HB4985 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HB4985

Introduced , by Rep. Renée Kosel

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

625 ILCS 5/12-602.1

Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that the Department of Transportation may erect and maintain signs prohibiting excessive engine braking noise on interstate highways when multiple residences are immediately adjacent to the highway at a density of 2 per acre or more.

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

A BILL FOR

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 Section 12-602.1 as follows:

(625 ILCS 5/12-602.1)

Sec. 12-602.1. Excessive engine braking noise signs.

(a) A county or municipality may post signs that prohibit the driver of a commercial vehicle, as defined in Section 1-111.8 of this Code, from operating or actuating any engine braking system that emits excessive noise.

(b) The sign shall state, "EXCESSIVE ENGINE BRAKING NOISE PROHIBITED". The Department of Transportation shall adopt rules providing for the erection and placement of these signs. The Department may erect and maintain these signs on interstate highways when multiple residences are immediately adjacent to the highway at a density of 2 per acre or more.

(c) This Section does not apply to the use of an engine braking system that has an adequate sound muffling system in proper working order that prevents excessive noise.

(d) It is a defense to this Section that the driver used an engine braking system that emits excessive noise in an emergency to avoid a collision with a person or another vehicle on the highway.

(e) A violation of this Section is an equipment violation punishable by a fine of $75.

(Source: P.A. 94-756, eff. 1-1-07.)