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1 AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 275
2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend Senate Bill 275 by replacing
3 the title with the following:
4 "AN ACT in relation to bicycles."; and
5 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the
6 following:
7 "Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by
8 changing Section 11-1502 as follows:
9 (625 ILCS 5/11-1502) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-1502)
10 Sec. 11-1502. (a) Traffic laws apply to persons riding
11 bicycles. Every person riding a bicycle upon a highway shall
12 be granted all of the rights and shall be subject to all of
13 the duties applicable to the driver of a vehicle by this
14 Code, except as to special regulations in this Article XV and
15 except as to those provisions of this Code which by their
16 nature can have no application.
17 (b) A person riding a bicycle is an intended and
18 permitted user of any highway in Illinois except for a
19 highway on which bicycle use has been specifically prohibited
20 by law and the prohibition is indicated by appropriate
21 signage. This subsection (b) does not create liability for
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1 any public entity for the failure to remedy any surface
2 condition of a public right-of-way that is hazardous to a
3 person riding a bicycle if that surface condition is not
4 hazardous to a motor vehicle. Except as expressly provided by
5 law, this subsection (b) does not impose an obligation to
6 upgrade, widen, or reengineer existing public rights-of-way
7 for use by bicyclists and does not impose an obligation to
8 maintain streets and highways to a higher standard for
9 bicylists.
10 (Source: P.A. 82-132.)".