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1 AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 203
2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend Senate Bill 203, AS AMENDED,
3 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the
4 following:
5 "Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by
6 changing Section 11-208 as follows:
7 (625 ILCS 5/11-208) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-208)
8 Sec. 11-208. Powers of local authorities.
9 (a) The provisions of this Code shall not be deemed to
10 prevent local authorities with respect to streets and
11 highways under their jurisdiction and within the reasonable
12 exercise of the police power from:
13 1. Regulating the standing or parking of vehicles,
14 except as limited by Section 11-1306 of this Act;
15 2. Regulating traffic by means of police officers
16 or traffic control signals;
17 3. Regulating or prohibiting processions or
18 assemblages on the highways;
19 4. Designating particular highways as one-way
20 highways and requiring that all vehicles thereon be moved
21 in one specific direction;
22 5. Regulating the speed of vehicles in public parks
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1 subject to the limitations set forth in Section 11-604;
2 6. Designating any highway as a through highway, as
3 authorized in Section 11-302, and requiring that all
4 vehicles stop before entering or crossing the same or
5 designating any intersection as a stop intersection or a
6 yield right-of-way intersection and requiring all
7 vehicles to stop or yield the right-of-way at one or more
8 entrances to such intersections;
9 7. Restricting the use of highways as authorized in
10 Chapter 15;
11 8. Regulating the operation of bicycles and
12 requiring the registration and licensing of same,
13 including the requirement of a registration fee;
14 9. Regulating or prohibiting the turning of
15 vehicles or specified types of vehicles at intersections;
16 10. Altering the speed limits as authorized in
17 Section 11-604;
18 11. Prohibiting U-turns;
19 12. Prohibiting pedestrian crossings at other than
20 designated and marked crosswalks or at intersections;
21 13. Prohibiting parking during snow removal
22 operation;
23 14. Imposing fines in accordance with Section
24 11-1301.3 as penalties for use of any parking place
25 reserved for persons with disabilities, as defined by
26 Section 1-159.1, or disabled veterans by any person using
27 a motor vehicle not bearing registration plates specified
28 in Section 11-1301.1 or a special decal or device as
29 defined in Section 11-1301.2 as evidence that the vehicle
30 is operated by or for a person with disabilities or
31 disabled veteran;
32 15. Adopting such other traffic regulations as are
33 specifically authorized by this Code; or
34 16. Enforcing the provisions of subsection (f) of
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1 Section 3-413 of this Code or a similar local ordinance.
2 (b) No ordinance or regulation enacted under subsections
3 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11 or 13 of paragraph (a) shall be
4 effective until signs giving reasonable notice of such local
5 traffic regulations are posted.
6 (c) The provisions of this Code shall not prevent any
7 municipality having a population of 500,000 or more
8 inhabitants from prohibiting any person from driving or
9 operating any motor vehicle upon the roadways of such
10 municipality with headlamps on high beam or bright.
11 (d) The provisions of this Code shall not be deemed to
12 prevent local authorities within the reasonable exercise of
13 their police power from prohibiting, on private property, the
14 unauthorized use of parking spaces reserved for persons with
15 disabilities.
16 (e) No unit of local government, including a home rule
17 unit, may enact or enforce an ordinance that applies only to
18 motorcycles if the principal purpose for that ordinance is to
19 restrict the access of motorcycles to any highway or portion
20 of a highway for which federal or State funds have been used
21 for the planning, design, construction, or maintenance of
22 that highway. No unit of local government, including a home
23 rule unit, may enact an ordinance requiring motorcycle users
24 to wear protective headgear. Nothing in this subsection (e)
25 shall affect the authority of a unit of local government to
26 regulate motorcycles for traffic control purposes or in
27 accordance with Section 12-602 of this Code. No unit of
28 local government, including a home rule unit, may regulate
29 motorcycles in a manner inconsistent with this Code. This
30 subsection (e) is a limitation under subsection (i) of
31 Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution on the
32 concurrent exercise by home rule units of powers and
33 functions exercised by the State.".