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Public Act 099-0598


 

Public Act 0598 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

  
  
  

 


 
Public Act 099-0598
 
HB4105 EnrolledLRB099 08149 RJF 28299 b

    AN ACT concerning transportation.
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
 
    Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by changing
Section 12-208 as follows:
 
    (625 ILCS 5/12-208)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-208)
    Sec. 12-208. Signal lamps and signal devices.
    (a) Every vehicle other than an antique vehicle displaying
an antique plate or an expanded-use antique vehicle displaying
expanded-use antique vehicle plates operated in this State
shall be equipped with a stop lamp or lamps on the rear of the
vehicle which shall display a red or amber light visible from a
distance of not less than 500 feet to the rear in normal
sunlight and which shall be actuated upon application of the
service (foot) brake, and which may but need not be
incorporated with other rear lamps. During times when lighted
lamps are not required, an antique vehicle or an expanded-use
antique vehicle may be equipped with a stop lamp or lamps on
the rear of such vehicle of the same type originally installed
by the manufacturer as original equipment and in working order.
However, at all other times, except as provided in subsection
(a-1), such antique vehicle or expanded-use antique vehicle
must be equipped with stop lamps meeting the requirements of
Section 12-208 of this Act.
    (a-1) A motorcycle or an An antique vehicle or an
expanded-use antique vehicle, including an antique motorcycle,
may display a blue light or lights of up to one inch in
diameter as part of the vehicle's rear stop lamp or lamps.
    (b) Every motor vehicle other than an antique vehicle
displaying an antique plate or an expanded-use antique vehicle
displaying expanded-use antique vehicle plates shall be
equipped with an electric turn signal device which shall
indicate the intention of the driver to turn to the right or to
the left in the form of flashing lights located at and showing
to the front and rear of the vehicle on the side of the vehicle
toward which the turn is to be made. The lamps showing to the
front shall be mounted on the same level and as widely spaced
laterally as practicable and, when signaling, shall emit a
white or amber light, or any shade of light between white and
amber. The lamps showing to the rear shall be mounted on the
same level and as widely spaced laterally as practicable and,
when signaling, shall emit a red or amber light. An antique
vehicle or expanded-use antique vehicle shall be equipped with
a turn signal device of the same type originally installed by
the manufacturer as original equipment and in working order.
    (c) Every trailer and semitrailer shall be equipped with an
electric turn signal device which indicates the intention of
the driver in the power unit to turn to the right or to the left
in the form of flashing red or amber lights located at the rear
of the vehicle on the side toward which the turn is to be made
and mounted on the same level and as widely spaced laterally as
practicable.
    (d) Turn signal lamps must be visible from a distance of
not less than 300 feet in normal sunlight.
    (e) Motorcycles and motor-driven cycles need not be
equipped with electric turn signals. Antique vehicles and
expanded-use antique vehicles need not be equipped with turn
signals unless such were installed by the manufacturer as
original equipment.
    (f) (Blank).
    (g) Motorcycles and motor-driven cycles may be equipped
with a stop lamp or lamps on the rear of the vehicle that
display a red or amber light, visible from a distance of not
less than 500 feet to the rear in normal sunlight, that flashes
and becomes steady only when the brake is actuated.
(Source: P.A. 96-487, eff. 1-1-10; 97-412, eff. 1-1-12; 97-743,
eff. 1-1-13.)

Effective Date: 1/1/2017