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Public Act 92-0820

SB1880 Enrolled                                LRB9212684DHgc

    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
changing Sections 12-205.1 and 12-215 as follows:

    (625 ILCS 5/12-205.1) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-205.1)
    Sec.  12-205.1.  Implements  of  husbandry or slow-moving
vehicles-Display of amber signal  lamp.  Every  animal  drawn
vehicle,  farm  tractor,  implement  of husbandry and special
mobile equipment, except when used for road  construction  or
maintenance   within   the   limits   of  a  construction  or
maintenance project where traffic control devices are used in
compliance with the applicable provisions of the  manual  and
specifications  adopted  under Section 11-301 of the Illinois
Vehicle Code, when operated on a highway during a  time  when
lighted lamps are required by Section 12-201 of this Chapter,
shall  display to the rear at least one flashing amber signal
lamp  mounted  as  high  as  practicable  and  of  sufficient
intensity to be visible for a distance of at least  500  feet
in  normal sunlight; provided, that only the rearmost vehicle
of a combination of vehicles coupled  together  need  display
such  lamp.  The  flashing  amber signal lamp may be operated
lighted during  daylight  hours  when  other  lamps  are  not
required  to  be  lighted  when  vehicles  authorized in this
Section are operated on a highway.  Implements  of  husbandry
manufactured  on  or  after  January  1, 2003 and operated on
public  roads  between  sunset  and  sunrise  shall   display
markings  and  lighting  that  meet  or  exceed  the  design,
performance,  and  mounting  specifications  adopted  by  the
American  Society  of Agricultural Engineers and published by
that body as ASAE S279.11 APR01 S 279.10 APR98.
(Source: P.A. 91-505, eff. 1-1-00.)

    (625 ILCS 5/12-215) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-215)
    Sec. 12-215.  Oscillating, rotating or flashing lights on
motor vehicles. Except as otherwise provided in this Code:
    (a)  The use of red or  white  oscillating,  rotating  or
flashing  lights, whether lighted or unlighted, is prohibited
except on:
         1.  Law enforcement vehicles of  State,  Federal  or
    local authorities;
         2.  A vehicle operated by a police officer or county
    coroner   and   designated   or   authorized   by   local
    authorities,  in  writing,  as a law enforcement vehicle;
    however,  such  designation  or  authorization  must   be
    carried in the vehicle;
         3.  Vehicles  of local fire departments and State or
    federal firefighting vehicles;
         4.  Vehicles which are designed and used exclusively
    as  ambulances  or  rescue  vehicles;  furthermore,  such
    lights shall not be lighted except when responding to  an
    emergency  call for and while actually conveying the sick
    or injured;
         5.  Tow trucks licensed in  a  state  that  requires
    such  lights;  furthermore,  such  lights  shall  not  be
    lighted  on  any  such  tow  truck while the tow truck is
    operating in the State of Illinois; and
         6.  Vehicles of the  Illinois  Emergency  Management
    Agency, and vehicles of the Department of Nuclear Safety.
    (b)  The  use  of amber oscillating, rotating or flashing
lights, whether lighted or unlighted,  is  prohibited  except
on:
         1.  Second  division  vehicles designed and used for
    towing or hoisting  vehicles;  furthermore,  such  lights
    shall not be lighted except as required in this paragraph
    1;  such  lights  shall be lighted when such vehicles are
    actually being used  at  the  scene  of  an  accident  or
    disablement;  if  the  towing  vehicle is equipped with a
    flat bed that supports all wheels of  the  vehicle  being
    transported,  the  lights  shall not be lighted while the
    vehicle is engaged in towing on a highway; if the  towing
    vehicle is not equipped with a flat bed that supports all
    wheels  of  a vehicle being transported, the lights shall
    be lighted while the towing vehicle is engaged in  towing
    on  a highway during all times when the use of headlights
    is required under Section 12-201 of this Code;
         2.  Motor vehicles or  equipment  of  the  State  of
    Illinois, local authorities and contractors; furthermore,
    such  lights  shall  not  be  lighted  except  while such
    vehicles  are  engaged  in  maintenance  or  construction
    operations within the limits of construction projects;
         3.  Vehicles or equipment  used  by  engineering  or
    survey  crews;  furthermore,  such  lights  shall  not be
    lighted except while such vehicles are  actually  engaged
    in work on a highway;
         4.  Vehicles of public utilities, municipalities, or
    other  construction,  maintenance  or  automotive service
    vehicles except that such lights shall be lighted only as
    a means  for  indicating  the  presence  of  a  vehicular
    traffic  hazard  requiring  unusual  care in approaching,
    overtaking or passing while such vehicles are engaged  in
    maintenance, service or construction on a highway;
         5.  Oversized  vehicle or load; however, such lights
    shall only be lighted when moving under permit issued  by
    the Department under Section 15-301 of this Code;
         6.  The  front and rear of motorized equipment owned
    and operated by the State of Illinois  or  any  political
    subdivision  thereof,  which  is  designed  and  used for
    removal of snow and ice from highways;
         7.  Fleet  safety  vehicles  registered  in  another
    state, furthermore, such  lights  shall  not  be  lighted
    except as provided for in Section 12-212 of this Code;
         8.  Such  other  vehicles  as  may  be authorized by
    local authorities;
         9.  Law  enforcement  vehicles  of  State  or  local
    authorities   when   used   in   combination   with   red
    oscillating, rotating or flashing lights;
         9.5.  Propane delivery trucks;
         10.  Vehicles used for collecting or delivering mail
    for the United States Postal Service provided  that  such
    lights shall not be lighted except when such vehicles are
    actually being used for such purposes;
         11.  Any  vehicle  displaying  a slow-moving vehicle
    emblem as provided in Section 12-205.1;
         12.  All trucks  equipped  with  self-compactors  or
    roll-off  hoists  and  roll-on  containers for garbage or
    refuse hauling.  Such lights shall not be lighted  except
    when  such  vehicles  are  actually  being  used for such
    purposes;
         13.  Vehicles used  by  a  security  company,  alarm
    responder,  or  control  agency, if the security company,
    alarm responder, or control agency is bound by a contract
    with a federal, State, or local government entity to  use
    the lights; and
         14.  Security  vehicles  of  the Department of Human
    Services; however, the lights shall not be lighted except
    when being used for security related purposes  under  the
    direction of the superintendent of the facility where the
    vehicle is located.
    (c)  The  use  of  blue oscillating, rotating or flashing
lights, whether lighted or unlighted,  is  prohibited  except
on:
         1.  Rescue  squad  vehicles  not  owned  by  a  fire

    department and vehicles owned or fully operated by a:
              voluntary firefighter;
              paid firefighter;
              part-paid firefighter;
              call firefighter;
              member  of  the  board  of  trustees  of a fire
         protection district;
              paid or unpaid member of a rescue squad; or
              paid or unpaid member of a voluntary  ambulance
         unit.
         However,  such  lights  are not to be lighted except
    when responding to a bona fide emergency.
         2.  Police department vehicles in  cities  having  a
    population of 500,000 or more inhabitants.
         3.  Law  enforcement  vehicles  of  State  or  local
    authorities   when   used   in   combination   with   red
    oscillating, rotating or flashing lights.
         4.  Vehicles  of local fire departments and State or
    federal firefighting vehicles when  used  in  combination
    with red oscillating, rotating or flashing lights.
         5.  Vehicles which are designed and used exclusively
    as ambulances or rescue vehicles when used in combination
    with   red  oscillating,  rotating  or  flashing  lights;
    furthermore, such lights shall not be lighted except when
    responding to an emergency call.
         6.  Vehicles that are equipped and used  exclusively
    as organ transport vehicles when used in combination with
    red    oscillating,   rotating,   or   flashing   lights;
    furthermore, these lights shall only be lighted when  the
    transportation  is  declared  an emergency by a member of
    the transplant team or  a  representative  of  the  organ
    procurement organization.
         7.  Vehicles  of  the  Illinois Emergency Management
    Agency and vehicles of the Department of Nuclear  Safety,
    when  used in combination with red oscillating, rotating,
    or flashing lights.
    (c-1)  In addition to the blue oscillating, rotating,  or
flashing   lights   permitted   under   subsection  (c),  and
notwithstanding subsection  (a),  a  vehicle  operated  by  a
voluntary  firefighter  may  be  equipped with flashing white
headlights and blue grill lights, which may be used  only  in
responding to an emergency call.
    (d)  The   use  of  a  combination  of  amber  and  white
oscillating, rotating or flashing lights, whether lighted  or
unlighted,  is prohibited, except motor vehicles or equipment
of the State of Illinois, local authorities  and  contractors
may  be  so  equipped;  furthermore, such lights shall not be
lighted except while such vehicles  are  engaged  in  highway
maintenance  or  construction operations within the limits of
highway construction projects.
    (e)  All  oscillating,  rotating   or   flashing   lights
referred to in this Section shall be of sufficient intensity,
when  illuminated,  to  be  visible  at  500  feet  in normal
sunlight.
    (f)  Nothing   in   this   Section   shall   prohibit   a
manufacturer of oscillating, rotating or flashing  lights  or
his representative from temporarily mounting such lights on a
vehicle for demonstration purposes only.
    (g)  Any  person  violating the provisions of subsections
(a), (b), (c) or (d)  of  this  Section  who  without  lawful
authority  stops  or  detains  or  attempts to stop or detain
another person shall be guilty of a Class 4 felony.
    (h)  Except as provided  in  subsection  (g)  above,  any
person  violating the provisions of subsections (a) or (c) of
this Section shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
(Source: P.A. 91-357, eff.  7-29-99;  92-138,  eff.  7-24-01;
92-407, eff. 8-17-01; revised 9-12-01)
    Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.
    Passed in the General Assembly May 30, 2002.
    Approved August 21, 2002.
    Effective August 21, 2002.

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