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| | 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026 SB1941 Introduced 2/6/2025, by Sen. Laura M. Murphy SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: | | | Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Allows a unit of local government that has ownership or control over an intersection that is adjacent to property that is used for an elementary or secondary school to install at the ends of the pedestrian crosswalks for that intersection rapid flashing beacons that alert motor vehicle drivers to the presence of pedestrians in the crosswalk when the pedestrians who are using the crosswalk activate the beacons. |
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| | SB1941 | | LRB104 12045 LNS 22140 b |
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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 adding |
5 | | Section 11-1412.4 as follows: |
6 | | (625 ILCS 5/11-1412.4 new) |
7 | | Sec. 11-1412.4. Flashing beacons required for school |
8 | | crosswalks. A unit of local government that has ownership or |
9 | | control over an intersection that is adjacent to property that |
10 | | is used for an elementary or secondary school may install at |
11 | | the ends of the pedestrian crosswalks for that intersection |
12 | | rapid flashing beacons that alert motor vehicle drivers to the |
13 | | presence of pedestrians in the crosswalk when the pedestrians |
14 | | who are using the crosswalk activate the beacons. |