SB1347 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
SB1347

Introduced 2/5/2013, by Sen. Martin A. Sandoval

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

625 ILCS 5/11-1001

from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-1001

Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Makes a technical change in a Section regarding pedestrians.

A BILL FOR

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 11-1001 as follows:

(625 ILCS 5/11-1001) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-1001)

Sec. 11-1001. Pedestrian obedience to to traffic control devices and traffic regulations.

(a) A pedestrian shall obey the instructions of any official traffic control device specifically applicable to him, unless otherwise directed by a police officer.

(b) Pedestrians shall be subject to traffic and pedestrian control signals provided in Sections 11-306 and 11-307 of this Chapter, but at all other places pedestrians shall be accorded the privileges and shall be subject to the restrictions stated in this Article.

(Source: P.A. 76-1734.)