Bill Text: IL HB5439 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that no person shall engage in street sideshows on any street or highway of the State. Provides that a person may not knowingly cause the movement of traffic to slow or stop for the purpose of facilitating street racing or a street sideshow. Provides that any person convicted of a violation of the new provisions is guilty of: a Class A misdemeanor for the first offense and is subject to a minimum fine of $250; and a Class 4 felony for a second or subsequent offense and is subject to a minimum fine of $500. Makes conforming changes.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-5)

Status: (Passed) 2022-05-06 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0733 [HB5439 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2021-HB5439-Introduced.html

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102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2021 and 2022 HB5439 Introduced , by Rep. La Shawn K. Ford SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
625 ILCS 5/11-711 from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-711
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that a person may not knowingly operate a vehicle in a manner that impedes, blocks, obstructs, or otherwise interferes with the movement of another driver or operator upon an expressway or controlled access highway. Provides that a person who violates the new provisions commits a Class A misdemeanor.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning transportation.
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 11-711 as follows:
(625 ILCS 5/11-711) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-711)
Sec. 11-711. Restrictions on use of controlled access
highway.
(a) No person may drive a vehicle onto or from any
controlled access highway except at entrances and exits
established by public authority.
(b) The Department with respect to any controlled access
highway under its jurisdiction may prohibit the use of any
such highways by pedestrians (except in authorized areas or
facilities), bicycles, farm tractors, implements of husbandry,
funeral processions, and any vehicle unable to maintain the
minimum speed for which the highway is posted, or other
non-motorized traffic or by any person operating a motor
driven cycle. The Department may also prohibit the use of such
highway to school buses picking up and discharging children
and mail delivery vehicles picking up or delivering mail. The
Department shall erect and maintain official signs on the
controlled access highway on which such prohibitions are

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applicable and when so erected no person may disobey the
restrictions stated on such sign.
(c) A person may not knowingly operate a vehicle in a
manner that impedes, blocks, obstructs, or otherwise
interferes with the movement of another driver or operator
upon an expressway or controlled access highway. A person who
violates this subsection is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
(Source: P.A. 76-1586.)