Public Act 095-0414
 		





SB0393 Enrolled
LRB095 04947 LCT 25013 b






    AN ACT concerning vehicles.

 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
represented in the General Assembly:


 
    Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended  by changing 
Section 11-1426.1 as follows:
 
    (625 ILCS 5/11-1426.1)
    Sec. 11-1426.1. Operation of neighborhood electric 
vehicles on streets, roads, and highways.
    (a) As used in this Section, "neighborhood electric 
vehicle" means a self-propelled, electronically powered 
four-wheeled motor vehicle (or a self-propelled, 
gasoline-powered four-wheeled motor vehicle with an engine 
displacement under 1,200 cubic centimeters) which is capable of 
attaining in one mile a speed of  more than 20 miles per hour, 
but not more than 25 miles per hour, and which conforms to 
federal regulations under Title 49 C.F.R. Part 571.500.
    (b) Except as otherwise provided in this Section, it is 
unlawful
for any person to drive or operate a neighborhood 
electric vehicle
upon any street, highway, or roadway in this 
State.  If the operation of a neighborhood electric vehicle is 
authorized under subsection (d), the neighborhood electric 
vehicle may be operated only on streets where the posted speed 
limit is 35 miles per hour or less.  This subsection (b) does 
not prohibit a neighborhood electric vehicle from crossing a 
road or street at an intersection where the road or street has 
a posted speed limit of more than 35 miles per hour.
    (b-5) A person may not operate a neighborhood electric 
vehicle upon any street, highway, or roadway in this State 
unless he or she has a valid Illinois driver's license issued 
in his or her name by the Secretary of State.
    (c) No person operating a neighborhood electric vehicle 
shall make a direct crossing upon or across any highway under 
the jurisdiction of the State, tollroad,
interstate highway, or 
controlled access highway in this State.
    (d) A municipality, township, county, or other unit of 
local government may authorize, by ordinance or resolution, the 
operation of neighborhood electric vehicles on roadways under 
its jurisdiction if the unit of local government determines 
that the public safety will not be jeopardized.  The Department 
may authorize
the operation of neighborhood electric vehicles 
on the roadways under its jurisdiction if the Department 
determines that the public safety will not be jeopardized.
    Before permitting the operation of neighborhood electric 
vehicles on its roadways,
a municipality, township, county, 
other unit of local government, or the Department must consider 
the volume, speed, and character of traffic on the roadway and 
determine whether neighborhood electric vehicles may safely 
travel on or cross the roadway.  Upon determining that 
neighborhood electric vehicles may safely operate on a roadway 
and the adoption of an ordinance or resolution by a 
municipality, township, county, or other unit of local 
government, or authorization by the Department, appropriate 
signs shall be posted.
    If a roadway is under the jurisdiction of more than one 
unit of government, neighborhood electric vehicles may not be 
operated on the roadway unless each
unit of government agrees 
and takes action as provided in this subsection.
    (e) No neighborhood electric vehicle may be operated on a 
roadway unless, at a minimum, it has
the following: brakes, a 
steering apparatus, tires, a rearview mirror, red 
reflectorized warning devices in the front and rear, a slow 
moving emblem (as required of other vehicles in Section 12-709 
of this Code) on the rear of the neighborhood electric vehicle, 
a headlight that emits a white light visible from a distance of 
500 feet to the front, a tail lamp that emits a
red light 
visible from at least 100 feet from the rear, brake lights, and 
turn signals.  When operated on a roadway, a neighborhood 
electric vehicle shall have its headlight and tail lamps 
lighted as required by Section 12-201 of this Code.
    (f) A person who drives or is in actual physical control of 
a neighborhood electric vehicle on a roadway while under the 
influence is subject to Sections 11-500 through 11-502 of this 
Code.

(Source: P.A. 94-298, eff. 1-1-06.)
 

    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
becoming law.






Effective Date:  8/24/2007