Bill Text: IL HB5336 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Lights and Lamps Article of the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that head lamps shall satisfy federal regulations set forth in 49 CFR 571.18, including light-emitting diode (LED) lamps.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-06-23 - Rule 19(b) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB5336 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-HB5336-Introduced.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,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by changing | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | Section 12-201 as follows:
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6 | (625 ILCS 5/12-201) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-201)
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7 | Sec. 12-201. When lighted lamps are required.
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8 | (a) When operated upon any highway in this State, every | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | motorcycle shall at
all times exhibit at least one lighted | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | lamp, showing a white light visible
for at least 500 feet in | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | the
direction the motorcycle is proceeding. However, in lieu of | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | such lighted
lamp, a motorcycle may be equipped with and use a | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | means of modulating the
upper beam of the head lamp between | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | high and a lower brightness. No such
head lamp shall be | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | modulated, except to otherwise comply with this Code,
during | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | times when lighted lamps are required for other motor vehicles.
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17 | (b) All other motor vehicles shall
exhibit at least 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | lighted head lamps, with at least one on each side
of the front | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | of the vehicle, which satisfy United States Department of
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20 | Transportation requirements, showing white lights, including | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | that emitted
by high intensity discharge (HID) lamps, or lights | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | of a yellow or amber tint,
during the period from sunset to | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | sunrise, at times when rain, snow, fog, or
other atmospheric |
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1 | conditions require the use of windshield wipers, and at
any | ||||||
2 | other times when, due to insufficient light or unfavorable | ||||||
3 | atmospheric
conditions, persons and vehicles on the highway are | ||||||
4 | not clearly discernible at
a distance of 1000 feet. Parking | ||||||
5 | lamps may be used in addition to but not in
lieu of such head | ||||||
6 | lamps. Every motor vehicle, trailer, or semi-trailer shall
also | ||||||
7 | exhibit at least 2 lighted lamps, commonly known as tail lamps, | ||||||
8 | which
shall be mounted on the left rear and right rear of the | ||||||
9 | vehicle so as to throw
a red light visible for at least 500 | ||||||
10 | feet in the reverse direction, except that
a truck tractor or | ||||||
11 | road tractor manufactured before January 1, 1968 and all
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12 | motorcycles need be equipped with only one such tail lamp.
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13 | (c) Either a tail lamp or a separate lamp shall be so | ||||||
14 | constructed
and placed as to illuminate with a white light a | ||||||
15 | rear registration plate
when required and render it clearly | ||||||
16 | legible from a distance of 50 feet
to the rear. Any tail lamp | ||||||
17 | or tail lamps, together with any separate
lamp or lamps for | ||||||
18 | illuminating a rear registration plate, shall be so
wired as to | ||||||
19 | be lighted whenever the head lamps or auxiliary driving lamps
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20 | are lighted.
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21 | (d) A person shall install only head lamps that satisfy | ||||||
22 | United States
Department of Transportation regulations , as set | ||||||
23 | forth in 49 CFR 571.108, and show white light, including that
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24 | emitted by HID lamps, light-emitting diode (LED) lamps, or | ||||||
25 | light of a yellow or amber tint for use by a motor
vehicle.
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26 | (e) (Blank).
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1 | (Source: P.A. 96-487, eff. 1-1-10.)
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