100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
SB3026

 

Introduced 2/15/2018, by Sen. Chapin Rose

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
20 ILCS 2705/2705-615 new

    Amends the Department of Transportation Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Department of Transportation shall use the latest safety technology at rural intersections to ensure the protection and conservation of life and property on the streets and highways of this State. Provides that the Department shall create a grant program, with money from the Road Fund, to make the latest safety technologies for rural intersections available to counties and townships.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning State government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Department of Transportation Law of the
5Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by adding
6Section 2705-615 as follows:
 
7    (20 ILCS 2705/2705-615 new)
8    Sec. 2705-615. Rural intersection safety technology.
9    (a) The Department shall use the latest safety technology,
10such as real time warning signs with flashing lights and
11vehicle sensors, at rural intersections to ensure the
12protection and conservation of life and property on the streets
13and highways of this State.
14    (b) Subject to appropriation, the Department shall, using
15money from the Road Fund, create a grant program to make the
16latest safety technologies for rural intersections available
17to counties and townships.
18    (c) The Department shall adopt rules to implement this
19Section.