Bill Text: IL HB3325 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Enrolled
Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning school bus identification markings.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: (Passed) 2009-11-03 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0815 [HB3325 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2009-HB3325-Enrolled.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, | ||||||
3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by changing | ||||||
5 | Sections 3-412 and 12-503 as follows:
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6 | (625 ILCS 5/3-412) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-412)
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7 | Sec. 3-412. Registration plates and registration stickers | ||||||
8 | to be
furnished by the Secretary of State. | ||||||
9 | (a) The Secretary of State upon registering a vehicle | ||||||
10 | subject to annual
registration for the first time shall issue | ||||||
11 | or shall cause to be issued to the
owner one registration plate | ||||||
12 | for a motorcycle, trailer, semitrailer, motorized
pedalcycle | ||||||
13 | or truck-tractor, 2 registration plates for other motor | ||||||
14 | vehicles
and, where applicable, current registration stickers | ||||||
15 | for motor vehicles of the
first division. The provisions of | ||||||
16 | this Section may be made applicable to such
vehicles of the | ||||||
17 | second division, as the Secretary of State may, from time to
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18 | time, in his discretion designate. On subsequent annual | ||||||
19 | registrations
during the term of the registration plate as | ||||||
20 | provided in Section 3-414.1, the
Secretary shall issue or cause | ||||||
21 | to be issued registration stickers as evidence
of current | ||||||
22 | registration. However, the issuance of annual registration | ||||||
23 | stickers
to vehicles registered under the provisions of |
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1 | Sections 3-402.1 and 3-405.3 of
this Code may not be required | ||||||
2 | if the Secretary deems the issuance unnecessary.
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3 | (b) Every registration plate shall have displayed upon it | ||||||
4 | the registration
number assigned to the vehicle for which it is | ||||||
5 | issued, the name of this State,
which may be abbreviated, the | ||||||
6 | year number for which it was issued, which may
be abbreviated, | ||||||
7 | the phrase "Land of Lincoln" (except as otherwise provided in
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8 | this Code), and such other letters or numbers as the Secretary
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9 | may prescribe. However, for apportionment plates issued to | ||||||
10 | vehicles registered
under Section 3-402.1 and fleet plates | ||||||
11 | issued to vehicles registered under
Section 3-405.3, the phrase | ||||||
12 | "Land of Lincoln" may be omitted to allow for
the word | ||||||
13 | "apportioned", the word "fleet", or other similar language to | ||||||
14 | be
displayed. Registration plates issued to a vehicle | ||||||
15 | registered as a fleet
vehicle may display a designation | ||||||
16 | determined by the Secretary.
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17 | The Secretary may in his discretion prescribe
that letters | ||||||
18 | be used as prefixes only on registration plates issued to | ||||||
19 | vehicles
of the first division which are registered under this | ||||||
20 | Code and only as suffixes
on registration plates issued to | ||||||
21 | other vehicles. Every registration sticker
issued as evidence | ||||||
22 | of current registration shall designate the year number
for | ||||||
23 | which it is issued and such other letters or numbers as the | ||||||
24 | Secretary may
prescribe and shall be of a contrasting color | ||||||
25 | with the registration plates and
registration stickers of the | ||||||
26 | previous year.
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1 | (c) Each registration plate and the required letters and | ||||||
2 | numerals thereon,
except the year number for which issued, | ||||||
3 | shall be of sufficient size to be
plainly readable from a | ||||||
4 | distance of 100 feet during daylight, and shall be
coated with | ||||||
5 | reflectorizing material. The dimensions of the plate issued to
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6 | vehicles of the first division shall be 6 by 12 inches.
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7 | (d) The Secretary of State shall issue for every passenger | ||||||
8 | motor vehicle
rented without a driver the same type of | ||||||
9 | registration plates as the type of
plates issued for a private | ||||||
10 | passenger vehicle.
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11 | (e) The Secretary of State shall issue for every passenger
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12 | car used as a taxicab or livery, distinctive registration | ||||||
13 | plates.
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14 | (f) The Secretary of State shall issue for every motorcycle
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15 | distinctive registration plates distinguishing between
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16 | motorcycles having 150 or more cubic centimeters piston
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17 | displacement, or having less than 150 cubic centimeter
piston | ||||||
18 | displacement.
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19 | (g) Registration plates issued to vehicles for-hire may
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20 | display a designation as determined by the Secretary that
such | ||||||
21 | vehicles are for-hire.
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22 | (h) The Secretary of State shall issue distinctive | ||||||
23 | registration plates for electric vehicles.
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24 | (i) The Secretary of State shall issue for every public and | ||||||
25 | private
ambulance registration plates identifying the vehicle | ||||||
26 | as an ambulance.
The Secretary shall forward to the Department |
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1 | of Healthcare and Family Services registration
information for | ||||||
2 | the purpose of verification of claims filed with the
Department | ||||||
3 | by ambulance owners for payment for services to public | ||||||
4 | assistance
recipients.
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5 | (j) The Secretary of State shall issue for every public and | ||||||
6 | private
medical carrier or rescue vehicle livery registration | ||||||
7 | plates displaying
numbers within ranges of numbers reserved | ||||||
8 | respectively for medical carriers
and rescue vehicles. The | ||||||
9 | Secretary shall forward to the Department of Healthcare and | ||||||
10 | Family Services registration information for the purpose of | ||||||
11 | verification of claims filed
with the Department by owners of | ||||||
12 | medical carriers or rescue vehicles for
payment for services to | ||||||
13 | public assistance recipients.
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14 | (k) The Secretary of State shall issue distinctive license | ||||||
15 | plates or distinctive license plate stickers for every vehicle | ||||||
16 | exempted from subsections subsection (a) and (a-5) of Section | ||||||
17 | 12-503 by subsection (g) of that Section, and by subsection | ||||||
18 | (g-5) of that Section before its deletion by this amendatory | ||||||
19 | Act of the 95th General Assembly. The Secretary shall issue | ||||||
20 | these plates or stickers immediately upon receiving the | ||||||
21 | physician's certification required under subsection (g) of | ||||||
22 | Section 12-503. New plates or stickers shall also be issued | ||||||
23 | when the certification is renewed as provided in that | ||||||
24 | subsection.
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25 | (Source: P.A. 94-239, eff. 1-1-06; 94-564, eff. 8-12-05; | ||||||
26 | 95-202, eff. 8-16-07; 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)
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1 | (625 ILCS 5/12-503) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-503)
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2 | Sec. 12-503. Windshields must be unobstructed and equipped | ||||||
3 | with wipers.
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4 | (a) No person shall drive a motor vehicle with any sign, | ||||||
5 | poster, window
application, reflective material, nonreflective | ||||||
6 | material or tinted film
upon the front windshield, except that | ||||||
7 | a sidewings or side windows immediately adjacent
to each side | ||||||
8 | of the driver. A nonreflective tinted film may be used along
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9 | the uppermost portion of the windshield if such material does | ||||||
10 | not extend
more than 6 inches down from the top of the | ||||||
11 | windshield. Nothing in this
Section shall create a cause of | ||||||
12 | action on behalf of a buyer against a
dealer or manufacturer | ||||||
13 | who sells a motor vehicle with a window which is in
violation | ||||||
14 | of this Section.
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15 | (a-5) No window treatment or tinting shall be applied to | ||||||
16 | the windows immediately adjacent to each side of the driver, | ||||||
17 | except: | ||||||
18 | (1) on vehicles where none of the windows to the rear | ||||||
19 | of the driver's seat are treated in a manner that allows | ||||||
20 | less than 30% light transmittance, a nonreflective tinted | ||||||
21 | film that allows at least 50% light transmittance, with a | ||||||
22 | 5% variance observed by any law enforcement official | ||||||
23 | metering the light transmittance, may be used on the side | ||||||
24 | windows immediately adjacent to each side of the driver. | ||||||
25 | (2) on vehicles where none of the windows to the rear |
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1 | of the driver's seat are treated in a manner that allows | ||||||
2 | less than 35% light transmittance, a nonreflective tinted | ||||||
3 | film that allows at least 35% light transmittance, with a | ||||||
4 | 5% variance observed by any law enforcement official | ||||||
5 | metering the light transmittance, may be used on the side | ||||||
6 | windows immediately adjacent to each side of the driver. | ||||||
7 | (3) on multipurpose passenger vehicles, as defined by | ||||||
8 | Section 1-148.3b of this Code, a nonreflective tinted film | ||||||
9 | originally applied by the manufacturer, that allows at | ||||||
10 | least 50% light transmittance, with a 5% variance observed | ||||||
11 | by any law enforcement official metering the light | ||||||
12 | transmittance, may be used on the side windows immediately | ||||||
13 | adjacent to each side of the driver. | ||||||
14 | (b) On motor vehicles where window treatment has not been | ||||||
15 | applied to the windows immediately adjacent to each side of the | ||||||
16 | driver, Nothing contained in this Section shall prohibit the | ||||||
17 | use of a
nonreflective, smoked or tinted glass, nonreflective | ||||||
18 | film, perforated
window screen or other decorative window | ||||||
19 | application on windows to the rear
of the driver's seat shall | ||||||
20 | be allowed , except that any motor vehicle with a window to the
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21 | rear of the driver's seat treated in this manner shall be | ||||||
22 | equipped with a
side mirror on each side of the motor vehicle | ||||||
23 | which are in conformance with
Section 12-502.
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24 | (c) No person shall drive a motor vehicle with any objects | ||||||
25 | placed or
suspended between the driver and the front | ||||||
26 | windshield, rear
window, side wings or side windows immediately |
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1 | adjacent to each side of
the driver which materially obstructs | ||||||
2 | the driver's view.
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3 | (d) Every motor vehicle, except motorcycles, shall be | ||||||
4 | equipped with a
device, controlled by the driver, for cleaning | ||||||
5 | rain, snow, moisture or other
obstructions from the windshield; | ||||||
6 | and no person shall drive a motor vehicle
with snow, ice, | ||||||
7 | moisture or other material on any of the windows or
mirrors, | ||||||
8 | which materially obstructs the driver's clear view of the | ||||||
9 | highway.
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10 | (e) No person shall drive a motor vehicle when the | ||||||
11 | windshield, side or
rear windows are in such defective | ||||||
12 | condition or repair as to materially
impair the driver's view | ||||||
13 | to the front, side or rear. A vehicle equipped
with a side | ||||||
14 | mirror on each side of the vehicle which are in conformance
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15 | with Section 12-502 will be deemed to be in compliance in the | ||||||
16 | event the
rear window of the vehicle is materially obscured.
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17 | (f) Paragraphs (a) , (a-5), and (b) of this Section shall | ||||||
18 | not apply to:
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19 | (1) (Blank). motor vehicles manufactured prior to | ||||||
20 | January 1, 1982; or
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21 | (2) to those motor vehicles properly registered in | ||||||
22 | another jurisdiction.
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23 | (g) Paragraphs Paragraph (a) and (a-5) of this Section | ||||||
24 | shall not apply to any motor vehicle with
a window treatment, | ||||||
25 | including but not limited to a window application,
reflective | ||||||
26 | material, nonreflective material, or tinted film, applied or |
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1 | affixed
to a motor vehicle for which distinctive license plates | ||||||
2 | or license plate stickers have been issued pursuant to | ||||||
3 | subsection (k) of Section 3-412 of this Code, and which that :
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4 | (1) is owned and operated by a person afflicted with or | ||||||
5 | suffering
from a medical illness, ailment, or disease, | ||||||
6 | including but not limited to systemic or discoid lupus | ||||||
7 | erythematosus, disseminated superficial actinic | ||||||
8 | porokeratosis, or albinism, which would require that | ||||||
9 | person
to be shielded from the direct rays of the sun; or
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10 | (2) is used in transporting a person when the person
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11 | resides at
the same address as the registered owner of the | ||||||
12 | vehicle and the
person is
afflicted with or suffering from | ||||||
13 | a medical illness, ailment or disease
which would require | ||||||
14 | the person to be shielded from the direct rays
of the
sun, | ||||||
15 | including but not limited to systemic or discoid lupus | ||||||
16 | erythematosus, disseminated superficial actinic | ||||||
17 | porokeratosis, or albinism.
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18 | The owner must obtain a certified statement or letter | ||||||
19 | written by a physician licensed to practice medicine in
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20 | Illinois that such person owning and operating or being | ||||||
21 | transported in a motor
vehicle is afflicted with or suffers | ||||||
22 | from such illness, ailment, or disease, including but not | ||||||
23 | limited to systemic or discoid lupus erythematosus, | ||||||
24 | disseminated superficial actinic porokeratosis, or | ||||||
25 | albinism . However, no exemption from the requirements of | ||||||
26 | subsection (a-5) shall be granted for any condition, such |
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1 | as light sensitivity, for which protection from the direct | ||||||
2 | rays of the sun can be adequately obtained by the use of | ||||||
3 | sunglasses or other eye protective devices. | ||||||
4 | Such , and
such certification must be carried in the | ||||||
5 | motor vehicle at all times. The
certification shall be | ||||||
6 | legible and shall contain the date of issuance, the
name, | ||||||
7 | address and signature of the attending physician, and the | ||||||
8 | name, address,
and medical condition of the person | ||||||
9 | requiring exemption. The information on
the certificate | ||||||
10 | for a window treatment must remain current and shall be | ||||||
11 | renewed
annually by the attending physician. The owner | ||||||
12 | shall also submit a copy of the certification to
the | ||||||
13 | Secretary of
State. The Secretary of State may forward | ||||||
14 | notice of certification to law
enforcement agencies.
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15 | (g-5) (Blank). | ||||||
16 | (g-7) Installers shall only install window treatment | ||||||
17 | authorized by subsection (g) on motor vehicles for which | ||||||
18 | distinctive plates or license plate stickers have been issued | ||||||
19 | pursuant to subsection (k) of Section 3-412 of this Code. The | ||||||
20 | distinctive license plates or plate sticker must be on the | ||||||
21 | motor vehicle at the time of window treatment installation. | ||||||
22 | (h) Paragraph (a) of this Section shall not apply to motor | ||||||
23 | vehicle
stickers or other certificates issued by State or local | ||||||
24 | authorities which
are required to be displayed upon motor | ||||||
25 | vehicle windows to evidence
compliance with requirements | ||||||
26 | concerning motor vehicles.
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1 | (i) (Blank). Those motor vehicles exempted under paragraph | ||||||
2 | (f)(1) of this Section
shall not cause their windows to be | ||||||
3 | treated as described in paragraph (a) after
January 1, 1993.
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4 | (j) A person found guilty of violating paragraphs (a), | ||||||
5 | (a-5), (b), or (g-7) (i) of this
Section shall be guilty of a | ||||||
6 | petty offense and fined no less than $50 nor more
than $500. A | ||||||
7 | second or subsequent violation of paragraphs (a), (a-5), (b), | ||||||
8 | or (g-7) (i) of
this Section shall be treated as a Class C | ||||||
9 | misdemeanor and the violator fined
no less than $100 nor more | ||||||
10 | than $500. Any person convicted under paragraphs
(a), (a-5), or | ||||||
11 | (b) , or (i) of this Section shall be ordered to alter any
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12 | nonconforming windows into compliance with this Section.
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13 | (k) Nothing in this
Section shall create a cause of action | ||||||
14 | on behalf of a buyer against a
vehicle dealer or manufacturer | ||||||
15 | who sells a motor vehicle with a window which is in
violation | ||||||
16 | of this Section. | ||||||
17 | (Source: P.A. 94-564, eff. 8-12-05; 95-202, eff. 8-16-07.)
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18 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
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