Rep. Michael J. Zalewski

Filed: 3/21/2019

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 245

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 245 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by
5changing Section 11-208 and by adding Sections 1-144.01,
61-144.02, and 11-1412.3 as follows:
 
7    (625 ILCS 5/1-144.01 new)
8    Sec. 1-144.01. Mobile carrying device.
9    (a) An electrically powered device that:
10        (1) is operated by a mobile carrying device operator on
11    sidewalks and crosswalks and intended primarily for
12    transporting personal property;
13        (2) weighs less than 90 pounds, excluding cargo;
14        (3) has a maximum speed of 12.5 miles per hour;
15        (4) is equipped with a technology to transport personal
16    property with the active monitoring of a property owner;

 

 

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1    and
2        (5) is primarily designed to remain within 10 feet of
3    the personal property owner.
4    (b) A mobile carrying device is not considered a vehicle
5unless expressly defined by law as a vehicle.
 
6    (625 ILCS 5/1-144.02 new)
7    Sec. 1-144.02. Mobile carrying device operator. A person
8exercising control over the mobile carrying device.
 
9    (625 ILCS 5/11-208)   (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-208)
10    Sec. 11-208. Powers of local authorities.
11    (a) The provisions of this Code shall not be deemed to
12prevent local authorities with respect to streets and highways
13under their jurisdiction and within the reasonable exercise of
14the police power from:
15        1. Regulating the standing or parking of vehicles,
16    except as limited by Sections 11-1306 and 11-1307 of this
17    Act;
18        2. Regulating traffic by means of police officers or
19    traffic control signals;
20        3. Regulating or prohibiting processions or
21    assemblages on the highways; and certifying persons to
22    control traffic for processions or assemblages;
23        4. Designating particular highways as one-way highways
24    and requiring that all vehicles thereon be moved in one

 

 

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1    specific direction;
2        5. Regulating the speed of vehicles in public parks
3    subject to the limitations set forth in Section 11-604;
4        6. Designating any highway as a through highway, as
5    authorized in Section 11-302, and requiring that all
6    vehicles stop before entering or crossing the same or
7    designating any intersection as a stop intersection or a
8    yield right-of-way intersection and requiring all vehicles
9    to stop or yield the right-of-way at one or more entrances
10    to such intersections;
11        7. Restricting the use of highways as authorized in
12    Chapter 15;
13        8. Regulating the operation of mobile carrying
14    devices, bicycles, low-speed electric bicycles, and
15    low-speed gas bicycles, and requiring the registration and
16    licensing of same, including the requirement of a
17    registration fee;
18        9. Regulating or prohibiting the turning of vehicles or
19    specified types of vehicles at intersections;
20        10. Altering the speed limits as authorized in Section
21    11-604;
22        11. Prohibiting U-turns;
23        12. Prohibiting pedestrian crossings at other than
24    designated and marked crosswalks or at intersections;
25        13. Prohibiting parking during snow removal operation;
26        14. Imposing fines in accordance with Section

 

 

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1    11-1301.3 as penalties for use of any parking place
2    reserved for persons with disabilities, as defined by
3    Section 1-159.1, or veterans with disabilities by any
4    person using a motor vehicle not bearing registration
5    plates specified in Section 11-1301.1 or a special decal or
6    device as defined in Section 11-1301.2 as evidence that the
7    vehicle is operated by or for a person with disabilities or
8    a veteran with a disability;
9        15. Adopting such other traffic regulations as are
10    specifically authorized by this Code; or
11        16. Enforcing the provisions of subsection (f) of
12    Section 3-413 of this Code or a similar local ordinance.
13    (b) No ordinance or regulation enacted under paragraph 1,
144, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11 or 13 of subsection (a) shall be effective
15until signs giving reasonable notice of such local traffic
16regulations are posted.
17    (c) The provisions of this Code shall not prevent any
18municipality having a population of 500,000 or more inhabitants
19from prohibiting any person from driving or operating any motor
20vehicle upon the roadways of such municipality with headlamps
21on high beam or bright.
22    (d) The provisions of this Code shall not be deemed to
23prevent local authorities within the reasonable exercise of
24their police power from prohibiting, on private property, the
25unauthorized use of parking spaces reserved for persons with
26disabilities.

 

 

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1    (e) No unit of local government, including a home rule
2unit, may enact or enforce an ordinance that applies only to
3motorcycles if the principal purpose for that ordinance is to
4restrict the access of motorcycles to any highway or portion of
5a highway for which federal or State funds have been used for
6the planning, design, construction, or maintenance of that
7highway. No unit of local government, including a home rule
8unit, may enact an ordinance requiring motorcycle users to wear
9protective headgear. Nothing in this subsection (e) shall
10affect the authority of a unit of local government to regulate
11motorcycles for traffic control purposes or in accordance with
12Section 12-602 of this Code. No unit of local government,
13including a home rule unit, may regulate motorcycles in a
14manner inconsistent with this Code. This subsection (e) is a
15limitation under subsection (i) of Section 6 of Article VII of
16the Illinois Constitution on the concurrent exercise by home
17rule units of powers and functions exercised by the State.
18    (e-5) The City of Chicago may enact an ordinance providing
19for a noise monitoring system upon any portion of the roadway
20known as Lake Shore Drive. Twelve months after the installation
21of the noise monitoring system, and any time after the first
22report as the City deems necessary, the City of Chicago shall
23prepare a noise monitoring report with the data collected from
24the system and shall, upon request, make the report available
25to the public. For purposes of this subsection (e-5), "noise
26monitoring system" means an automated noise monitor capable of

 

 

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1recording noise levels 24 hours per day and 365 days per year
2with computer equipment sufficient to process the data.
3    (e-10) A unit of local government, including a home rule
4unit, may not enact an ordinance prohibiting the use of
5Automated Driving System equipped vehicles on its roadways.
6Nothing in this subsection (e-10) shall affect the authority of
7a unit of local government to regulate Automated Driving System
8equipped vehicles for traffic control purposes. No unit of
9local government, including a home rule unit, may regulate
10Automated Driving System equipped vehicles in a manner
11inconsistent with this Code. For purposes of this subsection
12(e-10), "Automated Driving System equipped vehicle" means any
13vehicle equipped with an Automated Driving System of hardware
14and software that are collectively capable of performing the
15entire dynamic driving task on a sustained basis, regardless of
16whether it is limited to a specific operational domain. This
17subsection (e-10) is a limitation under subsection (i) of
18Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution on the
19concurrent exercise by home rule units of powers and functions
20exercised by the State.
21    (f) A municipality or county designated in Section 11-208.6
22may enact an ordinance providing for an automated traffic law
23enforcement system to enforce violations of this Code or a
24similar provision of a local ordinance and imposing liability
25on a registered owner or lessee of a vehicle used in such a
26violation.

 

 

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1    (g) A municipality or county, as provided in Section
211-1201.1, may enact an ordinance providing for an automated
3traffic law enforcement system to enforce violations of Section
411-1201 of this Code or a similar provision of a local
5ordinance and imposing liability on a registered owner of a
6vehicle used in such a violation.
7    (h) A municipality designated in Section 11-208.8 may enact
8an ordinance providing for an automated speed enforcement
9system to enforce violations of Article VI of Chapter 11 of
10this Code or a similar provision of a local ordinance.
11    (i) A municipality or county designated in Section 11-208.9
12may enact an ordinance providing for an automated traffic law
13enforcement system to enforce violations of Section 11-1414 of
14this Code or a similar provision of a local ordinance and
15imposing liability on a registered owner or lessee of a vehicle
16used in such a violation.
17(Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15; 100-209, eff. 1-1-18;
18100-257, eff. 8-22-17; 100-352, eff. 6-1-18; 100-863, eff.
198-14-18.)
 
20    (625 ILCS 5/11-1412.3 new)
21    Sec. 11-1412.3. Ownership and operation of a mobile
22carrying device.
23    (a) A mobile carrying device may be operated on a sidewalk
24or crosswalk so long as all of the following requirements are
25met:

 

 

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1        (1) the mobile carrying device is operated in
2    accordance with the local ordinances, if any, established
3    by the local authority governing where the mobile carrying
4    device is operated;
5        (2) a personal property owner is actively monitoring
6    the operation and navigation of the mobile carrying device;
7    and
8        (3) the mobile carrying device is equipped with a
9    braking system that enables the mobile carrying device to
10    perform a controlled stop.
11    (b) A mobile carrying device operator may not do any of the
12following:
13        (1) fail to comply with traffic or pedestrian control
14    devices and signals;
15        (2) unreasonably interfere with pedestrians or
16    traffic;
17        (3) transport a person; or
18        (4) operate on a street or highway, except when
19    crossing the street or highway within a crosswalk.
20    (c) A mobile carrying device operator has the rights and
21obligations applicable to a pedestrian under the same
22circumstances, and shall ensure that a mobile carrying device
23shall yield the right-of-way to a pedestrian on a sidewalk or
24within a crosswalk.
25    (d) A personal property owner may not utilize a mobile
26carrying device to transport hazardous materials.

 

 

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1    (e) A personal property owner may not utilize a mobile
2carrying device unless the person complies with this Section.
3    (f) A mobile carrying device operator who is not a natural
4person shall register with the Secretary of State.
5    (g) No contract seeking to exempt a mobile carrying device
6operator from liability for injury, loss, or death caused by a
7mobile carrying device shall be valid, and contractual
8provisions limiting the choice of venue or forum, shortening
9the statute of limitations, shifting the risk to the user,
10limiting the availability of class actions, or obtaining
11judicial remedies shall be invalid and unenforceable.
12    (h) A violation of this Section is a petty offense.
 
13    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
14becoming law.".