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Rep. Martin J. Moylan
Filed: 3/17/2025
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2675
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| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2675 by replacing |
| 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| 4 | | "Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by |
| 5 | | changing Section 11-315 as follows:
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| 6 | | (625 ILCS 5/11-315) |
| 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, unless |
| 15 | | the crossing is controlled by an official traffic control |
| 16 | | device or sign. If the authority having maintenance |
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| 1 | | jurisdiction over publicly owned bicycle trails has actual |
| 2 | | knowledge of an emergency or safety hazard that creates a |
| 3 | | dangerous condition on a publicly owned paved bicycle trail, |
| 4 | | the authority shall take reasonable steps to erect temporary |
| 5 | | signage or other warning markers, including, but not limited |
| 6 | | to, cones, barricades, or drums, alerting pedestrians or |
| 7 | | cyclists cyclist of the dangerous condition. The Department |
| 8 | | with reference to State highways under its jurisdiction, and |
| 9 | | the local authority with reference to other highways under its |
| 10 | | jurisdiction, shall erect or install permanent signage or |
| 11 | | markings warning vehicular traffic in advance of bicycle trail |
| 12 | | crossings, unless the highway approaches to the crossing are |
| 13 | | controlled by an official traffic control device. Permanent |
| 14 | | signage erected or installed along the highways to warn |
| 15 | | vehicular traffic as part of this Section shall conform with |
| 16 | | the State manual and permanent advanced warning signage shall |
| 17 | | be located at least 150 feet in advance of the crossing. This |
| 18 | | Section shall not apply to rustic or primitive trails. |
| 19 | | (Source: P.A. 103-386, eff. 1-1-24.)
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| 20 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
| 21 | | becoming law.". |