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.