Full Text of SB1929 98th General Assembly
SB1929ham001 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Rep. Thaddeus Jones Filed: 5/3/2013
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1929
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1929 as follows:
| 3 | | on page 1, line 5, by replacing "Section" with "Sections | 4 | | 11-1301.1 and" | 5 | | on page 1, below line 5, by inserting the following:
| 6 | | "(625 ILCS 5/11-1301.1) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-1301.1)
| 7 | | Sec. 11-1301.1. Persons with disabilities - Parking | 8 | | privileges - Exemptions. | 9 | | (a) A motor vehicle bearing registration plates issued to a | 10 | | person with
disabilities, as defined by Section 1-159.1, | 11 | | pursuant to Section 3-616 or to a
disabled veteran pursuant to | 12 | | subsection (a) of Section 3-609 or a special decal or device | 13 | | issued
pursuant to Section 3-616 or pursuant to Section | 14 | | 11-1301.2 of this Code or a
motor vehicle registered in another | 15 | | jurisdiction, state, district, territory or
foreign country |
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| 1 | | upon which is displayed a registration plate, special decal or
| 2 | | device issued by the other jurisdiction designating the vehicle | 3 | | is operated by
or for a person with disabilities shall be | 4 | | exempt from the payment of parking
meter fees until January 1, | 5 | | 2014, and exempt from any statute or ordinance imposing time | 6 | | limitations
on parking, except limitations of one-half hour or | 7 | | less, on any street or
highway zone, a parking area subject to | 8 | | regulation under subsection (a) of Section 11-209 of this Code, | 9 | | or any parking lot or parking place which
are owned, leased or | 10 | | owned and leased by a municipality or a municipal
parking | 11 | | utility; and shall be recognized by state and local authorities
| 12 | | as a valid license plate or parking device and shall receive | 13 | | the same
parking privileges as residents of this State; but, | 14 | | such vehicle shall be
subject to the laws which prohibit | 15 | | parking in "no stopping" and "no
standing" zones in front of or | 16 | | near fire hydrants, driveways, public
building entrances and | 17 | | exits, bus stops and loading areas, and is
prohibited from | 18 | | parking where the motor vehicle constitutes a traffic
hazard, | 19 | | whereby such motor vehicle shall be moved at the instruction | 20 | | and
request of a law enforcement officer to a location | 21 | | designated by the
officer. | 22 | | (b) Any motor vehicle bearing registration plates or a | 23 | | special decal
or device specified in this Section or in Section | 24 | | 3-616 of this Code or
such parking device as specifically | 25 | | authorized in Section 11-1301.2 as
evidence that the vehicle is | 26 | | operated by or for a person with disabilities or bearing |
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| 1 | | registration plates issued to a
disabled veteran under | 2 | | subsection (a) of Section 3-609 may park, in addition to any
| 3 | | other lawful place, in any parking place specifically reserved | 4 | | for such
vehicles by the posting of an official sign as | 5 | | provided under Section 11-301.
Parking privileges granted by | 6 | | this Section are strictly limited
to the person to whom the | 7 | | special registration plates, special decal or
device were | 8 | | issued and to qualified operators acting under his or her | 9 | | express
direction while the person with disabilities is | 10 | | present.
A person to whom privileges were granted shall, at the | 11 | | request of a
police officer or any other person invested by law | 12 | | with authority to direct,
control, or regulate traffic, present | 13 | | an identification card with a picture as
verification that the
| 14 | | person is the person to whom the special registration plates, | 15 | | special decal or
device was issued.
| 16 | | (c) Such parking privileges granted by this Section are | 17 | | also extended to
motor vehicles of not-for-profit | 18 | | organizations used for the transportation of
persons with | 19 | | disabilities when such motor vehicles display the decal or | 20 | | device
issued pursuant to Section 11-1301.2 of this Code.
| 21 | | (d) No person shall use any area for the parking of any | 22 | | motor vehicle
pursuant to Section 11-1303 of this Code or where | 23 | | an official sign
controlling such area expressly prohibits | 24 | | parking at any time or during
certain hours.
| 25 | | (e) Beginning January 1, 2014, a vehicle displaying a decal | 26 | | or device issued under subsection (c-5) of Section 11-1301.2 of |
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| 1 | | this Code shall be exempt from the payment of fees generated by | 2 | | parking in a metered space or in a publicly owned parking | 3 | | structure or area. | 4 | | (Source: P.A. 96-79, eff. 1-1-10; 97-845, eff. 1-1-13; 97-918, | 5 | | eff. 1-1-13; revised 8-23-12.)"; and
| 6 | | on page 3, line 15, by replacing "structure or" with " structure | 7 | | or "; and | 8 | | on page 3, line 24, by replacing "or parking structures" with | 9 | | " or parking structures ".
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