Bill Text: IL SB1929 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. In Section on special decals for parking and persons with disabilities, revises cross-reference to the definition of "persons with disabilities" with respect to a temporary disability. Provides that exemptions from parking fees for disabled persons shall only apply to metered street parking and not to public parking structures or areas. Requires an application for a meter exempt decal to provide evidence of permanent disability.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 11-0)

Status: (Passed) 2013-08-27 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0577 [SB1929 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2013-SB1929-Engrossed.html

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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 11-1301.2 as follows:
(625 ILCS 5/11-1301.2) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-1301.2)
Sec. 11-1301.2. Special decals for parking; persons with
disabilities.
(a) The Secretary of State shall provide for, by
administrative rules, the design, size, color, and placement of
a person with disabilities motorist decal or device and shall
provide for, by administrative rules, the content and form of
an application for a person with disabilities motorist decal or
device, which shall be used by local authorities in the
issuance thereof to a person with temporary disabilities,
provided that the decal or device is valid for no more than 90
days, subject to renewal for like periods based upon continued
disability, and further provided that the decal or device
clearly sets forth the date that the decal or device expires.
The application shall include the requirement of an Illinois
Identification Card number or a State of Illinois driver's
license number. This decal or device may be used by the
authorized holder to designate and identify a vehicle not owned

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or displaying a registration plate as provided in Sections
3-609 and 3-616 of this Act to designate when the vehicle is
being used to transport said person or persons with
disabilities, and thus is entitled to enjoy all the privileges
that would be afforded a person with disabilities licensed
vehicle. Person with disabilities decals or devices issued and
displayed pursuant to this Section shall be recognized and
honored by all local authorities regardless of which local
authority issued such decal or device.
The decal or device shall be issued only upon a showing by
adequate documentation that the person for whose benefit the
decal or device is to be used has a temporary disability as
defined in Section 1-159.1 of this Code and the disability is
temporary.
(b) The local governing authorities shall be responsible
for the provision of such decal or device, its issuance and
designated placement within the vehicle. The cost of such decal
or device shall be at the discretion of such local governing
authority.
(c) The Secretary of State may, pursuant to Section
3-616(c), issue a person with disabilities parking decal or
device to a person with disabilities as defined by Section
1-159.1. Any person with disabilities parking decal or device
issued by the Secretary of State shall be registered to that
person with disabilities in the form to be prescribed by the
Secretary of State. The person with disabilities parking decal

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or device shall not display that person's address. One
additional decal or device may be issued to an applicant upon
his or her written request and with the approval of the
Secretary of State. The written request must include a
justification of the need for the additional decal or device.
(c-5) Beginning January 1, 2014, the Secretary shall
provide by administrative rule for the issuance of a separate
and distinct parking decal or device for persons with
disabilities as defined by Section 1-159.1 of this Code and who
meet the qualifications under this subsection. The authorized
holder of a decal or device issued under this subsection (c-5)
shall be exempt from the payment of fees generated by parking
in a metered space, a parking area subject to paragraph (10) of
subsection (a) of Section 11-209 of this Code, or a publicly
owned parking structure or area.
The Secretary shall issue a meter-exempt decal or device to
a person with disabilities who: (i) has been issued
registration plates under subsection (a) of Section 3-609 or
Section 3-616 of this Code or a special decal or device under
this Section, (ii) holds a valid Illinois driver's license, ;
and (iii) is unable to do one or more of the following:
(1) manage, manipulate, or insert coins, or obtain
tickets or tokens in parking meters or ticket machines in
parking lots or parking structures, due to the lack of fine
motor control of both hands;
(2) reach above his or her head to a height of 42

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inches from the ground, due to a lack of finger, hand, or
upper extremity strength or mobility;
(3) approach a parking meter due to his or her use of a
wheelchair or other device for mobility; or
(4) walk more than 20 feet due to an orthopedic,
neurological, cardiovascular, or lung condition in which
the degree of debilitation is so severe that it almost
completely impedes the ability to walk.
The application for a meter-exempt parking decal or device
shall contain a statement certified by a licensed physician,
physician assistant, or advanced practice nurse attesting to
the permanent nature and estimated duration of the applicant's
condition and verifying that the applicant meets the physical
qualifications specified in this subsection (c-5).
Notwithstanding the requirements of this subsection (c-5),
the Secretary shall issue a meter-exempt decal or device to a
person who has been issued registration plates under Section
3-616 of this Code or a special decal or device under this
Section, if the applicant is the parent or guardian of a person
with disabilities who is under 18 years of age and incapable of
driving.
(d) Replacement decals or devices may be issued for lost,
stolen, or destroyed decals upon application and payment of a
$10 fee. The replacement fee may be waived for individuals that
have claimed and received a grant under the Senior Citizens and
Disabled Persons Property Tax Relief Act.

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(Source: P.A. 96-72, eff. 1-1-10; 96-79, eff. 1-1-10; 96-1000,
eff. 7-2-10; 97-689, eff. 6-14-12; 97-845, eff. 1-1-13; revised
8-3-12.)