(A) Charitable organizations shall be allowed to solicit upon public highways under the following terms and conditions.
(B) The charitable organization must:
(1) Be one that is registered with the Attorney General for the state as a charitable organization as provided by An Act to Regulate Solicitation and Collection of Funds for Charitable Purposes, Providing for Violations Thereof, and Making an Appropriation Therefor, approved 7-26-1963, being 225 ILCS 460/1 et seq. as amended;
(2) Solicit only at intersections where all traffic from all directions is required to come to a full stop;
(3) Be engaged in a state-wide fund-raising activity;
(4) Be liable for any injury to any person or property during the solicitation which is causally related to an act of ordinary negligence of the soliciting agent;
(5) Any person so engaged in such solicitation shall be at least 16 years of age and shall wear a high visibility vest; and
(6) Solicit only during daylight hours.
(C) Any one charitable organization shall be limited to conducting no more than two solicitations per calendar year.
(Prior Code, § 7-2-10)
Statutory reference:
Related provisions, see 625 ILCS 5/11-1006