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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 Sections 12-215 and 12-601.1 as follows:
| 6 | | (625 ILCS 5/12-215) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-215)
| 7 | | Sec. 12-215. Oscillating, rotating or flashing lights on | 8 | | motor vehicles. Except as otherwise provided in this Code:
| 9 | | (a) The use of red or white oscillating, rotating or | 10 | | flashing lights,
whether lighted or unlighted, is prohibited | 11 | | except on:
| 12 | | 1. Law enforcement vehicles of State, Federal or
local | 13 | | authorities;
| 14 | | 2. A vehicle operated by a police officer or county | 15 | | coroner
and designated or authorized by local authorities, | 16 | | in writing, as a law
enforcement vehicle; however, such | 17 | | designation or authorization must
be carried in the | 18 | | vehicle;
| 19 | | 2.1. A vehicle operated by a fire chief, deputy fire | 20 | | chief, or assistant fire chief who has completed an | 21 | | emergency vehicle operation training course approved by | 22 | | the Office of the State Fire Marshal and designated or | 23 | | authorized by local authorities , fire departments, or fire |
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| 1 | | protection districts , in writing, as a fire department, | 2 | | fire protection district, or township fire department | 3 | | vehicle; however, the designation or authorization must
be | 4 | | carried in the vehicle, and the lights may be visible or | 5 | | activated only when responding to a bona fide emergency;
| 6 | | 3. Vehicles of local fire departments and State or | 7 | | federal
firefighting vehicles;
| 8 | | 4. Vehicles which are designed and used exclusively as | 9 | | ambulances
or rescue vehicles; furthermore, such lights | 10 | | shall not be lighted except
when responding to an | 11 | | emergency call for and while actually conveying the
sick | 12 | | or injured;
| 13 | | 4.5. Vehicles which are occasionally used as rescue | 14 | | vehicles that have been authorized for use as rescue | 15 | | vehicles by a volunteer EMS provider, provided that the | 16 | | operator of the vehicle has successfully completed an | 17 | | emergency vehicle operation training course recognized by | 18 | | the Department of Public Health; furthermore, the lights | 19 | | shall not be lighted except when responding to an | 20 | | emergency call for the sick or injured; | 21 | | 5. Tow trucks licensed in a state that requires such | 22 | | lights;
furthermore, such lights shall not be lighted on | 23 | | any such tow truck while the
tow truck is
operating in the | 24 | | State of Illinois;
| 25 | | 6. Vehicles of the Illinois Emergency Management | 26 | | Agency, vehicles of the Office of the Illinois State Fire |
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| 1 | | Marshal, vehicles of the Illinois Department of Public | 2 | | Health, vehicles of
the
Illinois Department of | 3 | | Corrections, and vehicles of the Illinois Department of | 4 | | Juvenile Justice;
| 5 | | 7. Vehicles operated by a local or county emergency | 6 | | management
services agency as defined in the Illinois | 7 | | Emergency
Management Agency Act;
| 8 | | 8. School buses operating alternately flashing head | 9 | | lamps as permitted
under Section 12-805 of this Code;
| 10 | | 9. Vehicles that are equipped and used exclusively as | 11 | | organ transplant
vehicles when used in combination with | 12 | | blue oscillating, rotating, or flashing
lights; | 13 | | furthermore, these lights shall be lighted only when the | 14 | | transportation
is declared an emergency by a member of the | 15 | | transplant team or a representative
of the organ | 16 | | procurement organization; | 17 | | 10. Vehicles of the Illinois Department of Natural | 18 | | Resources that are used for mine rescue and explosives | 19 | | emergency response; | 20 | | 11. Vehicles of the Illinois Department of | 21 | | Transportation identified as Emergency Traffic Patrol; the | 22 | | lights shall not be lighted except when responding to an | 23 | | emergency call or when parked or stationary while engaged | 24 | | in motor vehicle assistance or at the scene of the | 25 | | emergency; and | 26 | | 12. Vehicles of the Illinois State Toll Highway
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| 1 | | Authority with a gross vehicle weight rating of 9,000 | 2 | | pounds or more and those identified as Highway Emergency | 3 | | Lane Patrol; the lights shall not be lighted except when | 4 | | responding to an emergency call or when parked or | 5 | | stationary while engaged in motor vehicle assistance or at | 6 | | the scene of the emergency. | 7 | | (b) The use of amber oscillating, rotating or flashing | 8 | | lights, whether
lighted or unlighted, is prohibited except on:
| 9 | | 1. Second division vehicles designed and used for | 10 | | towing or hoisting
vehicles; furthermore, such lights | 11 | | shall not be lighted except as
required in
this paragraph | 12 | | 1; such lights shall be lighted
when such vehicles are | 13 | | actually being
used at the scene of an accident or
| 14 | | disablement; if the towing vehicle is equipped with a flat | 15 | | bed that
supports all wheels of the vehicle being | 16 | | transported, the lights shall not be
lighted while the | 17 | | vehicle is engaged in towing on a highway; if the towing
| 18 | | vehicle is not equipped with a flat bed that supports all | 19 | | wheels of a vehicle
being transported, the lights shall be | 20 | | lighted while the
towing
vehicle is engaged in towing on a | 21 | | highway during all
times when the use
of headlights is | 22 | | required under Section 12-201 of this Code; in addition, | 23 | | these vehicles may use white oscillating, rotating, or | 24 | | flashing lights in combination with amber oscillating, | 25 | | rotating, or flashing lights as provided in this | 26 | | paragraph;
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| 1 | | 2. Motor vehicles or equipment of the State of | 2 | | Illinois, the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority, local | 3 | | authorities
and contractors; furthermore, such lights | 4 | | shall not be lighted except while
such vehicles are | 5 | | engaged in maintenance or construction operations within
| 6 | | the limits of construction projects;
| 7 | | 3. Vehicles or equipment used by engineering or survey | 8 | | crews;
furthermore, such lights shall not be lighted | 9 | | except while such vehicles
are actually engaged in work on | 10 | | a highway;
| 11 | | 4. Vehicles of public utilities, municipalities, or | 12 | | other
construction, maintenance or automotive service | 13 | | vehicles except that such
lights shall be lighted only as | 14 | | a means for indicating the presence of a
vehicular traffic | 15 | | hazard requiring unusual care in approaching, overtaking
| 16 | | or passing while such vehicles are engaged in maintenance, | 17 | | service or
construction on a highway;
| 18 | | 5. Oversized vehicle or load; however, such lights | 19 | | shall only be lighted
when moving under permit issued by | 20 | | the Department under Section 15-301
of this Code;
| 21 | | 6. The front and rear of motorized equipment owned and | 22 | | operated by the
State of Illinois or any political | 23 | | subdivision thereof, which is designed
and used for | 24 | | removal of snow and ice from highways;
| 25 | | 6.1. The front and rear of motorized equipment or | 26 | | vehicles that (i) are not owned by the State of Illinois or |
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| 1 | | any political subdivision of the State, (ii) are designed | 2 | | and used for removal of snow and ice from highways and | 3 | | parking lots, and (iii) are equipped with a snow plow that | 4 | | is 12 feet in width; these lights may not be lighted except | 5 | | when the motorized equipment or vehicle is actually being | 6 | | used for those purposes on behalf of a unit of government;
| 7 | | 7. Fleet safety vehicles registered in another state, | 8 | | furthermore, such
lights shall not be lighted except as | 9 | | provided for in Section 12-212 of
this Code;
| 10 | | 8. Such other vehicles as may be authorized by local | 11 | | authorities;
| 12 | | 9. Law enforcement vehicles of State or local | 13 | | authorities when used in
combination with red oscillating, | 14 | | rotating or flashing lights;
| 15 | | 9.5. Propane delivery trucks;
| 16 | | 10. Vehicles used for collecting or delivering mail | 17 | | for the
United States Postal Service provided that such | 18 | | lights shall not be lighted
except when such vehicles are | 19 | | actually being used for such purposes;
| 20 | | 10.5. Vehicles of the Office of the Illinois State | 21 | | Fire Marshal, provided that such lights shall not be | 22 | | lighted except for when such vehicles are engaged in work | 23 | | for the Office of the Illinois State Fire Marshal; | 24 | | 11. Any vehicle displaying a slow-moving vehicle | 25 | | emblem as
provided in Section 12-205.1;
| 26 | | 12. All trucks equipped with self-compactors or |
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| 1 | | roll-off hoists and
roll-on containers for garbage, | 2 | | recycling, or refuse hauling. Such lights shall not be
| 3 | | lighted except when such vehicles are actually being used | 4 | | for such purposes;
| 5 | | 13. Vehicles used by a security company, alarm | 6 | | responder, control
agency, or the Illinois Department of | 7 | | Corrections;
| 8 | | 14. Security vehicles of the Department of Human | 9 | | Services; however, the
lights shall not be lighted except | 10 | | when being used for security related
purposes under the | 11 | | direction of the superintendent of the facility where the
| 12 | | vehicle is located; and
| 13 | | 15. Vehicles of union representatives, except that the | 14 | | lights shall be
lighted only while the vehicle is within | 15 | | the limits of a construction
project.
| 16 | | (c) The use of blue oscillating, rotating or flashing | 17 | | lights, whether
lighted or unlighted, is prohibited except on:
| 18 | | 1. Rescue squad vehicles not owned by a fire | 19 | | department or fire protection district and
vehicles owned | 20 | | or operated by a:
| 21 | | voluntary firefighter;
| 22 | | paid firefighter;
| 23 | | part-paid firefighter;
| 24 | | call firefighter;
| 25 | | member of the board of trustees of a fire | 26 | | protection district;
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| 1 | | paid or unpaid member of a rescue squad;
| 2 | | paid or unpaid member of a voluntary ambulance | 3 | | unit; or
| 4 | | paid or unpaid members of a local or county | 5 | | emergency management
services agency as defined in the | 6 | | Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act,
designated | 7 | | or authorized by local authorities, in writing, and | 8 | | carrying that
designation or authorization in the | 9 | | vehicle.
| 10 | | However, such lights are not to be lighted except when | 11 | | responding to a
bona fide emergency or when parked or | 12 | | stationary at the scene of a fire, rescue call, ambulance | 13 | | call, or motor vehicle accident.
| 14 | | Any person using these lights in accordance with this | 15 | | subdivision (c)1 must carry on his or her person an | 16 | | identification card or letter identifying the bona fide | 17 | | member of a fire department, fire protection district, | 18 | | rescue squad, ambulance unit, or emergency management | 19 | | services agency that owns or operates that vehicle. The | 20 | | card or letter must include: | 21 | | (A) the name of the fire department, fire | 22 | | protection district, rescue squad, ambulance unit, or | 23 | | emergency management services agency; | 24 | | (B) the member's position within the fire | 25 | | department, fire protection district, rescue squad, | 26 | | ambulance unit, or emergency management services |
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| 1 | | agency; | 2 | | (C) the member's term of service; and | 3 | | (D) the name of a person within the fire | 4 | | department, fire protection district, rescue squad, | 5 | | ambulance unit, or emergency management services | 6 | | agency to contact to verify the information provided.
| 7 | | 2. Police department vehicles in cities having a | 8 | | population of 500,000
or more inhabitants.
| 9 | | 3. Law enforcement vehicles of State or local | 10 | | authorities when used in
combination with red oscillating, | 11 | | rotating or flashing lights.
| 12 | | 4. Vehicles of local fire departments and State or | 13 | | federal
firefighting vehicles when used in combination | 14 | | with red oscillating,
rotating or flashing lights.
| 15 | | 5. Vehicles which are designed and used exclusively as | 16 | | ambulances or
rescue vehicles when used in combination | 17 | | with red oscillating, rotating or
flashing lights; | 18 | | furthermore, such lights shall not be lighted except when
| 19 | | responding to an emergency call.
| 20 | | 6. Vehicles that are equipped and used exclusively as | 21 | | organ transport
vehicles when used in combination with red | 22 | | oscillating, rotating, or flashing
lights; furthermore, | 23 | | these lights shall only be lighted when the transportation
| 24 | | is declared an emergency by a member of the transplant | 25 | | team or a
representative of the organ procurement | 26 | | organization.
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| 1 | | 7. Vehicles of the Illinois Emergency Management | 2 | | Agency, vehicles of the Office of the Illinois State Fire | 3 | | Marshal, vehicles of the Illinois Department of Public | 4 | | Health, vehicles of
the
Illinois Department of | 5 | | Corrections, and vehicles of the Illinois Department of | 6 | | Juvenile Justice, when used in combination with red | 7 | | oscillating,
rotating, or flashing lights.
| 8 | | 8. Vehicles operated by a local or county emergency | 9 | | management
services agency as defined in the Illinois | 10 | | Emergency Management Agency
Act, when used in combination | 11 | | with red oscillating, rotating, or
flashing lights.
| 12 | | 9. Vehicles of the Illinois Department of Natural | 13 | | Resources that are used for mine rescue and explosives | 14 | | emergency response, when used in combination with red | 15 | | oscillating,
rotating, or flashing lights. | 16 | | (c-1) In addition to the blue oscillating, rotating, or | 17 | | flashing
lights permitted under subsection (c), and | 18 | | notwithstanding subsection
(a), a vehicle operated by a | 19 | | voluntary firefighter, a voluntary member
of a rescue squad, | 20 | | or a member of a voluntary ambulance unit may be
equipped with | 21 | | flashing white headlights and blue grill lights, which may
be | 22 | | used only in responding to an emergency call or when parked or | 23 | | stationary at the scene of a fire, rescue call, ambulance | 24 | | call, or motor vehicle accident.
| 25 | | (c-2) In addition to the blue oscillating, rotating, or | 26 | | flashing
lights permitted under subsection (c), and |
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| 1 | | notwithstanding subsection (a),
a vehicle operated by a paid | 2 | | or unpaid member of a local or county
emergency management | 3 | | services agency as defined in the Illinois Emergency
| 4 | | Management Agency Act, may be equipped with white oscillating, | 5 | | rotating,
or flashing lights to be used in combination with | 6 | | blue oscillating, rotating,
or flashing lights, if | 7 | | authorization by local authorities is in
writing and carried | 8 | | in the vehicle.
| 9 | | (d) The use of a combination of amber and white | 10 | | oscillating, rotating or
flashing lights, whether lighted or | 11 | | unlighted, is prohibited except on second division vehicles | 12 | | designed and used for towing or hoisting
vehicles or motor
| 13 | | vehicles or equipment of the State of Illinois, local | 14 | | authorities, contractors,
and union representatives; | 15 | | furthermore, such lights shall
not be lighted on second | 16 | | division vehicles designed and used for towing or hoisting
| 17 | | vehicles or vehicles of the State of Illinois, local | 18 | | authorities, and
contractors except while such vehicles are | 19 | | engaged in a tow operation, highway maintenance, or
| 20 | | construction operations within the limits of highway | 21 | | construction projects, and
shall not be lighted on the | 22 | | vehicles of union representatives except when those
vehicles | 23 | | are within the limits of a construction project.
| 24 | | (e) All oscillating, rotating or flashing lights referred | 25 | | to in this Section
shall be of sufficient intensity, when | 26 | | illuminated, to be visible at 500
feet in normal sunlight.
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| 1 | | (f) Nothing in this Section shall prohibit a manufacturer | 2 | | of oscillating,
rotating or flashing lights or his | 3 | | representative or authorized vendor from temporarily mounting
| 4 | | such lights on a vehicle for demonstration purposes only. If | 5 | | the lights are not covered while the vehicle is operated upon a | 6 | | highway, the vehicle shall display signage indicating that the | 7 | | vehicle is out of service or not an emergency vehicle. The | 8 | | signage shall be displayed on all sides of the vehicle in | 9 | | letters at least 2 inches tall and one-half inch wide. A | 10 | | vehicle authorized to have oscillating,
rotating, or flashing | 11 | | lights mounted for demonstration purposes may not activate the | 12 | | lights while the vehicle is operated upon a highway.
| 13 | | (g) Any person violating the provisions of subsections | 14 | | (a), (b), (c) or (d)
of this Section who without lawful | 15 | | authority stops or detains or attempts
to stop or detain | 16 | | another person shall be guilty of a Class 2 felony.
| 17 | | (h) Except as provided in subsection (g) above, any person | 18 | | violating the
provisions of subsections (a) or (c) of this | 19 | | Section shall be guilty of a
Class A misdemeanor.
| 20 | | (Source: P.A. 100-62, eff. 8-11-17; 101-56, eff. 1-1-20 .)
| 21 | | (625 ILCS 5/12-601.1)
| 22 | | Sec. 12-601.1. Traffic control signal preemption devices.
| 23 | | (a) As used in this Section, "traffic control signal | 24 | | preemption device"
means any
device,
either mechanical or | 25 | | electrical, that emits a pulse of light or other signal
that, |
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| 1 | | when
received by a detector attached to a traffic control | 2 | | signal, changes that
traffic control signal to a green
light | 3 | | or, if the traffic control signal is already green, extends | 4 | | the duration
of the green
light.
| 5 | | (b) Except as provided in subsection (d), a traffic | 6 | | control signal
preemption
device may not be installed on a | 7 | | motor vehicle, may not be transported in the
passenger | 8 | | compartment of a motor vehicle, and may not be operated by the
| 9 | | driver or passenger of a motor vehicle.
| 10 | | Violation of this subsection (b) is a Class A misdemeanor, | 11 | | punishable by
a fine of $1,000 in addition to any other penalty | 12 | | that may be imposed.
| 13 | | (c) A retailer or manufacturer may not sell a traffic | 14 | | control signal
preemption device to any person or entity for | 15 | | any intended use other than
operation as permitted under | 16 | | subsection (d).
| 17 | | Violation of this subsection (c) is a Class A misdemeanor, | 18 | | punishable by a
fine of $5,000 for each sale of each device, in | 19 | | addition to any other penalty
that may be imposed.
| 20 | | (d) Installation of a traffic control signal preemption | 21 | | device is permitted
on the
following vehicles, and operation | 22 | | of the device is permitted as follows:
| 23 | | (1) Police department vehicles, when responding to a | 24 | | bona fide
emergency, when used in combination with red or | 25 | | blue oscillating, rotating,
or
flashing lights.
| 26 | | (2) Law enforcement vehicles of State or local |
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| 1 | | authorities, when
responding to a bona fide emergency, | 2 | | when used in combination with red
oscillating, rotating, | 3 | | or flashing lights.
| 4 | | (3) Vehicles of local fire departments , fire | 5 | | protection districts, and State or federal firefighting
| 6 | | vehicles, when responding to a bona fide emergency, when | 7 | | used in combination
with red oscillating, rotating, or | 8 | | flashing lights.
| 9 | | (4) Vehicles that are designed and used exclusively as | 10 | | ambulances or
rescue vehicles, when responding to a bona | 11 | | fide emergency, when used in
combination with red | 12 | | oscillating, rotating, or flashing lights.
| 13 | | (5) Vehicles that are equipped and used exclusively as | 14 | | organ transport
vehicles, when the transportation is | 15 | | declared an emergency by a member of the
transplant team | 16 | | or a representative of the organ procurement organization,
| 17 | | when used in combination with red oscillating, rotating, | 18 | | or flashing lights.
| 19 | | (6) Vehicles of the Illinois Emergency Management | 20 | | Agency and vehicles
of the Department of Nuclear Safety, | 21 | | when responding to a bona fide
emergency,
when used in | 22 | | combination with red oscillating, rotating, or flashing | 23 | | lights.
| 24 | | (7) Commuter buses owned by any political
subdivision | 25 | | of this State, operated either by the political | 26 | | subdivision or its
lessee
or agent, and offering |
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| 1 | | short-haul for-hire regularly scheduled passenger
| 2 | | transportation service, over regular routes with fixed | 3 | | schedules, within
metropolitan and suburban areas, when | 4 | | used to extend the duration of an already
green light to | 5 | | meet schedules.
| 6 | | (8) Vehicles used for snow removal owned by any | 7 | | political subdivision of
this State, operated either by | 8 | | the political subdivision or its lessee or
agent, when | 9 | | used during a snow emergency in combination with yellow or
| 10 | | amber oscillating, rotating, or flashing lights, when used | 11 | | to extend the
duration of an already green light.
| 12 | | (e) This Section does not prohibit use by motorcycles of | 13 | | electronic or
magnetic safety devices designed to allow | 14 | | traffic control signal systems to
recognize or detect | 15 | | motorcycles.
| 16 | | (Source: P.A. 93-80, eff. 7-2-03 .)
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