Full Text of SB3384 97th General Assembly
SB3384eng 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning transportation.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by changing | 5 | | Section 11-709.2 and by adding Section 11-709.4 as follows: | 6 | | (625 ILCS 5/11-709.2) | 7 | | Sec. 11-709.2. Bus on shoulder pilot program. | 8 | | (a) For purposes of this Section, "bus on shoulders" is the | 9 | | use of specifically designated shoulders of roadways by | 10 | | authorized transit buses. The shoulders may be used by transit | 11 | | buses at times and locations as set by the Department in | 12 | | cooperation with the Regional Transportation Authority and the | 13 | | Suburban Bus Division of the Regional Transportation | 14 | | Authority. | 15 | | (b) Commencing on the effective date of this amendatory Act | 16 | | of the 97th General Assembly, the Department along with the | 17 | | Regional Transportation Authority and Suburban Bus Division of | 18 | | the Regional Transportation Authority in cooperation with the | 19 | | Illinois State Police shall establish a 5-year pilot program | 20 | | within the boundaries of the Regional Transportation Authority | 21 | | for transit buses on highways and shoulders. The pilot program | 22 | | may be implemented on shoulders of highways as designated by | 23 | | the Department in cooperation with the Regional Transportation |
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| 1 | | Authority and Suburban Bus Division of the Regional | 2 | | Transportation Authority and any affected local highway | 3 | | authorities . The Department may adopt rules necessary for | 4 | | approving, establishing, operating, evaluating, and reporting | 5 | | on the pilot program for transit buses to use roadway | 6 | | shoulders. | 7 | | (c) After the pilot program established under subsection | 8 | | (b) of this Section has been operating for 2 years, the | 9 | | Department in cooperation with the Regional Transit Authority, | 10 | | the Suburban Bus Division of the Regional Transportation | 11 | | Authority, and the Illinois State Police shall issue a report | 12 | | to the General Assembly on the effectiveness of the bus on | 13 | | shoulders pilot program.
| 14 | | (Source: P.A. 97-292, eff. 8-11-11.) | 15 | | (625 ILCS 5/11-709.4 new) | 16 | | Sec. 11-709.4. Randall Road bus on shoulder pilot program. | 17 | | (a) One year after the effective date of this amendatory | 18 | | Act
of the 97th General Assembly, the Department, along with | 19 | | the
Regional Transportation Authority and Suburban Bus | 20 | | Division of
the Regional Transportation Authority, in | 21 | | cooperation with the Kane County Division of Transportation, | 22 | | shall establish a 5-year pilot program on
the Randall Road | 23 | | corridor in Kane County for transit buses.
The Department may | 24 | | adopt rules for approving, establishing, operating, | 25 | | evaluating, and reporting on the pilot program for transit
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| 1 | | buses to use roadway shoulders. | 2 | | (b) After the pilot program established under subsection
| 3 | | (a) of this Section has been operating for 2 years, the
| 4 | | Department, in cooperation with the Regional Transit
| 5 | | Authority, the Suburban Bus Division of the Regional
| 6 | | Transportation Authority, and the Kane County Division of | 7 | | Transportation, shall
issue a report to the General Assembly on | 8 | | the effectiveness of
the bus pilot program. | 9 | | (c)
The pilot program is subject to appropriation and | 10 | | approval by the Department, the Regional Transportation | 11 | | Authority, the Suburban Bus Division of the Regional | 12 | | Transportation Authority, and the Kane County Division of | 13 | | Transportation.
| 14 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 15 | | becoming law. |
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