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 1                    AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1503

 2        AMENDMENT NO.     .  Amend Senate Bill 1503 as follows:

 3    by replacing the title with the following:
 4        "AN ACT to amend the Illinois Vehicle  Code  by  changing
 5    Sections 13-102.1, 13-109.1, and 13-114."; and

 6    by  replacing  everything  after the enacting clause with the
 7    following:

 8        "Section 5.  The Illinois  Vehicle  Code  is  amended  by
 9    changing Sections 13-102.1, 13-109.1, and 13-114 as follows:

10        (625 ILCS 5/13-102.1)
11        (This  Section  may contain text from a Public Act with a
12    delayed effective date)
13        Sec.   13-102.1.    Diesel   powered   vehicle   emission
14    inspection report.  Beginning July 1, 2000, the Department of
15    Transportation and the Department of State Police shall  each
16    conduct  an  annual  study  concerned  with  the  results  of
17    emission  inspections  for diesel powered vehicles registered
18    for a gross weight of more than 16,000  pounds  or  having  a
19    gross  vehicle weight rating of more than 16,000 pounds.  The
20    studies study shall be reported to the  General  Assembly  by
21    June  30,  2001,  and  every June 30 thereafter.  The studies
 
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 1    study shall  also  be  sent  to  the  Illinois  Environmental
 2    Protection Agency for its use in environmental matters.
 3        The  studies  shall  include,  but not be limited to, the
 4    following information:
 5             (a)  the number of diesel powered vehicles that were
 6        inspected  for  emission  compliance  by  the  respective
 7        departments  pursuant  to  this  Chapter  13  during  the
 8        previous year;
 9             (b)  the number  of  diesel  powered  vehicles  that
10        failed  and  passed the emission inspections conducted by
11        the respective  departments  required  pursuant  to  this
12        Chapter 13 during the previous year; and
13             (c)  the  number  of  diesel  powered  vehicles that
14        failed  the  emission  inspections   conducted   by   the
15        respective  departments  pursuant to this Chapter 13 more
16        than once in the previous year.
17    (Source: P.A. 91-254, eff. 7-1-00.)

18        (625 ILCS 5/13-109.1)
19        (This Section may contain text from a Public Act  with  a
20    delayed effective date)
21        Sec.   13-109.1.    Annual   and   nonscheduled  emission
22    inspection tests; standards; penalties; funds.
23        (a)  For  each  diesel  powered  vehicle  that   (i)   is
24    registered  for  a  gross  weight of more than 16,000 pounds,
25    (ii) is registered within an affected area, and (iii) is a  2
26    year  or older model year, an annual emission inspection test
27    shall be conducted at an official testing  station  certified
28    by  the  Illinois  Department  of  Transportation  to perform
29    diesel emission inspections pursuant  to  the  standards  set
30    forth  in  subsection  (b)  of  this  Section.   This  annual
31    emission inspection test may be conducted in conjunction with
32    a semi-annual safety test.
33        (a-5)  Beginning October 1, 2000, the Department of State
 
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 1    Police   is   authorized  to  perform  nonscheduled  emission
 2    inspections for cause, at any place within an affected  area,
 3    of  any  diesel  powered  vehicles  that  are operated on the
 4    roadways of this State, and are registered for a gross weight
 5    of more than 16,000 pounds or have  a  gross  vehicle  weight
 6    rating  of  more  than  16,000 pounds.  The inspections shall
 7    adhere  to  the  procedures  and  standards  set   forth   in
 8    subsection  (b).   These  nonscheduled  emission  inspections
 9    shall be conducted by the Department of State Police at weigh
10    stations,  roadside,  or  other safe and reasonable locations
11    within an affected area.  Before any  person  may  inspect  a
12    diesel  vehicle  under  this  Section, he or she must receive
13    adequate  training  and  certification  for  diesel  emission
14    inspections  by  the  Department  of   State   Police.    The
15    Department of State Police shall adopt rules for the training
16    and certification of persons who conduct emission inspections
17    under this Section.
18        (b)  Diesel  emission  inspections  conducted  under this
19    Chapter 13 shall be conducted in accordance with the  Society
20    of    Automotive   Engineers   Recommended   Practice   J1667
21    "Snap-Acceleration Smoke Test Procedure for Heavy-Duty Diesel
22    Powered Vehicles" and the cutpoint standards set forth in the
23    United  States  Environmental  Protection   Agency   guidance
24    document "Guidance to States on Smoke Opacity Cutpoints to be
25    used  with the SAE J1667 In-Use Smoke Test Procedure".  Those
26    procedures and standards, as now in effect, are made  a  part
27    of  this Code, in the same manner as though they were set out
28    in full in this Code.
29        Notwithstanding the above cutpoint standards,  for  motor
30    vehicles  that are model years 1973 and older, until December
31    31, 2002, the level of peak smoke opacity shall not exceed 70
32    percent.  Beginning January 1, 2003, for motor vehicles  that
33    are  model  years  1973  and  older,  the level of peak smoke
34    opacity shall not exceed 55 percent.
 
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 1        (c)  If the annual emission inspection  under  subsection
 2    (a)  reveals  that  the vehicle is not in compliance with the
 3    diesel emission standards set forth in subsection (b) of this
 4    Section, the operator of the official testing  station  shall
 5    issue a warning notice requiring correction of the violation.
 6    The  correction shall be made and the vehicle submitted to an
 7    emissions retest at an official testing station certified  by
 8    the  Department to perform diesel emission inspections within
 9    30 days from the issuance of  the  warning  notice  requiring
10    correction of the violation.
11        If,  within  30  days  from  the  issuance of the warning
12    notice, the vehicle is not  in  compliance  with  the  diesel
13    emission  standards set forth in subsection (b) as determined
14    by an emissions retest at an official  testing  station,  the
15    operator  of  the  official testing station or the Department
16    shall place the vehicle out-of-service in accordance with the
17    rules promulgated by the Department. Operating a vehicle that
18    has been placed out-of-service under this subsection (c) is a
19    petty offense punishable by a $1,000 fine. The  vehicle  must
20    pass  a  diesel  emission  inspection  at an official testing
21    station before it is again placed in service.  The  Secretary
22    of   State,   Department  of  State  Police,  and  other  law
23    enforcement officers shall enforce this Section. No emergency
24    vehicle,  as  defined  in  Section  1-105,  may   be   placed
25    out-of-service pursuant to this Section.
26        The Department or an official testing station may issue a
27    certificate  of  waiver  subsequent  to  a  reinspection of a
28    vehicle that failed the emissions inspection.  Certificate of
29    waiver shall be issued  upon  determination  that  documented
30    proof  demonstrates  that  emissions  repair  costs  for  the
31    noncompliant vehicle of at least $3,000 have been spent in an
32    effort  to achieve compliance with the emission standards set
33    forth in subsection (b).  The  Department  of  Transportation
34    shall  adopt  rules for the implementation of this subsection
 
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 1    including standards  of  documented  proof  as  well  as  the
 2    criteria by which a waiver shall be granted.
 3        (c-5)  If  a  nonscheduled  inspection  reveals  that the
 4    vehicle  is  not  in  compliance  with  the  diesel  emission
 5    standards set forth in subsection (b), the  operator  of  the
 6    vehicle  is  guilty  of  a petty offense punishable by a $400
 7    fine, and a State Police officer shall issue a citation for a
 8    violation of the standards. A third or  subsequent  violation
 9    within  one  year  of  the first violation is a petty offense
10    punishable by a $1,000  fine.  An  operator  who  receives  a
11    citation  under  this subsection shall not, within 30 days of
12    the initial citation, receive a second or subsequent citation
13    for operating the same vehicle in violation of  the  emission
14    standards set forth in subsection (b).
15        (d)  There  is hereby created within the State Treasury a
16    special fund to be known  as  the  Diesel  Emissions  Testing
17    Fund,  constituted  from  the  fines  collected  pursuant  to
18    subsections subsection (c) and (c-5) of this Section. Subject
19    to  appropriation,  moneys  from the Diesel Emissions Testing
20    Fund  shall  be  available,  as  a   supplement   to   moneys
21    appropriated from the General Revenue Fund, to the Department
22    of  Transportation  and  the  Department  of State Police for
23    their its implementation of the  diesel  emission  inspection
24    requirements  under this Chapter 13. All moneys received from
25    fines imposed under this  Section  shall  be  paid  into  the
26    Diesel  Emissions Testing Fund. All citations issued pursuant
27    to this Section shall be  considered  non-moving  violations.
28    The  Department of Transportation and the Department of State
29    Police are is authorized to  promulgate  rules  to  implement
30    their its responsibilities under this Section.
31    (Source: P.A. 91-254, eff. 7-1-00.)

32        (625 ILCS 5/13-114) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 13-114)
33        (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 91-254)
 
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 1        Sec.   13-114.   Interstate  carriers  of  property.  Any
 2    vehicle registered in Illinois and operated by an  interstate
 3    carrier  of  property  shall be exempt from the provisions of
 4    this Chapter provided such carrier has  registered  with  the
 5    Bureau  of  Motor  Carrier  Safety  of  the  Federal  Highway
 6    Administration as an interstate motor carrier of property and
 7    has been assigned a federal census number by such Bureau.  An
 8    interstate  carrier  of property, however, is not exempt from
 9    the provisions of Section 13-111(b) of this Chapter.
10        Any vehicle registered in  Illinois  and  operated  by  a
11    private  interstate  carrier of property shall be exempt from
12    the provisions of this  Chapter,  except  the  provisions  of
13    Section 13-111(b), provided it:
14        1.  Is registered with the Bureau of Motor Carrier Safety
15    of the Federal Highway Administration, and
16        2.  Carries  in the motor vehicle documentation issued by
17    the Bureau of Motor Carrier Safety  of  the  Federal  Highway
18    Administration displaying the federal census number assigned,
19    and
20        3.  Displays on the sides of the motor vehicle the census
21    number,  which  must  be  no  less than 2 inches high, with a
22    brush stroke no less than 1/4  inch  wide  in  a  contrasting
23    color.
24    (Source: P.A. 85-1407.)

25        (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 91-254)
26        Sec.   13-114.   Interstate  carriers  of  property.  Any
27    vehicle registered in Illinois and operated by an  interstate
28    carrier  of  property  shall be exempt from the provisions of
29    this Chapter provided such carrier has  registered  with  the
30    Bureau  of  Motor  Carrier  Safety  of  the  Federal  Highway
31    Administration as an interstate motor carrier of property and
32    has been assigned a federal census number by such Bureau.  An
33    interstate  carrier  of property, however, is not exempt from
34    the provisions of Section 13-111(b) of this Chapter.
 
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 1        Any vehicle registered in  Illinois  and  operated  by  a
 2    private  interstate  carrier of property shall be exempt from
 3    the provisions of this  Chapter,  except  the  provisions  of
 4    Section 13-111(b), provided it:
 5             1.  is  registered  with the Bureau of Motor Carrier
 6        Safety of the Federal Highway Administration, and
 7             2.  carries  in  the  motor  vehicle   documentation
 8        issued  by  the  Bureau  of  Motor  Carrier Safety of the
 9        Federal Highway  Administration  displaying  the  federal
10        census number assigned, and
11             3.  displays  on  the sides of the motor vehicle the
12        census number, which must be no less than 2 inches  high,
13        with  a  brush  stroke  no  less  than 1/4 inch wide in a
14        contrasting color.
15        Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section, each
16    diesel powered vehicle that is registered for a gross  weight
17    of  more  than  16,000  pounds  or has a gross vehicle weight
18    rating of more than  16,000  pounds,  registered  within  the
19    affected  area, and that is operated by an interstate carrier
20    of property or  a  private  interstate  carrier  of  property
21    within the affected area is subject only to the provisions of
22    this  Chapter  that  pertain  to nonscheduled diesel emission
23    inspections.
24    (Source: P.A. 91-254, eff. 7-1-00.)

25        Section 95.  No acceleration or delay.   Where  this  Act
26    makes changes in a statute that is represented in this Act by
27    text  that  is not yet or no longer in effect (for example, a
28    Section represented by multiple versions), the  use  of  that
29    text  does  not  accelerate or delay the taking effect of (i)
30    the changes made by this Act or (ii) provisions derived  from
31    any other Public Act.

32        Section  99.   Effective  date.  This Act takes effect on
 
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 1    July 1, 2000.".

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