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90_HB0265

      625 ILCS 5/11-601         from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-601
          Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code  to  raise  the  maximum
      speed  limit  outside  an urban area to 65 miles per hour for
      any second division vehicle designed or used for the carrying
      of a gross weight of 8,001 pounds or more, bus  (on  highways
      under the jurisdiction of the Department of Transportation or
      the  Illinois  State  Toll  Highway  Authority),  house  car,
      camper,  private  living  coach,  recreational  vehicle,  and
      vehicle towing any other vehicle.  Effective immediately.
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 1        AN  ACT  to  amend  the Illinois Vehicle Code by changing
 2    Section 11-601.
 3        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 4    represented in the General Assembly:
 5        Section  5.   The  Illinois  Vehicle  Code  is amended by
 6    changing Section 11-601 as follows:
 7        (625 ILCS 5/11-601) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-601)
 8        Sec. 11-601.  General speed restrictions.
 9        (a)  No vehicle may be driven upon any  highway  of  this
10    State  at  a  speed  which  is greater than is reasonable and
11    proper with regard to traffic conditions and the use  of  the
12    highway,  or  endangers the safety of any person or property.
13    The fact that the speed of a  vehicle  does  not  exceed  the
14    applicable  maximum  speed  limit does not relieve the driver
15    from the duty to decrease speed when approaching and crossing
16    an intersection, approaching and going around a  curve,  when
17    approaching  a  hill crest, when traveling upon any narrow or
18    winding roadway, or when special hazard exists  with  respect
19    to  pedestrians  or  other traffic or by reason of weather or
20    highway conditions.   Speed  must  be  decreased  as  may  be
21    necessary to avoid colliding with any person or vehicle on or
22    entering  the  highway  in compliance with legal requirements
23    and the duty of all persons to use due care.
24        (b)  No person may drive a vehicle upon  any  highway  of
25    this  State  at  a speed which is greater than the applicable
26    statutory maximum speed limit established by paragraphs  (c),
27    (d),  (e),  (f) or (g) of this Section, by  Section 11-605 or
28    by a regulation or ordinance made under this Chapter.
29        (c)  Unless some other speed restriction  is  established
30    under  this  Chapter,  the  maximum  speed  limit in an urban
31    district for all vehicles is:
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 1             1.  30 miles per hour; and
 2             2.  15 miles per hour in an alley.
 3        (d)  Unless some other speed restriction  is  established
 4    under  this Chapter, the maximum speed limit outside an urban
 5    district for any vehicle of the first division  or  a  second
 6    division vehicle designed or used for the carrying of a gross
 7    weight  of  8,000 pounds or less (including the weight of the
 8    vehicle and maximum load) is (1) 65 miles per  hour  (i)  for
 9    all  highways  under  the  jurisdiction of the Illinois State
10    Toll Highway Authority and (ii) for all or part  of  highways
11    that  are designated by the Department, have at least 4 lanes
12    of traffic, and have a separation between the roadways moving
13    in opposite directions and (2) 55  miles  per  hour  for  all
14    other highways, roads, and streets.
15        (e)  (Blank).  Unless  some  lesser  speed restriction is
16    established under  this  Chapter,  the  maximum  speed  limit
17    outside  an  urban  district  for  a  second division vehicle
18    designed or used for the carrying of a gross weight of  8,001
19    pounds  or  more  (including  the  weight  of the vehicle and
20    maximum load) is 55 miles per hour.
21        (f)  Unless some other speed restriction  is  established
22    under  this Chapter, the maximum speed limit outside an urban
23    district for a bus is:
24             1.  65 miles per hour upon any highway which has  at
25        least  4  lanes  of traffic and of which the roadways for
26        traffic moving in opposite directions are separated by  a
27        strip  of  ground  which  is not surfaced or suitable for
28        vehicular traffic, except that the  maximum  speed  limit
29        for  a  bus  on all highways, roads, or streets not under
30        the jurisdiction of the Department or the Illinois  State
31        Toll Highway Authority is 55 miles per hour; and
32             2.  65  60  miles  per  hour  on  any other highway,
33        except that the maximum speed limit  for  a  bus  on  all
34        highways, roads, or streets not under the jurisdiction of
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 1        the   Department  or  the  Illinois  State  Toll  Highway
 2        Authority is 55 miles per hour.
 3        (g)  Unless some other speed restriction  is  established
 4    under  this Chapter, the maximum speed limit outside an urban
 5    district for a  house  car,  camper,  private  living  coach,
 6    vehicles  licensed  as recreational vehicles, and any vehicle
 7    towing any other vehicle is 65  55  miles  per  hour  or  the
 8    posted speed limit, whichever is less.
 9    (Source: P.A. 89-444, eff. 1-25-96; 89-551, eff. 1-1-97.)
10        Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
11    becoming law.

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