97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
SB3384
 
Introduced 2/7/2012, by Sen. Michael Noland
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 

 
625 ILCS 5/11-709.4 new

     Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Creates the Randall Road bus on shoulder pilot program. Provides that commencing on the effective date of this Act, the Department, in cooperation with the Regional Transportation Authority, the Suburban Bus Division of the Regional Transportation Authority, and the Illinois State Police, shall establish a 5-year pilot program on the Randall Road corridor in Kane County for the use of transit busses  on highways and shoulders. Provides that the Department may adopt rules as necessary to implement the pilot program, and that the Department shall present to the General Assembly a report on the effectiveness of the program 2 years into the 5-year pilot program. Effective immediately.
  


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
 
 
A BILL FOR
 

  
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1    AN ACT concerning transportation.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended  by adding 
5Section 11-709.4 as follows:
 
6    (625 ILCS 5/11-709.4 new)
7    Sec. 11-709.4. Randall Road bus on shoulder pilot program.
8    (a) For purposes of this Section, "bus on shoulders" is the 
9use of specifically designated shoulders of roadways by 
10authorized transit buses. The shoulders may be used by transit 
11buses at times and locations as set by the Department in 
12cooperation with the Regional Transportation Authority and the 
13Suburban Bus Division of the Regional Transportation 
14Authority.
15    (b) Commencing on the effective date of this amendatory Act 
16of the 97th General Assembly, the Department along with the 
17Regional Transportation Authority and Suburban Bus Division of 
18the Regional Transportation Authority in cooperation with the 
19Illinois State Police shall establish a 5-year  pilot program on 
20the Randall Road corridor in Kane County for transit buses on 
21highways and shoulders. The pilot program may be implemented on 
22shoulders of highways as designated by the Department in 
23cooperation with the Regional Transportation Authority and 
 
 
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1Suburban Bus Division of the Regional Transportation 
2Authority.  The Department may adopt rules  necessary for transit 
3buses to  use roadway shoulders.
4    (c) After the pilot program established under subsection 
5(b) of this Section has been operating for 2 years, the 
6Department, in cooperation with the Regional Transit 
7Authority, the Suburban Bus Division of the Regional 
8Transportation Authority, and the Illinois State Police shall 
9issue a report to the General Assembly on the effectiveness of 
10the bus on shoulders pilot program.
 
 
11    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
12becoming law.