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SB275 Engrossed                      LRB093 08459 DRH 08681 b

 1        AN ACT concerning civil immunities.

 2        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section  5.   The  Local  Governmental  and  Governmental
 5    Employees Tort Immunity Act  is  amended  by  adding  Section
 6    3-106.1 as follows:

 7        (745 ILCS 10/3-106.1 new)
 8        Sec.  3-106.1.   Property  used  by bicyclists. Neither a
 9    local public entity nor a public employee is  liable  for  an
10    injury  to  a  bicyclist  where the liability is based on the
11    existence of a condition of any street or highway, bike lane,
12    bike route, or bike path unless the local  public  entity  or
13    public  employee  is  guilty of willful and wanton misconduct
14    proximately causing the injury.