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AN ACT concerning transportation.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | ||||
represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by changing | ||||
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 | ||||
to be
furnished by the Secretary of State. | ||||
(a) The Secretary of State upon registering a vehicle | ||||
subject to annual
registration for the first time shall issue | ||||
or shall cause to be issued to the
owner one registration plate | ||||
for a motorcycle, trailer, semitrailer, motorized
pedalcycle | ||||
or truck-tractor, 2 registration plates for other motor | ||||
vehicles
and, where applicable, current registration stickers | ||||
for motor vehicles of the
first division. The provisions of | ||||
this Section may be made applicable to such
vehicles of the | ||||
second division, as the Secretary of State may, from time to
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time, in his discretion designate. On subsequent annual | ||||
registrations
during the term of the registration plate as | ||||
provided in Section 3-414.1, the
Secretary shall issue or cause | ||||
to be issued registration stickers as evidence
of current | ||||
registration. However, the issuance of annual registration | ||||
stickers
to vehicles registered under the provisions of | ||||
Sections 3-402.1 and 3-405.3 of
this Code may not be required | ||
if the Secretary deems the issuance unnecessary.
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(b) Every registration plate shall have displayed upon it | ||
the registration
number assigned to the vehicle for which it is | ||
issued, the name of this State,
which may be abbreviated, the | ||
year number for which it was issued, which may
be abbreviated, | ||
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 | ||
vehicles registered
under Section 3-402.1 and fleet plates | ||
issued to vehicles registered under
Section 3-405.3, the phrase | ||
"Land of Lincoln" may be omitted to allow for
the word | ||
"apportioned", the word "fleet", or other similar language to | ||
be
displayed. Registration plates issued to a vehicle | ||
registered as a fleet
vehicle may display a designation | ||
determined by the Secretary.
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The Secretary may in his discretion prescribe
that letters | ||
be used as prefixes only on registration plates issued to | ||
vehicles
of the first division which are registered under this | ||
Code and only as suffixes
on registration plates issued to | ||
other vehicles. Every registration sticker
issued as evidence | ||
of current registration shall designate the year number
for | ||
which it is issued and such other letters or numbers as the | ||
Secretary may
prescribe and shall be of a contrasting color | ||
with the registration plates and
registration stickers of the | ||
previous year.
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(c) Each registration plate and the required letters and | ||
numerals thereon,
except the year number for which issued, | ||
shall be of sufficient size to be
plainly readable from a | ||
distance of 100 feet during daylight, and shall be
coated with | ||
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 | ||
motor vehicle
rented without a driver the same type of | ||
registration plates as the type of
plates issued for a private | ||
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 | ||
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 | ||
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
such | ||
vehicles are for-hire.
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(h) The Secretary of State shall issue distinctive | ||
registration plates for electric vehicles.
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(i) The Secretary of State shall issue for every public and | ||
private
ambulance registration plates identifying the vehicle | ||
as an ambulance.
The Secretary shall forward to the Department | ||
of Healthcare and Family Services registration
information for | ||
the purpose of verification of claims filed with the
Department | ||
by ambulance owners for payment for services to public | ||
assistance
recipients.
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(j) The Secretary of State shall issue for every public and | ||
private
medical carrier or rescue vehicle livery registration | ||
plates displaying
numbers within ranges of numbers reserved | ||
respectively for medical carriers
and rescue vehicles. The | ||
Secretary shall forward to the Department of Healthcare and | ||
Family Services registration information for the purpose of | ||
verification of claims filed
with the Department by owners of | ||
medical carriers or rescue vehicles for
payment for services to | ||
public assistance recipients.
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(k) The Secretary of State shall issue distinctive license | ||
plates or distinctive license plate stickers for every vehicle | ||
exempted from subsections subsection (a) and (a-5) of Section | ||
12-503 by subsection (g) of that Section, and by subsection | ||
(g-5) of that Section before its deletion by this amendatory | ||
Act of the 95th General Assembly. The Secretary shall issue | ||
these plates or stickers immediately upon receiving the | ||
physician's certification required under subsection (g) of | ||
Section 12-503. New plates or stickers shall also be issued | ||
when the certification is renewed as provided in that | ||
subsection.
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(Source: P.A. 94-239, eff. 1-1-06; 94-564, eff. 8-12-05; | ||
95-202, eff. 8-16-07; 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)
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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 | ||
with wipers.
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(a) No person shall drive a motor vehicle with any sign, | ||
poster, window
application, reflective material, nonreflective | ||
material or tinted film
upon the front windshield, except that | ||
a sidewings or side windows immediately adjacent
to each side | ||
of the driver. A nonreflective tinted film may be used along
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the uppermost portion of the windshield if such material does | ||
not extend
more than 6 inches down from the top of the | ||
windshield. Nothing in this
Section shall create a cause of | ||
action on behalf of a buyer against a
dealer or manufacturer | ||
who sells a motor vehicle with a window which is in
violation | ||
of this Section.
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(a-5) No window treatment or tinting shall be applied to | ||
the windows immediately adjacent to each side of the driver, | ||
except: | ||
(1) on vehicles where none of the windows to the rear | ||
of the driver's seat are treated in a manner that allows | ||
less than 30% light transmittance, a nonreflective tinted | ||
film that allows at least 50% light transmittance, with a | ||
5% variance observed by any law enforcement official | ||
metering the light transmittance, may be used on the side | ||
windows immediately adjacent to each side of the driver. | ||
(2) on vehicles where none of the windows to the rear | ||
of the driver's seat are treated in a manner that allows | ||
less than 35% light transmittance, a nonreflective tinted | ||
film that allows at least 35% light transmittance, with a | ||
5% variance observed by any law enforcement official | ||
metering the light transmittance, may be used on the side | ||
windows immediately adjacent to each side of the driver. | ||
(3) on multipurpose passenger vehicles, as defined by | ||
Section 1-148.3b of this Code, a nonreflective tinted film | ||
originally applied by the manufacturer, that allows at | ||
least 50% light transmittance, with a 5% variance observed | ||
by any law enforcement official metering the light | ||
transmittance, may be used on the side windows immediately | ||
adjacent to each side of the driver. | ||
(b) On motor vehicles where window treatment has not been | ||
applied to the windows immediately adjacent to each side of the | ||
driver, Nothing contained in this Section shall prohibit the | ||
use of a
nonreflective, smoked or tinted glass, nonreflective | ||
film, perforated
window screen or other decorative window | ||
application on windows to the rear
of the driver's seat shall | ||
be allowed, except that any motor vehicle with a window to the
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rear of the driver's seat treated in this manner shall be | ||
equipped with a
side mirror on each side of the motor vehicle | ||
which are in conformance with
Section 12-502.
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(c) No person shall drive a motor vehicle with any objects | ||
placed or
suspended between the driver and the front | ||
windshield, rear
window, side wings or side windows immediately | ||
adjacent to each side of
the driver which materially obstructs | ||
the driver's view.
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(d) Every motor vehicle, except motorcycles, shall be | ||
equipped with a
device, controlled by the driver, for cleaning | ||
rain, snow, moisture or other
obstructions from the windshield; | ||
and no person shall drive a motor vehicle
with snow, ice, | ||
moisture or other material on any of the windows or
mirrors, | ||
which materially obstructs the driver's clear view of the | ||
highway.
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(e) No person shall drive a motor vehicle when the | ||
windshield, side or
rear windows are in such defective | ||
condition or repair as to materially
impair the driver's view | ||
to the front, side or rear. A vehicle equipped
with a side | ||
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 | ||
event the
rear window of the vehicle is materially obscured.
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(f) Paragraphs (a), (a-5), and (b) of this Section shall | ||
not apply to:
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(1) (Blank). motor vehicles manufactured prior to | ||
January 1, 1982; or
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(2) to those motor vehicles properly registered in | ||
another jurisdiction.
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(g) Paragraphs Paragraph (a) and (a-5) of this Section | ||
shall not apply to any motor vehicle with
a window treatment, | ||
including but not limited to a window application,
reflective | ||
material, nonreflective material, or tinted film, applied or | ||
affixed
to a motor vehicle for which distinctive license plates | ||
or license plate stickers have been issued pursuant to | ||
subsection (k) of Section 3-412 of this Code, and which that:
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(1) is owned and operated by a person afflicted with or | ||
suffering
from a medical illness, ailment, or disease, | ||
including but not limited to systemic or discoid lupus | ||
erythematosus, disseminated superficial actinic | ||
porokeratosis, or albinism, which would require that | ||
person
to be shielded from the direct rays of the sun; or
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(2) is used in transporting a person when the person
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resides at
the same address as the registered owner of the | ||
vehicle and the
person is
afflicted with or suffering from | ||
a medical illness, ailment or disease
which would require | ||
the person to be shielded from the direct rays
of the
sun, | ||
including but not limited to systemic or discoid lupus | ||
erythematosus, disseminated superficial actinic | ||
porokeratosis, or albinism.
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The owner must obtain a certified statement or letter | ||
written by a physician licensed to practice medicine in
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Illinois that such person owning and operating or being | ||
transported in a motor
vehicle is afflicted with or suffers | ||
from such illness, ailment, or disease, including but not | ||
limited to systemic or discoid lupus erythematosus, | ||
disseminated superficial actinic porokeratosis, or | ||
albinism. However, no exemption from the requirements of | ||
subsection (a-5) shall be granted for any condition, such | ||
as light sensitivity, for which protection from the direct | ||
rays of the sun can be adequately obtained by the use of | ||
sunglasses or other eye protective devices. | ||
Such , and
such certification must be carried in the | ||
motor vehicle at all times. The
certification shall be | ||
legible and shall contain the date of issuance, the
name, | ||
address and signature of the attending physician, and the | ||
name, address,
and medical condition of the person | ||
requiring exemption. The information on
the certificate | ||
for a window treatment must remain current and shall be | ||
renewed
annually by the attending physician. The owner | ||
shall also submit a copy of the certification to
the | ||
Secretary of
State. The Secretary of State may forward | ||
notice of certification to law
enforcement agencies.
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(g-5) (Blank). | ||
(g-7) Installers shall only install window treatment | ||
authorized by subsection (g) on motor vehicles for which | ||
distinctive plates or license plate stickers have been issued | ||
pursuant to subsection (k) of Section 3-412 of this Code. The | ||
distinctive license plates or plate sticker must be on the | ||
motor vehicle at the time of window treatment installation. | ||
(h) Paragraph (a) of this Section shall not apply to motor | ||
vehicle
stickers or other certificates issued by State or local | ||
authorities which
are required to be displayed upon motor | ||
vehicle windows to evidence
compliance with requirements | ||
concerning motor vehicles.
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(i) (Blank). Those motor vehicles exempted under paragraph | ||
(f)(1) of this Section
shall not cause their windows to be | ||
treated as described in paragraph (a) after
January 1, 1993.
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(j) A person found guilty of violating paragraphs (a), | ||
(a-5), (b), or (g-7) (i) of this
Section shall be guilty of a | ||
petty offense and fined no less than $50 nor more
than $500. A | ||
second or subsequent violation of paragraphs (a), (a-5), (b), | ||
or (g-7) (i) of
this Section shall be treated as a Class C | ||
misdemeanor and the violator fined
no less than $100 nor more | ||
than $500. Any person convicted under paragraphs
(a), (a-5), or | ||
(b), or (i) of this Section shall be ordered to alter any
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nonconforming windows into compliance with this Section.
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(k) Nothing in this
Section shall create a cause of action | ||
on behalf of a buyer against a
vehicle dealer or manufacturer | ||
who sells a motor vehicle with a window which is in
violation | ||
of this Section. | ||
(Source: P.A. 94-564, eff. 8-12-05; 95-202, eff. 8-16-07.)
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||
becoming law. | ||