Full Text of HB3246 98th General Assembly
HB3246 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2013 and 2014 HB3246 Introduced , by Rep. John E. Bradley SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| 625 ILCS 5/12-709 | from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-709 |
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Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that motorized wheel chairs and electric personal assistive mobility devices are required to display a slow-moving vehicle emblem while being operated on any public way designed for the use of vehicles, including any berm, median, shoulder, designated bicycle lane, or crosswalk.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning transportation.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by changing | 5 | | Section 12-709 as follows:
| 6 | | (625 ILCS 5/12-709) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-709)
| 7 | | Sec. 12-709. Slow-moving vehicle emblem.
| 8 | | (a) Every animal drawn vehicle, moped, farm tractor, | 9 | | implement of husbandry and
special mobile equipment, when | 10 | | operated on a highway must display a
slow-moving vehicle emblem | 11 | | mounted on the rear except as provided in
paragraph (b) of this | 12 | | Section. Special mobile equipment is exempt when
operated | 13 | | within the limits of a construction or maintenance project | 14 | | where
traffic control devices are used in compliance with the | 15 | | applicable
provisions of the manual and specifications adopted | 16 | | under Section 11-301 of
the "Illinois Vehicle Code".
| 17 | | (a-5) Every motorized wheel chair and electric personal | 18 | | assistive mobility device when operated on any public way | 19 | | designed for the use of vehicles, including any berm, median, | 20 | | shoulder, designated bicycle lane, or crosswalk, must display a | 21 | | slow-moving vehicle emblem mounted on the rear except as | 22 | | provided in paragraph (b) of this Section. | 23 | | (b) Every vehicle or unit described in paragraph (a) or |
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| 1 | | (a-5) of this Section
when operated in combination on a highway | 2 | | must display a slow-moving
vehicle emblem as follows:
| 3 | | 1. Where the towed unit or any load thereon partially | 4 | | or totally
obscures the slow-moving vehicle emblem on the | 5 | | towing unit, the towed unit
shall be equipped with a | 6 | | slow-moving vehicle emblem. In such cases the
towing unit | 7 | | need not display the emblem.
| 8 | | 2. Where the slow-moving vehicle emblem on the towing | 9 | | unit is not
obscured by the towed unit or its load, then | 10 | | either or both may be equipped
with the required emblem but | 11 | | it shall be sufficient if either displays it.
| 12 | | 3. A registered truck towed behind a farm tractor in | 13 | | conformity with the
provisions of Section 11-1418 of the | 14 | | "Illinois Vehicle Code" must display a
slow-moving vehicle | 15 | | emblem in the manner provided in paragraph (c) while
being | 16 | | towed on a highway if the emblem on the towing vehicle is | 17 | | partially
or totally obscured.
| 18 | | (c) The slow-moving vehicle emblem required by paragraphs | 19 | | (a) , (a-5), and (b) of
this Section must meet or exceed the | 20 | | specifications and mounting
requirements
established by the | 21 | | Department. Such specifications and mounting
requirements | 22 | | shall, on and before August 31, 2004, be based on the
| 23 | | specifications adopted by the American
Society of Agricultural | 24 | | Engineers and published by that body as ASAE S
276.2 dated | 25 | | March, 1968 or as ASAE S 276.5. On and after September 1, 2004,
| 26 | | the specifications and mounting requirements shall be based on |
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specifications adopted by the American Society of | 2 | | Agricultural Engineers and
published by that body as ASAE S | 3 | | 276.5 NOV 97. No advertising or other
marking
shall appear upon
| 4 | | the emblem except that specified by the American Society of | 5 | | Agricultural
Engineers to identify the standard to which the | 6 | | material complies. Each
original package containing a | 7 | | slow-moving vehicle
emblem shall display a notice on the | 8 | | outside of the package stating
that such emblem shall only be | 9 | | used for the purposes stated in subsections
(a) , (a-5), and | 10 | | (b).
| 11 | | (d) A slow-moving vehicle emblem is intended as a safety | 12 | | identification
device and shall not be displayed on any vehicle | 13 | | nor displayed in any
manner other than as described in | 14 | | paragraphs (a), (a-5), (b) , and (c) of this
Section. A | 15 | | slow-moving vehicle emblem may not be displayed in public view | 16 | | from a highway on an object other than a vehicle or unit | 17 | | described in subsection (a) or (a-5) of this Section or a | 18 | | vehicle required to display a slow-moving vehicle emblem under | 19 | | subsection (e) of Section 11-1426.1 of this Code. A violation | 20 | | of this subsection (d) is a petty offense punishable by
a fine | 21 | | of $75.
| 22 | | (Source: P.A. 97-958, eff. 8-15-12.)
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