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 1        AN ACT in relation to vehicles.

 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
 5    changing Sections 1-105.5 and 11-306 as follows:

 6        (625 ILCS 5/1-105.5)
 7        Sec. 1-105.5.  Automated red light enforcement system.  A
 8    system   in  a  municipality  or  county with a population of
 9    1,000,000 or more  operated  by  a  governmental  agency,  in
10    cooperation    with    a   law   enforcement   agency,   that
11    photographically records a  motor  vehicle's  response  to  a
12    traffic  control  signal  with  a red light indication and is
13    designed to obtain a clear photograph of the vehicle and  the
14    vehicle's license plate when the motor vehicle is involved in
15    a  motor  vehicle  accident,  leaving  the  scene  of a motor
16    vehicle accident, or reckless driving that results in  bodily
17    injury.
18    (Source: P.A. 90-86, eff. 7-10-97.)

19        (625 ILCS 5/11-306) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-306)
20        Sec.  11-306.   Traffic-control  signal  legend. Whenever
21    traffic is controlled by traffic-control  signals  exhibiting
22    different   colored   lights   or   color   lighted   arrows,
23    successively one at a time or in combination, only the colors
24    green,  red  and  yellow  shall  be  used, except for special
25    pedestrian signals carrying a word  legend,  and  the  lights
26    shall   indicate   and  apply  to  drivers  of  vehicles  and
27    pedestrians as follows:
28        (a)  Green indication.
29             1.  Vehicular traffic facing a circular green signal
30        may proceed straight through or turn right or left unless
 
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 1        a  sign  at  such  place  prohibits  either  such   turn.
 2        Vehicular  traffic,  including  vehicles turning right or
 3        left, shall yield the right of way to other vehicles  and
 4        to  pedestrians  lawfully  within  the intersection or an
 5        adjacent crosswalk at the time such signal is exhibited.
 6             2.  Vehicular traffic facing a green  arrow  signal,
 7        shown  alone  or  in combination with another indication,
 8        may cautiously enter the intersection only  to  make  the
 9        movement  indicated by such arrow, or such other movement
10        as is permitted by other indications shown  at  the  same
11        time.   Such  vehicular  traffic shall yield the right of
12        way to pedestrians lawfully within an adjacent  crosswalk
13        and to other traffic lawfully using the intersection.
14             3.  Unless      otherwise      directed     by     a
15        pedestrian-control signal, as provided in Section 11-307,
16        pedestrians facing any green signal, except when the sole
17        green signal is a turn  arrow,  may  proceed  across  the
18        roadway within any marked or unmarked crosswalk.
19        (b)  Steady yellow indication.
20             1.  Vehicular   traffic  facing  a  steady  circular
21        yellow or yellow arrow signal is thereby warned that  the
22        related  green movement is being terminated or that a red
23        indication will be exhibited immediately thereafter.
24             2.  Pedestrians facing a steady circular  yellow  or
25        yellow  arrow  signal,  unless  otherwise  directed  by a
26        pedestrian-control signal as provided in Section  11-307,
27        are  thereby  advised  that there is insufficient time to
28        cross the roadway before a red indication is shown and no
29        pedestrian shall then start to cross the roadway.
30        (c)  Steady red indication.
31             1.  Except  as  provided  in  paragraph  3  of  this
32        subsection  (c),  vehicular  traffic  facing   a   steady
33        circular  red signal alone shall stop at a clearly marked
34        stop line, but if there is  no  such  stop  line,  before
 
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 1        entering   the   crosswalk   on  the  near  side  of  the
 2        intersection, or if there  is  no  such  crosswalk,  then
 3        before   entering  the  intersection,  and  shall  remain
 4        standing until an indication to proceed is shown.
 5             2.  Except  as  provided  in  paragraph  3  of  this
 6        subsection (c), vehicular traffic  facing  a  steady  red
 7        arrow signal shall not enter the intersection to make the
 8        movement  indicated by the arrow and, unless entering the
 9        intersection to make  a  movement  permitted  by  another
10        signal,  shall stop at a clearly marked stop line, but if
11        there is no such stop line, before entering the crosswalk
12        on the near side of the intersection, or if there  is  no
13        such  crosswalk,  then  before entering the intersection,
14        and shall remain standing until an indication  permitting
15        the movement indicated by such red arrow is shown.
16             3.  Except  when  a  sign  is in place prohibiting a
17        turn  and  local  authorities  by  ordinance   or   State
18        authorities by rule or regulation prohibit any such turn,
19        vehicular  traffic  facing  any  steady  red  signal  may
20        cautiously  enter  the  intersection to turn right, or to
21        turn left from a one-way street into  a  one-way  street,
22        after  stopping as required by paragraph 1 or paragraph 2
23        of this subsection.  After  stopping,  the  driver  shall
24        yield the right of way to any vehicle in the intersection
25        or  approaching  on  another  roadway  so  closely  as to
26        constitute an  immediate  hazard  during  the  time  such
27        driver  is  moving  across  or within the intersection or
28        junction or roadways.  Such driver shall yield the  right
29        of  way  to  pedestrians  within  the  intersection or an
30        adjacent crosswalk.
31             4.  Unless     otherwise     directed      by      a
32        pedestrian-control  signal as provided in Section 11-307,
33        pedestrians facing a steady circular  red  or  red  arrow
34        signal alone shall not enter the roadway.
 
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 1             5.  A  municipality  or  county with a population of
 2        1,000,000 or more may enact an  ordinance  that  provides
 3        for  the use of an automated red light enforcement system
 4        to enforce violations of this subsection (c) that  result
 5        in or involve a motor vehicle accident, leaving the scene
 6        of  a  motor  vehicle  accident, or reckless driving that
 7        results in bodily injury.
 8             This  paragraph  5  is  subject   to   prosecutorial
 9        discretion that is consistent with applicable law.
10        (d)  In  the  event an official traffic control signal is
11    erected and maintained at a place other than an intersection,
12    the provisions of this Section shall be applicable except  as
13    to  provisions which by their nature can have no application.
14    Any stop required shall be at a traffic sign or a marking  on
15    the  pavement  indicating where the stop shall be made or, in
16    the absence of such sign or marking, the stop shall  be  made
17    at the signal.
18        (e)  The  motorman  of any streetcar shall obey the above
19    signals as applicable to vehicles.
20    (Source: P.A. 90-86, eff. 7-10-97; 91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)

21        Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect  upon
22    becoming law.

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