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Public Act 096-0815
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LRB096 05916 AJT 15997 b |
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AN ACT concerning transportation.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
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. |
(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 registration
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 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 subsections subsection (a) and (a-5) 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; |
95-202, eff. 8-16-07; 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)
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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, except that |
a sidewings or side windows immediately adjacent
to each side |
of the driver. A nonreflective tinted film may be used along
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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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(a-5) No window treatment or tinting shall be applied to |
the windows immediately adjacent to each side of the driver, |
except: |
(1) on vehicles where none of the windows to the rear |
of the driver's seat are treated in a manner that allows |
less than 30% light transmittance, a nonreflective tinted |
film that allows at least 50% light transmittance, with a |
5% variance observed by any law enforcement official |
metering the light transmittance, may be used on the side |
windows immediately adjacent to each side of the driver. |
(2) on vehicles where none of the windows to the rear |
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of the driver's seat are treated in a manner that allows |
less than 35% light transmittance, a nonreflective tinted |
film that allows at least 35% light transmittance, with a |
5% variance observed by any law enforcement official |
metering the light transmittance, may be used on the side |
windows immediately adjacent to each side of the driver. |
(3) on multipurpose passenger vehicles, as defined by |
Section 1-148.3b of this Code, a nonreflective tinted film |
originally applied by the manufacturer, that allows at |
least 50% light transmittance, with a 5% variance observed |
by any law enforcement official metering the light |
transmittance, may be used on the side windows immediately |
adjacent to each side of the driver. |
(b) On motor vehicles where window treatment has not been |
applied to the windows immediately adjacent to each side of the |
driver, Nothing contained in this Section shall prohibit the |
use of a
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 shall |
be allowed, except that any motor vehicle with a window to the
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rear of the driver's seat treated in this manner shall be |
equipped with a
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 |
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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), (a-5), and (b) of this Section shall |
not apply to:
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(1) (Blank). 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) Paragraphs Paragraph (a) and (a-5) 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 |
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affixed
to a motor vehicle for which distinctive license plates |
or license plate stickers have been issued pursuant to |
subsection (k) of Section 3-412 of this Code, and which that:
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(1) 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) is used in transporting a person when the person
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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 certified statement or letter |
written by a physician licensed to practice medicine in
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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. However, no exemption from the requirements of |
subsection (a-5) shall be granted for any condition, such |
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as light sensitivity, for which protection from the direct |
rays of the sun can be adequately obtained by the use of |
sunglasses or other eye protective devices. |
Such , and
such 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 |
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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(g-5) (Blank). |
(g-7) Installers shall only install window treatment |
authorized by subsection (g) on motor vehicles for which |
distinctive plates or license plate stickers have been issued |
pursuant to subsection (k) of Section 3-412 of this Code. The |
distinctive license plates or plate sticker must be on the |
motor vehicle at the time of window treatment installation. |
(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) (Blank). Those motor vehicles exempted under paragraph |
(f)(1) of this Section
shall not cause their windows to be |
treated as described in paragraph (a) after
January 1, 1993.
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(j) A person found guilty of violating paragraphs (a), |
(a-5), (b), or (g-7) (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), (a-5), (b), |
or (g-7) (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), (a-5), or |
(b), or (i) of this Section shall be ordered to alter any
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nonconforming windows into compliance with this Section.
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(k) Nothing in this
Section shall create a cause of action |
on behalf of a buyer against a
vehicle dealer or manufacturer |
who sells a motor vehicle with a window which is in
violation |
of this Section. |
(Source: P.A. 94-564, eff. 8-12-05; 95-202, eff. 8-16-07.)
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
becoming law. |