Full Text of SB2048 095th General Assembly
SB2048 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008 SB2048
Introduced 2/7/2008, by Sen. Matt Murphy SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. In provisions prohibiting installation of a traffic control signal
preemption
device on a motor vehicle, transportation of such a device in the
passenger compartment of a motor vehicle, or operation of such a device by the
driver or passenger of a motor vehicle, except as permitted by statute, increases the penalty from a Class A misdemeanor to a Class 4 felony and the fine from $1,000 to $2,000. In provisions prohibiting a retailer or manufacturer from selling a traffic control signal
preemption device for any intended use, other than
those permitted by statute, increases the penalty from a Class A misdemeanor to a Class 4 felony and the fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
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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 12-601.1 as follows:
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| (625 ILCS 5/12-601.1)
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| Sec. 12-601.1. Traffic control signal preemption devices.
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| (a) As used in this Section, "traffic control signal | 9 |
| preemption device"
means any
device,
either mechanical or | 10 |
| electrical, that emits a pulse of light or other signal
that, | 11 |
| when
received by a detector attached to a traffic control | 12 |
| signal, changes that
traffic control signal to a green
light | 13 |
| or, if the traffic control signal is already green, extends the | 14 |
| duration
of the green
light.
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| (b) Except as provided in subsection (d), a traffic control | 16 |
| signal
preemption
device may not be installed on a motor | 17 |
| vehicle, may not be transported in the
passenger compartment of | 18 |
| a motor vehicle, and may not be operated by the
driver or | 19 |
| passenger of a motor vehicle.
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| Violation of this subsection (b) is a Class 4 felony A | 21 |
| misdemeanor , punishable by
a fine of $2,000 $1,000 in addition | 22 |
| to any other penalty that may be imposed.
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| (c) A retailer or manufacturer may not sell a traffic |
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| control signal
preemption device to any person or entity for | 2 |
| any intended use other than
operation as permitted under | 3 |
| subsection (d).
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| Violation of this subsection (c) is a Class 4 felony A | 5 |
| misdemeanor , punishable by a
fine of $10,000 $5,000 for each | 6 |
| sale of each device, in addition to any other penalty
that may | 7 |
| be imposed.
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| (d) Installation of a traffic control signal preemption | 9 |
| device is permitted
on the
following vehicles, and operation of | 10 |
| the device is permitted as follows:
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| (1) Police department vehicles, when responding to a | 12 |
| bona fide
emergency, when used in combination with red or | 13 |
| blue oscillating, rotating,
or
flashing lights.
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| (2) Law enforcement vehicles of State or local | 15 |
| authorities, when
responding to a bona fide emergency, when | 16 |
| used in combination with red
oscillating, rotating, or | 17 |
| flashing lights.
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| (3) Vehicles of local fire departments and State or | 19 |
| federal firefighting
vehicles, when responding to a bona | 20 |
| fide emergency, when used in combination
with red | 21 |
| oscillating, rotating, or flashing lights.
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| (4) Vehicles that are designed and used exclusively as | 23 |
| ambulances or
rescue vehicles, when responding to a bona | 24 |
| fide emergency, when used in
combination with red | 25 |
| oscillating, rotating, or flashing lights.
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| (5) Vehicles that are equipped and used exclusively as |
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| organ transport
vehicles, when the transportation is | 2 |
| declared an emergency by a member of the
transplant team or | 3 |
| a representative of the organ procurement organization,
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| when used in combination with red oscillating, rotating, or | 5 |
| flashing lights.
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| (6) Vehicles of the Illinois Emergency Management | 7 |
| Agency and vehicles
of the Department of Nuclear Safety, | 8 |
| when responding to a bona fide
emergency,
when used in | 9 |
| combination with red oscillating, rotating, or flashing | 10 |
| lights.
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| (7) Commuter buses owned by any political
subdivision | 12 |
| of this State, operated either by the political subdivision | 13 |
| or its
lessee
or agent, and offering short-haul for-hire | 14 |
| regularly scheduled passenger
transportation service, over | 15 |
| regular routes with fixed schedules, within
metropolitan | 16 |
| and suburban areas, when used to extend the duration of an | 17 |
| already
green light to meet schedules.
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| (8) Vehicles used for snow removal owned by any | 19 |
| political subdivision of
this State, operated either by the | 20 |
| political subdivision or its lessee or
agent, when used | 21 |
| during a snow emergency in combination with yellow or
amber | 22 |
| oscillating, rotating, or flashing lights, when used to | 23 |
| extend the
duration of an already green light.
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| (e) This Section does not prohibit use by motorcycles of | 25 |
| electronic or
magnetic safety devices designed to allow traffic | 26 |
| control signal systems to
recognize or detect motorcycles.
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| (Source: P.A. 93-80, eff. 7-2-03 .)
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