State of Illinois
92nd General Assembly
Legislation

   [ Search ]   [ PDF text ]   [ Legislation ]   
[ Home ]   [ Back ]   [ Bottom ]


[ Introduced ][ Engrossed ][ House Amendment 001 ]


92_SB1624sam001

 










                                             LRB9214720DHmgam

 1                    AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1624

 2        AMENDMENT NO.     .  Amend Senate Bill 1624 by  replacing
 3    everything after the enacting clause with the following:

 4        "Section  5.   The  Illinois  Vehicle  Code is amended by
 5    changing Section 12-503 as follows:

 6        (625 ILCS 5/12-503) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-503)
 7        Sec.  12-503.  Windshields  must  be   unobstructed   and
 8    equipped with wipers.
 9        (a)  No person shall drive a motor vehicle with any sign,
10    poster,    window    application,    reflective     material,
11    nonreflective   material   or  tinted  film  upon  the  front
12    windshield, sidewings or side windows immediately adjacent to
13    each side of the driver.  A nonreflective tinted film may  be
14    used  along  the  uppermost portion of the windshield if such
15    material does not extend more than 6 inches down from the top
16    of the windshield. Nothing in this  Section  shall  create  a
17    cause  of  action  on  behalf  of a buyer against a dealer or
18    manufacturer who sells a motor vehicle with a window which is
19    in violation of this Section.
20        (b)  Nothing contained in this Section shall prohibit the
21    use of nonreflective, smoked or tinted  glass,  nonreflective
22    film,  perforated  window  screen  or other decorative window
 
                            -2-              LRB9214720DHmgam
 1    application on windows to the  rear  of  the  driver's  seat,
 2    except  that  any  motor vehicle with a window to the rear of
 3    the driver's seat treated in this manner  shall  be  equipped
 4    with  a  side  mirror on each side of the motor vehicle which
 5    are in conformance with Section 12-502.
 6        (c)  No person shall  drive  a  motor  vehicle  with  any
 7    objects  placed or suspended between the driver and the front
 8    windshield,  rear  window,  side  wings   or   side   windows
 9    immediately  adjacent  to  each  side  of  the  driver  which
10    materially obstructs the driver's view.
11        (d)  Every  motor  vehicle,  except motorcycles, shall be
12    equipped  with  a  device,  controlled  by  the  driver,  for
13    cleaning rain, snow, moisture or other obstructions from  the
14    windshield;  and  no  person shall drive a motor vehicle with
15    snow, ice, moisture or other material on any of  the  windows
16    or  mirrors,  which  materially  obstructs the driver's clear
17    view of the highway.
18        (e)  No person shall  drive  a  motor  vehicle  when  the
19    windshield,  side  or  rear  windows  are  in  such defective
20    condition or repair as to materially impair the driver's view
21    to the front, side or rear.  A vehicle equipped with  a  side
22    mirror  on  each side of the vehicle which are in conformance
23    with Section 12-502 will be deemed to be in compliance in the
24    event the rear window of the vehicle is materially obscured.
25        (f)  Paragraphs (a) and (b) of  this  Section  shall  not
26    apply to:
27             (1)  motor vehicles manufactured prior to January 1,
28        1982; or
29             (2)  to  those motor vehicles properly registered in
30        another jurisdiction.
31        (g)  Paragraph (a) of this Section shall not apply to any
32    motor vehicle with a  window  treatment,  including  but  not
33    limited   to   a  window  application,  reflective  material,
34    nonreflective material, or tinted film, applied or affixed to
 
                            -3-              LRB9214720DHmgam
 1    the motor vehicle for the purposes set forth in item  (1)  or
 2    (2)  before the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1997
 3    and:
 4             (1)  that  is  owned  and  operated  by   a   person
 5        afflicted  with  or  suffering  from  a  medical illness,
 6        ailment, or disease which would require that person to be
 7        shielded from the direct rays of the sun; or
 8             (2)  that is used in transporting a person when  the
 9        person  resides  at  the  same  address as the registered
10        owner of the vehicle and the person is afflicted with  or
11        suffering  from  a  medical  illness,  ailment or disease
12        which would require the person to be  shielded  from  the
13        direct rays of the sun;
14             It  must  be  certified  by  a physician licensed to
15        practice medicine in Illinois that such person owning and
16        operating or being transported  in  a  motor  vehicle  is
17        afflicted  with or suffers from such illness, ailment, or
18        disease and such certification must  be  carried  in  the
19        motor  vehicle  at all times.  The certification shall be
20        legible and shall contain the date of issuance, the name,
21        address and signature of the attending physician, and the
22        name,  address,  and  medical  condition  of  the  person
23        requiring exemption. The information on  the  certificate
24        for  a  window  treatment  applied  or affixed before the
25        effective date of this amendatory Act of 1997 must remain
26        current and shall be renewed annually  by  the  attending
27        physician, but in no event shall a certificate issued for
28        purposes  of this subsection be valid on or after January
29        1, 2008. The person shall  also  submit  a  copy  of  the
30        certification to the Secretary of State. The Secretary of
31        State  shall  may  forward  notice  of  certification  to
32        appropriate law enforcement agencies.
33        This  subsection  shall  not  be  construed  to authorize
34    window  treatments  applied  or  affixed  on  or  after   the
 
                            -4-              LRB9214720DHmgam
 1    effective date of this amendatory Act of 1997.
 2        The  exemption  provided by this subsection (g) shall not
 3    apply to any motor vehicle on and after January 1, 2008.
 4        (g-5)  Paragraph (a) of this Section shall not  apply  to
 5    any  motor vehicle with a window treatment, including but not
 6    limited  to  a  window  application,   reflective   material,
 7    nonreflective material, or tinted film, applied or affixed to
 8    the  motor  vehicle for the purposes set forth in item (1) or
 9    (2) as follows:
10             (1)  that  is  owned  and  operated  by   a   person
11        afflicted with or suffering from lupus erythematosus; or
12             (2)  that  is used in transporting a person when the
13        person resides at the  same  address  as  the  registered
14        owner  of the vehicle and the person is afflicted with or
15        suffering from lupus erythematosus.
16        It must be certified by a physician licensed to  practice
17    medicine  in Illinois that the person owning and operating or
18    being transported in a motor vehicle  is  afflicted  with  or
19    suffers  from lupus erythematosus and that certification must
20    be  carried  in  the  motor  vehicle  at  all   times.    The
21    certification  shall be legible and shall contain the date of
22    issuance, the name, address, and signature of  the  attending
23    physician,  and  the  name, address, and medical condition of
24    the  person  requiring  exemption.  The  information  on  the
25    certificate for a window treatment must  remain  current  and
26    shall  be  renewed  annually by the attending physician.  The
27    person shall also submit a copy of the certification  to  the
28    Secretary  of  State.  The  Secretary  of State shall forward
29    notice  of  certification  to  appropriate  law   enforcement
30    agencies.
31        (h)  Paragraph  (a)  of  this  Section shall not apply to
32    motor vehicle stickers or other certificates issued by  State
33    or  local authorities which are required to be displayed upon
34    motor   vehicle   windows   to   evidence   compliance   with
 
                            -5-              LRB9214720DHmgam
 1    requirements concerning motor vehicles.
 2        (i)  Those motor vehicles exempted under paragraph (f)(1)
 3    of this Section shall not cause their windows to  be  treated
 4    as described in paragraph (a) after January 1, 1993.
 5        (j)   A  person found guilty of violating paragraphs (a),
 6    (b), or (i) of this  Section  shall  be  guilty  of  a  petty
 7    offense  and  fined  no  less than $50 nor more than $500.  A
 8    second or subsequent violation of paragraphs (a), (b), or (i)
 9    of this Section shall be treated as a Class C misdemeanor and
10    the violator fined no less than $100 nor more than $500.  Any
11    person convicted under paragraphs (a), (b), or  (i)  of  this
12    Section  shall  be ordered to alter any nonconforming windows
13    into compliance with this Section.
14    (Source: P.A. 90-389, eff. 1-1-98.)

15        Section 99.  Effective date. This Act takes  effect  upon
16    becoming law.".

[ Top ]