HB4673 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

LRB096 14719 AJT 29564 b

96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB4673

Introduced , by Rep. John D'Amico

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

625 ILCS 5/12-713

from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-713

Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that a construction contractor or subcontractor operating second division vehicle commercially in this State that fails to display on the side of the vehicle or its trailer the name of the company for which it is employed is guilty of a Class C misdemeanor with a fine of not less than $500 (instead of a petty offense with a fine not to exceed $100).

CORRECTIONAL BUDGET AND IMPACT NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning transportation.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by changing Section 12-713 as follows:

(625 ILCS 5/12-713) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-713)

Sec. 12-713. Commercial trucks used by construction contractors or subcontractors to display company name.

(a) Every second division vehicle operating commercially in this State that is used by a construction contractor or subcontractor shall display on the side of the vehicle or its trailer the name of the company for which it is employed. The name shall be in letters at least 2 inches tall and one-half inch wide. This Section shall not apply to any motor vehicle upon which is affixed the insignia required under Section 18c-4701 of the Illinois Commercial Transportation Law.

(b) Any person convicted of violating this Section shall be guilty of a Class C misdemeanor petty offense and subject to a fine of not less than $500 not to exceed $100.

(Source: P.A. 87-1160; 88-45.)