Illinois General Assembly - Bill Status for HB5624

Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Removes language requiring that the local police of a municipal authority issue a parking ticket to a person who violates provisions concerning parking places reserved for persons with disabilities. Provides for the issuance of free parking stickers to certain persons with disabilities. Provides that to be eligible for a free parking sticker, a person with disabilities must present a certification from a physician that the person meets certain physical requirements. Increases the fine from $250 to $300 for parking in a spot reserved for persons with disabilities without authorization. Increases the fine from $500 to $600 for improperly using a disability license plate, decal, or device to park in a parking place reserved for a person with disabilities. Increases the fines for a violation of the Section concerning fictitious or unlawfully altered disability license plates or parking decals or devices from $500 to $1,000 for a first offense and from $1,000 to $2,000 for a second or subsequent offense. Provides that a physician who violates the Section concerning parking in a place reserved for a person with disabilities shall be fined an amount equal to double the amount of any applicable penalty.

Replaces everything after the enacting clause with the provisions of the original bill, but makes the following changes: reinserts language requiring that the local police of a municipal authority issue a parking ticket to a person who violates provisions concerning parking places reserved for persons with disabilities; adds certain public or privately controlled parking areas to the list of places where persons with disabilities are exempted from time restrictions; removes language increasing the fine from $250 to $300 for parking in a spot reserved for persons with disabilities without authorization; removes language providing that a physician who violates the Section concerning parking in a place reserved for a person with disabilities shall be fined an amount equal to double the amount of any applicable penalty; provides that a physician may not knowingly falsify a certification that a person is a person with disabilities and provides that a first conviction is a Class A misdemeanor with a minimum fine of $2,000 and a second or subsequent conviction is a Class 4 felony with a minimum fine of $4,000; provides that the new provisions concerning free parking for certain persons with disabilities take effect beginning on January 1, 2014; replaces references to free parking stickers with references to insignia showing that a person is entitled to park in certain places for free; adds certain public or privately controlled parking areas to the list of places where persons with disabilities with free parking insignia may park for free; and provides that the Secretary shall adopt rules to implement the Section concerning free parking for certain persons with disabilities.

Replaces everything after the enacting clause with the provisions of House Amendment No. 2, but makes the following changes: replaces references to insignia showing that a person is entitled to park in certain places for free with references to meter-exempt parking decals or devices; provides that the Secretary of State shall by administrative rule provide for the issuance of meter-exempt parking decals or devices (instead of "shall issue free parking insignia"); relocates the provisions concerning meter-exempt parking decals or devices to the Section concerning special decals for parking; adds physician assistants and advanced practice nurses to the class of individuals who may certify that a person meets the physical criteria for a meter-exempt parking decal or device; provides that a meter-exempt decal or device may be issued to a person who is unable to approach a parking meter due to his or her use of a wheelchair or other device for mobility (instead of "wheelchair or other device"); deletes language providing for a period of validity of the insignia; adds physician assistants and advanced practice nurses to the class of individuals who may not knowingly falsify a certification that a person is a person with disabilities; and provides that a first conviction is a Class A misdemeanor with a minimum fine of $1,000 (instead of $2,000) and a second or subsequent conviction is a Class 4 felony with a minimum fine of $2,000 (instead of $4,000).

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