Public Act 90-0058 of the 90th General Assembly

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Public Act 90-0058

SB29 Enrolled                                  LRB9000003NTcw

    AN ACT to amend the Illinois  Vehicle  Code  by  changing
Section 11-1420.

    Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:

    Section 5.  The  Illinois  Vehicle  Code  is  amended  by
changing Section 11-1420 as follows:

    (625 ILCS 5/11-1420) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-1420)
    Sec. 11-1420. Funeral processions.
    (a)  Funeral   processions   have   the  right-of-way  at
intersections when vehicles comprising such  procession  have
their   headlights   lighted,     subject  to  the  following
conditions and exceptions:
    1.  Operators of vehicles in a funeral  procession  shall
yield  the  right-of-way  upon  the approach of an authorized
emergency vehicle giving an audible or visible signal;
    2.  Operators of vehicles in a funeral  procession  shall
yield  the  right-of-way  when directed to do so by a traffic
officer;
    3.  The operator of the  leading  vehicle  in  a  funeral
procession  shall  comply with stop signs and traffic control
signals but when the leading vehicle has proceeded across  an
intersection in accordance with such signal or after stopping
as required by the stop sign, all vehicles in such procession
may  proceed  without  stopping,  regardless  of  the sign or
signal and the leading vehicle and the vehicles in procession
shall proceed with due caution.
    (b)  The  operator  of  a  vehicle  not  in  the  funeral
procession  shall  not  drive  his  vehicle  in  the  funeral
procession except when authorized  to  do  so  by  a  traffic
officer  or  when  such  vehicle  is  an authorized emergency
vehicle giving audible or visible signal.
    (c)  Operators of  vehicles  not  a  part  of  a  funeral
procession may not form a procession or convoy and have their
headlights   lighted     for  the  purpose  of  securing  the
right-of-way granted by this Section to funeral processions.
    (d)  The  operator  of  a  vehicle  not  in   a   funeral
procession  may  overtake  and  pass  the  vehicles  in  such
procession if such overtaking and passing can be accomplished
without  causing  a  traffic  hazard or interfering with such
procession.
    (e)  The lead vehicle in the funeral  procession  may  be
equipped  with  a flashing amber light which may be used only
when  such  vehicle  is  used  as  a  lead  vehicle  in  such
procession. Vehicles  comprising  a  funeral  procession  may
utilize  funeral  pennants or flags or windshield stickers or
flashing hazard  warning  signal  flashers  to  identify  the
individual vehicles in such a procession.
(Source: P.A. 76-1586.)

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