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| AN ACT concerning vehicles.
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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 |
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| Section 11-1426.1 as follows:
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| (625 ILCS 5/11-1426.1) |
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| Sec. 11-1426.1. Operation of neighborhood electric |
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| vehicles on streets, roads, and highways. |
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| (a) As used in this Section, "neighborhood electric |
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| vehicle" means a self-propelled, electronically powered |
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| four-wheeled motor vehicle (or a self-propelled, |
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| gasoline-powered four-wheeled motor vehicle with an engine |
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| displacement under 1,200 cubic centimeters) which is capable of |
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| attaining in one mile a speed of more than 20 miles per hour, |
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| but not more than 25 miles per hour, and which conforms to |
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| federal regulations under Title 49 C.F.R. Part 571.500. |
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| (b) Except as otherwise provided in this Section, it is |
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| unlawful
for any person to drive or operate a neighborhood |
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| electric vehicle
upon any street, highway, or roadway in this |
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| State. If the operation of a neighborhood electric vehicle is |
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| authorized under subsection (d), the neighborhood electric |
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| vehicle may be operated only on streets where the posted speed |
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| limit is 35 miles per hour or less. This subsection (b) does |
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| not prohibit a neighborhood electric vehicle from crossing a |
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| 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. |
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| (b-5) A person may not operate a neighborhood electric |
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| vehicle upon any street, highway, or roadway in this State |
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| unless he or she has a valid Illinois driver's license issued |
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| in his or her name by the Secretary of State. |
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| (c) No person operating a neighborhood electric vehicle |
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| shall make a direct crossing upon or across any highway under |
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| the jurisdiction of the State, tollroad,
interstate highway, or |
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| controlled access highway in this State. |
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| (d) A municipality, township, county, or other unit of |
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| local government may authorize, by ordinance or resolution, the |
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| operation of neighborhood electric vehicles on roadways under |
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| its jurisdiction if the unit of local government determines |
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| that the public safety will not be jeopardized. The Department |
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| may authorize
the operation of neighborhood electric vehicles |
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| on the roadways under its jurisdiction if the Department |
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| determines that the public safety will not be jeopardized. |
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| Before permitting the operation of neighborhood electric |
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| vehicles on its roadways,
a municipality, township, county, |
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| 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 |
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| determine whether neighborhood electric vehicles may safely |
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| travel on or cross the roadway. Upon determining that |
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| neighborhood electric vehicles may safely operate on a roadway |
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| and the adoption of an ordinance or resolution by a |
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| municipality, township, county, or other unit of local |
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| government, or authorization by the Department, appropriate |
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| signs shall be posted. |
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| If a roadway is under the jurisdiction of more than one |
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| unit of government, neighborhood electric vehicles may not be |
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| operated on the roadway unless each
unit of government agrees |
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| and takes action as provided in this subsection. |
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| (e) No neighborhood electric vehicle may be operated on a |
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| roadway unless, at a minimum, it has
the following: brakes, a |
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| steering apparatus, tires, a rearview mirror, red |
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| reflectorized warning devices in the front and rear, a slow |
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| moving emblem (as required of other vehicles in Section 12-709 |
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| of this Code) on the rear of the neighborhood electric vehicle, |
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| a headlight that emits a white light visible from a distance of |
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| 500 feet to the front, a tail lamp that emits a
red light |
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| visible from at least 100 feet from the rear, brake lights, and |
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| turn signals. When operated on a roadway, a neighborhood |
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| electric vehicle shall have its headlight and tail lamps |
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| lighted as required by Section 12-201 of this Code. |
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| (f) A person who drives or is in actual physical control of |
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| a neighborhood electric vehicle on a roadway while under the |
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| influence is subject to Sections 11-500 through 11-502 of this |
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| Code.
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| (Source: P.A. 94-298, eff. 1-1-06.)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |