Public Act 100-0702
 
SB2285 EnrolledLRB100 15521 AXK 30567 b

    AN ACT concerning transportation.
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
 
    Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by changing
Sections 11-1301.2, 11-1301.4, and 11-1301.5 as follows:
 
    (625 ILCS 5/11-1301.2)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-1301.2)
    Sec. 11-1301.2. Special decals for parking; persons with
disabilities.
    (a) The Secretary of State shall provide for, by
administrative rules, the design, size, color, and placement of
a person with disabilities motorist decal or device and shall
provide for, by administrative rules, the content and form of
an application for a person with disabilities motorist decal or
device, which shall be used by local authorities in the
issuance thereof to a person with temporary disabilities,
provided that the decal or device is valid for no more than 90
days, subject to renewal for like periods based upon continued
disability, and further provided that the decal or device
clearly sets forth the date that the decal or device expires.
The application shall include the requirement of an Illinois
Identification Card number or a State of Illinois driver's
license number or, if the applicant does not have an
identification card or driver's license number, then the
applicant may use a valid identification number issued by a
branch of the U.S. military or a federally issued Medicare or
Medicaid identification number. This decal or device may be
used by the authorized holder to designate and identify a
vehicle not owned or displaying a registration plate as
provided in Sections 3-609 and 3-616 of this Act to designate
when the vehicle is being used to transport said person or
persons with disabilities, and thus is entitled to enjoy all
the privileges that would be afforded a person with
disabilities licensed vehicle. Person with disabilities decals
or devices issued and displayed pursuant to this Section shall
be recognized and honored by all local authorities regardless
of which local authority issued such decal or device.
    The decal or device shall be issued only upon a showing by
adequate documentation that the person for whose benefit the
decal or device is to be used has a disability as defined in
Section 1-159.1 of this Code and the disability is temporary.
    (b) The local governing authorities shall be responsible
for the provision of such decal or device, its issuance and
designated placement within the vehicle. The cost of such decal
or device shall be at the discretion of such local governing
authority.
    (c) The Secretary of State may, pursuant to Section
3-616(c), issue a person with disabilities parking decal or
device to a person with disabilities as defined by Section
1-159.1. Any person with disabilities parking decal or device
issued by the Secretary of State shall be registered to that
person with disabilities in the form to be prescribed by the
Secretary of State. The person with disabilities parking decal
or device shall not display that person's address. One
additional decal or device may be issued to an applicant upon
his or her written request and with the approval of the
Secretary of State. The written request must include a
justification of the need for the additional decal or device.
    (c-5) Beginning January 1, 2014, the Secretary shall
provide by administrative rule for the issuance of a separate
and distinct parking decal or device for persons with
disabilities as defined by Section 1-159.1 of this Code and who
meet the qualifications under this subsection. The authorized
holder of a decal or device issued under this subsection (c-5)
shall be exempt from the payment of fees generated by parking
in a metered space, a parking area subject to paragraph (10) of
subsection (a) of Section 11-209 of this Code, or a publicly
owned parking area.
    The Secretary shall issue a meter-exempt decal or device to
a person with disabilities who: (i) has been issued
registration plates under subsection (a) of Section 3-609 or
Section 3-616 of this Code or a special decal or device under
this Section, (ii) holds a valid Illinois driver's license, and
(iii) is unable to do one or more of the following:
        (1) manage, manipulate, or insert coins, or obtain
    tickets or tokens in parking meters or ticket machines in
    parking lots, due to the lack of fine motor control of both
    hands;
        (2) reach above his or her head to a height of 42
    inches from the ground, due to a lack of finger, hand, or
    upper extremity strength or mobility;
        (3) approach a parking meter due to his or her use of a
    wheelchair or other device for mobility; or
        (4) walk more than 20 feet due to an orthopedic,
    neurological, cardiovascular, or lung condition in which
    the degree of debilitation is so severe that it almost
    completely impedes the ability to walk.
    The application for a meter-exempt parking decal or device
shall contain a statement certified by a licensed physician,
physician assistant, or advanced practice registered nurse
attesting to the permanent nature of the applicant's condition
and verifying that the applicant meets the physical
qualifications specified in this subsection (c-5).
    Notwithstanding the requirements of this subsection (c-5),
the Secretary shall issue a meter-exempt decal or device to a
person who has been issued registration plates under Section
3-616 of this Code or a special decal or device under this
Section, if the applicant is the parent or guardian of a person
with disabilities who is under 18 years of age and incapable of
driving.
    (d) Replacement decals or devices may be issued for lost,
stolen, or destroyed decals upon application and payment of a
$10 fee. The replacement fee may be waived for individuals that
have claimed and received a grant under the Senior Citizens and
Persons with Disabilities Property Tax Relief Act.
    (e) A person classified as a veteran under subsection (e)
of Section 6-106 of this Code that has been issued a decal or
device under this Section shall not be required to submit
evidence of disability in order to renew that decal or device
if, at the time of initial application, he or she submitted
evidence from his or her physician or the Department of
Veterans' Affairs that the disability is of a permanent nature.
However, the Secretary shall take reasonable steps to ensure
the veteran still resides in this State at the time of the
renewal. These steps may include requiring the veteran to
provide additional documentation or to appear at a Secretary of
State facility. To identify veterans who are eligible for this
exemption, the Secretary shall compare the list of the persons
who have been issued a decal or device to the list of persons
who have been issued a vehicle registration plate for veterans
with disabilities under Section 3-609 of this Code, or who are
identified as a veteran on their driver's license under Section
6-110 of this Code or on their identification card under
Section 4 of the Illinois Identification Card Act.
(Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15; 100-513, eff. 1-1-18.)
 
    (625 ILCS 5/11-1301.4)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-1301.4)
    Sec. 11-1301.4. Reciprocal agreements with other
jurisdictions; temporary decal.
    (a) The Secretary of State, or his designee, may enter into
agreements with other jurisdictions, including foreign
jurisdictions, on behalf of this State relating to the
extension of parking privileges by such jurisdictions to
residents of this State with disabilities who display a special
license plate or parking device that contains the International
symbol of access on his or her motor vehicle, and to recognize
such plates or devices issued by such other jurisdictions. This
State shall grant the same parking privileges which are granted
to residents of this State with disabilities to any
non-resident whose motor vehicle is licensed in another state,
district, territory or foreign country if such vehicle displays
the International symbol of access or a distinguishing insignia
on license plates or parking device issued in accordance with
the laws of the non-resident's state, district, territory or
foreign country.
    (b) The Secretary may issue a one-time decal or device to
any non-resident of this State who is a person with
disabilities and who is displaced from another jurisdiction due
to a national disaster as declared by the federal government.
The person shall provide the Secretary proof that he or she is
residing at an Illinois residence for the duration of his or
her time in this State and proof of disability, including, but
not limited to, a device or decal issued by another
jurisdiction, a designation on a driver's license or
identification card issued by another jurisdiction, or a
medical certification by an Illinois licensed physician,
physician assistant, or advanced practice registered nurse. A
device or decal issued under this subsection (b) shall be valid
for a period not to exceed 6 months.
(Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15.)
 
    (625 ILCS 5/11-1301.5)
    Sec. 11-1301.5. Fictitious or unlawfully altered
disability license plate or parking decal or device.
    (a) As used in this Section:
    "Fictitious disability license plate or parking decal or
device" means any issued disability license plate or parking
decal or device, or any license plate issued to a veteran with
a disability under Section 3-609 of this Code, that has been
issued by the Secretary of State or an authorized unit of local
government that was issued based upon false information
contained on the required application.
    "False information" means any incorrect or inaccurate
information concerning the name, date of birth, social security
number, driver's license number, military identification
number, Medicaid or Medicare identification number, physician
certification, or any other information required on the Persons
with Disabilities Certification for Plate or Parking Placard,
on the Application for Replacement Disability Parking Placard,
or on the application for license plates issued to veterans
with disabilities under Section 3-609 of this Code, that
falsifies the content of the application.
    "Unlawfully altered disability license plate or parking
permit or device" means any disability license plate or parking
permit or device, or any license plate issued to a veteran with
a disability under Section 3-609 of this Code, issued by the
Secretary of State or an authorized unit of local government
that has been physically altered or changed in such manner that
false information appears on the license plate or parking decal
or device.
    "Authorized holder" means an individual issued a
disability license plate under Section 3-616 of this Code or an
individual issued a parking decal or device under Section
11-1301.2 of this Code, or an individual issued a license plate
for veterans with disabilities under Section 3-609 of this
Code.
    (b) It is a violation of this Section for any person:
        (1) to knowingly possess any fictitious or unlawfully
    altered disability license plate or parking decal or
    device;
        (2) to knowingly issue or assist in the issuance of, by
    the Secretary of State or unit of local government, any
    fictitious disability license plate or parking decal or
    device;
        (3) to knowingly alter any disability license plate or
    parking decal or device;
        (4) to knowingly manufacture, possess, transfer, or
    provide any documentation used in the application process
    whether real or fictitious, for the purpose of obtaining a
    fictitious disability license plate or parking decal or
    device;
        (5) to knowingly provide any false information to the
    Secretary of State or a unit of local government in order
    to obtain a disability license plate or parking decal or
    device;
        (6) to knowingly transfer a disability license plate or
    parking decal or device for the purpose of exercising the
    privileges granted to an authorized holder of a disability
    license plate or parking decal or device under this Code in
    the absence of the authorized holder; or
        (7) who is a physician, physician assistant, or
    advanced practice registered nurse to knowingly falsify a
    certification that a person is a person with disabilities
    as defined by Section 1-159.1 of this Code.
    (c) Sentence.
        (1) Any person convicted of a violation of paragraph
    (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), or (7) of subsection (b) of this
    Section shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor and fined
    not less than $1,000 for a first offense and shall be
    guilty of a Class 4 felony and fined not less than $2,000
    for a second or subsequent offense. Any person convicted of
    a violation of subdivision (b)(6) of this Section is guilty
    of a Class A misdemeanor and shall be fined not less than
    $1,000 for a first offense and not less than $2,000 for a
    second or subsequent offense. The circuit clerk shall
    distribute one-half of any fine imposed on any person who
    is found guilty of or pleads guilty to violating this
    Section, including any person placed on court supervision
    for violating this Section, to the law enforcement agency
    that issued the citation or made the arrest. If more than
    one law enforcement agency is responsible for issuing the
    citation or making the arrest, one-half of the fine imposed
    shall be shared equally.
        (2) Any person who commits a violation of this Section
    or a similar provision of a local ordinance may have his or
    her driving privileges suspended or revoked by the
    Secretary of State for a period of time determined by the
    Secretary of State. The Secretary of State may suspend or
    revoke the parking decal or device or the disability
    license plate of any person who commits a violation of this
    Section.
        (3) Any police officer may seize the parking decal or
    device from any person who commits a violation of this
    Section. Any police officer may seize the disability
    license plate upon authorization from the Secretary of
    State. Any police officer may request that the Secretary of
    State revoke the parking decal or device or the disability
    license plate of any person who commits a violation of this
    Section.
(Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15; 100-513, eff. 1-1-18.)
 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January
1, 2019.