Bill Amendment: IL SB1215 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly
NOTE: For additional amemendments please see the Bill Drafting List
Bill Title: TRANSPORTATION-TECH
Status: 2024-04-12 - Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments [SB1215 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-SB1215-Senate_Amendment_001.html
Bill Title: TRANSPORTATION-TECH
Status: 2024-04-12 - Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments [SB1215 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-SB1215-Senate_Amendment_001.html
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1 | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1215 | ||||||
2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1215 by replacing | ||||||
3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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4 | "Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by | ||||||
5 | changing Sections 3-611.5, 12-215, and 12-601 as follows:
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6 | (625 ILCS 5/3-611.5) | ||||||
7 | Sec. 3-611.5. Fire Chief license plates. | ||||||
8 | (a) The Secretary, upon receipt of a request from a | ||||||
9 | municipality or fire protection district that operates a fire | ||||||
10 | department or a Mutual Aid Box Alarm System , accompanied by an | ||||||
11 | application and the appropriate fee, may issue, to a fire | ||||||
12 | chief, deputy fire chief, and assistant fire chief of each | ||||||
13 | municipal fire department or fire protection district and | ||||||
14 | chief of a Mutual Aid Box Alarm System , special registration | ||||||
15 | plates designated as Fire Chief license plates. The special | ||||||
16 | plates issued under this Section shall be affixed only to |
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1 | passenger vehicles of the first division or motor vehicles of | ||||||
2 | the second division weighing not more than 8,000 pounds, owned | ||||||
3 | by the fire department , or the fire chief, deputy fire chief, | ||||||
4 | or assistant fire chief of the fire department , or chief of a | ||||||
5 | Mutual Aid Box Alarm System . Plates issued under this Section | ||||||
6 | shall expire according to the multi-year procedure established | ||||||
7 | by Section 3-414.1 of this Code. | ||||||
8 | (b) The design and color of the special plates shall be | ||||||
9 | wholly within the discretion of the Secretary. The plates are | ||||||
10 | not required to designate "Land of Lincoln" as prescribed in | ||||||
11 | subsection (b) of Section 3-412 of this Code. The Secretary | ||||||
12 | may prescribe rules governing the requirements and approval of | ||||||
13 | the special plates. The fee for this plate for a vehicle owned | ||||||
14 | by the fire chief, deputy fire chief, or assistant fire chief | ||||||
15 | shall be the same as the fee prescribed for first division | ||||||
16 | vehicles in Section 3-806 of this Code. Permanent license | ||||||
17 | plates for fire chief, deputy fire chief, or assistant fire | ||||||
18 | chief vehicles owned by a municipal fire department or fire | ||||||
19 | protection district shall be issued at the fee prescribed in | ||||||
20 | Section 3-808.1(b). | ||||||
21 | (c) Any fire chief, deputy fire chief, or assistant fire | ||||||
22 | chief , or chief of a Mutual Aid Box Alarm System operating | ||||||
23 | warning devices as described in paragraph 2.1 of subsection | ||||||
24 | (a) of Section 12-215 or subsection (b) of Section 12-601 upon | ||||||
25 | a vehicle not owned by a municipality or fire protection | ||||||
26 | district shall display license plates as described in this |
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1 | Section. | ||||||
2 | (d) With the exception of permanently issued license | ||||||
3 | plates, upon the resignation, termination, or reassignment to | ||||||
4 | a rank other than fire chief, deputy fire chief, or assistant | ||||||
5 | fire chief, or upon resignation, termination, or reassignment | ||||||
6 | from a Mutual Aid Alarm Box System, a person issued plates | ||||||
7 | under this Section shall immediately surrender the license | ||||||
8 | plate to the Secretary of State. The Secretary of State shall | ||||||
9 | have the ability to recover license plates issued under this | ||||||
10 | Section. | ||||||
11 | (Source: P.A. 102-448, eff. 1-1-22 .)
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12 | (625 ILCS 5/12-215) | ||||||
13 | Sec. 12-215. Oscillating, rotating, or flashing lights on | ||||||
14 | motor vehicles. Except as otherwise provided in this Code: | ||||||
15 | (a) The use of red or white oscillating, rotating, or | ||||||
16 | flashing lights, whether lighted or unlighted, is prohibited | ||||||
17 | except on: | ||||||
18 | 1. Law enforcement vehicles of State, federal, or | ||||||
19 | local authorities; | ||||||
20 | 2. A vehicle operated by a police officer or county | ||||||
21 | coroner and designated or authorized by local authorities, | ||||||
22 | in writing, as a law enforcement vehicle; however, such | ||||||
23 | designation or authorization must be carried in the | ||||||
24 | vehicle; | ||||||
25 | 2.1. A vehicle operated by a fire chief, deputy fire |
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1 | chief, or assistant fire chief or a chief of a Mutual Aid | ||||||
2 | Box Alarm System who has completed an emergency vehicle | ||||||
3 | operation training course approved by the Office of the | ||||||
4 | State Fire Marshal and designated or authorized by local | ||||||
5 | authorities, fire departments, or fire protection | ||||||
6 | districts , or Mutual Aid Box Alarm Systems , in writing, as | ||||||
7 | a fire department, fire protection district, or township | ||||||
8 | fire department , or Mutual Aide Box Alarm System vehicle; | ||||||
9 | however, the designation or authorization must be carried | ||||||
10 | in the vehicle, and the lights may be visible or activated | ||||||
11 | only when responding to a bona fide emergency; | ||||||
12 | 3. Vehicles of local fire departments and State or | ||||||
13 | federal firefighting vehicles; | ||||||
14 | 4. Vehicles which are designed and used exclusively as | ||||||
15 | ambulances or rescue vehicles; furthermore, such lights | ||||||
16 | shall not be lighted except when responding to an | ||||||
17 | emergency call for and while actually conveying the sick | ||||||
18 | or injured; | ||||||
19 | 4.5. Vehicles which are occasionally used as rescue | ||||||
20 | vehicles that have been authorized for use as rescue | ||||||
21 | vehicles by a volunteer EMS provider, provided that the | ||||||
22 | operator of the vehicle has successfully completed an | ||||||
23 | emergency vehicle operation training course recognized by | ||||||
24 | the Department of Public Health; furthermore, the lights | ||||||
25 | shall not be lighted except when responding to an | ||||||
26 | emergency call for the sick or injured; |
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1 | 5. Tow trucks licensed in a state that requires such | ||||||
2 | lights; furthermore, such lights shall not be lighted on | ||||||
3 | any such tow truck while the tow truck is operating in the | ||||||
4 | State of Illinois; | ||||||
5 | 6. Vehicles of the Illinois Emergency Management | ||||||
6 | Agency, vehicles of the Office of the Illinois State Fire | ||||||
7 | Marshal, vehicles of the Illinois Department of Public | ||||||
8 | Health, vehicles of the Illinois Department of | ||||||
9 | Corrections, and vehicles of the Illinois Department of | ||||||
10 | Juvenile Justice; | ||||||
11 | 7. Vehicles operated by a local or county emergency | ||||||
12 | management services agency as defined in the Illinois | ||||||
13 | Emergency Management Agency Act; | ||||||
14 | 8. School buses operating alternately flashing head | ||||||
15 | lamps as permitted under Section 12-805 of this Code; | ||||||
16 | 9. Vehicles that are equipped and used exclusively as | ||||||
17 | organ transplant vehicles when used in combination with | ||||||
18 | blue oscillating, rotating, or flashing lights; | ||||||
19 | furthermore, these lights shall be lighted only when the | ||||||
20 | transportation is declared an emergency by a member of the | ||||||
21 | transplant team or a representative of the organ | ||||||
22 | procurement organization; | ||||||
23 | 10. Vehicles of the Illinois Department of Natural | ||||||
24 | Resources that are used for mine rescue and explosives | ||||||
25 | emergency response; | ||||||
26 | 11. Vehicles of the Illinois Department of |
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1 | Transportation identified as Emergency Traffic Patrol; the | ||||||
2 | lights shall not be lighted except when responding to an | ||||||
3 | emergency call or when parked or stationary while engaged | ||||||
4 | in motor vehicle assistance or at the scene of the | ||||||
5 | emergency; and | ||||||
6 | 12. Vehicles of the Illinois State Toll Highway | ||||||
7 | Authority with a gross vehicle weight rating of 9,000 | ||||||
8 | pounds or more and those identified as Highway Emergency | ||||||
9 | Lane Patrol; the lights shall not be lighted except when | ||||||
10 | responding to an emergency call or when parked or | ||||||
11 | stationary while engaged in motor vehicle assistance or at | ||||||
12 | the scene of the emergency. | ||||||
13 | (b) The use of amber oscillating, rotating, or flashing | ||||||
14 | lights, whether lighted or unlighted, is prohibited except on: | ||||||
15 | 1. Second division vehicles designed and used for | ||||||
16 | towing or hoisting vehicles; furthermore, such lights | ||||||
17 | shall not be lighted except as required in this paragraph | ||||||
18 | 1; such lights shall be lighted when such vehicles are | ||||||
19 | actually being used at the scene of a crash or | ||||||
20 | disablement; if the towing vehicle is equipped with a flat | ||||||
21 | bed that supports all wheels of the vehicle being | ||||||
22 | transported, the lights shall not be lighted while the | ||||||
23 | vehicle is engaged in towing on a highway; if the towing | ||||||
24 | vehicle is not equipped with a flat bed that supports all | ||||||
25 | wheels of a vehicle being transported, the lights shall be | ||||||
26 | lighted while the towing vehicle is engaged in towing on a |
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1 | highway during all times when the use of headlights is | ||||||
2 | required under Section 12-201 of this Code; in addition, | ||||||
3 | these vehicles may use white oscillating, rotating, or | ||||||
4 | flashing lights in combination with amber oscillating, | ||||||
5 | rotating, or flashing lights as provided in this | ||||||
6 | paragraph; | ||||||
7 | 2. Motor vehicles or equipment of the State of | ||||||
8 | Illinois, the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority, local | ||||||
9 | authorities, and contractors; furthermore, such lights | ||||||
10 | shall not be lighted except while such vehicles are | ||||||
11 | engaged in maintenance or construction operations within | ||||||
12 | the limits of construction projects; | ||||||
13 | 3. Vehicles or equipment used by engineering or survey | ||||||
14 | crews; furthermore, such lights shall not be lighted | ||||||
15 | except while such vehicles are actually engaged in work on | ||||||
16 | a highway; | ||||||
17 | 4. Vehicles of public utilities, municipalities, or | ||||||
18 | other construction, maintenance, or automotive service | ||||||
19 | vehicles except that such lights shall be lighted only as | ||||||
20 | a means for indicating the presence of a vehicular traffic | ||||||
21 | hazard requiring unusual care in approaching, overtaking, | ||||||
22 | or passing while such vehicles are engaged in maintenance, | ||||||
23 | service, or construction on a highway; | ||||||
24 | 5. Oversized vehicle or load; however, such lights | ||||||
25 | shall only be lighted when moving under permit issued by | ||||||
26 | the Department under Section 15-301 of this Code; |
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1 | 6. The front and rear of motorized equipment owned and | ||||||
2 | operated by the State of Illinois or any political | ||||||
3 | subdivision thereof, which is designed and used for | ||||||
4 | removal of snow and ice from highways; | ||||||
5 | 6.1. The front and rear of motorized equipment or | ||||||
6 | vehicles that (i) are not owned by the State of Illinois or | ||||||
7 | any political subdivision of the State, (ii) are designed | ||||||
8 | and used for removal of snow and ice from highways and | ||||||
9 | parking lots, and (iii) are equipped with a snow plow that | ||||||
10 | is 12 feet in width; these lights may not be lighted except | ||||||
11 | when the motorized equipment or vehicle is actually being | ||||||
12 | used for those purposes on behalf of a unit of government; | ||||||
13 | 7. Fleet safety vehicles registered in another state, | ||||||
14 | furthermore, such lights shall not be lighted except as | ||||||
15 | provided for in Section 12-212 of this Code; | ||||||
16 | 8. Such other vehicles as may be authorized by local | ||||||
17 | authorities; | ||||||
18 | 9. Law enforcement vehicles of State or local | ||||||
19 | authorities when used in combination with red oscillating, | ||||||
20 | rotating, or flashing lights; | ||||||
21 | 9.5. Propane delivery trucks; | ||||||
22 | 10. Vehicles used for collecting or delivering mail | ||||||
23 | for the United States Postal Service provided that such | ||||||
24 | lights shall not be lighted except when such vehicles are | ||||||
25 | actually being used for such purposes; | ||||||
26 | 10.5. Vehicles of the Office of the Illinois State |
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1 | Fire Marshal, provided that such lights shall not be | ||||||
2 | lighted except for when such vehicles are engaged in work | ||||||
3 | for the Office of the Illinois State Fire Marshal; | ||||||
4 | 11. Any vehicle displaying a slow-moving vehicle | ||||||
5 | emblem as provided in Section 12-205.1; | ||||||
6 | 12. All trucks equipped with self-compactors or | ||||||
7 | roll-off hoists and roll-on containers for garbage, | ||||||
8 | recycling, or refuse hauling. Such lights shall not be | ||||||
9 | lighted except when such vehicles are actually being used | ||||||
10 | for such purposes; | ||||||
11 | 13. Vehicles used by a security company, alarm | ||||||
12 | responder, control agency, or the Illinois Department of | ||||||
13 | Corrections; | ||||||
14 | 14. Security vehicles of the Department of Human | ||||||
15 | Services; however, the lights shall not be lighted except | ||||||
16 | when being used for security related purposes under the | ||||||
17 | direction of the superintendent of the facility where the | ||||||
18 | vehicle is located; and | ||||||
19 | 15. Vehicles of union representatives, except that the | ||||||
20 | lights shall be lighted only while the vehicle is within | ||||||
21 | the limits of a construction project. | ||||||
22 | (c) The use of blue oscillating, rotating, or flashing | ||||||
23 | lights, whether lighted or unlighted, is prohibited except on: | ||||||
24 | 1. Rescue squad vehicles not owned by a fire | ||||||
25 | department or fire protection district and vehicles owned | ||||||
26 | or operated by a: |
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1 | voluntary firefighter; | ||||||
2 | paid firefighter; | ||||||
3 | part-paid firefighter; | ||||||
4 | call firefighter; | ||||||
5 | member of the board of trustees of a fire | ||||||
6 | protection district; | ||||||
7 | paid or unpaid member of a rescue squad; | ||||||
8 | paid or unpaid member of a voluntary ambulance | ||||||
9 | unit; or | ||||||
10 | paid or unpaid members of a local or county | ||||||
11 | emergency management services agency as defined in the | ||||||
12 | Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act, designated | ||||||
13 | or authorized by local authorities, in writing, and | ||||||
14 | carrying that designation or authorization in the | ||||||
15 | vehicle. | ||||||
16 | However, such lights are not to be lighted except when | ||||||
17 | responding to a bona fide emergency or when parked or | ||||||
18 | stationary at the scene of a fire, rescue call, ambulance | ||||||
19 | call, or motor vehicle crash. | ||||||
20 | Any person using these lights in accordance with this | ||||||
21 | subdivision (c)1 must carry on his or her person an | ||||||
22 | identification card or letter identifying the bona fide | ||||||
23 | member of a fire department, fire protection district, | ||||||
24 | rescue squad, ambulance unit, or emergency management | ||||||
25 | services agency that owns or operates that vehicle. The | ||||||
26 | card or letter must include: |
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1 | (A) the name of the fire department, fire | ||||||
2 | protection district, rescue squad, ambulance unit, or | ||||||
3 | emergency management services agency; | ||||||
4 | (B) the member's position within the fire | ||||||
5 | department, fire protection district, rescue squad, | ||||||
6 | ambulance unit, or emergency management services | ||||||
7 | agency; | ||||||
8 | (C) the member's term of service; and | ||||||
9 | (D) the name of a person within the fire | ||||||
10 | department, fire protection district, rescue squad, | ||||||
11 | ambulance unit, or emergency management services | ||||||
12 | agency to contact to verify the information provided. | ||||||
13 | 2. Police department vehicles in cities having a | ||||||
14 | population of 500,000 or more inhabitants. | ||||||
15 | 3. Law enforcement vehicles of State or local | ||||||
16 | authorities when used in combination with red oscillating, | ||||||
17 | rotating, or flashing lights. | ||||||
18 | 4. Vehicles of local fire departments and State or | ||||||
19 | federal firefighting vehicles when used in combination | ||||||
20 | with red oscillating, rotating, or flashing lights. | ||||||
21 | 5. Vehicles which are designed and used exclusively as | ||||||
22 | ambulances or rescue vehicles when used in combination | ||||||
23 | with red oscillating, rotating, or flashing lights; | ||||||
24 | furthermore, such lights shall not be lighted except when | ||||||
25 | responding to an emergency call. | ||||||
26 | 6. Vehicles that are equipped and used exclusively as |
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1 | organ transport vehicles when used in combination with red | ||||||
2 | oscillating, rotating, or flashing lights; furthermore, | ||||||
3 | these lights shall only be lighted when the transportation | ||||||
4 | is declared an emergency by a member of the transplant | ||||||
5 | team or a representative of the organ procurement | ||||||
6 | organization. | ||||||
7 | 7. Vehicles of the Illinois Emergency Management | ||||||
8 | Agency, vehicles of the Office of the Illinois State Fire | ||||||
9 | Marshal, vehicles of the Illinois Department of Public | ||||||
10 | Health, vehicles of the Illinois Department of | ||||||
11 | Corrections, and vehicles of the Illinois Department of | ||||||
12 | Juvenile Justice, when used in combination with red | ||||||
13 | oscillating, rotating, or flashing lights. | ||||||
14 | 8. Vehicles operated by a local or county emergency | ||||||
15 | management services agency as defined in the Illinois | ||||||
16 | Emergency Management Agency Act, when used in combination | ||||||
17 | with red oscillating, rotating, or flashing lights. | ||||||
18 | 9. Vehicles of the Illinois Department of Natural | ||||||
19 | Resources that are used for mine rescue and explosives | ||||||
20 | emergency response, when used in combination with red | ||||||
21 | oscillating, rotating, or flashing lights. | ||||||
22 | (c-1) In addition to the blue oscillating, rotating, or | ||||||
23 | flashing lights permitted under subsection (c), and | ||||||
24 | notwithstanding subsection (a), a vehicle operated by a | ||||||
25 | voluntary firefighter, a voluntary member of a rescue squad, | ||||||
26 | or a member of a voluntary ambulance unit may be equipped with |
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1 | flashing white headlights and blue grill lights, which may be | ||||||
2 | used only in responding to an emergency call or when parked or | ||||||
3 | stationary at the scene of a fire, rescue call, ambulance | ||||||
4 | call, or motor vehicle crash. | ||||||
5 | (c-2) In addition to the blue oscillating, rotating, or | ||||||
6 | flashing lights permitted under subsection (c), and | ||||||
7 | notwithstanding subsection (a), a vehicle operated by a paid | ||||||
8 | or unpaid member of a local or county emergency management | ||||||
9 | services agency as defined in the Illinois Emergency | ||||||
10 | Management Agency Act, may be equipped with white oscillating, | ||||||
11 | rotating, or flashing lights to be used in combination with | ||||||
12 | blue oscillating, rotating, or flashing lights, if | ||||||
13 | authorization by local authorities is in writing and carried | ||||||
14 | in the vehicle. | ||||||
15 | (d) The use of a combination of amber and white | ||||||
16 | oscillating, rotating, or flashing lights, whether lighted or | ||||||
17 | unlighted, is prohibited except on second division vehicles | ||||||
18 | designed and used for towing or hoisting vehicles or motor | ||||||
19 | vehicles or equipment of the State of Illinois, local | ||||||
20 | authorities, contractors, and union representatives; | ||||||
21 | furthermore, such lights shall not be lighted on second | ||||||
22 | division vehicles designed and used for towing or hoisting | ||||||
23 | vehicles or vehicles of the State of Illinois, local | ||||||
24 | authorities, and contractors except while such vehicles are | ||||||
25 | engaged in a tow operation, highway maintenance, or | ||||||
26 | construction operations within the limits of highway |
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1 | construction projects, and shall not be lighted on the | ||||||
2 | vehicles of union representatives except when those vehicles | ||||||
3 | are within the limits of a construction project. | ||||||
4 | (e) All oscillating, rotating, or flashing lights referred | ||||||
5 | to in this Section shall be of sufficient intensity, when | ||||||
6 | illuminated, to be visible at 500 feet in normal sunlight. | ||||||
7 | (f) Nothing in this Section shall prohibit a manufacturer | ||||||
8 | of oscillating, rotating, or flashing lights or his | ||||||
9 | representative or authorized vendor from temporarily mounting | ||||||
10 | such lights on a vehicle for demonstration purposes only. If | ||||||
11 | the lights are not covered while the vehicle is operated upon a | ||||||
12 | highway, the vehicle shall display signage indicating that the | ||||||
13 | vehicle is out of service or not an emergency vehicle. The | ||||||
14 | signage shall be displayed on all sides of the vehicle in | ||||||
15 | letters at least 2 inches tall and one-half inch wide. A | ||||||
16 | vehicle authorized to have oscillating, rotating, or flashing | ||||||
17 | lights mounted for demonstration purposes may not activate the | ||||||
18 | lights while the vehicle is operated upon a highway. | ||||||
19 | (g) Any person violating the provisions of subsection (a), | ||||||
20 | (b), (c), or (d) of this Section who without lawful authority | ||||||
21 | stops or detains or attempts to stop or detain another person | ||||||
22 | shall be guilty of a Class 2 felony. | ||||||
23 | (h) Except as provided in subsection (g) above, any person | ||||||
24 | violating the provisions of subsection (a) or (c) of this | ||||||
25 | Section shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor. | ||||||
26 | (Source: P.A. 102-842, eff. 1-1-23; 102-982, eff. 7-1-23; |
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1 | 103-154, eff. 6-30-23.)
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2 | (625 ILCS 5/12-601) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-601) | ||||||
3 | Sec. 12-601. Horns and warning devices. | ||||||
4 | (a) Every motor vehicle when operated upon a highway shall | ||||||
5 | be equipped with a horn in good working order and capable of | ||||||
6 | emitting sound audible under normal conditions from a distance | ||||||
7 | of not less than 200 feet, but no horn or other warning device | ||||||
8 | shall emit an unreasonable loud or harsh sound or a whistle. | ||||||
9 | The driver of a motor vehicle shall when reasonably necessary | ||||||
10 | to insure safe operation give audible warning with his horn | ||||||
11 | but shall not otherwise use such horn when upon a highway. | ||||||
12 | (b) No vehicle shall be equipped with nor shall any person | ||||||
13 | use upon a vehicle any siren, whistle, or bell, except as | ||||||
14 | otherwise permitted in this Section. Any authorized emergency | ||||||
15 | vehicle or organ transport vehicle as defined in Chapter 1 of | ||||||
16 | this Code or a vehicle operated by a fire chief, deputy fire | ||||||
17 | chief, assistant fire chief, chief of a Mutual Aid Box Alarm | ||||||
18 | System, or the Director or Coordinator of a municipal or | ||||||
19 | county emergency services and disaster agency may be equipped | ||||||
20 | with a siren, whistle, or bell capable of emitting sound | ||||||
21 | audible under normal conditions from a distance of not less | ||||||
22 | than 500 feet, but such siren, whistle, or bell shall not be | ||||||
23 | used except when such vehicle is operated in response to an | ||||||
24 | emergency call or in the immediate pursuit of an actual or | ||||||
25 | suspected violator of the law in either of which events the |
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