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90_HB1115eng
625 ILCS 5/12-503 from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-503
Amends the Vehicle Code to delete an exemption from the
windshield obstruction prohibition for certain motor vehicles
owned, operated, or used by persons with a medical condition
that may require shielding from the direct rays of the sun,
as certified to by a licensed physician.
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1 AN ACT to amend the Illinois Vehicle Code by changing
2 Section 12-503.
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 12-503 as follows:
7 (625 ILCS 5/12-503) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-503)
8 Sec. 12-503. Windshields must be unobstructed and
9 equipped with wipers.
10 (a) No person shall drive a motor vehicle with any sign,
11 poster, window application, reflective material,
12 nonreflective material or tinted film upon the front
13 windshield, sidewings or side windows immediately adjacent to
14 each side of the driver. A nonreflective tinted film may be
15 used along the uppermost portion of the windshield if such
16 material does not extend more than 6 inches down from the top
17 of the windshield. Nothing in this Section shall create a
18 cause of action on behalf of a buyer against a dealer or
19 manufacturer who sells a motor vehicle with a window which is
20 in violation of this Section.
21 (b) Nothing contained in this Section shall prohibit the
22 use of nonreflective, smoked or tinted glass, nonreflective
23 film, perforated window screen or other decorative window
24 application on windows to the rear of the driver's seat,
25 except that any motor vehicle with a window to the rear of
26 the driver's seat treated in this manner shall be equipped
27 with a side mirror on each side of the motor vehicle which
28 are in conformance with Section 12-502.
29 (c) No person shall drive a motor vehicle with any
30 objects placed or suspended between the driver and the front
31 windshield, rear window, side wings or side windows
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1 immediately adjacent to each side of the driver which
2 materially obstructs the driver's view.
3 (d) Every motor vehicle, except motorcycles, shall be
4 equipped with a device, controlled by the driver, for
5 cleaning rain, snow, moisture or other obstructions from the
6 windshield; and no person shall drive a motor vehicle with
7 snow, ice, moisture or other material on any of the windows
8 or mirrors, which materially obstructs the driver's clear
9 view of the highway.
10 (e) No person shall drive a motor vehicle when the
11 windshield, side or rear windows are in such defective
12 condition or repair as to materially impair the driver's view
13 to the front, side or rear. A vehicle equipped with a side
14 mirror on each side of the vehicle which are in conformance
15 with Section 12-502 will be deemed to be in compliance in the
16 event the rear window of the vehicle is materially obscured.
17 (f) Paragraphs (a) and (b) of this Section shall not
18 apply to:
19 (1) motor vehicles manufactured prior to January 1,
20 1982; or
21 (2) to those motor vehicles properly registered in
22 another jurisdiction.
23 (g) Paragraph (a) of this Section shall not apply to any
24 motor vehicle with a window treatment, including but not
25 limited to a window application, reflective material,
26 nonreflective material, or tinted film, applied or affixed to
27 the motor vehicle for the purposes set forth in item (1) or
28 (2) before the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1997
29 and:
30 (1) that is owned and operated by a person
31 afflicted with or suffering from a medical illness,
32 ailment, or disease which would require that person to be
33 shielded from the direct rays of the sun; or
34 (2) that is used in transporting a person when the
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1 such person resides at the same address as the registered
2 owner of the vehicle and the such person is afflicted
3 with or suffering from a medical illness, ailment or
4 disease which would require the such person to be
5 shielded from the direct rays of the sun;
6 It must be certified by a physician licensed to
7 practice medicine in Illinois that such person owning and
8 operating or being transported in a motor vehicle is
9 afflicted with or suffers from such illness, ailment, or
10 disease and such certification must be carried in the
11 motor vehicle at all times. The certification shall be
12 legible and shall contain the date of issuance, the name,
13 address and signature of the attending physician, and the
14 name, address, and medical condition of the person
15 requiring exemption. The information on the certificate
16 for a window treatment applied or affixed before the
17 effective date of this amendatory Act of 1997 must remain
18 current and shall be renewed annually by the attending
19 physician, but in no event shall a certificate issued for
20 purposes of this subsection be valid on or after January
21 1, 2008. The person shall also submit a copy of the
22 certification to the Secretary of State. The Secretary of
23 State shall forward notice of certification to law
24 enforcement agencies.
25 This subsection shall not be construed to authorize
26 window treatments applied or affixed on or after the
27 effective date of this amendatory Act of 1997.
28 The exemption provided by this subsection (g) shall not
29 apply to any motor vehicle on and after January 1, 2008.
30 (h) Paragraph (a) of this Section shall not apply to
31 motor vehicle stickers or other certificates issued by State
32 or local authorities which are required to be displayed upon
33 motor vehicle windows to evidence compliance with
34 requirements concerning motor vehicles.
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1 (i) Those motor vehicles exempted under paragraph (f)(1)
2 of this Section shall not cause their windows to be treated
3 as described in paragraph (a) after January 1, 1993.
4 (j) A person found guilty of violating paragraphs (a),
5 (b), or (i) of this Section shall be guilty of a petty
6 offense and fined no less than $50 nor more than $500., A
7 second or subsequent violation of paragraphs (a), (b), or (i)
8 of this Section shall be treated as a Class C misdemeanor and
9 the violator fined no less than $100 nor more than $500. Any
10 person convicted under paragraphs (a), (b), or (i) of this
11 Section shall be ordered to alter any nonconforming windows
12 into compliance with this Section.
13 (Source: P.A. 87-1203; 88-52.)