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91_HB2085

 
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 1        AN  ACT  to  amend  the Illinois Vehicle Code by changing
 2    Sections 12-205 and 12-205.1 and adding Sections 12-205.2 and
 3    12-205.3.

 4        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 5    represented in the General Assembly:

 6        Section  5.  The  Illinois  Vehicle  Code  is  amended by
 7    changing Sections 12-205 and  12-205.1  and  adding  Sections
 8    12-205.2 and 12-205.3 as follows:

 9        (625 ILCS 5/12-205) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-205)
10        Sec.  12-205.  Lamps  on  other  vehicles  and equipment.
11    Every vehicle, including animal drawn vehicles,  referred  to
12    in  paragraph (b) of Section 12-101, except for implements of
13    husbandry after December 31, 2002, not specifically  required
14    by  the  provisions of this Article to be equipped with lamps
15    or other lighting devices, shall at all  times  specified  in
16    Section  12-201 of this Act be equipped with at least 2 lamps
17    on the power or towing unit, displaying a white light visible
18    from a distance of not less than 1,000 feet to the  front  of
19    such  vehicle  and  shall  also be equipped with 2 lamps each
20    displaying a red light visible from a distance  of  not  less
21    than 1,000 feet to the rear of such vehicle.
22        Where  the  towed  unit  or any load thereon partially or
23    totally obscures the 2 lamps displaying red light to the rear
24    of the towing unit, the rearmost towed unit shall be equipped
25    with 2 lamps displaying red light visible from a distance  of
26    not less than 1,000 feet to the rear of such towed unit which
27    are  positioned  in  such  a  manner  as  to not obstruct the
28    visibility  of  the  red  light  to  any   vehicle   operator
29    approaching  from  the rear of such vehicle or combination of
30    vehicles.
31        Where the 2 lamps displaying red light are  not  obscured
 
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 1    by  the  towed  unit  or its load, then either towing unit or
 2    towed unit, or  both,  may  be  equipped  with  the  2  lamps
 3    displaying red light as required.
 4        The   preceding  paragraph  does  not  apply  to  antique
 5    vehicles. An antique vehicle shall be equipped with lamps  of
 6    the  same  type  originally  installed by the manufacturer as
 7    original equipment and in working order.
 8    (Source: P.A. 85-830.)

 9        (625 ILCS 5/12-205.1) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-205.1)
10        Sec. 12-205.1.  Implements of  husbandry  or  slow-moving
11    vehicles-Display  of  amber  signal  lamp. Every animal drawn
12    vehicle, farm tractor, implement  of  husbandry  and  special
13    mobile  equipment,  except when used for road construction or
14    maintenance  within  the  limits   of   a   construction   or
15    maintenance project where traffic control devices are used in
16    compliance  with  the applicable provisions of the manual and
17    specifications adopted under Section 11-301 of  the  Illinois
18    Vehicle  Code,  when operated on a highway during a time when
19    lighted lamps are required by Section 12-201 of this Chapter,
20    shall display to the rear at least one flashing amber  signal
21    lamp  mounted  as  high  as  practicable  and  of  sufficient
22    intensity  to  be visible for a distance of at least 500 feet
23    in normal sunlight; provided, that only the rearmost  vehicle
24    of  a  combination  of vehicles coupled together need display
25    such lamp. The flashing amber signal  lamp  may  be  operated
26    lighted  during  daylight  hours  when  other  lamps  are not
27    required to be  lighted  when  vehicles  authorized  in  this
28    Section are operated on a highway.
29        Any  implement  of husbandry that displays the marking or
30    lighting configurations specified in  the  standards  of  the
31    American Society of Agricultural Engineers, published as ASAE
32    S279.10  APR98, shall be deemed in compliance with this Code.
33    This Section is inoperative after December 31, 2002.
 
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 1    (Source: P.A. 84-285.)

 2        (625 ILCS 5/12-205.2 new)
 3        Sec. 12-205.2.  Implements  of  husbandry;  lighting  and
 4    marking requirements.
 5        (a)  Except  as  specified  in subsections (c) and (d) of
 6    this Section, implements of husbandry  operated  on  highways
 7    shall  display  the  slow-moving  vehicle  emblem  and  other
 8    reflective  markings  as  specified  in  the standards of the
 9    American Society of Agricultural Engineers, published as ASAE
10    S279.10 APR98, or may display the markings  as  specified  in
11    any later version of the standards published by that society.
12    Where  more than one implement of husbandry is towed behind a
13    power unit, the length of  the  equipment  specified  in  the
14    standard  shall  be  measured  from the point of hitch on the
15    power unit to the extreme rear of the rear-most implement.
16        (b) After December 31, 2002 and except  as  specified  in
17    subsection  (c)  and  (d)  of  this  Section,  implements  of
18    husbandry  operated  on  highways  during  the period from 30
19    minutes after sunset  to  30  minutes  before  sunrise  shall
20    display and operate those headlamps, tail lamps, and flashing
21    amber  signal  lamps  as  specified  in  the standards of the
22    American Society of Agricultural Engineers, published as ASAE
23    S279.10  APR98,  or  may  display  and  operate  those  lamps
24    specified in any later version of the standards published  by
25    that  society.   The lights may be operated at other times of
26    the day when not required by this Code.
27        (c)  Those   self-propelled   implements   of   husbandry
28    manufactured  prior  to  January  1, 2003 are exempt from the
29    American Society of Agricultural  Engineers'  standards  that
30    require  them  to  have  the  flashing amber signal lamps and
31    reflective materials mounted within 16" of the left and right
32    extremities of the implement.  Instead, those flashing  amber
33    signals  lamps  and reflective materials should be mounted as
 
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 1    near those extremities as possible.
 2        (d) Implements of husbandry not  originally  manufactured
 3    with  synchronization  of  the flashing amber signal lamps or
 4    turn  signals  are  exempt  from  the  American  Society   of
 5    Agricultural  Engineers  standards  that require them to have
 6    the flashing amber signal lamps flash in  synchronization  or
 7    require   them  to  be  equipped  with  turn  signals.   This
 8    exemption extends to any  implement  of  husbandry  that  was
 9    manufactured  with  those  features  when  it  is operated in
10    combination with another implement of husbandry that  was  so
11    equipped  or  when  it  is  towed  by a vehicle other than an
12    implement of husbandry.
13        (e) Prior to the dates for compliance specified  in  this
14    Section,  an implement of husbandry equipped with those lamps
15    and markings specified  in  the  standards  of  the  American
16    Society  of Agricultural Engineers, published as ASAE S279.10
17    APR98,  shall  satisfy  the  requirements  for  lighting  and
18    marking in this Code.

19        (625 ILCS 5/12-205.3 new)
20        Sec. 12-205.3.  Slow-moving vehicles;  display  of  amber
21    signal   lamp.  Animal  drawn  vehicles  and  special  mobile
22    equipment,  except  when  used  for  road   construction   or
23    maintenance   within   the   limits   of  a  construction  or
24    maintenance project where traffic control devices are used in
25    compliance with the applicable provisions of the  manual  and
26    specifications  adopted  under  Section  11-301 of this Code,
27    when operated on a highway during a time when  lighted  lamps
28    are required by Section 12-201 of this Code, shall display to
29    the  rear  at least one flashing amber signal lamp mounted as
30    high as practicable and of sufficient intensity to be visible
31    for a distance of at  least  500  feet  in  normal  sunlight;
32    provided,  that only the rearmost vehicle of a combination of
33    vehicles coupled together need display the lamp. The flashing
 
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 1    amber signal lamp may be  operated  lighted  during  daylight
 2    hours  when  other  lamps are not required to be lighted when
 3    vehicles  authorized  in  this  Section  are  operated  on  a
 4    highway.  This Section  shall  not  apply  to  implements  of
 5    husbandry.   This  Section  applies  only  after December 31,
 6    2002.

 7        Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act  takes  effect  on
 8    July 1, 2000.

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