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 1        AN ACT concerning 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 12-215 as follows:

 6        (625 ILCS 5/12-215) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-215)
 7        Sec. 12-215.  Oscillating, rotating or flashing lights on
 8    motor vehicles. Except as otherwise provided in this Code:
 9        (a)  The use of red or  white  oscillating,  rotating  or
10    flashing  lights, whether lighted or unlighted, is prohibited
11    except on:
12             1.  Law enforcement vehicles of  State,  Federal  or
13        local authorities;
14             2.  A vehicle operated by a police officer or county
15        coroner   and   designated   or   authorized   by   local
16        authorities,  in  writing,  as a law enforcement vehicle;
17        however,  such  designation  or  authorization  must   be
18        carried in the vehicle;
19             3.  Vehicles  of local fire departments and State or
20        federal firefighting vehicles;
21             4.  Vehicles which are designed and used exclusively
22        as  ambulances  or  rescue  vehicles;  furthermore,  such
23        lights shall not be lighted except when responding to  an
24        emergency  call for and while actually conveying the sick
25        or injured;
26             5.  Tow trucks licensed in  a  state  that  requires
27        such  lights;  furthermore,  such  lights  shall  not  be
28        lighted  on  any  such  tow  truck while the tow truck is
29        operating in the State of Illinois; and
30             6.  Vehicles of the  Illinois  Emergency  Management
31        Agency, and vehicles of the Department of Nuclear Safety;

 
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 1        and.
 2             7.  Vehicles operated by a local or county emergency
 3        management  services  agency  as  defined in the Illinois
 4        Emergency Management Agency Act.
 5        (b)  The use of amber oscillating, rotating  or  flashing
 6    lights,  whether  lighted  or unlighted, is prohibited except
 7    on:
 8             1.  Second division vehicles designed and  used  for
 9        towing  or  hoisting  vehicles;  furthermore, such lights
10        shall not be lighted except as required in this paragraph
11        1; such lights shall be lighted when  such  vehicles  are
12        actually  being  used   at  the  scene  of an accident or
13        disablement; if the towing vehicle  is  equipped  with  a
14        flat  bed  that  supports all wheels of the vehicle being
15        transported, the lights shall not be  lighted  while  the
16        vehicle  is engaged in towing on a highway; if the towing
17        vehicle is not equipped with a flat bed that supports all
18        wheels of a vehicle being transported, the  lights  shall
19        be  lighted while the towing vehicle is engaged in towing
20        on a highway during all times when the use of  headlights
21        is required under Section 12-201 of this Code;
22             2.  Motor  vehicles  or  equipment  of  the State of
23        Illinois, local authorities and contractors; furthermore,
24        such lights  shall  not  be  lighted  except  while  such
25        vehicles  are  engaged  in  maintenance  or  construction
26        operations within the limits of construction projects;
27             3.  Vehicles  or  equipment  used  by engineering or
28        survey crews;  furthermore,  such  lights  shall  not  be
29        lighted  except  while such vehicles are actually engaged
30        in work on a highway;
31             4.  Vehicles of public utilities, municipalities, or
32        other construction,  maintenance  or  automotive  service
33        vehicles except that such lights shall be lighted only as
34        a  means  for  indicating  the  presence  of  a vehicular
 
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 1        traffic hazard requiring  unusual  care  in  approaching,
 2        overtaking  or passing while such vehicles are engaged in
 3        maintenance, service or construction on a highway;
 4             5.  Oversized vehicle or load; however, such  lights
 5        shall  only be lighted when moving under permit issued by
 6        the Department under Section 15-301 of this Code;
 7             6.  The front and rear of motorized equipment  owned
 8        and  operated  by  the State of Illinois or any political
 9        subdivision thereof,  which  is  designed  and  used  for
10        removal of snow and ice from highways;
11             7.  Fleet  safety  vehicles  registered  in  another
12        state,  furthermore,  such  lights  shall  not be lighted
13        except as provided for in Section 12-212 of this Code;
14             8.  Such other vehicles  as  may  be  authorized  by
15        local authorities;
16             9.  Law  enforcement  vehicles  of  State  or  local
17        authorities   when   used   in   combination   with   red
18        oscillating, rotating or flashing lights;
19             10.  Vehicles used for collecting or delivering mail
20        for  the  United States Postal Service provided that such
21        lights shall not be lighted except when such vehicles are
22        actually being used for such purposes;
23             11.  Any vehicle displaying  a  slow-moving  vehicle
24        emblem as provided in Section 12-205.1;
25             12.  All  trucks  equipped  with  self-compactors or
26        roll-off hoists and roll-on  containers  for  garbage  or
27        refuse  hauling.  Such lights shall not be lighted except
28        when such vehicles  are  actually  being  used  for  such
29        purposes;
30             13.  Vehicles  used  by  a  security  company, alarm
31        responder, or control agency, if  the  security  company,
32        alarm responder, or control agency is bound by a contract
33        with  a federal, State, or local government entity to use
34        the lights; and
 
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 1             14.  Security vehicles of the  Department  of  Human
 2        Services; however, the lights shall not be lighted except
 3        when  being  used for security related purposes under the
 4        direction of the superintendent of the facility where the
 5        vehicle is located.
 6        (c)  The use of blue oscillating,  rotating  or  flashing
 7    lights,  whether  lighted  or unlighted, is prohibited except
 8    on:
 9             1.  Rescue  squad  vehicles  not  owned  by  a  fire
10        department and vehicles owned or fully operated by a:
11                  voluntary firefighter;
12                  paid firefighter;
13                  part-paid firefighter;
14                  call firefighter;
15                  member of the  board  of  trustees  of  a  fire
16             protection district;
17                  paid or unpaid member of a rescue squad; or
18                  paid  or unpaid member of a voluntary ambulance
19             unit; or
20                  paid or unpaid members of  a  local  or  county
21             emergency  management  services agency as defined in
22             the  Illinois  Emergency  Management   Agency   Act,
23             designated  or  authorized  by local authorities, in
24             writing,   and   carrying   that   designation    or
25             authorization in the vehicle.
26             However,  such  lights  are not to be lighted except
27        when responding to a bona fide emergency.
28             2.  Police department vehicles in  cities  having  a
29        population of 500,000 or more inhabitants.
30             3.  Law  enforcement  vehicles  of  State  or  local
31        authorities   when   used   in   combination   with   red
32        oscillating, rotating or flashing lights.
33             4.  Vehicles  of local fire departments and State or
34        federal firefighting vehicles when  used  in  combination
 
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 1        with red oscillating, rotating or flashing lights.
 2             5.  Vehicles which are designed and used exclusively
 3        as ambulances or rescue vehicles when used in combination
 4        with   red  oscillating,  rotating  or  flashing  lights;
 5        furthermore, such lights shall not be lighted except when
 6        responding to an emergency call.
 7             6.  Vehicles that are equipped and used  exclusively
 8        as organ transport vehicles when used in combination with
 9        red    oscillating,   rotating,   or   flashing   lights;
10        furthermore, these lights shall only be lighted when  the
11        transportation  is  declared  an emergency by a member of
12        the transplant team or  a  representative  of  the  organ
13        procurement organization.
14             7.  Vehicles  of  the  Illinois Emergency Management
15        Agency and vehicles of the Department of Nuclear  Safety,
16        when  used in combination with red oscillating, rotating,
17        or flashing lights.
18             8.  Vehicles operated by a local or county emergency
19        management services agency as  defined  in  the  Illinois
20        Emergency Management Agency Act, when used in combination
21        with red oscillating, rotating, or flashing lights.
22        (c-1)  In  addition to the blue oscillating, rotating, or
23    flashing  lights  permitted   under   subsection   (c),   and
24    notwithstanding  subsection  (a),  a  vehicle  operated  by a
25    voluntary firefighter may be  equipped  with  flashing  white
26    headlights  and  blue grill lights, which may be used only in
27    responding to an emergency call.
28        (c-2)  In addition to the blue oscillating, rotating,  or
29    flashing   lights   permitted   under   subsection  (c),  and
30    notwithstanding subsection (a), a vehicle operated by a  paid
31    or  unpaid  member  of a local or county emergency management
32    services  agency  as  defined  in  the   Illinois   Emergency
33    Management   Agency   Act,   may   be   equipped  with  white
34    oscillating, rotating, or  flashing  lights  to  be  used  in
 
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 1    combination  with  blue  oscillating,  rotating,  or flashing
 2    lights, if authorization by local authorities is  in  writing
 3    and carried in the vehicle.
 4        (d)  The   use  of  a  combination  of  amber  and  white
 5    oscillating, rotating or flashing lights, whether lighted  or
 6    unlighted,  is prohibited, except motor vehicles or equipment
 7    of the State of Illinois, local authorities  and  contractors
 8    may  be  so  equipped;  furthermore, such lights shall not be
 9    lighted except while such vehicles  are  engaged  in  highway
10    maintenance  or  construction operations within the limits of
11    highway construction projects.
12        (e)  All  oscillating,  rotating   or   flashing   lights
13    referred to in this Section shall be of sufficient intensity,
14    when  illuminated,  to  be  visible  at  500  feet  in normal
15    sunlight.
16        (f)  Nothing   in   this   Section   shall   prohibit   a
17    manufacturer of oscillating, rotating or flashing  lights  or
18    his representative from temporarily mounting such lights on a
19    vehicle for demonstration purposes only.
20        (g)  Any  person  violating the provisions of subsections
21    (a), (b), (c) or (d)  of  this  Section  who  without  lawful
22    authority  stops  or  detains  or  attempts to stop or detain
23    another person shall be guilty of a Class 4 felony.
24        (h)  Except as provided  in  subsection  (g)  above,  any
25    person  violating the provisions of subsections (a) or (c) of
26    this Section shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
27    (Source: P.A. 91-357, eff.  7-29-99;  92-138,  eff.  7-24-01;
28    92-407, eff. 8-17-01; revised 9-12-01)

29        Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
30    becoming law.

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