Bill Text: IL HB5832 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that the provision requiring the driver of a vehicle approaching a traffic-control signal on which no signal light facing such vehicle is illuminated to stop before entering the intersection does not apply to the driver of a vehicle approaching a pedestrian hybrid beacon. Defines "pedestrian hybrid beacon" as a traffic-control device used to warn and control traffic, at locations that are otherwise without a traffic-control signal, to assist pedestrians in crossing a street or highway at a marked crosswalk.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-11-30 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Fred Crespo [HB5832 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2021-HB5832-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 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | changing Section 11-305 and by adding Section 1-158.2 as | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | follows:
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| 7 | (625 ILCS 5/1-158.2 new) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Sec. 1-158.2. Pedestrian hybrid beacon. A traffic-control | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | device used to warn and control traffic, at locations that are | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | otherwise without a traffic-control signal, to assist | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | pedestrians in crossing a street or highway at a marked | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | crosswalk.
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| 13 | (625 ILCS 5/11-305) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-305)
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| 14 | Sec. 11-305. Obedience to and required
traffic-control | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | devices. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | (a) The driver of any vehicle
shall obey the instructions | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | of any official
traffic-control device applicable thereto
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| 18 | placed or held in accordance with the provisions of this Act,
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| 19 | unless otherwise directed by a police officer, subject to the
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| 20 | exceptions granted the driver of an authorized emergency | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 21 | vehicle
in this Act.
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| 22 | (b) It is unlawful for any person to leave the roadway
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| 1 | travel across private property to avoid an official
traffic | ||||||
| 2 | control device.
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| 3 | (c) No provision of this Act for which official
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| 4 | traffic-control devices are required shall
be enforced against | ||||||
| 5 | an alleged violator if at the time and
place of the alleged | ||||||
| 6 | violation an official device is not in
proper position and | ||||||
| 7 | sufficiently legible to be seen by an
ordinarily observant | ||||||
| 8 | person. Whenever a particular section does not
state that | ||||||
| 9 | official traffic-control devices
are required, such section | ||||||
| 10 | shall be effective even though no devices
are erected or in | ||||||
| 11 | place.
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| 12 | (d) Whenever any official traffic-control device is placed | ||||||
| 13 | or held in
position approximately conforming to the | ||||||
| 14 | requirements of this Act and
purports to conform to the lawful | ||||||
| 15 | requirements pertaining to such device,
such device shall be | ||||||
| 16 | presumed to have been so placed or held by the
official act or | ||||||
| 17 | direction of lawful authority, and comply with the
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| 18 | requirements of this Act, unless the contrary shall be | ||||||
| 19 | established by
competent evidence.
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| 20 | (e) The driver of a vehicle approaching a traffic control | ||||||
| 21 | signal on
which no signal light facing such vehicle is | ||||||
| 22 | illuminated shall stop before
entering the intersection in | ||||||
| 23 | accordance with rules applicable in making a
stop at a stop | ||||||
| 24 | sign. This provision does not apply to the driver of a vehicle | ||||||
| 25 | approaching a pedestrian hybrid beacon.
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| 26 | (f) Any violation of subsection (a) that occurs within a | ||||||
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| 1 | designated highway construction zone or maintenance zone shall | ||||||
| 2 | result in a fine of no less than $100 and no more than $1,000. | ||||||
| 3 | (Source: P.A. 101-172, eff. 1-1-20.)
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