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 1        AN ACT in relation to vehicles.

 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 12-201 as follows:

 6        (625 ILCS 5/12-201) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-201)
 7        Sec. 12-201.  When lighted lamps are required.
 8        (a)  When operated upon any highway in this State,  every
 9    motorcycle  shall  at  all times exhibit at least one lighted
10    lamp, showing a white light visible for at least 500 feet  in
11    the direction the motorcycle is proceeding.  However, in lieu
12    of  such  lighted lamp, a motorcycle may be equipped with and
13    use a means of modulating the upper beam  of  the  head  lamp
14    between high and a lower brightness.  No such head lamp shall
15    be  modulated,  except  to  otherwise  comply with this Code,
16    during times when lighted lamps are required for other  motor
17    vehicles.
18        (b)  All  other  motor  vehicles shall exhibit at least 2
19    lighted head lamps, with at least one on  each  side  of  the
20    front  of the vehicle, which satisfy United States Department
21    of  Transportation  requirements,   showing   white   lights,
22    including  that  emitted  by  high  intensity discharge (HID)
23    lamps, or lights of a yellow or amber tint, during the period
24    from sunset to sunrise, at times when  rain,  snow,  fog,  or
25    other  atmospheric  conditions  require the use of windshield
26    wipers, and at any other  times  when,  due  to  insufficient
27    light  or  unfavorable  atmospheric  conditions,  persons and
28    vehicles on the highway are  not  clearly  discernible  at  a
29    distance of 1000 feet.  Parking lamps may be used in addition
30    to  but not in lieu of such head lamps.  Every motor vehicle,
31    trailer, or  semi-trailer  shall  also  exhibit  at  least  2
 
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 1    lighted  lamps,  commonly known as tail lamps, which shall be
 2    mounted on the left rear and right rear of the vehicle so  as
 3    to  throw  a  red  light visible for at least 500 feet in the
 4    reverse direction,  except  that  a  truck  tractor  or  road
 5    tractor   manufactured   before   January  1,  1968  and  all
 6    motorcycles need be equipped with only one such tail lamp.
 7        (c)  Either a tail lamp or a separate lamp  shall  be  so
 8    constructed  and placed as to illuminate with a white light a
 9    rear registration plate when required and render  it  clearly
10    legible from a distance of 50 feet to the rear. Any tail lamp
11    or  tail  lamps, together with any separate lamp or lamps for
12    illuminating a rear registration plate, shall be so wired  as
13    to  be  lighted  whenever the head lamps or auxiliary driving
14    lamps are lighted.
15        (d)  A person shall install only head lamps that  satisfy
16    United  States  Department  of Transportation regulations and
17    show white light, including that emitted  by  HID  lamps,  or
18    light of a yellow or amber tint for use by a motor vehicle.
19        (e)  For  purposes of this Section, except as provided in
20    subsections (f) and (g), a custom vehicle or  street  rod  is
21    considered   to  be  in  compliance  with  all  vehicle  lamp
22    requirements if it has passed the approved safety  inspection
23    provided for in Section 3-804.1 or 3-804.2.
24        (f)  It  is  a violation of this Section to install or to
25    leave  in  place  any  tinted   covering,  other   than   the
26    authorized red, white, yellow, amber, or clear covering, over
27    any tail lamp of any vehicle.
28        (g)  It  is a violation of this Section to leave in place
29    any tinted covering, other than the  authorized  red,  white,
30    yellow,  amber,  or clear covering, over any head lamp of any
31    vehicle when the head lamps are required to be in operation.
32    (Source: P.A.  91-130,  eff.  1-1-00;  91-135,  eff.  1-1-00;
33    92-16, eff. 6-28-01; 92-668, eff. 1-1-03.)