Full Text of HB5119 96th General Assembly
HB5119 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010 HB5119
Introduced 1/29/2010, by Rep. Chapin Rose SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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625 ILCS 5/12-601 |
from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-601 |
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Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that vehicles operated by a voluntary firefighter may be
equipped with a siren, whistle, or bell (rather than only allowing authorized emergency or organ transplant vehicles to use a siren, whistle, or bell).
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A BILL FOR
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LRB096 18335 AJT 33712 b |
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| AN ACT concerning transportation.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by changing | 5 |
| Section 12-601 as follows:
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| (625 ILCS 5/12-601) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-601)
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| Sec. 12-601. Horns and warning devices.
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| (a) Every motor vehicle when
operated upon a highway shall | 9 |
| be equipped with a horn in good working order
and capable of | 10 |
| emitting sound audible under normal conditions from a distance
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| of not less than 200 feet, but no horn or other warning device | 12 |
| shall emit an
unreasonable loud or harsh sound or a whistle. | 13 |
| The driver of a motor vehicle
shall when reasonably necessary | 14 |
| to insure safe operation give audible warning
with his horn but | 15 |
| shall not otherwise use such horn when upon a highway.
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| (b) No vehicle shall be equipped with nor shall any person | 17 |
| use upon a
vehicle
any siren, whistle, or bell, except as | 18 |
| otherwise permitted in this section.
Any authorized emergency | 19 |
| vehicle , vehicles operated by a voluntary firefighter, or organ | 20 |
| transport vehicle as defined in
Chapter 1 of this Act may be
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| equipped with a siren, whistle, or bell, capable of emitting | 22 |
| sound audible
under normal conditions from a distance of not | 23 |
| less than 500 feet, but such
siren, whistle or bell, shall not |
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| be used except when such vehicle is operated
in response to an | 2 |
| emergency call or in the immediate pursuit
of an actual or
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| suspected violator of the law in either of which events the | 4 |
| driver of such
vehicle shall sound such siren, whistle or bell, | 5 |
| when necessary to warn
pedestrians and other drivers of the | 6 |
| approach thereof.
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| (c) Trackless trolley coaches, as defined by Section 1-206 | 8 |
| of this Code,
and replica trolleys, as defined by Section | 9 |
| 1-171.04 of this Code, may
be equipped with a bell or bells in | 10 |
| lieu of a horn, and may, in addition to
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| paragraph (a) of this Section, use a bell or bells for the
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| purpose of indicating arrival or departure at designated stops | 13 |
| during the hours
of scheduled operation.
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| (Source: P.A. 89-345, eff. 1-1-96; 89-687, eff. 6-1-97; 90-347, | 15 |
| eff.
1-1-98; 90-655, eff. 7-30-98.)
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