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90_HB0078

      625 ILCS 5/11-1301.5 new
          Amends the Vehicle Code.  Provides that a chief of police
      of a municipality and a  sheriff  of  a  county  may  appoint
      volunteers  to  issue  citations  to  individuals who violate
      statutory  provisions  or  ordinances  dealing  with  parking
      privileges for disabled persons. Requires the chief of police
      or sheriff to train the volunteers before  allowing  them  to
      issue  citations.   Provides that the citations issued by the
      volunteers have the same force and effect as those issued  by
      police  officers.   Provides  that  all  funds collected as a
      result of the payment of the parking violations shall be paid
      to the municipality or county where the notice is issued.
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 1        AN ACT to amend  the  Illinois  Vehicle  Code  by  adding
 2    Section 11-1301.5.
 3        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 4    represented in the General Assembly:
 5        Section 5.  The  Illinois  Vehicle  Code  is  amended  by
 6    adding Section 11-1301.5 as follows:
 7        (625 ILCS 5/11-1301.5 new)
 8        Sec.  11-1301.5.   Appointed  volunteers; disabled person
 9    parking violations.
10        (a)  The chief  of  police  of  a  municipality  and  the
11    sheriff  of  a  county authorized to enforce parking laws may
12    appoint volunteers to issue parking violation  notices    for
13    violations  of  Section  11-1301.3 or ordinances dealing with
14    parking privileges for persons with disabilities.  Volunteers
15    appointed under this Section must be at  least  21  years  of
16    age.    The   chief  of  police  or  sheriff  appointing  the
17    volunteers may establish any other qualifications that he  or
18    she deems desirable.
19        (b)  The chief of police or sheriff appointing volunteers
20    under  this  Section shall provide training to the volunteers
21    before authorizing them to issue parking violation notices.
22        (c)  A parking violation notice  issued  by  a  volunteer
23    appointed  under  this  Section shall have the same force and
24    effect as a parking  violation  notice  issued  by  a  police
25    officer for the same offense.
26        (d)  All  funds  collected  as a result of the payment of
27    the parking violations issued under this Section shall go  to
28    the municipality or county where the notice is issued.

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