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| 1 | AN ACT concerning transportation. | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | represented in the General Assembly: | |||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | changing Section 11-1518 as follows: | |||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | (625 ILCS 5/11-1518) | |||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Sec. 11-1518. Low-speed electric scooters. | |||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | (a) Subject to the restrictions of this Section, a | |||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | municipality, park district, forest preserve district, or | |||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | conservation district may authorize and regulate the operation | |||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | of low-speed electric scooters within the unit of local | |||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | government on any or all highways under their respective | |||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | jurisdiction, sidewalks, trails, or other public right-of-way | |||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | where the operation of bicycles is permitted. The use of | |||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | low-speed electric scooters within any municipality, park | |||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | district, forest preserve district, or conservation district | |||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | is allowed only if authorized by the municipality, park | |||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | district, forest preserve district, or conservation district | |||||||||||||||||||
| 19 | under this Section. Any authorization or regulation by a park | |||||||||||||||||||
| 20 | district, forest preserve district, or conservation district | |||||||||||||||||||
| 21 | applies only on property owned, managed, or leased by the park | |||||||||||||||||||
| 22 | district, forest preserve district, or conservation district. | |||||||||||||||||||
| 23 | (a-5) Subject to the restrictions of this Section, the | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | Department of Natural Resources may authorize and regulate the | ||||||
| 2 | operation of low-speed electric scooters on any or all | ||||||
| 3 | properties owned, managed, or leased by the Department of | ||||||
| 4 | Natural Resources including, but not limited to, sidewalks, | ||||||
| 5 | trails, or other public rights-of-way where the operation of | ||||||
| 6 | bicycles is permitted. The use of low-speed electric scooters | ||||||
| 7 | within any property that is owned, managed, or leased by the | ||||||
| 8 | Department of Natural Resources is allowed only if authorized | ||||||
| 9 | by the Department of Natural Resources. The Department of | ||||||
| 10 | Natural Resources is authorized to adopt administrative rules | ||||||
| 11 | for the regulation of low-speed electric scooters on any and | ||||||
| 12 | all properties owned, managed, or leased by the Department of | ||||||
| 13 | Natural Resources. | ||||||
| 14 | (b) A person may not operate a low-speed electric scooter | ||||||
| 15 | on a highway with a posted speed limit in excess of 35 mph. | ||||||
| 16 | (c) A person may not operate a low-speed electric scooter | ||||||
| 17 | unless he or she is 18 years of age or older. However, a person | ||||||
| 18 | under the age of 18 may use a low-speed electric scooter to get | ||||||
| 19 | to and from a school that offers secondary education as | ||||||
| 20 | defined in Section 22-22 of the School Code. | ||||||
| 21 | (d) A low-speed electric scooter may be parked in the same | ||||||
| 22 | manner and at the same locations as a bicycle may be parked. | ||||||
| 23 | (e) Every low-speed electric scooter when in use at | ||||||
| 24 | nighttime shall be equipped with a lamp on the front that emits | ||||||
| 25 | a white light visible from a distance of at least 500 feet to | ||||||
| 26 | the front and with a red reflector on the rear that is visible | ||||||
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| 1 | from all distances from 100 feet to 600 feet to the rear when | ||||||
| 2 | directly in front of lawful lower beams of headlamps on a motor | ||||||
| 3 | vehicle, except that a lamp emitting a steady or flashing red | ||||||
| 4 | light visible from a distance of 500 feet to the rear may be | ||||||
| 5 | used in addition to or instead of the red reflector. | ||||||
| 6 | (f) A low-speed electric scooter shall not be equipped | ||||||
| 7 | with nor shall any person use upon a low-speed electric | ||||||
| 8 | scooter any siren. This subsection does not apply to a | ||||||
| 9 | low-speed electric scooter that is a police vehicle or fire | ||||||
| 10 | department vehicle. | ||||||
| 11 | (g) Every low-speed electric scooter shall be equipped | ||||||
| 12 | with a brake that will adequately control movement of and stop | ||||||
| 13 | and hold the low-speed electric scooter. | ||||||
| 14 | (h) A person may not operate a low-speed electric scooter | ||||||
| 15 | while carrying any package, bundle, or article that prevents | ||||||
| 16 | the operator from keeping at least one hand upon the | ||||||
| 17 | handlebars. | ||||||
| 18 | (i) A person may not use a low-speed electric scooter to | ||||||
| 19 | carry more than one person at a time. A person operating a | ||||||
| 20 | low-speed electric scooter may not attach himself or herself | ||||||
| 21 | or the scooter to any other vehicle being operated on the | ||||||
| 22 | public right-of-way. | ||||||
| 23 | (j) A person may not operate a low-speed electric scooter | ||||||
| 24 | upon any public highway in the State while under the influence | ||||||
| 25 | of alcohol or any drug. | ||||||
| 26 | (k) The use of low-speed electric scooters is not | ||||||
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| 1 | permitted on State highways. | ||||||
| 2 | (l) Every low-speed electric scooter shall be | ||||||
| 3 | well-maintained and in good operating condition. | ||||||
| 4 | (Source: P.A. 103-899, eff. 8-9-24.) | ||||||