Sen. John G. Mulroe

Filed: 4/4/2014

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 927

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 927 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 Department of
14Corrections; vehicles of the Illinois Department of Juvenile
15Justice; vehicles of the Illinois Emergency Management Agency;
16vehicles of the Office of the Illinois State Fire Marshal; mine

 

 

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1rescue and explosives emergency response vehicles of the
2Department of Natural Resources; vehicles of the Illinois
3Department of Public Health; vehicles of the Illinois State
4Toll Highway Authority identified as Highway Emergency Lane
5patrol; vehicles of the Illinois Department of Transportation
6identified as Emergency Traffic Patrol; and vehicles of a
7municipal or county emergency services and disaster agency, as
8defined by the Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act.
9(Source: P.A. 97-149, eff. 7-14-11; 97-333, eff. 7-12-11;
1098-123, eff. 1-1-14; 98-468, eff. 8-16-13; revised 9-19-13.)
 
11    (625 ILCS 5/12-215)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-215)
12    Sec. 12-215. Oscillating, rotating or flashing lights on
13motor vehicles. Except as otherwise provided in this Code:
14    (a) The use of red or white oscillating, rotating or
15flashing lights, whether lighted or unlighted, is prohibited
16except on:
17        1. Law enforcement vehicles of State, Federal or local
18    authorities;
19        2. A vehicle operated by a police officer or county
20    coroner and designated or authorized by local authorities,
21    in writing, as a law enforcement vehicle; however, such
22    designation or authorization must be carried in the
23    vehicle;
24        2.1. A vehicle operated by a fire chief who has
25    completed an emergency vehicle operation training course

 

 

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

 

 

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1        8. School buses operating alternately flashing head
2    lamps as permitted under Section 12-805 of this Code;
3        9. Vehicles that are equipped and used exclusively as
4    organ transplant vehicles when used in combination with
5    blue oscillating, rotating, or flashing lights;
6    furthermore, these lights shall be lighted only when the
7    transportation is declared an emergency by a member of the
8    transplant team or a representative of the organ
9    procurement organization; and
10        10. Vehicles of the Illinois Department of Natural
11    Resources that are used for mine rescue and explosives
12    emergency response; .
13        11. Vehicles of the Illinois Department of
14    Transportation identified as Emergency Traffic Patrol; the
15    . The lights shall not be lighted except when responding to
16    an emergency call or when parked or stationary while
17    engaged in motor vehicle assistance or at the scene of the
18    emergency; and .
19        12. Vehicles of the Illinois State Toll Highway
20    Authority identified as Highway Emergency Lane Patrol; the
21    lights shall not be lighted except when responding to an
22    emergency call or when parked or stationary while engaged
23    in motor vehicle assistance or at the scene of the
24    emergency.
25    (b) The use of amber oscillating, rotating or flashing
26lights, whether lighted or unlighted, is prohibited except on:

 

 

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1        1. Second division vehicles designed and used for
2    towing or hoisting vehicles; furthermore, such lights
3    shall not be lighted except as required in this paragraph
4    1; such lights shall be lighted when such vehicles are
5    actually being used at the scene of an accident or
6    disablement; if the towing vehicle is equipped with a flat
7    bed that supports all wheels of the vehicle being
8    transported, the lights shall not be lighted while the
9    vehicle is engaged in towing on a highway; if the towing
10    vehicle is not equipped with a flat bed that supports all
11    wheels of a vehicle being transported, the lights shall be
12    lighted while the towing vehicle is engaged in towing on a
13    highway during all times when the use of headlights is
14    required under Section 12-201 of this Code; in addition,
15    these vehicles may use white oscillating, rotating, or
16    flashing lights in combination with amber oscillating,
17    rotating, or flashing lights as provided in this paragraph;
18        2. Motor vehicles or equipment of the State of
19    Illinois, the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority, local
20    authorities and contractors; furthermore, such lights
21    shall not be lighted except while such vehicles are engaged
22    in maintenance or construction operations within the
23    limits of construction projects;
24        3. Vehicles or equipment used by engineering or survey
25    crews; furthermore, such lights shall not be lighted except
26    while such vehicles are actually engaged in work on a

 

 

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1    highway;
2        4. Vehicles of public utilities, municipalities, or
3    other construction, maintenance or automotive service
4    vehicles except that such lights shall be lighted only as a
5    means for indicating the presence of a vehicular traffic
6    hazard requiring unusual care in approaching, overtaking
7    or passing while such vehicles are engaged in maintenance,
8    service or construction on a highway;
9        5. Oversized vehicle or load; however, such lights
10    shall only be lighted when moving under permit issued by
11    the Department under Section 15-301 of this Code;
12        6. The front and rear of motorized equipment owned and
13    operated by the State of Illinois or any political
14    subdivision thereof, which is designed and used for removal
15    of snow and ice from highways;
16        6.1. (6.1) The front and rear of motorized equipment or
17    vehicles that (i) are not owned by the State of Illinois or
18    any political subdivision of the State, (ii) are designed
19    and used for removal of snow and ice from highways and
20    parking lots, and (iii) are equipped with a snow plow that
21    is 12 feet in width; these lights may not be lighted except
22    when the motorized equipment or vehicle is actually being
23    used for those purposes on behalf of a unit of government;
24        7. Fleet safety vehicles registered in another state,
25    furthermore, such lights shall not be lighted except as
26    provided for in Section 12-212 of this Code;

 

 

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1        8. Such other vehicles as may be authorized by local
2    authorities;
3        9. Law enforcement vehicles of State or local
4    authorities when used in combination with red oscillating,
5    rotating or flashing lights;
6        9.5. Propane delivery trucks;
7        10. Vehicles used for collecting or delivering mail for
8    the United States Postal Service provided that such lights
9    shall not be lighted except when such vehicles are actually
10    being used for such purposes;
11        10.5. Vehicles of the Office of the Illinois State Fire
12    Marshal, provided that such lights shall not be lighted
13    except for when such vehicles are engaged in work for the
14    Office of the Illinois State Fire Marshal;
15        11. Any vehicle displaying a slow-moving vehicle
16    emblem as provided in Section 12-205.1;
17        12. All trucks equipped with self-compactors or
18    roll-off hoists and roll-on containers for garbage or
19    refuse hauling. Such lights shall not be lighted except
20    when such vehicles are actually being used for such
21    purposes;
22        13. Vehicles used by a security company, alarm
23    responder, control agency, or the Illinois Department of
24    Corrections;
25        14. Security vehicles of the Department of Human
26    Services; however, the lights shall not be lighted except

 

 

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1    when being used for security related purposes under the
2    direction of the superintendent of the facility where the
3    vehicle is located; and
4        15. Vehicles of union representatives, except that the
5    lights shall be lighted only while the vehicle is within
6    the limits of a construction project.
7    (c) The use of blue oscillating, rotating or flashing
8lights, whether lighted or unlighted, is prohibited except on:
9        1. Rescue squad vehicles not owned by a fire department
10    and vehicles owned or operated by a:
11            voluntary firefighter;
12            paid firefighter;
13            part-paid firefighter;
14            call firefighter;
15            member of the board of trustees of a fire
16        protection district;
17            paid or unpaid member of a rescue squad;
18            paid or unpaid member of a voluntary ambulance
19        unit; or
20            paid or unpaid members of a local or county
21        emergency management services agency as defined in the
22        Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act, designated
23        or authorized by local authorities, in writing, and
24        carrying that designation or authorization in the
25        vehicle.
26        However, such lights are not to be lighted except when

 

 

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1    responding to a bona fide emergency or when parked or
2    stationary at the scene of a fire, rescue call, ambulance
3    call, or motor vehicle accident.
4        Any person using these lights in accordance with this
5    subdivision (c)1 must carry on his or her person an
6    identification card or letter identifying the bona fide
7    member of a fire department, fire protection district,
8    rescue squad, ambulance unit, or emergency management
9    services agency that owns or operates that vehicle. The
10    card or letter must include:
11            (A) the name of the fire department, fire
12        protection district, rescue squad, ambulance unit, or
13        emergency management services agency;
14            (B) the member's position within the fire
15        department, fire protection district, rescue squad,
16        ambulance unit, or emergency management services
17        agency;
18            (C) the member's term of service; and
19            (D) the name of a person within the fire
20        department, fire protection district, rescue squad,
21        ambulance unit, or emergency management services
22        agency to contact to verify the information provided.
23        2. Police department vehicles in cities having a
24    population of 500,000 or more inhabitants.
25        3. Law enforcement vehicles of State or local
26    authorities when used in combination with red oscillating,

 

 

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1    rotating or flashing lights.
2        4. Vehicles of local fire departments and State or
3    federal firefighting vehicles when used in combination
4    with red oscillating, rotating or flashing lights.
5        5. Vehicles which are designed and used exclusively as
6    ambulances or rescue vehicles when used in combination with
7    red oscillating, rotating or flashing lights; furthermore,
8    such lights shall not be lighted except when responding to
9    an emergency call.
10        6. Vehicles that are equipped and used exclusively as
11    organ transport vehicles when used in combination with red
12    oscillating, rotating, or flashing lights; furthermore,
13    these lights shall only be lighted when the transportation
14    is declared an emergency by a member of the transplant team
15    or a representative of the organ procurement organization.
16        7. 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, vehicles of the Illinois Department of
20    Corrections, and vehicles of the Illinois Department of
21    Juvenile Justice, when used in combination with red
22    oscillating, rotating, or flashing lights.
23        8. Vehicles operated by a local or county emergency
24    management services agency as defined in the Illinois
25    Emergency Management Agency Act, when used in combination
26    with red oscillating, rotating, or flashing lights.

 

 

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1        9. Vehicles of the Illinois Department of Natural
2    Resources that are used for mine rescue and explosives
3    emergency response, when used in combination with red
4    oscillating, rotating, or flashing lights.
5    (c-1) In addition to the blue oscillating, rotating, or
6flashing lights permitted under subsection (c), and
7notwithstanding subsection (a), a vehicle operated by a
8voluntary firefighter, a voluntary member of a rescue squad, or
9a member of a voluntary ambulance unit may be equipped with
10flashing white headlights and blue grill lights, which may be
11used only in responding to an emergency call or when parked or
12stationary at the scene of a fire, rescue call, ambulance call,
13or motor vehicle accident.
14    (c-2) In addition to the blue oscillating, rotating, or
15flashing lights permitted under subsection (c), and
16notwithstanding subsection (a), a vehicle operated by a paid or
17unpaid member of a local or county emergency management
18services agency as defined in the Illinois Emergency Management
19Agency Act, may be equipped with white oscillating, rotating,
20or flashing lights to be used in combination with blue
21oscillating, rotating, or flashing lights, if authorization by
22local authorities is in writing and carried in the vehicle.
23    (d) The use of a combination of amber and white
24oscillating, rotating or flashing lights, whether lighted or
25unlighted, is prohibited except on second division vehicles
26designed and used for towing or hoisting vehicles or motor

 

 

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1vehicles or equipment of the State of Illinois, local
2authorities, contractors, and union representatives;
3furthermore, such lights shall not be lighted on second
4division vehicles designed and used for towing or hoisting
5vehicles or vehicles of the State of Illinois, local
6authorities, and contractors except while such vehicles are
7engaged in a tow operation, highway maintenance, or
8construction operations within the limits of highway
9construction projects, and shall not be lighted on the vehicles
10of union representatives except when those vehicles are within
11the limits of a construction project.
12    (e) All oscillating, rotating or flashing lights referred
13to in this Section shall be of sufficient intensity, when
14illuminated, to be visible at 500 feet in normal sunlight.
15    (f) Nothing in this Section shall prohibit a manufacturer
16of oscillating, rotating or flashing lights or his
17representative or authorized vendor from temporarily mounting
18such lights on a vehicle for demonstration purposes only. If
19the lights are not covered while the vehicle is operated upon a
20highway, the vehicle shall display signage indicating that the
21vehicle is out of service or not an emergency vehicle. The
22signage shall be displayed on all sides of the vehicle in
23letters at least 2 inches tall and one-half inch wide. A
24vehicle authorized to have oscillating, rotating, or flashing
25lights mounted for demonstration purposes may not activate the
26lights while the vehicle is operated upon a highway.

 

 

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1    (g) Any person violating the provisions of subsections (a),
2(b), (c) or (d) of this Section who without lawful authority
3stops or detains or attempts to stop or detain another person
4shall be guilty of a Class 2 felony.
5    (h) Except as provided in subsection (g) above, any person
6violating the provisions of subsections (a) or (c) of this
7Section shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
8(Source: P.A. 97-39, eff. 1-1-12; 97-149, eff. 7-14-11; 97-813,
9eff. 7-13-12; 97-1173, eff. 1-1-14; 98-80, eff. 7-15-13;
1098-123, eff. 1-1-14; 98-468, eff. 8-16-13; revised
1110-17-13.)".