Bill Amendment: IL HB0791 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly

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Bill Title: VEH CD-ORDINANCE-AUTONOMOS VEH

Status: 2017-08-25 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0352 [HB0791 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2017-HB0791-Senate_Amendment_001.html

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Sen. Karen McConnaughay

Filed: 5/3/2017

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 791
AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 791 by replacing
everything after the enacting clause with the following:
"Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by
changing Section 11-208 as follows:
(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;

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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;
10. Altering the speed limits as authorized in Section
11-604;
11. Prohibiting U-turns;
12. Prohibiting pedestrian crossings at other than

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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 veterans with disabilities 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
a veteran with a disability;
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

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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.
(e-5) A unit of local government, including a home rule
unit, may not enact an ordinance prohibiting the use of
Automated Driving System equipped vehicles on its roadways.
Nothing in this subsection (e-5) shall affect the authority of
a unit of local government to regulate Automated Driving System
equipped vehicles for traffic control purposes. No unit of

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local government, including a home rule unit, may regulate
Automated Driving System equipped vehicles in a manner
inconsistent with this Code. For purposes of this subsection
(e-5), "Automated Driving System equipped vehicle" means any
vehicle equipped with an Automated Driving System of hardware
and software that are collectively capable of performing the
entire dynamic driving task on a sustained basis, regardless of
whether it is limited to a specific operational domain. This
subsection (e-5) 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

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system to enforce violations of Article VI of Chapter 11 of
this Code or a similar provision of a local ordinance.
(i) A municipality or county designated in Section 11-208.9
may enact an ordinance providing for an automated traffic law
enforcement system to enforce violations of Section 11-1414 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.
(Source: P.A. 98-396, eff. 1-1-14; 98-556, eff. 1-1-14; 98-756,
eff. 7-16-14; 99-143, eff. 7-27-15.)".