100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
SB1429

 

Introduced 2/9/2017, by Sen. Martin A. Sandoval

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
625 ILCS 5/1-171.01d new
625 ILCS 5/11-1401  from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-1401
625 ILCS 5/11-1429

    Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides an exception for a law enforcement officer or an operator of an authorized emergency vehicle performing his or her official duties to a provision prohibiting a person from leaving a vehicle unattended without first stopping the engine and removing the key from the ignition. Provides that an unattended vehicle shall not include an unattended locked motor vehicle with the engine running after being started by a remote starter system. Defines "remote starter system". Makes conforming changes. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning transportation.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by changing
5Sections 11-1401 and 11-1429 and by adding Section 1-171.01d as
6follows:
 
7    (625 ILCS 5/1-171.01d new)
8    Sec. 1-171.01d. Remote starter system. Any device
9installed in a motor vehicle that allows the engine of the
10vehicle to be started by remote or radio control.
 
11    (625 ILCS 5/11-1401)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-1401)
12    Sec. 11-1401. Unattended motor vehicles. Except for a law
13enforcement officer or an operator of an authorized emergency
14vehicle performing his or her official duties, no No person
15driving or in charge of a motor vehicle shall permit it to
16stand unattended without first stopping the engine, locking the
17ignition, removing the key from the ignition, effectively
18setting the brake thereon and, when standing upon any
19perceptible grade, turning the front wheels to the curb or side
20of the highway. An unattended motor vehicle shall not include
21an unattended locked motor vehicle with the engine running
22after being started by a remote starter system.

 

 

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1(Source: P.A. 79-1069)
 
2    (625 ILCS 5/11-1429)
3    Sec. 11-1429. Excessive idling.
4    (a) The purpose of this law is to protect public health and
5the environment by reducing emissions while conserving fuel and
6maintaining adequate rest and safety of all drivers of diesel
7vehicles.
8    (b) As used in this Section, "affected areas" means the
9counties of Cook, DuPage, Lake, Kane, McHenry, Will, Madison,
10St. Clair, and Monroe and the townships of Aux Sable and Goose
11Lake in Grundy County and the township of Oswego in Kendall
12County.
13    (c) A person that operates a motor vehicle operating on
14diesel fuel in an affected area may not cause or allow the
15motor vehicle, when it is not in motion, to idle for more than
16a total of 10 minutes within any 60 minute period, except under
17the following circumstances:
18        (1) the motor vehicle has a Gross Vehicle Weight Rating
19    of less than 8,000 pounds;
20        (2) the motor vehicle idles while forced to remain
21    motionless because of on-highway traffic, an official
22    traffic control device or signal, or at the direction of a
23    law enforcement official;
24        (3) the motor vehicle idles when operating defrosters,
25    heaters, air conditioners, or other equipment solely to

 

 

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1    prevent a safety or health emergency;
2        (4) a police, fire, ambulance, public safety, other
3    emergency or law enforcement motor vehicle, or any motor
4    vehicle used in an emergency capacity, idles while in an
5    emergency or training mode and not for the convenience of
6    the vehicle operator;
7        (5) the primary propulsion engine idles for
8    maintenance, servicing, repairing, or diagnostic purposes
9    if idling is necessary for such activity;
10        (6) a motor vehicle idles as part of a government
11    inspection to verify that all equipment is in good working
12    order, provided idling is required as part of the
13    inspection;
14        (7) when idling of the motor vehicle is required to
15    operate auxiliary equipment to accomplish the intended use
16    of the vehicle (such as loading, unloading, mixing, or
17    processing cargo; controlling cargo temperature;
18    construction operations; lumbering operations; oil or gas
19    well servicing; or farming operations), provided that this
20    exemption does not apply when the vehicle is idling solely
21    for cabin comfort or to operate non-essential equipment
22    such as air conditioning, heating, microwave ovens, or
23    televisions;
24        (8) an armored motor vehicle idles when a person
25    remains inside the vehicle to guard the contents, or while
26    the vehicle is being loaded or unloaded;

 

 

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1        (9) a bus idles a maximum of 15 minutes in any 60
2    minute period to maintain passenger comfort while
3    non-driver passengers are on board;
4        (10) if the motor vehicle has a sleeping berth, when
5    the operator is occupying the vehicle during a rest or
6    sleep period and idling of the vehicle is required to
7    operate air conditioning or heating;
8        (11) when the motor vehicle idles due to mechanical
9    difficulties over which the operator has no control;
10        (12) the motor vehicle is used as airport ground
11    support equipment, including, but not limited to, motor
12    vehicles operated on the air side of the airport terminal
13    to service or supply aircraft;
14        (13) the motor vehicle is (i) a bus owned by a public
15    transit authority and (ii) being operated on a designated
16    bus route or on a street or highway between designated bus
17    routes for the provision of public transportation;
18        (14) the motor vehicle is an implement of husbandry
19    exempt from registration under subdivision A(2) of Section
20    3-402 of this Code;
21        (15) the motor vehicle is owned by an electric utility
22    and is operated for electricity generation or hydraulic
23    pressure to power equipment necessary in the restoration,
24    repair, modification or installation of electric utility
25    service; or
26        (16) the outdoor temperature is less than 32 degrees

 

 

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1    Fahrenheit or greater than 80 degrees Fahrenheit; or .
2        (17) the motor vehicle idles while being operated by a
3    remote starter system.
4    (d) When the outdoor temperature is 32 degrees Fahrenheit
5or higher and 80 degrees Fahrenheit or lower, a person who
6operates a motor vehicle operating on diesel fuel in an
7affected area may not cause or allow the motor vehicle to idle
8for a period greater than 30 minutes in any 60 minute period
9while waiting to weigh, load, or unload cargo or freight,
10unless the vehicle is in a line of vehicles that regularly and
11periodically moves forward.
12    (e) This Section does not prohibit the operation of an
13auxiliary power unit or generator set as an alternative to
14idling the main engine of a motor vehicle operating on diesel
15fuel.
16    (f) This Section does not apply to the owner of a motor
17vehicle rented or leased to another entity or person operating
18the vehicle.
19    (g) Any person convicted of any violation of this Section
20is guilty of a petty offense and shall be fined $90 for the
21first conviction and $500 for a second or subsequent conviction
22within any 12 month period.
23    (h) Fines; distribution. All fines and all penalties
24collected under this Section shall be deposited in the State
25Treasury and shall be distributed as follows: (i) $50 for the
26first conviction and $150 for a second or subsequent conviction

 

 

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1within any 12 month period under this Section shall be
2deposited into the State's General Revenue Fund; (ii) $20 for
3the first conviction and $262.50 for a second or subsequent
4conviction within any 12 month period under this Section shall
5be distributed to the law enforcement agency that issued the
6citation; and (iii) $20 for the first conviction and $87.50 for
7a second or subsequent conviction within any 12 month period
8under this Section shall be deposited into the Trucking
9Environmental and Education Fund.
10    (i) The Trucking Environmental and Education Fund is
11created as a special fund in the State Treasury. All money
12deposited into the Trucking Environmental and Education Fund
13shall be paid, subject to appropriation by the General
14Assembly, to the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency for
15the purpose of educating the trucking industry on air pollution
16and preventative measures specifically related to idling. Any
17interest earned on deposits into the Fund shall remain in the
18Fund and be used for the purposes set forth in this subsection.
19Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the Fund is not
20subject to administrative charges or charge-backs that would in
21any way transfer moneys from the Fund into any other fund of
22the State.
23(Source: P.A. 96-576, eff. 8-18-09.)
 
24    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
25becoming law.