Bill Text: IL HB3427 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that a person that operates a motor vehicle operating on diesel fuel in an affected area may not cause or allow the motor vehicle, when it is not in motion, to idle for more than a total of 3 (rather than 10) minutes within any 60 minute period.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2023-02-17 - Referred to Rules Committee [HB3427 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-HB3427-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 | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | changing Section 11-1429 as follows:
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6 | (625 ILCS 5/11-1429) | |||||||||||||||||||
7 | Sec. 11-1429. Excessive idling. | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | (a) The purpose of this law is to protect public health and | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | the environment by reducing emissions while conserving fuel | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | and maintaining adequate rest and safety of all drivers of | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | diesel vehicles. | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | (b) As used in this Section, "affected areas" means the | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | counties of Cook, DuPage, Lake, Kane, McHenry, Will, Madison, | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | St. Clair, and Monroe and the townships of Aux Sable and Goose | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | Lake in Grundy County and the township of Oswego in Kendall | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | County. | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | (c) A person that operates a motor
vehicle operating on | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | diesel fuel in an affected area may not cause or allow the
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19 | motor vehicle, when it is not in motion, to idle for more than
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20 | a total of 3 10 minutes within any 60 minute period, except | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | under the following circumstances:
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22 | (1) the motor vehicle has a Gross Vehicle Weight | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | Rating
of less than 8,000 pounds;
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1 | (2) the motor vehicle idles while forced to remain | ||||||
2 | motionless because of on-highway traffic, an official | ||||||
3 | traffic control device or signal, or at the direction of a | ||||||
4 | law enforcement official;
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5 | (3) the motor vehicle idles when operating defrosters, | ||||||
6 | heaters, air conditioners, or other equipment solely to | ||||||
7 | prevent a safety or health emergency;
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8 | (4) a police, fire, ambulance, public safety, other | ||||||
9 | emergency or law enforcement motor vehicle, or any motor | ||||||
10 | vehicle used in an emergency capacity, idles while in an | ||||||
11 | emergency or training mode and not for the convenience of | ||||||
12 | the vehicle operator;
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13 | (5) the primary propulsion engine idles for | ||||||
14 | maintenance, servicing, repairing, or diagnostic purposes | ||||||
15 | if idling is necessary for such activity;
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16 | (6) a motor vehicle idles as part of a government | ||||||
17 | inspection to verify that all equipment is in good working | ||||||
18 | order, provided idling is required as part of the | ||||||
19 | inspection;
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20 | (7) when idling of the motor vehicle is required to | ||||||
21 | operate auxiliary equipment to accomplish the intended use | ||||||
22 | of the vehicle (such as loading, unloading, mixing, or | ||||||
23 | processing cargo; controlling cargo temperature; | ||||||
24 | construction operations; lumbering operations; oil or gas | ||||||
25 | well servicing; or farming operations), provided that this | ||||||
26 | exemption does not apply when the vehicle is idling solely |
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1 | for cabin comfort or to operate non-essential equipment | ||||||
2 | such as air conditioning, heating, microwave ovens, or | ||||||
3 | televisions;
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4 | (8) an armored motor vehicle idles when a person | ||||||
5 | remains inside the vehicle to guard the contents, or while | ||||||
6 | the vehicle is being loaded or unloaded;
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7 | (9) a bus idles a maximum of 15 minutes in any 60 | ||||||
8 | minute period to maintain passenger comfort while | ||||||
9 | non-driver passengers are on board;
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10 | (10) if the motor vehicle has a sleeping berth, when | ||||||
11 | the operator is occupying the vehicle during a rest or | ||||||
12 | sleep period and idling of the vehicle is required to | ||||||
13 | operate air conditioning or heating;
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14 | (11) when the motor vehicle idles due to mechanical | ||||||
15 | difficulties over which the operator has no control;
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16 | (12) the motor vehicle is used as airport ground | ||||||
17 | support
equipment, including, but not limited to, motor | ||||||
18 | vehicles
operated on the air side of the airport terminal | ||||||
19 | to service
or supply aircraft;
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20 | (13) the motor vehicle is (i) a bus owned by a public
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21 | transit authority and (ii) being operated on a designated
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22 | bus route or on a street or highway between designated bus
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23 | routes for the provision of public transportation;
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24 | (14) the motor vehicle is an implement of husbandry
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25 | exempt from registration under subdivision A(2) of Section
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26 | 3-402 of this Code;
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1 | (15) the motor vehicle is owned by an electric utility | ||||||
2 | and is operated for electricity generation or hydraulic | ||||||
3 | pressure to power equipment necessary in the restoration, | ||||||
4 | repair, modification or installation of electric utility | ||||||
5 | service; | ||||||
6 | (16) the outdoor temperature is less than 32 degrees | ||||||
7 | Fahrenheit or greater than 80 degrees Fahrenheit; or | ||||||
8 | (17) the motor vehicle idles while being operated by a | ||||||
9 | remote starter system. | ||||||
10 | (d) When the outdoor temperature is 32 degrees Fahrenheit | ||||||
11 | or higher and 80 degrees Fahrenheit or lower, a person who | ||||||
12 | operates a motor vehicle operating on diesel fuel in an | ||||||
13 | affected area may not cause or allow the motor vehicle to idle | ||||||
14 | for a period greater than 30 minutes in any 60 minute period | ||||||
15 | while waiting to weigh, load, or unload cargo or freight, | ||||||
16 | unless the vehicle is in a line of vehicles that regularly and | ||||||
17 | periodically moves forward.
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18 | (e) This Section does not prohibit the operation of an | ||||||
19 | auxiliary power unit or generator set as an alternative to | ||||||
20 | idling the main engine of a motor vehicle operating on diesel | ||||||
21 | fuel.
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22 | (f) This Section does not apply to the owner of a motor | ||||||
23 | vehicle rented or leased to another entity or person operating | ||||||
24 | the vehicle. | ||||||
25 | (g) Any person convicted of any violation of this Section | ||||||
26 | is guilty of
a petty offense and shall be fined $90 for the |
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1 | first
conviction and $500 for a second or subsequent | ||||||
2 | conviction
within any 12 month period.
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3 | (h) Fines; distribution. All fines and all penalties | ||||||
4 | collected under this Section shall be deposited in the State | ||||||
5 | Treasury and shall be distributed as follows: (i) $50 for the | ||||||
6 | first conviction and $150 for a second or subsequent | ||||||
7 | conviction within any 12 month period under this Section shall | ||||||
8 | be deposited into the State's General Revenue Fund; (ii) $20 | ||||||
9 | for the first conviction and $262.50 for a second or | ||||||
10 | subsequent conviction within any 12 month period under this | ||||||
11 | Section shall be distributed to the law enforcement agency | ||||||
12 | that issued the citation; and (iii) $20 for the first | ||||||
13 | conviction and $87.50 for a second or subsequent conviction | ||||||
14 | within any 12 month period under this Section shall be | ||||||
15 | deposited into the Vehicle Inspection Fund. | ||||||
16 | (i) (Blank). | ||||||
17 | (j) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section, a | ||||||
18 | person who operates a motor vehicle with a gross vehicle | ||||||
19 | weight rating of 8,000 pounds or more operating on diesel fuel | ||||||
20 | on property that (i) offers paid parking services to vehicle | ||||||
21 | owners, (ii) does not involve fuel dispensing, and (iii) is | ||||||
22 | located in an affected area within a county of over 3 million | ||||||
23 | residents but outside of a municipality of over 2 million | ||||||
24 | residents may not cause or allow the motor vehicle, when it is | ||||||
25 | not in motion, to idle for more than a total of 10 minutes | ||||||
26 | within any 60-minute period under any circumstances if the |
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1 | vehicle is within 200 feet of a residential area. This Section | ||||||
2 | may be enforced by either the law enforcement agency having | ||||||
3 | jurisdiction over the residential area or the law enforcement | ||||||
4 | agency having jurisdiction over the property on which the | ||||||
5 | violation took place. This subsection does not apply to: | ||||||
6 | (1) school buses; | ||||||
7 | (2) waste hauling vehicles; | ||||||
8 | (3) facilities operated by the Department of | ||||||
9 | Transportation; | ||||||
10 | (4) vehicles owned by a public utility and operated to | ||||||
11 | power equipment necessary in the restoration, repair, | ||||||
12 | modification, or installation of a utility service; or | ||||||
13 | (5) ambulances. | ||||||
14 | (Source: P.A. 101-319, eff. 1-1-20; 102-1071, eff. 6-10-22.)
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