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 1                    AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 275

 2        AMENDMENT NO.     .  Amend Senate Bill 275  by  replacing
 3    the title with the following:

 4        "AN ACT in relation to bicycles."; and

 5    by  replacing  everything  after the enacting clause with the
 6    following:

 7        "Section 5.  The Illinois  Vehicle  Code  is  amended  by
 8    changing Section 11-1502 as follows:

 9        (625 ILCS 5/11-1502) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-1502)
10        Sec.  11-1502.   (a) Traffic laws apply to persons riding
11    bicycles.  Every person riding a bicycle upon a highway shall
12    be granted all of the rights and shall be subject to  all  of
13    the  duties  applicable  to  the  driver of a vehicle by this
14    Code, except as to special regulations in this Article XV and
15    except as to those provisions of this  Code  which  by  their
16    nature can have no application.
17        (b)  A  person  riding  a  bicycle  is  an  intended  and
18    permitted  user  of  any  highway  in  Illinois  except for a
19    highway on which bicycle use has been specifically prohibited
20    by law  and  the  prohibition  is  indicated  by  appropriate
21    signage.  This  subsection  (b) does not create liability for
 
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 1    any public entity for  the  failure  to  remedy  any  surface
 2    condition  of  a  public  right-of-way that is hazardous to a
 3    person riding a bicycle if  that  surface  condition  is  not
 4    hazardous to a motor vehicle. Except as expressly provided by
 5    law,  this  subsection  (b)  does not impose an obligation to
 6    upgrade, widen, or reengineer existing  public  rights-of-way
 7    for  use  by  bicyclists and does not impose an obligation to
 8    maintain streets  and  highways  to  a  higher  standard  for
 9    bicylists.
10    (Source: P.A. 82-132.)".