Full Text of HB1539 98th General Assembly
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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 | | Sections 11-203 and 11-208 as follows:
| 6 | | (625 ILCS 5/11-203) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-203)
| 7 | | Sec. 11-203. Obedience to police officers. No person shall | 8 | | wilfully fail or refuse to comply with any lawful order
or | 9 | | direction of any police officer, fireman, person authorized by | 10 | | a local authority to direct traffic, or school
crossing guard | 11 | | invested by law with authority to
direct, control, or regulate | 12 | | traffic.
Any person convicted of violating this Section
is | 13 | | guilty
of a petty offense and shall be subject to a mandatory | 14 | | fine of $150.
| 15 | | (Source: P.A. 90-749, eff. 1-1-99.)
| 16 | | (625 ILCS 5/11-208)
(from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-208)
| 17 | | Sec. 11-208. Powers of local authorities.
| 18 | | (a) The provisions of this Code shall not be deemed to | 19 | | prevent
local authorities with respect to streets and highways | 20 | | under their
jurisdiction and within the reasonable exercise of | 21 | | the police power from:
| 22 | | 1. Regulating the standing or parking of vehicles, |
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| 1 | | except as
limited by Sections 11-1306 and 11-1307 of this | 2 | | Act;
| 3 | | 2. Regulating traffic by means of police officers or | 4 | | traffic control
signals;
| 5 | | 3. Regulating or prohibiting processions or | 6 | | assemblages on the highways ; and certifying persons to | 7 | | control traffic for processions or assemblages ;
| 8 | | 4. Designating particular highways as one-way highways | 9 | | and requiring that
all vehicles thereon be moved in one | 10 | | specific direction;
| 11 | | 5. Regulating the speed of vehicles in public parks | 12 | | subject to the
limitations set forth in Section 11-604;
| 13 | | 6. Designating any highway as a through highway, as | 14 | | authorized in Section
11-302, and requiring that all | 15 | | vehicles stop before entering or crossing
the same or | 16 | | designating any intersection as a stop intersection or a | 17 | | yield
right-of-way intersection and requiring all vehicles | 18 | | to stop or yield the
right-of-way at one or more entrances | 19 | | to such intersections;
| 20 | | 7. Restricting the use of highways as authorized in | 21 | | Chapter 15;
| 22 | | 8. Regulating the operation of bicycles and requiring | 23 | | the
registration and licensing of same, including the | 24 | | requirement of a
registration fee;
| 25 | | 9. Regulating or prohibiting the turning of vehicles or | 26 | | specified
types of vehicles at intersections;
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| 1 | | 10. Altering the speed limits as authorized in Section | 2 | | 11-604;
| 3 | | 11. Prohibiting U-turns;
| 4 | | 12. Prohibiting pedestrian crossings at other than | 5 | | designated and marked
crosswalks or at intersections;
| 6 | | 13. Prohibiting parking during snow removal operation;
| 7 | | 14. Imposing fines in accordance with Section | 8 | | 11-1301.3 as penalties
for use of any parking place | 9 | | reserved for persons with disabilities, as defined
by | 10 | | Section 1-159.1, or disabled veterans by any person using a | 11 | | motor
vehicle not bearing registration plates specified in | 12 | | Section 11-1301.1
or a special decal or device as defined | 13 | | in Section 11-1301.2
as evidence that the vehicle is | 14 | | operated by or for a person
with disabilities or disabled | 15 | | veteran;
| 16 | | 15. Adopting such other traffic regulations as are | 17 | | specifically
authorized by this Code; or
| 18 | | 16. Enforcing the provisions of subsection (f) of | 19 | | Section 3-413 of this
Code or a similar local ordinance.
| 20 | | (b) No ordinance or regulation enacted under subsections 1, | 21 | | 4, 5, 6, 7,
9, 10, 11 or 13 of paragraph (a) shall be effective | 22 | | until signs giving
reasonable notice of such local traffic | 23 | | regulations are posted.
| 24 | | (c) The provisions of this Code shall not prevent any
| 25 | | municipality having a population of 500,000 or more inhabitants | 26 | | from
prohibiting any person from driving or operating any motor |
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| 1 | | vehicle upon
the roadways of such municipality with headlamps | 2 | | on high beam or bright.
| 3 | | (d) The provisions of this Code shall not be deemed to | 4 | | prevent local
authorities within the reasonable exercise of | 5 | | their police power from
prohibiting, on private property, the | 6 | | unauthorized use of parking spaces
reserved for persons with | 7 | | disabilities.
| 8 | | (e) No unit of local government, including a home rule | 9 | | unit, may enact or
enforce an ordinance that applies only to | 10 | | motorcycles if the principal purpose
for that ordinance is to | 11 | | restrict the access of motorcycles to any highway or
portion of | 12 | | a highway for which federal or State funds have been used for | 13 | | the
planning, design, construction, or maintenance of that | 14 | | highway. No unit of
local government, including a home rule | 15 | | unit, may enact an ordinance requiring
motorcycle users to wear | 16 | | protective headgear. Nothing in this subsection
(e) shall | 17 | | affect the authority of a unit of local government to regulate
| 18 | | motorcycles for traffic control purposes or in accordance with | 19 | | Section 12-602
of this Code. No unit of local government, | 20 | | including a home rule unit, may
regulate motorcycles in a | 21 | | manner inconsistent with this Code. This subsection
(e) is a | 22 | | limitation under subsection (i) of Section 6 of Article VII of | 23 | | the
Illinois Constitution on the concurrent exercise by home | 24 | | rule units of powers
and functions exercised by the State.
| 25 | | (f) A municipality or county designated in Section 11-208.6 | 26 | | may enact an ordinance providing for an
automated traffic law |
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| 1 | | enforcement system to enforce violations of this Code or
a | 2 | | similar provision of a local ordinance and imposing liability | 3 | | on a registered owner or lessee of a vehicle used in such a | 4 | | violation.
| 5 | | (g) A municipality or county, as provided in Section | 6 | | 11-1201.1, may enact an ordinance providing for an automated | 7 | | traffic law enforcement system to enforce violations of Section | 8 | | 11-1201 of this Code or a similar provision of a local | 9 | | ordinance and imposing liability on a registered owner of a | 10 | | vehicle used in such a violation.
| 11 | | (h) A municipality designated in Section 11-208.8 may enact | 12 | | an ordinance providing for an
automated speed enforcement | 13 | | system to enforce violations of Article VI of Chapter 11 of | 14 | | this Code or a similar provision of a local ordinance. | 15 | | (Source: P.A. 96-478, eff. 1-1-10; 96-1256, eff. 1-1-11; 97-29, | 16 | | eff. 1-1-12; 97-672, eff. 7-1-12 .)
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