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93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
HB4080
Introduced 1/15/2004, by Elaine Nekritz, Julie Hamos, Ricca Slone, Elizabeth Coulson, Karen May, et al. SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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625 ILCS 5/11-1502 |
from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-1502 |
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Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that a person riding a bicycle is an intended and permitted user of any highway in Illinois except for a highway on which bicycle use has been specifically prohibited by law and the prohibition is indicated by appropriate signage. Provides that the new language does not create liability for any public entity for the failure to remedy any surface condition of a public right-of-way that is hazardous to a person riding a bicycle if that surface condition is not hazardous to a motor vehicle. Provides that, except as expressly provided by law, the new language does not impose an obligation to further improve existing public rights-of-way, or to maintain them to a higher standard, for use by bicycles.
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A BILL FOR
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HB4080 |
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LRB093 15270 DRH 40871 b |
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| AN ACT in relation to vehicles.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by |
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| changing
Section 11-1502 as follows:
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| (625 ILCS 5/11-1502)
(from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-1502)
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| Sec. 11-1502. (a) Traffic laws apply to persons riding
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| bicycles. Every person riding a bicycle upon a highway shall be
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| granted all of the rights and shall be subject to all of
the |
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| duties applicable to the driver of a vehicle by this
Code, |
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| except as to special regulations in this Article XV
and except |
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| as to those provisions of this Code which by their
nature can |
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| have no application.
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| (b) A person riding a bicycle is an intended and permitted |
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| user of any
highway in
Illinois except for a highway on which |
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| bicycle use has been specifically
prohibited
by law and the |
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| prohibition is indicated by appropriate signage.
This |
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| subsection (b) does not create liability for any public entity
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| for the failure to remedy any surface condition of a public |
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| right-of-way that
is hazardous to a person riding a bicycle if |
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| that surface
condition is not hazardous to a motor vehicle. |
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| Except as expressly
provided by law, this subsection (b) does |
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| not impose an obligation to
upgrade, widen, or reengineer |
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| existing public rights-of-way for use by
bicyclists and does |
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| not impose an obligation to maintain
streets and highways to a |
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| higher standard for bicylists.
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| (Source: P.A. 82-132.)
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