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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, at all times while the motor vehicle | ||||||
23 | is in operation, regardless of the time of day or weather |
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1 | conditions.
during the period from sunset to sunrise, at times | ||||||
2 | when rain, snow, fog, or
other atmospheric conditions require | ||||||
3 | the use of windshield wipers, and at
any other times when, due | ||||||
4 | to insufficient light or unfavorable atmospheric
conditions, | ||||||
5 | persons and vehicles on the highway are not clearly discernible | ||||||
6 | at
a distance of 1000 feet. Parking lamps may be used in | ||||||
7 | addition to but not in
lieu of such head lamps. Every motor | ||||||
8 | vehicle, trailer, or semi-trailer shall
also exhibit at least 2 | ||||||
9 | lighted lamps, commonly known as tail lamps, which
shall be | ||||||
10 | mounted on the left rear and right rear of the vehicle so as to | ||||||
11 | throw
a red light visible for at least 500 feet in the reverse | ||||||
12 | direction, except that
a truck tractor or road tractor | ||||||
13 | manufactured before January 1, 1968 and all
motorcycles need be | ||||||
14 | equipped with only one such tail lamp.
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15 | (c) Either a tail lamp or a separate lamp shall be so | ||||||
16 | constructed
and placed as to illuminate with a white light a | ||||||
17 | rear registration plate
when required and render it clearly | ||||||
18 | legible from a distance of 50 feet
to the rear. Any tail lamp | ||||||
19 | or tail lamps, together with any separate
lamp or lamps for | ||||||
20 | illuminating a rear registration plate, shall be so
wired as to | ||||||
21 | be lighted whenever the head lamps or auxiliary driving lamps
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22 | are lighted.
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23 | (d) A person shall install only head lamps that satisfy | ||||||
24 | United States
Department of Transportation regulations and | ||||||
25 | show white light, including that
emitted by HID lamps, or light | ||||||
26 | of a yellow or amber tint for use by a motor
vehicle.
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1 | (e) For purposes of this Section, a custom vehicle or | ||||||
2 | street rod is
considered to be in compliance with all vehicle | ||||||
3 | lamp requirements if it has
passed the approved safety | ||||||
4 | inspection provided for in Section 3-804.1 or
3-804.2.
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5 | (Source: P.A. 91-130, eff. 1-1-00; 91-135, eff. 1-1-00; 92-16, | ||||||
6 | eff.
6-28-01; 92-668, eff. 1-1-03.)
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7 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January | ||||||
8 | 1, 2010.
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