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HB3743 - 104th General Assembly
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| 1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3743 | ||||||
| 2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 3743 by replacing | ||||||
| 3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following: | ||||||
| 4 | "Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Section | ||||||
| 5 | 22-101 as follows: | ||||||
| 6 | (105 ILCS 5/22-101 new) | ||||||
| 7 | Sec. 22-101. Railroad safety messaging. Each school | ||||||
| 8 | district shall include in its student handbook for grades | ||||||
| 9 | kindergarten through 12 the following railroad safety | ||||||
| 10 | messaging: | ||||||
| 11 | (1) Cross tracks only at designated pedestrian or | ||||||
| 12 | roadway crossings and observe and obey all warning signs | ||||||
| 13 | and signals. | ||||||
| 14 | (2) Never walk down a train track; it is illegal and | ||||||
| 15 | dangerous. By the time a locomotive engineer sees a | ||||||
| 16 | trespasser or vehicle on the tracks, it is too late to stop | ||||||
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| 1 | even when the emergency brakes are activated. | ||||||
| 2 | (3) The only safe place to cross is at a designated | ||||||
| 3 | public crossing, equipped with crossbucks, flashing red | ||||||
| 4 | lights, or gates. Crossing anywhere else is trespassing, | ||||||
| 5 | which can result in a ticket and fine. | ||||||
| 6 | (4) Do not cross tracks immediately after a train | ||||||
| 7 | passes. Additional trains may be approaching when blocked | ||||||
| 8 | by the first. Trains can travel at any time and in either | ||||||
| 9 | direction. Wait until both directions can be clearly | ||||||
| 10 | observed. | ||||||
| 11 | (5) Flashing red lights signal that a train or rail | ||||||
| 12 | equipment is approaching from either direction, and a fine | ||||||
| 13 | can be charged for ignoring such signals. Never walk | ||||||
| 14 | around or stop between lowered gates at a crossing. Do not | ||||||
| 15 | cross the tracks until the red lights stop flashing and it | ||||||
| 16 | is safe to do so. | ||||||
| 17 | (6) Rails and recreation do not mix. | ||||||
| 18 | A school district may opt-out of this requirement if the | ||||||
| 19 | school board of the school district determines that the | ||||||
| 20 | inclusion of such messaging is unnecessary based on local | ||||||
| 21 | context or the messaging's alignment with curriculum. | ||||||
| 22 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect on July | ||||||
| 23 | 1, 2026.". | ||||||