Public Act 099-0124
 
SB1388 EnrolledLRB099 05670 RJF 25713 b


  
    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 changing 
Sections 11-303 and 11-304 as follows:
 



    (625 ILCS 5/11-303)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-303)



    Sec. 11-303. The Department to place signs on all State 
highways. 

    (a) The Department shall place and maintain such 
traffic-control
devices, conforming to its manual and 
specifications on all highways
under its jurisdiction as it 
shall deem necessary to indicate and to
carry out the 
provisions of this Chapter or to regulate, warn or guide 
traffic. These traffic control devices shall include temporary 
stop signs placed as a substitute for missing or damaged 
permanent stop signs required by the State Manual. Temporary 
stop signs shall be placed in a manner to provide adequate 
visibility and legibility, and shall be placed within duration 
recommendations in the State Manual, unless circumstances 
require longer placement. 

    (b) No local authority shall place or maintain any 
traffic-control
device upon any highway under the jurisdiction 
of the Department except
by the latter's permission.

    (c) The Department shall erect and maintain guide, warning 
and
direction signs upon highways in cities, towns and villages 
of which
portions or lanes of such highways are under the 
control and
jurisdiction of the Department or for which the 
Department has
maintenance responsibility.

    (d) Nothing in this Chapter shall divest the corporate 
authorities
of park districts of power to prohibit or restrict 
the use of highways
under their jurisdiction by certain types 
or weights of motor vehicles
or the power of cities, villages, 
incorporated towns and park districts
to designate highways for 
one-way traffic or the power of such municipal
corporations to 
erect and maintain appropriate signs respecting such
uses.

    (e) Nothing in this Section shall prohibit a municipality, 
township, or
county from erecting signs as required under the 
Illinois Adopt-A-Highway Act.

(Source: P.A. 87-1118.)

 



    (625 ILCS 5/11-304)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-304)



    Sec. 11-304. 
Local traffic-control devices; tourist 
oriented businesses
signs.

    Local authorities in their
respective maintenance 
jurisdiction shall place and maintain such
traffic-control 
devices, including temporary stop signs placed as a substitute 
for missing or damaged permanent stop signs required by the 
State Manual, upon highways under their maintenance 
jurisdiction
as are required to indicate and carry out the 
provisions of this Chapter,
and local traffic ordinances or to 
regulate, warn, or guide traffic. All
such traffic control 
devices shall conform to the State Manual and
Specifications 
and shall be justified by traffic warrants stated in the

Manual. Temporary stop signs shall be placed in a manner to 
provide adequate visibility and legibility, and shall be placed 
within duration recommendations in the State Manual, unless 
circumstances require longer placement. Placement of 
traffic-control devices on township or road district
roads also 
shall be subject to the written approval of the county engineer

or superintendent of highways.

    Local authorities in their
respective maintenance 
jurisdictions shall have the authority to install signs,
in 
conformance with the State Manual and specifications, alerting 
motorists of
the tourist oriented businesses available on roads 
under
local jurisdiction in rural areas as may be required to 
guide motorists to the
businesses.
The local authorities and 
road district
highway commissioners shall also have the 
authority to sell or
lease space on these signs to the owners 
or operators of the businesses.

(Source: P.A. 93-177, eff. 7-11-03.)