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Public Act 92-0637
SB1530 Enrolled LRB9210769DHmg
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
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 properly displaying 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 displaying bearing 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 bearing 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. An individual
with a vehicle properly displaying 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 properly displaying
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. 91-427, eff. 8-6-99; 92-411, eff. 1-1-02.)
Passed in the General Assembly April 23, 2002.
Approved July 11, 2002.
Effective January 01, 2003.
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