Full Text of HB5006 95th General Assembly
HB5006ham001 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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Local Government Committee
Filed: 3/12/2008
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| AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 5006
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 5006 by replacing | 3 |
| everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| "Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by | 5 |
| changing Section 11-1426.1 as follows: | 6 |
| (625 ILCS 5/11-1426.1) | 7 |
| Sec. 11-1426.1. Operation of neighborhood vehicles on | 8 |
| streets, roads, and highways. | 9 |
| (a) As used in this Section, "neighborhood vehicle" means a | 10 |
| self-propelled, electronically powered four-wheeled motor | 11 |
| vehicle (or a self-propelled, gasoline-powered four-wheeled | 12 |
| motor vehicle with an engine displacement under 1,200 cubic | 13 |
| centimeters) which is capable of attaining in one mile a speed | 14 |
| of more than 20 miles per hour, but not more than 25 miles per | 15 |
| hour, and which conforms to federal regulations under Title 49 | 16 |
| C.F.R. Part 571.500. |
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| (b) Except as otherwise provided in this Section, it is | 2 |
| unlawful
for any person to drive or operate a neighborhood | 3 |
| vehicle
upon any street, highway, or roadway in this State. If | 4 |
| the operation of a neighborhood vehicle is authorized under | 5 |
| subsection (d), the neighborhood vehicle may be operated only | 6 |
| on streets where the posted speed limit is 35 miles per hour or | 7 |
| less. This subsection (b) does not prohibit a neighborhood | 8 |
| vehicle from crossing a highway, road , or street at an | 9 |
| intersection where the highway, road , or street has a posted | 10 |
| speed limit of more than 35 miles per hour. | 11 |
| (b-5) A person may not operate a neighborhood vehicle upon | 12 |
| any street, highway, or roadway in this State unless he or she | 13 |
| has a valid Illinois driver's license issued in his or her name | 14 |
| by the Secretary of State. | 15 |
| (c) No Except as otherwise provided in subsection (c-5), no | 16 |
| person operating a neighborhood vehicle shall make a direct | 17 |
| crossing upon or across any highway under the jurisdiction of | 18 |
| the State, tollroad or ,
interstate highway , or controlled | 19 |
| access highway in this State. | 20 |
| (c-5) (Blank) A person may make a direct crossing at an | 21 |
| intersection controlled by a traffic light or 4-way stop sign | 22 |
| upon or across a highway under the jurisdiction of the State if | 23 |
| the speed limit on the highway is 35 miles per hour or less at | 24 |
| the place of crossing . | 25 |
| (d) A municipality, township, county, or other unit of | 26 |
| local government may authorize, by ordinance or resolution, the |
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| operation of neighborhood vehicles on roadways under its | 2 |
| jurisdiction if the unit of local government determines that | 3 |
| the public safety will not be jeopardized. The Department may | 4 |
| authorize
the operation of neighborhood vehicles on the | 5 |
| roadways under its jurisdiction if the Department determines | 6 |
| that the public safety will not be jeopardized. | 7 |
| Before permitting the operation of neighborhood vehicles | 8 |
| on its roadways,
a municipality, township, county, other unit | 9 |
| of local government, or the Department must consider the | 10 |
| volume, speed, and character of traffic on the roadway and | 11 |
| determine whether neighborhood vehicles may safely travel on or | 12 |
| cross the roadway. Upon determining that neighborhood vehicles | 13 |
| may safely operate on a roadway and the adoption of an | 14 |
| ordinance or resolution by a municipality, township, county, or | 15 |
| other unit of local government, or authorization by the | 16 |
| Department, appropriate signs shall be posted. | 17 |
| If a roadway is under the jurisdiction of more than one | 18 |
| unit of government, neighborhood vehicles may not be operated | 19 |
| on the roadway unless each
unit of government agrees and takes | 20 |
| action as provided in this subsection. | 21 |
| (e) No neighborhood vehicle may be operated on a roadway | 22 |
| unless, at a minimum, it has
the following: brakes, a steering | 23 |
| apparatus, tires, a rearview mirror, red reflectorized warning | 24 |
| devices in the front and rear, a slow moving emblem (as | 25 |
| required of other vehicles in Section 12-709 of this Code) on | 26 |
| the rear of the neighborhood vehicle, a headlight that emits a |
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| white light visible from a distance of 500 feet to the front, a | 2 |
| tail lamp that emits a
red light visible from at least 100 feet | 3 |
| from the rear, brake lights, and turn signals. When operated on | 4 |
| a roadway, a neighborhood vehicle shall have its headlight and | 5 |
| tail lamps lighted as required by Section 12-201 of this Code. | 6 |
| (f) A person who drives or is in actual physical control of | 7 |
| a neighborhood vehicle on a roadway while under the influence | 8 |
| is subject to Sections 11-500 through 11-502 of this Code.
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| (Source: P.A. 94-298, eff. 1-1-06; 95-150, 8-14-07; 95-414, | 10 |
| eff. 8-24-07; 95-575, eff. 8-31-07; revised 11-19-07.)".
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