093_SB2104

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 1        AN ACT in relation 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  1-145.001  and adding Section 11-1403.5 as
 6    follows:

 7        (625 ILCS 5/1-145.001) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 1-148)
 8        Sec. 1-145.001. Motor driven cycle. Every motorcycle  and
 9    every  motor  scooter  with  less  than  150 cubic centimeter
10    piston displacement including motorized pedalcycles, but  not
11    including motorized scooters as defined in Section 11-1403.5.
12    (Source: P.A. 90-89, eff. 1-1-98.)

13        (625 ILCS 5/11-1403.5 new)
14        Sec.  11-1403.5.   Operation  of  motorized  scooters  on
15    streets, roads, highways, and sidewalks.
16        (a)  As used in this Section, "motorized scooter" means a
17    device upon which a person may ride consisting of a footboard
18    between  2  end  wheels,  controlled  by  an upright steering
19    handle attached to the front wheel, powered by a motor having
20    a  maximum  piston  displacement  of  less  than   25   cubic
21    centimeters  or  an  electric  driven motor, and capable of a
22    maximum speed of no more than 25 miles per  hour  on  a  flat
23    surface.
24        (b)  Except  as otherwise provided in this Section, it is
25    unlawful for any person to drive  or  operate  any  motorized
26    scooter  upon  any  street,  highway, roadway, or sidewalk in
27    this State.
28        (c)  A municipality, township, county, or other  unit  of
29    local  government  may authorize, by ordinance or resolution,
30    the operation of motorized scooters on roadways and sidewalks
 
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 1    under their respective  jurisdictions.   The  Department  may
 2    authorize the operation of motorized scooters on the roadways
 3    and under its jurisdiction.
 4        Before  permitting the operation of motorised scooters on
 5    its roadway or sidewalk, a municipality, township, county, or
 6    other unit of local government, or the Department with regard
 7    to a roadway, must consider the volume, speed, and  character
 8    of  vehicular  traffic  on  the  roadway  or  the  volume  of
 9    pedestrian  traffic  on  the  sidewalk  and determine whether
10    motorized scooters  may  safely  travel  on  the  roadway  or
11    sidewalk.   Upon  determining  that  motorized  scooters  may
12    safely  operate  on  a  roadway  or  sidewalk,  and  upon the
13    adoption of an ordinance or  resolution  by  a  municipality,
14    township,  county, or other unit of local government, or upon
15    authorization by the Department with  regard  to  a  roadway,
16    appropriate signs must be posted.
17        If  a  roadway  or  sidewalk is under the jurisdiction of
18    more than one unit of government, motorized scooters may  not
19    be  operated  on  the roadway or sidewalk unless each unit of
20    government agrees  and  takes  action  as  provided  in  this
21    subsection (c).
22        (d)  A  person  who  operates  or  is  in actual physical
23    control of a motorized scooter on a roadway while  under  the
24    influence  of  alcohol,  drugs,  intoxicating compounds, or a
25    combination of them is subject  to  Sections  11-500  through
26    11-502.

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