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94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
SB0206
Introduced 2/2/2005, by Sen. Martin A. Sandoval SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Prohibits a person from operating a motor vehicle that is equipped with registration plate covers (now only tinted plastic or tinted glass registration plate covers are prohibited). Prohibits the sale and advertisement for sale of registration plate covers. Defines a "registration plate cover" as any tinted, colored, painted, marked, clear, or illuminated object that is designed to: (1) cover any of the characters of a motor vehicle's registration plate; or (2) distort a recorded image of any of the characters of a motor vehicle's registration plate recorded by an automated red light enforcement system or recorded by an automated traffic control system.
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A BILL FOR
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SB0206 |
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| AN ACT concerning vehicles.
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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 12-610.5 as follows:
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| (625 ILCS 5/12-610.5)
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| Sec. 12-610.5. Registration
Tinted registration plate |
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| covers.
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| (a) In this Section, "registration plate cover" means any |
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| tinted, colored, painted, marked, clear, or illuminated object |
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| that is designed to: |
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| (1) cover any of the characters of a motor vehicle's |
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| registration plate; or |
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| (2) distort a recorded image of any of the characters |
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| of a motor vehicle's registration plate recorded by an |
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| automated red light enforcement system as defined in |
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| Section 1-105.5 of this Code or recorded by an automated |
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| traffic control system as defined in Section 15 of the |
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| Automated Traffic Control Systems in Highway Construction |
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| or Maintenance Zones Act.
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| (b)
(a) It shall be unlawful to operate any motor vehicle |
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| that is equipped with
tinted plastic or tinted glass
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| registration plate covers. |
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| (c) A person may not sell or offer for sale a registration |
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| plate cover. |
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| (d) A person may not advertise for the purpose of promoting |
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| the sale of registration plate covers.
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| (e)
(b) A violation of this Section or a similar provision |
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| of a local ordinance
shall be an offense against laws and |
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| ordinances regulating the movement of
traffic.
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| (Source: P.A. 89-245, eff. 1-1-96.)
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