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Latest Action: 01/08/2009 - Recommends Be Adopted State Government Administration Committee; 008-000-000 Bill Text
MLK MEMORIAL HIGHWAY
Designates Route 20 within the Elgin city limits as the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Highway in honor of the life and legacy of America's greatest champion of racial justice and equality.
Latest Action: 01/08/2009 - Recommends Be Adopted State Government Administration Committee; 009-000-000 Bill Text
RON GEBUR MEMORIAL HIGHWAY
Designates the portion of Illinois State Route 122 lying between Delavan and Stanford the Ron W. Gebur Memorial Highway.
Latest Action: 05/31/2007 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee Bill Text
VEH CD-TRUCK SIZE & WEIGHT
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that a local highway jurisdiction may issue permits for the movement, to or from a farm or other production agriculture facility, of divisible and non-divisible loads of production agriculture commodities and goods used in production agriculture that exceed posted local size and weight limits. Provides that the permitted size and weight of these loads may not exceed the limits allowed on State highways. Effective immediately.
Latest Action: 03/16/2007 - Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Rules Bill Text
PEN CD-ALT FORM-TOLLWAY EMPLOY
Amends the State Employee Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that certain persons employed by the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority and automotive mechanics employed by the Illinois Department of Transportation, Department of Central Management Services, or Illinois Department of Agriculture are eligible for the alternative (State Police) formula. Includes new benefit increase language. Effective immediately.
Latest Action: 08/24/2007 - Effective Date January 1, 2008 Bill TextTOW TRUCKS Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that, if a damaged vehicle is obstructing traffic lanes, the driver of the vehicle must make every reasonable effort to move the vehicle or have it moved so as not to block the traffic lanes. Provides that, if any peace officer or highway authority official finds a vehicle standing upon a highway in violation of a parking restriction or a disabled vehicle blocking a roadway, he or she may move the vehicle, require its operator to move the vehicle, or provide for its removal by a third party. Provides that the vehicle may be moved to the shoulder of the road, to a position where parking is permitted, or to public parking or storage premises. Provides that a towing service is not liable for any loss or damages to real or personal property that occurs as a result of the removal or towing of the vehicle. Fiscal Note (Dept. of Transportation) show full description
Latest Action: 08/16/2007 - Effective Date January 1, 2008 Bill Text
VEH CD-BICYCLE SAFETY RULES
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that the driver of a vehicle overtaking a bicycle or individual proceeding in the same direction on a highway must maintain a distance of at least 3 feet between the vehicle and the bicycle or individual. Provides that a bicycle rider may signal a right turn by extending his or her right hand horizontally and to the right side of the bicycle. Provides that the rider of a bicycle or a motorized pedal cycle shall ride as close to the right-hand curb or edge as practicable and safe (rather than as close as practicable), except in specified circumstances. Provides that, in addition to the existing exceptions, the rider is not required to ride as close to the right-hand curb or edge as practicable and safe when the rider is approaching a place where a right turn is authorized.
Latest Action: 03/13/2007 - Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Dale A. Righter Bill Text
ST ETHICS-TOLLWAY SIGNS
Amends the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act. Adds Illinois State Toll Highway Authority signs and structures to the list of items that may not bear the proper name or image of an executive branch constitutional officer or a General Assembly member if the item is designed, paid for, prepared, or distributed using public funds and the item is not in furtherance of the person's official State duties or governmental and public service functions.
Latest Action: 05/31/2008 - Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As January 13, 2009 Bill TextREC LAND-IMMUNITY OTHER USES Amends the Recreational Use of Land and Water Areas Act. Provides that the definition of "recreational or conservation purpose" is enlarged to include: hiking, operating an off-highway vehicle, rock climbing, trapping, horseback riding on the rider's own horse, fishing, swimming, boating, camping, picnicking, water or snow skiing, sledding, snowmobiling, engaging in an activity with an educational or conservation purpose, a combination of any of those activities, or any activity solely related to any listed activity (at present, only hunting, recreational shooting, a combination of those 2 activities, or any activity solely related to hunting or shooting are included in the definition). Effective immediately. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Deletes reference to: 745 ILCS [...] show full description
Latest Action: 08/21/2007 - Governor Approved Bill Text
TOLL HWY-RTA BUSES EXEMPT
Amends the Toll Highway Act. Provides that the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority shall provide that vehicles owned or operated by the Suburban Bus Division of the Regional Transportation Authority to transport passengers for hire are exempt from paying tolls for operation on highways under the Authority's jurisdiction. Provides that the provision allowing the vehicles to use the Toll Highway System without payment of tolls shall not be applied in a manner that impairs the rights of the holders of bonds issued by the Authority.
Latest Action: 03/01/2007 - Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Pamela J. Althoff Bill Text
ALTERNATE FUELS-MAPS
Amends the Department of Revenue Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Requires the Department of Revenue to assist the Department of Transportation in developing and maintaining a list and map of all refueling stations that provide E85 blended fuel. Amends the Illinois Highway Code. Provides that, beginning July 1, 2007 and through June 30, 2012, the Department of Transportation must include the locations of all refueling stations that provide E85 blended fuel on maps published and road signs installed by the Department. Effective immediately.
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Latest Action: 09/23/2008 - First Reading Bill Text
HIGHWAY CD-MOTOR FUEL TAX
Amends the Illinois Highway Code. Provides that a municipality that is located partially or wholly in a county with a population greater than 500,000 but less than 3,000,000 under specified conditions may expend Motor Fuel Tax street or road funds (except Federal-aid funds) on streets or highways or sections of highways without prior review or approval of the Department of Transportation for routine maintenance activities as determined by the Department, including without limitation snow plowing, street cleaning, crack-sealing, and road patching; and routine and periodic roadway resurfacing activities (including grinding off the surface course of roads, but not involving expansions or reconstruction of more than 20% of the affected road bed). Effective immediately.
Latest Action: 08/19/2008 - Filed with Secretary Bill Text
GEORGE SANGMEISTER MEM HIGHWAY
Designates Route 53 from I-80 south to Hoff Road as the George E. Sangmeister Memorial Highway.
Latest Action: 07/10/2008 - Referred to Rules Committee Bill Text
PAUL EGAN MEMORIAL HWY
Designates the portion of U.S. Route 30 between Route 47 and Route 34 the "Paul Egan Memorial Highway" in honor of former Aurora Mayor Paul Egan and his work.
Latest Action: 05/28/2008 - Filed with Secretary Bill Text
MLK MEMORIAL HIGHWAY
Designates Route 20 within the Elgin city limits as the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Highway in honor of the life and legacy of America's greatest champion of racial justice and equality.
Latest Action: 07/01/2008 - Rule 19(b) / Re-referred to Rules Committee Bill Text
$TOLL HIGHWY AUTHRITY-TECH
Appropriates $2 from the General Revenue Fund to the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority for its FY09 ordinary and contingent expenses. Effective July 1, 2008.
Latest Action: 07/01/2008 - Rule 19(b) / Re-referred to Rules Committee Bill Text
$TOLL HIGHWY AUTHRITY-TECH
Appropriates $2 from the General Revenue Fund to the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority for its FY09 ordinary and contingent expenses. Effective July 1, 2008.
Latest Action: 01/08/2009 - Recommends Be Adopted State Government Administration Committee; 008-000-000 Bill Text
MLK MEMORIAL HIGHWAY
Designates Route 20 within the Elgin city limits as the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Highway in honor of the life and legacy of America's greatest champion of racial justice and equality.
Latest Action: 04/15/2008 - Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Franco Coladipietro Bill TextTOLL HIGHWAY-TOLL AMNESTY Amends the Toll Highway Act. Creates an amnesty program for toll violations under which a person who has an outstanding notice of violation for toll evasion or a final order of a hearing officer for toll evasion dated before the effective date of the amendatory Act and who pays to the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority specified percentage amounts remaining due on the notice of violation or final order of the hearing officer and the full fees and costs paid by the Authority to the Secretary of State relating to suspension proceedings within the specified time period is not required to pay more than the listed percentage of the original fine amount and outstanding toll and the full fees and costs paid by the Authority to the Secretary of State relating to suspension proceedings, if applicable. Sets out the payment percentage scale. Provides that the Authority shall waive any late fine amount above the applicable percentage of the original fine amount.[...] show full description
Latest Action: 04/10/2008 - Filed with Secretary by Sen. Dale E. Risinger Bill Text
HGHWY AD CNTRL-BUS LOGOS REG
Amends the Highway Advertising Control Act of 1971. Requires the Department of Transportation to regulate the use of business logos displayed along various freeways and to establish standards, specifications, and financial responsibility for a program of placing business logos on specific service panels. Sets forth guidelines for the program and certain sections of highways to which the program shall not apply. Effective immediately.
Latest Action: 05/27/2008 - Arrive in Senate Bill Text
KERRY R. SHERIDAN HIGHWAY
Designates the segment of Illinois Route 59 within the corporate limits of the municipality of Shorewood as the Kerry R. Sheridan Highway.
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