103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB4493 Introduced , by Rep. Travis Weaver SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 625 ILCS 5/3-699.23 new625 ILCS 5/12-215625 ILCS 5/12-601 from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-601 Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that the Secretary of State may issue special registration plates to an Emergency Medical Service (EMS) chief. Provides that the fee for the plates shall be the same as the fee prescribed for standard plates for first division vehicles. Provides for the issuance of permanent license plates for EMS vehicles owned by a municipality or fire protection district. Allows EMS chiefs to equip their privately owned vehicles with emergency flashing lights if EMS chief special registration plates are affixed to the vehicle. Allows EMS chiefs to equip their privately owned vehicle with sirens. LRB103 36374 MXP 66473 b A BILL FOR 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB4493 Introduced , by Rep. Travis Weaver SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 625 ILCS 5/3-699.23 new625 ILCS 5/12-215625 ILCS 5/12-601 from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-601 625 ILCS 5/3-699.23 new 625 ILCS 5/12-215 625 ILCS 5/12-601 from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-601 Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that the Secretary of State may issue special registration plates to an Emergency Medical Service (EMS) chief. Provides that the fee for the plates shall be the same as the fee prescribed for standard plates for first division vehicles. Provides for the issuance of permanent license plates for EMS vehicles owned by a municipality or fire protection district. Allows EMS chiefs to equip their privately owned vehicles with emergency flashing lights if EMS chief special registration plates are affixed to the vehicle. Allows EMS chiefs to equip their privately owned vehicle with sirens. LRB103 36374 MXP 66473 b LRB103 36374 MXP 66473 b A BILL FOR 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB4493 Introduced , by Rep. Travis Weaver SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 625 ILCS 5/3-699.23 new625 ILCS 5/12-215625 ILCS 5/12-601 from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-601 625 ILCS 5/3-699.23 new 625 ILCS 5/12-215 625 ILCS 5/12-601 from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-601 625 ILCS 5/3-699.23 new 625 ILCS 5/12-215 625 ILCS 5/12-601 from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-601 Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that the Secretary of State may issue special registration plates to an Emergency Medical Service (EMS) chief. Provides that the fee for the plates shall be the same as the fee prescribed for standard plates for first division vehicles. Provides for the issuance of permanent license plates for EMS vehicles owned by a municipality or fire protection district. Allows EMS chiefs to equip their privately owned vehicles with emergency flashing lights if EMS chief special registration plates are affixed to the vehicle. Allows EMS chiefs to equip their privately owned vehicle with sirens. LRB103 36374 MXP 66473 b LRB103 36374 MXP 66473 b LRB103 36374 MXP 66473 b A BILL FOR HB4493LRB103 36374 MXP 66473 b HB4493 LRB103 36374 MXP 66473 b HB4493 LRB103 36374 MXP 66473 b 1 AN ACT concerning transportation. 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 adding 5 Section 3-699.23 and changing Section 12-215 and 12-601 as 6 follows: 7 (625 ILCS 5/3-699.23 new) 8 Sec. 3-699.23. EMS chief license plates. 9 (a) The Secretary, upon receipt of a request from a 10 municipality that operates a fire department or a fire 11 protection district, accompanied by an application and the 12 appropriate fee, may issue to an emergency medical services 13 chief of the municipality or fire protection district, special 14 registration plates designated as EMS chief license plates. 15 The special plates issued under this Section shall be affixed 16 only to passenger vehicles of the first division or motor 17 vehicles of the second division weighing not more than 8,000 18 pounds that are owned by an EMS chief, a municipality, or a 19 fire protection district. Plates issued under this Section 20 shall expire according to the multiyear procedure established 21 by Section 3-414.1. 22 (b) The design and color of the special plates shall be 23 wholly within the discretion of the Secretary. The plates are 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB4493 Introduced , by Rep. Travis Weaver SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 625 ILCS 5/3-699.23 new625 ILCS 5/12-215625 ILCS 5/12-601 from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-601 625 ILCS 5/3-699.23 new 625 ILCS 5/12-215 625 ILCS 5/12-601 from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-601 625 ILCS 5/3-699.23 new 625 ILCS 5/12-215 625 ILCS 5/12-601 from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-601 Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that the Secretary of State may issue special registration plates to an Emergency Medical Service (EMS) chief. Provides that the fee for the plates shall be the same as the fee prescribed for standard plates for first division vehicles. Provides for the issuance of permanent license plates for EMS vehicles owned by a municipality or fire protection district. Allows EMS chiefs to equip their privately owned vehicles with emergency flashing lights if EMS chief special registration plates are affixed to the vehicle. Allows EMS chiefs to equip their privately owned vehicle with sirens. LRB103 36374 MXP 66473 b LRB103 36374 MXP 66473 b LRB103 36374 MXP 66473 b A BILL FOR 625 ILCS 5/3-699.23 new 625 ILCS 5/12-215 625 ILCS 5/12-601 from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-601 LRB103 36374 MXP 66473 b HB4493 LRB103 36374 MXP 66473 b HB4493- 2 -LRB103 36374 MXP 66473 b HB4493 - 2 - LRB103 36374 MXP 66473 b HB4493 - 2 - LRB103 36374 MXP 66473 b 1 not required to designate "Land of Lincoln" as prescribed in 2 subsection (b) of Section 3-412. The Secretary may prescribe 3 rules governing the requirements and approval of the special 4 plates. The fee for this plate for a vehicle owned by an EMS 5 chief shall be the same as the fee prescribed for first 6 division vehicles under Section 3-806. Permanent license 7 plates for EMS vehicles owned by a municipality or fire 8 protection district shall be issued at the fee prescribed in 9 subsection (b) of Section 3-808.1. 10 (625 ILCS 5/12-215) 11 Sec. 12-215. Oscillating, rotating, or flashing lights on 12 motor vehicles. Except as otherwise provided in this Code: 13 (a) The use of red or white oscillating, rotating, or 14 flashing lights, whether lighted or unlighted, is prohibited 15 except on: 16 1. Law enforcement vehicles of State, federal, or 17 local authorities; 18 2. A vehicle operated by a police officer or county 19 coroner and designated or authorized by local authorities, 20 in writing, as a law enforcement vehicle; however, such 21 designation or authorization must be carried in the 22 vehicle; 23 2.1. A vehicle operated by a fire chief, deputy fire 24 chief, or assistant fire chief who has completed an 25 emergency vehicle operation training course approved by HB4493 - 2 - LRB103 36374 MXP 66473 b HB4493- 3 -LRB103 36374 MXP 66473 b HB4493 - 3 - LRB103 36374 MXP 66473 b HB4493 - 3 - LRB103 36374 MXP 66473 b 1 the Office of the State Fire Marshal and designated or 2 authorized by local authorities, fire departments, or fire 3 protection districts, in writing, as a fire department, 4 fire protection district, or township fire department 5 vehicle; however, the designation or authorization must be 6 carried in the vehicle, and the lights may be visible or 7 activated only when responding to 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 13 emergency call for and while actually conveying the sick 14 or injured; 15 4.5. Vehicles operated by an EMS chief that are 16 affixed with EMS chief special registration plates or 17 vehicles which are occasionally used as rescue vehicles 18 that have been authorized for use as rescue vehicles by a 19 volunteer EMS provider, provided that the operator of the 20 vehicle has successfully completed an emergency vehicle 21 operation training course recognized by the Department of 22 Public Health; furthermore, the lights shall not be 23 lighted except when responding to an emergency call for 24 the sick or injured; 25 5. Tow trucks licensed in a state that requires such 26 lights; furthermore, such lights shall not be lighted on HB4493 - 3 - LRB103 36374 MXP 66473 b HB4493- 4 -LRB103 36374 MXP 66473 b HB4493 - 4 - LRB103 36374 MXP 66473 b HB4493 - 4 - LRB103 36374 MXP 66473 b 1 any such tow truck while the tow truck is operating in the 2 State of Illinois; 3 6. Vehicles of the Illinois Emergency Management 4 Agency, vehicles of the Office of the Illinois State Fire 5 Marshal, vehicles of the Illinois Department of Public 6 Health, vehicles of the Illinois Department of 7 Corrections, and vehicles of the Illinois Department of 8 Juvenile Justice; 9 7. Vehicles operated by a local or county emergency 10 management services agency as defined in the Illinois 11 Emergency Management Agency Act; 12 8. School buses operating alternately flashing head 13 lamps as permitted under Section 12-805 of this Code; 14 9. Vehicles that are equipped and used exclusively as 15 organ transplant vehicles when used in combination with 16 blue oscillating, rotating, or flashing lights; 17 furthermore, these lights shall be lighted only when the 18 transportation is declared an emergency by a member of the 19 transplant team or a representative of the organ 20 procurement organization; 21 10. Vehicles of the Illinois Department of Natural 22 Resources that are used for mine rescue and explosives 23 emergency response; 24 11. Vehicles of the Illinois Department of 25 Transportation identified as Emergency Traffic Patrol; the 26 lights shall not be lighted except when responding to an HB4493 - 4 - LRB103 36374 MXP 66473 b HB4493- 5 -LRB103 36374 MXP 66473 b HB4493 - 5 - LRB103 36374 MXP 66473 b HB4493 - 5 - LRB103 36374 MXP 66473 b 1 emergency call or when parked or stationary while engaged 2 in motor vehicle assistance or at the scene of the 3 emergency; and 4 12. Vehicles of the Illinois State Toll Highway 5 Authority with a gross vehicle weight rating of 9,000 6 pounds or more and those identified as Highway Emergency 7 Lane Patrol; the lights shall not be lighted except when 8 responding to an emergency call or when parked or 9 stationary while engaged in motor vehicle assistance or at 10 the scene of the emergency. 11 (b) The use of amber oscillating, rotating, or flashing 12 lights, whether lighted or unlighted, is prohibited except on: 13 1. Second division vehicles designed and used for 14 towing or hoisting vehicles; furthermore, such lights 15 shall not be lighted except as required in this paragraph 16 1; such lights shall be lighted when such vehicles are 17 actually being used at the scene of a crash or 18 disablement; if the towing vehicle is equipped with a flat 19 bed that supports all wheels of the vehicle being 20 transported, the lights shall not be lighted while the 21 vehicle is engaged in towing on a highway; if the towing 22 vehicle is not equipped with a flat bed that supports all 23 wheels of a vehicle being transported, the lights shall be 24 lighted while the towing vehicle is engaged in towing on a 25 highway during all times when the use of headlights is 26 required under Section 12-201 of this Code; in addition, HB4493 - 5 - LRB103 36374 MXP 66473 b HB4493- 6 -LRB103 36374 MXP 66473 b HB4493 - 6 - LRB103 36374 MXP 66473 b HB4493 - 6 - LRB103 36374 MXP 66473 b 1 these vehicles may use white oscillating, rotating, or 2 flashing lights in combination with amber oscillating, 3 rotating, or flashing lights as provided in this 4 paragraph; 5 2. Motor vehicles or equipment of the State of 6 Illinois, the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority, local 7 authorities, and contractors; furthermore, such lights 8 shall not be lighted except while such vehicles are 9 engaged in maintenance or construction operations within 10 the limits of construction projects; 11 3. Vehicles or equipment used by engineering or survey 12 crews; furthermore, such lights shall not be lighted 13 except while such vehicles are actually engaged in work on 14 a highway; 15 4. Vehicles of public utilities, municipalities, or 16 other construction, maintenance, or automotive service 17 vehicles except that such lights shall be lighted only as 18 a means for indicating the presence of a vehicular traffic 19 hazard requiring unusual care in approaching, overtaking, 20 or passing while such vehicles are engaged in maintenance, 21 service, or construction on a highway; 22 5. Oversized vehicle or load; however, such lights 23 shall only be lighted when moving under permit issued by 24 the Department under Section 15-301 of this Code; 25 6. The front and rear of motorized equipment owned and 26 operated by the State of Illinois or any political HB4493 - 6 - LRB103 36374 MXP 66473 b HB4493- 7 -LRB103 36374 MXP 66473 b HB4493 - 7 - LRB103 36374 MXP 66473 b HB4493 - 7 - LRB103 36374 MXP 66473 b 1 subdivision thereof, which is designed and used for 2 removal of snow and ice from highways; 3 6.1. The front and rear of motorized equipment or 4 vehicles that (i) are not owned by the State of Illinois or 5 any political subdivision of the State, (ii) are designed 6 and used for removal of snow and ice from highways and 7 parking lots, and (iii) are equipped with a snow plow that 8 is 12 feet in width; these lights may not be lighted except 9 when the motorized equipment or vehicle is actually being 10 used for those purposes on behalf of a unit of government; 11 7. Fleet safety vehicles registered in another state, 12 furthermore, such lights shall not be lighted except as 13 provided for in Section 12-212 of this Code; 14 8. Such other vehicles as may be authorized by local 15 authorities; 16 9. Law enforcement vehicles of State or local 17 authorities when used in combination with red oscillating, 18 rotating, or flashing lights; 19 9.5. Propane delivery trucks; 20 10. Vehicles used for collecting or delivering mail 21 for the United States Postal Service provided that such 22 lights shall not be lighted except when such vehicles are 23 actually being used for such purposes; 24 10.5. Vehicles of the Office of the Illinois State 25 Fire Marshal, provided that such lights shall not be 26 lighted except for when such vehicles are engaged in work HB4493 - 7 - LRB103 36374 MXP 66473 b HB4493- 8 -LRB103 36374 MXP 66473 b HB4493 - 8 - LRB103 36374 MXP 66473 b HB4493 - 8 - LRB103 36374 MXP 66473 b 1 for the Office of the Illinois State Fire Marshal; 2 11. Any vehicle displaying a slow-moving vehicle 3 emblem as provided in Section 12-205.1; 4 12. All trucks equipped with self-compactors or 5 roll-off hoists and roll-on containers for garbage, 6 recycling, or refuse hauling. Such lights shall not be 7 lighted except when such vehicles are actually being used 8 for such purposes; 9 13. Vehicles used by a security company, alarm 10 responder, control agency, or the Illinois Department of 11 Corrections; 12 14. Security vehicles of the Department of Human 13 Services; however, the lights shall not be lighted except 14 when being used for security related purposes under the 15 direction of the superintendent of the facility where the 16 vehicle is located; and 17 15. Vehicles of union representatives, except that the 18 lights shall be lighted only while the vehicle is within 19 the limits of a construction project. 20 (c) The use of blue oscillating, rotating, or flashing 21 lights, whether lighted or unlighted, is prohibited except on: 22 1. Rescue squad vehicles not owned by a fire 23 department or fire protection district and vehicles owned 24 or operated by an EMS chief as provided in subsection (a); 25 a: voluntary firefighter; a paid firefighter; a part-paid 26 firefighter; a call firefighter; a member of the board of HB4493 - 8 - LRB103 36374 MXP 66473 b HB4493- 9 -LRB103 36374 MXP 66473 b HB4493 - 9 - LRB103 36374 MXP 66473 b HB4493 - 9 - LRB103 36374 MXP 66473 b 1 trustees of a fire protection district; a paid or unpaid 2 member of a rescue squad; a paid or unpaid member of a 3 voluntary ambulance unit; or a paid or unpaid members of a 4 local or county emergency management services agency as 5 defined in the Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act, 6 designated or authorized by local authorities, in writing, 7 and carrying that designation or authorization in the 8 vehicle. 9 However, such lights are not to be lighted except when 10 responding to a bona fide emergency or when parked or 11 stationary at the scene of a fire, rescue call, ambulance 12 call, or motor vehicle crash. 13 Any person using these lights in accordance with this 14 subdivision (c)1 must carry on his or her person an 15 identification card or letter identifying the bona fide 16 member of a fire department, fire protection district, 17 rescue squad, ambulance unit, or emergency management 18 services agency that owns or operates that vehicle. The 19 card or letter must include: 20 (A) the name of the fire department, fire 21 protection district, rescue squad, ambulance unit, or 22 emergency management services agency; 23 (B) the member's position within the fire 24 department, fire protection district, rescue squad, 25 ambulance unit, or emergency management services 26 agency; HB4493 - 9 - LRB103 36374 MXP 66473 b HB4493- 10 -LRB103 36374 MXP 66473 b HB4493 - 10 - LRB103 36374 MXP 66473 b HB4493 - 10 - LRB103 36374 MXP 66473 b 1 (C) the member's term of service; and 2 (D) the name of a person within the fire 3 department, fire protection district, rescue squad, 4 ambulance unit, or emergency management services 5 agency to contact to verify the information provided. 6 2. Police department vehicles in cities having a 7 population of 500,000 or more inhabitants. 8 3. Law enforcement vehicles of State or local 9 authorities when used in combination with red oscillating, 10 rotating, or flashing lights. 11 4. Vehicles of local fire departments and State or 12 federal firefighting vehicles when used in combination 13 with red oscillating, rotating, or flashing lights. 14 5. Vehicles which are designed and used exclusively as 15 ambulances or rescue vehicles when used in combination 16 with red oscillating, rotating, or flashing lights; 17 furthermore, such lights shall not be lighted except when 18 responding to an emergency call. 19 6. Vehicles that are equipped and used exclusively as 20 organ transport vehicles when used in combination with red 21 oscillating, rotating, or flashing lights; furthermore, 22 these lights shall only be lighted when the transportation 23 is declared an emergency by a member of the transplant 24 team or a representative of the organ procurement 25 organization. 26 7. Vehicles of the Illinois Emergency Management HB4493 - 10 - LRB103 36374 MXP 66473 b HB4493- 11 -LRB103 36374 MXP 66473 b HB4493 - 11 - LRB103 36374 MXP 66473 b HB4493 - 11 - LRB103 36374 MXP 66473 b 1 Agency, vehicles of the Office of the Illinois State Fire 2 Marshal, vehicles of the Illinois Department of Public 3 Health, vehicles of the Illinois Department of 4 Corrections, and vehicles of the Illinois Department of 5 Juvenile Justice, when used in combination with red 6 oscillating, rotating, or 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 16 flashing lights permitted under subsection (c), and 17 notwithstanding subsection (a), a vehicle operated by a 18 voluntary firefighter, a voluntary member of a rescue squad, 19 or a member of a voluntary ambulance unit may be equipped with 20 flashing white headlights and blue grill lights, which may be 21 used only in responding to an emergency call or when parked or 22 stationary at the scene of a fire, rescue call, ambulance 23 call, or motor vehicle crash. 24 (c-2) In addition to the blue oscillating, rotating, or 25 flashing lights permitted under subsection (c), and 26 notwithstanding subsection (a), a vehicle operated by a paid HB4493 - 11 - LRB103 36374 MXP 66473 b HB4493- 12 -LRB103 36374 MXP 66473 b HB4493 - 12 - LRB103 36374 MXP 66473 b HB4493 - 12 - LRB103 36374 MXP 66473 b 1 or unpaid member of a local or county emergency management 2 services agency as defined in the Illinois Emergency 3 Management Agency Act, may be equipped with white oscillating, 4 rotating, or flashing lights to be used in combination with 5 blue oscillating, rotating, or flashing lights, if 6 authorization by local authorities is in writing and carried 7 in the vehicle. 8 (d) The use of a combination of amber and white 9 oscillating, rotating, or flashing lights, whether lighted or 10 unlighted, is prohibited except on second division vehicles 11 designed and used for towing or hoisting vehicles or motor 12 vehicles or equipment of the State of Illinois, local 13 authorities, contractors, and union representatives; 14 furthermore, such lights shall not be lighted on second 15 division vehicles designed and used for towing or hoisting 16 vehicles or vehicles of the State of Illinois, local 17 authorities, and contractors except while such vehicles are 18 engaged in a tow operation, highway maintenance, or 19 construction operations within the limits of highway 20 construction projects, and shall not be lighted on the 21 vehicles of union representatives except when those vehicles 22 are within the limits of a construction project. 23 (e) All oscillating, rotating, or flashing lights referred 24 to in this Section shall be of sufficient intensity, when 25 illuminated, to be visible at 500 feet in normal sunlight. 26 (f) Nothing in this Section shall prohibit a manufacturer HB4493 - 12 - LRB103 36374 MXP 66473 b HB4493- 13 -LRB103 36374 MXP 66473 b HB4493 - 13 - LRB103 36374 MXP 66473 b HB4493 - 13 - LRB103 36374 MXP 66473 b 1 of oscillating, rotating, or flashing lights or his 2 representative or authorized vendor from temporarily mounting 3 such lights on a vehicle for demonstration purposes only. If 4 the lights are not covered while the vehicle is operated upon a 5 highway, the vehicle shall display signage indicating that the 6 vehicle is out of service or not an emergency vehicle. The 7 signage shall be displayed on all sides of the vehicle in 8 letters at least 2 inches tall and one-half inch wide. A 9 vehicle authorized to have oscillating, rotating, or flashing 10 lights mounted for demonstration purposes may not activate the 11 lights while the vehicle is operated upon a highway. 12 (g) Any person violating the provisions of subsection (a), 13 (b), (c), or (d) of this Section who without lawful authority 14 stops or detains or attempts to stop or detain another person 15 shall be guilty of a Class 2 felony. 16 (h) Except as provided in subsection (g) above, any person 17 violating the provisions of subsection (a) or (c) of this 18 Section shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor. 19 (Source: P.A. 102-842, eff. 1-1-23; 102-982, eff. 7-1-23; 20 103-154, eff. 6-30-23.) 21 (625 ILCS 5/12-601) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-601) 22 Sec. 12-601. Horns and warning devices. 23 (a) Every motor vehicle when operated upon a highway shall 24 be equipped with a horn in good working order and capable of 25 emitting sound audible under normal conditions from a distance HB4493 - 13 - LRB103 36374 MXP 66473 b HB4493- 14 -LRB103 36374 MXP 66473 b HB4493 - 14 - LRB103 36374 MXP 66473 b HB4493 - 14 - LRB103 36374 MXP 66473 b 1 of not less than 200 feet, but no horn or other warning device 2 shall emit an unreasonable loud or harsh sound or a whistle. 3 The driver of a motor vehicle shall when reasonably necessary 4 to insure safe operation give audible warning with his horn 5 but shall not otherwise use such horn when upon a highway. 6 (b) No vehicle shall be equipped with nor shall any person 7 use upon a vehicle any siren, whistle, or bell, except as 8 otherwise permitted in this Section. Any authorized emergency 9 vehicle or organ transport vehicle as defined in Chapter 1 of 10 this Code or a vehicle operated by a fire chief, deputy fire 11 chief, assistant fire chief, EMS chief, or the Director or 12 Coordinator of a municipal or county emergency services and 13 disaster agency may be equipped with a siren, whistle, or bell 14 capable of emitting sound audible under normal conditions from 15 a distance of not less than 500 feet, but such siren, whistle, 16 or bell shall not be used except when such vehicle is operated 17 in response to an emergency call or in the immediate pursuit of 18 an actual or suspected violator of the law in either of which 19 events the driver of such vehicle shall sound such siren, 20 whistle, or bell when necessary to warn pedestrians and other 21 drivers of the approach thereof. 22 (c) Trackless trolley coaches, as defined by Section 1-206 23 of this Code, and replica trolleys, as defined by Section 24 1-171.04 of this Code, may be equipped with a bell or bells in 25 lieu of a horn, and may, in addition to the requirements of 26 subsection (a) of this Section, use a bell or bells for the HB4493 - 14 - LRB103 36374 MXP 66473 b HB4493- 15 -LRB103 36374 MXP 66473 b HB4493 - 15 - LRB103 36374 MXP 66473 b HB4493 - 15 - LRB103 36374 MXP 66473 b HB4493 - 15 - LRB103 36374 MXP 66473 b