625 ILCS 5/11-1301.3 Unauthorized use of parking places reserved for persons with disabilities. (a) It shall be prohibited to park any motor vehicle which is not bearing registration plates or decals issued to a person with disabilities, as defined by Section 1-159.1, pursuant to Sections 3-616, 11-1301.1 or 11-1301.2, or to a disabled veteran pursuant to Section 3-609 of this Act, as evidence that the vehicle is operated by or for a person with disabilities or disabled veteran, in any parking place, including any private or public offstreet parking facility, specifically reserved, by the posting of an official sign as designated under Section 11-301, for motor vehicles bearing such registration plates. An individual with a vehicle bearing a person with disabilities license plate or parking decal or device issued to a disabled person under Sections 3-616, 11-1301.1, or 11-1301.2 is in violation of this Section if the person is not the authorized holder of a person with disabilities license plate or parking decal or device and is not transporting the authorized holder of a person with disabilities license plate or parking decal or device to or from the parking location and the person uses the person with disabilities license plate or parking decal or device to exercise any privileges granted through the person with disabilities license plates or parking decals or devices under this Code. Any motor vehicle bearing a person with disabilities license plate or a person with disabilities parking decal or device containing the International symbol of access issued to persons with disabilities by any local authority, state, district, territory or foreign country shall be recognized by state and local authorities as a valid license plate or device and receive the same parking privileges as residents of this State. (b) Any person or local authority owning or operating any public or private offstreet parking facility may, after notifying the police or sheriff's department, remove or cause to be removed to the nearest garage or other place of safety any vehicle parked within a stall or space reserved for use by a person with disabilities which does not display person with disabilities registration plates or a special decal or device as required under this Section. (c) Any person found guilty of violating the provisions of this Section shall be fined $100 in addition to any costs or charges connected with the removal or storage of any motor vehicle authorized under this Section; but municipalities by ordinance may impose a fine up to $200 and shall display signs indicating the fine imposed. If the amount of the fine is subsequently changed, the municipality shall change the sign to indicate the current amount of the fine. It shall not be a defense to a charge under this Section that the sign posted pursuant to this Section does not comply with the technical requirements of Section 11-301, Department regulations, or local ordinance if a reasonable person would be made aware by the sign or notice on or near the parking place that the place is reserved for a person with disabilities. (d) Local authorities shall impose fines as established in subsection (c) for violations of this Section. (e) As used in this Section, "authorized holder" means an individual issued a person with disabilities license plate under Section 3-616 of this Code or an individual issued a person with disabilities parking decal or device under Section 11-1301.2 of this Code.

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