Public Act 0304 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

SB1119 Enrolled LRB094 04788 DRH 34817 b

Public Act 094-0304

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 12-610.5 and adding Section 18c-7406 as follows:

(625 ILCS 5/12-610.5)

Sec. 12-610.5. Registration Tinted registration plate covers.

(a) In this Section, "registration plate cover" means any tinted, colored, painted, marked, clear, or illuminated object that is designed to:

(1) cover any of the characters of a motor vehicle's registration plate; or

(2) distort a recorded image of any of the characters of a motor vehicle's registration plate recorded by an automated red light enforcement system as defined in Section 1-105.5 of this Code or recorded by an automated traffic control system as defined in Section 15 of the Automated Traffic Control Systems in Highway Construction or Maintenance Zones Act.

(b) (a) It shall be unlawful to operate any motor vehicle that is equipped with tinted plastic or tinted glass registration plate covers.

(c) A person may not sell or offer for sale a registration plate cover.

(d) A person may not advertise for the purpose of promoting the sale of registration plate covers.

(e) (b) A violation of this Section or a similar provision of a local ordinance shall be an offense against laws and ordinances regulating the movement of traffic.

(Source: P.A. 89-245, eff. 1-1-96.)

(625 ILCS 5/18c-7406 new)

Sec. 18c-7406. Closure of at-grade crossings; bicycle and pedestrian trails. When considering the closure of an at-grade railroad crossing to public use, the Commission shall consider the status of the crossing as an element of a bicycle and pedestrian trail funded under the federal Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21) and its successor Acts.

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law, except that the changes to Section 12-610.5 of the Illinois Vehicle Code take effect on January 1, 2006.