Bill Text: IL HB0300 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Engrossed
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-Engrossed.html
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| 1 | AN ACT concerning transportation.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by changing | ||||||
| 5 | Section 11-1006 as follows:
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| 6 | (625 ILCS 5/11-1006) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-1006)
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| 7 | Sec. 11-1006. Pedestrians soliciting rides or business.
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| 8 | (a) No person shall stand in a roadway for the purpose of | ||||||
| 9 | soliciting a ride
from the driver of any vehicle.
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| 10 | (b) No person shall stand on a highway for the purpose of | ||||||
| 11 | soliciting
employment or business from the occupant of any | ||||||
| 12 | vehicle.
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| 13 | (c) No person shall stand on a highway for the purpose of | ||||||
| 14 | soliciting money or
contributions from the occupant of any | ||||||
| 15 | vehicle except within a municipality
when expressly permitted | ||||||
| 16 | by municipal ordinance. The local municipality, city,
village, | ||||||
| 17 | or other local governmental entity in which the solicitation | ||||||
| 18 | takes
place shall determine by ordinance where and when | ||||||
| 19 | solicitations may take place
based on the safety of the | ||||||
| 20 | solicitors and the safety of motorists. The
decision shall also | ||||||
| 21 | take into account the orderly flow of traffic and may not
allow | ||||||
| 22 | interference with the operation of official traffic control | ||||||
| 23 | devices. The
soliciting agency shall be:
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| 1 | 1. registered with the Attorney General as a charitable | ||||||
| 2 | organization as
provided by "An Act to regulate | ||||||
| 3 | solicitation and collection of funds for
charitable | ||||||
| 4 | purposes, providing for violations thereof, and making an
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| 5 | appropriation therefor", approved July 26, 1963, as | ||||||
| 6 | amended;
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| 7 | 2. engaged in a Statewide fund raising activity; and
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| 8 | 3. liable for any injuries to any person or property | ||||||
| 9 | during the
solicitation which is causally related to an act | ||||||
| 10 | of ordinary negligence of the
soliciting
agent.
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| 11 | Any person engaged in the act of solicitation under an | ||||||
| 12 | ordinance shall be 16 years of age
or more and shall be wearing | ||||||
| 13 | a high visibility vest.
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| 14 | (d) No person shall stand on or in the proximity of a | ||||||
| 15 | highway for the
purpose of soliciting the watching or guarding | ||||||
| 16 | of any vehicle while parked
or about to be parked on a highway.
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| 17 | (e) Every person who is convicted of a violation of this | ||||||
| 18 | Section shall
be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
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| 19 | (Source: P.A. 88-589, eff. 8-14-94.)
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