Public Act 102-0344
 
HB0656 EnrolledLRB102 10329 RAM 15656 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 Section 11-1403 as follows:
 



    (625 ILCS 5/11-1403)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-1403)



    Sec. 11-1403. Riding on motorcycles. 
    (a) A person operating a
motorcycle shall ride only upon 
the permanent and regular seat attached
thereto, and such 
operator shall not carry any other person nor shall any
other 
person ride on a motorcycle unless such motorcycle is designed 
to
carry more than one person, in which event a passenger may 
ride upon the
permanent and regular seat if designed for 2 
persons, or upon another seat
firmly attached to the 
motorcycle at the rear or side of the operator.

    (b) A person shall ride upon a motorcycle only while 
sitting astride the
seat, facing forward, with one leg on each 
side of the motorcycle.

    (c) No person shall operate any motorcycle with handlebar 
grips higher than
the height of the head of the operator when 
the operator is seated in
the normal driving position astride 
that portion of the seat or saddle
occupied by the operator.

    (d) The operator of any motorcycle shall keep at least one 
hand on a handlebar grip at all times the motorcycle is in 
motion. 
    (e) The operator of a motorcycle may not transport a 
passenger unless the passenger is capable of resting a foot on 
the footrest while the motorcycle is in motion.
(Source: P.A. 97-743, eff. 1-1-13.)