Full Text of HB1289 98th General Assembly
HB1289 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2013 and 2014 HB1289 Introduced , by Rep. Robyn Gabel SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Makes a technical change in a Section regarding excessive idling.
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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 changing | 5 | | Section 11-1429 as follows: | 6 | | (625 ILCS 5/11-1429)
| 7 | | Sec. 11-1429. Excessive idling. | 8 | | (a) The purpose of this this law is to protect public | 9 | | health and the environment by reducing emissions while | 10 | | conserving fuel and maintaining adequate rest and safety of all | 11 | | drivers of diesel vehicles. | 12 | | (b) As used in this Section, "affected areas" means the | 13 | | counties of Cook, DuPage, Lake, Kane, McHenry, Will, Madison, | 14 | | St. Clair, and Monroe and the townships of Aux Sable and Goose | 15 | | Lake in Grundy County and the township of Oswego in Kendall | 16 | | County. | 17 | | (c) A person that operates a motor
vehicle operating on | 18 | | diesel fuel in an affected area may not cause or allow the
| 19 | | motor vehicle, when it is not in motion, to idle for more than
| 20 | | a total of 10 minutes within any 60 minute period, except under | 21 | | the following circumstances:
| 22 | | (1) the motor vehicle has a Gross Vehicle Weight Rating
| 23 | | of less than 8,000 pounds;
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| 1 | | (2) the motor vehicle idles while forced to remain | 2 | | motionless because of on-highway traffic, an official | 3 | | traffic control device or signal, or at the direction of a | 4 | | law enforcement official;
| 5 | | (3) the motor vehicle idles when operating defrosters, | 6 | | heaters, air conditioners, or other equipment solely to | 7 | | prevent a safety or health emergency;
| 8 | | (4) a police, fire, ambulance, public safety, other | 9 | | emergency or law enforcement motor vehicle, or any motor | 10 | | vehicle used in an emergency capacity, idles while in an | 11 | | emergency or training mode and not for the convenience of | 12 | | the vehicle operator;
| 13 | | (5) the primary propulsion engine idles for | 14 | | maintenance, servicing, repairing, or diagnostic purposes | 15 | | if idling is necessary for such activity;
| 16 | | (6) a motor vehicle idles as part of a government | 17 | | inspection to verify that all equipment is in good working | 18 | | order, provided idling is required as part of the | 19 | | inspection;
| 20 | | (7) when idling of the motor vehicle is required to | 21 | | operate auxiliary equipment to accomplish the intended use | 22 | | of the vehicle (such as loading, unloading, mixing, or | 23 | | processing cargo; controlling cargo temperature; | 24 | | construction operations; lumbering operations; oil or gas | 25 | | well servicing; or farming operations), provided that this | 26 | | exemption does not apply when the vehicle is idling solely |
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| 1 | | for cabin comfort or to operate non-essential equipment | 2 | | such as air conditioning, heating, microwave ovens, or | 3 | | televisions;
| 4 | | (8) an armored motor vehicle idles when a person | 5 | | remains inside the vehicle to guard the contents, or while | 6 | | the vehicle is being loaded or unloaded;
| 7 | | (9) a bus idles a maximum of 15 minutes in any 60 | 8 | | minute period to maintain passenger comfort while | 9 | | non-driver passengers are on board;
| 10 | | (10) if the motor vehicle has a sleeping berth, when | 11 | | the operator is occupying the vehicle during a rest or | 12 | | sleep period and idling of the vehicle is required to | 13 | | operate air conditioning or heating;
| 14 | | (11) when the motor vehicle idles due to mechanical | 15 | | difficulties over which the operator has no control;
| 16 | | (12) the motor vehicle is used as airport ground | 17 | | support
equipment, including, but not limited to, motor | 18 | | vehicles
operated on the air side of the airport terminal | 19 | | to service
or supply aircraft;
| 20 | | (13) the motor vehicle is (i) a bus owned by a public
| 21 | | transit authority and (ii) being operated on a designated
| 22 | | bus route or on a street or highway between designated bus
| 23 | | routes for the provision of public transportation;
| 24 | | (14) the motor vehicle is an implement of husbandry
| 25 | | exempt from registration under subdivision A(2) of Section
| 26 | | 3-402 of this Code;
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| 1 | | (15) the motor vehicle is owned by an electric utility | 2 | | and is operated for electricity generation or hydraulic | 3 | | pressure to power equipment necessary in the restoration, | 4 | | repair, modification or installation of electric utility | 5 | | service; or | 6 | | (16) the outdoor temperature is less than 32 degrees | 7 | | Fahrenheit or greater than 80 degrees Fahrenheit. | 8 | | (d) When the outdoor temperature is 32 degrees Fahrenheit | 9 | | or higher and 80 degrees Fahrenheit or lower, a person who | 10 | | operates a motor vehicle operating on diesel fuel in an | 11 | | affected area may not cause or allow the motor vehicle to idle | 12 | | for a period greater than 30 minutes in any 60 minute period | 13 | | while waiting to weigh, load, or unload cargo or freight, | 14 | | unless the vehicle is in a line of vehicles that regularly and | 15 | | periodically moves forward.
| 16 | | (e) This Section does not prohibit the operation of an | 17 | | auxiliary power unit or generator set as an alternative to | 18 | | idling the main engine of a motor vehicle operating on diesel | 19 | | fuel.
| 20 | | (f) This Section does not apply to the owner of a motor | 21 | | vehicle rented or leased to another entity or person operating | 22 | | the vehicle. | 23 | | (g) Any person convicted of any violation of this Section | 24 | | is guilty of
a petty offense and shall be fined $90 for the | 25 | | first
conviction and $500 for a second or subsequent conviction
| 26 | | within any 12 month period.
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| 1 | | (h) Fines; distribution. All fines and all penalties | 2 | | collected under this Section shall be deposited in the State | 3 | | Treasury and shall be distributed as follows: (i) $50 for the | 4 | | first conviction and $150 for a second or subsequent conviction | 5 | | within any 12 month period under this Section shall be | 6 | | deposited into the State's General Revenue Fund; (ii) $20 for | 7 | | the first conviction and $262.50 for a second or subsequent | 8 | | conviction within any 12 month period under this Section shall | 9 | | be distributed to the law enforcement agency that issued the | 10 | | citation; and (iii) $20 for the first conviction and $87.50 for | 11 | | a second or subsequent conviction within any 12 month period | 12 | | under this Section shall be deposited into the Trucking | 13 | | Environmental and Education Fund. | 14 | | (i) The Trucking Environmental and Education Fund is | 15 | | created as a special fund in the State Treasury. All money | 16 | | deposited into the Trucking Environmental and Education Fund | 17 | | shall be paid, subject to appropriation by the General | 18 | | Assembly, to the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency for | 19 | | the purpose of educating the trucking industry on air pollution | 20 | | and preventative measures specifically related to idling. Any | 21 | | interest earned on deposits into the Fund shall remain in the | 22 | | Fund and be used for the purposes set forth in this subsection. | 23 | | Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the Fund is not | 24 | | subject to administrative charges or charge-backs that would in | 25 | | any way transfer moneys from the Fund into any other fund of | 26 | | the State. |
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| 1 | | (Source: P.A. 96-576, eff. 8-18-09.)
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