Public Act 097-0958
 
HB4598 EnrolledLRB097 16515 HEP 61684 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 12-709 as follows:
 



    (625 ILCS 5/12-709)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-709)



    Sec. 12-709. Slow-moving vehicle emblem. 

    (a) Every animal drawn vehicle, farm tractor, implement of 
husbandry and
special mobile equipment, when operated on a 
highway must display a
slow-moving vehicle emblem mounted on 
the rear except as provided in
paragraph (b) of this Section. 
Special mobile equipment is exempt when
operated within the 
limits of a construction or maintenance project where
traffic 
control devices are used in compliance with the applicable

provisions of the manual and specifications adopted under 
Section 11-301 of
the "Illinois Vehicle Code".

    (b) Every vehicle or unit described in paragraph (a) of 
this Section
when operated in combination on a highway must 
display a slow-moving
vehicle emblem as follows:


        1.  Where the towed unit or any load thereon partially 
    or totally
obscures the slow-moving vehicle emblem on the 
    towing unit, the towed unit
shall be equipped with a 
    slow-moving vehicle emblem. In such cases the
towing unit 
    need not display the emblem.


        2. Where the slow-moving vehicle emblem on the towing 
    unit is not
obscured by the towed unit or its load, then 
    either or both may be equipped
with the required emblem but 
    it shall be sufficient if either displays it.


        3. A registered truck towed behind a farm tractor in 
    conformity with the
provisions of Section 11-1418 of the 
    "Illinois Vehicle Code" must display a
slow-moving vehicle 
    emblem in the manner provided in paragraph (c) while
being 
    towed on a highway if the emblem on the towing vehicle is 
    partially
or totally obscured.

    (c) The slow-moving vehicle emblem required by paragraphs 
(a) and (b) of
this Section must meet or exceed the 
specifications and mounting
requirements
established by the 
Department. Such specifications and mounting
requirements 
shall, on and before August 31, 2004, be based on the

specifications adopted by the American
Society of Agricultural 
Engineers and published by that body as ASAE S
276.2 dated 
March, 1968 or as ASAE S 276.5. On and after September 1, 2004,

the specifications and mounting requirements shall be based on 
the
specifications adopted by the American Society of 
Agricultural Engineers and
published by that body as ASAE S 
276.5 NOV 97.  No advertising or other
marking
shall appear upon

the emblem except that specified by the American Society of 
Agricultural
Engineers to identify the standard to which the 
material complies.  Each
original package containing a 
slow-moving vehicle
emblem shall display a notice on the 
outside of the package stating
that such emblem shall only be 
used for the purposes stated in subsections
(a) and (b).

    (d) A slow-moving vehicle emblem is intended as a safety 
identification
device and shall not be displayed on any vehicle 
nor displayed in any
manner other than as described in 
paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of this
Section.  A slow-moving 
vehicle emblem may not be displayed in public view from a 
highway on an object other than a vehicle or unit described in 
subsection (a) of this Section or a vehicle required to display 
a slow-moving vehicle emblem under subsection (e) of Section 
11-1426.1 of this Code. A violation of this subsection (d) is a 
petty offense punishable by
a fine of $75 $25 for the first 
offense and $75 for a second or subsequent offense
within one 
year of the first offense.

(Source: P.A. 91-505, eff. 1-1-00; 92-72, eff. 1-1-02.)

 
 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
becoming law.