100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
SB2511

 

Introduced 2/6/2018, by Sen. Karen McConnaughay

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
625 ILCS 5/12-209  from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-209

    Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that a back-up lamp equipped on a motor vehicle shall emit a white or amber light without glare. Effective January 1, 2019.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning transportation.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by changing
5Section 12-209 as follows:
 
6    (625 ILCS 5/12-209)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-209)
7    Sec. 12-209. Additional Lighting Equipment.
8    (a) Any motor vehicle may be equipped with not more than 2
9side cowl or fender lamps which shall emit an amber or white
10light without glare.
11    (b) Any motor vehicle may be equipped with not more than
12one running board courtesy lamp on each side thereof which
13shall emit a white or amber light without glare.
14    (c) Any motor vehicle may be equipped with one or more
15back-up lamps either separately or in combination with other
16lamps which shall emit a white or amber light without glare;
17but any such back-up lamp or lamps shall not be lighted when
18the motor vehicle is in forward motion.
19(Source: P.A. 77-37.)
 
20    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January
211, 2019.