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94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
HB2390
Introduced 02/16/05, by Rep. Elaine Nekritz SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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625 ILCS 5/11-1502 |
from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-1502 |
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Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that a person riding a bicycle is
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intended and permitted user of any highway in Illinois except for a highway on
which bicycle use has been specifically prohibited by law and the prohibition
is indicated by appropriate signage.
Provides that the new language does not create liability for any public
entity for the failure to remedy any surface condition of a highway that is hazardous to a person riding a bicycle if that surface
condition is
not hazardous to a passenger car. Provides that, except as expressly
provided by law, the new language does not impose an obligation to
further improve existing highways or to maintain them to a
higher standard for bicyclists.
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A BILL FOR
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HB2390 |
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LRB094 07041 DRH 41113 b |
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| AN ACT in relation to bicycles.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by changing |
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| Section 11-1502 as follows:
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| (625 ILCS 5/11-1502) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-1502)
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| Sec. 11-1502. Traffic laws apply to persons riding
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| bicycles. |
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| (a) Every person riding a bicycle upon a highway shall be
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| granted all of the rights and shall be subject to all of
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| duties applicable to the driver of a vehicle by this
Code, |
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| except as to special regulations in this Article XV
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| as to those provisions of this Code which by their
nature can |
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| have no application.
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| (b)(1) A person riding a bicycle is an intended and |
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| permitted user of any street or highway in Illinois except for |
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| a street or highway on which bicycle use has been specifically |
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| prohibited by a local unit of government and the prohibition is |
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| indicated by appropriate signage.
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| (2) No public entity shall be liable under this subsection |
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| (b) for failure to remedy any surface condition of a highway |
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| that is hazardous to said person riding a bicycle if that |
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| surface condition is not hazardous to a passenger car. The |
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| following surface conditions shall not create liability for a |
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| public entity unless the condition is such that it would be |
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| hazardous to a passenger car: (A) irregular surfaces; (B) |
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| pavement stress cracks; (C) speed bumps and curbs; (D) |
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| expansion joints; (E) accumulations of gravel, dirt, ice, snow, |
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| and water on road and shoulder surfaces; (F) sewer grates, |
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| manholes, and drain covers except for the absence therein; (G) |
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| inadequate artificial lighting of the roadway.
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| (3) Except as expressly provided by law, this subsection |