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91_SB1187
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1 AN ACT to amend the Illinois Vehicle Code by changing
2 Sections 12-205 and 12-205.1 and adding Sections 12-205.2 and
3 12-205.3.
4 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
5 represented in the General Assembly:
6 Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by
7 changing Sections 12-205 and 12-205.1 and adding Sections
8 12-205.2 and 12-205.3 as follows:
9 (625 ILCS 5/12-205) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-205)
10 Sec. 12-205. Lamps on other vehicles and equipment.
11 Every vehicle, including animal drawn vehicles, referred to
12 in paragraph (b) of Section 12-101, except for implements of
13 husbandry after December 31, 2002, not specifically required
14 by the provisions of this Article to be equipped with lamps
15 or other lighting devices, shall at all times specified in
16 Section 12-201 of this Act be equipped with at least 2 lamps
17 on the power or towing unit, displaying a white light visible
18 from a distance of not less than 1,000 feet to the front of
19 such vehicle and shall also be equipped with 2 lamps each
20 displaying a red light visible from a distance of not less
21 than 1,000 feet to the rear of such vehicle.
22 Where the towed unit or any load thereon partially or
23 totally obscures the 2 lamps displaying red light to the rear
24 of the towing unit, the rearmost towed unit shall be equipped
25 with 2 lamps displaying red light visible from a distance of
26 not less than 1,000 feet to the rear of such towed unit which
27 are positioned in such a manner as to not obstruct the
28 visibility of the red light to any vehicle operator
29 approaching from the rear of such vehicle or combination of
30 vehicles.
31 Where the 2 lamps displaying red light are not obscured
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1 by the towed unit or its load, then either towing unit or
2 towed unit, or both, may be equipped with the 2 lamps
3 displaying red light as required.
4 The preceding paragraph does not apply to antique
5 vehicles. An antique vehicle shall be equipped with lamps of
6 the same type originally installed by the manufacturer as
7 original equipment and in working order.
8 (Source: P.A. 85-830.)
9 (625 ILCS 5/12-205.1) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-205.1)
10 Sec. 12-205.1. Implements of husbandry or slow-moving
11 vehicles-Display of amber signal lamp. Every animal drawn
12 vehicle, farm tractor, implement of husbandry and special
13 mobile equipment, except when used for road construction or
14 maintenance within the limits of a construction or
15 maintenance project where traffic control devices are used in
16 compliance with the applicable provisions of the manual and
17 specifications adopted under Section 11-301 of the Illinois
18 Vehicle Code, when operated on a highway during a time when
19 lighted lamps are required by Section 12-201 of this Chapter,
20 shall display to the rear at least one flashing amber signal
21 lamp mounted as high as practicable and of sufficient
22 intensity to be visible for a distance of at least 500 feet
23 in normal sunlight; provided, that only the rearmost vehicle
24 of a combination of vehicles coupled together need display
25 such lamp. The flashing amber signal lamp may be operated
26 lighted during daylight hours when other lamps are not
27 required to be lighted when vehicles authorized in this
28 Section are operated on a highway.
29 Any implement of husbandry that displays the marking or
30 lighting configurations specified in the standards of the
31 American Society of Agricultural Engineers, published as ASAE
32 S279.10 APR98, shall be deemed in compliance with this Code.
33 This Section is inoperative after December 31, 2002.
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1 (Source: P.A. 84-285.)
2 (625 ILCS 5/12-205.2 new)
3 Sec. 12-205.2. Implements of husbandry; lighting and
4 marking requirements.
5 (a) Except as specified in subsections (c) and (d) of
6 this Section, implements of husbandry operated on highways
7 shall display the slow-moving vehicle emblem and other
8 reflective markings as specified in the standards of the
9 American Society of Agricultural Engineers, published as ASAE
10 S279.10 APR98, or may display the markings as specified in
11 any later version of the standards published by that society.
12 Where more than one implement of husbandry is towed behind a
13 power unit, the length of the equipment specified in the
14 standard shall be measured from the point of hitch on the
15 power unit to the extreme rear of the rear-most implement.
16 (b) After December 31, 2002 and except as specified in
17 subsection (c) and (d) of this Section, implements of
18 husbandry operated on highways during the period from 30
19 minutes after sunset to 30 minutes before sunrise shall
20 display and operate those headlamps, tail lamps, and flashing
21 amber signal lamps as specified in the standards of the
22 American Society of Agricultural Engineers, published as ASAE
23 S279.10 APR98, or may display and operate those lamps
24 specified in any later version of the standards published by
25 that society. The lights may be operated at other times of
26 the day when not required by this Code.
27 (c) Those self-propelled implements of husbandry
28 manufactured prior to January 1, 2003 are exempt from the
29 American Society of Agricultural Engineers' standards that
30 require them to have the flashing amber signal lamps and
31 reflective materials mounted within 16" of the left and right
32 extremities of the implement. Instead, those flashing amber
33 signals lamps and reflective materials should be mounted as
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1 near those extremities as possible.
2 (d) Implements of husbandry not originally manufactured
3 with synchronization of the flashing amber signal lamps or
4 turn signals are exempt from the American Society of
5 Agricultural Engineers standards that require them to have
6 the flashing amber signal lamps flash in synchronization or
7 require them to be equipped with turn signals. This
8 exemption extends to any implement of husbandry that was
9 manufactured with those features when it is operated in
10 combination with another implement of husbandry that was so
11 equipped or when it is towed by a vehicle other than an
12 implement of husbandry.
13 (e) Prior to the dates for compliance specified in this
14 Section, an implement of husbandry equipped with those lamps
15 and markings specified in the standards of the American
16 Society of Agricultural Engineers, published as ASAE S279.10
17 APR98, shall satisfy the requirements for lighting and
18 marking in this Code.
19 (625 ILCS 5/12-205.3 new)
20 Sec. 12-205.3. Slow-moving vehicles; display of amber
21 signal lamp. Animal drawn vehicles and special mobile
22 equipment, except when used for road construction or
23 maintenance within the limits of a construction or
24 maintenance project where traffic control devices are used in
25 compliance with the applicable provisions of the manual and
26 specifications adopted under Section 11-301 of this Code,
27 when operated on a highway during a time when lighted lamps
28 are required by Section 12-201 of this Code, shall display to
29 the rear at least one flashing amber signal lamp mounted as
30 high as practicable and of sufficient intensity to be visible
31 for a distance of at least 500 feet in normal sunlight;
32 provided, that only the rearmost vehicle of a combination of
33 vehicles coupled together need display the lamp. The flashing
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1 amber signal lamp may be operated lighted during daylight
2 hours when other lamps are not required to be lighted when
3 vehicles authorized in this Section are operated on a
4 highway. This Section shall not apply to implements of
5 husbandry. This Section applies only after December 31,
6 2002.
7 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect on
8 July 1, 2000.