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94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
HB4907
Introduced 1/19/2006, by Rep. Elaine Nekritz SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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625 ILCS 5/11-1502 |
from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-1502 |
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Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that a person riding a bicycle is an intended and permitted user of any highway in Illinois except for a highway on which bicycle use has been specifically prohibited by the Department of Transportation or by a local public entity acting in compliance with the Code provision regarding the regulation of bicycles. Provides that the new language does not create liability for any public entity for the creation of, the existence of, or failure to remedy any specified type of condition that caused injury to a person riding a bicycle, if that condition meets the standard of care required for a passenger car.
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A BILL FOR
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HB4907 |
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LRB094 16971 DRH 52251 b |
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| AN ACT concerning transportation.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by changing |
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| Section 11-1502 as follows:
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| (625 ILCS 5/11-1502) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-1502)
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| Sec. 11-1502. Traffic laws apply to persons riding
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| bicycles. |
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| (a) Every person riding a bicycle upon a highway shall be
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| granted all of the rights and shall be subject to all of
the |
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| duties applicable to the driver of a vehicle by this
Code, |
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| except as to special regulations in this Article XV
and except |
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| as to those provisions of this Code which by their
nature can |
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| have no application.
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| (b)(1) A person riding a bicycle is an intended and |
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| permitted user of any street or highway in Illinois except for |
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| a street or highway on which bicycle use has been specifically |
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| prohibited by the Department of Transportation or by a local |
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| public entity acting in compliance with Section 11-208.
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| (2) Notwithstanding subdivision (b)(1), no public entity |
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| shall be liable under this subsection (b) for the creation of, |
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| the existence of, or failure to remedy any condition related to |
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| the design, roadway surface, lighting, signage, or pavement |
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| markings of any street or highway causing injury to a person |
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| riding a bicycle, if that condition meets the standard of care |
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| required for a passenger car.
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| (Source: P.A. 82-132.)
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