff. 8-10-09; 96-1190, eff. 7-22-10.)
 
14    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
15becoming law.