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91_SB0966
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1 AN ACT to amend the Illinois Vehicle Code by changing
2 Section 11-1006.
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 11-1006 as follows:
7 (625 ILCS 5/11-1006) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-1006)
8 Sec. 11-1006. Pedestrians soliciting rides or business.
9 (a) No person shall stand in a roadway for the purpose
10 of soliciting a ride from the driver of any vehicle.
11 (b) No person shall stand on a highway for the purpose
12 of soliciting employment or business from the occupant of any
13 vehicle.
14 (c) No person shall stand on a highway for the purpose
15 of soliciting contributions from the occupant of any vehicle
16 except within a municipality when expressly permitted by
17 municipal ordinance. The local municipality, city, village,
18 or other local governmental entity in which the solicitation
19 takes place shall determine by ordinance where and when
20 solicitations may take place based on the safety of the
21 solicitors and the safety of motorists. The decision shall
22 also take into account the orderly flow of traffic and may
23 not allow interference with the operation of official traffic
24 control devices. Unless otherwise provided by municipal
25 ordinance, the soliciting agency shall be:
26 1. registered with the Attorney General as a
27 charitable organization as provided by "An Act to
28 regulate solicitation and collection of funds for
29 charitable purposes, providing for violations thereof,
30 and making an appropriation therefor", approved July 26,
31 1963, as amended; and
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1 2. engaged in a Statewide fund raising activity.;
2 and
3 3. (Blank). liable for any injuries to any person
4 or property during the solicitation which is causally
5 related to an act of ordinary negligence of the
6 soliciting agent.
7 The soliciting agency is liable for any injuries to any
8 person or property during the solicitation that is causally
9 related to an act of ordinary negligence of the soliciting
10 agent.
11 Any person engaged in the act of solicitation shall be 16
12 years of age or more and shall be wearing a high visibility
13 vest.
14 (d) No person shall stand on or in the proximity of a
15 highway for the purpose of soliciting the watching or
16 guarding of any vehicle while parked or about to be parked on
17 a highway.
18 (e) Every person who is convicted of a violation of this
19 Section shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
20 (Source: P.A. 88-589, eff. 8-14-94.)