Bill Text: IL SB0087 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Chaptered

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that no person shall drive or move any motor vehicle or equipment upon any highway with any lighting or combination of lighting with a smoked or tinted lens or cover.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2019-08-02 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0189 [SB0087 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-SB0087-Chaptered.html

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Public Act 101-0189
SB0087 Enrolled LRB101 05174 TAE 50186 b
AN ACT concerning transportation.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by changing
Section 12-212 as follows:
(625 ILCS 5/12-212) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-212)
Sec. 12-212. Special restrictions on lamps. (a) No person
shall drive or move any vehicle or equipment upon any highway
with any lamp or device on the vehicle or equipment displaying
a red light visible from directly in front of the vehicle or
equipment except as otherwise provided in this Act.
(b) Subject to the restrictions of this Act, flashing
lights are prohibited on motor vehicles except as a means for
indicating a right or left turn as provided in Section 12-208
or the presence of a vehicular traffic hazard requiring unusual
care as expressly provided in Sections 11-804 or 12-215.
(c) Unless otherwise expressly authorized by this Code, all
other lighting or combination of lighting on any vehicle shall
be prohibited.
(d) No person shall drive or move any motor vehicle or
equipment upon any highway with any lighting or combination of
lighting with a smoked or tinted lens or cover.
(Source: P.A. 86-664.)