Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session

Illinois House Bill HB4493 Latest Draft

Bill / Introduced Version Filed 01/17/2024

                            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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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