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| AN ACT concerning 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 12-503 as follows:
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| (625 ILCS 5/12-503) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-503)
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| Sec. 12-503. Windshields must be unobstructed and equipped |
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| with wipers.
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| (a) No person shall drive a motor vehicle with any sign, |
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| poster, window
application, reflective material, nonreflective |
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| material or tinted film
upon the front windshield, sidewings or |
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| side windows immediately adjacent
to each side of the driver. A |
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| nonreflective tinted film may be used along
the uppermost |
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| portion of the windshield if such material does not extend
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| than 6 inches down from the top of the windshield. Nothing in |
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| this
Section shall create a cause of action on behalf of a |
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| buyer against a
dealer or manufacturer who sells a motor |
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| vehicle with a window which is in
violation of this Section.
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| (a-5) No person shall install or repair any material |
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| prohibited by subsection (a) of this Section. |
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| (1) Nothing in this subsection shall prohibit a person |
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| from removing or altering any material prohibited by |
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| subsection (a) to make a motor vehicle comply with the |
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| requirements of this Section. |
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| (2) Nothing in this subsection shall prohibit a person |
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| from installing window treatment for a person with a |
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| medical condition described in subsection (g) of this |
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| Section. An installer who installs window treatment for a |
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| person with a medical condition described in subsection (g) |
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| must obtain a copy of the certified statement or letter |
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| written by a physician described in subsection (g) from the |
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| person with the medical condition prior to installing the |
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| window treatment. The copy of the certified statement or |
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| letter must be kept in the installer's permanent records. |
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| (b) Nothing contained in this Section shall prohibit the |
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| use of
nonreflective, smoked or tinted glass, nonreflective |
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| film, perforated
window screen or other decorative window |
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| application on windows to the rear
of the driver's seat, except |
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| that any motor vehicle with a window to the
rear of the |
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| driver's seat treated in this manner shall be equipped with a
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| side mirror on each side of the motor vehicle which are in |
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| conformance with
Section 12-502.
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| (c) No person shall drive a motor vehicle with any objects |
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| placed or
suspended between the driver and the front |
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| windshield, rear
window, side wings or side windows immediately |
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| adjacent to each side of
the driver which materially obstructs |
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| the driver's view.
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| (d) Every motor vehicle, except motorcycles, shall be |
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| equipped with a
device, controlled by the driver, for cleaning |
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| rain, snow, moisture or other
obstructions from the windshield; |
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| and no person shall drive a motor vehicle
with snow, ice, |
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| moisture or other material on any of the windows or
mirrors, |
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| which materially obstructs the driver's clear view of the |
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| highway.
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| (e) No person shall drive a motor vehicle when the |
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| windshield, side or
rear windows are in such defective |
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| condition or repair as to materially
impair the driver's view |
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| to the front, side or rear. A vehicle equipped
with a side |
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| mirror on each side of the vehicle which are in conformance
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| with Section 12-502 will be deemed to be in compliance in the |
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| event the
rear window of the vehicle is materially obscured.
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| (f) Paragraphs (a) and (b) of this Section shall not apply |
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| to:
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| (1) motor vehicles manufactured prior to January 1, |
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| 1982; or
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| (2) to those motor vehicles properly registered in |
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| another jurisdiction.
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| (g) Paragraph (a) of this Section shall not apply to any |
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| motor vehicle with
a window treatment, including but not |
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| limited to a window application,
reflective material, |
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| nonreflective material, or tinted film, applied or affixed
to a |
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| motor vehicle that:
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| (1) is owned and operated by a person afflicted with or |
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| suffering
from a medical illness, ailment, or disease, |
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| including but not limited to systemic or discoid lupus |
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| erythematosus, disseminated superficial actinic |
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| porokeratosis, or albinism, which would require that |
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| person
to be shielded from the direct rays of the sun; or
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| (2) is used in transporting a person when the person
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| resides at
the same address as the registered owner of the |
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| vehicle and the
person is
afflicted with or suffering from |
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| a medical illness, ailment or disease
which would require |
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| the person to be shielded from the direct rays
of the
sun, |
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| including but not limited to systemic or discoid lupus |
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| erythematosus, disseminated superficial actinic |
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| porokeratosis, or albinism.
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| The owner must obtain a certified statement or letter |
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| written by a physician licensed to practice medicine in
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| Illinois that such person owning and operating or being |
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| transported in a motor
vehicle is afflicted with or suffers |
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| from such illness, ailment, or disease, including but not |
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| limited to systemic or discoid lupus erythematosus, |
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| disseminated superficial actinic porokeratosis, or |
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| albinism, and
such certification must be carried in the |
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| motor vehicle at all times. The
certification shall be |
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| legible and shall contain the date of issuance, the
name, |
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| address and signature of the attending physician, and the |
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| name, address,
and medical condition of the person |
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| requiring exemption. The information on
the certificate |
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| for a window treatment must remain current and shall be |
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| renewed
annually by the attending physician. The owner |
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| shall also submit a copy of the certification to
the |
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| Secretary of
State. The Secretary of State may forward |
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| notice of certification to law
enforcement agencies.
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| (g-5) (Blank). |
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| (h) Paragraph (a) of this Section shall not apply to motor |
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| vehicle
stickers or other certificates issued by State or local |
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| authorities which
are required to be displayed upon motor |
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| vehicle windows to evidence
compliance with requirements |
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| concerning motor vehicles.
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| (i) Those motor vehicles exempted under paragraph (f)(1) of |
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| this Section
shall not cause their windows to be treated as |
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| described in paragraph (a) after
January 1, 1993.
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| (j) A person found guilty of violating paragraphs (a), |
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| (a-5), (b), or (i) of this
Section shall be guilty of a petty |
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| offense and fined no less than $50 nor more
than $500. A second |
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| or subsequent violation of paragraphs (a), (a-5), (b), or (i) |
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| of
this Section shall be treated as a Class C misdemeanor and |
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| the violator fined
no less than $100 nor more than $500. Any |
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| person convicted under paragraphs
(a), (b), or (i) of this |
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| Section shall be ordered to alter any
nonconforming windows |
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| into compliance with this Section. |
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| (h) The Secretary of State shall provide a notice of the |
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| requirements of this Section to a new resident applying for |
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| vehicle registration in this State pursuant to Section 3-801 of |
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| this Code. The Secretary of State may comply with this |
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| subsection by posting the requirements of this Section on the |