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| | 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB5439 Introduced 1/31/2022, by Rep. La Shawn K. Ford SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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| 625 ILCS 5/11-711 | from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-711 |
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Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that a person may not knowingly operate a vehicle in a manner that impedes, blocks, obstructs, or otherwise interferes with the movement of another driver or operator upon an expressway or controlled access highway. Provides that a person who violates the new provisions commits a Class A misdemeanor.
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| | A BILL FOR |
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| | HB5439 | | LRB102 25485 RAM 34773 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning transportation.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by |
| 5 | | changing Section 11-711 as follows:
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| 6 | | (625 ILCS 5/11-711) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-711)
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| 7 | | Sec. 11-711. Restrictions on use of controlled access |
| 8 | | highway.
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| 9 | | (a) No person may drive a vehicle onto or from any |
| 10 | | controlled access
highway except at entrances and exits |
| 11 | | established by public authority.
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| 12 | | (b) The Department with respect to any controlled access |
| 13 | | highway under
its jurisdiction may prohibit the use of any |
| 14 | | such highways by pedestrians
(except in authorized areas or |
| 15 | | facilities), bicycles, farm tractors,
implements of husbandry, |
| 16 | | funeral processions, and any vehicle unable to
maintain the |
| 17 | | minimum speed for which the highway is posted, or other
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| 18 | | non-motorized traffic or by any person operating a motor |
| 19 | | driven cycle. The
Department may also prohibit the use of such |
| 20 | | highway to school buses
picking up and discharging children |
| 21 | | and mail delivery vehicles picking up
or delivering mail. The |
| 22 | | Department shall erect and maintain official signs
on the |
| 23 | | controlled access highway on which such prohibitions are |