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Environment & Energy Committee
Filed: 3/9/2005
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| AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2347
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2347 by replacing |
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| everything after the enacting clause with the following: |
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| "Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by adding
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| Section 11-1429 as follows:
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| (625 ILCS 5/11-1429 new)
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| Sec. 11-1429. Excessive idling. |
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| (a) As used in this Section, "affected areas" means the |
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| counties of Cook, DuPage, Lake, Kane, McHenry, Will, Madison, |
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| St. Clair, and Monroe and the townships of Aux Sable and Goose |
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| Lake in Grundy County, the township of Oswego in Kendall |
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| County, and the Baldwin Township in Randolph County. |
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| (b) A person or entity that owns or operates a motor
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| vehicle operating on diesel fuel in an affected area may not |
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| cause or allow the
motor vehicle, when it is not in motion, to |
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| idle for more than
a total of 10 minutes within any 60 minute |
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| period.
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| (c) This Section does not apply if:
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| (1) the motor vehicle has a Gross Vehicle Weight Rating
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| of less than 8,000 pounds;
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| (2) the motor vehicle is forced to remain motionless
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| because of traffic conditions over which the owner or
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| operator has no control;
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| (3) the motor vehicle is being used for emergency
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| purposes;
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| (4) operation of the motor vehicle's engine is
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| necessary to operate auxiliary equipment to accomplish the
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| intended use of the vehicle, such as loading, discharging,
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| mixing, or processing cargo, controlling cargo
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| temperature, construction operations, lumbering
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| operations, oil or gas well servicing, or
production |
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| agriculture as defined in Section 3-35 of the Use Tax Act;
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| (5) operation of the motor vehicle is required for
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| maintenance or diagnostic purposes;
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| (6) the outdoor temperature is less than 32 degrees
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| Fahrenheit;
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| (7) the motor vehicle was manufactured with a sleeping
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| berth, if the motor vehicle is located in an area not zoned |
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| for residential use and is being used by the operator for
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| sleeping or resting, and the motor vehicle is not equipped
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| with an auxiliary power unit on the vehicle to provide for
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| operator safety;
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| (8) the motor vehicle is used as airport ground support
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| equipment, including, but not limited to, motor vehicles
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| operated on the air side of the airport terminal to service
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| or supply aircraft;
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| (9) the motor vehicle is (i) a bus owned by a public
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| transit authority and (ii) being operated on a designated
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| bus route or on a street or highway between designated bus
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| routes for the provision of public transportation;
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| (10) the motor vehicle is an implement of husbandry
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| exempt from registration under subdivision A(2) of Section
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| 3-402 of this Code; or
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| (11) the motor vehicle is a school bus undergoing a
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| pre-trip inspection.
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| (d) If a motor vehicle is operated in violation of this
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| Section, the owner or operator of the motor vehicle shall be
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| deemed guilty of the violation, and either the owner or the
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