Bill Text: IL SB3309 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that the authority having maintenance jurisdiction over publicly owned paved bicycle trails in the State shall erect permanent regulatory or warning signage alerting pedestrians or cyclists of highway crossings, unless the intersection where the trail crosses the highway is controlled by an official traffic control device or sign. Provides that if the authority having maintenance jurisdiction over publicly owned bicycle trails has actual knowledge of an emergency or safety hazard that creates a dangerous condition on a publicly owned paved bicycle trail, the authority shall take reasonable steps to erect temporary signage or other warning markers, including, but not limited to, cones, barricades, or drums, alerting pedestrians or cyclists of the dangerous condition. Makes other changes.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-04-19 - Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 3, 2024 [SB3309 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-SB3309-Introduced.html

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 SB3309 Introduced 2/7/2024, by Sen. Mike Simmons SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
625 ILCS 5/11-315
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that the authority having maintenance jurisdiction over publicly owned paved bicycle trails in the State shall erect permanent regulatory or warning signage alerting pedestrians or cyclists of highway crossings, unless the intersection where the trail crosses the highway is controlled by an official traffic control device or sign. Provides that if the authority having maintenance jurisdiction over publicly owned bicycle trails has actual knowledge of an emergency or safety hazard that creates a dangerous condition on a publicly owned paved bicycle trail, the authority shall take reasonable steps to erect temporary signage or other warning markers, including, but not limited to, cones, barricades, or drums, alerting pedestrians or cyclists of the dangerous condition. Makes other changes.
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A BILL FOR
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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
changing Section 11-315 as follows:
(625 ILCS 5/11-315)
Sec. 11-315. Paved bicycle trail signage. For the
purposes of this Section, "paved bicycle trail" includes
trails accommodating bicycle traffic composed of aggregate,
asphalt, bituminous treatment, concrete, crushed limestone, or
any combination thereof. The authority having maintenance
jurisdiction over publicly owned paved bicycle trails in the
State shall erect permanent regulatory or warning signage
alerting pedestrians or cyclists of highway crossings, unless
the intersection where the trail crosses the highway is
controlled by an official traffic control device or sign. If
the authority having maintenance jurisdiction over publicly
owned bicycle trails has actual knowledge of an emergency or
safety hazard that creates a dangerous condition on a publicly
owned paved bicycle trail, the authority shall take reasonable
steps to erect temporary signage or other warning markers,
including, but not limited to, cones, barricades, or drums,
alerting pedestrians or cyclists cyclist of the dangerous

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