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Rep. Jim Sacia
Filed: 3/10/2009
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| AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 160
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 160 by replacing |
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| everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| "Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by |
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| changing Section 12-201 as follows:
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| (625 ILCS 5/12-201) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-201)
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| Sec. 12-201. When lighted lamps are required.
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| (a) When operated upon any highway in this State, every |
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| motorcycle, motor driven cycle, and motorized pedalcycle, |
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| shall at
all times exhibit at least one lighted lamp, showing a |
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| white light visible
for at least 500 feet in the
direction the |
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| motorcycle is proceeding. However, in lieu of such lighted
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| lamp, a motorcycle may be equipped with and use a means of |
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| modulating the
upper beam of the head lamp between high and a |
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| lower brightness. No such
head lamp shall be modulated, except |
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| to otherwise comply with this Code,
during times when lighted |
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| lamps are required for other motor vehicles.
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| (a-5) When operated upon any highway in this state, every |
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| motor vehicle, except those described in subsection (a) of this |
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| Section, shall exhibit at least 2 lighted lamps, with at least |
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| one on each side
of the front of the vehicle, which satisfy |
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| United States Department of
Transportation requirements, |
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| showing white lights, including that emitted
by high intensity |
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| discharge (HID) lamps or lights of a yellow or amber tint. Head |
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| lamps, as described in subsection (b) of this Section, or |
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| lighted lamps which are lighted at all times while the motor |
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| vehicle is in operation, commonly referred to as daytime |
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| running lights, are sufficient to satisfy the requirements of |
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| this subsection. |
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| (b) All other motor vehicles, except those described in |
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| subsection (a) of this Section, shall
exhibit at least 2 |
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| lighted head lamps, with at least one on each side
of the front |
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| of the vehicle, which satisfy United States Department of
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| Transportation requirements, showing white lights, including |
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| that emitted
by high intensity discharge (HID) lamps, or lights |
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| of a yellow or amber tint,
during the period from sunset to |
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| sunrise, at times when rain, snow, fog, or
other atmospheric |
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| conditions require the use of windshield wipers, and at
any |
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| other times when, due to insufficient light or unfavorable |
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| atmospheric
conditions, persons and vehicles on the highway are |
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| not clearly discernible at
a distance of 1000 feet. Parking |
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| lamps may be used in addition to but not in
lieu of such head |
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| lamps. Every motor vehicle, trailer, or semi-trailer shall
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| exhibit at least 2 lighted lamps, commonly known as tail lamps, |
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| which
shall be mounted on the left rear and right rear of the |
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| vehicle so as to throw
a red light visible for at least 500 |
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| feet in the reverse direction, except that
a truck tractor or |
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| road tractor manufactured before January 1, 1968 and all
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| motorcycles need be equipped with only one such tail lamp.
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| (c) Either a tail lamp or a separate lamp shall be so |
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| constructed
and placed as to illuminate with a white light a |
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| rear registration plate
when required and render it clearly |
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| legible from a distance of 50 feet
to the rear. Any tail lamp |
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| or tail lamps, together with any separate
lamp or lamps for |
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| illuminating a rear registration plate, shall be so
wired as to |
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| be lighted whenever the head lamps or auxiliary driving lamps
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| are lighted.
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| (d) A person shall install only head lamps that satisfy |
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| United States
Department of Transportation regulations and |
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| show white light, including that
emitted by HID lamps, or light |
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| of a yellow or amber tint for use by a motor
vehicle.
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| (e) For purposes of this Section, a custom vehicle or |
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| street rod is
considered to be in compliance with all vehicle |
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| lamp requirements if it has
passed the approved safety |
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| inspection provided for in Section 3-804.1 or
3-804.2.
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| (Source: P.A. 91-130, eff. 1-1-00; 91-135, eff. 1-1-00; 92-16, |
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| eff.
6-28-01; 92-668, eff. 1-1-03.)
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