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91_SB0966

 
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 1        AN ACT to amend the Illinois  Vehicle  Code  by  changing
 2    Section 11-1006.

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

 5        Section 5.  The  Illinois  Vehicle  Code  is  amended  by
 6    changing Section 11-1006 as follows:

 7        (625 ILCS 5/11-1006) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-1006)
 8        Sec. 11-1006.  Pedestrians soliciting rides or business.
 9        (a)  No  person  shall stand in a roadway for the purpose
10    of soliciting a ride from the driver of any vehicle.
11        (b)  No person shall stand on a highway for  the  purpose
12    of soliciting employment or business from the occupant of any
13    vehicle.
14        (c)  No  person  shall stand on a highway for the purpose
15    of soliciting contributions from the occupant of any  vehicle
16    except  within  a  municipality  when  expressly permitted by
17    municipal ordinance. The local municipality,  city,  village,
18    or  other local governmental entity in which the solicitation
19    takes place shall  determine  by  ordinance  where  and  when
20    solicitations  may  take  place  based  on  the safety of the
21    solicitors and the safety of motorists.  The  decision  shall
22    also  take  into  account the orderly flow of traffic and may
23    not allow interference with the operation of official traffic
24    control  devices.  Unless  otherwise  provided  by  municipal
25    ordinance, the soliciting agency shall be:
26             1.  registered  with  the  Attorney  General  as   a
27        charitable   organization  as  provided  by  "An  Act  to
28        regulate  solicitation  and  collection  of   funds   for
29        charitable  purposes,  providing  for violations thereof,
30        and making an appropriation therefor", approved July  26,
31        1963, as amended; and
 
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 1             2.  engaged  in  a Statewide fund raising activity.;
 2        and
 3             3.  (Blank).   liable for any injuries to any person
 4        or property during the  solicitation  which  is  causally
 5        related   to   an  act  of  ordinary  negligence  of  the
 6        soliciting agent.
 7        The soliciting agency is liable for any injuries  to  any
 8    person  or  property during the solicitation that is causally
 9    related to an act of ordinary negligence  of  the  soliciting
10    agent.
11        Any person engaged in the act of solicitation shall be 16
12    years  of  age or more and shall be wearing a high visibility
13    vest.
14        (d)  No person shall stand on or in the  proximity  of  a
15    highway  for  the  purpose  of  soliciting  the  watching  or
16    guarding of any vehicle while parked or about to be parked on
17    a highway.
18        (e)  Every person who is convicted of a violation of this
19    Section shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
20    (Source: P.A. 88-589, eff. 8-14-94.)

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