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90_SB1196 625 ILCS 5/11-1429 new Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code to prohibit a person from operating, on a public roadway, a second division vehicle registered for a gross weight of 8,000 pounds or less while a person is in an unenclosed cargo area of the vehicle and the vehicle is in motion, with exceptions. LRB9005916NTsbA LRB9005916NTsbA 1 AN ACT to amend the Illinois Vehicle Code by adding 2 Section 11-1429. 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 adding Section 11-1429 as follows: 7 (625 ILCS 5/11-1429 new) 8 Sec. 11-1429. Passenger in cargo area prohibited. It is 9 unlawful for a person to operate, on a public roadway, a 10 second division vehicle registered for a gross weight of 11 8,000 pounds or less while a person is in an unenclosed cargo 12 area of the vehicle and the vehicle is in motion, except 13 during an emergency or if the vehicle is being used in a 14 parade. This Section does not apply to a person operating a 15 highway maintenance or construction vehicle or a vehicle used 16 exclusively for the vehicle owner's own agricultural, 17 horticultural, or livestock raising operations.