Bill Text: IL HB2448 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that every motor vehicle of the first division or motor vehicle of the second division weighing no more than 8,000 pounds shall at all times exhibit: (1) daytime running lights; or (2) at least 2 lighted head lamps, with at least one on each side of the front of the vehicle, showing white lights, including those emitted by high intensity discharge lamps or lights of a yellow or amber tint. Provides that a violation of the provision is a business offense punishable by a fine of $100. Defines "daytime running lights".

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-04-05 - Third Reading - Standard Debate - Lost 009-093-000 [HB2448 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2017-HB2448-Introduced.html

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100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2017 and 2018 HB2448 Introduced , by Rep. Robert W. Pritchard SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
625 ILCS 5/12-201 from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-201
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that every motor vehicle of the first division or motor vehicle of the second division weighing no more than 8,000 pounds shall at all times exhibit: (1) daytime running lights; or (2) at least 2 lighted head lamps, with at least one on each side of the front of the vehicle, showing white lights, including those emitted by high intensity discharge lamps or lights of a yellow or amber tint. Provides that a violation of the provision is a business offense punishable by a fine of $100. Defines "daytime running lights".
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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 12-201 as follows:
(625 ILCS 5/12-201) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-201)
Sec. 12-201. When lighted lamps are required.
(a) When operated upon any highway in this State, every
motorcycle shall at all times exhibit at least one lighted
lamp, showing a white light visible for at least 500 feet in
the direction the motorcycle is proceeding. However, in lieu of
such lighted lamp, a motorcycle may be equipped with and use a
means of modulating the upper beam of the head lamp between
high and a lower brightness. No such head lamp shall be
modulated, except to otherwise comply with this Code, during
times when lighted lamps are required for other motor vehicles.
(a-5) When operated upon any highway in this State, every
motor vehicle of the first division or motor vehicle of the
second division weighing no more than 8,000 pounds shall at all
times exhibit: (1) daytime running lights; or (2) at least 2
lighted head lamps, with at least one on each side of the front
of the vehicle, and which satisfy United States Department of
Transportation requirements, showing white lights, including

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those emitted by high intensity discharge (HID) lamps or lights
of a yellow or amber tint. A violation of this subsection (a-5)
is a business offense punishable by a fine of $100.
For purposes of this subsection (a-5), "daytime running
lights" means an automotive lighting device on the front of a
motor vehicle that is automatically switched on when the
vehicle is moving forward and emits a white, yellow, or amber
light.
(b) All other motor vehicles shall exhibit at least 2
lighted head lamps, with at least one on each side of the front
of the vehicle, which satisfy United States Department of
Transportation requirements, showing white lights, including
that emitted by high intensity discharge (HID) lamps, or lights
of a yellow or amber tint, during the period from sunset to
sunrise, at times when rain, snow, fog, or other atmospheric
conditions require the use of windshield wipers, and at any
other times when, due to insufficient light or unfavorable
atmospheric conditions, persons and vehicles on the highway are
not clearly discernible at a distance of 1000 feet. Parking
lamps may be used in addition to but not in lieu of such head
lamps. Every motor vehicle, trailer, or semi-trailer shall also
exhibit at least 2 lighted lamps, commonly known as tail lamps,
which shall be mounted on the left rear and right rear of the
vehicle so as to throw a red light visible for at least 500
feet in the reverse direction, except that a truck tractor or
road tractor manufactured before January 1, 1968 and all

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motorcycles need be equipped with only one such tail lamp.
(c) Either a tail lamp or a separate lamp shall be so
constructed and placed as to illuminate with a white light a
rear registration plate when required and render it clearly
legible from a distance of 50 feet to the rear. Any tail lamp
or tail lamps, together with any separate lamp or lamps for
illuminating a rear registration plate, shall be so wired as to
be lighted whenever the head lamps or auxiliary driving lamps
are lighted.
(d) A person shall install only head lamps that satisfy
United States Department of Transportation regulations and
show white light, including that emitted by HID lamps, or light
of a yellow or amber tint for use by a motor vehicle.
(e) (Blank).
(Source: P.A. 96-487, eff. 1-1-10.)