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91_SB0203
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1 AN ACT to amend the Illinois Vehicle Code by changing
2 Section 11-208.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by
6 changing Section 11-208 as follows:
7 (625 ILCS 5/11-208) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-208)
8 Sec. 11-208. Powers of local authorities.
9 (a) The provisions of this Code shall not be deemed to
10 prevent local authorities with respect to streets and
11 highways under their jurisdiction and within the reasonable
12 exercise of the police power from:
13 1. Regulating the standing or parking of vehicles,
14 except as limited by Section 11-1306 of this Act;
15 2. Regulating traffic by means of police officers
16 or traffic control signals;
17 3. Regulating or prohibiting processions or
18 assemblages on the highways;
19 4. Designating particular highways as one-way
20 highways and requiring that all vehicles thereon be moved
21 in one specific direction;
22 5. Regulating the speed of vehicles in public parks
23 subject to the limitations set forth in Section 11-604;
24 6. Designating any highway as a through highway, as
25 authorized in Section 11-302, and requiring that all
26 vehicles stop before entering or crossing the same or
27 designating any intersection as a stop intersection or a
28 yield right-of-way intersection and requiring all
29 vehicles to stop or yield the right-of-way at one or more
30 entrances to such intersections;
31 7. Restricting the use of highways as authorized in
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1 Chapter 15;
2 8. Regulating the operation of bicycles and
3 requiring the registration and licensing of same,
4 including the requirement of a registration fee;
5 9. Regulating or prohibiting the turning of
6 vehicles or specified types of vehicles at intersections;
7 10. Altering the speed limits as authorized in
8 Section 11-604;
9 11. Prohibiting U-turns;
10 12. Prohibiting pedestrian crossings at other than
11 designated and marked crosswalks or at intersections;
12 13. Prohibiting parking during snow removal
13 operation;
14 14. Imposing fines in accordance with Section
15 11-1301.3 as penalties for use of any parking place
16 reserved for persons with disabilities, as defined by
17 Section 1-159.1, or disabled veterans by any person using
18 a motor vehicle not bearing registration plates specified
19 in Section 11-1301.1 or a special decal or device as
20 defined in Section 11-1301.2 as evidence that the vehicle
21 is operated by or for a person with disabilities or
22 disabled veteran;
23 15. Adopting such other traffic regulations as are
24 specifically authorized by this Code; or
25 16. Enforcing the provisions of subsection (f) of
26 Section 3-413 of this Code or a similar local ordinance.
27 (b) No ordinance or regulation enacted under subsections
28 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11 or 13 of paragraph (a) shall be
29 effective until signs giving reasonable notice of such local
30 traffic regulations are posted.
31 (c) The provisions of this Code shall not prevent any
32 municipality having a population of 500,000 or more
33 inhabitants from prohibiting any person from driving or
34 operating any motor vehicle upon the roadways of such
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1 municipality with headlamps on high beam or bright.
2 (d) The provisions of this Code shall not be deemed to
3 prevent local authorities within the reasonable exercise of
4 their police power from prohibiting, on private property, the
5 unauthorized use of parking spaces reserved for persons with
6 disabilities.
7 (e) No unit of local government, including a home rule
8 unit, may enact or enforce an ordinance that applies only to
9 motorcycles if the principal purpose for that ordinance is to
10 restrict the access of motorcycles to any highway or portion
11 of a highway for which federal or State funds have been used
12 for the planning, design, construction, or maintenance of
13 that highway.
14 The regulation of motorcycles with respect to access to
15 highways or portions of highways planned, designed,
16 constructed, or maintained by federal or State funds if the
17 principal purpose for regulation is to restrict motorcycle
18 access is an exclusive power and function of the State. A
19 home rule unit may not regulate such motorcycle access. This
20 subsection (e) is a denial and limitation of home rule powers
21 and functions under subsection (h) of Section 6 of Article
22 VII of the Illinois Constitution.
23 (Source: P.A. 90-106, eff. 1-1-98; 90-513, eff. 8-22-97;
24 90-655, eff. 7-30-98.)