SB0767eng 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY

SB0767 Engrossed LRB101 04527 TAE 49535 b

AN ACT concerning transportation.

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

Section 5. The Department of Transportation Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by changing Section 2705-210 as follows:

(20 ILCS 2705/2705-210) (was 20 ILCS 2705/49.15)

Sec. 2705-210. Traffic control and prevention of accidents. The Department has the power to develop, consolidate, and coordinate effective programs and activities for the advancement of driver education, for the facilitation of the movement of motor vehicle traffic, and for the protection and conservation of life and property on the streets and highways of this State and to advise, recommend, and consult with the several departments, divisions, boards, commissions, and other agencies of this State in regard to those programs and activities. The Department has the power to aid and assist the counties, cities, towns, and other political subdivisions of this State in the control of traffic and the prevention of traffic accidents. That aid and assistance to counties, cities, towns, and other political subdivisions of this State shall include assistance with regard to planning, traffic flow, light synchronizing, preferential lanes for carpools, and carpool parking allocations.

To further the prevention of accidents, the Department shall conduct a traffic study following the occurrence of any accident involving a pedestrian fatality that occurs at an intersection of a State highway. The study shall include, but not be limited to, consideration of alternative geometric design improvements, traffic control devices, and any other improvements that the Department deems necessary. The Department shall make the results of the study available to the public on its website.

(Source: P.A. 91-239, eff. 1-1-00.)

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