Public Act 104-0401
 
SB1941 EnrolledLRB104 12045 LNS 22140 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 Vehicle Code is amended by 
changing Section 11-605.3 and by adding Section 11-1412.4 as 
follows:
 
    (625 ILCS 5/11-605.3)
    Sec. 11-605.3. Special traffic protections while passing 
parks and recreation facilities and areas.
    (a) As used in this Section: 
        (1) "Park district" means the following entities: 
            (A) any park district organized under the Park 
        District Code; 
            (B) any park district organized under the Chicago 
        Park District Act; and 
            (C) any municipality, county, forest district, 
        school district, township, or other unit of local 
        government that operates a public recreation 
        department or public recreation facilities that has 
        recreation facilities that are not on land owned by 
        any park district listed in subparagraphs (A) and (B) 
        of this subdivision (a)(1). 
        (2) "Park zone" means the recreation facilities and 
    areas on any land owned or operated by a park district that 
    are used for recreational purposes, including but not 
    limited to: parks; playgrounds; swimming pools; hiking 
    trails; bicycle paths; picnic areas; roads and streets; 
    and parking lots. 
        (3) "Park zone street" means that portion of any State 
    or local street or intersection under the control of a 
    local unit of government, adjacent to a park zone, where 
    the local unit of government has, by ordinance or 
    resolution, designated and approved the street or 
    intersection as a park zone street. If, before the 
    effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General 
    Assembly, a street already had a posted speed limit lower 
    than 20 miles per hour, then the lower limit may be used 
    for that park zone street. 
        (4) "Safety purposes" means the costs associated with: 
    park zone safety education; the purchase, installation, 
    and maintenance of signs, roadway painting, and caution 
    lights mounted on park zone signs; and any other expense 
    associated with park zones and park zone streets. 
    (b) On any day when children are present and within 50 feet 
of motorized traffic, a person may not drive a motor vehicle at 
a speed in excess of 20 miles per hour or any lower posted 
speed while traveling on a park zone street that has been 
designated for the posted reduced speed. 
    (c) On any day when children are present and within 50 feet 
of motorized traffic, any driver traveling on a park zone 
street who fails to come to a complete stop at a stop sign or 
red light, including a driver who fails to come to a complete 
stop at a red light before turning right onto a park zone 
street, is in violation of this Section. 
    (d) This Section does not apply unless appropriate signs 
are posted upon park zone streets maintained by the Department 
or by the unit of local government in which the park zone is 
located. With regard to the special speed limit on park zone 
streets, the signs must give proper due warning that a park 
zone is being approached and must indicate the maximum speed 
limit on the park zone street. 
    (e) A first violation of this Section is a petty offense 
with a minimum fine of $250. A second or subsequent violation 
of this Section is a petty offense with a minimum fine of $500. 
    (f) (Blank). 
    (g) The Department shall, within 6 months of the effective 
date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly, 
design a set of standardized traffic signs for park zones and 
park zone streets, including but not limited to: "park zone", 
"park zone speed limit", and "warning: approaching a park 
zone". The design of these signs shall be made available to all 
units of local government or manufacturers at no charge, 
except for reproduction and postage.
(Source: P.A. 102-978, eff. 1-1-23.)
 
    (625 ILCS 5/11-1412.4 new)
    Sec. 11-1412.4. Flashing beacons required for school 
crosswalks. A unit of local government that has ownership or 
control over an intersection that is adjacent to property that 
is used for an elementary or secondary school may install at 
the ends of the pedestrian crosswalks for that intersection 
rapid flashing beacons that alert motor vehicle drivers to the 
presence of pedestrians in the crosswalk when the pedestrians 
who are using the crosswalk activate the beacons.