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HB5610 Re-Enrolled                            LRB9211076DHmgA

 1        AN ACT in relation to 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
 5    adding  Sections  1-117.7,  11-1005.1,  and   11-1412.2   and
 6    changing Sections 11-208.2 and 11-1412.1 as follows:

 7        (625 ILCS 5/1-117.7 new)
 8        Sec.   1-117.7.  Electric   personal  assistive  mobility
 9    device.   A  self-balancing  2  non-tandem   wheeled   device
10    designed  to  transport  only  one  person  with  an electric
11    propulsion system that limits the maximum speed of the device
12    to 15 miles per hour or less.

13        (625 ILCS 5/11-208.2) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-208.2)
14        Sec. 11-208.2.  Limitation on home rule units.
15        The provisions of this Chapter  of  this  Act  limit  the
16    authority   of   home   rule  units  to  adopt  local  police
17    regulations inconsistent herewith except pursuant to Sections
18    11-208, and 11-209, 11-1005.1, 11-1412.1, and  11-1412.2   of
19    this Chapter of this Act.
20    (Source: P.A. 77-706.)

21        (625 ILCS 5/11-1005.1 new)
22        Sec.  11-1005.1.   Electric  personal  assistive mobility
23    devices.    Every  person  operating  an  electric   personal
24    assistive  mobility device upon a sidewalk or roadway has all
25    the rights and is subject to all the duties applicable  to  a
26    pedestrian.  Nothing in this Section shall be deemed to limit
27    or preempt the authority of any home rule  or  non-home  rule
28    unit  of  local government from regulating or prohibiting the
29    use of electric personal assistive mobility devices.
 
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 1        (625 ILCS 5/11-1412.1) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-1412.1)
 2        Sec. 11-1412.1.  Driving upon sidewalk.  No person  shall
 3    drive  any  vehicle  upon  a sidewalk or sidewalk area except
 4    upon a permanent or duly authorized temporary driveway.  This
 5    Section does not apply to any vehicle  moved  exclusively  by
 6    human  power,  to  any  electric  personal assistive mobility
 7    device, nor to any  motorized  wheelchair.  Nothing  in  this
 8    Section  shall be deemed to limit or preempt the authority of
 9    any home rule or non-home rule unit of local government  from
10    regulating  or  prohibiting  the  use  of  electric  personal
11    assistive mobility devices.
12    (Source: P.A. 84-672.)

13        (625 ILCS 5/11-1412.2 new)
14        Sec. 11-1412.2.  Operating an electric personal assistive
15    mobility  device  on  a  public  sidewalk.   A person may not
16    operate an electric personal assistive mobility device upon a
17    public sidewalk at a speed greater than  8  miles  per  hour.
18    Nothing  in  this Section shall be deemed to limit or preempt
19    the authority of any home rule or non-home rule unit of local
20    government from regulating or prohibiting the use of electric
21    personal assistive mobility devices.

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