94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
SB0160

 

Introduced 2/2/2005, by Sen. George P. Shadid

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
625 ILCS 5/1-159.1   from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 1-159.1

    Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that a driver qualifies for use of parking spaces reserved for persons with disabilities if his or her ability to walk is severely limited due to peripheral artery disease or if he or she cannot walk 200 feet without stopping to rest because of that condition. Effective immediately.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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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 changing
5 Section 1-159.1 as follows:
 
6     (625 ILCS 5/1-159.1)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 1-159.1)
7     Sec. 1-159.1. Person with disabilities. A natural person
8 who, as determined by a licensed physician, by a physician
9 assistant who has been delegated the authority to make this
10 determination by his or her supervising physician, or by an
11 advanced practice nurse who has a written collaborative
12 agreement with a collaborating physician that authorizes the
13 advanced practice nurse to make this determination: (1) cannot
14 walk without the use of, or assistance from, a brace, cane,
15 crutch, another person, prosthetic device, wheelchair, or
16 other assistive device; (2) is restricted by lung disease to
17 such an extent that his or her forced (respiratory) expiratory
18 volume for one second, when measured by spirometry, is less
19 than one liter, or the arterial oxygen tension is less than 60
20 mm/hg on room air at rest; (3) uses portable oxygen; (4) has a
21 cardiac condition to the extent that the person's functional
22 limitations are classified in severity as Class III or Class
23 IV, according to standards set by the American Heart
24 Association; (5) is severely limited in the person's ability to
25 walk due to an arthritic, neurological, or orthopedic condition
26 or peripheral artery disease; or (6) cannot walk 200 feet
27 without stopping to rest because of one of the above 5
28 conditions.
29 (Source: P.A. 92-411, eff. 1-1-02; 93-182, eff. 7-11-03.)
 
30     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
31 becoming law.