Bill Text: IL HB0300 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that no person shall stand on a highway for the purpose of soliciting money or contributions (rather than just contributions) from the occupant of any vehicle except within a municipality when expressly permitted by municipal ordinance. Provides that any person engaged in the act of solicitation under an ordinance shall be 16 years of age or more and shall be wearing a high visibility vest.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Failed) 2019-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB0300 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2017-HB0300-Introduced.html

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100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2017 and 2018 HB0300 Introduced , by Rep. Luis Arroyo SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
625 ILCS 5/11-1006 from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-1006
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that no person shall stand, sit, or stay on a street or roadway for the purpose of soliciting money from the occupant of any vehicle. A person convicted of violating the provision shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
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A BILL FOR
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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
Section 11-1006 as follows:
(625 ILCS 5/11-1006) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-1006)
Sec. 11-1006. Pedestrians soliciting rides or business.
(a) No person shall stand in a roadway for the purpose of
soliciting a ride from the driver of any vehicle.
(b) No person shall stand on a highway for the purpose of
soliciting employment or business from the occupant of any
vehicle.
(c) No person shall stand on a highway for the purpose of
soliciting contributions from the occupant of any vehicle
except within a municipality when expressly permitted by
municipal ordinance. The local municipality, city, village, or
other local governmental entity in which the solicitation takes
place shall determine by ordinance where and when solicitations
may take place based on the safety of the solicitors and the
safety of motorists. The decision shall also take into account
the orderly flow of traffic and may not allow interference with
the operation of official traffic control devices. The
soliciting agency shall be:

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1. registered with the Attorney General as a charitable
organization as provided by "An Act to regulate
solicitation and collection of funds for charitable
purposes, providing for violations thereof, and making an
appropriation therefor", approved July 26, 1963, as
amended;
2. engaged in a Statewide fund raising activity; and
3. liable for any injuries to any person or property
during the solicitation which is causally related to an act
of ordinary negligence of the soliciting agent.
Any person engaged in the act of solicitation shall be 16
years of age or more and shall be wearing a high visibility
vest.
(c-5) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this Section,
no person shall stand, sit, or stay on a street or roadway for
the purpose of soliciting money from the occupant of any
vehicle.
(d) No person shall stand on or in the proximity of a
highway for the purpose of soliciting the watching or guarding
of any vehicle while parked or about to be parked on a highway.
(e) Every person who is convicted of a violation of this
Section shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
(Source: P.A. 88-589, eff. 8-14-94.)