Rep. Dave Vella
Filed: 1/31/2024
 
 

 
 

 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2099 

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2099 by replacing 
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Food 
5Truck Freedom Act.
 
6    Section 5. Definition. As used in this Act: 
7    "Food truck" means a fully encased food service 
8establishment: 
9        (1) on a motor vehicle or on a trailer that a motor 
10    vehicle pulls to transport; and 
11        (2) from which a food truck vendor, standing within 
12    the frame of the vehicle or trailer, prepares, cooks, 
13    sells, or serves food or beverages for immediate human 
14    consumption. 
15    "Food truck" does not include a food cart or an ice cream 
16truck.
 
 
 
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1    Section 10. Food truck license or permitting scheme. A 
2municipality, county, or township may create a license or 
3permitting scheme for a food truck to operate within its 
4jurisdiction.
 
5    Section 15. Effect of license or permit from another 
6jurisdiction.
7    (a) A food truck license or permit obtained from a 
8municipality, county, or township in Illinois has full force 
9and effect in all other jurisdictions in Illinois so long as 
10that license or permit was issued after: 
11        (1) an inspection by a local health department that 
12    uses recommendations made by the Food and Drug 
13    Administration concerning food trucks; and 
14        (2) an inspection by a local fire department or local 
15    fire protection district that uses recommendations made by 
16    the National Fire Prevention Association concerning food 
17    trucks. 
18    (b) Nothing in this Section prevents a municipality, 
19county, or township from imposing placement or zoning 
20restrictions or fees so long as those restrictions and fees 
21are uniformly applied to all food trucks, regardless of the 
22food truck's license or permit jurisdiction.
 
23    Section 90. Home rule. A home rule unit may not regulate 
 
 
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1food trucks in a manner inconsistent with this Act. This Act is 
2a limitation under subsection (i) of Section 6 of Article VII 
3of the Illinois Constitution on the concurrent exercise by 
4home rule units of powers and functions exercised by the 
5State.
 
6    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January 
71, 2025.".