91st General Assembly
Summary of SB0839
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Senate Sponsors:
PARKER-MADIGAN,L-JACOBS-GEO-KARIS-CULLERTON.

House Sponsors:
KRAUSE-CURRIE-HOEFT

Short description: 
LOCAL GOVT TORT IMMUN-BICYCLES                                             

Synopsis of Bill as introduced:
        Amends provisions of the Local Governmental and Governmental           
   Employees Tort Immunity Act concerning a local public entity's duty to      
   maintain its property in a reasonably safe condition for intended and       
   permitted users. Provides that a person riding a bicycle is deemed to       
   be an intended and permitted user of any street or highway, except in       
   the case of a street or highway upon which the use of bicycles is pro-      
   hibited and signs to that effect are posted.                                
        SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 1.                                                
          Deletes reference to:                                                
          745 ILCS 10/3-102                                                    
          Adds reference to:                                                   
          745 ILCS 10/106.1 new                                                
        Deletes everything. Amends the Local Governmental and Governmen-       
   tal Employees Tort Immunity Act to provide that neither a local public      
   entity nor a public employee shall be liable for an injury to a bicy-       
   clist where the liability is based on the existence of a condition of       
   any street or highway, bike lane, bike route, or bike path unless the       
   local public entity or public employee is guilty of willful and wanton      
   misconduct proximately causing the injury.                                  
 
Last action on Bill: SESSION SINE DIE

   Last action date: 01-01-09

           Location: Senate

 Amendments to Bill: AMENDMENTS ADOPTED: HOUSE -   0     SENATE -   1


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