Full Text of HB2131 103rd General Assembly
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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 Department of Transportation Law of the
| 5 | | Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by adding | 6 | | Section 2705-211 as follows: | 7 | | (20 ILCS 2705/2705-211 new) | 8 | | Sec. 2705-211. Zero Traffic Fatalities Task Force. | 9 | | (a) On or before July 1, 2024, the Secretary of | 10 | | Transportation shall establish and convene the Zero Traffic | 11 | | Fatalities Task Force to develop a structured, coordinated | 12 | | process for early engagement of all parties to develop | 13 | | policies to reduce traffic fatalities to zero. | 14 | | (b) The members of the Task Force shall include: | 15 | | (1) the Secretary of Transportation, or the | 16 | | Secretary's designee, who shall serve as Chair of the Task | 17 | | Force; | 18 | | (2) the Director of State Police, or the Director's | 19 | | designee; | 20 | | (3) the Secretary of State, or the Secretary's | 21 | | designee; | 22 | | (4) the Director of Public Health, or the Director's | 23 | | designee; |
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| 1 | | (5) a member from 3 different public universities in | 2 | | this State, appointed by the Governor; | 3 | | (6) a representative of a statewide motorcycle safety | 4 | | organization, appointed by the Governor; | 5 | | (7) a representative of a statewide motorist service | 6 | | membership organization, appointed by the Governor; | 7 | | (8) a representative of a statewide transportation | 8 | | advocacy organization, appointed by the Governor; | 9 | | (9) a representative of a bicycle safety organization, | 10 | | appointed by the Governor; | 11 | | (10) a representative of a statewide organization | 12 | | representing municipalities, appointed by the Governor; | 13 | | and | 14 | | (11) a representative of a statewide labor | 15 | | organization, appointed by the Governor. | 16 | | (c) The Secretary of Transportation shall prepare and | 17 | | submit a report of findings based on the Zero Traffic | 18 | | Fatalities Task Force's efforts to the General Assembly on or | 19 | | before January 1, 2025.
The report shall include, but is not | 20 | | limited to, a detailed analysis of the following issues: | 21 | | (1) The existing process for establishing speed | 22 | | limits, including a detailed discussion on where speed | 23 | | limits are allowed to deviate from the 85th percentile. | 24 | | (2) Existing policies on how to reduce speeds on local | 25 | | streets and roads. | 26 | | (3) A recommendation as to whether an alternative to |
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| 1 | | the use of the 85th percentile as a method for determining | 2 | | speed limits should be considered, and if so, what | 3 | | alternatives should be looked at. | 4 | | (4) Engineering recommendations on how to increase | 5 | | vehicular, pedestrian, and bicycle safety. | 6 | | (5) Additional steps that can be taken to eliminate | 7 | | vehicular, pedestrian, and bicycle fatalities on the road. | 8 | | (6) Existing reports and analyses on calculating the | 9 | | 85th percentile at the local, State, national, and | 10 | | international levels. | 11 | | (7) Usage of the 85th percentile in urban and rural | 12 | | settings. | 13 | | (8) How local bicycle and pedestrian plans affect the | 14 | | 85th percentile. | 15 | | (d) This Section is repealed on January 1, 2026.
| 16 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 17 | | becoming law. |
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