98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
SB2996

 

Introduced 2/4/2014, by Sen. David Koehler

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
625 ILCS 5/11-1506  from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-1506

    Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that a person riding a bicycle is not required to have at least one hand on the handlebars at all times if the bicycle is stopped and at rest.


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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 changing
5Section 11-1506 as follows:
 
6    (625 ILCS 5/11-1506)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-1506)
7    Sec. 11-1506. Carrying articles. No person operating a
8bicycle shall carry any package, bundle or article which
9prevents the use of both hands in the control and operation of
10the bicycle. A person operating a bicycle shall keep at least
11one hand on the handlebars at all times, unless the bicycle is
12at a stopped and at rest position.
13(Source: P.A. 82-132.)