Bill Text: IL HB3705 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that a person may not operate a neighborhood vehicle on a street, road, or highway without obtaining a certificate of title, registering the vehicle with the Secretary of State, and obtaining a liability insurance policy covering the vehicle in accordance with the mandatory insurance provisions of the Illinois Vehicle Code.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2009-10-21 - Total Veto Stands - No Positive Action Taken [HB3705 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2009-HB3705-Enrolled.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 11-1426.1 as follows:
(625 ILCS 5/11-1426.1)
Sec. 11-1426.1. Operation of neighborhood vehicles on
streets, roads, and highways.
(a) As used in this Section, "neighborhood vehicle" means a
self-propelled, electronically powered four-wheeled motor
vehicle (or a self-propelled, gasoline-powered four-wheeled
motor vehicle with an engine displacement under 1,200 cubic
centimeters) which is capable of attaining in one mile a speed
of more than 20 miles per hour, but not more than 25 miles per
hour, and which conforms to federal regulations under Title 49
C.F.R. Part 571.500.
(b) Except as otherwise provided in this Section, it is
unlawful for any person to drive or operate a neighborhood
vehicle upon any street, highway, or roadway in this State. If
the operation of a neighborhood vehicle is authorized under
subsection (d), the neighborhood vehicle may be operated only
on streets where the posted speed limit is 35 miles per hour or
less. This subsection (b) does not prohibit a neighborhood

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vehicle from crossing a road or street at an intersection where
the road or street has a posted speed limit of more than 35
miles per hour.
(b-5) A person may not operate a neighborhood vehicle upon
any street, highway, or roadway in this State unless:
(1) the person he or she has a valid Illinois driver's
license issued in his or her name by the Secretary of
State; .
(2) the person has obtained a certificate of title for
the neighborhood vehicle from the Secretary of State;
(3) the person has registered the neighborhood vehicle
with the Secretary of State; and
(4) the person has obtained a liability insurance
policy covering the neighborhood vehicle in accordance
with Section 7-601 of this Code.
(c) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (c-5), no
person operating a neighborhood vehicle shall make a direct
crossing upon or across any highway under the jurisdiction of
the State, tollroad, interstate highway, or controlled access
highway in this State.
(c-5) A person may make a direct crossing at an
intersection controlled by a traffic light or 4-way stop sign
upon or across a highway under the jurisdiction of the State if
the speed limit on the highway is 35 miles per hour or less at
the place of crossing.
(d) A municipality, township, county, or other unit of

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local government may authorize, by ordinance or resolution, the
operation of neighborhood vehicles on roadways under its
jurisdiction if the unit of local government determines that
the public safety will not be jeopardized. The Department may
authorize the operation of neighborhood vehicles on the
roadways under its jurisdiction if the Department determines
that the public safety will not be jeopardized.
Before permitting the operation of neighborhood vehicles
on its roadways, a municipality, township, county, other unit
of local government, or the Department must consider the
volume, speed, and character of traffic on the roadway and
determine whether neighborhood vehicles may safely travel on or
cross the roadway. Upon determining that neighborhood vehicles
may safely operate on a roadway and the adoption of an
ordinance or resolution by a municipality, township, county, or
other unit of local government, or authorization by the
Department, appropriate signs shall be posted.
If a roadway is under the jurisdiction of more than one
unit of government, neighborhood vehicles may not be operated
on the roadway unless each unit of government agrees and takes
action as provided in this subsection.
(e) No neighborhood vehicle may be operated on a roadway
unless, at a minimum, it has the following: brakes, a steering
apparatus, tires, a rearview mirror, red reflectorized warning
devices in the front and rear, a slow moving emblem (as
required of other vehicles in Section 12-709 of this Code) on

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the rear of the neighborhood vehicle, a headlight that emits a
white light visible from a distance of 500 feet to the front, a
tail lamp that emits a red light visible from at least 100 feet
from the rear, brake lights, and turn signals. When operated on
a roadway, a neighborhood vehicle shall have its headlight and
tail lamps lighted as required by Section 12-201 of this Code.
(f) A person who drives or is in actual physical control of
a neighborhood vehicle on a roadway while under the influence
is subject to Sections 11-500 through 11-502 of this Code.
(Source: P.A. 94-298, eff. 1-1-06; 95-150, 8-14-07; 95-414,
eff. 8-24-07; 95-575, eff. 8-31-07; 95-876, eff. 8-21-08.)