Transportation and Motor Vehicles Committee
Filed: 3/20/2007
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1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 323
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 323, AS AMENDED, by | ||||||
3 | replacing everything after the enacting clause with the | ||||||
4 | following:
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5 | "Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by | ||||||
6 | changing Sections 11-306 and 11-605 as follows:
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7 | (625 ILCS 5/11-306)
(from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-306)
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8 | Sec. 11-306. Traffic-control signal legend. Whenever | ||||||
9 | traffic is controlled
by traffic-control signals exhibiting | ||||||
10 | different colored lights or color
lighted arrows, successively | ||||||
11 | one at a time or in combination, only the
colors green, red and | ||||||
12 | yellow shall be used, except for special pedestrian
signals | ||||||
13 | carrying a word legend, and the lights shall indicate and apply | ||||||
14 | to
drivers of vehicles and pedestrians as follows:
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15 | (a) Green indication.
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16 | 1. Vehicular traffic facing a circular green signal may
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1 | proceed
straight through or turn right or left unless a | ||||||
2 | sign at such place
prohibits either such turn. Vehicular | ||||||
3 | traffic, including vehicles turning
right or left, shall | ||||||
4 | yield the right of way to other vehicles and to
pedestrians | ||||||
5 | lawfully within the intersection or an adjacent crosswalk | ||||||
6 | at
the time such signal is exhibited.
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7 | 2. Vehicular traffic facing a green arrow signal, shown | ||||||
8 | alone or in
combination with another indication, may | ||||||
9 | cautiously enter the intersection
only to make the movement | ||||||
10 | indicated by such arrow, or such other movement
as is | ||||||
11 | permitted by other indications shown at the same time. Such
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12 | vehicular traffic shall yield the right of way to | ||||||
13 | pedestrians lawfully
within an adjacent crosswalk and to | ||||||
14 | other traffic lawfully using the
intersection.
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15 | 3. Unless otherwise directed by a pedestrian-control | ||||||
16 | signal, as provided
in Section 11-307, pedestrians facing | ||||||
17 | any green signal, except when the
sole green signal is a | ||||||
18 | turn arrow, may proceed across the roadway within
any | ||||||
19 | marked or unmarked crosswalk.
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20 | (b) Steady yellow indication.
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21 | 1. Vehicular traffic facing a steady circular yellow or | ||||||
22 | yellow arrow
signal is thereby warned that the related | ||||||
23 | green movement is being
terminated or that a red indication | ||||||
24 | will be exhibited immediately thereafter.
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25 | 2. Pedestrians facing a steady circular yellow or | ||||||
26 | yellow arrow signal,
unless otherwise directed by a |
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1 | pedestrian-control signal as provided in
Section 11-307, | ||||||
2 | are thereby advised that there is insufficient time to
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3 | cross the roadway before a red indication is shown and no | ||||||
4 | pedestrian shall
then start to cross the roadway.
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5 | (c) Steady red indication.
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6 | 1. Except as provided in paragraph 3 of this subsection | ||||||
7 | (c),
vehicular traffic facing a steady circular red signal | ||||||
8 | alone shall stop at a
clearly marked stop line, but if | ||||||
9 | there is no such stop line, before
entering the crosswalk | ||||||
10 | on the near side of the intersection, or if there is
no | ||||||
11 | such crosswalk, then before entering the intersection, and | ||||||
12 | shall remain
standing until an indication to proceed is | ||||||
13 | shown.
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14 | 2. Except as provided in paragraph 3 of this subsection | ||||||
15 | (c),
vehicular traffic facing a steady red arrow signal | ||||||
16 | shall not enter the
intersection to make the movement | ||||||
17 | indicated by the arrow and, unless
entering the | ||||||
18 | intersection to make a movement permitted by another | ||||||
19 | signal,
shall stop at a clearly marked stop line, but if | ||||||
20 | there is no such stop line,
before entering the crosswalk | ||||||
21 | on the near side of the intersection, or if
there is no | ||||||
22 | such crosswalk, then before entering the intersection, and
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23 | shall remain standing until an indication permitting the | ||||||
24 | movement indicated
by such red arrow is shown.
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25 | 3. Except when a sign is in place prohibiting a turn | ||||||
26 | and local
authorities by ordinance or State authorities by |
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1 | rule or regulation
prohibit any such turn, and except as | ||||||
2 | otherwise provided in paragraph 3.5 of this subsection (c),
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3 | vehicular traffic facing any steady red signal may
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4 | cautiously enter the intersection to turn right, or to turn | ||||||
5 | left from a
one-way street into a one-way street, after | ||||||
6 | stopping as required by
paragraph 1 or paragraph 2 of this | ||||||
7 | subsection.
After
stopping, the driver shall yield the | ||||||
8 | right of way to any vehicle in the
intersection or | ||||||
9 | approaching on another roadway so closely as to constitute
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10 | an immediate hazard during the time such driver is moving | ||||||
11 | across or within
the intersection or junction or roadways. | ||||||
12 | Such driver shall yield the
right of way to pedestrians | ||||||
13 | within the intersection or an adjacent crosswalk. | ||||||
14 | 3.5. The operator of a motor vehicle facing a steady | ||||||
15 | red signal while passing a school zone or while traveling | ||||||
16 | on a roadway on public school property or upon any public | ||||||
17 | thoroughfare where children pass going to and from school, | ||||||
18 | if signs giving notice of the school zone have been posted | ||||||
19 | as required under Section 11-605, may not, on a weekday | ||||||
20 | between the hours of 7 a.m. and 4 p.m., turn right or left | ||||||
21 | as provided in paragraph 3 of this subsection (c) until the | ||||||
22 | signal has changed to green. At any other time, if the | ||||||
23 | operator of a motor vehicle facing a steady red signal in | ||||||
24 | an area described in this paragraph 3.5 observes no | ||||||
25 | children present, the operator of the motor vehicle may | ||||||
26 | proceed to turn right or turn left, as provided in |
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1 | paragraph 3 of this subsection (c).
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2 | 4. Unless otherwise directed by a pedestrian-control | ||||||
3 | signal as provided
in Section 11-307, pedestrians facing a | ||||||
4 | steady circular red or red arrow
signal alone shall not | ||||||
5 | enter the roadway.
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6 | (d) In the event an official traffic control signal is
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7 | erected and maintained
at a place other than an intersection, | ||||||
8 | the provisions of this Section shall
be applicable except as to | ||||||
9 | provisions which by their nature can have no
application. Any | ||||||
10 | stop required shall be at a traffic sign or a marking
on the | ||||||
11 | pavement indicating where the stop shall be made or, in the | ||||||
12 | absence
of such sign or marking, the stop shall be made at the | ||||||
13 | signal.
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14 | (e) The motorman of any streetcar shall obey the above | ||||||
15 | signals as applicable
to vehicles.
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16 | (Source: P.A. 94-795, eff. 5-22-06.)
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17 | (625 ILCS 5/11-605) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-605)
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18 | Sec. 11-605. Special speed limit while passing schools.
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19 | (a) For the purpose of this Section, "school" means the | ||||||
20 | following
entities:
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21 | (1) A public or private primary or secondary school.
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22 | (2) A primary or secondary school operated by a | ||||||
23 | religious institution.
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24 | (3) A public, private, or religious nursery school.
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25 | On a weekday between the hours of 7 a.m. and 4 p.m.
school |
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1 | day when school children are present and so close
thereto
that | ||||||
2 | a potential hazard exists because of the close proximity of the | ||||||
3 | motorized
traffic , no person shall drive a motor vehicle at a | ||||||
4 | speed in excess of 20 miles
per hour while passing a school | ||||||
5 | zone or while traveling on a roadway on public
school property | ||||||
6 | or upon any public
thoroughfare where children pass going
to | ||||||
7 | and from school. At any other time, a person may not drive a | ||||||
8 | motor vehicle at a speed in excess of 20 miles per hour while | ||||||
9 | passing a school zone or while traveling on a roadway on public | ||||||
10 | school property or upon any public thoroughfare where children | ||||||
11 | pass going to and from school, if the person observes any | ||||||
12 | children present.
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13 | For the purpose of this Section a school day shall begin at | ||||||
14 | seven ante
meridian and shall conclude at four post meridian.
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15 | This Section shall not be applicable unless appropriate | ||||||
16 | signs are posted
upon streets and highways under their | ||||||
17 | respective jurisdiction and
maintained by the Department, | ||||||
18 | township, county, park district, city,
village or incorporated | ||||||
19 | town wherein the school zone is located. With regard
to the | ||||||
20 | special speed limit while passing schools, such signs
shall | ||||||
21 | give proper due warning that a school zone is being approached | ||||||
22 | and
shall indicate the school zone and the maximum speed limit | ||||||
23 | in effect during
school days when school children are present.
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24 | (b) (Blank).
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25 | (c) Nothing in this Chapter shall
prohibit the use of | ||||||
26 | electronic speed-detecting devices within 500 feet of
signs |
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1 | within a special school speed zone indicating such zone, as | ||||||
2 | defined
in this Section, nor shall evidence obtained thereby be | ||||||
3 | inadmissible in any
prosecution for speeding provided the use | ||||||
4 | of such device shall apply only
to the enforcement of the speed | ||||||
5 | limit in such special school speed zone.
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6 | (d) (Blank).
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7 | (e) A first violation of this Section is a petty
offense | ||||||
8 | with a minimum fine
of $150. A second or subsequent violation | ||||||
9 | of this
Section is a petty offense with a minimum fine of $300.
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10 | (f) When a fine for a violation of subsection (a) is $150 | ||||||
11 | or greater,
the person who violates subsection (a) shall be | ||||||
12 | charged an additional
$50 to be paid to the unit school
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13 | district where the
violation
occurred for school safety | ||||||
14 | purposes. If the violation occurred in a dual
school district,
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15 | $25 of the surcharge shall be paid to the elementary school | ||||||
16 | district for school
safety
purposes and $25 of the surcharge | ||||||
17 | shall be paid to the high school district for
school
safety | ||||||
18 | purposes. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the | ||||||
19 | entire $50
surcharge
shall be paid to the appropriate school | ||||||
20 | district or districts.
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21 | For purposes of this subsection (f), "school safety | ||||||
22 | purposes" includes the
costs
associated with school zone safety | ||||||
23 | education and
the purchase, installation, and maintenance of | ||||||
24 | caution lights
which are
mounted on school speed zone signs.
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25 | (g) (Blank).
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26 | (h) (Blank).
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1 | (Source: P.A. 92-242, eff. 1-1-02; 92-619, eff. 1-1-03; 92-780, | ||||||
2 | eff. 8-6-02; 93-955, eff. 8-19-04.)".
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