Bill Text: IL SB1653 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Highway Code. Requires the Department of Transportation, local authorities, or any responsible entity to erect and maintain hazard bars for all viaducts and underpasses with a clearance of less than 15 feet. Provides that the hazard bar shall hang at the same clearance level as the viaduct or underpass and at least 500 feet in front of the viaduct or underpass to alert motorists.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)

Status: (Passed) 2023-06-09 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0099 [SB1653 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-SB1653-Introduced.html

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 SB1653 Introduced 2/8/2023, by Sen. Rachel Ventura SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
605 ILCS 5/4-225 new
Amends the Illinois Highway Code. Requires the Department of Transportation, local authorities, or any responsible entity to erect and maintain hazard bars for all viaducts and underpasses with a clearance of less than 15 feet. Provides that the hazard bar shall hang at the same clearance level as the viaduct or underpass and at least 500 feet in front of the viaduct or underpass to alert motorists.
LRB103 28538 MXP 54919 b
A BILL FOR
SB1653 LRB103 28538 MXP 54919 b
AN ACT concerning transportation.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Illinois Highway Code is amended by adding
Section 4-225 as follows:
(605 ILCS 5/4-225 new)
Sec. 4-225. Hazard bars required. The Department, local
authority, or responsible entity shall erect and maintain a
hazard bar for viaducts or underpasses with a clearance of
less than 15 feet. The hazard bar shall hang at the same
clearance level as the viaduct or underpass and at least 500
feet in front of the viaduct or underpass to alert motorists.