SB0072 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
SB0072

Introduced 1/12/2017, by Sen. Ira I. Silverstein

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

625 ILCS 5/11-1413.5 new

Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that a person operating a commercial motor vehicle with a gross weight of 10,001 or more pounds upon a highway of this State shall remove any ice and snow from the hood, roof, and sides of the vehicle that poses a threat to the safety of other persons or property on the highway during the operation of the vehicle. Exempts from this requirement a person operating a vehicle during a period of snow, sleet, or freezing rain if the period began and continued during the vehicle's operation; a person operating a vehicle when the vehicle is parked; a person operating an authorized emergency vehicle or highway maintenance vehicle; a person operating a State fleet vehicle while on official State business; or a person operating a school bus. Makes a violation a petty offense punishable by a fine of not more than $25 for the first offense and not more than $50 for a second or subsequent offense.

A BILL FOR

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 adding Section 11-1413.5 as follows:

(625 ILCS 5/11-1413.5 new)

Sec. 11-1413.5. Ice and snow removal from vehicle.

(a) A person operating a commercial motor vehicle with a gross vehicle weight of 10,001 or more pounds upon a highway of this State shall remove any ice and snow from the hood, roof, and sides of the vehicle that poses a threat to the safety of other persons or property on the highway during operation of the vehicle.

(b) This Section shall not apply to:

(1) a person operating a vehicle during a period of snow, sleet, or freezing rain if the period began and continued during the vehicle operation;

(2) a person operating a vehicle when the vehicle is parked;

(3) a person operating an authorized emergency vehicle or a highway maintenance vehicle;

(4) a person operating a State fleet vehicle while on official State business; or

(5) a person operating a school bus.

(c) A person who violates this Section shall be guilty of a petty offense and shall be fined not more than $25 for a first offense and not more than $50 for a second or subsequent offense.