Bill Text: IL SB2504 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that a pedestrian may traverse over a pedestrian walkway crossing a railroad track in order to reach a waiting train, provided that the waiting train is stationary and no other trains are approaching, the pedestrian does not cross the same track as the waiting train, or a railroad employee indicates that it is safe to cross the track.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [SB2504 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-SB2504-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 | Section 11-1011 as follows:
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| 6 | (625 ILCS 5/11-1011) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-1011)
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| 7 | Sec. 11-1011. Bridge and railroad signals.
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| 8 | (a) No pedestrian
shall enter or remain
upon any bridge or | |||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | approach thereto beyond the bridge signal, gate, or
barrier | |||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | after a bridge operation signal indication has been given.
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| 11 | (b) No pedestrian shall pass through, around, over, or | |||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | under any
crossing gate or barrier at a railroad grade crossing | |||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | or bridge while such
gate or barrier is closed or is being | |||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | opened or closed.
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| 15 | (c) No pedestrian shall enter, remain upon or traverse over | |||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | a railroad
grade crossing or pedestrian walkway crossing a | |||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | railroad track when an
audible bell or clearly visible electric | |||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | or mechanical signal device is
operational giving warning of | |||||||||||||||||||
| 19 | the presence, approach, passage, or
departure of a
railroad | |||||||||||||||||||
| 20 | train or railroad track equipment. Notwithstanding this | |||||||||||||||||||
| 21 | subsection (c), a pedestrian may traverse over a pedestrian | |||||||||||||||||||
| 22 | walkway crossing a railroad track in order to reach a waiting | |||||||||||||||||||
| 23 | train, provided that the waiting train is stationary and no | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | other trains are approaching, the pedestrian does not cross the | ||||||
| 2 | same track as the waiting train, or a railroad employee | ||||||
| 3 | indicates that it is safe to cross the track.
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| 4 | (d) A violation of any part of this Section is a petty | ||||||
| 5 | offense for
which a $250 fine shall be imposed for a first | ||||||
| 6 | violation, and a $500 fine shall
be imposed for a
second or | ||||||
| 7 | subsequent violation. The court may impose 25 hours of | ||||||
| 8 | community
service in place of the $250
fine for a
first | ||||||
| 9 | violation.
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| 10 | (e) Local authorities shall impose fines as established in | ||||||
| 11 | subsection (d)
for pedestrians who fail to obey signals | ||||||
| 12 | indicating the presence,
approach, passage, or
departure of
a | ||||||
| 13 | train or railroad track equipment.
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| 14 | (Source: P.A. 96-1244, eff. 1-1-11.)
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