Public Act 095-0753
 
HB4754 Enrolled LRB095 17755 LCT 43831 b

    AN ACT concerning transportation.
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
 
    Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by changing
Section 11-1425 as follows:
 
    (625 ILCS 5/11-1425)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-1425)
    Sec. 11-1425. Stop when traffic obstructed.
    (a) No driver shall enter an intersection or a marked
crosswalk or drive onto any railroad grade crossing unless
there is sufficient space on the other side of the
intersection, crosswalk or railroad grade crossing to
accommodate the vehicle he is operating without obstructing the
passage of other vehicles, pedestrians or railroad trains
notwithstanding any traffic-control signal indication to
proceed.
    (b) No driver shall enter a highway rail grade crossing
unless there is sufficient space on the other side of the
highway rail grade crossing to accommodate the vehicle being
operated without obstructing the passage of a train or other
railroad equipment using the rails, notwithstanding any
traffic-control signal indication to proceed. Any person found
in violation of subsection (b) shall be subject to a mandatory
fine of $500 or 50 hours of community service.
    (c) (Blank). Local authorities shall impose fines as
established in subsection (b) for persons found in violation of
this Section or any similar local ordinance.
    (d) Beginning with the effective date of this amendatory
Act of the 95th General Assembly, the Secretary of State shall
suspend for a period of one month the driving privileges of any
person convicted of a violation of subsection (b) of this
Section or a similar provision of a local ordinance; the
Secretary shall suspend for a period of 3 months the driving
privileges of any person convicted of a second or subsequent
violation of subsection (b) of this Section or a similar
provision of a local ordinance if the second or subsequent
violation occurs within 5 years of a prior conviction for the
same offense. In addition to the suspensions authorized by this
Section, any person convicted of violating subsection (b) of
this Section or a similar provision of a local ordinance shall
be subject to a mandatory fine of $500 or 50 hours of community
service. Any person given a disposition of court supervision
for violating subsection (b) of this Section or a similar
provision of a local ordinance shall also be subject to a
mandatory fine of $500 or 50 hours of community service. Upon a
second or subsequent violation, in addition to the suspensions
authorized by this Section, the person shall be subject to a
mandatory fine of $500 and 50 hours community service. The
Secretary may also grant, for the duration of any suspension
issued under this subsection, a restricted driving permit
granting the privilege of driving a motor vehicle between the
driver's residence and place of employment or within other
proper limits that the Secretary of State shall find necessary
to avoid any undue hardship. A restricted driving permit issued
hereunder shall be subject to cancellation, revocation and
suspension by the Secretary of State in like manner and for
like cause as a driver's license may be cancelled, revoked or
suspended; except that a conviction upon one or more offenses
against laws or ordinances regulating the movement of traffic
shall be deemed sufficient cause for the revocation, suspension
or cancellation of the restricted driving permit. The Secretary
of State may, as a condition to the issuance of a restricted
driving permit, require the applicant to participate in a
designated driver remedial or rehabilitative program. Any
conviction for a violation of this subsection shall be included
as an offense for the purposes of determining suspension action
under any other provision of this Code, provided however, that
the penalties provided under this subsection shall be imposed
unless those penalties imposed under other applicable
provisions are greater.
(Source: P.A. 91-532, eff. 1-1-00.)