Bill Text: IL SR1683 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Designates December 23, 2014 as Scott's Law Day in the State of Illinois and encourages people to remember Scott's Law and to move their vehicle over when they see emergency vehicles.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2014-12-04 - Resolution Adopted [SR1683 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-SR1683-Introduced.html
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| 1 | SENATE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, On December 23, 2000, Lt. Scott Gillen of the | ||||||
| 3 | Chicago Fire Department was struck and killed on the Dan Ryan | ||||||
| 4 | Expressway when a motorist recklessly drove through an accident | ||||||
| 5 | scene in which Lt. Gillen was assisting; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, In 2002, the State of Illinois enacted Scott's Law | ||||||
| 7 | in honor of Lt. Gillen, which mandates that upon
approaching a | ||||||
| 8 | stationary
authorized emergency
vehicle displaying warning
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| 9 | lights, the approaching vehicle shall reduce the speed of
the | ||||||
| 10 | vehicle, yield the right-of-way
by changing lanes away
from the | ||||||
| 11 | authorized
emergency vehicle, and proceed with due
regard to | ||||||
| 12 | safety and
traffic conditions; and
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| 13 | WHEREAS, In recent years, the Illinois State Police have | ||||||
| 14 | lost Troopers Kyle Deatherage and James Sauter in the line of | ||||||
| 15 | duty and Troopers Doug Balder and Michael Cokins have been | ||||||
| 16 | seriously injured in accidents; and
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| 17 | WHEREAS, The Pontiac Police Department lost Officer Casey | ||||||
| 18 | J. Kohlmeier and his K-9 partner, Draco, in the line of duty; | ||||||
| 19 | and
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| 20 | WHEREAS, The Bloomington and Hudson Fire Departments lost | ||||||
| 21 | Firefighter Christopher Brown in the line of duty; and
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| 1 | WHEREAS, The Illinois Tollway lost Vincent Petrella in the | ||||||
| 2 | line of duty; and
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| 3 | WHEREAS, These individuals represent only some of the first | ||||||
| 4 | responders that continue to lose their lives while assisting | ||||||
| 5 | others along Illinois roadways; therefore, be it
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| 6 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL | ||||||
| 7 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we encourage motorists | ||||||
| 8 | who see flashing emergency vehicle lights to remember Scott's | ||||||
| 9 | Law and to move their vehicles over to give those first | ||||||
| 10 | responders an adequate area in which to do their jobs; and be | ||||||
| 11 | it further
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| 12 | RESOLVED, That we designate December 23, 2014 as "Scott's | ||||||
| 13 | Law Day" in the State of Illinois.
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