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Public Act 92-0668

HB4344 Enrolled                                LRB9213778DHgc

    AN ACT in relation to vehicles.

    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 adding
Sections  1-113.1,  1-202.1,  3-804.1,  and  3-804.2  and  by
changing  Sections  3-413,  4-209,  12-201,  12-205,  12-208,
12-301,  12-501,  12-607,  12-608,  13A-104,  and  13B-15  as
follows:

    (625 ILCS 5/1-113.1 new)
    Sec.  1-113.1. Custom vehicle. A motor vehicle that is at
least 25 years of age and of a model year  after  1948  or  a
vehicle  that  has  been  certified  by  an  inspector of the
National Street Rod Association, on a form prescribed by  the
Secretary  of  State,  to be a custom vehicle manufactured to
resemble a vehicle at least 25 years of age and  of  a  model
year  after 1948 and has been altered from the manufacturer's
original design or has a body constructed  from  non-original
materials    and   which   is   maintained   for   occasional
transportation, exhibitions, club activities, parades, tours,
and similar uses and which is  not  used  for  general  daily
transportation.

    (625 ILCS 5/1-202.1 new)
    Sec.  1-202.1.  Street  rod.   A  motor vehicle that is a
1948 or older vehicle or a vehicle that has been certified by
an inspector of the National Street  Rod  Association,  on  a
form prescribed by the Secretary of State, to be a street rod
that  was  manufactured after 1948 to resemble a vehicle that
was manufactured before 1949 and has been  altered  from  the
manufacturer's original design or has a body constructed from
non-original materials and which is maintained for occasional
transportation, exhibitions, club activities, parades, tours,
and  similar  uses  and  which  is not used for general daily
transportation.

    (625 ILCS 5/3-413) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-413)
    Sec. 3-413.  Display of registration plates, registration
stickers and driveway decal permits.
    (a)  Registration plates issued for a motor vehicle other
than  a  motorcycle,  trailer,  semitrailer,   truck-tractor,
apportioned  bus,  or  apportioned  truck  shall  be attached
thereto,  one  in  the  front  and  one  in  the  rear.   The
registration  plate  issued  for  a  motorcycle,  trailer  or
semitrailer required  to  be  registered  hereunder  and  any
apportionment  plate  issued to a bus under the provisions of
this  Code  shall  be  attached  to  the  rear  thereof.  The
registration  plate  issued  for  a   truck-tractor   or   an
apportioned  truck  required to be registered hereunder shall
be attached to the front thereof.
    (b)  Every registration  plate  shall  at  all  times  be
securely fastened in a horizontal position to the vehicle for
which  it  is issued so as to prevent the plate from swinging
and at a height of not less than 5 inches 12 inches from  the
ground,  measuring  from the bottom of such plate, in a place
and position to be clearly visible and shall be maintained in
a condition to be clearly legible, free  from  any  materials
that  would  obstruct the visibility of the plate, including,
but not limited to, glass covers and tinted  plastic  covers.
Clear  plastic  covers are permissible as long as they remain
clear and do not  obstruct  the  visibility  of  the  plates.
Registration  stickers  issued  as evidence of renewed annual
registration shall be  attached  to  registration  plates  as
required by the Secretary of State, and be clearly visible at
all times.
    (c)  Every  driveway decal permit issued pursuant to this
Code shall be firmly attached to the inside windshield of the
motor vehicle in such a manner  that  it  cannot  be  removed
without  being  destroyed.  If such decal permits are affixed
to a motor vehicle in any other manner the  permit  shall  be
void and of no effect.
    (d)  The  Illinois  prorate  decal  issued  to  a foreign
registered vehicle part of a fleet  prorated  or  apportioned
with Illinois, shall be displayed on a registration plate and
displayed  on the front of such vehicle in the same manner as
an Illinois registration plate.
    (e)  The registration plate  issued  for  a  camper  body
mounted  on  a  truck displaying registration plates shall be
attached to the rear of the camper body.
    (f)  No person shall operate a vehicle,  nor  permit  the
operation  of  a vehicle, upon which is displayed an Illinois
registration plate, plates or registration stickers after the
termination of the registration period for  which  issued  or
after  the expiration date set pursuant to Sections 3-414 and
3-414.1 of this Code.
(Source: P.A. 89-245, eff. 1-1-96; 89-375, eff. 8-18-95.)

    (625 ILCS 5/3-804.1 new)
    Sec. 3-804.1.  Custom vehicles.
    (a)  The owner of a  custom  vehicle  may  register  that
vehicle  for  the  standard registration fee for a vehicle of
the first division, other than  a  motorcycle,  motor  driven
cycle,  or  pedalcycle, and obtain a custom vehicle plate. An
applicant for the special plate shall be charged, in addition
to the standard registration fee, $15 for  original  issuance
to  be  deposited into the Secretary of State Special License
Plate Fund, to be  used  by  the  Secretary  to  help  defray
administrative costs. For each renewal period, in addition to
the standard registration fee, the applicant shall be charged
$2,  which  shall  be  deposited  into the Secretary of State
Special License Plate Fund. The application for  registration
must  be  accompanied by an affirmation of the owner that the
vehicle will be  maintained  for  occasional  transportation,
exhibitions,  club  activities,  parades,  tours, and similar
uses and will not be used for general  daily  transportation.
The  Secretary  may, in his or her discretion, prescribe that
custom  vehicle  plates  be  issued  for  a  definite  or  an
indefinite term, the  term  to  correspond  to  the  term  of
registration  plates issued generally, as provided in Section
3-414.1. Any person requesting custom  vehicle  plates  under
this  Section  may  also apply to have vanity or personalized
plates as provided under Section 3-405.1.
    (b)  Upon initial registration of a custom  vehicle,  the
owner  of the custom vehicle must provide proof acceptable to
the Secretary that, no more than 3 months before the date  of
the application for registration, the custom vehicle passed a
safety inspection that (i) has been approved by the Secretary
and   (ii)   is   equivalent   to  the  National  Street  Rod
Association's prescribed vehicle safety inspection.
    Except where  otherwise  provided,  custom  vehicles  are
considered  to  be  in  compliance with all vehicle equipment
requirements if they have passed the approved vehicle  safety
inspection.

    (625 ILCS 5/3-804.2 new)
    Sec. 3-804.2.  Street rods.
    (a)  The  owner  of a street rod may register the vehicle
for the standard registration fee for a vehicle of the  first
division,  other  than  a  motorcycle, motor driven cycle, or
pedalcycle, and obtain a street rod plate. An  applicant  for
the  special  plate  shall  be  charged,  in  addition to the
standard registration fee, $15 for original  issuance  to  be
deposited  into  the Secretary of State Special License Plate
Fund,  to  be  used  by  the   Secretary   to   help   defray
administrative costs. For each renewal period, in addition to
the standard registration fee, the applicant shall be charged
$2,  which  shall  be  deposited  into the Secretary of State
Special License Plate Fund. The application for  registration
must  be  accompanied by an affirmation of the owner that the
vehicle will be  maintained  for  occasional  transportation,
exhibitions,  club  activities,  parades,  tours, and similar
uses and will not be used for general  daily  transportation.
The  Secretary  may, in his or her discretion, prescribe that
street rod plates be issued for a definite or  an  indefinite
term,  the  term  to  correspond  to the term of registration
plates issued generally, as provided in Section 3-414.1.  Any
person  requesting  street  rod plates under this Section may
also apply to have vanity or personalized plates as  provided
under Section 3-405.1.
    (b)  Upon initial registration of a street rod, the owner
of the street  rod  must  provide  proof  acceptable  to  the
Secretary  that, no more than 3 months before the date of the
application for registration, the street rod passed a  safety
inspection  that  (i)  has been approved by the Secretary and
(ii) is equivalent to the National Street  Rod  Association's
prescribed vehicle safety inspection.
    Except   where   otherwise   provided,  street  rods  are
considered to be in compliance  with  all  vehicle  equipment
requirements  if they have passed the approved vehicle safety
inspection.

    (625 ILCS 5/4-209) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 4-209)
    Sec. 4-209.  Disposal of unclaimed vehicles more  than  7
years  of  age;  disposal  of abandoned or unclaimed vehicles
without notice.
    (a)  When  the  identity   of   the   registered   owner,
lienholder,   or   other   legally  entitled  persons  of  an
abandoned, lost, or unclaimed vehicle of 7 years  of  age  or
newer  cannot be determined by any means provided for in this
Chapter, the vehicle may be sold as provided in Section 4-208
without  notice  to  any  person  whose  identity  cannot  be
determined.
    (b)  When an abandoned vehicle of more than  7  years  of
age  is  impounded  as specified by this Chapter, or when any
such vehicle is towed at the request or with the  consent  of
the  owner or operator and is subsequently abandoned, it will
be kept in custody or storage for a minimum of  10  days  for
the  purpose  of  determining  the identity of the registered
owner, lienholder, or  other  legally  entitled  persons  and
contacting the registered owner, lienholder, or other legally
entitled  persons  by  the  U.  S. Mail, public service or in
person  for  a  determination   of   disposition;   and,   an
examination  of  the  State  Police  stolen vehicle files for
theft and wanted information. At the expiration of the 10 day
period, without the benefit of disposition information  being
received  from  the  registered  owner,  lienholder, or other
legally entitled persons, the vehicle may be disposed  of  in
either of the following ways:
         (1)  The  law enforcement agency having jurisdiction
    will authorize the disposal of the  vehicle  as  junk  or
    salvage.
         (2)  The  towing service may sell the vehicle in the
    manner provided in Section 4-208 of this  Code,  provided
    that this paragraph (2) shall not apply to vehicles towed
    by order or authorization of a law enforcement agency.
    (c)  A  vehicle  classified as an antique vehicle, custom
vehicle, or street rod  may  however  be  sold  to  a  person
desiring to restore it.
(Source: P.A. 89-433, eff. 12-15-95.)

    (625 ILCS 5/12-201) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-201)
    Sec. 12-201. When lighted lamps are required.
    (a)  When  operated upon any highway in this State, every
motorcycle shall at all times exhibit at  least  one  lighted
lamp,  showing a white light visible for at least 500 feet in
the direction the motorcycle is proceeding.  However, in lieu
of such lighted lamp, a motorcycle may be equipped  with  and
use  a  means  of  modulating the upper beam of the head lamp
between high and a lower brightness.  No such head lamp shall
be modulated, except to  otherwise  comply  with  this  Code,
during  times when lighted lamps are required for other motor
vehicles.
    (b)  All other motor vehicles shall exhibit  at  least  2
lighted  head  lamps,  with  at least one on each side of the
front of the vehicle, which satisfy United States  Department
of   Transportation   requirements,   showing  white  lights,
including that emitted  by  high  intensity  discharge  (HID)
lamps, or lights of a yellow or amber tint, during the period
from  sunset  to  sunrise,  at times when rain, snow, fog, or
other atmospheric conditions require the  use  of  windshield
wipers,  and  at  any  other  times when, due to insufficient
light or  unfavorable  atmospheric  conditions,  persons  and
vehicles  on  the  highway  are  not clearly discernible at a
distance of 1000 feet.  Parking lamps may be used in addition
to but not in lieu of such head lamps.  Every motor  vehicle,
trailer,  or  semi-trailer  shall  also  exhibit  at  least 2
lighted lamps, commonly known as tail lamps, which  shall  be
mounted  on the left rear and right rear of the vehicle so as
to throw a red light visible for at least  500  feet  in  the
reverse  direction,  except  that  a  truck  tractor  or road
tractor  manufactured  before  January  1,   1968   and   all
motorcycles need be equipped with only one such tail lamp.
    (c)  Either  a  tail  lamp or a separate lamp shall be so
constructed and placed as to illuminate with a white light  a
rear  registration  plate when required and render it clearly
legible from a distance of 50 feet to the rear. Any tail lamp
or tail lamps, together with any separate lamp or  lamps  for
illuminating  a rear registration plate, shall be so wired as
to be lighted whenever the head lamps  or  auxiliary  driving
lamps are lighted.
    (d)  A  person shall install only head lamps that satisfy
United States Department of  Transportation  regulations  and
show  white  light,  including  that emitted by HID lamps, or
light of a yellow or amber tint for use by a motor vehicle.
    (e)  For purposes of this Section, a  custom  vehicle  or
street rod is considered to be in compliance with all vehicle
lamp  requirements  if  it  has  passed  the  approved safety
inspection provided for in Section 3-804.1 or 3-804.2.
(Source: P.A.  91-130,  eff.  1-1-00;  91-135,  eff.  1-1-00;
92-16, eff. 6-28-01.)

    (625 ILCS 5/12-205) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-205)
    Sec. 12-205. Lamps on other vehicles and equipment. Every
vehicle,  including  animal  drawn  vehicles,  referred to in
paragraph (b) of Section 12-101, not specifically required by
the provisions of this Article to be equipped with  lamps  or
other  lighting  devices,  shall  at  all  times specified in
Section 12-201 of this Act be equipped with at least 2  lamps
on the power or towing unit, displaying a white light visible
from  a  distance of not less than 1,000 feet to the front of
such vehicle and shall also be equipped  with  2  lamps  each
displaying  a  red  light visible from a distance of not less
than 1,000 feet to the rear of such vehicle.
    Where the towed unit or any  load  thereon  partially  or
totally obscures the 2 lamps displaying red light to the rear
of the towing unit, the rearmost towed unit shall be equipped
with  2 lamps displaying red light visible from a distance of
not less than 1,000 feet to the rear of such towed unit which
are positioned in such  a  manner  as  to  not  obstruct  the
visibility   of   the  red  light  to  any  vehicle  operator
approaching from the rear of such vehicle or  combination  of
vehicles.
    Where  the  2 lamps displaying red light are not obscured
by the towed unit or its load, then  either  towing  unit  or
towed  unit,  or  both,  may  be  equipped  with  the 2 lamps
displaying red light as required.
    The  preceding  paragraph  does  not  apply  to   antique
vehicles, custom vehicles, or street rods. An antique vehicle
shall  be  equipped  with  lamps  of the same type originally
installed by the manufacturer as original  equipment  and  in
working order.
(Source: P.A. 85-830.)

    (625 ILCS 5/12-208) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-208)
    Sec. 12-208. Signal lamps and signal devices.
    (a)  Every   vehicle   other   than  an  antique  vehicle
displaying an antique plate operated in this State  shall  be
equipped with a stop lamp or lamps on the rear of the vehicle
which  shall  display  a  red  or  amber light visible from a
distance of not less than 500 feet  to  the  rear  in  normal
sunlight  and which shall be actuated upon application of the
service  (foot)  brake,  and  which  may  but  need  not   be
incorporated with other rear lamps. During times when lighted
lamps  are  not  required, an antique vehicle may be equipped
with a stop lamp or lamps on the rear of such vehicle of  the
same   type  originally  installed  by  the  manufacturer  as
original equipment and in  working  order.  However,  at  all
other  times, such antique vehicle must be equipped with stop
lamps meeting the requirements of Section 12-208 of this Act.
    (b)  Every motor vehicle other than  an  antique  vehicle
displaying  an  antique  plate  shall  be  equipped  with  an
electric   turn   signal  device  which  shall  indicate  the
intention of the driver to turn to the right or to  the  left
in  the form of flashing lights located at and showing to the
front and rear of the vehicle on  the  side  of  the  vehicle
toward which the turn is to be made. The lamps showing to the
front shall be mounted on the same level and as widely spaced
laterally  as  practicable  and, when signaling, shall emit a
white or amber light, or any shade of light between white and
amber. The lamps showing to the rear shall be mounted on  the
same level and as widely spaced laterally as practicable and,
when  signaling,  shall emit a red or amber light. An antique
vehicle shall be equipped with a turn signal  device  of  the
same   type  originally  installed  by  the  manufacturer  as
original equipment and in working order.
    (c)  Every trailer and semitrailer shall be equipped with
an electric turn signal device which indicates the  intention
of  the  driver  in the power unit to turn to the right or to
the left in the form of flashing red or amber lights  located
at  the rear of the vehicle on the side toward which the turn
is to be made and mounted on the same  level  and  as  widely
spaced laterally as practicable.
    (d)  Turn signal lamps must be visible from a distance of
not less than 300 feet in normal sunlight.
    (e)  Motorcycles  and  motor-driven  cycles  need  not be
equipped with electric turn signals.  Antique  vehicles  need
not  be equipped with turn signals unless such were installed
by the manufacturer as original equipment.
    (f)  For purposes of this Section, a  custom  vehicle  or
street  rod is considered to be in compliance with all signal
lamp and signal device requirements  if  it  has  passed  the
approved safety inspection provided for in Section 3-804.1 or
3-804.2.
(Source: P.A. 77-37.)

    (625 ILCS 5/12-301) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-301)
    Sec. 12-301.  Brakes.
    (a)  Brake equipment required.
         1.   Every  motor vehicle, other than a motor-driven
    cycle and an antique vehicle displaying an antique plate,
    when operated upon  a  highway  shall  be  equipped  with
    brakes  adequate  to  control the movement of and to stop
    and hold such vehicle,  including  2  separate  means  of
    applying  the  brakes,  each  of  which  means  shall  be
    effective  to apply the brakes to at least one wheel on a
    motorcycle and at least  2  wheels  on  all  other  first
    division   and  second  division  vehicles.  If  these  2
    separate means of applying the brakes  are  connected  in
    any way, they shall be so constructed that failure of any
    one  part  of the operating mechanism shall not leave the
    motor vehicle without brakes.
         2.  Every motor-driven cycle when  operated  upon  a
    highway  shall  be equipped with at least one brake which
    may be operated by hand or foot.
         3.  Every antique vehicle shall be equipped with the
    brakes of the  same  type  originally  installed  by  the
    manufacturer as original equipment and in working order.
         4.  Every  trailer  or semitrailer of a gross weight
    of over 3,000 pounds, when operated upon a  highway  must
    be  equipped with brakes adequate to control the movement
    of, to stop and to hold such vehicle, and designed so  as
    to  be  operable by the driver of the towing vehicle from
    its cab. Such brakes must be so  designed  and  connected
    that  in  case  of  an  accidental  breakaway  of a towed
    vehicle over 5,000 pounds, the brakes  are  automatically
    applied.
         5.  Every  motor  vehicle,  trailer, pole trailer or
    semitrailer, sold in this  State  or  operated  upon  the
    highways  shall  be equipped with service brakes upon all
    wheels of every such  vehicle,  except  any  motor-driven
    cycle,  and  except  that  any  trailer,  pole trailer or
    semitrailer 3,000 pounds gross weight or less need not be
    equipped with brakes, and  except  that  any  trailer  or
    semitrailer with gross weight over 3,000 pounds but under
    5,001  pounds  need  be  equipped with brakes on only one
    wheel on each side of the vehicle.  Any motor vehicle and
    truck tractor having 3 or  more  axles  and  manufactured
    prior  to July 25, 1980 need not have brakes on the front
    wheels, except when such vehicles are  equipped  with  at
    least 2 steerable axles, the wheels of one such axle need
    not  be  equipped with brakes. However, a vehicle that is
    more than 30 years of age and  which  is  driven  on  the
    highways  only  in going to and returning from an antique
    auto show or for servicing or for a demonstration need be
    equipped with 2 wheel brakes only.
    (b)  Performance ability of brakes.
         1.  The service brakes upon  any  motor  vehicle  or
    combination  of  vehicles  operating  on  a level surface
    shall be adequate to stop such vehicle or  vehicles  when
    traveling  20 miles per hour within a distance of 30 feet
    when upon dry asphalt or concrete pavement  surface  free
    from loose material.
         2.  Under  the above conditions the hand brake shall
    be adequate to stop such vehicle or vehicles, except  any
    motorcycle,  within  a  distance  of 55 feet and the hand
    brake shall be adequate to hold such vehicle or  vehicles
    stationary on any grade upon which operated.
         3.  Under  the  above  conditions the service brakes
    upon an antique vehicle shall be  adequate  to  stop  the
    vehicle  within  a distance of 40 feet and the hand brake
    adequate to stop the vehicle  within  a  distance  of  55
    feet.
         4.  All  braking distances specified in this Section
    apply to all vehicles mentioned,  whether  such  vehicles
    are  unloaded  or  are  loaded  to  the  maximum capacity
    permitted under this Act.
         5.  All brakes shall be maintained in  good  working
    order  and  shall be so adjusted as to operate as equally
    as practicable with respect to  the  wheels  on  opposite
    sides of the vehicle.
         6.  Brake  assembly  requirements  for  mobile homes
    shall be the standards  required  by  the  United  States
    Department of Housing and Urban Development adopted under
    Title  VI of the Housing and Community Development Act of
    1974.
    (c)  For purposes of this Section, a  custom  vehicle  or
street  rod  is considered to be in compliance with all brake
equipment requirements if it has passed the approved  vehicle
safety inspection provided for in Section 3-804.1 or 3-804.2.
(Source: P.A. 86-447; 86-1340.)

    (625 ILCS 5/12-501) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-501)
    Sec.  12-501.  Windshields and safety glazing material in
motor vehicles.
    (a) Every motor vehicle operated  upon  the  highways  of
this  State  shall  be equipped with a front windshield which
complies with those standards as established pursuant to this
Section and Section 12-503 of  this  Code.   This  subsection
shall   not   apply  to  motor  vehicles  designed  and  used
exclusively for off-highway  use,  motorcycles,  motor-driven
cycles,   motorized   pedalcycles,   nor  to  motor  vehicles
registered as antique vehicles, custom  vehicles,  or  street
rods  when  the  original  design  of  such  vehicles did not
include front windshields.
    (b)  No person shall knowingly sell  any  1936  or  later
model  motor  vehicle  unless  such  vehicle is equipped with
safety  glazing   material   conforming   to   specifications
prescribed  by  the  Department  wherever glazing material is
used  in  doors,   windows   and   windshields.   Regulations
promulgated by the Department specifying standards for safety
glazing  material on windshields shall, as a minimum, conform
with those applicable Federal Motor Vehicles Safety Standards
(49  CFR  571.205).  These  provisions  apply  to  all  motor
vehicles of the first and second division but with respect to
trucks, including truck  tractors,  the  requirements  as  to
safety glazing material apply to all glazing material used in
doors,  windows  and windshields in the drivers' compartments
of such vehicles.
    (c)  It is unlawful for the owner  or  any  other  person
knowingly  to  install  or cause to be installed in any motor
vehicle  any  glazing  material  other  than  safety  glazing
material conforming to the specifications prescribed  by  the
Department.
(Source: P.A. 85-1144.)

    (625 ILCS 5/12-607) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-607)
    Sec. 12-607. Suspension System.
    (a)  It  shall  be unlawful to operate a motor vehicle on
any highway of this State when the suspension system has been
modified from the original manufactured design by lifting the
body from the chassis in excess of 3 inches or to  cause  the
horizontal  line  from  the  front to the rear bumper to vary
over 3 inches in height when measured from a level surface of
the highway to the lower edge of the bumper, except  that  it
is  unlawful  to  operate a street rod or custom vehicle when
the suspension system has been  modified  from  the  original
manufactured  design  so  that  the  horizontal line from the
front to the rear bumper varies over 7 inches in height  when
measured  from  a  level  surface of the highway to the lower
edge of the bumper.
    (b)  Nothing  in   this   Section   shall   prevent   the
installation  of manufactured heavy duty equipment to include
shock absorbers and  overload  springs,  nor  shall  anything
contained in this Section prevent a person to operate a motor
vehicle  on any highway of this State with normal wear of the
suspension system if normal wear does not affect the  control
or  safe  operation  of  the  vehicle. This Section shall not
apply to motor vehicles designed or  modified  primarily  for
off-highway racing purposes while such vehicles are in tow or
to motorcycles or motor driven cycles.
(Source: P.A. 78-436.)

    (625 ILCS 5/12-608) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-608)
    Sec. 12-608.  Bumpers.
    (a)  It  shall  be  unlawful to operate any motor vehicle
with a gross vehicle weight rating of 9,000 pounds or less or
any motor vehicle registered as a recreational vehicle  under
this  Code  on  any  highway  of this State unless such motor
vehicle is equipped with both a front and rear bumper.
    Except as indicated below, maximum bumper heights of such
motor vehicles shall be  determined  by  weight  category  of
gross  vehicle  weight  rating  (GVWR)  measured from a level
surface to the highest point of the bottom of the bumper when
the vehicle is unloaded and the tires  are  inflated  to  the
manufacturer's recommended pressure.
    Maximum bumper heights are as follows:
                                 Maximum Front   Maximum Rear
                                 Bumper height  Bumper Height
All motor vehicles of the first
    division except multipurpose
    passenger vehicles:          22 inches          22 inches
Multipurpose passenger vehicles and
all other motor vehicles:
    4,500 lbs. and under GVWR    24 inches          26 inches
    4,501 lbs. through 7,500
    lbs. GVWR                    27 inches          29 inches
    7,501 lbs. through 9,000
    lbs. GVWR                    28 inches          30 inches
    For  any  vehicle  with  bumpers  or attaching components
which  have  been  modified  or  altered  from  the  original
manufacturer's design in order to conform  with  the  maximum
bumper  requirements of this section, the bumper height shall
be measured from a level surface to the bottom of the vehicle
frame rail at the most forward and  rearward  points  of  the
frame rail.  The bumper on any vehicle so modified or altered
shall be at least 4.5 inches in vertical height and extend no
less  than the width of the respective wheel tracks outermost
distance.
    However,  nothing  in  this  Section  shall  prevent  the
installation of bumper guards.
    (b)  This Section shall not apply to street rods,  custom
vehicles,  motor  vehicles designed or modified primarily for
off-highway purposes while such vehicles are  in  tow  or  to
motorcycles  or  motor  driven  cycles, nor to motor vehicles
registered as antique vehicles when the  original  design  of
such antique vehicles did not include bumpers. The provisions
of  this  Section shall not apply to any motor vehicle driven
during the first 1000 recorded miles of  that  vehicle,  when
such  vehicle  is owned or operated by a manufacturer, dealer
or transporter  displaying  a  special  plate  or  plates  as
described in Chapter 3 of this Code while such vehicle is (1)
being  delivered  from  the  manufacturing  or assembly plant
directly to the purchasing dealer or distributor, or from one
dealership or distributor to another; (2) being moved by  the
most  direct  route  from  one  location  to  another for the
purpose of installing special bodies  or  equipment;  or  (3)
being  driven  for purposes of demonstration by a prospective
buyer with the dealer or his agent present in the cab of  the
vehicle during the demonstration.
    The  dealer  shall,  prior  to the receipt of any deposit
made or any contract  signed  by  the  buyer  to  secure  the
purchase   of  a  vehicle,  inform  such  buyer,  by  written
statement signed by the purchaser to indicate acknowledgement
of the contents thereof, of the legal  requirements  of  this
Section  regarding  front and rear bumpers if such vehicle is
not to be equipped with bumpers at the time of delivery.
    (c)  Any  violation  of  this  Section  is  a   Class   C
misdemeanor.  A second conviction under this Section shall be
punishable  with  a  fine  of not less than $500.  An officer
making an arrest under this Section shall order  the  vehicle
driver  to  remove  the  vehicle  from the highway.  A person
convicted under this Section shall be ordered  to  bring  his
vehicle into compliance with this Section.
(Source: P.A. 86-498.)

    (625 ILCS 5/13A-104) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 13A-104)
    Sec. 13A-104.  Inspections.
    (a)  Every  motor vehicle which is owned by a resident of
the original inspection area, other than a vehicle  which  is
exempt  under  subsection  (d)  or  (e),  shall be subject to
inspection under the program.
    Beginning January 1, 1992, every motor vehicle  which  is
owned  by a resident of the new inspection area, other than a
vehicle which is exempt under subsection (d) or (e), shall be
subject to inspection under the program.
    In accordance with the schedule in  subsection  (b),  the
Agency  shall  assign  an  inspection  month for each vehicle
subject to inspection  under  the  program,  and  shall  send
notice  thereof  to the owner of the vehicle not less than 15
days prior to the beginning of the  assigned  month.   For  a
vehicle  that  was  not previously subject to inspection, the
Agency shall also send an initial emission inspection sticker
to the  owner  of  the  vehicle.   For  a  vehicle  that  was
previously  subject  to  inspection  and for which an initial
inspection sticker has already been issued, the month  to  be
assigned  by the Agency for that vehicle shall not be earlier
than the current assigned month, unless so requested  by  the
owner;  if  the  assigned  month  is  later  than the current
assigned month, the Agency shall issue a corrected inspection
sticker for that vehicle.
    Initial emission inspection stickers shall expire on  the
last  day  of the third month following the month assigned by
the Agency  for  the  first  inspection  of  the  vehicle  in
accordance  with  the  schedule  in  subsection (b).  Renewal
inspection stickers shall expire on the last day of the third
month following the month assigned for inspection in the year
in  which  the  vehicle's  next  inspection  is  required  in
accordance with the schedule in subsection (b).
    The Agency or its agent may issue  a  temporary  emission
inspection  sticker  for  any  vehicle  subject to inspection
which does not have a  currently  valid  emission  inspection
sticker  at  the time the Agency is notified by the Secretary
of State of its registration by a new owner, and for which an
initial emission inspection sticker has already been  issued.
Such  temporary  emission  inspection sticker shall expire on
the last day of the fourth complete calendar month after  the
date  the Agency is notified by the Secretary of State of the
registration of the vehicle by the new owner, but not earlier
than the end of the second complete calendar year  after  the
vehicle's model year.
      The  owner  of each vehicle subject to inspection shall
obtain an emission inspection  sticker  for  the  vehicle  in
accordance  with this subsection.  Prior to the expiration of
the emission inspection sticker, the  owner  shall  have  the
vehicle  inspected  and  obtain a renewal emission inspection
sticker.  A renewal emission inspection sticker shall not  be
issued more than 5 months prior to the expiration date of the
previous inspection sticker.
    (b)  Except  as  provided  in  subsection (b-5), vehicles
subject to inspection shall  be  assigned  inspection  months
according to the following schedule:
         (1)  Vehicles  of  a model year before 1985 shall be
    assigned  an  inspection  month  in  1991  and   annually
    thereafter.
         (2)  Vehicles  of  model year 1985 shall be assigned
    an inspection month in 1992 and annually thereafter.
         (3)  Vehicles of model year 1986 shall  be  assigned
    an   inspection   month   in  1991,  1993,  and  annually
    thereafter.
         (4)  Vehicles of model year 1987 shall  be  assigned
    an   inspection   month   in  1992,  1994,  and  annually
    thereafter.
         (5)  Vehicles of model year 1988 shall  be  assigned
    an  inspection  month  in  1991,  1993, 1995 and annually
    thereafter.
         (6)  Vehicles of model year 1989 shall  be  assigned
    an  inspection  month  in  1992, 1994, 1996, and annually
    thereafter.
         (7)  Vehicles of model year 1990 shall  be  assigned
    an  inspection  month  in  1993, 1995, 1997, and annually
    thereafter.
    (b-5)  Beginning July 1, 1994, or as soon as  practicable
thereafter,  vehicles  shall  be assigned an inspection month
and inspected every 2 years on a schedule that begins in  the
second  calendar year after the vehicle model year. A vehicle
may be assigned  an  inspection  month  and  inspected  on  a
schedule  other  than according to this subsection when a new
owner acquires a vehicle that should have been, but was  not,
in  compliance  with  this  Act  at  the time the vehicle was
acquired by the new owner.
    (c)  The owner of every  vehicle  subject  to  inspection
shall  have  the  vehicle  inspected  and  obtain and display
thereon a valid unexpired emission inspection sticker in  the
manner specified by the Agency.
    Any  person  who  violates  this  subsection (c) shall be
guilty of a petty offense, except that a third or  subsequent
violation within one year shall be a Class C misdemeanor. The
fine  imposed for a violation of this subsection shall be not
less than $50  if  the  violation  occurred  within  60  days
following  the  date  by  which  a  new  or  renewal emission
inspection sticker  was  required  to  be  obtained  for  the
vehicle,  and  not  less  than $300 if the violation occurred
more than 60 days after such date.
    (d)  The  following   vehicles   are   not   subject   to
inspection:
         (1)  vehicles  not  subject  to  registration  under
    Article  IV  of  Chapter  3 of The Illinois Vehicle Code,
    other than vehicles owned by the federal government;
         (2)  motorcycles, motor driven cycles and  motorized
    pedalcycles;
         (3)  farm vehicles and implements of husbandry;
         (4)  implements  of  warfare  owned  by the State or
    federal government;
         (5)  antique vehicles, custom vehicles, street rods,
    and vehicles of model year 1967 or before;
         (6)  vehicles operated  exclusively  for  parade  or
    ceremonial  purposes  by any veterans, fraternal or civic
    organization, organized on a not-for-profit basis;
         (7)  vehicles for which a  Junking  Certificate  has
    been issued by the Secretary of State pursuant to Section
    3-117 of The Illinois Vehicle Code;
         (8)  diesel powered vehicles, and vehicles which are
    powered exclusively by electricity;
         (9)  vehicles   operated  exclusively  in  organized
    amateur or professional sporting activities,  as  defined
    in the Environmental Protection Act;
         (10)  vehicles  which  were  purchased  new  by  the
    current  owner  less than 24 months prior to the assigned
    test month.
    The Agency may issue  temporary  or  permanent  exemption
stickers,   respectively,   for   vehicles   temporarily   or
permanently exempt from inspection under this subsection (d);
however,  the  owner  of an exempt vehicle need not obtain or
display an exemption sticker.
    (e)  Pursuant to such criteria as the Agency may adopt, a
motor  vehicle  may   be   exempted   from   the   inspection
requirements of this Section by the Agency on the basis of an
Agency  determination that such vehicle is owned and operated
by a corporation or other business entity, and that the situs
of such vehicle is located, and it is primarily used, outside
of the affected counties.  The Agency  may  issue  an  annual
exemption sticker without inspection for any vehicle exempted
from inspection under this subsection (e).
    (f)  Any  owner  or lessee of a fleet of 15 or more motor
vehicles which are subject to inspection under  this  Section
may apply to the Agency for a permit to establish and operate
a Private Official Inspection Station.
(Source: P.A. 88-533.)

    (625 ILCS 5/13B-15)
    Sec. 13B-15. Inspections.
    (a)  Beginning  with  the  implementation  of the program
required by this Chapter, every motor vehicle that  is  owned
by  a  resident  of  an affected county, other than a vehicle
that is exempt under subsection (f) or  (g),  is  subject  to
inspection under the program.
    The  Agency  shall send notice of the assigned inspection
month, at least 15 days before the beginning of the  assigned
month,  to  the owner of each vehicle subject to the program.
For a vehicle that  was  subject  to  inspection  before  the
effective  date  of this amendatory Act of 1994 and for which
an  initial  inspection   sticker   or   initial   inspection
certificate has already been issued, the month to be assigned
by  the Agency for that vehicle shall not be earlier than the
current assigned month, unless so requested by the owner.  If
the  assigned month is later than the current assigned month,
the Agency shall issue either a corrected inspection  sticker
or corrected certificate for that vehicle.
    Initial   emission   inspection   stickers   or   initial
inspection  certificates,  as  the case may be, expire on the
last day of the third month following the month  assigned  by
the  Agency  for the first inspection of the vehicle. Renewal
inspection stickers or certificates expire on the last day of
the third month following the month assigned  for  inspection
in  the  year  in  which  the  vehicle's  next  inspection is
required.
    The Agency or its agent may  issue  an  interim  emission
inspection  sticker or certificate for any vehicle subject to
inspection that does not  have  a  currently  valid  emission
inspection  sticker  or certificate at the time the Agency is
notified by the Secretary of State of its registration  by  a
new  owner,  and  for  which  an  initial emission inspection
sticker or  certificate  has  already  been  issued.  Interim
emission  inspection stickers or certificates expire no later
than the last day of the sixth complete calendar month  after
the  date  the  Agency issued the interim emission inspection
sticker or certificate.
    The owner of each vehicle  subject  to  inspection  shall
obtain  an emission inspection sticker or certificate for the
vehicle  in  accordance  with  this  subsection.  Before  the
expiration of the emission inspection sticker or certificate,
the  owner  shall  have  the  vehicle  inspected  and,   upon
demonstration   of  compliance,  obtain  a  renewal  emission
inspection  sticker  or  certificate.  A   renewal   emission
inspection  sticker  or  certificate shall not be issued more
than 5 months before the  expiration  date  of  the  previous
inspection sticker or certificate.
    (b)  Except as provided in subsection (c), vehicles shall
be  inspected  every 2 years on a schedule that begins either
in the second, fourth, or  later   calendar  year  after  the
vehicle  model year. The beginning test schedule shall be set
by the Agency  and  shall  be  consistent  with  the  State's
requirements  for  emission  reductions  as determined by the
applicable  United  States  Environmental  Protection  Agency
vehicle emissions estimation model  and  applicable  guidance
and rules.
    (c)  A  vehicle  may  be  inspected  out  of  its  2-year
inspection schedule when a new owner acquires the vehicle and
it should have been, but was not, in compliance with this Act
when the vehicle was acquired by the new owner.
    (d)  The  owner  of a vehicle subject to inspection shall
have the vehicle inspected and  obtain  and  display  on  the
vehicle or carry within the vehicle, in a manner specified by
the  Agency, a valid unexpired emission inspection sticker or
certificate in the manner specified by the Agency.
    Any person who violates this subsection (d) is guilty  of
a  petty offense, except that a third or subsequent violation
within  one  year  of  the  first  violation  is  a  Class  C
misdemeanor.  The  fine  imposed  for  a  violation  of  this
subsection shall be  not  less  than  $50  if  the  violation
occurred  within 60 days following the date by which a new or
renewal  emission  inspection  sticker  or  certificate   was
required  to  be  obtained for the vehicle, and not less than
$300 if the violation occurred more than 60 days  after  that
date.
    (e) (1)  For  a  $20  fee,  to  be  paid into the Vehicle
Inspection Fund, the Agency shall inspect:
         (A)  Vehicles  operated  on  federal   installations
    within  an affected county, pursuant to Title 40, Section
    51.356 of the Code of Federal Regulations.
         (B)  Federally owned vehicles operated  in  affected
    counties.
    (2)  For  a  fee  of  $20,  to  be  paid into the Vehicle
Inspection Fund, the Agency may inspect:
         (A)  Vehicles registered in  and subject to emission
    inspections requirements of another state.
         (B)  Vehicles  presented   for   inspection   on   a
    voluntary basis.
    Any fees collected under this subsection shall not offset
normally appropriated Motor Fuel Tax Funds.
    (f)  The   following   vehicles   are   not   subject  to
inspection:
         (1)  Vehicles  not  subject  to  registration  under
    Article IV of Chapter 3 of this Code, other than vehicles
    owned by the federal government.
         (2)  Motorcycles, motor driven cycles, and motorized
    pedalcycles.
         (3)  Farm vehicles and implements of husbandry.
         (4)  Implements of warfare owned  by  the  State  or
    federal government.
         (5)  Antique vehicles, custom vehicles, street rods,
    and vehicles of model year 1967 or before.
         (6)  Vehicles  operated  exclusively  for  parade or
    ceremonial purposes by any veterans, fraternal, or  civic
    organization, organized on a not-for-profit basis.
         (7)  Vehicles  for  which  a Junking Certificate has
    been issued by the Secretary of State under Section 3-117
    of this Code.
         (8)  Diesel powered vehicles, and vehicles that  are
    powered exclusively by electricity.
         (9)  Vehicles   operated  exclusively  in  organized
    amateur or professional sporting activities,  as  defined
    in the Environmental Protection Act.
         (10)  Vehicles  registered  in,  subject  to, and in
    compliance with the emission inspection  requirements  of
    another state.
    The  Agency  may  issue  temporary or permanent exemption
stickers  or  certificates  for   vehicles   temporarily   or
permanently exempt from inspection under this subsection (f).
An  exemption  sticker  or  certificate  does  not need to be
displayed.
    (g)  According to criteria the Agency may adopt, a  motor
vehicle  may  be exempted from the inspection requirements of
this Section  by  the  Agency  on  the  basis  of  an  Agency
determination  that the vehicle is located and primarily used
outside of the affected counties or  in  other  jurisdictions
where  vehicle  emission  inspections  are not required.  The
Agency may issue an annual exemption sticker  or  certificate
without  inspection  for any vehicle exempted from inspection
under this subsection.
    (h)  Any owner or lessee of a fleet of 15 or  more  motor
vehicles  which  are subject to inspection under this Section
may apply to the Agency for a permit to establish and operate
a Private Official Inspection Station.
    (i)  Pursuant to Title 40, Section 51.371 of the Code  of
Federal  Regulations, the Agency shall establish a program of
on-road testing of in-use vehicles through the use of  remote
sensing  devices.  The  Agency  shall  evaluate  the emission
performance of 0.5% of the subject fleet or 20,000  vehicles,
whichever  is  less.  Under  no  circumstances  shall on-road
testing include any sort of roadblock or roadside pullover or
cause any type of traffic delay.
    If, during the course of on-road inspections,  a  vehicle
is   found   to   exceed   the  on-road  emissions  standards
established for the model  year  and  type  of  vehicle,  the
Agency  shall  send a notice to the vehicle owner. The notice
shall  document  the  occurrence  and  results   of   on-road
exceedances.  The notice of a second on-road exceedance shall
indicate that the vehicle has been reassigned and is  subject
to  an  out-of-cycle  follow-up  inspection  at  an  official
inspection station. In no case shall the Agency send a notice
of  an  on-road exceedance to the owner of a vehicle that was
found to exceed the on-road  emission  standards  established
for  the  model  year  and  type of vehicle if the vehicle is
registered outside of the affected counties.
(Source: P.A. 90-475, eff. 8-17-97.)
                            INDEX
           Statutes amended in order of appearance
625 ILCS 5/1-106.1 new
625 ILCS 5/1-113.1 new
625 ILCS 5/1-202.1 new
625 ILCS 5/3-104          from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-104
625 ILCS 5/3-804.1 new
625 ILCS 5/3-804.2 new
625 ILCS 5/4-209          from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 4-209
625 ILCS 5/12-201         from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-201
625 ILCS 5/12-205         from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-205
625 ILCS 5/12-208         from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-208
625 ILCS 5/12-301         from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-301
625 ILCS 5/12-501         from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-501
625 ILCS 5/12-608         from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-608
625 ILCS 5/13-101         from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 13-101
625 ILCS 5/13A-104        from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 13A-104
625 ILCS 5/13B-15
    Passed in the General Assembly May 23, 2002.
    Approved July 16, 2002.
    Effective January 01, 2003.

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