Full Text of SB0963 97th General Assembly
SB0963sam002 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Sen. William R. Haine Filed: 3/16/2012
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 963
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 963 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
| 4 | | "Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by | 5 | | changing Section 12-401 and by adding Section 1-155.7 as | 6 | | follows: | 7 | | (625 ILCS 5/1-155.7 new) | 8 | | Sec. 1-155.7. Paratransit vehicle. A vehicle used to | 9 | | provide specialized transportation services to an individual | 10 | | with disabilities who is unable to use fixed route | 11 | | transportation systems and who is eligible for specialized | 12 | | transportation services for some or all trips under the | 13 | | Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and its implementing | 14 | | regulations.
| 15 | | (625 ILCS 5/12-401) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-401)
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| 1 | | Sec. 12-401. Restriction as to tire equipment. No metal | 2 | | tired vehicle,
including tractors, motor vehicles of the second | 3 | | division, traction engines
and other similar vehicles, shall be | 4 | | operated over any improved highway
of this State, if such | 5 | | vehicle has on the periphery of any of the road wheels
any | 6 | | block, stud, flange, cleat, ridge, lug or any projection of | 7 | | metal
or wood which projects radially beyond the tread or | 8 | | traffic surface
of the tire. This prohibition does not apply
to | 9 | | pneumatic tires with metal studs used on vehicles operated by | 10 | | rural
letter carriers who are employed or enjoy a contract with | 11 | | the United
States Postal Service for the purpose of delivering | 12 | | mail if such vehicle
is actually used for such purpose during | 13 | | operations between November
15 of any year and April 1 of the | 14 | | following year, or to motor vehicles
displaying a disability or | 15 | | disabled veteran license plate whose
owner resides in an | 16 | | unincorporated area located upon a county or township
highway | 17 | | or road and possesses a valid driver's license and operates
the | 18 | | vehicle with such tires only during the period heretofore | 19 | | described, to paratransit vehicles operated to provide | 20 | | transportation for the elderly or disabled residents between | 21 | | November 15 of any year and April 1 of the following year,
or | 22 | | to tracked type motor vehicles when that part of the vehicle | 23 | | coming in
contact with the road surface does not contain any | 24 | | projections of any kind
likely to injure the surface of the | 25 | | road; however, tractors, traction engines,
and similar | 26 | | vehicles may be operated which have upon their road wheels
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| 1 | | V-shaped, diagonal or other cleats arranged in such a manner as | 2 | | to be
continuously in contact with the road surface, provided | 3 | | that the gross weight
upon such wheels per inch of width of | 4 | | such cleats in contact with the road
surface, when measured in | 5 | | the direction of the axle of the vehicle, does not
exceed 800 | 6 | | pounds.
| 7 | | All motor vehicles and all other vehicles in tow thereof, | 8 | | or thereunto
attached, operating upon any roadway, shall have | 9 | | tires of rubber or some
material of equal resiliency. Solid | 10 | | tires shall be considered defective and
shall not be permitted | 11 | | to be used if the rubber or other material has been
worn or | 12 | | otherwise reduced to a thickness of less than three-fourths of | 13 | | an
undue vibration when the vehicle is in motion or to cause | 14 | | undue
concentration of the wheel load on the surface of the | 15 | | road. The
requirements of this Section do not apply to | 16 | | agricultural tractors or
traction engines or to agricultural | 17 | | machinery, including wagons being
used for agricultural | 18 | | purposes in tow thereof, or to road rollers or road
building | 19 | | machinery operated at a speed not in excess of 10 miles per
| 20 | | hour. All motor vehicles of the second division, operating upon | 21 | | any
roadway shall have pneumatic tires, unless exempted herein.
| 22 | | Nothing in this Section shall be deemed to prohibit the use | 23 | | of tire
chains of reasonable proportion upon any vehicle when | 24 | | required for
safety because of snow, ice or other conditions | 25 | | tending to cause a vehicle
to skid.
| 26 | | (Source: P.A. 94-619, eff. 1-1-06.)".
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