Bill Text: IL HB0878 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Engrossed
Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that a municipality or unit of local government may erect and maintain a specialized traffic control device at an intersection where an emergency response vehicle enters the roadway or within 1,000 feet from a structure where such vehicles are stored. Allows the specialized traffic control device to be controlled by the emergency response unit or fire station as the emergency response vehicle enters or exits traffic.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: (Engrossed) 2023-06-26 - Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments [HB0878 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-HB0878-Engrossed.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 adding | ||||||
| 5 | Section 11-306.1 as follows:
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| 6 | (625 ILCS 5/11-306.1 new) | ||||||
| 7 | Sec. 11-306.1. Specialized traffic control devices. A | ||||||
| 8 | municipality or unit of local government may erect and | ||||||
| 9 | maintain a specialized traffic control device at an | ||||||
| 10 | intersection where an emergency response vehicle enters the | ||||||
| 11 | roadway or within 1,000 feet from a structure where such | ||||||
| 12 | vehicles are stored. The specialized traffic control device | ||||||
| 13 | may be controlled by the emergency response unit or fire | ||||||
| 14 | station as the emergency response vehicle enters or exits | ||||||
| 15 | traffic.
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