Bill Text: IL HB3233 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 14-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2020-04-12 - Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments [HB3233 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-HB3233-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 14-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2020-04-12 - Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments [HB3233 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-HB3233-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,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by changing | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | Sections 2-112 and 6-109 as follows:
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6 | (625 ILCS 5/2-112) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 2-112)
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7 | Sec. 2-112. Distribution of synopsis laws.
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8 | (a) The Secretary of State may publish a synopsis or | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | summary of the laws of
this State regulating the operation of | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | vehicles and may deliver a copy
thereof without charge with | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | each original vehicle registration and with
each original | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | driver's license.
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13 | (b) The Secretary of State shall make any necessary | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | revisions in its publications including, but not limited to, | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | the Illinois Rules of the Road, to accurately conform its | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | publications to the provisions of the Pedestrians with | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | Disabilities Safety Act. | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | (c) The Secretary of State shall include, in the Illinois | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | Rules of the Road publication, information advising drivers to | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | use the Dutch Reach method when opening a vehicle door after | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | parallel parking on a street (checking the rear-view mirror, | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | checking the side-view mirror, then opening the door with the | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | right hand, thereby reducing the risk of injuring a bicyclist |
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1 | or opening the door in the path a vehicle approaching from | ||||||
2 | behind). | ||||||
3 | (d) The Secretary of State shall include, in the Illinois | ||||||
4 | Rules of the Road publication, information advising drivers how | ||||||
5 | to safely share the road with large trucks, including how to | ||||||
6 | safely pass a large truck, how to give trucks appropriate space | ||||||
7 | when they are making a right-hand turn, and how to avoid the | ||||||
8 | blind spots around a large truck known as the "No Zone". | ||||||
9 | (Source: P.A. 100-770, eff. 1-1-19; 100-962, eff. 1-1-19 .)
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