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1    AN ACT concerning transportation.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended  by changing 
5Section 12-709 as follows:
 



6    (625 ILCS 5/12-709)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-709)



7    Sec. 12-709. Slow-moving vehicle emblem. 

8    (a) Every animal drawn vehicle, farm tractor, implement of 
9husbandry and
special mobile equipment, when operated on a 
10highway must display a
slow-moving vehicle emblem mounted on 
11the rear except as provided in
paragraph (b) of this Section. 
12Special mobile equipment is exempt when
operated within the 
13limits of a construction or maintenance project where
traffic 
14control devices are used in compliance with the applicable

15provisions of the manual and specifications adopted under 
16Section 11-301 of
the "Illinois Vehicle Code".

17    (b) Every vehicle or unit described in paragraph (a) of 
18this Section
when operated in combination on a highway must 
19display a slow-moving
vehicle emblem as follows:


20        1.  Where the towed unit or any load thereon partially 
21    or totally
obscures the slow-moving vehicle emblem on the 
22    towing unit, the towed unit
shall be equipped with a 
23    slow-moving vehicle emblem. In such cases the
towing unit 
 
 
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1    need not display the emblem.


2        2. Where the slow-moving vehicle emblem on the towing 
3    unit is not
obscured by the towed unit or its load, then 
4    either or both may be equipped
with the required emblem but 
5    it shall be sufficient if either displays it.


6        3. A registered truck towed behind a farm tractor in 
7    conformity with the
provisions of Section 11-1418 of the 
8    "Illinois Vehicle Code" must display a
slow-moving vehicle 
9    emblem in the manner provided in paragraph (c) while
being 
10    towed on a highway if the emblem on the towing vehicle is 
11    partially
or totally obscured.

12    (c) The slow-moving vehicle emblem required by paragraphs 
13(a) and (b) of
this Section must meet or exceed the 
14specifications and mounting
requirements
established by the 
15Department. Such specifications and mounting
requirements 
16shall, on and before August 31, 2004, be based on the

17specifications adopted by the American
Society of Agricultural 
18Engineers and published by that body as ASAE S
276.2 dated 
19March, 1968 or as ASAE S 276.5. On and after September 1, 2004,

20the specifications and mounting requirements shall be based on 
21the
specifications adopted by the American Society of 
22Agricultural Engineers and
published by that body as ASAE S 
23276.5 NOV 97.  No advertising or other
marking
shall appear upon

24the emblem except that specified by the American Society of 
25Agricultural
Engineers to identify the standard to which the 
26material complies.  Each
original package containing a 
 
 
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1slow-moving vehicle
emblem shall display a notice on the 
2outside of the package stating
that such emblem shall only be 
3used for the purposes stated in subsections
(a) and (b).

4    (d) A slow-moving vehicle emblem is intended as a safety 
5identification
device and shall not be displayed on any vehicle 
6nor displayed in any
manner other than as described in 
7paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of this
Section.  A violation of 
8this subsection (d) is a petty offense punishable by
a fine of 
9$75 $25 for the first offense and $75 for a second or 
10subsequent offense
within one year of the first offense.

11(Source: P.A. 91-505, eff. 1-1-00; 92-72, eff. 1-1-02.)

 
 
12    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
13becoming law.