Full Text of HB2131 103rd 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 Department of Transportation Law of the
| 5 | | Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by adding | 6 | | Section 2705-211 as follows: | 7 | | (20 ILCS 2705/2705-211 new) | 8 | | Sec. 2705-211. Zero Traffic Fatalities Task Force. | 9 | | (a) On or before July 1, 2024, the Secretary of | 10 | | Transportation shall establish and convene the Zero Traffic | 11 | | Fatalities Task Force to develop a structured, coordinated | 12 | | process for early engagement of all parties to develop | 13 | | policies to reduce traffic fatalities to zero. | 14 | | (b) The Task Force shall include, but is not limited to, | 15 | | representatives from the Illinois State Police, | 16 | | State-supported institutions of higher learning, the | 17 | | Department of Transportation, the Department of Public Health, | 18 | | the Secretary of State, motorcycle safety organizations, local | 19 | | governments, bicycle safety organizations, statewide motorist | 20 | | service membership organizations, transportation advocacy | 21 | | organizations, and labor organizations. | 22 | | (c) The Secretary of Transportation shall prepare and | 23 | | submit a report of findings based on the Zero Traffic |
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| 1 | | Fatalities Task Force's efforts to the General Assembly on or | 2 | | before January 1, 2025.
The report shall include, but is not | 3 | | limited to, a detailed analysis of the following issues: | 4 | | (1) The existing process for establishing speed | 5 | | limits, including a detailed discussion on where speed | 6 | | limits are allowed to deviate from the 85th percentile. | 7 | | (2) Existing policies on how to reduce speeds on local | 8 | | streets and roads. | 9 | | (3) A recommendation as to whether an alternative to | 10 | | the use of the 85th percentile as a method for determining | 11 | | speed limits should be considered, and if so, what | 12 | | alternatives should be looked at. | 13 | | (4) Engineering recommendations on how to increase | 14 | | vehicular, pedestrian, and bicycle safety. | 15 | | (5) Additional steps that can be taken to eliminate | 16 | | vehicular, pedestrian, and bicycle fatalities on the road. | 17 | | (6) Existing reports and analyses on calculating the | 18 | | 85th percentile at the local, State, national, and | 19 | | international levels. | 20 | | (7) Usage of the 85th percentile in urban and rural | 21 | | settings. | 22 | | (8) How local bicycle and pedestrian plans affect the | 23 | | 85th percentile. | 24 | | (d) This Section is repealed on January 1, 2026.
| 25 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 26 | | becoming law. |
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