HB1502 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
HB1502

Introduced 1/28/2025, by Rep. Brad Stephens

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

625 ILCS 80/5
625 ILCS 80/10

Amends the O'Hare Driver Safety Act. Defines "Department" as the Illinois Department of Transportation. In a provision prohibition stopping or standing within one-half mile of O'Hare International Airport, provides that "traffic route" refers to all routes within the defined radii, including routes that are under the jurisdiction or partial jurisdiction of the Department. Effective immediately.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning transportation.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The O'Hare Driver Safety Act is amended by changing Sections 5 and 10 as follows:

(625 ILCS 80/5)

(This Section may contain text from a Public Act with a delayed effective date)

Sec. 5. Definitions. As used in this Act:

"Authority" means the Illinois Toll Highway Authority.

"Automated traffic safety system" means a device with one or more motor vehicle sensors to produce a recorded image of a motor vehicle that is stopped or standing on the side of a highway or roadway in violation of Section 11-1303 of the Illinois Vehicle Code.

"Department" means the Illinois Department of Transportation.

"Recorded images" has the same meaning given to that term under Section 11-208.6 of the Illinois Vehicle Code.

(Source: P.A. 103-861, eff. 1-1-25.)

(625 ILCS 80/10)

(This Section may contain text from a Public Act with a delayed effective date)

Sec. 10. No stopping or standing within one-half mile of O'Hare International Airport. Except where permitted, a person operating a motor vehicle shall not stop or stand the person's vehicle on a shoulder of a highway along traffic routes within a one-half mile radius of: (1) the eastern entrance to O'Hare International Airport; and (2) the intersection of Interstate 90 and Interstate 294.

No person who is the lessor of a motor vehicle under a written lease agreement shall be liable for an automated traffic safety system violation involving such motor vehicle during the period of the lease, unless, upon the request of the appropriate authority received within 120 days after the violation occurred, the lessor provides within 60 days after such receipt the name and address of the lessee.

Upon the provision of information by the lessor under this Section, the Authority may issue the violation to the lessee of the vehicle in the same manner as it would issue a violation to a registered owner of a vehicle, and the lessee may be held liable for the violation.

This Section shall not apply to vehicles that are stopped or standing in a restricted area if:

(1) a person is yielding to an emergency vehicle;

(2) the vehicle malfunctions;

(3) a person was directed to stop the person's vehicle by a law enforcement officer;

(4) the vehicle was stolen prior to violation and not controlled by the registered owner of the vehicle; or

(5) the driver of the vehicle received a Uniform Traffic Citation from a police officer at the time of the violation for the same offense.

As used in this Section, "traffic route" refers to all routes within the defined radii, including routes that are under the jurisdiction or partial jurisdiction of the Department.

(Source: P.A. 103-861, eff. 1-1-25.)

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.