Bill Text: IL HB1377 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Chaptered


Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that local units of government shall report to the Illinois Department of Transportation and the Department shall post on its official website all preferred truck routes under the local unit of government's jurisdiction which are not classified as Class II or Class III truck routes. Provides that local units of government shall report their designated truck route network or lack of truck routes to the Illinois Department of Transportation. Provides that the Secretary of State shall include in its commercial drivers license curriculum and study guide, and in materials relating to obtaining or renewing a commercial drivers license, the distinctions between utilizing a truck-attributed global positioning system device and other non-truck-attributed global positioning system devices. Effective January 1, 2012.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 4-2)

Status: (Passed) 2011-08-11 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0291 [HB1377 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2011-HB1377-Chaptered.html



Public Act 097-0291
HB1377 EnrolledLRB097 08045 HEP 48168 b
AN ACT concerning transportation.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by adding
Sections 11-214 and 11-215 as follows:
(625 ILCS 5/11-214 new)
Sec. 11-214. Local government reporting.
(a) Local units of government shall report to the Illinois
Department of Transportation and the Department shall post on
its official website (i) all preferred truck routes under the
local unit of government's jurisdiction which are not
classified as Class II or Class III truck routes; and (ii) the
unit of local government's designated truck route network.
(b) If a local unit of government has no designated truck
routes or preferred truck routes described by subsection (a)
above, the local unit of government shall affirm to the
Department that it has no such truck routes.
(625 ILCS 5/11-215 new)
Sec. 11-215. Secretary of State to provide information on
use of truck global positioning systems.
(a) The Secretary of State shall include in its commercial
drivers license curriculum and study guide the distinctions
between utilizing a truck-attributed global positioning system
device and other non-truck-attributed global positioning
system devices.
(b) The Secretary of State shall develop a brochure
regarding the distinctions between utilizing a
truck-attributed global positioning system device and other
non-truck-attributed global positioning system devices and
shall make this brochure available at all Secretary of State
facilities where an applicant may obtain or renew a commercial
drivers license.
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