625 ILCS 5/ Illinois Vehicle Code.

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625 ILCS 5/11-1301.3

(625 ILCS 5/11-1301.3) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-1301.3)

Sec. 11-1301.3.

Unauthorized use of parking places reserved for persons with
disabilities.

(a) It shall be prohibited to park any motor vehicle which is not properly
displaying
registration plates or decals issued to a person with disabilities, as defined
by Section 1-159.1, pursuant to Sections 3-616, 11-1301.1  or 11-1301.2, or to
a veteran with a disability pursuant to Section 3-609 of this Act, as evidence that the
vehicle is operated by or for a person with disabilities or a veteran with a disability,
in any parking place, including any private
or public offstreet parking facility, specifically reserved, by the
posting of an official sign as designated under Section 11-301, for
motor vehicles displaying such registration plates.
It shall be prohibited to park any motor vehicle in a designated access
aisle adjacent to any parking place specifically reserved for persons with
disabilities, by the posting of an official sign as designated under Section
11-301, for motor vehicles displaying such registration plates.
When using the parking privileges for persons with disabilities, the parking
decal or device must  be displayed properly in the vehicle where it is clearly
visible to law enforcement personnel, either hanging from the rearview mirror
or placed on the dashboard of the vehicle in clear view.

Disability license plates and parking decals and devices are not transferable from person to person. Proper usage of the disability license plate or parking decal or device requires the authorized holder to be present and enter or exit the vehicle at the time the parking privileges are being used. It is a violation of this Section to park in a space reserved for a person with disabilities if the authorized holder of the disability license plate or parking decal or device does not enter or exit the vehicle at the time the parking privileges are being used. Any motor vehicle properly displaying a disability license plate or a
parking decal or device containing the International symbol of access
issued to persons with disabilities by any local authority, state, district,
territory or foreign country shall be recognized by State and local
authorities as a valid license plate or device and receive the same parking
privileges as residents of this State.

(a-1) An individual with a vehicle displaying disability license plates or a parking decal or device issued to a qualified person with a disability under Sections 3-616, 11-1301.1, or 11-1301.2 or to a veteran with a disability under Section 3-609 is in violation of this Section if (i) the person using the disability license plate or parking decal or device is not the authorized holder of the disability license plate or parking decal or device or is not transporting the authorized holder of the disability license plate or parking decal or device to or from the parking location and (ii) the person uses the disability license plate or parking decal or device to exercise any privileges granted through the disability license plate or parking decals or devices under this Code.

(a-2)  A driver of a vehicle displaying disability license plates or a parking decal or device issued to a qualified person with a disability under Section 3-616, 11-1301.1, or 11-1301.2 or to a veteran with a disability under Section 3-609 is in violation of this Section if (i) the person to whom the disability license plate or parking decal or device  was issued is deceased and (ii) the driver uses the disability license plate or parking decal or device to exercise any privileges granted through a disability license plate or parking decal or device under this Code.

(b) Any person or local authority owning or operating any public or private
offstreet parking facility may, after notifying the police or sheriff's
department, remove or cause to be removed to the nearest garage or other
place of safety any vehicle parked within a stall or space reserved for
use by a person with disabilities which does not
display person with disabilities registration
plates or a special decal or device as required under this Section.

(c) Any person found guilty of violating the provisions of subsection (a) shall be fined $250 in addition to any costs or charges connected
with the removal or storage of any motor vehicle authorized under this
Section; but municipalities by ordinance may impose a fine up to $350

and shall display signs indicating the fine imposed.  If the amount of
the fine is subsequently changed, the municipality shall change the sign to
indicate the current amount of the fine.
It shall not be a defense to a charge under this Section that either the sign posted
pursuant to this
Section or the intended accessible parking place does not comply with the technical requirements of Section 11-301,
Department
regulations, or local ordinance if a reasonable person would be made aware by
the
sign or notice on or near the parking place that the place is reserved for a
person
with
disabilities.

(c-1) Any person found guilty of violating the provisions of subsection (a-1) a first time shall be fined $600. Any person found guilty of violating subsection (a-1) a second or subsequent time shall be fined $1,000. Any person who violates subsection (a-2) is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor and shall be fined $2,500. The circuit clerk shall distribute 50% of the fine imposed on any person who is found guilty of or pleads guilty to violating this Section, including any person placed on court supervision for violating this Section, to the law enforcement agency that issued the citation or made the arrest. If more than one law enforcement agency is responsible for issuing the citation or making the arrest, the 50% of the fine imposed shall be shared equally.
If an officer of the Secretary of State Department of Police arrested a person for a violation of this Section, 50% of the fine imposed shall be deposited into the Secretary of State Police Services Fund.

(d) Local authorities shall impose fines as established in subsections
(c) and (c-1) for violations of this Section.

(e) As used in this Section, "authorized holder" means an individual
issued a disability

license plate under Section 3-616 of this
Code, an individual issued a parking decal or device
under Section 11-1301.2 of this Code, or an individual issued a license plate for veterans with disabilities under Section 3-609 of this Code.

(f) Any person who commits a violation of subsection (a-1) or a similar provision of a local ordinance may have his or her driving privileges suspended or revoked by the Secretary of State for a period of time  determined by the Secretary of State. Any person who commits a violation of subsection (a-2) or a similar provision of a local ordinance shall have his or her driving privileges revoked by the Secretary of State. The Secretary of State may also suspend or revoke the disability license plates or parking decal or device for a period of time determined by the Secretary of State.

(g) Any police officer may seize the parking decal
     or device from any person who commits a violation of this Section. Any police officer may seize the disability license plate upon authorization from the Secretary of State. Any police officer may request that the Secretary of State revoke the parking decal or device or the disability license plate of any person who commits a violation of this Section.

(Source: P.A. 98-463, eff. 8-16-13; 99-143, eff. 7-27-15.)

625 ILCS 5/11-1301.4

(625 ILCS 5/11-1301.4) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-1301.4)

Sec. 11-1301.4. Reciprocal agreements with other jurisdictions; temporary decal.

(a) The Secretary of State, or his designee, may enter into agreements
with other jurisdictions, including foreign jurisdictions, on behalf of
this State relating to the extension of parking
privileges by such jurisdictions to residents of this
State with disabilities who display a special license plate or parking device that contains
the International symbol of access on his or her motor vehicle, and to
recognize such plates or devices issued by such other jurisdictions.  This
State shall grant the same parking privileges which are granted to
residents of this State with disabilities to any non-resident whose motor vehicle is licensed
in another state, district, territory or foreign country if such vehicle
displays the International symbol of access or a distinguishing insignia on
license plates or parking device issued in accordance with the laws of the
non-resident's state, district, territory or foreign country.

(b) The Secretary may issue a one-time decal or device to any non-resident of this State who is a person with disabilities and who is displaced from another jurisdiction due to a national disaster as declared by the federal government. The person shall provide the Secretary proof that he or she is residing at an Illinois residence for the duration of his or her time in this State and proof of disability, including, but not limited to, a device or decal issued by another jurisdiction, a designation on a driver's license or identification card issued by another jurisdiction, or a medical certification by an Illinois licensed physician, physician assistant, or advanced practice registered nurse. A device or decal issued under this subsection (b) shall be valid for a period not to exceed 6 months.

(Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15; 100-702, eff. 1-1-19.)

625 ILCS 5/11-1301.5

(625 ILCS 5/11-1301.5)

Sec. 11-1301.5.

Fictitious or unlawfully altered disability

license plate or parking decal or device.

(a) As used in this Section:

"Fictitious disability license plate or parking decal or
device" means any issued disability license plate or parking
decal
or device, or any license plate issued to a veteran with a disability under Section 3-609 of this Code, that has been issued by the Secretary of State or an authorized unit
of local government that was issued based upon false information contained on
the required application.

"False information" means any incorrect or inaccurate information
concerning
the name, date of birth, social security number, driver's license number, military identification number, Medicaid or Medicare identification number,
physician certification, or any other information required on the Persons with Disabilities Certification for Plate or Parking Placard, on the Application for Replacement Disability Parking Placard, or on the
application
for license plates issued to veterans with disabilities under Section 3-609 of this Code, that
falsifies the content of the application.

"Unlawfully altered disability

license plate or parking
permit or device" means any disability license plate or parking
permit or device, or any license plate issued to a veteran with a disability under Section 3-609 of this Code, issued by the Secretary of State or an authorized unit of
local government that has been physically altered or changed in such manner
that false information appears on the license plate or parking decal or device.

"Authorized holder" means an individual issued a disability

license plate under Section 3-616 of this Code or an individual issued a parking decal or device under Section 11-1301.2 of this Code, or an individual issued a license plate for veterans with disabilities under Section 3-609 of this Code.

(b) It is a violation of this Section for any person:

(1) to knowingly possess any fictitious or unlawfully

altered disability license plate or parking decal or device;

(2) to knowingly issue or assist in the issuance of,

by the Secretary of State or unit of local government, any fictitious disability  license plate or parking decal or device;

(3) to knowingly alter any disability license plate

or parking decal or device;

(4) to knowingly manufacture, possess, transfer, or

provide any documentation used in the application process whether real or fictitious, for the purpose of obtaining a fictitious disability license plate or parking decal or device;

(5) to knowingly provide any false information to the

Secretary of State or a unit of local government in order to obtain a disability  license plate or parking decal or device;

(6) to knowingly transfer a disability license plate

or parking decal or device for the purpose of exercising the privileges granted to an authorized holder of a disability  license plate or parking decal or device under this Code in the absence of the authorized holder; or

(7) who is a physician, physician assistant, or

advanced practice registered nurse to knowingly falsify a  certification that a person is a person with disabilities as defined by Section 1-159.1 of this Code.

(c) Sentence.

(1) Any person convicted of a violation of paragraph

(1), (2), (3), (4), (5), or (7) of subsection (b) of this Section shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor and fined not less than $1,000 for a first offense and shall be guilty of  a Class 4 felony and fined not less than $2,000 for a second or subsequent offense.  Any person convicted of a violation of subdivision (b)(6) of this Section is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor and shall be fined not less than $1,000 for a first offense and not less than $2,000 for a second or subsequent offense. The circuit clerk shall distribute one-half of any fine imposed on any person who is found guilty of or pleads guilty to violating this Section, including any person placed on court supervision for violating this Section, to the law enforcement agency that issued the citation or made the arrest. If more than one law enforcement agency is responsible for issuing the citation or making the arrest, one-half of the fine imposed shall be shared equally.

(2) Any person who commits a violation of this

Section or a similar provision of a local ordinance may have his or her driving privileges suspended or revoked by the Secretary of State for a period of time determined by the Secretary of State. The Secretary of State may suspend or revoke the parking decal or device or the disability license plate of any person who commits a violation of this Section.

(3) Any police officer may seize the parking decal or

device from any person who commits a violation of this Section.  Any police officer may seize the disability license plate upon authorization from the Secretary of State.  Any police officer may request that the Secretary of State revoke the parking decal or device or the disability license plate of any person who commits a violation of this Section.

(Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15; 100-513, eff. 1-1-18; 100-702, eff. 1-1-19.)