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| 1 | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 767
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| 2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 767 by replacing | ||||||
| 3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| 4 | "Section 5. The Department of Transportation Law of the
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| 5 | Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by changing | ||||||
| 6 | Section 2705-210 as follows:
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| 7 | (20 ILCS 2705/2705-210) (was 20 ILCS 2705/49.15)
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| 8 | Sec. 2705-210. Traffic control and prevention of | ||||||
| 9 | accidents. The Department
has the power to develop, | ||||||
| 10 | consolidate, and coordinate effective
programs
and activities | ||||||
| 11 | for the advancement of driver education, for the
facilitation | ||||||
| 12 | of the movement of motor vehicle traffic, and for the
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| 13 | protection and conservation of life and property on the streets | ||||||
| 14 | and
highways of this State and to advise, recommend, and | ||||||
| 15 | consult with the
several departments, divisions, boards, | ||||||
| 16 | commissions, and other agencies
of this State in regard to | ||||||
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| 1 | those programs and activities. The
Department has the power to | ||||||
| 2 | aid and
assist the counties, cities, towns, and other political | ||||||
| 3 | subdivisions of
this State in the control of traffic and the | ||||||
| 4 | prevention of traffic
accidents. That aid and assistance to | ||||||
| 5 | counties, cities, towns,
and other
political subdivisions of | ||||||
| 6 | this State shall include assistance with regard
to planning, | ||||||
| 7 | traffic flow, light synchronizing, preferential lanes for
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| 8 | carpools,
and carpool parking allocations.
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| 9 | To further the prevention of accidents, the Department | ||||||
| 10 | shall conduct a traffic study following the occurrence of any | ||||||
| 11 | accident involving a pedestrian fatality that occurs at an | ||||||
| 12 | intersection of a State highway. The study shall include, but | ||||||
| 13 | not be limited to, consideration of alternative geometric | ||||||
| 14 | design improvements, traffic control devices, and any other | ||||||
| 15 | improvements that the Department deems necessary. The | ||||||
| 16 | Department shall make the results of the study available to the | ||||||
| 17 | public on its website. | ||||||
| 18 | (Source: P.A. 91-239, eff. 1-1-00.)
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| 19 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 20 | becoming law.".
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