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91_SB1155
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1 AN ACT to amend the Illinois Vehicle Code by changing
2 Section 15-109.1.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by
6 changing Section 15-109.1 as follows:
7 (625 ILCS 5/15-109.1) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 15-109.1)
8 Sec. 15-109.1. Covers or tarpaulins required for certain
9 loads. No person shall operate or cause to be operated, on a
10 highway, any second division vehicle loaded with dirt,
11 aggregate, garbage, refuse, or other similar material, if
12 when any portion of the load is falling, sifting, blowing,
13 dropping or in any way escaping from the vehicle.
14 This Section shall not apply to the operation of highway
15 maintenance vehicles engaged in removing snow and ice from
16 the roadway, nor to implements of husbandry or other farm
17 vehicles while transporting agricultural products to or from
18 the original place of production.
19 For the purpose of this Section "aggregate" shall
20 include all ores, minerals, sand, gravel, shale, coal, clay,
21 limestone or any other ore or mineral which may be mined.
22 Notwithstanding any other penalty, whenever a police
23 officer determines that the operator of a vehicle is in
24 violation of this Section, as evidenced by the issuance of a
25 citation for a violation of Section 15-109.1 of this Code,
26 the police officer shall require the operator to stop the
27 vehicle in a suitable place and keep such vehicle stationary
28 until the load has either been reduced, secured or covered
29 with a cover or tarpaulin of sufficient size, or otherwise
30 secured, to prevent any further violation of this Section.
31 Any violation of the provisions of this Section shall be
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1 a petty offense punishable by a fine not to exceed $250.
2 (Source: P.A. 84-226.)