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Public Act 094-0564 |
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AN ACT concerning transportation.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by changing | ||||
the heading of Article VI of Chapter 3 and Sections 3-412 and | ||||
12-503 and adding Section 3-663 as follows:
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(625 ILCS 5/3-412) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-412)
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Sec. 3-412. Registration plates and registration stickers | ||||
to be
furnished by the Secretary of State.
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(a) The Secretary of State upon registering a vehicle | ||||
subject to annual
registration for the first time shall issue | ||||
or shall cause to be issued to the
owner one registration plate | ||||
for a motorcycle, trailer, semitrailer, motorized
pedalcycle | ||||
or truck-tractor, 2 registration plates for other motor | ||||
vehicles
and, where applicable, current registration stickers | ||||
for motor vehicles of the
first division. The provisions of | ||||
this Section may be made applicable to such
vehicles of the | ||||
second division, as the Secretary of State may, from time to
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time, in his discretion designate. On subsequent annual | ||||
registrations
during the term of the registration plate as | ||||
provided in Section 3-414.1, the
Secretary shall issue or cause | ||||
to be issued registration stickers as evidence
of current | ||||
registration. However, the issuance of annual registration | ||||
stickers
to vehicles registered under the provisions of | ||||
Sections 3-402.1 and 3-405.3 of
this Code may not be required | ||||
if the Secretary deems the issuance unnecessary.
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(b) Every registration plate shall have displayed upon it | ||||
the registration
number assigned to the vehicle for which it is | ||||
issued, the name of this State,
which may be abbreviated, the | ||||
year number for which it was issued, which may
be abbreviated, | ||||
the phrase "Land of Lincoln" (except as otherwise provided in
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this Code Chapter 3 ), and such other letters or numbers as the |
Secretary
may prescribe. However, for apportionment plates | ||
issued to vehicles registered
under Section 3-402.1 and fleet | ||
plates issued to vehicles registered under
Section 3-405.3, the | ||
phrase "Land of Lincoln" may be omitted to allow for
the word | ||
"apportioned", the word "fleet", or other similar language to | ||
be
displayed. Registration plates issued to a vehicle | ||
registered as a fleet
vehicle may display a designation | ||
determined by the Secretary.
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The Secretary may in his discretion prescribe
that letters | ||
be used as prefixes only on registration plates issued to | ||
vehicles
of the first division which are registered under this | ||
Code and only as suffixes
on registration plates issued to | ||
other vehicles. Every registration sticker
issued as evidence | ||
of current registration shall designate the year number
for | ||
which it is issued and such other letters or numbers as the | ||
Secretary may
prescribe and shall be of a contrasting color | ||
with the registration plates and
registration stickers of the | ||
previous year.
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(c) Each registration plate and the required letters and | ||
numerals thereon,
except the year number for which issued, | ||
shall be of sufficient size to be
plainly readable from a | ||
distance of 100 feet during daylight, and shall be
coated with | ||
reflectorizing material. The dimensions of the plate issued to
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vehicles of the first division shall be 6 by 12 inches.
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(d) The Secretary of State shall issue for every passenger | ||
motor vehicle
rented without a driver the same type of | ||
registration plates as the type of
plates issued for a private | ||
passenger vehicle.
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(e) The Secretary of State shall issue for every passenger
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car used as a taxicab or livery, distinctive registration | ||
plates.
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(f) The Secretary of State shall issue for every motorcycle
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distinctive registration plates distinguishing between
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motorcycles having 150 or more cubic centimeters piston
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displacement, or having less than 150 cubic centimeter
piston | ||
displacement.
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(g) Registration plates issued to vehicles for-hire may
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display a designation as determined by the Secretary that
such | ||
vehicles are for-hire.
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(h) The Secretary of State shall issue for each electric
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vehicle distinctive registration plates which shall | ||
distinguish
between electric vehicles having a maximum | ||
operating speed
of 45 miles per hour or more and those having a | ||
maximum
operating speed of less than 45 miles per hour.
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(i) The Secretary of State shall issue for every public and | ||
private
ambulance registration plates identifying the vehicle | ||
as an ambulance.
The Secretary shall forward to the Department | ||
of Public Aid registration
information for the purpose of | ||
verification of claims filed with the
Department by ambulance | ||
owners for payment for services to public assistance
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recipients.
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(j) The Secretary of State shall issue for every public and | ||
private
medical carrier or rescue vehicle livery registration | ||
plates displaying
numbers within ranges of numbers reserved | ||
respectively for medical carriers
and rescue vehicles. The | ||
Secretary shall forward to the Department of Public
Aid | ||
registration information for the purpose of verification of | ||
claims filed
with the Department by owners of medical carriers | ||
or rescue vehicles for
payment for services to public | ||
assistance recipients.
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(k) The Secretary of State shall issue distinctive license | ||
plates or distinctive license plate stickers for every vehicle | ||
exempted from subsection (a) of Section 12-503 by subsection | ||
(g-5) of that Section.
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(Source: P.A. 92-629, eff. 7-1-03; 92-651, eff. 7-11-02; | ||
revised 9-27-03.)
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(625 ILCS 5/Ch. 3 Art. VI heading) | ||
ARTICLE VI. SPECIAL PLATES AND SPECIAL LICENSE PLATE STICKERS
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(625 ILCS 5/3-663 new) | ||
Sec. 3-663. Medically Required Tinted Window plates or |
plate stickers. The Secretary, upon receipt of an application | ||
made in the form prescribed by the Secretary, shall issue | ||
special registration plates or plate stickers designated as | ||
Medically Required Tinted Window license plates or plate | ||
stickers. The special plates or plate stickers issued under | ||
this Section shall be affixed only to passenger vehicles of the | ||
first division or their license plates and to motor vehicles of | ||
the second division weighing not more than 8,000 pounds or | ||
their license plates. Plates issued under this Section shall | ||
expire according to the multi-year procedure established by | ||
Section 3-414.1 of this Code. Plate stickers issued under this | ||
Section shall expire in accordance with rules adopted by the | ||
Secretary. The design and color of the plates or plate stickers | ||
shall be wholly within the discretion of the Secretary of | ||
State.
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(625 ILCS 5/12-503) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-503)
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Sec. 12-503. Windshields must be unobstructed and equipped | ||
with wipers.
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(a) No person shall drive a motor vehicle with any sign, | ||
poster, window
application, reflective material, nonreflective | ||
material or tinted film
upon the front windshield, sidewings or | ||
side windows immediately adjacent
to each side of the driver. A | ||
nonreflective tinted film may be used along
the uppermost | ||
portion of the windshield if such material does not extend
more | ||
than 6 inches down from the top of the windshield. Nothing in | ||
this
Section shall create a cause of action on behalf of a | ||
buyer against a
dealer or manufacturer who sells a motor | ||
vehicle with a window which is in
violation of this Section.
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(b) Nothing contained in this Section shall prohibit the | ||
use of
nonreflective, smoked or tinted glass, nonreflective | ||
film, perforated
window screen or other decorative window | ||
application on windows to the rear
of the driver's seat, except | ||
that any motor vehicle with a window to the
rear of the | ||
driver's seat treated in this manner shall be equipped with a
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side mirror on each side of the motor vehicle which are in |
conformance with
Section 12-502.
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(c) No person shall drive a motor vehicle with any objects | ||
placed or
suspended between the driver and the front | ||
windshield, rear
window, side wings or side windows immediately | ||
adjacent to each side of
the driver which materially obstructs | ||
the driver's view.
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(d) Every motor vehicle, except motorcycles, shall be | ||
equipped with a
device, controlled by the driver, for cleaning | ||
rain, snow, moisture or other
obstructions from the windshield; | ||
and no person shall drive a motor vehicle
with snow, ice, | ||
moisture or other material on any of the windows or
mirrors, | ||
which materially obstructs the driver's clear view of the | ||
highway.
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(e) No person shall drive a motor vehicle when the | ||
windshield, side or
rear windows are in such defective | ||
condition or repair as to materially
impair the driver's view | ||
to the front, side or rear. A vehicle equipped
with a side | ||
mirror on each side of the vehicle which are in conformance
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with Section 12-502 will be deemed to be in compliance in the | ||
event the
rear window of the vehicle is materially obscured.
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(f) Paragraphs (a) and (b) of this Section shall not apply | ||
to:
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(1) motor vehicles manufactured prior to January 1, | ||
1982; or
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(2) to those motor vehicles properly registered in | ||
another jurisdiction.
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(g) Paragraph (a) of this Section shall not apply to any | ||
motor vehicle with
a window treatment, including but not | ||
limited to a window application,
reflective material, | ||
nonreflective material, or tinted film, applied or affixed
to | ||
the motor vehicle for the purposes set forth in item (1) or (2) | ||
before the
effective date of this amendatory Act of 1997 and:
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(1) that is owned and operated by a person afflicted | ||
with or suffering
from a medical illness, ailment, or | ||
disease which would require that person
to be shielded from | ||
the direct rays of the sun; or
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(2) that is used in transporting a person when the | ||
person
resides at
the same address as the registered owner | ||
of the vehicle and the
person is
afflicted with or | ||
suffering from a medical illness, ailment or disease
which | ||
would require the person to be shielded from the direct | ||
rays
of the
sun;
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It must be certified by a physician licensed to | ||
practice medicine in
Illinois that such person owning and | ||
operating or being transported in a motor
vehicle is | ||
afflicted with or suffers from such illness, ailment, or | ||
disease and
such certification must be carried in the motor | ||
vehicle at all times. The
certification shall be legible | ||
and shall contain the date of issuance, the
name, address | ||
and signature of the attending physician, and the name, | ||
address,
and medical condition of the person requiring | ||
exemption. The information on
the certificate for a window | ||
treatment applied or affixed before the effective
date of | ||
this amendatory Act of 1997 must remain current and shall | ||
be renewed
annually by the attending physician, but in no | ||
event shall a
certificate issued for purposes of this | ||
subsection be valid on or after
January 1, 2008. The person | ||
shall also submit a copy of the certification to
the | ||
Secretary of
State. The Secretary of State may forward | ||
notice of certification to law
enforcement agencies.
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This subsection shall not be construed to authorize window | ||
treatments
applied or affixed on or after the effective date of | ||
this amendatory Act of
1997.
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The exemption provided by this subsection (g) shall not | ||
apply to any motor
vehicle on and after January 1, 2008.
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This subsection (g) does not apply to the exemption set | ||
forth in subsection (g-5).
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(g-5) Paragraph (a) of this Section does not apply to any | ||
motor vehicle with a window treatment, including but not | ||
limited to a window application, reflective material, | ||
nonreflective material, or tinted film, applied or affixed to a | ||
motor vehicle that: |
(i) is owned and operated by a person afflicted with or | ||
suffering from systemic or discoid lupus erythematosus or | ||
albinism; or | ||
(ii) is used in transporting a person who resides at | ||
the same address as the registered owner and is afflicted | ||
with or suffers from systemic or discoid lupus | ||
erythematosus or albinism. | ||
It must be certified by a physician licensed to practice | ||
medicine in Illinois that the person owning and operating or | ||
being transported in a motor vehicle is afflicted with or | ||
suffers from systemic or discoid lupus erythematosus or | ||
albinism and the certification must be carried in the motor | ||
vehicle at all times. The certification shall be legible and | ||
shall contain the date of issuance, the name, address, and | ||
signature of the attending physician, and the name, address, | ||
and medical condition of the person requiring exemption. The | ||
information on the certificate for a window treatment must | ||
remain current and shall be renewed annually by the attending | ||
physician. The owner of the vehicle shall also submit a copy of | ||
the certification to the Secretary of State. The Secretary of | ||
State may forward notice of certification to law enforcement | ||
agencies.
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(h) Paragraph (a) of this Section shall not apply to motor | ||
vehicle
stickers or other certificates issued by State or local | ||
authorities which
are required to be displayed upon motor | ||
vehicle windows to evidence
compliance with requirements | ||
concerning motor vehicles.
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(i) Those motor vehicles exempted under paragraph (f)(1) of | ||
this Section
shall not cause their windows to be treated as | ||
described in paragraph (a) after
January 1, 1993.
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(j) A person found guilty of violating paragraphs (a), (b), | ||
or (i) of this
Section shall be guilty of a petty offense and | ||
fined no less than $50 nor more
than $500. A second or | ||
subsequent violation of paragraphs (a), (b), or (i) of
this | ||
Section shall be treated as a Class C misdemeanor and the | ||
violator fined
no less than $100 nor more than $500. Any person |
convicted under paragraphs
(a), (b), or (i) of this Section | ||
shall be ordered to alter any
nonconforming windows into | ||
compliance with this Section.
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(Source: P.A. 90-389, eff. 1-1-98 .)
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||
becoming law.
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