Public Act 096-0859
 		





SB1833 Enrolled
LRB096 11310 AJT 21743 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 11-1420 as follows:
 



    (625 ILCS 5/11-1420)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-1420)



    Sec. 11-1420. Funeral processions. 

    (a) Funeral processions have the right-of-way at 
intersections when
vehicles comprising such procession have 
their headlights and hazard lights lighted,
 subject
to the 
following conditions and exceptions:


        1. Operators of vehicles in a funeral procession shall 
    yield the
right-of-way upon the approach of an authorized 
    emergency vehicle giving an
audible or visible signal;


        2. Operators of vehicles in a funeral procession shall 
    yield the
right-of-way when directed to do so by a traffic 
    officer;


        3. The operator of the leading vehicle in a funeral 
    procession shall
comply with stop signs and traffic control 
    signals but when the leading
vehicle has proceeded across 
    an intersection in accordance with such signal
or after 
    stopping as required by the stop sign, all vehicles in such

    procession may proceed without stopping, regardless of the 
    sign or signal
and the leading vehicle and the vehicles in 
    procession shall proceed with
due caution.

    (b) The operator of a vehicle not in the funeral procession 
shall not
drive his vehicle in the funeral procession except 
when authorized to do so
by a traffic officer or when such 
vehicle is an authorized emergency
vehicle giving audible or 
visible signal.

    (c) Operators of vehicles not a part of a funeral 
procession may not
form a procession or convoy and have their 
headlights or hazard lights or both lighted
for the
purpose of 
securing the right-of-way granted by this Section to funeral

processions.

    (d) The operator of a vehicle not in a funeral procession 
may overtake
and pass the vehicles in such procession if such 
overtaking and passing can
be accomplished without causing a 
traffic hazard or interfering with such
procession.

    (e) The lead vehicle in the funeral procession may be 
equipped with a
flashing amber light which may be used only 
when such vehicle is used as a
lead vehicle in such procession. 
Vehicles comprising a funeral procession
may utilize funeral 
pennants or flags or windshield stickers or flashing
hazard 
warning signal flashers to identify
the individual vehicles in 
such a procession.

    (f) In the absence of law enforcement traffic control 
assistance for a funeral procession, a funeral director or his 
or her designee may direct
traffic during a funeral procession. 
(Source: P.A. 90-58, eff. 1-1-98.)

 

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