Full Text of SB3041 96th General Assembly
SB3041eng 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| AN ACT concerning transportation.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by changing | 5 |
| Sections 1-105 and 12-215 as follows:
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| (625 ILCS 5/1-105) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 1-105)
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| Sec. 1-105. Authorized emergency vehicle. Emergency | 8 |
| vehicles of municipal departments or public service
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| corporations as are designated or authorized by proper local | 10 |
| authorities;
police vehicles; vehicles of the fire department; | 11 |
| vehicles of a HazMat or technical rescue team authorized by a | 12 |
| county board under Section 5-1127 of the Counties Code; | 13 |
| ambulances;
vehicles of the Illinois Emergency Management | 14 |
| Agency; mine rescue and explosives emergency response vehicles | 15 |
| of the Department of Natural Resources; and vehicles of the | 16 |
| Illinois Department of Public Health.
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| (Source: P.A. 96-214, eff. 8-10-09.)
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| (625 ILCS 5/12-215) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-215)
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| Sec. 12-215. Oscillating, rotating or flashing lights on | 20 |
| motor vehicles. Except as otherwise provided in this Code:
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| (a) The use of red or white oscillating, rotating or | 22 |
| flashing lights,
whether lighted or unlighted, is prohibited |
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| except on:
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| 1. Law enforcement vehicles of State, Federal or
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| authorities;
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| 2. A vehicle operated by a police officer or county | 5 |
| coroner
and designated or authorized by local authorities, | 6 |
| in writing, as a law
enforcement vehicle; however, such | 7 |
| designation or authorization must
be carried in the | 8 |
| vehicle;
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| 2.1. A vehicle operated by a fire chief who has | 10 |
| completed an emergency vehicle operation training course | 11 |
| approved by the Office of the State Fire Marshal and | 12 |
| designated or authorized by local authorities, in writing, | 13 |
| as a fire department, fire protection district, or township | 14 |
| fire department vehicle; however, the designation or | 15 |
| authorization must
be carried in the vehicle, and the | 16 |
| lights may be visible or activated only when responding to | 17 |
| a bona fide emergency;
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| 3. Vehicles of local fire departments and State or | 19 |
| federal
firefighting vehicles;
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| 4. Vehicles which are designed and used exclusively as | 21 |
| ambulances
or rescue vehicles; furthermore, such lights | 22 |
| shall not be lighted except
when responding to an emergency | 23 |
| call for and while actually conveying the
sick or injured;
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| 5. Tow trucks licensed in a state that requires such | 25 |
| lights;
furthermore, such lights shall not be lighted on | 26 |
| any such tow truck while the
tow truck is
operating in the |
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| State of Illinois;
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| 6. Vehicles of the Illinois Emergency Management | 3 |
| Agency, vehicles of the Illinois Department of Public | 4 |
| Health, and vehicles of
the
Department of Nuclear Safety;
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| 7. Vehicles operated by a local or county emergency | 6 |
| management
services agency as defined in the Illinois | 7 |
| Emergency
Management Agency Act;
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| 8. School buses operating alternately flashing head | 9 |
| lamps as permitted
under Section 12-805 of this Code;
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| 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; and | 17 |
| 10. Vehicles of the Illinois Department of Natural | 18 |
| Resources that are used for mine rescue and explosives | 19 |
| emergency response. | 20 |
| (b) The use of amber oscillating, rotating or flashing | 21 |
| lights, whether
lighted or unlighted, is prohibited except on:
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| 1. Second division vehicles designed and used for | 23 |
| towing or hoisting
vehicles; furthermore, such lights | 24 |
| shall not be lighted except as
required in
this paragraph | 25 |
| 1; such lights shall be lighted
when such vehicles are | 26 |
| actually being
used at the scene of an accident or
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| disablement; if the towing vehicle is equipped with a flat | 2 |
| bed that
supports all wheels of the vehicle being | 3 |
| transported, the lights shall not be
lighted while the | 4 |
| vehicle is engaged in towing on a highway; if the towing
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| vehicle is not equipped with a flat bed that supports all | 6 |
| wheels of a vehicle
being transported, the lights shall be | 7 |
| lighted while the
towing
vehicle is engaged in towing on a | 8 |
| highway during all
times when the use
of headlights is | 9 |
| required under Section 12-201 of this Code;
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| 2. Motor vehicles or equipment of the State of | 11 |
| Illinois, local authorities
and contractors; furthermore, | 12 |
| such lights shall not be lighted except while
such vehicles | 13 |
| are engaged in maintenance or construction operations | 14 |
| within
the limits of construction projects;
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| 3. Vehicles or equipment used by engineering or survey | 16 |
| crews;
furthermore, such lights shall not be lighted except | 17 |
| while such vehicles
are actually engaged in work on a | 18 |
| highway;
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| 4. Vehicles of public utilities, municipalities, or | 20 |
| other
construction, maintenance or automotive service | 21 |
| vehicles except that such
lights shall be lighted only as a | 22 |
| means for indicating the presence of a
vehicular traffic | 23 |
| hazard requiring unusual care in approaching, overtaking
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| or passing while such vehicles are engaged in maintenance, | 25 |
| service or
construction on a highway;
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| 5. Oversized vehicle or load; however, such lights |
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| shall only be lighted
when moving under permit issued by | 2 |
| the Department under Section 15-301
of this Code;
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| 6. The front and rear of motorized equipment owned and | 4 |
| operated by the
State of Illinois or any political | 5 |
| subdivision thereof, which is designed
and used for removal | 6 |
| of snow and ice from highways;
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| (6.1) The front and rear of motorized equipment or | 8 |
| vehicles that (i) are not owned by the State of Illinois or | 9 |
| any political subdivision of the State, (ii) are designed | 10 |
| and used for removal of snow and ice from highways and | 11 |
| parking lots, and (iii) are equipped with a snow plow that | 12 |
| is 12 feet in width; these lights may not be lighted except | 13 |
| when the motorized equipment or vehicle is actually being | 14 |
| used for those purposes on behalf of a unit of government;
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| 7. Fleet safety vehicles registered in another state, | 16 |
| furthermore, such
lights shall not be lighted except as | 17 |
| provided for in Section 12-212 of
this Code;
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| 8. Such other vehicles as may be authorized by local | 19 |
| authorities;
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| 9. Law enforcement vehicles of State or local | 21 |
| authorities when used in
combination with red oscillating, | 22 |
| rotating or flashing lights;
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| 9.5. Propane delivery trucks;
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| 10. Vehicles used for collecting or delivering mail for | 25 |
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United States Postal Service provided that such lights | 26 |
| shall not be lighted
except when such vehicles are actually |
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| being used for such purposes;
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| 11. Any vehicle displaying a slow-moving vehicle | 3 |
| emblem as
provided in Section 12-205.1;
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| 12. All trucks equipped with self-compactors or | 5 |
| roll-off hoists and
roll-on containers for garbage or | 6 |
| refuse hauling. Such lights shall not be
lighted except | 7 |
| when such vehicles are actually being used for such | 8 |
| purposes;
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| 13. Vehicles used by a security company, alarm | 10 |
| responder, or control
agency;
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| 14. Security vehicles of the Department of Human | 12 |
| Services; however, the
lights shall not be lighted except | 13 |
| when being used for security related
purposes under the | 14 |
| direction of the superintendent of the facility where the
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| vehicle is located; and
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| 15. Vehicles of union representatives, except that the | 17 |
| lights shall be
lighted only while the vehicle is within | 18 |
| the limits of a construction
project.
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| (c) The use of blue oscillating, rotating or flashing | 20 |
| lights, whether
lighted or unlighted, is prohibited except on:
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| 1. Rescue squad vehicles not owned by a fire department | 22 |
| and
vehicles owned or operated by a:
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| voluntary firefighter;
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| paid firefighter;
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| part-paid firefighter;
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| call firefighter;
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| member of the board of trustees of a fire | 2 |
| protection district;
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| paid or unpaid member of a rescue squad;
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| paid or unpaid member of a voluntary ambulance | 5 |
| unit; or
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| paid or unpaid members of a local or county | 7 |
| emergency management
services agency as defined in the | 8 |
| Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act,
designated | 9 |
| or authorized by local authorities, in writing, and | 10 |
| carrying that
designation or authorization in the | 11 |
| vehicle.
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| However, such lights are not to be lighted except when | 13 |
| responding to a
bona fide emergency.
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| 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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| 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.
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| 2. Police department vehicles in cities having a | 8 |
| population of 500,000
or more inhabitants.
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| 3. Law enforcement vehicles of State or local | 10 |
| authorities when used in
combination with red oscillating, | 11 |
| rotating or flashing lights.
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| 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.
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| 5. Vehicles which are designed and used exclusively as | 16 |
| ambulances or
rescue vehicles when used in combination with | 17 |
| red oscillating, rotating or
flashing lights; furthermore, | 18 |
| such lights shall not be lighted except when
responding to | 19 |
| an emergency call.
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| 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
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| is declared an emergency by a member of the transplant team | 25 |
| or a
representative of the organ procurement organization.
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| 7. Vehicles of the Illinois Emergency Management |
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| Agency, vehicles of the Illinois Department of Public | 2 |
| Health, and vehicles of
the
Department of Nuclear Safety, | 3 |
| when used in combination with red oscillating,
rotating, or | 4 |
| flashing lights.
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| 8. Vehicles operated by a local or county emergency | 6 |
| management
services agency as defined in the Illinois | 7 |
| Emergency Management Agency
Act, when used in combination | 8 |
| with red oscillating, rotating, or
flashing lights.
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| 9. Vehicles of the Illinois Department of Natural | 10 |
| Resources that are used for mine rescue and explosives | 11 |
| emergency response, when used in combination with red | 12 |
| oscillating,
rotating, or flashing lights. | 13 |
| (c-1) In addition to the blue oscillating, rotating, or | 14 |
| flashing
lights permitted under subsection (c), and | 15 |
| notwithstanding subsection
(a), a vehicle operated by a | 16 |
| voluntary firefighter, a voluntary member
of a rescue squad, or | 17 |
| a member of a voluntary ambulance unit may be
equipped with | 18 |
| flashing white headlights and blue grill lights, which may
be | 19 |
| used only in responding to an emergency call.
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| (c-2) In addition to the blue oscillating, rotating, or | 21 |
| flashing
lights permitted under subsection (c), and | 22 |
| notwithstanding subsection (a),
a vehicle operated by a paid or | 23 |
| unpaid member of a local or county
emergency management | 24 |
| services agency as defined in the Illinois Emergency
Management | 25 |
| Agency Act, may be equipped with white oscillating, rotating,
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| or flashing lights to be used in combination with blue |
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| oscillating, rotating,
or flashing lights, if authorization by | 2 |
| local authorities is in
writing and carried in the vehicle.
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| (d) The use of a combination of amber and white | 4 |
| oscillating, rotating or
flashing lights, whether lighted or | 5 |
| unlighted, is prohibited except motor
vehicles or equipment of | 6 |
| the State of Illinois, local authorities, contractors,
and | 7 |
| union representatives may be so equipped; furthermore, such | 8 |
| lights shall
not be lighted on vehicles of the State of | 9 |
| Illinois, local authorities, and
contractors except while such | 10 |
| vehicles are engaged in highway maintenance or
construction | 11 |
| operations within the limits of highway construction projects, | 12 |
| and
shall not be lighted on the vehicles of union | 13 |
| representatives except when those
vehicles are within the | 14 |
| limits of a construction project.
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| (e) All oscillating, rotating or flashing lights referred | 16 |
| to in this Section
shall be of sufficient intensity, when | 17 |
| illuminated, to be visible at 500
feet in normal sunlight.
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| (f) Nothing in this Section shall prohibit a manufacturer | 19 |
| of oscillating,
rotating or flashing lights or his | 20 |
| representative from temporarily mounting
such lights on a | 21 |
| vehicle for demonstration purposes only.
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| (g) Any person violating the provisions of subsections (a), | 23 |
| (b), (c) or (d)
of this Section who without lawful authority | 24 |
| stops or detains or attempts
to stop or detain another person | 25 |
| shall be guilty of a Class 2 felony.
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| (h) Except as provided in subsection (g) above, any person |
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| violating the
provisions of subsections (a) or (c) of this | 2 |
| Section shall be guilty of a
Class A misdemeanor.
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| (Source: P.A. 96-214, eff. 8-10-09.)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 5 |
| becoming law.
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