Rep. La Shawn K. Ford

Filed: 3/14/2023

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2389

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2389 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by
5changing Section 12-503 as follows:
 
6    (625 ILCS 5/12-503)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-503)
7    Sec. 12-503. Windshields must be unobstructed and equipped
8with wipers.
9    (a) No person shall drive a motor vehicle with any sign,
10poster, window application, reflective material, nonreflective
11material, or tinted film upon the front windshield, except
12that a nonreflective tinted film may be used along the
13uppermost portion of the windshield if such material does not
14extend more than 6 inches down from the top of the windshield.
15    (a-3) No new or used motor vehicle dealer shall permit a
16driver to drive a motor vehicle offered for sale or lease off

 

 

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1the premises where the motor vehicle is being offered for sale
2or lease, including when the driver is test driving the
3vehicle, with signs, decals, paperwork, or other material on
4the front windshield or on the windows immediately adjacent to
5each side of the driver that would obstruct the driver's view
6in violation of subsection (a) of this Section. For purposes
7of this subsection (a-3), "test driving" means when a driver,
8with permission of the new or used vehicle dealer or employee
9of the new or used vehicle dealer, drives a vehicle owned and
10held for sale or lease by a new or used vehicle dealer that the
11driver is considering to purchase or lease.
12    (a-5) No window treatment or tinting shall be applied to
13the windows immediately adjacent to each side of the driver,
14except:
15        (1) On vehicles where none of the windows to the rear
16    of the driver's seat are treated in a manner that allows
17    less than 30% light transmittance, a nonreflective tinted
18    film that allows at least 50% light transmittance, with a
19    5% variance observed by any law enforcement official
20    metering the light transmittance, may be used on the
21    vehicle windows immediately adjacent to each side of the
22    driver.
23        (2) On vehicles where none of the windows to the rear
24    of the driver's seat are treated in a manner that allows
25    less than 35% light transmittance, a nonreflective tinted
26    film that allows at least 35% light transmittance, with a

 

 

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1    5% variance observed by any law enforcement official
2    metering the light transmittance, may be used on the
3    vehicle windows immediately adjacent to each side of the
4    driver.
5        (3) (Blank).
6        (4) On vehicles where a nonreflective smoked or tinted
7    glass that was originally installed by the manufacturer on
8    the windows to the rear of the driver's seat, a
9    nonreflective tint that allows at least 50% light
10    transmittance, with a 5% variance observed by a law
11    enforcement official metering the light transmittance, may
12    be used on the vehicle windows immediately adjacent to
13    each side of the driver.
14    (a-10) No person shall install or repair any material
15prohibited by subsection (a) of this Section.
16        (1) Nothing in this subsection shall prohibit a person
17    from removing or altering any material prohibited by
18    subsection (a) to make a motor vehicle comply with the
19    requirements of this Section.
20        (2) Nothing in this subsection shall prohibit a person
21    from installing window treatment for a person with a
22    medical condition described in subsection (g) of this
23    Section. An installer who installs window treatment for a
24    person with a medical condition described in subsection
25    (g) must obtain a copy of the certified statement or
26    letter written by a physician described in subsection (g)

 

 

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1    from the person with the medical condition prior to
2    installing the window treatment. The copy of the certified
3    statement or letter must be kept in the installer's
4    permanent records.
5    (b) On motor vehicles where window treatment has not been
6applied to the windows immediately adjacent to each side of
7the driver, the use of a perforated window screen or other
8decorative window application on windows to the rear of the
9driver's seat shall be allowed.
10    (b-5) Any motor vehicle with a window to the rear of the
11driver's seat treated in this manner shall be equipped with a
12side mirror on each side of the motor vehicle which are in
13conformance with Section 12-502.
14    (c) No person shall drive a motor vehicle with any objects
15placed or suspended between the driver and the front
16windshield, rear window, side wings, or side windows
17immediately adjacent to each side of the driver which
18materially obstructs the driver's view.
19    (c-5) No person shall drive a motor vehicle with any
20objects placed or suspended between the driver and the front
21windshield which materially obstruct the driver's view. No
22motor vehicle, or driver or passenger of such vehicle, shall
23be stopped or searched by any law enforcement officer solely
24on the basis of a violation or suspected violation of this
25subsection.
26    (d) Every motor vehicle, except motorcycles, shall be

 

 

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1equipped with a device, controlled by the driver, for cleaning
2rain, snow, moisture, or other obstructions from the
3windshield; and no person shall drive a motor vehicle with
4snow, ice, moisture, or other material on any of the windows or
5mirrors, which materially obstructs the driver's clear view of
6the highway.
7    (e) No person shall drive a motor vehicle when the
8windshield, side, or rear windows are in such defective
9condition or repair as to materially impair the driver's view
10to the front, side, or rear. A vehicle equipped with a side
11mirror on each side of the vehicle which are in conformance
12with Section 12-502 will be deemed to be in compliance in the
13event the rear window of the vehicle is materially obscured.
14    (f) Subsections (a), (a-5), (b), and (b-5) of this Section
15shall not apply to:
16        (1) (Blank).
17        (2) those motor vehicles properly registered in
18    another jurisdiction.
19    (g) Subsections (a) and (a-5) of this Section shall not
20apply to window treatment, including, but not limited to, a
21window application, nonreflective material, or tinted film,
22applied or affixed to a motor vehicle for which distinctive
23license plates or license plate stickers have been issued
24pursuant to subsection (k) of Section 3-412 of this Code, and
25which:
26        (1) is owned and operated by a person afflicted with

 

 

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1    or suffering from a medical disease, including, but not
2    limited to, systemic or discoid lupus erythematosus,
3    disseminated superficial actinic porokeratosis, light
4    sensitivity as a result of a traumatic brain injury, or
5    albinism, which would require that person to be shielded
6    from the direct rays of the sun; or
7        (2) is used in transporting a person when the person
8    resides at the same address as the registered owner of the
9    vehicle and the person is afflicted with or suffering from
10    a medical disease which would require the person to be
11    shielded from the direct rays of the sun, including, but
12    not limited to, systemic or discoid lupus erythematosus,
13    disseminated superficial actinic porokeratosis, light
14    sensitivity as a result of a traumatic brain injury, or
15    albinism.
16        The owner must obtain a certified statement or letter
17    written by a physician licensed to practice medicine in
18    Illinois that such person owning and operating or being
19    transported in a motor vehicle is afflicted with or
20    suffers from such disease, including, but not limited to,
21    systemic or discoid lupus erythematosus, disseminated
22    superficial actinic porokeratosis, light sensitivity as a
23    result of a traumatic brain injury, or albinism. However,
24    no exemption from the requirements of subsection (a-5)
25    shall be granted for any condition for which protection
26    from the direct rays of the sun can be adequately obtained

 

 

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1    by the use of sunglasses or other eye protective devices.
2        Such certification must be carried in the motor
3    vehicle at all times. The certification shall be legible
4    and shall contain the date of issuance, the name, address,
5    and signature of the attending physician, and the name,
6    address, and medical condition of the person requiring
7    exemption. The information on the certificate for a window
8    treatment must remain current and shall be renewed every 4
9    years by the attending physician. The owner shall also
10    submit a copy of the certification to the Secretary of
11    State. The Secretary of State may forward notice of
12    certification to law enforcement agencies.
13    (g-5) (Blank).
14    (g-7) Installers shall only install window treatment
15authorized by subsection (g) on motor vehicles for which
16distinctive plates or license plate stickers have been issued
17pursuant to subsection (k) of Section 3-412 of this Code. The
18distinctive license plates or plate sticker must be on the
19motor vehicle at the time of window treatment installation.
20    (h) Subsection (a) of this Section shall not apply to
21motor vehicle stickers or other certificates issued by State
22or local authorities which are required to be displayed upon
23motor vehicle windows to evidence compliance with requirements
24concerning motor vehicles.
25    (i) (Blank).
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1(a-3), (a-5), (a-10), (b), (b-5), or (g-7) of this Section
2shall be guilty of a petty offense and fined no less than $50
3nor more than $500. A second or subsequent violation of
4subsection (a), (a-3), (a-5), (a-10), (b), (b-5), or (g-7) of
5this Section shall be treated as a Class C misdemeanor and the
6violator fined no less than $100 nor more than $500. Any person
7convicted under subsection (a), (a-5), (b), or (b-5) of this
8Section shall be ordered to alter any nonconforming windows
9into compliance with this Section.
10    (k) Except as provided in subsection (a-3) of this
11Section, nothing in this Section shall create a cause of
12action on behalf of a buyer against a vehicle dealer or
13manufacturer who sells a motor vehicle with a window which is
14in violation of this Section.
15    (l) The Secretary of State shall provide a notice of the
16requirements of this Section to a new resident applying for
17vehicle registration in this State pursuant to Section 3-801
18of this Code. The Secretary of State may comply with this
19subsection by posting the requirements of this Section on the
20Secretary of State's website.
21    (m) A home rule unit may not regulate motor vehicles in a
22manner inconsistent with this Section. This Section is a
23limitation under subsection (i) of Section 6 of Article VII of
24the Illinois Constitution on the concurrent exercise by home
25rule units of powers and functions exercised by the State.
26(Source: P.A. 102-111, eff. 1-1-22.)".