Public Act 0291 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

HB1377 Enrolled LRB097 08045 HEP 48168 b

Public Act 097-0291

AN ACT concerning transportation.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by adding Sections 11-214 and 11-215 as follows:

(625 ILCS 5/11-214 new)

Sec. 11-214. Local government reporting.

(a) Local units of government shall report to the Illinois Department of Transportation and the Department shall post on its official website (i) all preferred truck routes under the local unit of government's jurisdiction which are not classified as Class II or Class III truck routes; and (ii) the unit of local government's designated truck route network.

(b) If a local unit of government has no designated truck routes or preferred truck routes described by subsection (a) above, the local unit of government shall affirm to the Department that it has no such truck routes.

(625 ILCS 5/11-215 new)

Sec. 11-215. Secretary of State to provide information on use of truck global positioning systems.

(a) The Secretary of State shall include in its commercial drivers license curriculum and study guide the distinctions between utilizing a truck-attributed global positioning system device and other non-truck-attributed global positioning system devices.

(b) The Secretary of State shall develop a brochure regarding the distinctions between utilizing a truck-attributed global positioning system device and other non-truck-attributed global positioning system devices and shall make this brochure available at all Secretary of State facilities where an applicant may obtain or renew a commercial drivers license.

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January 1, 2012.

Effective Date: 1/1/2012