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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 | 5 |
| 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 | 8 |
| to be
furnished by the Secretary of State.
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| (a) The Secretary of State upon registering a vehicle | 10 |
| subject to annual
registration for the first time shall issue | 11 |
| or shall cause to be issued to the
owner one registration plate | 12 |
| for a motorcycle, trailer, semitrailer, motorized
pedalcycle | 13 |
| or truck-tractor, 2 registration plates for other motor | 14 |
| vehicles
and, where applicable, current registration stickers | 15 |
| for motor vehicles of the
first division. The provisions of | 16 |
| this Section may be made applicable to such
vehicles of the | 17 |
| second division, as the Secretary of State may, from time to
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| time, in his discretion designate. On subsequent annual | 19 |
| registrations
during the term of the registration plate as | 20 |
| provided in Section 3-414.1, the
Secretary shall issue or cause | 21 |
| to be issued registration stickers as evidence
of current | 22 |
| registration. However, the issuance of annual registration | 23 |
| 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 | 2 |
| if the Secretary deems the issuance unnecessary.
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| (b) Every registration plate shall have displayed upon it | 4 |
| the registration
number assigned to the vehicle for which it is | 5 |
| issued, the name of this State,
which may be abbreviated, the | 6 |
| year number for which it was issued, which may
be abbreviated, | 7 |
| 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 | 10 |
| vehicles registered
under Section 3-402.1 and fleet plates | 11 |
| issued to vehicles registered under
Section 3-405.3, the phrase | 12 |
| "Land of Lincoln" may be omitted to allow for
the word | 13 |
| "apportioned", the word "fleet", or other similar language to | 14 |
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displayed. Registration plates issued to a vehicle | 15 |
| registered as a fleet
vehicle may display a designation | 16 |
| determined by the Secretary.
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| The Secretary may in his discretion prescribe
that letters | 18 |
| be used as prefixes only on registration plates issued to | 19 |
| vehicles
of the first division which are registered under this | 20 |
| Code and only as suffixes
on registration plates issued to | 21 |
| other vehicles. Every registration sticker
issued as evidence | 22 |
| of current registration shall designate the year number
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| which it is issued and such other letters or numbers as the | 24 |
| Secretary may
prescribe and shall be of a contrasting color | 25 |
| with the registration plates and
registration stickers of the | 26 |
| previous year.
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| (c) Each registration plate and the required letters and | 2 |
| numerals thereon,
except the year number for which issued, | 3 |
| shall be of sufficient size to be
plainly readable from a | 4 |
| distance of 100 feet during daylight, and shall be
coated with | 5 |
| 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 | 8 |
| motor vehicle
rented without a driver the same type of | 9 |
| registration plates as the type of
plates issued for a private | 10 |
| 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 | 13 |
| 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 | 18 |
| 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
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| vehicles are for-hire.
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| (h) The Secretary of State shall issue distinctive | 23 |
| registration plates for electric vehicles.
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| (i) The Secretary of State shall issue for every public and | 25 |
| private
ambulance registration plates identifying the vehicle | 26 |
| 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 | 3 |
| with the
Department by ambulance owners for payment for | 4 |
| services to public assistance
recipients.
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| (j) The Secretary of State shall issue for every public and | 6 |
| private
medical carrier or rescue vehicle livery registration | 7 |
| plates displaying
numbers within ranges of numbers reserved | 8 |
| respectively for medical carriers
and rescue vehicles. The | 9 |
| Secretary shall forward to the Department of Healthcare and | 10 |
| Family Services
Public
Aid registration information for the | 11 |
| purpose of verification of claims filed
with the Department by | 12 |
| owners of medical carriers or rescue vehicles for
payment for | 13 |
| services to public assistance recipients.
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| (k) The Secretary of State shall issue distinctive license | 15 |
| plates or distinctive license plate stickers for every vehicle | 16 |
| exempted from subsection (a) of Section 12-503 by subsection | 17 |
| (g) of that Section, and by subsection (g-5) of that Section | 18 |
| before its deletion by this amendatory Act of the 95th General | 19 |
| Assembly. The Secretary shall issue these plates or stickers | 20 |
| immediately upon receiving the physician's certification | 21 |
| required under subsection (g) of Section 12-503. New plates or | 22 |
| stickers shall also be issued when the certification is renewed | 23 |
| as provided in that subsection .
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| (Source: P.A. 94-239, eff. 1-1-06; 94-564, eff. 8-12-05; | 25 |
| 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 | 3 |
| with wipers.
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| (a) No person shall drive a motor vehicle with any sign, | 5 |
| poster, window
application, reflective material, nonreflective | 6 |
| material or tinted film
upon the front windshield, sidewings or | 7 |
| side windows immediately adjacent
to each side of the driver. A | 8 |
| nonreflective tinted film may be used along
the uppermost | 9 |
| portion of the windshield if such material does not extend
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| than 6 inches down from the top of the windshield. Nothing in | 11 |
| this
Section shall create a cause of action on behalf of a | 12 |
| buyer against a
dealer or manufacturer who sells a motor | 13 |
| vehicle with a window which is in
violation of this Section.
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| (b) Nothing contained in this Section shall prohibit the | 15 |
| use of
nonreflective, smoked or tinted glass, nonreflective | 16 |
| film, perforated
window screen or other decorative window | 17 |
| application on windows to the rear
of the driver's seat, except | 18 |
| that any motor vehicle with a window to the
rear of the | 19 |
| 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 | 21 |
| conformance with
Section 12-502.
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| (c) No person shall drive a motor vehicle with any objects | 23 |
| placed or
suspended between the driver and the front | 24 |
| windshield, rear
window, side wings or side windows immediately | 25 |
| adjacent to each side of
the driver which materially obstructs | 26 |
| the driver's view.
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| (d) Every motor vehicle, except motorcycles, shall be | 2 |
| equipped with a
device, controlled by the driver, for cleaning | 3 |
| rain, snow, moisture or other
obstructions from the windshield; | 4 |
| and no person shall drive a motor vehicle
with snow, ice, | 5 |
| moisture or other material on any of the windows or
mirrors, | 6 |
| which materially obstructs the driver's clear view of the | 7 |
| highway.
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| (e) No person shall drive a motor vehicle when the | 9 |
| windshield, side or
rear windows are in such defective | 10 |
| condition or repair as to materially
impair the driver's view | 11 |
| to the front, side or rear. A vehicle equipped
with a side | 12 |
| 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 | 14 |
| 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 | 16 |
| to:
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| (1) motor vehicles manufactured prior to January 1, | 18 |
| 1982; or
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| (2) to those motor vehicles properly registered in | 20 |
| another jurisdiction.
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| (g) Paragraph (a) of this Section shall not apply to any | 22 |
| motor vehicle with
a window treatment, including but not | 23 |
| limited to a window application,
reflective material, | 24 |
| 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) | 26 |
| 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 | 3 |
| with or suffering
from a medical illness, ailment, or | 4 |
| disease , including but not limited to systemic or discoid | 5 |
| lupus erythematosus, disseminated superficial actinic | 6 |
| porokeratosis, or albinism, which would require that | 7 |
| 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 | 9 |
| person
resides at
the same address as the registered owner | 10 |
| of the vehicle and the
person is
afflicted with or | 11 |
| suffering from a medical illness, ailment or disease
which | 12 |
| would require the person to be shielded from the direct | 13 |
| rays
of the
sun , including but not limited to systemic or | 14 |
| discoid lupus erythematosus, disseminated superficial | 15 |
| actinic porokeratosis, or albinism. ;
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| The owner must obtain a
It must be certified statement | 17 |
| or letter written by a physician licensed to practice | 18 |
| medicine in
Illinois that such person owning and operating | 19 |
| or being transported in a motor
vehicle is afflicted with | 20 |
| or suffers from such illness, ailment, or disease , | 21 |
| including but not limited to systemic or discoid lupus | 22 |
| erythematosus, disseminated superficial actinic | 23 |
| porokeratosis, or albinism, and
such certification must be | 24 |
| carried in the motor vehicle at all times. The
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| certification shall be legible and shall contain the date | 26 |
| of issuance, the
name, address and signature of the |
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| attending physician, and the name, address,
and medical | 2 |
| condition of the person requiring exemption. The | 3 |
| information on
the certificate for a window treatment | 4 |
| applied or affixed before the effective
date of this | 5 |
| amendatory Act of 1997 must remain current and shall be | 6 |
| renewed
annually by the attending physician , but in no | 7 |
| event shall a
certificate issued for purposes of this | 8 |
| 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 | 10 |
| Secretary of
State. The Secretary of State may forward | 11 |
| notice of certification to law
enforcement agencies.
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| This subsection shall not be construed to authorize window | 13 |
| treatments
applied or affixed on or after the effective date of | 14 |
| this amendatory Act of
1997.
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| The exemption provided by this subsection (g) shall not | 16 |
| 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 | 18 |
| forth in subsection (g-5). | 19 |
| (g-5) (Blank).
Paragraph (a) of this Section does not apply | 20 |
| to any motor vehicle with a window treatment, including but not | 21 |
| limited to a window application, reflective material, | 22 |
| nonreflective material, or tinted film, applied or affixed to a | 23 |
| motor vehicle that: | 24 |
| (i) is owned and operated by a person afflicted with or | 25 |
| suffering from systemic or discoid lupus erythematosus or | 26 |
| albinism; or |
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| (ii) is used in transporting a person who resides at | 2 |
| the same address as the registered owner and is afflicted | 3 |
| with or suffers from systemic or discoid lupus | 4 |
| erythematosus or albinism. | 5 |
| It must be certified by a physician licensed to practice | 6 |
| medicine in Illinois that the person owning and operating or | 7 |
| being transported in a motor vehicle is afflicted with or | 8 |
| suffers from systemic or discoid lupus erythematosus or | 9 |
| albinism and the certification must be carried in the motor | 10 |
| vehicle at all times. The certification shall be legible and | 11 |
| shall contain the date of issuance, the name, address, and | 12 |
| signature of the attending physician, and the name, address, | 13 |
| and medical condition of the person requiring exemption. The | 14 |
| information on the certificate for a window treatment must | 15 |
| remain current and shall be renewed annually by the attending | 16 |
| physician. The owner of the vehicle shall also submit a copy of | 17 |
| the certification to the Secretary of State. The Secretary of | 18 |
| State may forward notice of certification to law enforcement | 19 |
| agencies. | 20 |
| (h) Paragraph (a) of this Section shall not apply to motor | 21 |
| vehicle
stickers or other certificates issued by State or local | 22 |
| authorities which
are required to be displayed upon motor | 23 |
| vehicle windows to evidence
compliance with requirements | 24 |
| concerning motor vehicles.
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| (i) Those motor vehicles exempted under paragraph (f)(1) of | 26 |
| 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), | 3 |
| or (i) of this
Section shall be guilty of a petty offense and | 4 |
| fined no less than $50 nor more
than $500. A second or | 5 |
| subsequent violation of paragraphs (a), (b), or (i) of
this | 6 |
| Section shall be treated as a Class C misdemeanor and the | 7 |
| violator fined
no less than $100 nor more than $500. Any person | 8 |
| convicted under paragraphs
(a), (b), or (i) of this Section | 9 |
| shall be ordered to alter any
nonconforming windows into | 10 |
| 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 | 13 |
| becoming law.
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