Bill Text: IL HB3892 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that only a person authorized to possess or be in actual physical control of oscillating, rotating, or flashing lights or other indicia of an emergency vehicle may purchase oscillating, rotating, or flashing lights for an emergency vehicle. Requires the purchaser of oscillating, rotating, or flashing lights for an emergency vehicle to provide identification proving his or her status as a law enforcement officer, ambulance technician or driver, firefighter, any other person authorized to possess emergency vehicle lights, or a person authorized to purchase on behalf of any person or entity authorized to possess emergency vehicle lights. Makes a conforming change.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-27 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB3892 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-HB3892-Introduced.html
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| 1 | AN ACT concerning transportation.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by changing | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Section 12-215.1 as follows:
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| 6 | (625 ILCS 5/12-215.1) | |||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Sec. 12-215.1. Possession and purchase of oscillating, | |||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | rotating, or flashing lights in motor vehicles; police | |||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | equipment, markings, and other indicia of emergency vehicle | |||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | authority. | |||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | (a) A person, except those given exceptions in Section | |||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | 12-215 or 12-609 of this Code, may not possess or be in actual | |||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | physical control of oscillating, rotating, or flashing lights | |||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | or other indicia of emergency vehicle authority within any | |||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | portion of a motor vehicle, including but not limited to | |||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | wig-wags, red and blue LEDs, sirens, mounted or affixed devices | |||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | or other equipment, markings or indicia of emergency vehicle | |||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | authority. | |||||||||||||||||||
| 19 | (b) A person found guilty of violating this Section is | |||||||||||||||||||
| 20 | guilty of a Class A misdemeanor. | |||||||||||||||||||
| 21 | (a-5) Only a person authorized to possess or be in actual | |||||||||||||||||||
| 22 | physical control of oscillating, rotating, or flashing lights | |||||||||||||||||||
| 23 | or other indicia of an emergency vehicle under Section 12-215 | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | may purchase oscillating, rotating, or flashing lights for an | ||||||
| 2 | emergency vehicle. The purchaser of oscillating, rotating, or | ||||||
| 3 | flashing lights for an emergency vehicle must provide | ||||||
| 4 | identification, which may include a badge, as proof of his or | ||||||
| 5 | her status as a law enforcement officer, ambulance technician | ||||||
| 6 | or driver, firefighter, any other person authorized to possess | ||||||
| 7 | emergency vehicle lights under Section 12-215, or a person | ||||||
| 8 | authorized to purchase on behalf of any person or entity | ||||||
| 9 | authorized to possess emergency vehicle lights under Section | ||||||
| 10 | 12-215. | ||||||
| 11 | (c) Oscillating, rotating, or flashing lights and any other | ||||||
| 12 | equipment, markings, or indicia of emergency vehicle authority | ||||||
| 13 | shall be seized by the law enforcement officer at the time of a | ||||||
| 14 | violation of this Section or of Section 12-215 or 12-609 of | ||||||
| 15 | this Code upon any legal search. The officer may seize the | ||||||
| 16 | vehicle containing the prohibited device or mechanism, and this | ||||||
| 17 | device or mechanism shall be removed and held for evidentiary | ||||||
| 18 | purposes. When the device or mechanism is no longer needed for | ||||||
| 19 | evidence, the defendant may petition the court for the return | ||||||
| 20 | of the device or mechanism. The defendant must prove to the | ||||||
| 21 | court by a preponderance of the evidence that the device or | ||||||
| 22 | mechanism will be used for a legitimate and lawful purpose.
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| 23 | (Source: P.A. 98-468, eff. 8-16-13.)
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