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    AN ACT concerning transportation.

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


 
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    Section 5. The Illinois Highway Code is amended  by adding 
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Section 4-105 as follows:
 
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    (605 ILCS 5/4-105  new)
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    Sec. 4-105. Naming of interstate highways and State 
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highways; State Troopers. 
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    (a) Upon written request by the Director of State Police, 
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an interstate highway, State highway, or segment of an 
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interstate highway or State highway shall be named in honor and 
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memory of one or more Illinois State Troopers killed in the  
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line of duty.
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    (b) The Director of State Police shall submit a written 
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request to the Secretary of the Illinois Department of 
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Transportation to erect one or more suitable signs, consistent 
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with federal regulations, giving notice of the name of the 
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State Trooper, the date of death or date of the incident 
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leading to the death to be shown on the signs, and  the desired 
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location of the signs. 
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    (c) The Secretary of the Illinois Department of 
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Transportation shall consult with the Director of State Police 
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on the design of the signs naming the interstate highway, State 
 


 






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highway, or road segment in honor and memory of each State 
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Trooper and shall erect the appropriate signs by an agreed upon 
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date. The costs associated with the signs shall be borne by the 
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labor organization representing the State Trooper, and the 
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Secretary of the Illinois Department of Transportation and the 
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labor organization shall enter into an agreement regarding 
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payment of those costs before those costs are incurred.
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    (d) If the road segment identified in the request has 
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already been named for another individual or organization, 
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either by action of the General Assembly or the Governor, the 
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Secretary of the Illinois Department of Transportation and the 
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Director of State Police shall consult on and determine an 
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alternate location that is acceptable to both agencies. 

 
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    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
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becoming law.