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| | 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
SB1272 Introduced 1/28/2025, by Sen. Adriane Johnson SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
| | | Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that a municipality or unit of local government may erect and maintain a specialized traffic control device at an intersection where an emergency response vehicle enters the roadway or within 1,000 feet from a structure where such vehicles are stored. Allows the specialized traffic control device to be controlled by the emergency response unit or fire station as the emergency response vehicle enters or exits traffic. |
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| | SB1272 | | LRB104 07018 LNS 17055 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning transportation.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by adding |
| 5 | | Section 11-306.1 as follows:
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| 6 | | (625 ILCS 5/11-306.1 new) |
| 7 | | Sec. 11-306.1. Specialized traffic control devices. A |
| 8 | | municipality or unit of local government may erect and |
| 9 | | maintain a specialized traffic control device at an |
| 10 | | intersection where an emergency response vehicle enters the |
| 11 | | roadway or within 1,000 feet from a structure where such |
| 12 | | vehicles are stored. The specialized traffic control device |
| 13 | | may be controlled by the emergency response unit or fire |
| 14 | | station as the emergency response vehicle enters or exits |
| 15 | | traffic. |