Public Act 098-0320
 
HB3255 EnrolledLRB098 07405 MLW 37469 b

    AN ACT concerning safety.
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
 
    Section 5. The Illinois Public Demonstrations Law is
amended by changing Sections 3, 4, 5, and 6 as follows:
 
    (430 ILCS 70/3)  (from Ch. 38, par. 85-3)
    Sec. 3. Unlawful action-Parade permit.
    It is unlawful for any person, group or organization to
conduct or participate in any march, assembly, meeting, parade,
or gathering on roadways in more than one specific area of or
location in, any municipality or the unincorporated area of a
county, on any given day, unless it is acting under authority
of a duly issued municipal or county parade or demonstration
permit if local ordinance or regulation requires a such permit,
or, if not, with permission of the principal law enforcement
officer for the such area. Only the person, group, or
organization responsible for organizing the march, assembly,
meeting, parade, or gathering is required to obtain a permit or
the permission of the principal law enforcement officer, which
shall be sufficient to encompass all participants. If a march,
assembly, meeting, parade, or gathering on roadways involves
the act of crossing or traversing over or upon active railroad
tracks, the municipal or county authority or principal law
enforcement officer, as part of its permit or permission
process, may prohibit any portion of the route that involves
the act of crossing or traversing over or upon active railroad
tracks.
(Source: Laws 1967, p. 3613.)
 
    (430 ILCS 70/4)  (from Ch. 38, par. 85-4)
    Sec. 4. Acting with other groups - Size of assemblage. It
is unlawful for any group or organization or any individual
acting with the such group or organization, to conduct or
participate in any march, assembly, meeting, parade, or
gathering on roadways unless the such march, assembly, meeting,
parade, or gathering is limited to such numbers that as, in the
opinion of the principal law enforcement officer, will not
obstruct pedestrian or vehicular traffic in an unreasonable
manner. The principal law enforcement officer shall, within 12
hours of receiving the notice required by Section 5, inform the
group or organization as to the limitation on number of persons
allowed to participate.
(Source: Laws 1967, p. 3613.)
 
    (430 ILCS 70/5)  (from Ch. 38, par. 85-5)
    Sec. 5. Notice of assemblage in writing-Contents.
    It is unlawful for any group or organization to conduct or
participate in any march, assembly, meeting, parade, or
gathering on roadways unless the principal law enforcement
officer has been given notice in writing of the location, the
maximum number of persons participating, and the names and
addresses of the organizers of the any such march, assembly,
meeting, parade, or gathering, its route, and its time of
inception and duration at least 24 hours before such inception.
(Source: Laws 1967, p. 3613.)
 
    (430 ILCS 70/6)  (from Ch. 38, par. 85-6)
    Sec. 6. Time of holding.
    It is unlawful for any group, organization, or any
individual to conduct or participate in any march, assembly,
meeting, parade, or gathering on roadways during peak traffic
periods unless authorized by the principal law enforcement
officer for the area in which the march, assembly, meeting,
parade, or gathering is to be held. Peak traffic periods,
unless otherwise set by municipal or county authority, are for
the purposes of this Act declared to be 7:30 a.m. o'clock to
9:00 a.m. o'clock in the forenoon, and from 4:30 p.m. o'clock
to 6:00 p.m. o'clock in the afternoon, Monday through Friday
except for State and National holidays.
(Source: Laws 1967, p. 3613.)
 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.

Effective Date: 8/12/2013