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| 1 | AN ACT concerning transportation.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | ||||||
| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by changing | ||||||
| 5 | Section 11-1420 as follows:
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| 6 | (625 ILCS 5/11-1420) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-1420)
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| 7 | Sec. 11-1420. Funeral processions.
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| 8 | (a) Funeral processions have the right-of-way at | ||||||
| 9 | intersections when
vehicles comprising such procession have | ||||||
| 10 | their headlights and hazard lights lighted,
subject
to the | ||||||
| 11 | following conditions and exceptions:
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| 12 | 1. Operators of vehicles in a funeral procession shall | ||||||
| 13 | yield the
right-of-way upon the approach of an authorized | ||||||
| 14 | emergency vehicle giving an
audible or visible signal;
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| 15 | 2. Operators of vehicles in a funeral procession shall | ||||||
| 16 | yield the
right-of-way when directed to do so by a traffic | ||||||
| 17 | officer;
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| 18 | 3. The operator of the leading vehicle in a funeral | ||||||
| 19 | procession shall
comply with stop signs and traffic control | ||||||
| 20 | signals but when the leading
vehicle has proceeded across | ||||||
| 21 | an intersection in accordance with such signal
or after | ||||||
| 22 | stopping as required by the stop sign, all vehicles in such
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| 23 | procession may proceed without stopping, regardless of the | ||||||
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| 1 | sign or signal
and the leading vehicle and the vehicles in | ||||||
| 2 | procession shall proceed with
due caution.
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| 3 | (b) The operator of a vehicle not in the funeral procession | ||||||
| 4 | shall not
drive his vehicle in the funeral procession except | ||||||
| 5 | when authorized to do so
by a traffic officer or when such | ||||||
| 6 | vehicle is an authorized emergency
vehicle giving audible or | ||||||
| 7 | visible signal.
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| 8 | (c) Operators of vehicles not a part of a funeral | ||||||
| 9 | procession may not
form a procession or convoy and have their | ||||||
| 10 | headlights or hazard lights or both lighted
for the
purpose of | ||||||
| 11 | securing the right-of-way granted by this Section to funeral
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| 12 | processions.
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| 13 | (d) The operator of a vehicle not in a funeral procession | ||||||
| 14 | may overtake
and pass the vehicles in such procession if such | ||||||
| 15 | overtaking and passing can
be accomplished without causing a | ||||||
| 16 | traffic hazard or interfering with such
procession.
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| 17 | (e) The lead vehicle in the funeral procession may be | ||||||
| 18 | equipped with a
flashing amber light which may be used only | ||||||
| 19 | when such vehicle is used as a
lead vehicle in such procession. | ||||||
| 20 | Vehicles comprising a funeral procession
may utilize funeral | ||||||
| 21 | pennants or flags or windshield stickers or flashing
hazard | ||||||
| 22 | warning signal flashers to identify
the individual vehicles in | ||||||
| 23 | such a procession.
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| 24 | (f) In the absence of law enforcement traffic control | ||||||
| 25 | assistance for a funeral procession, a funeral director or his | ||||||
| 26 | or her designee may direct
traffic during a funeral procession. | ||||||
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| 1 | (Source: P.A. 90-58, eff. 1-1-98.)
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| 2 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 3 | becoming law.
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