Bill Text: IL SB1929 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. In Section on special decals for parking and persons with disabilities, revises cross-reference to the definition of "persons with disabilities" with respect to a temporary disability. Provides that exemptions from parking fees for disabled persons shall only apply to metered street parking and not to public parking structures or areas. Requires an application for a meter exempt decal to provide evidence of permanent disability.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 11-0)

Status: (Passed) 2013-08-27 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0577 [SB1929 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2013-SB1929-Amended.html

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Rep. Thaddeus Jones

Filed: 5/3/2013

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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1929
AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1929 as follows:
on page 1, line 5, by replacing "Section" with "Sections
11-1301.1 and"
on page 1, below line 5, by inserting the following:
"(625 ILCS 5/11-1301.1) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-1301.1)
Sec. 11-1301.1. Persons with disabilities - Parking
privileges - Exemptions.
(a) A motor vehicle bearing registration plates issued to a
person with disabilities, as defined by Section 1-159.1,
pursuant to Section 3-616 or to a disabled veteran pursuant to
subsection (a) of Section 3-609 or a special decal or device
issued pursuant to Section 3-616 or pursuant to Section
11-1301.2 of this Code or a motor vehicle registered in another
jurisdiction, state, district, territory or foreign country

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upon which is displayed a registration plate, special decal or
device issued by the other jurisdiction designating the vehicle
is operated by or for a person with disabilities shall be
exempt from the payment of parking meter fees until January 1,
2014, and exempt from any statute or ordinance imposing time
limitations on parking, except limitations of one-half hour or
less, on any street or highway zone, a parking area subject to
regulation under subsection (a) of Section 11-209 of this Code,
or any parking lot or parking place which are owned, leased or
owned and leased by a municipality or a municipal parking
utility; and shall be recognized by state and local authorities
as a valid license plate or parking device and shall receive
the same parking privileges as residents of this State; but,
such vehicle shall be subject to the laws which prohibit
parking in "no stopping" and "no standing" zones in front of or
near fire hydrants, driveways, public building entrances and
exits, bus stops and loading areas, and is prohibited from
parking where the motor vehicle constitutes a traffic hazard,
whereby such motor vehicle shall be moved at the instruction
and request of a law enforcement officer to a location
designated by the officer.
(b) Any motor vehicle bearing registration plates or a
special decal or device specified in this Section or in Section
3-616 of this Code or such parking device as specifically
authorized in Section 11-1301.2 as evidence that the vehicle is
operated by or for a person with disabilities or bearing

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registration plates issued to a disabled veteran under
subsection (a) of Section 3-609 may park, in addition to any
other lawful place, in any parking place specifically reserved
for such vehicles by the posting of an official sign as
provided under Section 11-301. Parking privileges granted by
this Section are strictly limited to the person to whom the
special registration plates, special decal or device were
issued and to qualified operators acting under his or her
express direction while the person with disabilities is
present. A person to whom privileges were granted shall, at the
request of a police officer or any other person invested by law
with authority to direct, control, or regulate traffic, present
an identification card with a picture as verification that the
person is the person to whom the special registration plates,
special decal or device was issued.
(c) Such parking privileges granted by this Section are
also extended to motor vehicles of not-for-profit
organizations used for the transportation of persons with
disabilities when such motor vehicles display the decal or
device issued pursuant to Section 11-1301.2 of this Code.
(d) No person shall use any area for the parking of any
motor vehicle pursuant to Section 11-1303 of this Code or where
an official sign controlling such area expressly prohibits
parking at any time or during certain hours.
(e) Beginning January 1, 2014, a vehicle displaying a decal
or device issued under subsection (c-5) of Section 11-1301.2 of

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this Code shall be exempt from the payment of fees generated by
parking in a metered space or in a publicly owned parking
structure or area.
(Source: P.A. 96-79, eff. 1-1-10; 97-845, eff. 1-1-13; 97-918,
eff. 1-1-13; revised 8-23-12.)"; and
on page 3, line 15, by replacing "structure or" with "structure
or"; and
on page 3, line 24, by replacing "or parking structures" with
"or parking structures".