SB1119sam001 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Sen. Martin A. Sandoval

Filed: 4/11/2005

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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1119

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1119 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the following:

"Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by changing Section 12-610.5 as follows:

(625 ILCS 5/12-610.5)

Sec. 12-610.5. Registration Tinted registration plate covers.

(a) In this Section, "registration plate cover" means 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 as defined in Section 1-105.5 of this Code or recorded by an automated traffic control system as defined in Section 15 of the Automated Traffic Control Systems in Highway Construction or Maintenance Zones Act.

(b) (a) It shall be unlawful to operate any motor vehicle that is equipped with tinted plastic or tinted glass registration plate covers.

(c) A person may not sell or offer for sale a registration plate cover.

(d) A person may not advertise for the purpose of promoting the sale of registration plate covers.

(e) (b) A violation of this Section or a similar provision of a local ordinance shall be an offense against laws and ordinances regulating the movement of traffic.

(Source: P.A. 89-245, eff. 1-1-96.)".