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Public Act 91-0427
HB1102 Enrolled LRB9102510KScs
AN ACT to amend the Illinois Vehicle Code by changing
Section 11-1301.3.
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 11-1301.3 as follows:
(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 bearing 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
disabled veteran pursuant to Section 3-609 of this Act, as
evidence that the vehicle is operated by or for a person with
disabilities or disabled veteran, 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 bearing
such registration plates. An individual with a vehicle
bearing a person with disabilities license plate or parking
decal or device issued to a disabled person under Sections
3-616, 11-1301.1, or 11-1301.2 is in violation of this
Section if the person is not the authorized holder of a
person with disabilities license plate or parking decal or
device and is not transporting the authorized holder of a
person with disabilities license plate or parking decal or
device to or from the parking location and the person uses
the person with disabilities license plate or parking decal
or device to exercise any privileges granted through the
person with disabilities license plates or parking decals or
devices under this Code. Any motor vehicle bearing a person
with disabilities license plate or a person with disabilities
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.
(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 this Section shall be fined $100 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 $200 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 the sign
posted pursuant to this Section 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.
(d) Local authorities shall impose fines as established
in subsection (c) for violations of this Section.
(e) As used in this Section, "authorized holder" means
an individual issued a person with disabilities license plate
under Section 3-616 of this Code or an individual issued a
person with disabilities parking decal or device under
Section 11-1301.2 of this Code.
(Source: P.A. 89-275, eff. 1-1-96; 89-533, eff. 1-1-97;
89-626, eff. 8-9-96; 90-106, eff. 1-1-98.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.
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