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90_HB1173

      625 ILCS 5/11-1429 new
          Amends the  Illinois  Vehicle  Code  to  provide  that  a
      vehicle  may not be driven in any express lane on the Kennedy
      Expressway from 7 o'clock a.m. to 9 o'clock a.m. and  from  3
      o'clock  p.m.  to 6 o'clock p.m. unless at least 2 people are
      in the vehicle.  Requires the Department of Natural Resources
      to conduct a study of the effectiveness of this provision  on
      car  pooling.    Repeals  these provisions one year after the
      effective date of this amendatory  Act  of  1997.   Effective
      immediately.
                                                    LRB9004141NTsbA
                                              LRB9004141NTsbA
 1        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  Illinois  Vehicle Code by adding
 2    Section 11-1429.
 3        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 4    represented in the General Assembly:
 5        Section  5.   The  Illinois  Vehicle  Code  is amended by
 6    adding Section 11-1429 as follows:
 7        (625 ILCS 5/11-1429 new)
 8        Sec. 11-1429.  Kennedy Expressway; use of lanes; study.
 9        (a)  A vehicle may not be driven in any express  lane  on
10    the  Kennedy Expressway from 7 o'clock a.m. to 9 o'clock a.m.
11    and from 3 o'clock p.m. to 6 o'clock p.m. unless at  least  2
12    people are in the vehicle.
13        (b)  The  Department of Natural Resources shall conduct a
14    study of the effectiveness of this Section in encouraging car
15    pooling.  The Department of Natural  Resources  shall  report
16    the  results  of  this study to the General Assembly no later
17    than one year after the effective date of this amendatory Act
18    of 1997.
19        (c)  This  Section  is  repealed  one  year   after   the
20    effective date of this amendatory Act of 1997.
21        Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
22    becoming law.

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