Full Text of HB0730 94th General Assembly
HB0730eng 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| AN ACT concerning transportation.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by changing | 5 |
| Section 11-208 as follows:
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| (625 ILCS 5/11-208) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-208)
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| Sec. 11-208. Powers of local authorities.
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| (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:
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| 1. Regulating the standing or parking of vehicles, | 13 |
| except as
limited by Section 11-1306 of this Act;
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| 2. Regulating traffic by means of police officers or | 15 |
| traffic control
signals;
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| 3. Regulating or prohibiting processions or | 17 |
| assemblages on the highways;
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| 4. Designating particular highways as one-way highways | 19 |
| and requiring that
all vehicles thereon be moved in one | 20 |
| specific direction;
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| 5. Regulating the speed of vehicles in public parks | 22 |
| subject to the
limitations set forth in Section 11-604;
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| 6. Designating any highway as a through highway, as | 24 |
| authorized in Section
11-302, and requiring that all | 25 |
| vehicles stop before entering or crossing
the same or | 26 |
| designating any intersection as a stop intersection or a | 27 |
| yield
right-of-way intersection and requiring all vehicles | 28 |
| to stop or yield the
right-of-way at one or more entrances | 29 |
| to such intersections;
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| 7. Restricting the use of highways as authorized in | 31 |
| Chapter 15;
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| 8. Regulating the operation of bicycles and requiring |
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| the
registration and licensing of same, including the | 2 |
| requirement of a
registration fee;
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| 9. Regulating or prohibiting the turning of vehicles or | 4 |
| specified
types of vehicles at intersections;
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| 10. Altering the speed limits as authorized in Section | 6 |
| 11-604;
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| 11. Prohibiting U-turns;
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| 12. Prohibiting pedestrian crossings at other than | 9 |
| designated and marked
crosswalks or at intersections;
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| 13. Prohibiting parking during snow removal operation;
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| 14. Imposing fines in accordance with Section | 12 |
| 11-1301.3 as penalties
for use of any parking place | 13 |
| reserved for persons with disabilities, as defined
by | 14 |
| Section 1-159.1, or disabled veterans by any person using a | 15 |
| motor
vehicle not bearing registration plates specified in | 16 |
| Section 11-1301.1
or a special decal or device as defined | 17 |
| in Section 11-1301.2
as evidence that the vehicle is | 18 |
| operated by or for a person
with disabilities or disabled | 19 |
| veteran;
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| 15. Adopting such other traffic regulations as are | 21 |
| specifically
authorized by this Code; or
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| 16. Enforcing the provisions of subsection (f) of | 23 |
| Section 3-413 of this
Code or a similar local ordinance.
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| (b) No ordinance or regulation enacted under subsections 1, | 25 |
| 4, 5, 6, 7,
9, 10, 11 or 13 of paragraph (a) shall be effective | 26 |
| until signs giving
reasonable notice of such local traffic | 27 |
| regulations are posted.
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| (c) The provisions of this Code shall not prevent any
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| municipality having a population of 500,000 or more inhabitants | 30 |
| from
prohibiting any person from driving or operating any motor | 31 |
| vehicle upon
the roadways of such municipality with headlamps | 32 |
| on high beam or bright.
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| (d) The provisions of this Code shall not be deemed to | 34 |
| prevent local
authorities within the reasonable exercise of | 35 |
| their police power from
prohibiting, on private property, the | 36 |
| unauthorized use of parking spaces
reserved for persons with |
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| disabilities.
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| (e) No unit of local government, including a home rule | 3 |
| unit, may enact or
enforce an ordinance that applies only to | 4 |
| motorcycles if the principal purpose
for that ordinance is to | 5 |
| restrict the access of motorcycles to any highway or
portion of | 6 |
| a highway for which federal or State funds have been used for | 7 |
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planning, design, construction, or maintenance of that | 8 |
| highway. No unit of
local government, including a home rule | 9 |
| unit, may enact an ordinance requiring
motorcycle users to wear | 10 |
| protective headgear. Nothing in this subsection
(e) shall | 11 |
| affect the authority of a unit of local government to regulate
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| motorcycles for traffic control purposes or in accordance with | 13 |
| Section 12-602
of this Code. No unit of local government, | 14 |
| including a home rule unit, may
regulate motorcycles in a | 15 |
| manner inconsistent with this Code. This subsection
(e) is a | 16 |
| limitation under subsection (i) of Section 6 of Article VII of | 17 |
| the
Illinois Constitution on the concurrent exercise by home | 18 |
| rule units of powers
and functions exercised by the State.
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| (f) A unit of local government, including a home rule unit, | 20 |
| that enforces against any person an ordinance that violates | 21 |
| subsection (e) of this Section, in addition to being liable to | 22 |
| that person for the actual damages sustained, is liable to that | 23 |
| person for punitive damages in an amount not less than $5,000 | 24 |
| and not greater than $10,000 and for reasonable attorney's | 25 |
| fees.
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| (Source: P.A. 90-106, eff. 1-1-98; 90-513, eff. 8-22-97; | 27 |
| 90-655, eff.
7-30-98; 91-519, eff. 1-1-00.)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 29 |
| becoming law.
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