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Public Act 098-0396 Public Act 0396 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
Public Act 098-0396 | HB1539 Enrolled | LRB098 04305 MLW 34332 b |
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| AN ACT concerning transportation.
| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| represented in the General Assembly:
| Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by changing | Sections 11-203 and 11-208 as follows:
| (625 ILCS 5/11-203) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-203)
| Sec. 11-203. Obedience to police officers. No person shall | wilfully fail or refuse to comply with any lawful order
or | direction of any police officer, fireman, person authorized by | a local authority to direct traffic, or school
crossing guard | invested by law with authority to
direct, control, or regulate | traffic.
Any person convicted of violating this Section
is | guilty
of a petty offense and shall be subject to a mandatory | fine of $150.
| (Source: P.A. 90-749, eff. 1-1-99.)
| (625 ILCS 5/11-208)
(from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-208)
| Sec. 11-208. Powers of local authorities.
| (a) The provisions of this Code shall not be deemed to | prevent
local authorities with respect to streets and highways | under their
jurisdiction and within the reasonable exercise of | the police power from:
| 1. Regulating the standing or parking of vehicles, |
| except as
limited by Sections 11-1306 and 11-1307 of this | Act;
| 2. Regulating traffic by means of police officers or | traffic control
signals;
| 3. Regulating or prohibiting processions or | assemblages on the highways ; and certifying persons to | control traffic for processions or assemblages ;
| 4. Designating particular highways as one-way highways | and requiring that
all vehicles thereon be moved in one | specific direction;
| 5. Regulating the speed of vehicles in public parks | subject to the
limitations set forth in Section 11-604;
| 6. Designating any highway as a through highway, as | authorized in Section
11-302, and requiring that all | vehicles stop before entering or crossing
the same or | designating any intersection as a stop intersection or a | yield
right-of-way intersection and requiring all vehicles | to stop or yield the
right-of-way at one or more entrances | to such intersections;
| 7. Restricting the use of highways as authorized in | Chapter 15;
| 8. Regulating the operation of bicycles and requiring | the
registration and licensing of same, including the | requirement of a
registration fee;
| 9. Regulating or prohibiting the turning of vehicles or | specified
types of vehicles at intersections;
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| 10. Altering the speed limits as authorized in Section | 11-604;
| 11. Prohibiting U-turns;
| 12. Prohibiting pedestrian crossings at other than | designated and marked
crosswalks or at intersections;
| 13. Prohibiting parking during snow removal operation;
| 14. Imposing fines in accordance with Section | 11-1301.3 as penalties
for use of any parking place | reserved for persons with disabilities, as defined
by | Section 1-159.1, or disabled veterans by any person using a | motor
vehicle not bearing registration plates specified in | Section 11-1301.1
or a special decal or device as defined | in Section 11-1301.2
as evidence that the vehicle is | operated by or for a person
with disabilities or disabled | veteran;
| 15. Adopting such other traffic regulations as are | specifically
authorized by this Code; or
| 16. Enforcing the provisions of subsection (f) of | Section 3-413 of this
Code or a similar local ordinance.
| (b) No ordinance or regulation enacted under subsections 1, | 4, 5, 6, 7,
9, 10, 11 or 13 of paragraph (a) shall be effective | until signs giving
reasonable notice of such local traffic | regulations are posted.
| (c) The provisions of this Code shall not prevent any
| municipality having a population of 500,000 or more inhabitants | from
prohibiting any person from driving or operating any motor |
| vehicle upon
the roadways of such municipality with headlamps | on high beam or bright.
| (d) The provisions of this Code shall not be deemed to | prevent local
authorities within the reasonable exercise of | their police power from
prohibiting, on private property, the | unauthorized use of parking spaces
reserved for persons with | disabilities.
| (e) No unit of local government, including a home rule | unit, may enact or
enforce an ordinance that applies only to | motorcycles if the principal purpose
for that ordinance is to | restrict the access of motorcycles to any highway or
portion of | a highway for which federal or State funds have been used for | the
planning, design, construction, or maintenance of that | highway. No unit of
local government, including a home rule | unit, may enact an ordinance requiring
motorcycle users to wear | protective headgear. Nothing in this subsection
(e) shall | affect the authority of a unit of local government to regulate
| motorcycles for traffic control purposes or in accordance with | Section 12-602
of this Code. No unit of local government, | including a home rule unit, may
regulate motorcycles in a | manner inconsistent with this Code. This subsection
(e) is a | limitation under subsection (i) of Section 6 of Article VII of | the
Illinois Constitution on the concurrent exercise by home | rule units of powers
and functions exercised by the State.
| (f) A municipality or county designated in Section 11-208.6 | may enact an ordinance providing for an
automated traffic law |
| enforcement system to enforce violations of this Code or
a | similar provision of a local ordinance and imposing liability | on a registered owner or lessee of a vehicle used in such a | violation.
| (g) A municipality or county, as provided in Section | 11-1201.1, may enact an ordinance providing for an automated | traffic law enforcement system to enforce violations of Section | 11-1201 of this Code or a similar provision of a local | ordinance and imposing liability on a registered owner of a | vehicle used in such a violation.
| (h) A municipality designated in Section 11-208.8 may enact | an ordinance providing for an
automated speed enforcement | system to enforce violations of Article VI of Chapter 11 of | this Code or a similar provision of a local ordinance. | (Source: P.A. 96-478, eff. 1-1-10; 96-1256, eff. 1-1-11; 97-29, | eff. 1-1-12; 97-672, eff. 7-1-12 .)
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Effective Date: 1/1/2014
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