Public Act 90-0347 of the 90th General Assembly
Public Act 90-0347
SB186 Enrolled LRB9001951NTsb
AN ACT to amend the Illinois Vehicle Code by adding
Section 1-154.4 and changing Sections 12-215 and 12-601.
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
adding Section 1-154.4 and changing Sections 12-215 and
12-601 as follows:
(625 ILCS 5/1-154.4 new)
Sec. 1-154.4. Organ transport vehicle. A motor vehicle
of the second division equipped and used exclusively for the
transportation of organs for human transplant or the
transportation of members of the surgical team performing the
organ harvesting or transplant operations. Vehicles defined
in this Section shall be owned or operated by a company that
has a contractual agreement with a federally designated organ
procurement organization for the purposes stated in this
Section.
(625 ILCS 5/12-215) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-215)
(Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 89-507)
Sec. 12-215. Oscillating, rotating or flashing lights on
motor vehicles. Except as otherwise provided in this Code:
(a) The use of red or white oscillating, rotating or
flashing lights, whether lighted or unlighted, is prohibited
except on:
1. Law enforcement vehicles of State, Federal or
local authorities;
2. A vehicle operated by a police officer or county
coroner and designated or authorized by local
authorities, in writing, as a law enforcement vehicle;
however, such designation or authorization must be
carried in the vehicle;
3. Vehicles of local fire departments and State or
federal firefighting vehicles;
4. Vehicles which are designed and used exclusively
as ambulances or rescue vehicles; furthermore, such
lights shall not be lighted except when responding to an
emergency call for and while actually conveying the sick
or injured; and
5. Tow trucks licensed in a state that requires
such lights; furthermore, such lights shall not be
lighted on any such tow truck while the tow truck is
operating in the State of Illinois.
(b) The use of amber oscillating, rotating or flashing
lights, whether lighted or unlighted, is prohibited except
on:
1. Second division vehicles designed and used for
towing or hoisting vehicles; furthermore, such lights
shall not be lighted except as required in this paragraph
1; such lights shall be lighted when such vehicles are
actually being used at the scene of an accident or
disablement and while such vehicles are engaged in towing
on a highway;
2. Motor vehicles or equipment of the State of
Illinois, local authorities and contractors; furthermore,
such lights shall not be lighted except while such
vehicles are engaged in maintenance or construction
operations within the limits of construction projects;
3. Vehicles or equipment used by engineering or
survey crews; furthermore, such lights shall not be
lighted except while such vehicles are actually engaged
in work on a highway;
4. Vehicles of public utilities, municipalities, or
other construction, maintenance or automotive service
vehicles except that such lights shall be lighted only as
a means for indicating the presence of a vehicular
traffic hazard requiring unusual care in approaching,
overtaking or passing while such vehicles are engaged in
maintenance, service or construction on a highway;
5. Oversized vehicle or load; however, such lights
shall only be lighted when moving under permit issued by
the Department under Section 15-301 of this Code;
6. The front and rear of motorized equipment owned
and operated by the State of Illinois or any political
subdivision thereof, which is designed and used for
removal of snow and ice from highways;
7. Fleet safety vehicles registered in another
state, furthermore, such lights shall not be lighted
except as provided for in Section 12-212 of this Code;
8. Such other vehicles as may be authorized by
local authorities;
9. Law enforcement vehicles of State or local
authorities when used in combination with red
oscillating, rotating or flashing lights;
10. Vehicles used for collecting or delivering mail
for the United States Postal Service provided that such
lights shall not be lighted except when such vehicles are
actually being used for such purposes;
11. Any vehicle displaying a slow-moving vehicle
emblem as provided in Section 12-205.1;
12. All trucks equipped with self-compactors or
roll-off hoists and roll-on containers for garbage or
refuse hauling. Such lights shall not be lighted except
when such vehicles are actually being used for such
purposes;
13. Vehicles used by a security company, alarm
responder, or control agency, if the security company,
alarm responder, or control agency is bound by a contract
with a federal, State, or local government entity to use
the lights; and
14. Security vehicles of the Department of Mental
Health and Developmental Disabilities; however, the
lights shall not be lighted except when being used for
security related purposes under the direction of the
superintendent of the facility where the vehicle is
located.
(c) The use of blue oscillating, rotating or flashing
lights, whether lighted or unlighted is prohibited except:
1. On vehicles owned or fully operated by a:
voluntary firefighter;
paid firefighter;
part-paid firefighter;
call firefighter;
member of the board of trustees of a fire
protection district;
paid or unpaid member of a rescue squad;
paid or unpaid member of a voluntary ambulance
unit;
rescue squad vehicles not owned by a fire
department.
However, such lights are not to be lighted except
when responding to a bona fide emergency.
2. Police department vehicles in cities having a
population of 500,000 or more inhabitants.
3. Law enforcement vehicles of State or local
authorities when used in combination with red
oscillating, rotating or flashing lights.
4. Vehicles of local fire departments and State or
federal firefighting vehicles when used in combination
with red oscillating, rotating or flashing lights.
5. Vehicles which are designed and used exclusively
as ambulances or rescue vehicles when used in combination
with red oscillating, rotating or flashing lights;
furthermore, such lights shall not be lighted except when
responding to an emergency call.
(d) The use of a combination of amber and white
oscillating, rotating or flashing lights, whether lighted or
unlighted, is prohibited, except motor vehicles or equipment
of the State of Illinois, local authorities and contractors
may be so equipped; furthermore, such lights shall not be
lighted except while such vehicles are engaged in highway
maintenance or construction operations within the limits of
highway construction projects.
(e) All oscillating, rotating or flashing lights
referred to in this Section shall be of sufficient intensity,
when illuminated, to be visible at 500 feet in normal
sunlight.
(f) Nothing in this Section shall prohibit a
manufacturer of oscillating, rotating or flashing lights or
his representative from temporarily mounting such lights on a
vehicle for demonstration purposes only.
(g) Any person violating the provisions of subsections
(a), (b), (c) or (d) of this Section who without lawful
authority stops or detains or attempts to stop or detain
another person shall be guilty of a Class 4 felony.
(h) Except as provided in subsection (g) above, any
person violating the provisions of subsections (a) or (c) of
this Section shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
(Source: P.A. 88-58; 88-341; 88-670, eff. 12-2-94; 89-433,
eff. 12-15-95.)
(Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 89-507)
Sec. 12-215. Oscillating, rotating or flashing lights on
motor vehicles. Except as otherwise provided in this Code:
(a) The use of red or white oscillating, rotating or
flashing lights, whether lighted or unlighted, is prohibited
except on:
1. Law enforcement vehicles of State, Federal or
local authorities;
2. A vehicle operated by a police officer or county
coroner and designated or authorized by local
authorities, in writing, as a law enforcement vehicle;
however, such designation or authorization must be
carried in the vehicle;
3. Vehicles of local fire departments and State or
federal firefighting vehicles;
4. Vehicles which are designed and used exclusively
as ambulances or rescue vehicles; furthermore, such
lights shall not be lighted except when responding to an
emergency call for and while actually conveying the sick
or injured; and
5. Tow trucks licensed in a state that requires
such lights; furthermore, such lights shall not be
lighted on any such tow truck while the tow truck is
operating in the State of Illinois.
(b) The use of amber oscillating, rotating or flashing
lights, whether lighted or unlighted, is prohibited except
on:
1. Second division vehicles designed and used for
towing or hoisting vehicles; furthermore, such lights
shall not be lighted except as required in this paragraph
1; such lights shall be lighted when such vehicles are
actually being used at the scene of an accident or
disablement and while such vehicles are engaged in towing
on a highway;
2. Motor vehicles or equipment of the State of
Illinois, local authorities and contractors; furthermore,
such lights shall not be lighted except while such
vehicles are engaged in maintenance or construction
operations within the limits of construction projects;
3. Vehicles or equipment used by engineering or
survey crews; furthermore, such lights shall not be
lighted except while such vehicles are actually engaged
in work on a highway;
4. Vehicles of public utilities, municipalities, or
other construction, maintenance or automotive service
vehicles except that such lights shall be lighted only as
a means for indicating the presence of a vehicular
traffic hazard requiring unusual care in approaching,
overtaking or passing while such vehicles are engaged in
maintenance, service or construction on a highway;
5. Oversized vehicle or load; however, such lights
shall only be lighted when moving under permit issued by
the Department under Section 15-301 of this Code;
6. The front and rear of motorized equipment owned
and operated by the State of Illinois or any political
subdivision thereof, which is designed and used for
removal of snow and ice from highways;
7. Fleet safety vehicles registered in another
state, furthermore, such lights shall not be lighted
except as provided for in Section 12-212 of this Code;
8. Such other vehicles as may be authorized by
local authorities;
9. Law enforcement vehicles of State or local
authorities when used in combination with red
oscillating, rotating or flashing lights;
10. Vehicles used for collecting or delivering mail
for the United States Postal Service provided that such
lights shall not be lighted except when such vehicles are
actually being used for such purposes;
11. Any vehicle displaying a slow-moving vehicle
emblem as provided in Section 12-205.1;
12. All trucks equipped with self-compactors or
roll-off hoists and roll-on containers for garbage or
refuse hauling. Such lights shall not be lighted except
when such vehicles are actually being used for such
purposes;
13. Vehicles used by a security company, alarm
responder, or control agency, if the security company,
alarm responder, or control agency is bound by a contract
with a federal, State, or local government entity to use
the lights; and
14. Security vehicles of the Department of Human
Services; however, the lights shall not be lighted except
when being used for security related purposes under the
direction of the superintendent of the facility where the
vehicle is located.
(c) The use of blue oscillating, rotating or flashing
lights, whether lighted or unlighted is prohibited except:
1. On vehicles owned or fully operated by a:
voluntary firefighter;
paid firefighter;
part-paid firefighter;
call firefighter;
member of the board of trustees of a fire
protection district;
paid or unpaid member of a rescue squad;
paid or unpaid member of a voluntary ambulance
unit;
rescue squad vehicles not owned by a fire
department.
However, such lights are not to be lighted except
when responding to a bona fide emergency.
2. Police department vehicles in cities having a
population of 500,000 or more inhabitants.
3. Law enforcement vehicles of State or local
authorities when used in combination with red
oscillating, rotating or flashing lights.
4. Vehicles of local fire departments and State or
federal firefighting vehicles when used in combination
with red oscillating, rotating or flashing lights.
5. Vehicles which are designed and used exclusively
as ambulances or rescue vehicles when used in combination
with red oscillating, rotating or flashing lights;
furthermore, such lights shall not be lighted except when
responding to an emergency call.
6. Vehicles that are equipped and used exclusively
as organ transport vehicles when used in combination with
red oscillating, rotating, or flashing lights;
furthermore, these lights shall only be lighted when the
transportation is declared an emergency by a member of
the transplant team or a representative of the organ
procurement organization.
(d) The use of a combination of amber and white
oscillating, rotating or flashing lights, whether lighted or
unlighted, is prohibited, except motor vehicles or equipment
of the State of Illinois, local authorities and contractors
may be so equipped; furthermore, such lights shall not be
lighted except while such vehicles are engaged in highway
maintenance or construction operations within the limits of
highway construction projects.
(e) All oscillating, rotating or flashing lights
referred to in this Section shall be of sufficient intensity,
when illuminated, to be visible at 500 feet in normal
sunlight.
(f) Nothing in this Section shall prohibit a
manufacturer of oscillating, rotating or flashing lights or
his representative from temporarily mounting such lights on a
vehicle for demonstration purposes only.
(g) Any person violating the provisions of subsections
(a), (b), (c) or (d) of this Section who without lawful
authority stops or detains or attempts to stop or detain
another person shall be guilty of a Class 4 felony.
(h) Except as provided in subsection (g) above, any
person violating the provisions of subsections (a) or (c) of
this Section shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
(Source: P.A. 88-58; 88-341; 88-670, eff. 12-2-94; 89-433,
eff. 12-15-95; 89-507, eff. 7-1-97.)
(625 ILCS 5/12-601) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-601)
(Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 89-687)
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 as defined in Chapter 1 of this Act 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 pursuant 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, may be equipped with a bell or bells in
lieu of a horn, and may, in addition to the requirements of
paragraph (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. 89-345, eff. 1-1-96.)
(Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 89-687)
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 Act 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 pursuant 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 paragraph (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. 89-345, eff. 1-1-96; 89-687, eff. 6-1-97.)
Section 95. No acceleration or delay. Where this Act
makes changes in a statute that is represented in this Act by
text that is not yet or no longer in effect (for example, a
Section represented by multiple versions), the use of that
text does not accelerate or delay the taking effect of (i)
the changes made by this Act or (ii) provisions derived from
any other Public Act.