Illinois 2023 2023-2024 Regular Session

Illinois House Bill HB2464 Introduced / Bill

Filed 02/15/2023

                    103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB2464 Introduced , by Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:  625 ILCS 5/1-158.2 new 625 ILCS 5/11-305 from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-305   Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that the provision requiring the driver of a vehicle approaching a traffic-control signal on which no signal light facing such vehicle is illuminated to stop before entering the intersection does not apply to the driver of a vehicle approaching a pedestrian hybrid beacon. Defines "pedestrian hybrid beacon" as a traffic-control device used to warn and control traffic, at locations that are otherwise without a traffic-control signal, to assist pedestrians in crossing a street or highway at a marked crosswalk.  LRB103 26400 MXP 52763 b   A BILL FOR 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB2464 Introduced , by Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:  625 ILCS 5/1-158.2 new 625 ILCS 5/11-305 from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-305 625 ILCS 5/1-158.2 new  625 ILCS 5/11-305 from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-305 Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that the provision requiring the driver of a vehicle approaching a traffic-control signal on which no signal light facing such vehicle is illuminated to stop before entering the intersection does not apply to the driver of a vehicle approaching a pedestrian hybrid beacon. Defines "pedestrian hybrid beacon" as a traffic-control device used to warn and control traffic, at locations that are otherwise without a traffic-control signal, to assist pedestrians in crossing a street or highway at a marked crosswalk.  LRB103 26400 MXP 52763 b     LRB103 26400 MXP 52763 b   A BILL FOR
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB2464 Introduced , by Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
625 ILCS 5/1-158.2 new 625 ILCS 5/11-305 from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-305 625 ILCS 5/1-158.2 new  625 ILCS 5/11-305 from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-305
625 ILCS 5/1-158.2 new
625 ILCS 5/11-305 from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-305
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that the provision requiring the driver of a vehicle approaching a traffic-control signal on which no signal light facing such vehicle is illuminated to stop before entering the intersection does not apply to the driver of a vehicle approaching a pedestrian hybrid beacon. Defines "pedestrian hybrid beacon" as a traffic-control device used to warn and control traffic, at locations that are otherwise without a traffic-control signal, to assist pedestrians in crossing a street or highway at a marked crosswalk.
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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
5  changing Section 11-305 and by adding Section 1-158.2 as
6  follows:
7  (625 ILCS 5/1-158.2 new)
8  Sec. 1-158.2. Pedestrian hybrid beacon. A traffic-control
9  device used to warn and control traffic, at locations that are
10  otherwise without a traffic-control signal, to assist
11  pedestrians in crossing a street or highway at a marked
12  crosswalk.
13  (625 ILCS 5/11-305) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-305)
14  Sec. 11-305. Obedience to and required traffic-control
15  devices.
16  (a) The driver of any vehicle shall obey the instructions
17  of any official traffic-control device applicable thereto
18  placed or held in accordance with the provisions of this Act,
19  unless otherwise directed by a police officer, subject to the
20  exceptions granted the driver of an authorized emergency
21  vehicle in this Act.
22  (b) It is unlawful for any person to leave the roadway and

 

103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB2464 Introduced , by Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
625 ILCS 5/1-158.2 new 625 ILCS 5/11-305 from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-305 625 ILCS 5/1-158.2 new  625 ILCS 5/11-305 from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-305
625 ILCS 5/1-158.2 new
625 ILCS 5/11-305 from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-305
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that the provision requiring the driver of a vehicle approaching a traffic-control signal on which no signal light facing such vehicle is illuminated to stop before entering the intersection does not apply to the driver of a vehicle approaching a pedestrian hybrid beacon. Defines "pedestrian hybrid beacon" as a traffic-control device used to warn and control traffic, at locations that are otherwise without a traffic-control signal, to assist pedestrians in crossing a street or highway at a marked crosswalk.
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1  travel across private property to avoid an official traffic
2  control device.
3  (c) No provision of this Act for which official
4  traffic-control devices are required shall be enforced against
5  an alleged violator if at the time and place of the alleged
6  violation an official device is not in proper position and
7  sufficiently legible to be seen by an ordinarily observant
8  person. Whenever a particular section does not state that
9  official traffic-control devices are required, such section
10  shall be effective even though no devices are erected or in
11  place.
12  (d) Whenever any official traffic-control device is placed
13  or held in position approximately conforming to the
14  requirements of this Act and purports to conform to the lawful
15  requirements pertaining to such device, such device shall be
16  presumed to have been so placed or held by the official act or
17  direction of lawful authority, and comply with the
18  requirements of this Act, unless the contrary shall be
19  established by competent evidence.
20  (e) The driver of a vehicle approaching a traffic control
21  signal on which no signal light facing such vehicle is
22  illuminated shall stop before entering the intersection in
23  accordance with rules applicable in making a stop at a stop
24  sign. This provision does not apply to the driver of a vehicle
25  approaching a pedestrian hybrid beacon.
26  (f) Any violation of subsection (a) that occurs within a

 

 

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1  designated highway construction zone or maintenance zone shall
2  result in a fine of no less than $100 and no more than $1,000.
3  (Source: P.A. 101-172, eff. 1-1-20.)

 

 

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