Public Act 104-0226
 
HB2442 EnrolledLRB104 06383 LNS 16419 b

    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 12-601.1 as follows:
 
    (625 ILCS 5/12-601.1)
    Sec. 12-601.1. Traffic control signal preemption devices. 
    (a) As used in this Section, "traffic control signal 
preemption device" means any device, either mechanical or 
electrical, that emits a pulse of light or other signal that, 
when received by a detector attached to a traffic control 
signal, changes that traffic control signal to a green light 
or, if the traffic control signal is already green, extends 
the duration of the green light.
    (b) Except as provided in subsection (d), a traffic 
control signal preemption device may not be installed on a 
motor vehicle, may not be transported in the passenger 
compartment of a motor vehicle, and may not be operated by the 
driver or passenger of a motor vehicle.
    Violation of this subsection (b) is a Class A misdemeanor, 
punishable by a fine of $1,000 in addition to any other penalty 
that may be imposed.
    (c) A retailer or manufacturer may not sell a traffic 
control signal preemption device to any person or entity for 
any intended use other than operation as permitted under 
subsection (d).
    Violation of this subsection (c) is a Class A misdemeanor, 
punishable by a fine of $5,000 for each sale of each device, in 
addition to any other penalty that may be imposed.
    (d) Installation of a traffic control signal preemption 
device is permitted on the following vehicles, and operation 
of the device is permitted as follows:
        (1) Police department vehicles, when responding to a 
    bona fide emergency, when used in combination with red or 
    blue oscillating, rotating, or flashing lights.
        (2) Law enforcement vehicles of State or local 
    authorities, when responding to a bona fide emergency, 
    when used in combination with red oscillating, rotating, 
    or flashing lights.
        (3) Vehicles of local fire departments, fire 
    protection districts, and State or federal firefighting 
    vehicles, when responding to a bona fide emergency, when 
    used in combination with red oscillating, rotating, or 
    flashing lights.
        (4) Vehicles that are designed and used exclusively as 
    ambulances or rescue vehicles, when responding to a bona 
    fide emergency, when used in combination with red 
    oscillating, rotating, or flashing lights.
        (5) Vehicles that are equipped and used exclusively as 
    organ transport vehicles, when the transportation is 
    declared an emergency by a member of the transplant team 
    or a representative of the organ procurement organization, 
    when used in combination with red oscillating, rotating, 
    or flashing lights.
        (6) Vehicles of the Illinois Emergency Management 
    Agency and vehicles of the Department of Nuclear Safety, 
    when responding to a bona fide emergency, when used in 
    combination with red oscillating, rotating, or flashing 
    lights.
        (7) Commuter buses owned by any political subdivision 
    of this State, operated either by the political 
    subdivision or its lessee or agent, and offering 
    short-haul for-hire regularly scheduled passenger 
    transportation service, over regular routes with fixed 
    schedules, within metropolitan and suburban areas, when 
    used to extend the duration of an already green light to 
    meet schedules.
        (8) Vehicles used for snow removal owned by any 
    political subdivision of this State, operated either by 
    the political subdivision or its lessee or agent, when 
    used during a snow emergency in combination with yellow or 
    amber oscillating, rotating, or flashing lights, when used 
    to extend the duration of an already green light.
        (9) Vehicles used by a local or county emergency 
    management services agency, as defined in the Illinois 
    Emergency Management Agency Act, when responding to a bona 
    fide emergency and when used in combination with red 
    oscillating, rotating, or flashing lights. 
    (e) This Section does not prohibit use by motorcycles of 
electronic or magnetic safety devices designed to allow 
traffic control signal systems to recognize or detect 
motorcycles.
(Source: P.A. 102-842, eff. 1-1-23.)