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| AN ACT concerning vehicles.
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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 11-1426.1 as follows: | 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. | 17 |
| (b) Except as otherwise provided in this Section, it is | 18 |
| unlawful
for any person to drive or operate a neighborhood | 19 |
| electric vehicle
upon any street, highway, or roadway in this | 20 |
| State. If the operation of a neighborhood electric vehicle is | 21 |
| authorized under subsection (d), the neighborhood electric | 22 |
| vehicle may be operated only on streets where the posted speed | 23 |
| limit is 35 miles per hour or less. This subsection (b) does |
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| not prohibit a neighborhood electric vehicle from crossing a | 2 |
| road or street at an intersection where the road or street has | 3 |
| a posted speed limit of more than 35 miles per hour. | 4 |
| (b-5) A person may not operate a neighborhood electric | 5 |
| vehicle upon any street, highway, or roadway in this State | 6 |
| unless he or she has a valid Illinois driver's license issued | 7 |
| in his or her name by the Secretary of State. | 8 |
| (c) No person operating a neighborhood electric vehicle | 9 |
| shall make a direct crossing upon or across any highway under | 10 |
| the jurisdiction of the State, tollroad,
interstate highway, or | 11 |
| controlled access highway in this State. | 12 |
| (d) A municipality, township, county, or other unit of | 13 |
| local government may authorize, by ordinance or resolution, the | 14 |
| operation of neighborhood electric vehicles on roadways under | 15 |
| its jurisdiction if the unit of local government determines | 16 |
| that the public safety will not be jeopardized. The Department | 17 |
| may authorize
the operation of neighborhood electric vehicles | 18 |
| on the roadways under its jurisdiction if the Department | 19 |
| determines that the public safety will not be jeopardized. | 20 |
| Before permitting the operation of neighborhood electric | 21 |
| vehicles on its roadways,
a municipality, township, county, | 22 |
| other unit of local government, or the Department must consider | 23 |
| the volume, speed, and character of traffic on the roadway and | 24 |
| determine whether neighborhood electric vehicles may safely | 25 |
| travel on or cross the roadway. Upon determining that | 26 |
| neighborhood electric vehicles may safely operate on a roadway |
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| and the adoption of an ordinance or resolution by a | 2 |
| municipality, township, county, or other unit of local | 3 |
| government, or authorization by the Department, appropriate | 4 |
| signs shall be posted. | 5 |
| If a roadway is under the jurisdiction of more than one | 6 |
| unit of government, neighborhood electric vehicles may not be | 7 |
| operated on the roadway unless each
unit of government agrees | 8 |
| and takes action as provided in this subsection. | 9 |
| (e) No neighborhood electric vehicle may be operated on a | 10 |
| roadway unless, at a minimum, it has
the following: brakes, a | 11 |
| steering apparatus, tires, a rearview mirror, red | 12 |
| reflectorized warning devices in the front and rear, a slow | 13 |
| moving emblem (as required of other vehicles in Section 12-709 | 14 |
| of this Code) on the rear of the neighborhood electric vehicle, | 15 |
| a headlight that emits a white light visible from a distance of | 16 |
| 500 feet to the front, a tail lamp that emits a
red light | 17 |
| visible from at least 100 feet from the rear, brake lights, and | 18 |
| turn signals. When operated on a roadway, a neighborhood | 19 |
| electric vehicle shall have its headlight and tail lamps | 20 |
| lighted as required by Section 12-201 of this Code. | 21 |
| (f) A person who drives or is in actual physical control of | 22 |
| a neighborhood electric vehicle on a roadway while under the | 23 |
| influence is subject to Sections 11-500 through 11-502 of this | 24 |
| Code.
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| (Source: P.A. 94-298, eff. 1-1-06.)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
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| becoming law.
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