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 1                    AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 203

 2        AMENDMENT NO.     .  Amend Senate Bill 203,  AS  AMENDED,
 3    by  replacing  everything  after the enacting clause with the
 4    following:

 5        "Section 5.  The Illinois  Vehicle  Code  is  amended  by
 6    changing Section 11-208 as follows:

 7        (625 ILCS 5/11-208) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-208)
 8        Sec. 11-208.  Powers of local authorities.
 9        (a)  The  provisions  of this Code shall not be deemed to
10    prevent  local  authorities  with  respect  to  streets   and
11    highways  under  their jurisdiction and within the reasonable
12    exercise of the police power from:
13             1.  Regulating the standing or parking of  vehicles,
14        except as limited by Section 11-1306 of this Act;
15             2.  Regulating  traffic  by means of police officers
16        or traffic control signals;
17             3.  Regulating   or   prohibiting   processions   or
18        assemblages on the highways;
19             4.  Designating  particular  highways   as   one-way
20        highways and requiring that all vehicles thereon be moved
21        in one specific direction;
22             5.  Regulating the speed of vehicles in public parks
 
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 1        subject to the limitations set forth in Section 11-604;
 2             6.  Designating any highway as a through highway, as
 3        authorized  in  Section  11-302,  and  requiring that all
 4        vehicles stop before entering or  crossing  the  same  or
 5        designating  any intersection as a stop intersection or a
 6        yield  right-of-way  intersection   and   requiring   all
 7        vehicles to stop or yield the right-of-way at one or more
 8        entrances to such intersections;
 9             7.  Restricting the use of highways as authorized in
10        Chapter 15;
11             8.  Regulating   the   operation   of  bicycles  and
12        requiring  the  registration  and  licensing   of   same,
13        including the requirement of a registration fee;
14             9.  Regulating   or   prohibiting   the  turning  of
15        vehicles or specified types of vehicles at intersections;
16             10.  Altering the  speed  limits  as  authorized  in
17        Section 11-604;
18             11.  Prohibiting U-turns;
19             12.  Prohibiting  pedestrian crossings at other than
20        designated and marked crosswalks or at intersections;
21             13.  Prohibiting   parking   during   snow   removal
22        operation;
23             14.  Imposing  fines  in  accordance  with   Section
24        11-1301.3  as  penalties  for  use  of  any parking place
25        reserved for persons with  disabilities,  as  defined  by
26        Section 1-159.1, or disabled veterans by any person using
27        a motor vehicle not bearing registration plates specified
28        in  Section  11-1301.1  or  a  special decal or device as
29        defined in Section 11-1301.2 as evidence that the vehicle
30        is operated by or  for  a  person  with  disabilities  or
31        disabled veteran;
32             15.  Adopting  such other traffic regulations as are
33        specifically authorized by this Code; or
34             16.  Enforcing the provisions of subsection  (f)  of
 
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 1        Section 3-413 of this Code or a similar local ordinance.
 2        (b)  No ordinance or regulation enacted under subsections
 3    1,  4,  5,  6,  7,  9, 10, 11 or 13 of paragraph (a) shall be
 4    effective until signs giving reasonable notice of such  local
 5    traffic regulations are posted.
 6        (c)  The  provisions  of  this Code shall not prevent any
 7    municipality  having  a  population  of   500,000   or   more
 8    inhabitants  from  prohibiting  any  person  from  driving or
 9    operating  any  motor  vehicle  upon  the  roadways  of  such
10    municipality with headlamps on high beam or bright.
11        (d)  The provisions of this Code shall not be  deemed  to
12    prevent  local  authorities within the reasonable exercise of
13    their police power from prohibiting, on private property, the
14    unauthorized use of parking spaces reserved for persons  with
15    disabilities.
16        (e)  No  unit  of local government, including a home rule
17    unit, may enact or enforce an ordinance that applies only  to
18    motorcycles if the principal purpose for that ordinance is to
19    restrict  the access of motorcycles to any highway or portion
20    of a highway for which federal or State funds have been  used
21    for  the  planning,  design,  construction, or maintenance of
22    that highway.  No unit of local government, including a  home
23    rule  unit, may enact an ordinance requiring motorcycle users
24    to wear protective headgear.  Nothing in this subsection  (e)
25    shall  affect  the authority of a unit of local government to
26    regulate motorcycles  for  traffic  control  purposes  or  in
27    accordance  with  Section  12-602  of  this Code.  No unit of
28    local government, including a home rule  unit,  may  regulate
29    motorcycles  in  a  manner inconsistent with this Code.  This
30    subsection (e)  is  a  limitation  under  subsection  (i)  of
31    Section  6 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution on the
32    concurrent  exercise  by  home  rule  units  of  powers   and
33    functions exercised by the State.".

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