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90_HB1062

      625 ILCS 5/11-202.5 new
          Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code.  Provides that  banning
      the use of motorcycles on any public roadway in a county with
      a population of more than 2,000,000 is an exclusive power and
      function  of  the  State.   Preempts  home  rule units with a
      population of more than 2,000,000.
                                                     LRB9004134NTsb
                                               LRB9004134NTsb
 1        AN ACT to amend  the  Illinois  Vehicle  Code  by  adding
 2    Section 11-202.5.
 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 11-202.5 as follows:
 7        (625 ILCS 5/11-202.5 new)
 8        Sec.   11-202.5.  Prohibition   on  banning  motorcycles.
 9    Banning the use of motorcycles on  public  roadways  in  home
10    rule  units  with  a  population of more than 2,000,000 is an
11    exclusive power and function of the State.  A home rule  unit
12    with  a  population  of  more  than 2,000,000 may not ban any
13    motorcycle from any public roadway.  This Section is a denial
14    and limitation  of  home  rule  powers  and  functions  under
15    subsection  (h)  of  Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois
16    Constitution.

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