102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB4635

 

Introduced 1/21/2022, by Rep. Jackie Haas

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
625 ILCS 5/12-601  from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-601

    Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Permits a vehicle operated by a State or local special weapons tactics team, or the equivalent thereof, to be equipped with a siren, whistle, or bell.


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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
5changing Section 12-601 as follows:
 
6    (625 ILCS 5/12-601)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-601)
7    Sec. 12-601. Horns and warning devices.
8    (a) Every motor vehicle when operated upon a highway shall
9be equipped with a horn in good working order and capable of
10emitting sound audible under normal conditions from a distance
11of not less than 200 feet, but no horn or other warning device
12shall emit an unreasonable loud or harsh sound or a whistle.
13The driver of a motor vehicle shall when reasonably necessary
14to insure safe operation give audible warning with his horn
15but shall not otherwise use such horn when upon a highway.
16    (b) No vehicle shall be equipped with nor shall any person
17use upon a vehicle any siren, whistle, or bell, except as
18otherwise permitted in this Section. Any authorized emergency
19vehicle or organ transport vehicle as defined in Chapter 1 of
20this Code, or a vehicle operated by a fire chief, deputy fire
21chief, assistant fire chief, or the Director or Coordinator of
22a municipal or county emergency services and disaster agency,
23or a vehicle operated by a State or local special weapons and

 

 

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1tactics team or the equivalent thereof may be equipped with a
2siren, whistle, or bell capable of emitting sound audible
3under normal conditions from a distance of not less than 500
4feet, but such siren, whistle, or bell shall not be used except
5when such vehicle is operated in response to an emergency call
6or in the immediate pursuit of an actual or suspected violator
7of the law in either of which events the driver of such vehicle
8shall sound such siren, whistle, or bell when necessary to
9warn pedestrians and other drivers of the approach thereof.
10    (c) Trackless trolley coaches, as defined by Section 1-206
11of this Code, and replica trolleys, as defined by Section
121-171.04 of this Code, may be equipped with a bell or bells in
13lieu of a horn, and may, in addition to the requirements of
14subsection (a) of this Section, use a bell or bells for the
15purpose of indicating arrival or departure at designated stops
16during the hours of scheduled operation.
17(Source: P.A. 102-448, eff. 1-1-22.)