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 1        AN ACT in relation to vehicles.

 2        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section  5.  The  Illinois  Vehicle  Code  is  amended by
 5    adding Section 12-601.1 as follows:

 6        (625 ILCS 5/12-601.1 new)
 7        Sec.   12-601.1.  Traffic   control   signal   preemption
 8    devices.
 9        (a)  As used in this  Section,  "traffic  control  signal
10    preemption  device"  means  any  device, either mechanical or
11    electrical, that emits a pulse of light or other signal that,
12    when received by a detector attached  to  a  traffic  control
13    signal,  changes that traffic control signal to a green light
14    or, if the traffic control signal is already  green,  extends
15    the duration of the green light.
16        (b)  Except  as  provided  in  subsection  (d), a traffic
17    control signal preemption device may not be  installed  on  a
18    motor  vehicle,  may  not  be  transported  in  the passenger
19    compartment of a motor vehicle, and may not  be  operated  by
20    the driver or passenger of a motor vehicle.
21        Violation   of   this   subsection   (b)  is  a  Class  A
22    misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of $1,000  in  addition  to
23    any other penalty that may be imposed.
24        (c)  A  retailer  or  manufacturer may not sell a traffic
25    control signal preemption device to any person or entity  for
26    any  intended  use  other  than  operation as permitted under
27    subsection (d).
28        Violation  of  this  subsection  (c)   is   a   Class   A
29    misdemeanor,  punishable by a fine of $5,000 for each sale of
30    each device, in addition to any other  penalty  that  may  be
31    imposed.
 
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 1        (d)  Installation  of a traffic control signal preemption
 2    device is permitted on the following vehicles, and  operation
 3    of the device is permitted as follows:
 4             (1)  Police  department vehicles, when responding to
 5        a bona fide    emergency, when used in  combination  with
 6        red or blue oscillating, rotating, or flashing lights.
 7             (2)  Law  enforcement  vehicles  of  State  or local
 8        authorities, when responding to a  bona  fide  emergency,
 9        when  used in combination with red oscillating, rotating,
10        or flashing lights.
11             (3)  Vehicles of local fire departments and State or
12        federal firefighting vehicles, when responding to a  bona
13        fide   emergency,  when  used  in  combination  with  red
14        oscillating, rotating, or flashing lights.
15             (4)  Vehicles that are designed and used exclusively
16        as ambulances or rescue vehicles, when  responding  to  a
17        bona  fide  emergency,  when used in combination with red
18        oscillating, rotating, or flashing lights.
19             (5)  Vehicles that are equipped and used exclusively
20        as organ transport vehicles, when the  transportation  is
21        declared  an emergency by a member of the transplant team
22        or   a   representative   of   the   organ    procurement
23        organization,   when   used   in   combination  with  red
24        oscillating, rotating, or flashing lights.
25             (6)  Vehicles of the Illinois  Emergency  Management
26        Agency  and vehicles of the Department of Nuclear Safety,
27        when responding to a bona fide emergency,  when  used  in
28        combination  with  red oscillating, rotating, or flashing
29        lights.
30             (7)  Commuter   buses   owned   by   any   political
31        subdivision  of  this  State,  operated  either  by   the
32        political   subdivision  or  its  lessee  or  agent,  and
33        offering   short-haul   for-hire   regularly    scheduled
34        passenger  transportation  service,  over  regular routes
 
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 1        with fixed schedules, within  metropolitan  and  suburban
 2        areas,  when  used  to  extend the duration of an already
 3        green light to meet schedules.
 4             (8)  Vehicles used for snow  removal  owned  by  any
 5        political  subdivision  of this State, operated either by
 6        the political subdivision or its lessee  or  agent,  when
 7        used  during  a snow emergency in combination with yellow
 8        or amber oscillating, rotating, or flashing lights,  when
 9        used to extend the duration of an already green light.
10        (e)  This Section does not prohibit use by motorcycles of
11    electronic  or  magnetic  safety  devices  designed  to allow
12    traffic  control  signal  systems  to  recognize  or   detect
13    motorcycles.

14        Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
15    becoming law.