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93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
SB2429
Introduced 2/3/2004, by George P. Shadid SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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625 ILCS 5/12-608 |
from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-608 |
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Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that it is unlawful to operate upon any highway of this State any vehicle with a front bumper height that exceeds 28 inches or a rear bumper height that exceeds 30 inches, regardless of the gross vehicle weight rating of the vehicle, except those vehicles covered by the Illinois Motor Carrier Safety Law.
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A BILL FOR
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SB2429 |
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LRB093 17653 DRH 43329 b |
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| AN ACT in relation to transportation.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by changing
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| Section 12-608 as follows:
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| (625 ILCS 5/12-608) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-608)
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| Sec. 12-608. Bumpers.
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| (a) It shall be unlawful to operate any motor
vehicle with |
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| a gross vehicle weight rating of 9,000 pounds or less or
any |
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| motor vehicle registered as a recreational vehicle under this |
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| Code
on any highway of this State unless such motor vehicle is |
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| equipped with
both a front and rear bumper.
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| Except as indicated below, maximum bumper heights of such |
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| motor vehicles
shall be determined by weight category of gross |
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| vehicle weight rating (GVWR)
measured from a level surface to |
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| the highest point of the bottom of the
bumper when the vehicle |
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| is unloaded and the tires are inflated to the
manufacturer's |
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| recommended pressure.
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| Maximum bumper heights are as follows:
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| 20 | | Maximum Front |
Maximum Rear |
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| 21 | | Bumper height |
Bumper Height |
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| 22 | | All motor vehicles of the first |
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| 23 | | division except multipurpose |
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22 inches |
22 inches |
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| 25 | | Multipurpose passenger vehicles |
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| 26 | | and all other motor vehicles: |
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| 27 | | 4,500 lbs. and under GVWR |
24 inches |
26 inches |
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| 28 | | 4,501 lbs. through 7,500 |
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27 inches |
29 inches |
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| 30 | | 7,501 lbs. through 9,000 |
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| 31 | | lbs. GVWR |
28 inches |
30 inches |
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| It is unlawful to operate upon any highway of this State |
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| any vehicle
with a front bumper height that exceeds 28 inches |
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| or a rear bumper height
that exceeds 30 inches, regardless of |
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| the GVWR of the vehicle, except those
vehicles covered by |
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| Chapter 18b of this Code.
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| For any vehicle with bumpers or attaching components which |
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| have been
modified or altered from the original manufacturer's |
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| design in order to
conform with the maximum bumper requirements |
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| of this section, the bumper
height shall be measured from a |
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| level surface to the bottom of the vehicle
frame rail at the |
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| most forward and rearward points of the frame rail. The
bumper |
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| on any vehicle so modified or altered shall be at least 4.5 |
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| inches
in vertical height and extend no less than the width of |
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| the respective
wheel tracks outermost distance.
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| However, nothing in this Section shall prevent the |
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| installation of
bumper guards.
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| (b) This Section shall not apply to street rods, custom |
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| vehicles, motor
vehicles designed or modified
primarily for |
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| off-highway purposes while such vehicles are in tow or
to |
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| motorcycles or motor driven cycles, nor to
motor vehicles |
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| registered as antique vehicles
when the original
design of such |
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| antique vehicles did not include bumpers. The provisions of
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| this
Section shall not apply to any motor vehicle driven during |
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| the first 1000
recorded miles of that vehicle, when such |
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| vehicle is owned or
operated by a manufacturer, dealer or |
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| transporter displaying a special
plate or plates as described |
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| in Chapter 3 of this Code while such vehicle
is (1) being |
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| delivered from the manufacturing or assembly plant directly to |
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purchasing dealer or distributor, or from one dealership or |
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| distributor to
another; (2) being moved by the most direct |
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| route from one location to
another for the purpose of |
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| installing special bodies or equipment; or (3) being
driven for |
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| purposes of demonstration by a prospective buyer with the |
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| dealer
or his agent present in the cab of the vehicle during |
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| the demonstration.
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| The dealer shall, prior to the receipt of any deposit made |
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contract signed by the buyer to secure the purchase of a |
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| vehicle,
inform such buyer, by written statement signed by the |
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| purchaser to indicate
acknowledgement of the contents thereof, |
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| of the legal requirements of this
Section regarding front and |
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| rear bumpers if such vehicle is not to be
equipped with bumpers |
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| at the time of delivery.
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| (c) Any violation of this Section is a Class C misdemeanor. |
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| A second
conviction under this Section shall be punishable with |
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| a fine of not less
than $500. An officer making an arrest under |
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| this Section shall order the
vehicle driver to remove the |
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| vehicle from the highway. A person convicted
under this Section |
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| shall be ordered to bring his vehicle into compliance
with this |
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| Section.
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| (Source: P.A. 92-668, eff. 1-1-03.)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
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| becoming law. |