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1    AN ACT concerning transportation.

 
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 changing 
6Section 2705-210 as follows:
 



7    (20 ILCS 2705/2705-210)  (was 20 ILCS 2705/49.15)



8    Sec. 2705-210. Traffic control and prevention of 
9accidents. The Department
has the power to develop, 
10consolidate, and coordinate effective
programs
and activities 
11for the advancement of driver education, for the
facilitation 
12of the movement of motor vehicle traffic, and for the

13protection and conservation of life and property on the 
14streets and
highways of this State and to advise, recommend, 
15and consult with the
several departments, divisions, boards, 
16commissions, and other agencies
of this State in regard to 
17those programs and activities. The
Department has the power to 
18aid and
assist the counties, cities, towns, and other 
19political subdivisions of
this State in the control of traffic 
20and the prevention of traffic
accidents. That aid and 
21assistance to counties, cities, towns,
and other
political 
22subdivisions of this State shall include assistance with 
23regard
to planning, traffic flow, light synchronizing, 
 
 
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1preferential lanes for
carpools,
and carpool parking 
2allocations.

3    To further the prevention of accidents, the Department 
4shall conduct a traffic study following the occurrence of any 
5accident involving a pedestrian fatality that occurs at an 
6intersection of a State highway. The study shall include, but 
7not be limited to, consideration of alternative geometric 
8design improvements, traffic control devices, and any other 
9improvements that the Department deems necessary. The 
10Department shall make the results of the study available to 
11the public on its website.
12(Source: P.A. 91-239, eff. 1-1-00.)