Public Act 93-0080

HB0123 Enrolled                      LRB093 03389 DRH 03407 b

    AN ACT in relation to vehicles.

    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 12-601.1 as follows:

    (625 ILCS 5/12-601.1 new)
    Sec.   12-601.1.  Traffic   control   signal   preemption
devices.
    (a)  As used in this  Section,  "traffic  control  signal
preemption  device"  means  any  device, either mechanical or
electrical, that emits a pulse of light or other signal that,
when received by a detector attached  to  a  traffic  control
signal,  changes that traffic control signal to a green light
or, if the traffic control signal is already  green,  extends
the duration of the green light.
    (b)  Except  as  provided  in  subsection  (d), a traffic
control signal preemption device may not be  installed  on  a
motor  vehicle,  may  not  be  transported  in  the passenger
compartment of a motor vehicle, and may not  be  operated  by
the driver or passenger of a motor vehicle.
    Violation   of   this   subsection   (b)  is  a  Class  A
misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of $1,000  in  addition  to
any other penalty that may be imposed.
    (c)  A  retailer  or  manufacturer may not sell a traffic
control signal preemption device to any person or entity  for
any  intended  use  other  than  operation as permitted under
subsection (d).
    Violation  of  this  subsection  (c)   is   a   Class   A
misdemeanor,  punishable by a fine of $5,000 for each sale of
each device, in addition to any other  penalty  that  may  be
imposed.
    (d)  Installation  of a traffic control signal preemption
device is permitted on the following vehicles, and  operation
of the device is permitted as follows:
         (1)  Police  department vehicles, when responding to
    a bona fide    emergency, when used in  combination  with
    red or blue oscillating, rotating, or flashing lights.
         (2)  Law  enforcement  vehicles  of  State  or local
    authorities, when responding to a  bona  fide  emergency,
    when  used in combination with red oscillating, rotating,
    or flashing lights.
         (3)  Vehicles of local fire departments and State or
    federal firefighting vehicles, when responding to a  bona
    fide   emergency,  when  used  in  combination  with  red
    oscillating, rotating, or flashing lights.
         (4)  Vehicles that are designed and used exclusively
    as ambulances or rescue vehicles, when  responding  to  a
    bona  fide  emergency,  when used in combination with red
    oscillating, rotating, or flashing lights.
         (5)  Vehicles that are equipped and used exclusively
    as organ transport vehicles, when the  transportation  is
    declared  an emergency by a member of the transplant team
    or   a   representative   of   the   organ    procurement
    organization,   when   used   in   combination  with  red
    oscillating, rotating, or flashing lights.
         (6)  Vehicles of the Illinois  Emergency  Management
    Agency  and vehicles of the Department of Nuclear Safety,
    when responding to a bona fide emergency,  when  used  in
    combination  with  red oscillating, rotating, or flashing
    lights.
         (7)  Commuter   buses   owned   by   any   political
    subdivision  of  this  State,  operated  either  by   the
    political   subdivision  or  its  lessee  or  agent,  and
    offering   short-haul   for-hire   regularly    scheduled
    passenger  transportation  service,  over  regular routes
    with fixed schedules, within  metropolitan  and  suburban
    areas,  when  used  to  extend the duration of an already
    green light to meet schedules.
         (8)  Vehicles used for snow  removal  owned  by  any
    political  subdivision  of this State, operated either by
    the political subdivision or its lessee  or  agent,  when
    used  during  a snow emergency in combination with yellow
    or amber oscillating, rotating, or flashing lights,  when
    used to extend the duration of an already green light.
    (e)  This Section does not prohibit use by motorcycles of
electronic  or  magnetic  safety  devices  designed  to allow
traffic  control  signal  systems  to  recognize  or   detect
motorcycles.

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