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 1                    AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4344

 2        AMENDMENT NO.     .  Amend House Bill 4344,  AS  AMENDED,
 3    as follows:

 4    in  the  introductory  clause  of  Section  5,  by  inserting
 5    "12-201," after "4-209,"; and

 6    in   the  introductory  clause  of  Section  5,  by  deleting
 7    "13-101,"; and

 8    in Section 5, Sec. 3-413, by replacing  subsection  (b)  with
 9    the following:
10        "(b)  Every  registration  plate  shall  at  all times be
11    securely fastened in a horizontal position to the vehicle for
12    which it is issued so as to prevent the plate  from  swinging
13    and  at a height of not less than 5 inches 12 inches from the
14    ground, measuring from the bottom of such plate, in  a  place
15    and position to be clearly visible and shall be maintained in
16    a  condition  to  be clearly legible, free from any materials
17    that would obstruct the visibility of the  plate,  including,
18    but  not  limited to, glass covers and tinted plastic covers.
19    Clear plastic covers are permissible as long as  they  remain
20    clear  and  do  not  obstruct  the  visibility of the plates.
21    Registration stickers issued as evidence  of  renewed  annual
22    registration  shall  be  attached  to  registration plates as
 
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 1    required by the Secretary of State, and be clearly visible at
 2    all times."; and

 3    in Section 5, by replacing Sec. 3-804.1 and Sec. 3-804.2 with
 4    the following:

 5        "(625 ILCS 5/3-804.1 new)
 6        Sec. 3-804.1.  Custom vehicles.
 7        (a)  The owner of a  custom  vehicle  may  register  that
 8    vehicle  for  the  standard registration fee for a vehicle of
 9    the first division, other than  a  motorcycle,  motor  driven
10    cycle, or pedalcycle, and obtain a custom vehicle plate.  The
11    application  for  registration  must  be  accompanied  by  an
12    affirmation  of the owner that the vehicle will be maintained
13    for occasional transportation, exhibitions, club  activities,
14    parades,  tours,  and  similar  uses and will not be used for
15    general daily transportation  and  also  affirming  that  the
16    mechanical  condition,  physical  condition,  brakes, lights,
17    glass, and appearance of the vehicle is the same or  as  safe
18    as  originally  equipped.  The  Secretary  may, in his or her
19    discretion, prescribe that custom vehicle  plates  be  issued
20    for  a definite or an indefinite term, the term to correspond
21    to the term  of  registration  plates  issued  generally,  as
22    provided in Section 3-414.1. In no event may the registration
23    fee   for   custom  vehicles  exceed  the  standard  fee  per
24    registration  year.  Any  person  requesting  custom  vehicle
25    plates under this Section may also apply to  have  vanity  or
26    personalized plates as provided under Section 3-405.1.
27        (b)  Upon  initial  registration of a custom vehicle, the
28    owner of the custom vehicle must provide proof acceptable  to
29    the  Secretary that, no more than 3 months before the date of
30    the application for registration, the custom vehicle passed a
31    safety inspection that (i) has been approved by the Secretary
32    and  (ii)  is  equivalent  to   the   National   Street   Rod
33    Association's prescribed vehicle safety inspection.
 
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 1        Except  where  otherwise  provided,  custom  vehicles are
 2    considered to be in compliance  with  all  vehicle  equipment
 3    requirements  if they have passed the approved vehicle safety
 4    inspection.

 5        (625 ILCS 5/3-804.2 new)
 6        Sec. 3-804.2.  Street rods.
 7        (a)  The owner of a street rod may register  the  vehicle
 8    for  the standard registration fee for a vehicle of the first
 9    division, other than a motorcycle,  motor  driven  cycle,  or
10    pedalcycle,  and  obtain a street rod plate.  The application
11    for registration must be accompanied by an affirmation of the
12    owner that the vehicle  will  be  maintained  for  occasional
13    transportation, exhibitions, club activities, parades, tours,
14    and  similar  uses  and  will  not  be used for general daily
15    transportation  and  also  affirming  that   the   mechanical
16    condition,  physical  condition,  brakes,  lights, glass, and
17    appearance  of  the  vehicle  is  the  same  or  as  safe  as
18    originally  equipped.  The  Secretary  may,  in  his  or  her
19    discretion, prescribe that street rod plates be issued for  a
20    definite or an indefinite term, the term to correspond to the
21    term  of registration plates issued generally, as provided in
22    Section 3-414.1. In no event may  the  registration  fee  for
23    street  rods  exceed  the standard fee per registration year.
24    Any person requesting street rod plates  under  this  Section
25    may  also  apply  to  have  vanity  or personalized plates as
26    provided under Section 3-405.1.
27        (b) Upon initial registration of a street rod, the  owner
28    of  the  street  rod  must  provide  proof  acceptable to the
29    Secretary that, no more than 3 months before the date of  the
30    application  for registration, the street rod passed a safety
31    inspection that (i) has been approved by  the  Secretary  and
32    (ii)  is  equivalent to the National Street Rod Association's
33    prescribed vehicle safety inspection.
 
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 1        Except  where  otherwise  provided,   street   rods   are
 2    considered  to  be  in  compliance with all vehicle equipment
 3    requirements if they have passed the approved vehicle  safety
 4    inspection."; and

 5    in Section 5, below Sec. 4-209, by inserting the following:

 6        "(625 ILCS 5/12-201) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-201)
 7        Sec. 12-201. When lighted lamps are required.
 8        (a)  When  operated upon any highway in this State, every
 9    motorcycle shall at all times exhibit at  least  one  lighted
10    lamp,  showing a white light visible for at least 500 feet in
11    the direction the motorcycle is proceeding.  However, in lieu
12    of such lighted lamp, a motorcycle may be equipped  with  and
13    use  a  means  of  modulating the upper beam of the head lamp
14    between high and a lower brightness.  No such head lamp shall
15    be modulated, except to  otherwise  comply  with  this  Code,
16    during  times when lighted lamps are required for other motor
17    vehicles.
18        (b)  All other motor vehicles shall exhibit  at  least  2
19    lighted  head  lamps,  with  at least one on each side of the
20    front of the vehicle, which satisfy United States  Department
21    of   Transportation   requirements,   showing  white  lights,
22    including that emitted  by  high  intensity  discharge  (HID)
23    lamps, or lights of a yellow or amber tint, during the period
24    from  sunset  to  sunrise,  at times when rain, snow, fog, or
25    other atmospheric conditions require the  use  of  windshield
26    wipers,  and  at  any  other  times when, due to insufficient
27    light or  unfavorable  atmospheric  conditions,  persons  and
28    vehicles  on  the  highway  are  not clearly discernible at a
29    distance of 1000 feet.  Parking lamps may be used in addition
30    to but not in lieu of such head lamps.  Every motor  vehicle,
31    trailer,  or  semi-trailer  shall  also  exhibit  at  least 2
32    lighted lamps, commonly known as tail lamps, which  shall  be
33    mounted  on the left rear and right rear of the vehicle so as
 
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 1    to throw a red light visible for at least  500  feet  in  the
 2    reverse  direction,  except  that  a  truck  tractor  or road
 3    tractor  manufactured  before  January  1,   1968   and   all
 4    motorcycles need be equipped with only one such tail lamp.
 5        (c)  Either  a  tail  lamp or a separate lamp shall be so
 6    constructed and placed as to illuminate with a white light  a
 7    rear  registration  plate when required and render it clearly
 8    legible from a distance of 50 feet to the rear. Any tail lamp
 9    or tail lamps, together with any separate lamp or  lamps  for
10    illuminating  a rear registration plate, shall be so wired as
11    to be lighted whenever the head lamps  or  auxiliary  driving
12    lamps are lighted.
13        (d)  A  person shall install only head lamps that satisfy
14    United States Department of  Transportation  regulations  and
15    show  white  light,  including  that emitted by HID lamps, or
16    light of a yellow or amber tint for use by a motor vehicle.
17        (e)  For purposes of this Section, a  custom  vehicle  or
18    street rod is considered to be in compliance with all vehicle
19    lamp  requirements  if  it  has  passed  the  approved safety
20    inspection provided for in Section 3-804.1 or 3-804.2.
21    (Source: P.A.  91-130,  eff.  1-1-00;  91-135,  eff.  1-1-00;
22    92-16, eff. 6-28-01.)"; and

23    in  Section  5, by replacing Secs. 12-208 and 12-301 with the
24    following:

25        "(625 ILCS 5/12-208) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-208)
26        Sec. 12-208. Signal lamps and signal devices.
27        (a)  Every  vehicle  other  than   an   antique   vehicle
28    displaying  an  antique plate operated in this State shall be
29    equipped with a stop lamp or lamps on the rear of the vehicle
30    which shall display a red  or  amber  light  visible  from  a
31    distance  of  not  less  than  500 feet to the rear in normal
32    sunlight and which shall be actuated upon application of  the
33    service   (foot)  brake,  and  which  may  but  need  not  be
 
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 1    incorporated with other rear lamps. During times when lighted
 2    lamps are not required, an antique vehicle  may  be  equipped
 3    with  a stop lamp or lamps on the rear of such vehicle of the
 4    same  type  originally  installed  by  the  manufacturer   as
 5    original  equipment  and  in  working  order. However, at all
 6    other times, such antique vehicle must be equipped with  stop
 7    lamps meeting the requirements of Section 12-208 of this Act.
 8        (b)  Every  motor  vehicle  other than an antique vehicle
 9    displaying  an  antique  plate  shall  be  equipped  with  an
10    electric  turn  signal  device  which  shall   indicate   the
11    intention  of  the driver to turn to the right or to the left
12    in the form of flashing lights located at and showing to  the
13    front  and  rear  of  the  vehicle on the side of the vehicle
14    toward which the turn is to be made. The lamps showing to the
15    front shall be mounted on the same level and as widely spaced
16    laterally as practicable and, when signaling,  shall  emit  a
17    white or amber light, or any shade of light between white and
18    amber.  The lamps showing to the rear shall be mounted on the
19    same level and as widely spaced laterally as practicable and,
20    when signaling, shall emit a red or amber light.  An  antique
21    vehicle  shall  be  equipped with a turn signal device of the
22    same  type  originally  installed  by  the  manufacturer   as
23    original equipment and in working order.
24        (c)  Every trailer and semitrailer shall be equipped with
25    an  electric turn signal device which indicates the intention
26    of the driver in the power unit to turn to the  right  or  to
27    the  left in the form of flashing red or amber lights located
28    at the rear of the vehicle on the side toward which the  turn
29    is  to  be  made  and mounted on the same level and as widely
30    spaced laterally as practicable.
31        (d)  Turn signal lamps must be visible from a distance of
32    not less than 300 feet in normal sunlight.
33        (e)  Motorcycles and  motor-driven  cycles  need  not  be
34    equipped  with  electric  turn signals. Antique vehicles need
 
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 1    not be equipped with turn signals unless such were  installed
 2    by the manufacturer as original equipment.
 3        (f)  For  purposes  of  this Section, a custom vehicle or
 4    street rod is considered to by in compliance with all  signal
 5    lamp  and  signal  device  requirements  if it has passed the
 6    approved safety inspection provided for in Section 3-804.1 or
 7    3-804.2.
 8    (Source: P.A. 77-37.)

 9        (625 ILCS 5/12-301) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-301)
10        Sec. 12-301.  Brakes.
11        (a)  Brake equipment required.
12             1.  Every motor vehicle, other than  a  motor-driven
13        cycle and an antique vehicle displaying an antique plate,
14        when  operated  upon  a  highway  shall  be equipped with
15        brakes adequate to control the movement of  and  to  stop
16        and  hold  such  vehicle,  including  2 separate means of
17        applying  the  brakes,  each  of  which  means  shall  be
18        effective to apply the brakes to at least one wheel on  a
19        motorcycle  and  at  least  2  wheels  on all other first
20        division  and  second  division  vehicles.  If  these   2
21        separate  means  of  applying the brakes are connected in
22        any way, they shall be so constructed that failure of any
23        one part of the operating mechanism shall not  leave  the
24        motor vehicle without brakes.
25             2.  Every  motor-driven  cycle  when operated upon a
26        highway shall be equipped with at least one  brake  which
27        may be operated by hand or foot.
28             3.  Every antique vehicle shall be equipped with the
29        brakes  of  the  same  type  originally  installed by the
30        manufacturer as original equipment and in working order.
31             4.  Every trailer or semitrailer of a  gross  weight
32        of  over  3,000 pounds, when operated upon a highway must
33        be equipped with brakes adequate to control the  movement
 
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 1        of,  to stop and to hold such vehicle, and designed so as
 2        to be operable by the driver of the towing  vehicle  from
 3        its  cab.  Such  brakes must be so designed and connected
 4        that in case  of  an  accidental  breakaway  of  a  towed
 5        vehicle  over  5,000 pounds, the brakes are automatically
 6        applied.
 7             5.  Every motor vehicle, trailer,  pole  trailer  or
 8        semitrailer,  sold  in  this  State  or operated upon the
 9        highways shall be equipped with service brakes  upon  all
10        wheels  of  every  such  vehicle, except any motor-driven
11        cycle, and except  that  any  trailer,  pole  trailer  or
12        semitrailer 3,000 pounds gross weight or less need not be
13        equipped  with  brakes,  and  except  that any trailer or
14        semitrailer with gross weight over 3,000 pounds but under
15        5,001 pounds need be equipped with  brakes  on  only  one
16        wheel on each side of the vehicle.  Any motor vehicle and
17        truck  tractor  having  3  or more axles and manufactured
18        prior to July 25, 1980 need not have brakes on the  front
19        wheels,  except  when  such vehicles are equipped with at
20        least 2 steerable axles, the wheels of one such axle need
21        not be equipped with brakes. However, a vehicle  that  is
22        more  than  30  years  of  age and which is driven on the
23        highways only in going to and returning from  an  antique
24        auto show or for servicing or for a demonstration need be
25        equipped with 2 wheel brakes only.
26        (b)  Performance ability of brakes.
27             1.  The  service  brakes  upon  any motor vehicle or
28        combination of vehicles  operating  on  a  level  surface
29        shall  be  adequate to stop such vehicle or vehicles when
30        traveling 20 miles per hour within a distance of 30  feet
31        when  upon  dry asphalt or concrete pavement surface free
32        from loose material.
33             2.  Under the above conditions the hand brake  shall
34        be  adequate to stop such vehicle or vehicles, except any
 
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 1        motorcycle, within a distance of 55  feet  and  the  hand
 2        brake  shall be adequate to hold such vehicle or vehicles
 3        stationary on any grade upon which operated.
 4             3.  Under the above conditions  the  service  brakes
 5        upon  an  antique  vehicle  shall be adequate to stop the
 6        vehicle within a distance of 40 feet and the  hand  brake
 7        adequate  to  stop  the  vehicle  within a distance of 55
 8        feet.
 9             4.  All braking distances specified in this  Section
10        apply  to  all  vehicles mentioned, whether such vehicles
11        are unloaded  or  are  loaded  to  the  maximum  capacity
12        permitted under this Act.
13             5.  All  brakes  shall be maintained in good working
14        order and shall be so adjusted as to operate  as  equally
15        as  practicable  with  respect  to the wheels on opposite
16        sides of the vehicle.
17             6.  Brake assembly  requirements  for  mobile  homes
18        shall  be  the  standards  required  by the United States
19        Department of Housing and Urban Development adopted under
20        Title VI of the Housing and Community Development Act  of
21        1974.
22        (c)  For  purposes  of  this Section, a custom vehicle or
23    street rod is considered to be in compliance with  all  brake
24    equipment  requirements if it has passed the approved vehicle
25    safety inspection provided for in Section 3-804.1 or 3-804.2.
26    (Source: P.A. 86-447; 86-1340.)"; and

27    in Section 5, Sec. 12-607, by replacing subsection  (a)  with
28    the following:
29        "(a)  It  shall be unlawful to operate a motor vehicle on
30    any highway of this State when the suspension system has been
31    modified from the original manufactured design by lifting the
32    body from the chassis in excess of 3 inches or to  cause  the
33    horizontal  line  from  the  front to the rear bumper to vary
34    over 3 inches in height when measured from a level surface of
 
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 1    the highway to the lower edge of the bumper, except  that  it
 2    is  unlawful  to  operate a street rod or custom vehicle when
 3    the suspension system has been  modified  from  the  original
 4    manufactured  design  so  that  the  horizontal line from the
 5    front to the rear bumper varies over 9 inches in height  when
 6    measured  from  a  level  surface of the highway to the lower
 7    edge of the bumper."; and

 8    in Section 5, by deleting Sec. 13-101.

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