Full Text of HB2589 101st General Assembly
HB2589 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2019 and 2020 HB2589 Introduced , by Rep. Thomas M. Bennett SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| 625 ILCS 5/11-1303 | from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-1303 |
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Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. In language prohibiting parking within 20 feet of a crosswalk at an intersection or within 30 feet upon the approach to any flashing signal, stop sign,
yield sign, or traffic control signal, exempts vehicles parked in a designated parking space created before the effective date of the amendatory Act. Effective immediately.
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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 11-1303 as follows:
| 6 | | (625 ILCS 5/11-1303) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-1303)
| 7 | | Sec. 11-1303. Stopping, standing or parking prohibited in | 8 | | specified places.
| 9 | | (a) Except when necessary to avoid conflict with other | 10 | | traffic, or in
compliance with law or the directions of a | 11 | | police officer or official
traffic-control device, no person | 12 | | shall:
| 13 | | 1. Stop, stand or park a vehicle:
| 14 | | a. On the roadway side of any vehicle stopped or | 15 | | parked at the edge or
curb of a street;
| 16 | | b. On a sidewalk;
| 17 | | c. Within an intersection;
| 18 | | d. On a crosswalk;
| 19 | | e. Between a safety zone and the adjacent curb or | 20 | | within 30 feet of
points on the curb immediately | 21 | | opposite the ends of a safety zone, unless a
different | 22 | | length is indicated by signs or markings;
| 23 | | f. Alongside or opposite any street excavation or |
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| 1 | | obstruction when
stopping, standing or parking would | 2 | | obstruct traffic;
| 3 | | g. Upon any bridge or other elevated structure upon | 4 | | a highway
or within a highway tunnel;
| 5 | | h. On any railroad tracks. A violation of any part | 6 | | of this
subparagraph h. shall result in a mandatory | 7 | | fine of $500 or 50 hours of
community service.
| 8 | | i. At any place where official signs prohibit | 9 | | stopping;
| 10 | | j. On any controlled-access highway;
| 11 | | k. In the area between roadways of a divided | 12 | | highway, including
crossovers;
| 13 | | l. In a public parking area if the vehicle does not | 14 | | display a current
annual registration sticker or | 15 | | current temporary permit pending registration.
| 16 | | 2. Stand or park a vehicle, whether occupied or not, | 17 | | except momentarily
to pick up or discharge passengers:
| 18 | | a. In front of a public or private driveway;
| 19 | | b. Within 15 feet of a fire hydrant;
| 20 | | c. Within 20 feet of a crosswalk at an | 21 | | intersection , unless the vehicle is in a designated | 22 | | parking space created before the effective date of this | 23 | | amendatory Act of the 101st General Assembly ;
| 24 | | d. Within 30 feet upon the approach to any flashing | 25 | | signal, stop sign,
yield sign, or traffic control | 26 | | signal located at the side of a roadway , unless the |
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| 1 | | vehicle is in a designated parking space created before | 2 | | the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 101st | 3 | | General Assembly ;
| 4 | | e. Within 20 feet of the driveway entrance to any | 5 | | fire station and on
the side of a street opposite the | 6 | | entrance to any fire station within 75
feet of such | 7 | | entrance (when properly sign-posted);
| 8 | | f. At any place where official signs prohibit | 9 | | standing.
| 10 | | 3. Park a vehicle, whether occupied or not, except | 11 | | temporarily for the
purpose of and while actually engaged | 12 | | in loading or unloading
property or passengers:
| 13 | | a. Within 50 feet of the nearest rail of a railroad | 14 | | crossing;
| 15 | | b. At any place where official signs prohibit | 16 | | parking.
| 17 | | (b) No person shall move a vehicle not lawfully under his | 18 | | control into
any such prohibited area or away from a curb such | 19 | | distance as is unlawful.
| 20 | | (Source: P.A. 89-245, eff. 1-1-96; 89-658, eff. 1-1-97.)
| 21 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 22 | | becoming law.
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