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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 adding 
5Sections 11-214 and 11-215 as follows:
 
6    (625 ILCS 5/11-214 new)
7    Sec. 11-214. Local government reporting.
8    (a) Local units of government shall report to the Illinois 
9Department of Transportation and the Department shall post on 
10its official website (i) all preferred truck routes under the 
11local unit of government's jurisdiction which are not 
12classified as Class II or Class III truck routes; and (ii) the 
13unit of local government's designated truck route network.
14    (b) If a local unit of government has no designated truck 
15routes or preferred truck routes described by subsection (a) 
16above, the local unit of government shall affirm to the 
17Department that it has no such truck routes. 
 
18    (625 ILCS 5/11-215 new)
19    Sec. 11-215. Secretary of State to provide information on 
20use of truck global positioning systems.
21    (a) The Secretary of State shall include in its commercial 
22drivers license curriculum and study guide the distinctions 
 
 
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1between utilizing a truck-attributed global positioning system 
2device and other non-truck-attributed global positioning 
3system devices.
4    (b) The Secretary of State shall develop a brochure 
5regarding  the distinctions between utilizing a 
6truck-attributed global positioning system device and other 
7non-truck-attributed global positioning system devices and 
8shall make this brochure available at all Secretary of State 
9facilities where an applicant may obtain or renew a commercial 
10drivers license. 
  
 
11    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January 
121, 2012.