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1     AN ACT concerning transportation.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by changing
5 Section 11-1425 as follows:
 
6     (625 ILCS 5/11-1425)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-1425)
7     Sec. 11-1425. Stop when traffic obstructed.
8     (a) No driver shall enter an intersection or a marked
9 crosswalk or drive onto any railroad grade crossing unless
10 there is sufficient space on the other side of the
11 intersection, crosswalk or railroad grade crossing to
12 accommodate the vehicle he is operating without obstructing the
13 passage of other vehicles, pedestrians or railroad trains
14 notwithstanding any traffic-control signal indication to
15 proceed.
16     (b) No driver shall enter a highway rail grade crossing
17 unless there is sufficient space on the other side of the
18 highway rail grade crossing to accommodate the vehicle being
19 operated without obstructing the passage of a train or other
20 railroad equipment using the rails, notwithstanding any
21 traffic-control signal indication to proceed. Any person found
22 in violation of subsection (b) shall be subject to a mandatory
23 fine of $500 or 50 hours of community service.

 

 

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1     (c) (Blank). Local authorities shall impose fines as
2 established in subsection (b) for persons found in violation of
3 this Section or any similar local ordinance.
4     (d) Beginning with the effective date of this amendatory
5 Act of the 95th General Assembly, the Secretary of State shall
6 suspend for a period of one month the driving privileges of any
7 person convicted of a violation of subsection (b) of this
8 Section or a similar provision of a local ordinance; the
9 Secretary shall suspend for a period of 3 months the driving
10 privileges of any person convicted of a second or subsequent
11 violation of subsection (b) of this Section or a similar
12 provision of a local ordinance if the second or subsequent
13 violation occurs within 5 years of a prior conviction for the
14 same offense. In addition to the suspensions authorized by this
15 Section, any person convicted of violating subsection (b) of
16 this Section or a similar provision of a local ordinance shall
17 be subject to a mandatory fine of $500 or 50 hours of community
18 service. Any person given a disposition of court supervision
19 for violating subsection (b) of this Section or a similar
20 provision of a local ordinance shall also be subject to a
21 mandatory fine of $500 or 50 hours of community service. Upon a
22 second or subsequent violation, in addition to the suspensions
23 authorized by this Section, the person shall be subject to a
24 mandatory fine of $500 and 50 hours community service. The
25 Secretary may also grant, for the duration of any suspension
26 issued under this subsection, a restricted driving permit

 

 

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1 granting the privilege of driving a motor vehicle between the
2 driver's residence and place of employment or within other
3 proper limits that the Secretary of State shall find necessary
4 to avoid any undue hardship. A restricted driving permit issued
5 hereunder shall be subject to cancellation, revocation and
6 suspension by the Secretary of State in like manner and for
7 like cause as a driver's license may be cancelled, revoked or
8 suspended; except that a conviction upon one or more offenses
9 against laws or ordinances regulating the movement of traffic
10 shall be deemed sufficient cause for the revocation, suspension
11 or cancellation of the restricted driving permit. The Secretary
12 of State may, as a condition to the issuance of a restricted
13 driving permit, require the applicant to participate in a
14 designated driver remedial or rehabilitative program. Any
15 conviction for a violation of this subsection shall be included
16 as an offense for the purposes of determining suspension action
17 under any other provision of this Code, provided however, that
18 the penalties provided under this subsection shall be imposed
19 unless those penalties imposed under other applicable
20 provisions are greater.
21 (Source: P.A. 91-532, eff. 1-1-00.)