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 1        AN ACT in relation to transportation.

 2        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section  5.  The  Illinois  Vehicle  Code  is  amended by
 5    changing Section 12-608 as follows:

 6        (625 ILCS 5/12-608) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-608)
 7        Sec. 12-608.  Bumpers.
 8        (a)  It shall be unlawful to operate  any  motor  vehicle
 9    with a gross vehicle weight rating of 9,000 pounds or less or
10    any  motor vehicle registered as a recreational vehicle under
11    this Code on any highway of  this  State  unless  such  motor
12    vehicle is equipped with both a front and rear bumper.
13        Except as indicated below, maximum bumper heights of such
14    motor  vehicles  shall  be  determined  by weight category of
15    gross vehicle weight rating  (GVWR)  measured  from  a  level
16    surface to the highest point of the bottom of the bumper when
17    the  vehicle  is  unloaded  and the tires are inflated to the
18    manufacturer's recommended pressure.
19        Maximum bumper heights are as follows:
20    Maximum Front                    Maximum Rear
21    Bumper height                    Bumper Height
22    All motor vehicles of the first
23        division except multipurpose
24        passenger vehicles:          22 inches          22 inches
25    Multipurpose passenger vehicles and
26    all other motor vehicles:
27        4,500 lbs. and under GVWR    24 inches          26 inches
28        4,501 lbs. through 7,500
29        lbs. GVWR                    27 inches          29 inches
30        7,501 lbs. through 9,000
31        lbs. GVWR                    28 inches          30 inches
 
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 1        It is unlawful to operate upon any highway of this  State
 2    any vehicle with a front bumper height that exceeds 28 inches
 3    or a rear bumper height that exceeds 30 inches, regardless of
 4    the  GVWR  of  the  vehicle, except those vehicles covered by
 5    Chapter 18b of this Code.
 6        For any vehicle  with  bumpers  or  attaching  components
 7    which  have  been  modified  or  altered  from  the  original
 8    manufacturer's  design  in  order to conform with the maximum
 9    bumper requirements of this section, the bumper height  shall
10    be measured from a level surface to the bottom of the vehicle
11    frame  rail  at  the  most forward and rearward points of the
12    frame rail.  The bumper on any vehicle so modified or altered
13    shall be at least 4.5 inches in vertical height and extend no
14    less than the width of the respective wheel tracks  outermost
15    distance.
16        However,  nothing  in  this  Section  shall  prevent  the
17    installation of bumper guards.
18        (b)  This  Section shall not apply to street rods, custom
19    vehicles, motor vehicles designed or modified  primarily  for
20    off-highway  purposes  while  such  vehicles are in tow or to
21    motorcycles or motor driven cycles,  nor  to  motor  vehicles
22    registered  as  antique  vehicles when the original design of
23    such antique vehicles did not include bumpers. The provisions
24    of this Section shall not apply to any motor  vehicle  driven
25    during  the  first  1000 recorded miles of that vehicle, when
26    such vehicle is owned or operated by a  manufacturer,  dealer
27    or  transporter  displaying  a  special  plate  or  plates as
28    described in Chapter 3 of this Code while such vehicle is (1)
29    being delivered from  the  manufacturing  or  assembly  plant
30    directly to the purchasing dealer or distributor, or from one
31    dealership  or distributor to another; (2) being moved by the
32    most direct route  from  one  location  to  another  for  the
33    purpose  of  installing  special  bodies or equipment; or (3)
34    being driven for purposes of demonstration by  a  prospective
 
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 1    buyer  with the dealer or his agent present in the cab of the
 2    vehicle during the demonstration.
 3        The dealer shall, prior to the  receipt  of  any  deposit
 4    made  or  any  contract  signed  by  the  buyer to secure the
 5    purchase  of  a  vehicle,  inform  such  buyer,  by   written
 6    statement signed by the purchaser to indicate acknowledgement
 7    of  the  contents  thereof, of the legal requirements of this
 8    Section regarding front and rear bumpers if such  vehicle  is
 9    not to be equipped with bumpers at the time of delivery.
10        (c)  Any   violation   of  this  Section  is  a  Class  C
11    misdemeanor.  A second conviction under this Section shall be
12    punishable with a fine of not less  than  $500.   An  officer
13    making  an  arrest under this Section shall order the vehicle
14    driver to remove the vehicle  from  the  highway.   A  person
15    convicted  under  this  Section shall be ordered to bring his
16    vehicle into compliance with this Section.
17    (Source: P.A. 92-668, eff. 1-1-03.)