Full Text of HB0956 98th General Assembly
HB0956 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2013 and 2014 HB0956 Introduced 1/25/2013, by Rep. Donald L. Moffitt SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| 55 ILCS 5/5-1182 | | 65 ILCS 5/11-80-9 | from Ch. 24, par. 11-80-9 |
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Amends the Counties Code and the Illinois Municipal Code. Requires the charitable organization seeking an exemption from the prohibition on charitable solicitation to also provide the county or municipality, as applicable, with a list of 3 alternate solicitation locations. Provides that if the county or municipality determines that the applicant's location cannot be permitted due to significant safety concerns, such as high traffic volumes, poor geometrics, construction, maintenance operations, or past accident history, then the county or municipality may deny the application for that location and must approve one of the 3 alternate locations following the order of preference submitted by the applicant on the alternate location list. Also makes technical changes. Effective immediately.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning local government.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by changing Section | 5 | | 5-1182 as follows: | 6 | | (55 ILCS 5/5-1182) | 7 | | Sec. 5-1182. Charitable organizations; solicitation. | 8 | | (a) No county may prohibit a charitable organization, as | 9 | | defined in Section 2 of the Charitable Games Act, from | 10 | | soliciting for charitable purposes, including solicitations | 11 | | taking place on public roadways from passing motorists, if all | 12 | | of the following requirements are met. | 13 | | (1) The persons to be engaged in the solicitation are | 14 | | law enforcement personnel, firefighters, or other persons | 15 | | employed to protect the public safety of a local agency, | 16 | | and those persons are soliciting solely in an area that is | 17 | | within the service area of that local agency. | 18 | | (2) The charitable organization files an application | 19 | | with the municipality or county having jurisdiction over | 20 | | the location or locations where the solicitation is to | 21 | | occur. The applications shall be filed not later than 10 | 22 | | business days before the date that the solicitation is to | 23 | | begin and shall include all of the following: |
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| 1 | | (A) The date or dates and times of day when the | 2 | | solicitation is to occur. | 3 | | (B) The location or locations where the | 4 | | solicitation is to occur along with a list of 3 | 5 | | alternate locations listed in order of preference . | 6 | | (C) The manner and conditions under which the | 7 | | solicitation is to occur. | 8 | | (D) Proof of a valid liability insurance policy in | 9 | | the amount of at least $1,000,000 insuring the charity | 10 | | or local agency against bodily injury and property | 11 | | damage arising out of or in connection with the | 12 | | solicitation. | 13 | | The county shall approve the application within 5 business | 14 | | days after the filing date of the application, but may impose | 15 | | reasonable conditions in writing that are consistent with the | 16 | | intent of this Section and are based on articulated public | 17 | | safety concerns. If the county determines that the applicant's | 18 | | location cannot be permitted due to significant safety | 19 | | concerns, such as high traffic volumes, poor geometrics, | 20 | | construction, maintenance operations, or past accident | 21 | | history, then the county may deny the application for that | 22 | | location and must approve one of the 3 alternate locations | 23 | | following the order of preference submitted by the applicant on | 24 | | the alternate location list. By acting under this Section, a | 25 | | local agency does not waive or limit any immunity from | 26 | | liability provided by any other provision of law. |
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| 1 | | (b) For purposes of this Section, "local agency" means a | 2 | | municipality, county, special district, fire district, joint | 3 | | powers of authority, or other political subdivision of the | 4 | | State of Illinois. | 5 | | (c) A home rule unit may not regulate a charitable | 6 | | organization in a manner that is inconsistent with this | 7 | | Section. This Section is a limitation under subsection (i) of | 8 | | Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution on the | 9 | | concurrent exercise by home rule units of powers and functions | 10 | | exercised by the State.
| 11 | | (Source: 09700SB3518eng.) | 12 | | Section 10. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by | 13 | | changing Section 11-80-9 as follows:
| 14 | | (65 ILCS 5/11-80-9) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-80-9)
| 15 | | Sec. 11-80-9.
The corporate authorities of each | 16 | | municipality may prevent
and regulate all amusements and | 17 | | activities having a tendency to annoy or
endanger persons or | 18 | | property on the sidewalks, streets, and other municipal
| 19 | | property. However, no municipality may prohibit a charitable | 20 | | organization, as defined in Section 2 of the Charitable Games | 21 | | Act, from soliciting for charitable purposes, including | 22 | | solicitations taking place on public roadways from passing | 23 | | motorists, if all of the following requirements are met.
| 24 | | (1) The persons to be engaged in the solicitation are |
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| 1 | | law enforcement personnel, firefighters, or other persons | 2 | | employed to protect the public safety of a local agency, | 3 | | and that are soliciting solely in an area that is within | 4 | | the service area of that local agency. | 5 | | (2) The charitable organization files an application | 6 | | with the municipality or county having jurisdiction over | 7 | | the location or locations where the solicitation is to | 8 | | occur. The applications shall be filed not later than 10 | 9 | | business days before the date that the solicitation is to | 10 | | begin and shall include all of the following: | 11 | | (A) The date or dates and times of day when the | 12 | | solicitation is to occur. | 13 | | (B) The location or locations where the | 14 | | solicitation is to occur along with a list of 3 | 15 | | alternate locations listed in order of preference . | 16 | | (C) The manner and conditions under which the | 17 | | solicitation is to occur. | 18 | | (D) Proof of a valid liability insurance policy in | 19 | | the amount of at least $1,000,000 insuring the charity | 20 | | or local agency against bodily injury and property | 21 | | damage arising out of or in connection with the | 22 | | solicitation. | 23 | | The municipality shall approve the application within 5 | 24 | | business days after the filing date of the application, but may | 25 | | impose reasonable conditions in writing that are consistent | 26 | | with the intent of this Section and are based on articulated |
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| 1 | | public safety concerns. If the municipality determines that the | 2 | | applicant's location cannot be permitted due to significant | 3 | | safety concerns, such as high traffic volumes, poor geometrics, | 4 | | construction, maintenance operations, or past accident | 5 | | history, then the municipality may deny the application for | 6 | | that location and must approve one of the 3 alternate locations | 7 | | following the order of preference submitted by the applicant on | 8 | | the alternate location list. By acting under this Section, a | 9 | | local agency does not waive or limit any immunity from | 10 | | liability provided by any other provision of law. | 11 | | (3) For purposes of this Section, "local agency" means a | 12 | | municipality, county, special district, fire district, joint | 13 | | powers of authority, or other political subdivision of the | 14 | | State of Illinois. | 15 | | A home rule unit may not regulate a charitable organization | 16 | | in a manner that is inconsistent with this Section. This | 17 | | Section is a limitation under subsection (i) of Section 6 of | 18 | | Article VII of the Illinois Constitution on the concurrent | 19 | | exercise by home rule units of powers and functions exercised | 20 | | by the State. | 21 | | (Source: Laws 1961, p. 576; 09700SB3518eng.)
| 22 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 23 | | becoming law. |
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