Public Act 102-0448
 
HB2860 EnrolledLRB102 11023 RAM 16355 b


  
    AN ACT concerning transportation.
  
 
    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 Sections 3-611.5 and 12-601 as follows:
 
    (625 ILCS 5/3-611.5)

    Sec. 3-611.5. Fire Chief license plates.
    (a)  The Secretary, upon receipt of a request from a 
municipality or fire protection district that operates a fire 
department, accompanied by an application and the appropriate 
fee, may issue, to a fire chief, deputy fire chief, and 
assistant fire chief of each municipal fire department or fire 
protection district, special registration plates designated as 
Fire Chief license plates.  The special plates issued under 
this Section shall be affixed only to passenger vehicles of 
the first division or motor vehicles of the second division 
weighing not more than 8,000 pounds, owned by the fire 
department or the fire chief, deputy fire chief, or assistant 
fire chief chief officer of the fire department.  Plates issued 
under this Section shall expire according to the multi-year 
procedure established by Section 3-414.1 of this Code.
    (b)  The design and color of the special plates shall be 
wholly within the discretion of the Secretary.  The plates are 
not required to designate "Land of Lincoln" as prescribed in 
subsection (b) of Section 3-412 of this Code.  The Secretary 
may prescribe rules governing the requirements and approval of 
the special plates.  The fee for this plate for a vehicle owned 
by the fire chief, deputy fire chief, or assistant fire chief 
shall be the same as the fee prescribed for first division 
vehicles in Section 3-806 of this Code.
Permanent license 
plates for fire chief, deputy fire chief, or assistant fire 
chief vehicles owned by a municipal fire department or fire 
protection district shall be issued at the fee prescribed in 
Section 3-808.1(b). 

    (c) Any fire chief, deputy fire chief, or assistant fire 
chief operating warning devices as described in paragraph 2.1 
of subsection (a) of Section 12-215 or subsection (b) of 
Section 12-601 upon a vehicle not owned by a municipality or 
fire protection district shall display license plates as 
described in this Section.
    (d) With the exception of permanently issued license 
plates, upon the resignation, termination, or reassignment to 
a rank other than fire chief, deputy fire chief, or assistant 
fire chief, a person issued plates under this Section shall 
immediately surrender the license plate to the Secretary of 
State. The Secretary of State shall have the ability to 
recover license plates issued under this Section.
(Source: P.A. 95-556, eff. 6-1-08; 96-808, eff. 10-30-09.)
 


    (625 ILCS 5/12-601)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-601)




    Sec. 12-601. Horns and warning devices. 

    (a) Every motor vehicle when
operated upon a highway shall 
be equipped with a horn in good working order
and capable of 
emitting sound audible under normal conditions from a distance

of not less than 200 feet, but no horn or other warning device 
shall emit an
unreasonable loud or harsh sound or a whistle.  
The driver of a motor vehicle
shall when reasonably necessary 
to insure safe operation give audible warning
with his horn 
but shall not otherwise use such horn when upon a highway.

    (b) No vehicle shall be equipped with nor shall any person 
use upon a
vehicle
any siren, whistle, or bell, except as 
otherwise permitted in this Section.
Any authorized emergency 
vehicle or organ transport vehicle as defined in
Chapter 1 of 
this Code or a vehicle operated by a fire chief, deputy fire 
chief, assistant fire chief, or the Director or Coordinator of 
a municipal or county emergency services and disaster agency 
may be
equipped with a siren, whistle, or bell capable of 
emitting sound audible
under normal conditions from a distance 
of not less than 500 feet, but such
siren, whistle, or bell 
shall not be used except when such vehicle is operated
in 
response to an emergency call or in the immediate pursuit
of an 
actual or
suspected violator of the law in either of which 
events the driver of such
vehicle shall sound such siren, 
whistle, or bell when necessary to warn
pedestrians and other 
drivers of the approach thereof.

    (c) Trackless trolley coaches, as defined by Section 1-206 
of this Code,
and replica trolleys, as defined by Section 
1-171.04 of this Code, may
be equipped with a bell or bells in 
lieu of a horn, and may, in addition to
the requirements of 
subsection (a) of this Section, use a bell or bells for the

purpose of indicating arrival or departure at designated stops 
during the hours
of scheduled operation.

(Source: P.A. 100-182, eff. 1-1-18; 100-863, eff. 8-14-18.)

  


Effective Date:  1/1/2022