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 1        AN ACT to in relation to 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 Section 12-503 as follows:

 6        (625 ILCS 5/12-503) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-503)
 7        Sec.   12-503.   Windshields  must  be  unobstructed  and
 8    equipped with wipers.
 9        (a) No person shall drive a motor vehicle with any  sign,
10    poster,     window    application,    reflective    material,
11    nonreflective  material  or  tinted  film  upon   the   front
12    windshield, sidewings or side windows immediately adjacent to
13    each  side of the driver.  A nonreflective tinted film may be
14    used along the uppermost portion of the  windshield  if  such
15    material does not extend more than 6 inches down from the top
16    of  the  windshield.  Nothing  in this Section shall create a
17    cause of action on behalf of a  buyer  against  a  dealer  or
18    manufacturer who sells a motor vehicle with a window which is
19    in violation of this Section.
20        (b)  Nothing contained in this Section shall prohibit the
21    use  of  nonreflective, smoked or tinted glass, nonreflective
22    film, perforated window screen  or  other  decorative  window
23    application  on  windows  to  the  rear of the driver's seat,
24    except that any motor vehicle with a window to  the  rear  of
25    the  driver's  seat  treated in this manner shall be equipped
26    with a side mirror on each side of the  motor  vehicle  which
27    are in conformance with Section 12-502.
28        (c)  No  person  shall  drive  a  motor  vehicle with any
29    objects placed or suspended between the driver and the  front
30    windshield,   rear   window,   side  wings  or  side  windows
31    immediately  adjacent  to  each  side  of  the  driver  which
 
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 1    materially obstructs the driver's view.
 2        (d)  Every motor vehicle, except  motorcycles,  shall  be
 3    equipped  with  a  device,  controlled  by  the  driver,  for
 4    cleaning  rain, snow, moisture or other obstructions from the
 5    windshield; and no person shall drive a  motor  vehicle  with
 6    snow,  ice,  moisture or other material on any of the windows
 7    or mirrors, which materially  obstructs  the  driver's  clear
 8    view of the highway.
 9        (e)  No  person  shall  drive  a  motor  vehicle when the
10    windshield, side  or  rear  windows  are  in  such  defective
11    condition or repair as to materially impair the driver's view
12    to  the  front, side or rear.  A vehicle equipped with a side
13    mirror on each side of the vehicle which are  in  conformance
14    with Section 12-502 will be deemed to be in compliance in the
15    event the rear window of the vehicle is materially obscured.
16        (f)  Paragraphs  (a)  and  (b)  of this Section shall not
17    apply to:
18             (1)  motor vehicles manufactured prior to January 1,
19        1982; or
20             (2)  to those motor vehicles properly registered  in
21        another jurisdiction.
22        (g)  Paragraph (a) of this Section shall not apply to any
23    motor  vehicle  with  a  window  treatment, including but not
24    limited  to  a  window  application,   reflective   material,
25    nonreflective material, or tinted film, applied or affixed to
26    the  motor  vehicle for the purposes set forth in item (1) or
27    (2) before the effective date of this amendatory Act of  1997
28    and:
29             (1)  that   is   owned  and  operated  by  a  person
30        afflicted with  or  suffering  from  a  medical  illness,
31        ailment, or disease which would require that person to be
32        shielded from the direct rays of the sun; or
33             (2)  that  is used in transporting a person when the
34        person resides at the  same  address  as  the  registered
 
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 1        owner  of the vehicle and the person is afflicted with or
 2        suffering from a  medical  illness,  ailment  or  disease
 3        which  would  require  the person to be shielded from the
 4        direct rays of the sun;
 5             It must be certified  by  a  physician  licensed  to
 6        practice medicine in Illinois that such person owning and
 7        operating  or  being  transported  in  a motor vehicle is
 8        afflicted with or suffers from such illness, ailment,  or
 9        disease  and  such  certification  must be carried in the
10        motor vehicle at all times.  The certification  shall  be
11        legible and shall contain the date of issuance, the name,
12        address and signature of the attending physician, and the
13        name,  address,  and  medical  condition  of  the  person
14        requiring  exemption.  The information on the certificate
15        for a window treatment  applied  or  affixed  before  the
16        effective date of this amendatory Act of 1997 must remain
17        current  and  shall  be renewed annually by the attending
18        physician, but in no event shall a certificate issued for
19        purposes of this subsection be valid on or after  January
20        1,  2008.  The  person  shall  also  submit a copy of the
21        certification to the Secretary of State. The Secretary of
22        State  may  forward  notice  of  certification   to   law
23        enforcement agencies.
24        This  subsection  shall  not  be  construed  to authorize
25    window  treatments  applied  or  affixed  on  or  after   the
26    effective date of this amendatory Act of 1997.
27        The  exemption  provided by this subsection (g) shall not
28    apply to any motor vehicle on and after January 1, 2008.
29        (h)  Paragraph (a) of this Section  shall  not  apply  to
30    motor  vehicle stickers or other certificates issued by State
31    or local authorities which are required to be displayed  upon
32    motor   vehicle   windows   to   evidence   compliance   with
33    requirements concerning motor vehicles.
34        (i)  Those motor vehicles exempted under paragraph (f)(1)
 
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 1    of  this  Section shall not cause their windows to be treated
 2    as described in paragraph (a) after January 1, 1993.
 3        (j)   A person found guilty of violating paragraphs  (a),
 4    (b),  or  (i)  of  this  Section  shall  be guilty of a petty
 5    offense and fined no less than $50 nor  more  than  $500.   A
 6    second or subsequent violation of paragraphs (a), (b), or (i)
 7    of this Section shall be treated as a Class C misdemeanor and
 8    the violator fined no less than $100 nor more than $500.  Any
 9    person  convicted  under  paragraphs (a), (b), or (i) of this
10    Section shall be ordered to alter any  nonconforming  windows
11    into compliance with this Section.
12    (Source: P.A. 90-389, eff. 1-1-98.)

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