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90_HB2546
625 ILCS 5/15-109.1 from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 15-109.1
Amends the Vehicle Code provisions requiring certain
loads to be covered by a tarpaulin. Increases the penalty
from $250 to $500 and establishes a 2nd or subsequent offense
penalty of $1,000. Effective immediately.
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1 AN ACT to amend the Vehicle Code by changing Section
2 15-109.1.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by
6 changing Section 15-109.1 as follows:
7 (625 ILCS 5/15-109.1) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 15-109.1)
8 Sec. 15-109.1. Covers or tarpaulins required for certain
9 loads. No person shall operate or cause to be operated, on a
10 highway, any second division vehicle loaded with dirt,
11 aggregate, garbage, refuse, or other similar material, when
12 any portion of the load is falling, sifting, blowing,
13 dropping or in any way escaping from the vehicle.
14 This Section shall not apply to the operation of highway
15 maintenance vehicles engaged in removing snow and ice from
16 the roadway, nor to implements of husbandry or other farm
17 vehicles while transporting agricultural products to or from
18 the original place of production.
19 For the purpose of this Section "aggregate" shall
20 include all ores, minerals, sand, gravel, shale, coal, clay,
21 limestone or any other ore or mineral which may be mined.
22 Notwithstanding any other penalty, whenever a police
23 officer determines that the operator of a vehicle is in
24 violation of this Section, as evidenced by the issuance of a
25 citation for a violation of Section 15-109.1 of this Code,
26 the police officer shall require the operator to stop the
27 vehicle in a suitable place and keep such vehicle stationary
28 until the load has either been reduced, secured or covered
29 with a cover or tarpaulin of sufficient size to prevent any
30 further violation of this Section.
31 A Any violation of the provisions of this Section is
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1 shall be a petty offense punishable by a fine of $500 for a
2 first violation and $1,000 for a second or subsequent
3 violation not to exceed $250.
4 (Source: P.A. 84-226.)
5 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
6 becoming law.