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92_HB2244

 
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 1        AN ACT concerning vehicles.

 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
 5    changing Section 11-310 as follows:

 6        (625 ILCS 5/11-310) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-310)
 7        Sec. 11-310. Display of unauthorized signs,  signals,  or
 8    markings.
 9        (a)  No  person  shall place, maintain or display upon or
10    in  view  of  any  highway  any  unauthorized  sign,  signal,
11    marking, or device which purports to be or is an imitation of
12    or resembles an official traffic-control device  or  railroad
13    sign  or  signal, or which attempts to direct the movement of
14    traffic, or which hides from  view  or  interferes  with  the
15    movement  of  traffic  or  the  effectiveness  of an official
16    traffic-control device or any railroad sign or signal.
17        (b)  No person shall place  or  maintain  nor  shall  any
18    public  authority permit upon any highway any traffic sign or
19    signal bearing thereon any commercial advertising.
20        (c)  Every such prohibited sign,  signal  or  marking  is
21    hereby  declared  to  be  a public nuisance and the authority
22    having jurisdiction over the highway is hereby  empowered  to
23    remove the same or cause it to be removed without notice.
24        (d)  No  person  shall sell or offer for sale any traffic
25    control device to be used on any street or  highway  in  this
26    State  which  does  not  conform  to the requirements of this
27    Chapter.
28        (e)  This Section shall not be  deemed  to  prohibit  the
29    erection  upon private property adjacent to highways of signs
30    giving useful directional information  and  of  a  type  that
31    cannot be mistaken for official signs.
 
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 1        (f)  This  Section  shall  not  be deemed to prohibit the
 2    erection of Illinois Adopt-A-Highway signs by municipalities,
 3    townships,  or  counties  as   provided   in   the   Illinois
 4    Adopt-A-Highway Act.
 5        (f-1)  This Section does not prohibit a municipality from
 6    placing  and  displaying  along  or  over a highway a sign or
 7    banner if the following conditions are met:
 8             (1)  The sign or banner honors community or  student
 9        achievements and bears no commercial advertising.
10             (2)  The sign or banner is of a size no greater than
11        30 square feet.
12             (3)  The   sign  or  banner  does  not  obstruct  or
13        endanger traffic or obstruct the view of  the  driver  of
14        any vehicle.
15             (4)  The  sign  or  banner  remains in place no more
16        than 30 days.
17             (5)  The municipality obtains the  approval  of  the
18        Department  before placing a sign or banner along or over
19        any highway under the jurisdiction of the Department.
20        The Department  must  respond  with  approval  or  denial
21    within  7  days  of  receiving  a  municipality's request for
22    approval under paragraph (5) of this subsection (f-1).
23        (g)  Any person failing to comply with this Section shall
24    be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
25    (Source: P.A. 87-1118.)

26        Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect  July
27    1, 2002.

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