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 1        AN ACT concerning vehicles.

 2        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section  5.   The  Illinois  Vehicle  Code  is amended by
 5    changing Sections 11-310 and 12-208 as follows:

 6        (625 ILCS 5/11-310) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-310)
 7        Sec. 11-310. Display of unauthorized signs,  signals,  or
 8    markings.
 9        (a)  No  person  shall place, maintain or display upon or
10    in  view  of  any  highway  any  unauthorized  sign,  signal,
11    marking, or device which purports to be or is an imitation of
12    or resembles an official traffic-control device  or  railroad
13    sign  or  signal, or which attempts to direct the movement of
14    traffic, or which hides from  view  or  interferes  with  the
15    movement  of  traffic  or  the  effectiveness  of an official
16    traffic-control device or any railroad sign or signal.
17        (b)  No person shall place  or  maintain  nor  shall  any
18    public  authority permit upon any highway any traffic sign or
19    signal bearing thereon any commercial advertising.
20        (c)  Every such prohibited sign,  signal  or  marking  is
21    hereby  declared  to  be  a public nuisance and the authority
22    having jurisdiction over the highway is hereby  empowered  to
23    remove the same or cause it to be removed without notice.
24        (d)  No  person  shall sell or offer for sale any traffic
25    control device to be used on any street or  highway  in  this
26    State  which  does  not  conform  to the requirements of this
27    Chapter.
28        (e)  This Section shall not be  deemed  to  prohibit  the
29    erection  upon private property adjacent to highways of signs
30    giving useful directional information  and  of  a  type  that
31    cannot be mistaken for official signs.
 
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 1        (f)  This  Section  shall  not  be deemed to prohibit the
 2    erection of Illinois Adopt-A-Highway signs by municipalities,
 3    townships,  or  counties  as   provided   in   the   Illinois
 4    Adopt-A-Highway Act.
 5        (f-1)  This Section does not prohibit a municipality from
 6    placing  and  displaying  along  or  over a highway a sign or
 7    banner if the following conditions are met:
 8             (1)  The sign or banner honors community or  student
 9        achievements and bears no commercial advertising.
10             (2)  The sign or banner is of a size no greater than
11        30 square feet.
12             (3)  The   sign  or  banner  does  not  obstruct  or
13        endanger traffic or obstruct the view of  the  driver  of
14        any vehicle.
15             (4)  The  sign  or  banner  remains in place no more
16        than 30 days.
17             (5)  The municipality obtains the  approval  of  the
18        Department  before placing a sign or banner along or over
19        any highway under the jurisdiction of the Department.
20        The Department  must  respond  with  approval  or  denial
21    within  7  days  of  receiving  a  municipality's request for
22    approval under paragraph (5) of this subsection (f-1).
23        (g)  Any person failing to comply with this Section shall
24    be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
25    (Source: P.A. 87-1118.)

26        (625 ILCS 5/12-208) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-208)
27        Sec. 12-208.  Signal lamps and signal devices.
28        (a)  Every  vehicle  other  than   an   antique   vehicle
29    displaying  an  antique plate operated in this State shall be
30    equipped with a stop lamp or lamps on the rear of the vehicle
31    which shall display a red  or  amber  light  visible  from  a
32    distance  of  not  less  than  500 feet to the rear in normal
33    sunlight and which shall be actuated upon application of  the
 
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 1    service   (foot)  brake,  and  which  may  but  need  not  be
 2    incorporated with other rear lamps. During times when lighted
 3    lamps are not required, an antique vehicle  may  be  equipped
 4    with  a stop lamp or lamps on the rear of such vehicle of the
 5    same  type  originally  installed  by  the  manufacturer   as
 6    original  equipment  and  in  working  order. However, at all
 7    other times, except as provided  in  subsection  (a-1),  such
 8    antique  vehicle must be equipped with stop lamps meeting the
 9    requirements of Section 12-208 of this Act.
10        (a-1)  An antique vehicle may display  a  blue  light  or
11    lights of up to one inch in diameter as part of the vehicle's
12    rear stop lamp or lamps.
13        (b)  Every  motor  vehicle  other than an antique vehicle
14    displaying  an  antique  plate  shall  be  equipped  with  an
15    electric  turn  signal  device  which  shall   indicate   the
16    intention  of  the driver to turn to the right or to the left
17    in the form of flashing lights located at and showing to  the
18    front  and  rear  of  the  vehicle on the side of the vehicle
19    toward which the turn is to be made. The lamps showing to the
20    front shall be mounted on the same level and as widely spaced
21    laterally as practicable and, when signaling,  shall  emit  a
22    white or amber light, or any shade of light between white and
23    amber.  The lamps showing to the rear shall be mounted on the
24    same level and as widely spaced laterally as practicable and,
25    when signaling, shall emit a red or amber light.  An  antique
26    vehicle  shall  be  equipped with a turn signal device of the
27    same  type  originally  installed  by  the  manufacturer   as
28    original equipment and in working order.
29        (c)  Every trailer and semitrailer shall be equipped with
30    an  electric turn signal device which indicates the intention
31    of the driver in the power unit to turn to the  right  or  to
32    the  left in the form of flashing red or amber lights located
33    at the rear of the vehicle on the side toward which the  turn
34    is  to  be  made  and mounted on the same level and as widely
 
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 1    spaced laterally as practicable.
 2        (d)  Turn signal lamps must be visible from a distance of
 3    not less than 300 feet in normal sunlight.
 4        (e)  Motorcycles and  motor-driven  cycles  need  not  be
 5    equipped  with  electric  turn signals. Antique vehicles need
 6    not be equipped with turn signals unless such were  installed
 7    by the manufacturer as original equipment.
 8        (f)  For  purposes  of  this Section, a custom vehicle or
 9    street rod is considered to be in compliance with all  signal
10    lamp  and  signal  device  requirements  if it has passed the
11    approved safety inspection provided for in Section 3-804.1 or
12    3-804.2.
13    (Source: P.A. 92-668, eff. 1-1-03.)

14        Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act  takes  effect  on
15    July 1, 2004.