102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB3856

 

Introduced 2/22/2021, by Rep. Mike Murphy

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
625 ILCS 5/11-1204  from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-1204

    Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that a driver approaching a stop intersection indicated by a stop sign shall stop before entering the crosswalk on the near side of the intersection.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning transportation.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by
5changing Section 11-1204 as follows:
 
6    (625 ILCS 5/11-1204)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-1204)
7    Sec. 11-1204. Stop and yield signs.
8    (a) Preferential right-of-way at an intersection may be
9indicated by stop signs or yield signs as authorized in
10Section 11-302 of this Act.
11    (b) Except when directed to proceed by a police officer or
12traffic control signal, every driver of a vehicle and every
13motorman of a streetcar approaching a stop intersection
14indicated by a stop sign shall stop before entering the
15crosswalk on the near side of the intersection or, in the event
16there is no crosswalk, shall stop at a clearly marked stop
17line, but if none, before entering the crosswalk on the near
18side of the intersection, or if none, then at the point nearest
19the intersection roadway where the driver has a view of
20approaching traffic on the intersecting roadway before
21entering the intersection.
22    (c) The driver of a vehicle approaching a yield sign if
23required for safety to stop shall stop before entering the

 

 

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1crosswalk on the near side of the intersection or, in the event
2there is no crosswalk, at a clearly marked stop line, but if
3none, then at the point nearest the intersecting roadway where
4the driver has a view of approaching traffic on the
5intersecting roadway.
6(Source: P.A. 76-1586.)