96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
SB2804

 

Introduced 1/28/2010, by Sen. Louis S. Viverito

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
625 ILCS 5/1-172   from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 1-172

    Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. In a provision defining a "residence district", provides that for purposes of establishing maximum speed limits, a residence district shall be at least a quarter of a mile long with residences or residences and buildings in use for businesses spaced no more than 500 feet (instead of 300 feet) apart. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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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 Section 1-172 as follows:
 
6     (625 ILCS 5/1-172)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 1-172)
7     Sec. 1-172. Residence district. The territory contiguous
8 to and including a highway not comprising a business district
9 when the property on such highway for a distance of 300 feet or
10 more is in the main improved with residences or residences and
11 buildings in use for business.
12     For purposes of establishing maximum speed limits, a
13 residence district shall be at least a quarter of a mile long
14 with residences or residences and buildings in use for
15 businesses spaced no more than 500 300 feet apart.
16 (Source: P.A. 81-875.)
 
17     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
18 becoming law.