Rep. John D'Amico

Filed: 3/21/2013

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 774

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 774 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by
5changing Sections 1-105 and 12-215 as follows:
 
6    (625 ILCS 5/1-105)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 1-105)
7    Sec. 1-105. Authorized emergency vehicle. Emergency
8vehicles of municipal departments or public service
9corporations as are designated or authorized by proper local
10authorities; police vehicles; vehicles of the fire department;
11vehicles of a HazMat or technical rescue team authorized by a
12county board under Section 5-1127 of the Counties Code;
13ambulances; vehicles of the Illinois Emergency Management
14Agency; vehicles of the Office of the Illinois State Fire
15Marshal; mine rescue and explosives emergency response
16vehicles of the Department of Natural Resources; vehicles of

 

 

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1the Illinois Department of Public Health; vehicles of the
2Illinois Department of Transportation identified as Emergency
3Traffic Patrol; and vehicles of a municipal or county emergency
4services and disaster agency, as defined by the Illinois
5Emergency Management Agency Act.
6(Source: P.A. 96-214, eff. 8-10-09; 96-986, eff. 1-1-11;
796-1190, eff. 7-22-10; 97-149, eff. 7-14-11; 97-333, eff.
87-12-11.)
 
9    (625 ILCS 5/12-215)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-215)
10    Sec. 12-215. Oscillating, rotating or flashing lights on
11motor vehicles. Except as otherwise provided in this Code:
12    (a) The use of red or white oscillating, rotating or
13flashing lights, whether lighted or unlighted, is prohibited
14except on:
15        1. Law enforcement vehicles of State, Federal or local
16    authorities;
17        2. A vehicle operated by a police officer or county
18    coroner and designated or authorized by local authorities,
19    in writing, as a law enforcement vehicle; however, such
20    designation or authorization must be carried in the
21    vehicle;
22        2.1. A vehicle operated by a fire chief who has
23    completed an emergency vehicle operation training course
24    approved by the Office of the State Fire Marshal and
25    designated or authorized by local authorities, in writing,

 

 

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1    as a fire department, fire protection district, or township
2    fire department vehicle; however, the designation or
3    authorization must be carried in the vehicle, and the
4    lights may be visible or activated only when responding to
5    a bona fide emergency;
6        3. Vehicles of local fire departments and State or
7    federal firefighting vehicles;
8        4. Vehicles which are designed and used exclusively as
9    ambulances or rescue vehicles; furthermore, such lights
10    shall not be lighted except when responding to an emergency
11    call for and while actually conveying the sick or injured;
12        5. Tow trucks licensed in a state that requires such
13    lights; furthermore, such lights shall not be lighted on
14    any such tow truck while the tow truck is operating in the
15    State of Illinois;
16        6. Vehicles of the Illinois Emergency Management
17    Agency, vehicles of the Office of the Illinois State Fire
18    Marshal, vehicles of the Illinois Department of Public
19    Health, and vehicles of the Department of Nuclear Safety;
20        7. Vehicles operated by a local or county emergency
21    management services agency as defined in the Illinois
22    Emergency Management Agency Act;
23        8. School buses operating alternately flashing head
24    lamps as permitted under Section 12-805 of this Code;
25        9. Vehicles that are equipped and used exclusively as
26    organ transplant vehicles when used in combination with

 

 

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1    blue oscillating, rotating, or flashing lights;
2    furthermore, these lights shall be lighted only when the
3    transportation is declared an emergency by a member of the
4    transplant team or a representative of the organ
5    procurement organization; and
6        10. Vehicles of the Illinois Department of Natural
7    Resources that are used for mine rescue and explosives
8    emergency response.
9        11. Vehicles of the Illinois Department of
10    Transportation identified as Emergency Traffic Patrol. The
11    lights shall not be lighted except when responding to an
12    emergency call or when parked or stationary while engaged
13    in motor vehicle assistance or at the scene of the
14    emergency.
15    (b) The use of amber oscillating, rotating or flashing
16lights, whether lighted or unlighted, is prohibited except on:
17        1. Second division vehicles designed and used for
18    towing or hoisting vehicles; furthermore, such lights
19    shall not be lighted except as required in this paragraph
20    1; such lights shall be lighted when such vehicles are
21    actually being used at the scene of an accident or
22    disablement; if the towing vehicle is equipped with a flat
23    bed that supports all wheels of the vehicle being
24    transported, the lights shall not be lighted while the
25    vehicle is engaged in towing on a highway; if the towing
26    vehicle is not equipped with a flat bed that supports all

 

 

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1    wheels of a vehicle being transported, the lights shall be
2    lighted while the towing vehicle is engaged in towing on a
3    highway during all times when the use of headlights is
4    required under Section 12-201 of this Code;
5        2. Motor vehicles or equipment of the State of
6    Illinois, local authorities and contractors; furthermore,
7    such lights shall not be lighted except while such vehicles
8    are engaged in maintenance or construction operations
9    within the limits of construction projects;
10        3. Vehicles or equipment used by engineering or survey
11    crews; furthermore, such lights shall not be lighted except
12    while such vehicles are actually engaged in work on a
13    highway;
14        4. Vehicles of public utilities, municipalities, or
15    other construction, maintenance or automotive service
16    vehicles except that such lights shall be lighted only as a
17    means for indicating the presence of a vehicular traffic
18    hazard requiring unusual care in approaching, overtaking
19    or passing while such vehicles are engaged in maintenance,
20    service or construction on a highway;
21        5. Oversized vehicle or load; however, such lights
22    shall only be lighted when moving under permit issued by
23    the Department under Section 15-301 of this Code;
24        6. The front and rear of motorized equipment owned and
25    operated by the State of Illinois or any political
26    subdivision thereof, which is designed and used for removal

 

 

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1    of snow and ice from highways;
2        (6.1) The front and rear of motorized equipment or
3    vehicles that (i) are not owned by the State of Illinois or
4    any political subdivision of the State, (ii) are designed
5    and used for removal of snow and ice from highways and
6    parking lots, and (iii) are equipped with a snow plow that
7    is 12 feet in width; these lights may not be lighted except
8    when the motorized equipment or vehicle is actually being
9    used for those purposes on behalf of a unit of government;
10        7. Fleet safety vehicles registered in another state,
11    furthermore, such lights shall not be lighted except as
12    provided for in Section 12-212 of this Code;
13        8. Such other vehicles as may be authorized by local
14    authorities;
15        9. Law enforcement vehicles of State or local
16    authorities when used in combination with red oscillating,
17    rotating or flashing lights;
18        9.5. Propane delivery trucks;
19        10. Vehicles used for collecting or delivering mail for
20    the United States Postal Service provided that such lights
21    shall not be lighted except when such vehicles are actually
22    being used for such purposes;
23        10.5. Vehicles of the Office of the Illinois State Fire
24    Marshal, provided that such lights shall not be lighted
25    except for when such vehicles are engaged in work for the
26    Office of the Illinois State Fire Marshal;

 

 

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1        11. Any vehicle displaying a slow-moving vehicle
2    emblem as provided in Section 12-205.1;
3        12. All trucks equipped with self-compactors or
4    roll-off hoists and roll-on containers for garbage or
5    refuse hauling. Such lights shall not be lighted except
6    when such vehicles are actually being used for such
7    purposes;
8        13. Vehicles used by a security company, alarm
9    responder, or control agency;
10        14. Security vehicles of the Department of Human
11    Services; however, the lights shall not be lighted except
12    when being used for security related purposes under the
13    direction of the superintendent of the facility where the
14    vehicle is located; and
15        15. Vehicles of union representatives, except that the
16    lights shall be lighted only while the vehicle is within
17    the limits of a construction project.
18    (c) The use of blue oscillating, rotating or flashing
19lights, whether lighted or unlighted, is prohibited except on:
20        1. Rescue squad vehicles not owned by a fire department
21    and vehicles owned or operated by a:
22            voluntary firefighter;
23            paid firefighter;
24            part-paid firefighter;
25            call firefighter;
26            member of the board of trustees of a fire

 

 

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1        protection district;
2            paid or unpaid member of a rescue squad;
3            paid or unpaid member of a voluntary ambulance
4        unit; or
5            paid or unpaid members of a local or county
6        emergency management services agency as defined in the
7        Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act, designated
8        or authorized by local authorities, in writing, and
9        carrying that designation or authorization in the
10        vehicle.
11        However, such lights are not to be lighted except when
12    responding to a bona fide emergency or when parked or
13    stationary at the scene of a fire, rescue call, ambulance
14    call, or motor vehicle accident.
15        Any person using these lights in accordance with this
16    subdivision (c)1 must carry on his or her person an
17    identification card or letter identifying the bona fide
18    member of a fire department, fire protection district,
19    rescue squad, ambulance unit, or emergency management
20    services agency that owns or operates that vehicle. The
21    card or letter must include:
22            (A) the name of the fire department, fire
23        protection district, rescue squad, ambulance unit, or
24        emergency management services agency;
25            (B) the member's position within the fire
26        department, fire protection district, rescue squad,

 

 

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1        ambulance unit, or emergency management services
2        agency;
3            (C) the member's term of service; and
4            (D) the name of a person within the fire
5        department, fire protection district, rescue squad,
6        ambulance unit, or emergency management services
7        agency to contact to verify the information provided.
8        2. Police department vehicles in cities having a
9    population of 500,000 or more inhabitants.
10        3. Law enforcement vehicles of State or local
11    authorities when used in combination with red oscillating,
12    rotating or flashing lights.
13        4. Vehicles of local fire departments and State or
14    federal firefighting vehicles when used in combination
15    with red oscillating, rotating or flashing lights.
16        5. Vehicles which are designed and used exclusively as
17    ambulances or rescue vehicles when used in combination with
18    red oscillating, rotating or flashing lights; furthermore,
19    such lights shall not be lighted except when responding to
20    an emergency call.
21        6. Vehicles that are equipped and used exclusively as
22    organ transport vehicles when used in combination with red
23    oscillating, rotating, or flashing lights; furthermore,
24    these lights shall only be lighted when the transportation
25    is declared an emergency by a member of the transplant team
26    or a representative of the organ procurement organization.

 

 

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1        7. Vehicles of the Illinois Emergency Management
2    Agency, vehicles of the Office of the Illinois State Fire
3    Marshal, vehicles of the Illinois Department of Public
4    Health, and vehicles of the Department of Nuclear Safety,
5    when used in combination with red oscillating, rotating, or
6    flashing lights.
7        8. Vehicles operated by a local or county emergency
8    management services agency as defined in the Illinois
9    Emergency Management Agency Act, when used in combination
10    with red oscillating, rotating, or flashing lights.
11        9. Vehicles of the Illinois Department of Natural
12    Resources that are used for mine rescue and explosives
13    emergency response, when used in combination with red
14    oscillating, rotating, or flashing lights.
15    (c-1) In addition to the blue oscillating, rotating, or
16flashing lights permitted under subsection (c), and
17notwithstanding subsection (a), a vehicle operated by a
18voluntary firefighter, a voluntary member of a rescue squad, or
19a member of a voluntary ambulance unit may be equipped with
20flashing white headlights and blue grill lights, which may be
21used only in responding to an emergency call or when parked or
22stationary at the scene of a fire, rescue call, ambulance call,
23or motor vehicle accident.
24    (c-2) In addition to the blue oscillating, rotating, or
25flashing lights permitted under subsection (c), and
26notwithstanding subsection (a), a vehicle operated by a paid or

 

 

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1unpaid member of a local or county emergency management
2services agency as defined in the Illinois Emergency Management
3Agency Act, may be equipped with white oscillating, rotating,
4or flashing lights to be used in combination with blue
5oscillating, rotating, or flashing lights, if authorization by
6local authorities is in writing and carried in the vehicle.
7    (d) The use of a combination of amber and white
8oscillating, rotating or flashing lights, whether lighted or
9unlighted, is prohibited except motor vehicles or equipment of
10the State of Illinois, local authorities, contractors, and
11union representatives may be so equipped; furthermore, such
12lights shall not be lighted on vehicles of the State of
13Illinois, local authorities, and contractors except while such
14vehicles are engaged in highway maintenance or construction
15operations within the limits of highway construction projects,
16and shall not be lighted on the vehicles of union
17representatives except when those vehicles are within the
18limits of a construction project.
19    (e) All oscillating, rotating or flashing lights referred
20to in this Section shall be of sufficient intensity, when
21illuminated, to be visible at 500 feet in normal sunlight.
22    (f) Nothing in this Section shall prohibit a manufacturer
23of oscillating, rotating or flashing lights or his
24representative from temporarily mounting such lights on a
25vehicle for demonstration purposes only.
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1(b), (c) or (d) of this Section who without lawful authority
2stops or detains or attempts to stop or detain another person
3shall be guilty of a Class 2 felony.
4    (h) Except as provided in subsection (g) above, any person
5violating the provisions of subsections (a) or (c) of this
6Section shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
7(Source: P.A. 96-214, eff. 8-10-09; 96-1190, eff. 7-22-10;
897-39, eff. 1-1-12; 97-149, eff. 7-14-11; 97-813, eff.
97-13-12.)".