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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 adding |
| 5 | | Section 11-315 as follows:
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| 6 | | (625 ILCS 5/11-315 new) |
| 7 | | Sec. 11-315. Paved bicycle trail signage. For the purposes |
| 8 | | of this Section, "paved bicycle trail" includes trails |
| 9 | | accommodating bicycle traffic composed of aggregate, asphalt, |
| 10 | | bituminous treatment, concrete, crushed limestone, or any |
| 11 | | combination thereof. The authority having maintenance |
| 12 | | jurisdiction over publicly owned paved bicycle trails in the |
| 13 | | State shall erect permanent regulatory or warning signage |
| 14 | | alerting pedestrians or cyclists of highway crossings. If the |
| 15 | | authority having maintenance jurisdiction over publicly owned |
| 16 | | bicycle trails has actual knowledge of an emergency or safety |
| 17 | | hazard that creates a dangerous condition on a publicly owned |
| 18 | | paved bicycle trail, the authority shall take reasonable steps |
| 19 | | to erect temporary signage alerting pedestrians or cyclist of |
| 20 | | the dangerous condition. The Department with reference to |
| 21 | | State highways under its jurisdiction, and the local authority |
| 22 | | with reference to other highways under its jurisdiction, shall |
| 23 | | erect or install permanent signage or markings warning |