SB0459 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
SB0459

Introduced 2/8/2007, by Sen. John O. Jones

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

625 ILCS 5/12-602

from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-602

Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that a vehicle of the first division may not be seized or impounded solely on the basis of a violation of the provision requiring prevention of excessive or unusual noise. Effective immediately.

A BILL FOR

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 12-602 as follows:

(625 ILCS 5/12-602) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-602)

Sec. 12-602. Mufflers, prevention of noise.

(a) Every motor vehicle driven or operated upon the highways of this State shall at all times be equipped with an adequate muffler or exhaust system in constant operation and properly maintained to prevent any excessive or unusual noise. No such muffler or exhaust system shall be equipped with a cutout, bypass or similar device. No person shall modify the exhaust system of a motor vehicle in a manner which will amplify or increase the noise of such vehicle above that emitted by the muffler originally installed on the vehicle, and such original muffler shall comply with all the requirements of this Section.

(b) A vehicle of the first division may not be seized or impounded solely on the basis of a violation of this Section.

(Source: P.A. 77-37.)

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