Full Text of HB2383 101st General Assembly
HB2383 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2019 and 2020 HB2383 Introduced , by Rep. Lindsay Parkhurst SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| 625 ILCS 5/11-909 new | | 625 ILCS 5/11-1002 | from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-1002 | 625 ILCS 5/11-1002.5 | |
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Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that any person who fails to yield a right-of-way and causes an accident causing great bodily harm to or the death of any person shall have his or her driver's license suspended for a period of one year. Effective immediately.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning transportation.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by changing | 5 | | Sections 11-1002 and 11-1002.5 and by adding Section 11-909 as | 6 | | follows: | 7 | | (625 ILCS 5/11-909 new) | 8 | | Sec. 11-909. Failure to yield a right-of-way causing bodily | 9 | | harm or death. Any person who violates a provision of this | 10 | | Article shall have his or her driver's license suspended for a | 11 | | period of one year if the violation results in an accident | 12 | | causing great bodily harm to or the death of any person.
| 13 | | (625 ILCS 5/11-1002) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-1002)
| 14 | | Sec. 11-1002. Pedestrians' right-of-way at crosswalks. | 15 | | (a) When
traffic control signals are not in place or not in | 16 | | operation the driver of
a vehicle shall stop and yield the | 17 | | right-of-way to a pedestrian crossing the roadway within a | 18 | | crosswalk when the pedestrian
is upon the half of the roadway | 19 | | upon which the vehicle is traveling, or when
the pedestrian is | 20 | | approaching so closely from the opposite half of the roadway
as | 21 | | to be in danger.
| 22 | | (b) No pedestrian shall suddenly leave a curb or other |
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| 1 | | place of safety
and walk or run into the path of a moving | 2 | | vehicle which is so close as to
constitute an immediate hazard.
| 3 | | (c) Paragraph (a) shall not apply under the condition | 4 | | stated in Section
11-1003(b).
| 5 | | (d) Whenever any vehicle is stopped at a marked crosswalk
| 6 | | or at any unmarked crosswalk at an intersection to permit a | 7 | | pedestrian to
cross the roadway, the driver of any other | 8 | | vehicle approaching from the rear
shall not overtake and pass | 9 | | such stopped vehicle.
| 10 | | (e) Whenever stop signs or flashing red signals are in
| 11 | | place at an intersection or at a plainly marked crosswalk | 12 | | between
intersections, drivers shall yield right-of-way to | 13 | | pedestrians as
set forth in Section 11-904 of this Chapter.
| 14 | | (f) Any person who violates a provision of this Section | 15 | | shall have his or her driver's license suspended for a period | 16 | | of one year if the violation results in an accident causing | 17 | | great bodily harm to or the death of any person. | 18 | | (Source: P.A. 96-1165, eff. 7-22-10.)
| 19 | | (625 ILCS 5/11-1002.5) | 20 | | (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 100-987 )
| 21 | | Sec. 11-1002.5. Pedestrians' right-of-way at crosswalks; | 22 | | school zones. | 23 | | (a) For the purpose of this Section, "school" has the | 24 | | meaning ascribed to that term in Section 11-605.
| 25 | | On a school day when school children are present and so |
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| 1 | | close
thereto
that a potential hazard exists because of the | 2 | | close proximity of the motorized
traffic and when
traffic | 3 | | control signals are not in place or not in operation, the | 4 | | driver of
a vehicle shall stop and yield the right-of-way to a | 5 | | pedestrian crossing the roadway within a crosswalk when the | 6 | | pedestrian
is upon the half of the roadway upon which the | 7 | | vehicle is traveling, or when
the pedestrian is approaching so | 8 | | closely from the opposite half of the roadway
as to be in | 9 | | danger.
| 10 | | For the purpose of this Section, a school day shall begin | 11 | | at seven ante
meridian and shall conclude at four post | 12 | | meridian.
| 13 | | This Section shall not be applicable unless appropriate | 14 | | signs are posted
in accordance with Section 11-605.
| 15 | | (b) A first violation of this Section is a petty
offense | 16 | | with a minimum fine
of $150. A second or subsequent violation | 17 | | of this
Section is a petty offense with a minimum fine of $300.
| 18 | | (c) When a fine for a violation of subsection (a) is $150 | 19 | | or greater,
the person who violates subsection (a) shall be | 20 | | charged an additional
$50 to be paid to the unit school
| 21 | | district where the
violation
occurred for school safety | 22 | | purposes. If the violation occurred in a dual
school district,
| 23 | | $25 of the surcharge shall be paid to the elementary school | 24 | | district for school
safety
purposes and $25 of the surcharge | 25 | | shall be paid to the high school district for
school
safety | 26 | | purposes. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the |
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| 1 | | entire $50
surcharge
shall be paid to the appropriate school | 2 | | district or districts.
| 3 | | For purposes of this subsection (c), "school safety | 4 | | purposes" has the meaning ascribed to that term in Section | 5 | | 11-605.
| 6 | | (d) Any person who violates a provision of this Section | 7 | | shall have his or her driver's license suspended for a period | 8 | | of one year if the violation results in an accident causing | 9 | | great bodily harm to or the death of any person. | 10 | | (Source: P.A. 95-302, eff. 1-1-08; 96-1165, eff. 7-22-10.) | 11 | | (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 100-987 ) | 12 | | Sec. 11-1002.5. Pedestrians' right-of-way at crosswalks; | 13 | | school zones. | 14 | | (a) For the purpose of this Section, "school" has the | 15 | | meaning ascribed to that term in Section 11-605.
| 16 | | On a school day when school children are present and so | 17 | | close
thereto
that a potential hazard exists because of the | 18 | | close proximity of the motorized
traffic and when
traffic | 19 | | control signals are not in place or not in operation, the | 20 | | driver of
a vehicle shall stop and yield the right-of-way to a | 21 | | pedestrian crossing the roadway within a crosswalk when the | 22 | | pedestrian
is upon the half of the roadway upon which the | 23 | | vehicle is traveling, or when
the pedestrian is approaching so | 24 | | closely from the opposite half of the roadway
as to be in | 25 | | danger.
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| 1 | | For the purpose of this Section, a school day shall begin | 2 | | at seven ante
meridian and shall conclude at four post | 3 | | meridian.
| 4 | | This Section shall not be applicable unless appropriate | 5 | | signs are posted
in accordance with Section 11-605.
| 6 | | (b) A first violation of this Section is a petty
offense | 7 | | with a minimum fine
of $150. A second or subsequent violation | 8 | | of this
Section is a petty offense with a minimum fine of $300.
| 9 | | (c) (Blank).
| 10 | | (d) Any person who violates a provision of this Section | 11 | | shall have his or her driver's license suspended for a period | 12 | | of one year if the violation results in an accident causing | 13 | | great bodily harm to or the death of any person. | 14 | | (Source: P.A. 100-987, eff. 7-1-19.) | 15 | | Section 95. No acceleration or delay. Where this Act makes | 16 | | changes in a statute that is represented in this Act by text | 17 | | that is not yet or no longer in effect (for example, a Section | 18 | | represented by multiple versions), the use of that text does | 19 | | not accelerate or delay the taking effect of (i) the changes | 20 | | made by this Act or (ii) provisions derived from any other | 21 | | Public Act.
| 22 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 23 | | becoming law.
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