Full Text of HB2402 100th General Assembly
HB2402ham003 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Rep. Christian L. Mitchell Filed: 4/27/2017
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2402
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2402, AS AMENDED, by | 3 | | replacing everything after the enacting clause with the | 4 | | following:
| 5 | | "Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by | 6 | | changing Section 11-1421 as follows:
| 7 | | (625 ILCS 5/11-1421) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-1421)
| 8 | | Sec. 11-1421. Conditions for operating ambulances and | 9 | | rescue vehicles.
| 10 | | (a) No person shall operate an ambulance or rescue vehicle
| 11 | | in a manner not conforming to the motor vehicle laws
and | 12 | | regulations of this State or of any political subdivision of | 13 | | this State
as such laws and regulations apply to motor vehicles | 14 | | in
general, unless in compliance with the following conditions:
| 15 | | 1. The person operating the ambulance shall be either | 16 | | responding to a
bona fide emergency call or specifically |
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| 1 | | directed by a licensed physician
to disregard traffic laws | 2 | | in operating the ambulance during and for the
purpose of | 3 | | the specific trip or journey that is involved;
| 4 | | 2. The ambulance or rescue vehicle shall be equipped | 5 | | with a siren
producing
an audible signal of an intensity of | 6 | | 100 decibels at a distance of 50 feet
from the siren ; | 7 | | except that, beginning July 1, 2018, in a municipality with | 8 | | 1,000,000 or more inhabitants, an ambulance or rescue | 9 | | vehicle owned by the municipality's fire department shall | 10 | | be equipped with a siren producing an audible signal of an | 11 | | intensity of at least 100 decibels, but not to exceed 101 | 12 | | decibels at a distance of 50 feet from the siren. The | 13 | | ambulance or rescue vehicle shall also be equipped , and | 14 | | with a lamp or lamps emitting an oscillating, rotating
or | 15 | | flashing red beam directed in part toward the front of the | 16 | | vehicle, and
these lamps shall have sufficient intensity to | 17 | | be visible at 500 feet in
normal sunlight, and in addition | 18 | | to other lighting requirements, excluding
those vehicles | 19 | | operated in counties with a population in excess of | 20 | | 2,000,000,
may also operate with a lamp or lamps emitting | 21 | | an oscillating, rotating, or
flashing
green light;
| 22 | | 3. The aforesaid siren and lamp or lamps shall be in | 23 | | operation at all
times when it is reasonably necessary to | 24 | | warn pedestrians and other drivers
of the approach thereof | 25 | | during such trip or journey;
| 26 | | 4. Whenever the ambulance or rescue vehicle is operated |
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| 1 | | at a speed in
excess of 40 miles per hour, the ambulance or | 2 | | rescue vehicle shall be operated
in complete conformance | 3 | | with every other motor vehicle law and regulation
of this | 4 | | State and of the political subdivision in which the | 5 | | ambulance or
rescue vehicle is operated, relating to the | 6 | | operation of motor vehicles,
as such provision applies to | 7 | | motor vehicles in
general, except laws and regulations | 8 | | pertaining to compliance with official
traffic-control | 9 | | devices or to vehicular operation upon the right half of
| 10 | | the roadway; and
| 11 | | 5. The ambulance shall display registration plates | 12 | | identifying the vehicle
as an ambulance.
| 13 | | (b) The foregoing provisions do not relieve the driver of | 14 | | an ambulance
or rescue vehicle from the duty of driving with | 15 | | due regard for the safety
of all persons, nor do such | 16 | | provisions protect the driver from the consequences
resulting | 17 | | from the reckless disregard for the safety of others.
| 18 | | (Source: P.A. 88-517.)".
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