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92_HB3904
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1 AN ACT in regard to vehicles.
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
5 changing Section 11-1301.3 as follows:
6 (625 ILCS 5/11-1301.3) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-1301.3)
7 Sec. 11-1301.3. Unauthorized use of parking places
8 reserved for persons with disabilities.
9 (a) No person may It shall be prohibited to park any
10 motor vehicle which is not bearing registration plates or
11 decals issued to a person with disabilities, as defined by
12 Section 1-159.1, pursuant to Sections 3-616, 11-1301.1 or
13 11-1301.2, or to a disabled veteran pursuant to Section 3-609
14 of this Act, as evidence that the vehicle is operated by or
15 for a person with disabilities or disabled veteran, in any
16 parking place, including any private or public offstreet
17 parking facility, specifically reserved, by the posting of an
18 official sign as designated under Section 11-301, for motor
19 vehicles bearing such registration plates. It shall be
20 prohibited to park any motor vehicle in a designated access
21 aisle adjacent to any parking place specifically reserved for
22 persons with disabilities, by the posting of an official sign
23 as designated under Section 11-301, for motor vehicles
24 bearing such registration plates. An individual with a
25 vehicle bearing a person with disabilities license plate or
26 parking decal or device issued to a disabled person under
27 Sections 3-616, 11-1301.1, or 11-1301.2 is in violation of
28 this Section if the person is not the authorized holder of a
29 person with disabilities license plate or parking decal or
30 device and is not transporting the authorized holder of a
31 person with disabilities license plate or parking decal or
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1 device to or from the parking location and the person uses
2 the person with disabilities license plate or parking decal
3 or device to exercise any privileges granted through the
4 person with disabilities license plates or parking decals or
5 devices under this Code. Any motor vehicle bearing a person
6 with disabilities license plate or a person with disabilities
7 parking decal or device containing the International symbol
8 of access issued to persons with disabilities by any local
9 authority, state, district, territory or foreign country
10 shall be recognized by state and local authorities as a valid
11 license plate or device and receive the same parking
12 privileges as residents of this State.
13 (b) Any person or local authority owning or operating
14 any public or private offstreet parking facility may, after
15 notifying the police or sheriff's department, remove or cause
16 to be removed to the nearest garage or other place of safety
17 any vehicle parked within a stall or space reserved for use
18 by a person with disabilities which does not display person
19 with disabilities registration plates or a special decal or
20 device as required under this Section.
21 (c) Any person found guilty of violating the provisions
22 of this Section shall be fined $100 in addition to any costs
23 or charges connected with the removal or storage of any motor
24 vehicle authorized under this Section; but municipalities by
25 ordinance may impose a fine up to $200 and shall display
26 signs indicating the fine imposed. If the amount of the fine
27 is subsequently changed, the municipality shall change the
28 sign to indicate the current amount of the fine. It shall not
29 be a defense to a charge under this Section that the sign
30 posted pursuant to this Section does not comply with the
31 technical requirements of Section 11-301, Department
32 regulations, or local ordinance if a reasonable person would
33 be made aware by the sign or notice on or near the parking
34 place that the place is reserved for a person with
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1 disabilities.
2 (d) Local authorities shall impose fines as established
3 in subsection (c) for violations of this Section.
4 (e) As used in this Section, "authorized holder" means
5 an individual issued a person with disabilities license plate
6 under Section 3-616 of this Code or an individual issued a
7 person with disabilities parking decal or device under
8 Section 11-1301.2 of this Code.
9 (Source: P.A. 91-427, eff. 8-6-99; 92-411, eff. 1-1-02.)