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Public Act 095-0150
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LRB095 08654 LCT 31989 b |
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AN ACT concerning transportation.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by changing |
Section 11-1426.1 as follows:
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(625 ILCS 5/11-1426.1) |
Sec. 11-1426.1. Operation of neighborhood electric |
vehicles on streets, roads, and highways. |
(a) As used in this Section, "neighborhood electric |
vehicle" means a self-propelled, electronically powered |
four-wheeled motor vehicle which is capable of attaining in one |
mile a speed of more than 20 miles per hour, but not more than |
25 miles per hour, and which conforms to federal regulations |
under Title 49 C.F.R. Part 571.500. |
(b) Except as otherwise provided in this Section, it is |
unlawful
for any person to drive or operate a neighborhood |
electric vehicle
upon any street, highway, or roadway in this |
State. If the operation of a neighborhood electric vehicle is |
authorized under subsection (d), the neighborhood electric |
vehicle may be operated only on streets where the posted speed |
limit is 35 miles per hour or less. This subsection (b) does |
not prohibit a neighborhood electric vehicle from crossing a |
road or street at an intersection where the road or street has |
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a posted speed limit of more than 35 miles per hour. |
(b-5) A person may not operate a neighborhood electric |
vehicle upon any street, highway, or roadway in this State |
unless he or she has a valid Illinois driver's license issued |
in his or her name by the Secretary of State. |
(c) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (c-5), no
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person operating a neighborhood electric vehicle shall make a |
direct crossing upon or across any highway under the |
jurisdiction of the State, tollroad,
interstate highway, or |
controlled access highway in this State. |
(c-5) A person may make a direct crossing at an |
intersection controlled by a traffic light or 4-way stop sign |
upon or across a highway under the jurisdiction of the State if |
the speed limit on the highway is 35 miles per hour or less at |
the place of crossing.
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(d) A municipality, township, county, or other unit of |
local government may authorize, by ordinance or resolution, the |
operation of neighborhood electric vehicles on roadways under |
its jurisdiction if the unit of local government determines |
that the public safety will not be jeopardized. The Department |
may authorize
the operation of neighborhood electric vehicles |
on the roadways under its jurisdiction if the Department |
determines that the public safety will not be jeopardized. |
Before permitting the operation of neighborhood electric |
vehicles on its roadways,
a municipality, township, county, |
other unit of local government, or the Department must consider |
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the volume, speed, and character of traffic on the roadway and |
determine whether neighborhood electric vehicles may safely |
travel on or cross the roadway. Upon determining that |
neighborhood electric vehicles may safely operate on a roadway |
and the adoption of an ordinance or resolution by a |
municipality, township, county, or other unit of local |
government, or authorization by the Department, appropriate |
signs shall be posted. |
If a roadway is under the jurisdiction of more than one |
unit of government, neighborhood electric vehicles may not be |
operated on the roadway unless each
unit of government agrees |
and takes action as provided in this subsection. |
(e) No neighborhood electric vehicle may be operated on a |
roadway unless, at a minimum, it has
the following: brakes, a |
steering apparatus, tires, a rearview mirror, red |
reflectorized warning devices in the front and rear, a slow |
moving emblem (as required of other vehicles in Section 12-709 |
of this Code) on the rear of the neighborhood electric vehicle, |
a headlight that emits a white light visible from a distance of |
500 feet to the front, a tail lamp that emits a
red light |
visible from at least 100 feet from the rear, brake lights, and |
turn signals. When operated on a roadway, a neighborhood |
electric vehicle shall have its headlight and tail lamps |
lighted as required by Section 12-201 of this Code. |
(f) A person who drives or is in actual physical control of |
a neighborhood electric vehicle on a roadway while under the |