Bill Text: IL HB3598 | 2025-2026 | 104th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Prohibits an animal drawn vehicle, farm tractor, implement of husbandry, or special mobile equipment from operating on a public roadway in the State with a corn head attachment affixed to the animal drawn vehicle, farm tractor, implement of husbandry, or special mobile equipment.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2025-02-07 - Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Jackie Haas [HB3598 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2025-HB3598-Introduced.html
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| 1 | AN ACT concerning transportation.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | changing Section 12-205.1 as follows:
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| 6 | (625 ILCS 5/12-205.1) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-205.1) | |||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Sec. 12-205.1. Implements of husbandry or slow-moving | |||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | vehicles; display -Display of amber signal lamp; corn head | |||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | attachment. Every animal drawn vehicle, farm tractor, | |||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | implement of husbandry, and special mobile equipment, except | |||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | when used for road construction or maintenance within the | |||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | limits of a construction or maintenance project where traffic | |||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | control devices are used in compliance with the applicable | |||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | provisions of the manual and specifications adopted under | |||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | Section 11-301 of the Illinois Vehicle Code, when operated on | |||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | a highway during a time when lighted lamps are required by | |||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | Section 12-201 of this Chapter, shall display to the rear at | |||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | least one flashing amber signal lamp mounted as high as | |||||||||||||||||||
| 19 | practicable and of sufficient intensity to be visible for a | |||||||||||||||||||
| 20 | distance of at least 500 feet in normal sunlight; provided, | |||||||||||||||||||
| 21 | that only the rearmost vehicle of a combination of vehicles | |||||||||||||||||||
| 22 | coupled together need display such lamp. The flashing amber | |||||||||||||||||||
| 23 | signal lamp may be operated lighted during daylight hours when | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | other lamps are not required to be lighted when vehicles | ||||||
| 2 | authorized in this Section are operated on a highway. | ||||||
| 3 | Implements of husbandry manufactured on or after January 1, | ||||||
| 4 | 2003 and operated on public roads between sunset and sunrise | ||||||
| 5 | shall display markings and lighting that meet or exceed the | ||||||
| 6 | design, performance, and mounting specifications adopted by | ||||||
| 7 | the American Society of Agricultural Engineers and published | ||||||
| 8 | by that body as ASAE S279.11 APR01. | ||||||
| 9 | No animal drawn vehicle, farm tractor, implement of | ||||||
| 10 | husbandry, or special mobile equipment shall operate on a | ||||||
| 11 | public roadway in this State with a corn head attachment | ||||||
| 12 | affixed to the animal drawn vehicle, farm tractor, implement | ||||||
| 13 | of husbandry, or special mobile equipment. | ||||||
| 14 | (Source: P.A. 91-505, eff. 1-1-00; 92-820, eff. 8-21-02.) | ||||||