Bill Text: IL SB2014 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Chaptered
Bill Title: Amends the Department of Transportation Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Requires the Department of Transportation to develop a policy which ensures the safety of pedestrians and cyclists on roadways within the State. Establishes that improvements will be made during routine maintenance and within a distance of 1,000 feet of the maintenance work on any State road within a municipality to include high visibility signage, crosswalk improvements, curb bump outs, barrier protected bike lanes, and bus shelters. Requires the Department to submit a semi-annual report on pedestrian and bicycle safety improvements on non-highway State routes that have been initiated, are in progress, or are recently completed. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 17-2)
Status: (Passed) 2023-08-04 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0502 [SB2014 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-SB2014-Chaptered.html
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| Public Act 103-0502 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning transportation.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Department of Transportation Law of the
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Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by adding | ||||
Section 2705-625 as follows:
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(20 ILCS 2705/2705-625 new) | ||||
Sec. 2705-625. Safety improvements to State roads for | ||||
pedestrians and cyclists. The Department shall develop a | ||||
policy which ensures the safety of pedestrians and cyclists on | ||||
roadways within this State. The policy shall provide that | ||||
improvements will be made during routine maintenance and | ||||
within a distance of 500 feet of the maintenance work to any | ||||
State roads within a municipality to include, but not be | ||||
limited to, high visibility signage, crosswalk improvements, | ||||
curb bump outs, barrier protected bike lanes, and bus | ||||
shelters. | ||||
Beginning January 1, 2024, the Department shall provide a | ||||
semi-annual report to the General Assembly on pedestrian and | ||||
bicycle safety improvements on non-highway State routes that | ||||
have been initiated, are in progress, or are recently | ||||
completed. The Department shall provide the reports every June | ||||
30th and January 1st thereafter.
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