Full Text of SB2418 93rd General Assembly
SB2418 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
|
|
|
93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004 SB2418
Introduced 2/3/2004, by Terry Link SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
|
|
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides for the operation of neighborhood electric vehicles on streets, roads, and highways, subject to conditions similar to those that apply to golf carts.
|
|
|
|
|
A BILL FOR
|
|
|
|
|
SB2418 |
|
LRB093 20222 DRH 45979 b |
|
| 1 |
| AN ACT concerning vehicles.
| 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 adding | 5 |
| Section 11-1426.1 as follows: | 6 |
| (625 ILCS 5/11-1426.1 new) | 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 which is capable of attaining in one | 12 |
| mile a speed of more than 20 miles per hour, but not more than | 13 |
| 25 miles per hour, and which conforms to federal regulations | 14 |
| under Title 49 C.F.R. Part 571.500. | 15 |
| (b) Except as otherwise provided in this Section, it is | 16 |
| unlawful
for any person to drive or operate a neighborhood | 17 |
| electric vehicle
upon any street, highway, or roadway in this | 18 |
| State. | 19 |
| (c) No person operating a neighborhood electric vehicle | 20 |
| shall make a direct crossing upon or across any highway under | 21 |
| the jurisdiction of the State, tollroad,
interstate highway, or | 22 |
| controlled access highway in this State. | 23 |
| (d) A municipality, township, county, or other unit of | 24 |
| local government may authorize, by ordinance or resolution, the | 25 |
| operation of neighborhood electric vehicles on roadways under | 26 |
| its jurisdiction. The Department may authorize
the operation of | 27 |
| neighborhood electric vehicles on the roadways under its | 28 |
| jurisdiction. | 29 |
| Before permitting the operation of neighborhood electric | 30 |
| vehicles on its roadways,
a municipality, township, county, | 31 |
| other unit of local government, or the Department must consider | 32 |
| the volume, speed, and character of traffic on the roadway and |
|
|
|
SB2418 |
- 2 - |
LRB093 20222 DRH 45979 b |
|
| 1 |
| determine whether neighborhood electric vehicles may safely | 2 |
| travel on or cross the roadway. Upon determining that | 3 |
| neighborhood electric vehicles may safely operate on a roadway | 4 |
| and the adoption of an ordinance or resolution by a | 5 |
| municipality, township, county, or other unit of local | 6 |
| government, or authorization by the Department, appropriate | 7 |
| signs shall be posted. | 8 |
| If a roadway is under the jurisdiction of more than one | 9 |
| unit of government, neighborhood electric vehicles may not be | 10 |
| operated on the roadway unless each
unit of government agrees | 11 |
| and takes action as provided in this subsection. | 12 |
| No neighborhood electric vehicle may be operated on a | 13 |
| roadway unless, at a minimum, it has
the following: brakes, a | 14 |
| steering apparatus, tires, a rearview mirror, red | 15 |
| reflectorized warning devices in the front and rear, a slow | 16 |
| moving emblem (as required of other vehicles in Section 12-709) | 17 |
| on the rear of the neighborhood electric vehicle, a headlight | 18 |
| that emits a white light visible from a distance of 500 feet to | 19 |
| the front, a tail lamp that emits a
red light visible from at | 20 |
| least 100 feet from the rear, brake lights, and turn signals. | 21 |
| When operated on a roadway, a neighborhood electric vehicle | 22 |
| shall have its headlight and tail lamps lighted as required by | 23 |
| Section 12-201. | 24 |
| (f) A person who drives or is in actual physical control of | 25 |
| a neighborhood electric vehicle on a roadway while under the | 26 |
| influence is subject to Section 11-500 through 11-502.
|
|