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Public Act 91-0519
SB203 Enrolled LRB9100502KSgc
AN ACT to amend the Illinois Vehicle Code by changing
Section 11-208.
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 11-208 as follows:
(625 ILCS 5/11-208) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-208)
Sec. 11-208. Powers of local authorities.
(a) The provisions of this Code shall not be deemed to
prevent local authorities with respect to streets and
highways under their jurisdiction and within the reasonable
exercise of the police power from:
1. Regulating the standing or parking of vehicles,
except as limited by Section 11-1306 of this Act;
2. Regulating traffic by means of police officers
or traffic control signals;
3. Regulating or prohibiting processions or
assemblages on the highways;
4. Designating particular highways as one-way
highways and requiring that all vehicles thereon be moved
in one specific direction;
5. Regulating the speed of vehicles in public parks
subject to the limitations set forth in Section 11-604;
6. Designating any highway as a through highway, as
authorized in Section 11-302, and requiring that all
vehicles stop before entering or crossing the same or
designating any intersection as a stop intersection or a
yield right-of-way intersection and requiring all
vehicles to stop or yield the right-of-way at one or more
entrances to such intersections;
7. Restricting the use of highways as authorized in
Chapter 15;
8. Regulating the operation of bicycles and
requiring the registration and licensing of same,
including the requirement of a registration fee;
9. Regulating or prohibiting the turning of
vehicles or specified types of vehicles at intersections;
10. Altering the speed limits as authorized in
Section 11-604;
11. Prohibiting U-turns;
12. Prohibiting pedestrian crossings at other than
designated and marked crosswalks or at intersections;
13. Prohibiting parking during snow removal
operation;
14. Imposing fines in accordance with Section
11-1301.3 as penalties for use of any parking place
reserved for persons with disabilities, as defined by
Section 1-159.1, or disabled veterans by any person using
a motor vehicle not bearing registration plates specified
in Section 11-1301.1 or a special decal or device as
defined in Section 11-1301.2 as evidence that the vehicle
is operated by or for a person with disabilities or
disabled veteran;
15. Adopting such other traffic regulations as are
specifically authorized by this Code; or
16. Enforcing the provisions of subsection (f) of
Section 3-413 of this Code or a similar local ordinance.
(b) No ordinance or regulation enacted under subsections
1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11 or 13 of paragraph (a) shall be
effective until signs giving reasonable notice of such local
traffic regulations are posted.
(c) The provisions of this Code shall not prevent any
municipality having a population of 500,000 or more
inhabitants from prohibiting any person from driving or
operating any motor vehicle upon the roadways of such
municipality with headlamps on high beam or bright.
(d) The provisions of this Code shall not be deemed to
prevent local authorities within the reasonable exercise of
their police power from prohibiting, on private property, the
unauthorized use of parking spaces reserved for persons with
disabilities.
(e) No unit of local government, including a home rule
unit, may enact or enforce an ordinance that applies only to
motorcycles if the principal purpose for that ordinance is to
restrict the access of motorcycles to any highway or portion
of a highway for which federal or State funds have been used
for the planning, design, construction, or maintenance of
that highway. No unit of local government, including a home
rule unit, may enact an ordinance requiring motorcycle users
to wear protective headgear. Nothing in this subsection (e)
shall affect the authority of a unit of local government to
regulate motorcycles for traffic control purposes or in
accordance with Section 12-602 of this Code. No unit of
local government, including a home rule unit, may regulate
motorcycles in a manner inconsistent with this Code. This
subsection (e) is a limitation under subsection (i) of
Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution on the
concurrent exercise by home rule units of powers and
functions exercised by the State.
(Source: P.A. 90-106, eff. 1-1-98; 90-513, eff. 8-22-97;
90-655, eff. 7-30-98.)
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