HB2675 - 104th General Assembly
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| 1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2675 | ||||||
| 2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2675 by replacing | ||||||
| 3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following: | ||||||
| 4 | "Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by | ||||||
| 5 | changing Section 11-315 as follows: | ||||||
| 6 | (625 ILCS 5/11-315) | ||||||
| 7 | Sec. 11-315. Paved bicycle trail signage. For the purposes | ||||||
| 8 | of this Section, "paved bicycle trail" includes trails | ||||||
| 9 | accommodating bicycle traffic composed of aggregate, asphalt, | ||||||
| 10 | bituminous treatment, concrete, crushed limestone, or any | ||||||
| 11 | combination thereof. The authority having maintenance | ||||||
| 12 | jurisdiction over publicly owned paved bicycle trails in the | ||||||
| 13 | State shall erect permanent regulatory or warning signage | ||||||
| 14 | alerting pedestrians or cyclists of highway crossings, unless | ||||||
| 15 | the crossing is controlled by an official traffic control | ||||||
| 16 | device or sign. If the authority having maintenance | ||||||
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| 1 | jurisdiction over publicly owned bicycle trails has actual | ||||||
| 2 | knowledge of an emergency or safety hazard that creates a | ||||||
| 3 | dangerous condition on a publicly owned paved bicycle trail, | ||||||
| 4 | the authority shall take reasonable steps to erect temporary | ||||||
| 5 | signage or other warning markers, including, but not limited | ||||||
| 6 | to, cones, barricades, or drums, alerting pedestrians or | ||||||
| 7 | cyclists cyclist of the dangerous condition. The Department | ||||||
| 8 | with reference to State highways under its jurisdiction, and | ||||||
| 9 | the local authority with reference to other highways under its | ||||||
| 10 | jurisdiction, shall erect or install permanent signage or | ||||||
| 11 | markings warning vehicular traffic in advance of bicycle trail | ||||||
| 12 | crossings, unless the highway approaches to the crossing are | ||||||
| 13 | controlled by an official traffic control device. Permanent | ||||||
| 14 | signage erected or installed along the highways to warn | ||||||
| 15 | vehicular traffic as part of this Section shall conform with | ||||||
| 16 | the State manual and permanent advanced warning signage shall | ||||||
| 17 | be located at least 150 feet in advance of the crossing. This | ||||||
| 18 | Section shall not apply to rustic or primitive trails. | ||||||
| 19 | (Source: P.A. 103-386, eff. 1-1-24.)". | ||||||
