SB2104 Summary

• Increases fines for excessive idling violations of diesel vehicles in specified Illinois counties from $50 to $250 for first conviction and from $150 to $500 for second or subsequent conviction within 12 months.

• Restricts diesel vehicle idling to maximum 10 minutes per 60-minute period in affected areas (Cook, DuPage, Lake, Kane, McHenry, Will, Madison, St. Clair, Monroe counties and specific townships), with multiple exemptions for traffic, emergency vehicles, auxiliary equipment operation, and temperature extremes.

• Creates the Trucking Environmental and Education Fund as a special state fund to receive $50 (first conviction) and $87.50 (subsequent conviction) from each fine, with money appropriated to the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency for trucking industry education on air pollution and idling prevention.

• Distributes fine revenues as follows: $50/$150 to General Revenue Fund, $150/$262.50 to issuing law enforcement agency, and remainder to the Trucking Environmental and Education Fund.

• Requires circuit clerks to distribute excessive idling violation fines according to the specified distribution formula, separate from standard traffic violation procedures.