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Public Act 095-0202
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LRB095 07841 DRH 28002 b |
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AN ACT concerning transportation.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by changing |
Sections 3-412 and 12-503 as follows:
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(625 ILCS 5/3-412) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-412)
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Sec. 3-412. Registration plates and registration stickers |
to be
furnished by the Secretary of State.
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(a) The Secretary of State upon registering a vehicle |
subject to annual
registration for the first time shall issue |
or shall cause to be issued to the
owner one registration plate |
for a motorcycle, trailer, semitrailer, motorized
pedalcycle |
or truck-tractor, 2 registration plates for other motor |
vehicles
and, where applicable, current registration stickers |
for motor vehicles of the
first division. The provisions of |
this Section may be made applicable to such
vehicles of the |
second division, as the Secretary of State may, from time to
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time, in his discretion designate. On subsequent annual |
registrations
during the term of the registration plate as |
provided in Section 3-414.1, the
Secretary shall issue or cause |
to be issued registration stickers as evidence
of current |
registration. However, the issuance of annual registration |
stickers
to vehicles registered under the provisions of |
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Sections 3-402.1 and 3-405.3 of
this Code may not be required |
if the Secretary deems the issuance unnecessary.
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(b) Every registration plate shall have displayed upon it |
the registration
number assigned to the vehicle for which it is |
issued, the name of this State,
which may be abbreviated, the |
year number for which it was issued, which may
be abbreviated, |
the phrase "Land of Lincoln" (except as otherwise provided in
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this Code), and such other letters or numbers as the Secretary
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may prescribe. However, for apportionment plates issued to |
vehicles registered
under Section 3-402.1 and fleet plates |
issued to vehicles registered under
Section 3-405.3, the phrase |
"Land of Lincoln" may be omitted to allow for
the word |
"apportioned", the word "fleet", or other similar language to |
be
displayed. Registration plates issued to a vehicle |
registered as a fleet
vehicle may display a designation |
determined by the Secretary.
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The Secretary may in his discretion prescribe
that letters |
be used as prefixes only on registration plates issued to |
vehicles
of the first division which are registered under this |
Code and only as suffixes
on registration plates issued to |
other vehicles. Every registration sticker
issued as evidence |
of current registration shall designate the year number
for |
which it is issued and such other letters or numbers as the |
Secretary may
prescribe and shall be of a contrasting color |
with the registration plates and
registration stickers of the |
previous year.
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(c) Each registration plate and the required letters and |
numerals thereon,
except the year number for which issued, |
shall be of sufficient size to be
plainly readable from a |
distance of 100 feet during daylight, and shall be
coated with |
reflectorizing material. The dimensions of the plate issued to
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vehicles of the first division shall be 6 by 12 inches.
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(d) The Secretary of State shall issue for every passenger |
motor vehicle
rented without a driver the same type of |
registration plates as the type of
plates issued for a private |
passenger vehicle.
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(e) The Secretary of State shall issue for every passenger
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car used as a taxicab or livery, distinctive registration |
plates.
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(f) The Secretary of State shall issue for every motorcycle
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distinctive registration plates distinguishing between
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motorcycles having 150 or more cubic centimeters piston
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displacement, or having less than 150 cubic centimeter
piston |
displacement.
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(g) Registration plates issued to vehicles for-hire may
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display a designation as determined by the Secretary that
such |
vehicles are for-hire.
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(h) The Secretary of State shall issue distinctive |
registration plates for electric vehicles.
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(i) The Secretary of State shall issue for every public and |
private
ambulance registration plates identifying the vehicle |
as an ambulance.
The Secretary shall forward to the Department |
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of Healthcare and Family Services
Public Aid registration
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information for the purpose of verification of claims filed |
with the
Department by ambulance owners for payment for |
services to public assistance
recipients.
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(j) The Secretary of State shall issue for every public and |
private
medical carrier or rescue vehicle livery registration |
plates displaying
numbers within ranges of numbers reserved |
respectively for medical carriers
and rescue vehicles. The |
Secretary shall forward to the Department of Healthcare and |
Family Services
Public
Aid registration information for the |
purpose of verification of claims filed
with the Department by |
owners of medical carriers or rescue vehicles for
payment for |
services to public assistance recipients.
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(k) The Secretary of State shall issue distinctive license |
plates or distinctive license plate stickers for every vehicle |
exempted from subsection (a) of Section 12-503 by subsection |
(g) of that Section, and by subsection (g-5) of that Section |
before its deletion by this amendatory Act of the 95th General |
Assembly. The Secretary shall issue these plates or stickers |
immediately upon receiving the physician's certification |
required under subsection (g) of Section 12-503. New plates or |
stickers shall also be issued when the certification is renewed |
as provided in that subsection.
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(Source: P.A. 94-239, eff. 1-1-06; 94-564, eff. 8-12-05; |
revised 12-15-05.)
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(625 ILCS 5/12-503) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-503)
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Sec. 12-503. Windshields must be unobstructed and equipped |
with wipers.
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(a) No person shall drive a motor vehicle with any sign, |
poster, window
application, reflective material, nonreflective |
material or tinted film
upon the front windshield, sidewings or |
side windows immediately adjacent
to each side of the driver. A |
nonreflective tinted film may be used along
the uppermost |
portion of the windshield if such material does not extend
more |
than 6 inches down from the top of the windshield. Nothing in |
this
Section shall create a cause of action on behalf of a |
buyer against a
dealer or manufacturer who sells a motor |
vehicle with a window which is in
violation of this Section.
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(b) Nothing contained in this Section shall prohibit the |
use of
nonreflective, smoked or tinted glass, nonreflective |
film, perforated
window screen or other decorative window |
application on windows to the rear
of the driver's seat, except |
that any motor vehicle with a window to the
rear of the |
driver's seat treated in this manner shall be equipped with a
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side mirror on each side of the motor vehicle which are in |
conformance with
Section 12-502.
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(c) No person shall drive a motor vehicle with any objects |
placed or
suspended between the driver and the front |
windshield, rear
window, side wings or side windows immediately |
adjacent to each side of
the driver which materially obstructs |
the driver's view.
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(d) Every motor vehicle, except motorcycles, shall be |
equipped with a
device, controlled by the driver, for cleaning |
rain, snow, moisture or other
obstructions from the windshield; |
and no person shall drive a motor vehicle
with snow, ice, |
moisture or other material on any of the windows or
mirrors, |
which materially obstructs the driver's clear view of the |
highway.
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(e) No person shall drive a motor vehicle when the |
windshield, side or
rear windows are in such defective |
condition or repair as to materially
impair the driver's view |
to the front, side or rear. A vehicle equipped
with a side |
mirror on each side of the vehicle which are in conformance
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with Section 12-502 will be deemed to be in compliance in the |
event the
rear window of the vehicle is materially obscured.
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(f) Paragraphs (a) and (b) of this Section shall not apply |
to:
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(1) motor vehicles manufactured prior to January 1, |
1982; or
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(2) to those motor vehicles properly registered in |
another jurisdiction.
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(g) Paragraph (a) of this Section shall not apply to any |
motor vehicle with
a window treatment, including but not |
limited to a window application,
reflective material, |
nonreflective material, or tinted film, applied or affixed
to a
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the motor vehicle that:
for the purposes set forth in item (1) |
or (2) before the
effective date of this amendatory Act of 1997 |
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and:
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(1) that is owned and operated by a person afflicted |
with or suffering
from a medical illness, ailment, or |
disease, including but not limited to systemic or discoid |
lupus erythematosus, disseminated superficial actinic |
porokeratosis, or albinism, which would require that |
person
to be shielded from the direct rays of the sun; or
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(2) that is used in transporting a person when the |
person
resides at
the same address as the registered owner |
of the vehicle and the
person is
afflicted with or |
suffering from a medical illness, ailment or disease
which |
would require the person to be shielded from the direct |
rays
of the
sun, including but not limited to systemic or |
discoid lupus erythematosus, disseminated superficial |
actinic porokeratosis, or albinism. ;
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The owner must obtain a
It must be certified statement |
or letter written by a physician licensed to practice |
medicine in
Illinois that such person owning and operating |
or being transported in a motor
vehicle is afflicted with |
or suffers from such illness, ailment, or disease, |
including but not limited to systemic or discoid lupus |
erythematosus, disseminated superficial actinic |
porokeratosis, or albinism, and
such certification must be |
carried in the motor vehicle at all times. The
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certification shall be legible and shall contain the date |
of issuance, the
name, address and signature of the |
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attending physician, and the name, address,
and medical |
condition of the person requiring exemption. The |
information on
the certificate for a window treatment |
applied or affixed before the effective
date of this |
amendatory Act of 1997 must remain current and shall be |
renewed
annually by the attending physician, but in no |
event shall a
certificate issued for purposes of this |
subsection be valid on or after
January 1, 2008. The owner
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person shall also submit a copy of the certification to
the |
Secretary of
State. The Secretary of State may forward |
notice of certification to law
enforcement agencies.
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This subsection shall not be construed to authorize window |
treatments
applied or affixed on or after the effective date of |
this amendatory Act of
1997.
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The exemption provided by this subsection (g) shall not |
apply to any motor
vehicle on and after January 1, 2008.
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This subsection (g) does not apply to the exemption set |
forth in subsection (g-5). |
(g-5) (Blank).
Paragraph (a) of this Section does not apply |
to any motor vehicle with a window treatment, including but not |
limited to a window application, reflective material, |
nonreflective material, or tinted film, applied or affixed to a |
motor vehicle that: |
(i) is owned and operated by a person afflicted with or |
suffering from systemic or discoid lupus erythematosus or |
albinism; or |
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(ii) is used in transporting a person who resides at |
the same address as the registered owner and is afflicted |
with or suffers from systemic or discoid lupus |
erythematosus or albinism. |
It must be certified by a physician licensed to practice |
medicine in Illinois that the person owning and operating or |
being transported in a motor vehicle is afflicted with or |
suffers from systemic or discoid lupus erythematosus or |
albinism and the certification must be carried in the motor |
vehicle at all times. The certification shall be legible and |
shall contain the date of issuance, the name, address, and |
signature of the attending physician, and the name, address, |
and medical condition of the person requiring exemption. The |
information on the certificate for a window treatment must |
remain current and shall be renewed annually by the attending |
physician. The owner of the vehicle shall also submit a copy of |
the certification to the Secretary of State. The Secretary of |
State may forward notice of certification to law enforcement |
agencies. |
(h) Paragraph (a) of this Section shall not apply to motor |
vehicle
stickers or other certificates issued by State or local |
authorities which
are required to be displayed upon motor |
vehicle windows to evidence
compliance with requirements |
concerning motor vehicles.
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(i) Those motor vehicles exempted under paragraph (f)(1) of |
this Section
shall not cause their windows to be treated as |
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described in paragraph (a) after
January 1, 1993.
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(j) A person found guilty of violating paragraphs (a), (b), |
or (i) of this
Section shall be guilty of a petty offense and |
fined no less than $50 nor more
than $500. A second or |
subsequent violation of paragraphs (a), (b), or (i) of
this |
Section shall be treated as a Class C misdemeanor and the |
violator fined
no less than $100 nor more than $500. Any person |
convicted under paragraphs
(a), (b), or (i) of this Section |
shall be ordered to alter any
nonconforming windows into |
compliance with this Section.
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(Source: P.A. 94-564, eff. 8-12-05.)
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
becoming law.
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