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1 AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 186
2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend Senate Bill 186 by replacing
3 the title with the following:
4 "AN ACT to amend the Illinois Vehicle Code by adding
5 Section 1-154.4 and changing Sections 12-215 and 12-601.";
6 and
7 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the
8 following:
9 "Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by
10 adding Section 1-154.4 and changing Sections 12-215 and
11 12-601 as follows:
12 (625 ILCS 5/1-154.4 new)
13 Sec. 1-154.4. Organ transport vehicle. A motor vehicle
14 of the second division equipped and used exclusively for the
15 transportation of organs for human transplant or the
16 transportation of members of the surgical team performing the
17 organ harvesting or transplant operations. Vehicles defined
18 in this Section shall be owned or operated by a company that
19 has a contractual agreement with a federally designated organ
20 procurement organization for the purposes stated in this
21 Section.
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1 (625 ILCS 5/12-215) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-215)
2 (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 89-507)
3 Sec. 12-215. Oscillating, rotating or flashing lights on
4 motor vehicles. Except as otherwise provided in this Code:
5 (a) The use of red or white oscillating, rotating or
6 flashing lights, whether lighted or unlighted, is prohibited
7 except on:
8 1. Law enforcement vehicles of State, Federal or
9 local authorities;
10 2. A vehicle operated by a police officer or county
11 coroner and designated or authorized by local
12 authorities, in writing, as a law enforcement vehicle;
13 however, such designation or authorization must be
14 carried in the vehicle;
15 3. Vehicles of local fire departments and State or
16 federal firefighting vehicles;
17 4. Vehicles which are designed and used exclusively
18 as ambulances or rescue vehicles; furthermore, such
19 lights shall not be lighted except when responding to an
20 emergency call for and while actually conveying the sick
21 or injured; and
22 5. Tow trucks licensed in a state that requires
23 such lights; furthermore, such lights shall not be
24 lighted on any such tow truck while the tow truck is
25 operating in the State of Illinois.
26 (b) The use of amber oscillating, rotating or flashing
27 lights, whether lighted or unlighted, is prohibited except
28 on:
29 1. Second division vehicles designed and used for
30 towing or hoisting vehicles; furthermore, such lights
31 shall not be lighted except as required in this paragraph
32 1; such lights shall be lighted when such vehicles are
33 actually being used at the scene of an accident or
34 disablement and while such vehicles are engaged in towing
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1 on a highway;
2 2. Motor vehicles or equipment of the State of
3 Illinois, local authorities and contractors; furthermore,
4 such lights shall not be lighted except while such
5 vehicles are engaged in maintenance or construction
6 operations within the limits of construction projects;
7 3. Vehicles or equipment used by engineering or
8 survey crews; furthermore, such lights shall not be
9 lighted except while such vehicles are actually engaged
10 in work on a highway;
11 4. Vehicles of public utilities, municipalities, or
12 other construction, maintenance or automotive service
13 vehicles except that such lights shall be lighted only as
14 a means for indicating the presence of a vehicular
15 traffic hazard requiring unusual care in approaching,
16 overtaking or passing while such vehicles are engaged in
17 maintenance, service or construction on a highway;
18 5. Oversized vehicle or load; however, such lights
19 shall only be lighted when moving under permit issued by
20 the Department under Section 15-301 of this Code;
21 6. The front and rear of motorized equipment owned
22 and operated by the State of Illinois or any political
23 subdivision thereof, which is designed and used for
24 removal of snow and ice from highways;
25 7. Fleet safety vehicles registered in another
26 state, furthermore, such lights shall not be lighted
27 except as provided for in Section 12-212 of this Code;
28 8. Such other vehicles as may be authorized by
29 local authorities;
30 9. Law enforcement vehicles of State or local
31 authorities when used in combination with red
32 oscillating, rotating or flashing lights;
33 10. Vehicles used for collecting or delivering mail
34 for the United States Postal Service provided that such
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1 lights shall not be lighted except when such vehicles are
2 actually being used for such purposes;
3 11. Any vehicle displaying a slow-moving vehicle
4 emblem as provided in Section 12-205.1;
5 12. All trucks equipped with self-compactors or
6 roll-off hoists and roll-on containers for garbage or
7 refuse hauling. Such lights shall not be lighted except
8 when such vehicles are actually being used for such
9 purposes;
10 13. Vehicles used by a security company, alarm
11 responder, or control agency, if the security company,
12 alarm responder, or control agency is bound by a contract
13 with a federal, State, or local government entity to use
14 the lights; and
15 14. Security vehicles of the Department of Mental
16 Health and Developmental Disabilities; however, the
17 lights shall not be lighted except when being used for
18 security related purposes under the direction of the
19 superintendent of the facility where the vehicle is
20 located.
21 (c) The use of blue oscillating, rotating or flashing
22 lights, whether lighted or unlighted is prohibited except:
23 1. On vehicles owned or fully operated by a:
24 voluntary firefighter;
25 paid firefighter;
26 part-paid firefighter;
27 call firefighter;
28 member of the board of trustees of a fire
29 protection district;
30 paid or unpaid member of a rescue squad;
31 paid or unpaid member of a voluntary ambulance
32 unit;
33 rescue squad vehicles not owned by a fire
34 department.
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1 However, such lights are not to be lighted except
2 when responding to a bona fide emergency.
3 2. Police department vehicles in cities having a
4 population of 500,000 or more inhabitants.
5 3. Law enforcement vehicles of State or local
6 authorities when used in combination with red
7 oscillating, rotating or flashing lights.
8 4. Vehicles of local fire departments and State or
9 federal firefighting vehicles when used in combination
10 with red oscillating, rotating or flashing lights.
11 5. Vehicles which are designed and used exclusively
12 as ambulances or rescue vehicles when used in combination
13 with red oscillating, rotating or flashing lights;
14 furthermore, such lights shall not be lighted except when
15 responding to an emergency call.
16 (d) The use of a combination of amber and white
17 oscillating, rotating or flashing lights, whether lighted or
18 unlighted, is prohibited, except motor vehicles or equipment
19 of the State of Illinois, local authorities and contractors
20 may be so equipped; furthermore, such lights shall not be
21 lighted except while such vehicles are engaged in highway
22 maintenance or construction operations within the limits of
23 highway construction projects.
24 (e) All oscillating, rotating or flashing lights
25 referred to in this Section shall be of sufficient intensity,
26 when illuminated, to be visible at 500 feet in normal
27 sunlight.
28 (f) Nothing in this Section shall prohibit a
29 manufacturer of oscillating, rotating or flashing lights or
30 his representative from temporarily mounting such lights on a
31 vehicle for demonstration purposes only.
32 (g) Any person violating the provisions of subsections
33 (a), (b), (c) or (d) of this Section who without lawful
34 authority stops or detains or attempts to stop or detain
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1 another person shall be guilty of a Class 4 felony.
2 (h) Except as provided in subsection (g) above, any
3 person violating the provisions of subsections (a) or (c) of
4 this Section shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
5 (Source: P.A. 88-58; 88-341; 88-670, eff. 12-2-94; 89-433,
6 eff. 12-15-95.)
7 (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 89-507)
8 Sec. 12-215. Oscillating, rotating or flashing lights on
9 motor vehicles. Except as otherwise provided in this Code:
10 (a) The use of red or white oscillating, rotating or
11 flashing lights, whether lighted or unlighted, is prohibited
12 except on:
13 1. Law enforcement vehicles of State, Federal or
14 local authorities;
15 2. A vehicle operated by a police officer or county
16 coroner and designated or authorized by local
17 authorities, in writing, as a law enforcement vehicle;
18 however, such designation or authorization must be
19 carried in the vehicle;
20 3. Vehicles of local fire departments and State or
21 federal firefighting vehicles;
22 4. Vehicles which are designed and used exclusively
23 as ambulances or rescue vehicles; furthermore, such
24 lights shall not be lighted except when responding to an
25 emergency call for and while actually conveying the sick
26 or injured; and
27 5. Tow trucks licensed in a state that requires
28 such lights; furthermore, such lights shall not be
29 lighted on any such tow truck while the tow truck is
30 operating in the State of Illinois.
31 (b) The use of amber oscillating, rotating or flashing
32 lights, whether lighted or unlighted, is prohibited except
33 on:
34 1. Second division vehicles designed and used for
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1 towing or hoisting vehicles; furthermore, such lights
2 shall not be lighted except as required in this paragraph
3 1; such lights shall be lighted when such vehicles are
4 actually being used at the scene of an accident or
5 disablement and while such vehicles are engaged in towing
6 on a highway;
7 2. Motor vehicles or equipment of the State of
8 Illinois, local authorities and contractors; furthermore,
9 such lights shall not be lighted except while such
10 vehicles are engaged in maintenance or construction
11 operations within the limits of construction projects;
12 3. Vehicles or equipment used by engineering or
13 survey crews; furthermore, such lights shall not be
14 lighted except while such vehicles are actually engaged
15 in work on a highway;
16 4. Vehicles of public utilities, municipalities, or
17 other construction, maintenance or automotive service
18 vehicles except that such lights shall be lighted only as
19 a means for indicating the presence of a vehicular
20 traffic hazard requiring unusual care in approaching,
21 overtaking or passing while such vehicles are engaged in
22 maintenance, service or construction on a highway;
23 5. Oversized vehicle or load; however, such lights
24 shall only be lighted when moving under permit issued by
25 the Department under Section 15-301 of this Code;
26 6. The front and rear of motorized equipment owned
27 and operated by the State of Illinois or any political
28 subdivision thereof, which is designed and used for
29 removal of snow and ice from highways;
30 7. Fleet safety vehicles registered in another
31 state, furthermore, such lights shall not be lighted
32 except as provided for in Section 12-212 of this Code;
33 8. Such other vehicles as may be authorized by
34 local authorities;
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1 9. Law enforcement vehicles of State or local
2 authorities when used in combination with red
3 oscillating, rotating or flashing lights;
4 10. Vehicles used for collecting or delivering mail
5 for the United States Postal Service provided that such
6 lights shall not be lighted except when such vehicles are
7 actually being used for such purposes;
8 11. Any vehicle displaying a slow-moving vehicle
9 emblem as provided in Section 12-205.1;
10 12. All trucks equipped with self-compactors or
11 roll-off hoists and roll-on containers for garbage or
12 refuse hauling. Such lights shall not be lighted except
13 when such vehicles are actually being used for such
14 purposes;
15 13. Vehicles used by a security company, alarm
16 responder, or control agency, if the security company,
17 alarm responder, or control agency is bound by a contract
18 with a federal, State, or local government entity to use
19 the lights; and
20 14. Security vehicles of the Department of Human
21 Services; however, the lights shall not be lighted except
22 when being used for security related purposes under the
23 direction of the superintendent of the facility where the
24 vehicle is located.
25 (c) The use of blue oscillating, rotating or flashing
26 lights, whether lighted or unlighted is prohibited except:
27 1. On vehicles owned or fully operated by a:
28 voluntary firefighter;
29 paid firefighter;
30 part-paid firefighter;
31 call firefighter;
32 member of the board of trustees of a fire
33 protection district;
34 paid or unpaid member of a rescue squad;
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1 paid or unpaid member of a voluntary ambulance
2 unit;
3 rescue squad vehicles not owned by a fire
4 department.
5 However, such lights are not to be lighted except
6 when responding to a bona fide emergency.
7 2. Police department vehicles in cities having a
8 population of 500,000 or more inhabitants.
9 3. Law enforcement vehicles of State or local
10 authorities when used in combination with red
11 oscillating, rotating or flashing lights.
12 4. Vehicles of local fire departments and State or
13 federal firefighting vehicles when used in combination
14 with red oscillating, rotating or flashing lights.
15 5. Vehicles which are designed and used exclusively
16 as ambulances or rescue vehicles when used in combination
17 with red oscillating, rotating or flashing lights;
18 furthermore, such lights shall not be lighted except when
19 responding to an emergency call.
20 6. Vehicles that are equipped and used exclusively
21 as organ transport vehicles when used in combination with
22 red oscillating, rotating, or flashing lights;
23 furthermore, these lights shall only be lighted when the
24 transportation is declared an emergency by a member of
25 the transplant team or a representative of the organ
26 procurement organization.
27 (d) The use of a combination of amber and white
28 oscillating, rotating or flashing lights, whether lighted or
29 unlighted, is prohibited, except motor vehicles or equipment
30 of the State of Illinois, local authorities and contractors
31 may be so equipped; furthermore, such lights shall not be
32 lighted except while such vehicles are engaged in highway
33 maintenance or construction operations within the limits of
34 highway construction projects.
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1 (e) All oscillating, rotating or flashing lights
2 referred to in this Section shall be of sufficient intensity,
3 when illuminated, to be visible at 500 feet in normal
4 sunlight.
5 (f) Nothing in this Section shall prohibit a
6 manufacturer of oscillating, rotating or flashing lights or
7 his representative from temporarily mounting such lights on a
8 vehicle for demonstration purposes only.
9 (g) Any person violating the provisions of subsections
10 (a), (b), (c) or (d) of this Section who without lawful
11 authority stops or detains or attempts to stop or detain
12 another person shall be guilty of a Class 4 felony.
13 (h) Except as provided in subsection (g) above, any
14 person violating the provisions of subsections (a) or (c) of
15 this Section shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
16 (Source: P.A. 88-58; 88-341; 88-670, eff. 12-2-94; 89-433,
17 eff. 12-15-95; 89-507, eff. 7-1-97.)
18 (625 ILCS 5/12-601) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-601)
19 (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 89-687)
20 Sec. 12-601. Horns and warning devices.
21 (a) Every motor vehicle when operated upon a highway
22 shall be equipped with a horn in good working order and
23 capable of emitting sound audible under normal conditions
24 from a distance of not less than 200 feet, but no horn or
25 other warning device shall emit an unreasonable loud or harsh
26 sound or a whistle. The driver of a motor vehicle shall when
27 reasonably necessary to insure safe operation give audible
28 warning with his horn but shall not otherwise use such horn
29 when upon a highway.
30 (b) No vehicle shall be equipped with nor shall any
31 person use upon a vehicle any siren, whistle, or bell, except
32 as otherwise permitted in this section. Any authorized
33 emergency vehicle as defined in Chapter 1 of this Act may be
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1 equipped with a siren, whistle, or bell, capable of emitting
2 sound audible under normal conditions from a distance of not
3 less than 500 feet, but such siren, whistle or bell, shall
4 not be used except when such vehicle is operated in response
5 to an emergency call or in the immediate pursuant of an
6 actual or suspected violator of the law in either of which
7 events the driver of such vehicle shall sound such siren,
8 whistle or bell, when necessary to warn pedestrians and other
9 drivers of the approach thereof.
10 (c) Trackless trolley coaches, as defined by Section
11 1-206 of this Code, may be equipped with a bell or bells in
12 lieu of a horn, and may, in addition to the requirements of
13 paragraph (a) of this Section, use a bell or bells for the
14 purpose of indicating arrival or departure at designated
15 stops during the hours of scheduled operation.
16 (Source: P.A. 89-345, eff. 1-1-96.)
17 (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 89-687)
18 Sec. 12-601. Horns and warning devices.
19 (a) Every motor vehicle when operated upon a highway
20 shall be equipped with a horn in good working order and
21 capable of emitting sound audible under normal conditions
22 from a distance of not less than 200 feet, but no horn or
23 other warning device shall emit an unreasonable loud or harsh
24 sound or a whistle. The driver of a motor vehicle shall when
25 reasonably necessary to insure safe operation give audible
26 warning with his horn but shall not otherwise use such horn
27 when upon a highway.
28 (b) No vehicle shall be equipped with nor shall any
29 person use upon a vehicle any siren, whistle, or bell, except
30 as otherwise permitted in this section. Any authorized
31 emergency vehicle or organ transport vehicle as defined in
32 Chapter 1 of this Act may be equipped with a siren, whistle,
33 or bell, capable of emitting sound audible under normal
34 conditions from a distance of not less than 500 feet, but
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1 such siren, whistle or bell, shall not be used except when
2 such vehicle is operated in response to an emergency call or
3 in the immediate pursuant of an actual or suspected violator
4 of the law in either of which events the driver of such
5 vehicle shall sound such siren, whistle or bell, when
6 necessary to warn pedestrians and other drivers of the
7 approach thereof.
8 (c) Trackless trolley coaches, as defined by Section
9 1-206 of this Code, and replica trolleys, as defined by
10 Section 1-171.04 of this Code, may be equipped with a bell or
11 bells in lieu of a horn, and may, in addition to the
12 requirements of paragraph (a) of this Section, use a bell or
13 bells for the purpose of indicating arrival or departure at
14 designated stops during the hours of scheduled operation.
15 (Source: P.A. 89-345, eff. 1-1-96; 89-687, eff. 6-1-97.)
16 Section 95. No acceleration or delay. Where this Act
17 makes changes in a statute that is represented in this Act by
18 text that is not yet or no longer in effect (for example, a
19 Section represented by multiple versions), the use of that
20 text does not accelerate or delay the taking effect of (i)
21 the changes made by this Act or (ii) provisions derived from
22 any other Public Act.".