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| | 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB2464 Introduced 2/15/2023, by Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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| 625 ILCS 5/1-158.2 new | | 625 ILCS 5/11-305 | from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-305 |
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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.
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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
and |
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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 |