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430 ILCS 105/ - Road Worker Safety Act. (Repealed by P.A. 89-7, which has been held unconstitutional)

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(430 ILCS 105/0.01) (from Ch. 121, par. 314.01) (This Act was repealed by P.A. 89-7, which has been held unconstitutional) Sec. 0.01. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Road Worker Safety Act. (Source: P.A. 86-1324.)

(430 ILCS 105/1) (from Ch. 121, par. 314.1) (This Act was repealed by P.A. 89-7, which has been held unconstitutional) Sec. 1. All construction work upon bridges or highways within the State of Illinois shall be so performed and conducted that two-way traffic will be maintained when such is safe and practical, and when not safe and practical, or when any portion of the highway is obstructed, one-way traffic shall be maintained, unless the authorized agency in charge of said construction directs the road be closed to all traffic. (Source: Laws 1959, p. 2044.)

(430 ILCS 105/2) (from Ch. 121, par. 314.2) (This Act was repealed by P.A. 89-7, which has been held unconstitutional) Sec. 2. At all times during which men are working where one-way traffic is utilized, the contractor or his authorized agent in charge of such construction will be required to furnish no fewer than two flagmen, one at each end of the portion of highway or bridge on which only one-way traffic is permitted, and at least 100 feet away from the nearest point of the highway or bridge on which only one-way traffic is safe and permitted. The flagmen shall be equipped with safe, suitable, and proper signal devices as prescribed in the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Streets and Highways published by the Department of Transportation, and shall so use such devices as to inform approaching motorists to stop or proceed. In addition, safe, suitable, and proper signals and signs as prescribed in the Manual shall be so placed as to warn approaching persons of the existence of any portion of highway or bridge upon which only one-way traffic is safe and permitted. At bridge construction or bridge repair sites, where one-way traffic is utilized, traffic control signals conforming to the Manual may be installed and operated in lieu of, or in addition to, flagmen. Whenever the Department of Transportation or local authorities determine that a bridge or highway construction site requires the closing of a road to through traffic, the contract documents relating to such construction may specify alternate procedures for flagging and controlling traffic, when such procedures have been approved by the Department. When alternate procedures are not included, traffic control and flagging will be as prescribed in the first paragraph of this Section. (Source: P.A. 82-408.)

(430 ILCS 105/3) (from Ch. 121, par. 314.3) (This Act was repealed by P.A. 89-7, which has been held unconstitutional) Sec. 3. Drivers of any motor vehicle approaching any section of highway or bridge which is limited to only one-way traffic shall obey warning signs and shall stop their vehicles if signaled to do so by a flagman or a traffic control signal. (Source: Laws 1967, p. 468.)

(430 ILCS 105/4) (from Ch. 121, par. 314.4) (This Act was repealed by P.A. 89-7, which has been held unconstitutional) Sec. 4. Any portion of highway or bridge which is closed to all traffic shall be marked at each place where vehicles have accessible approach to such portion of highway or bridge, and at a sufficient distance from the closed portion of such highway or bridge shall be marked with an adequate number of safe, suitable, and proper warning signs, signals or barricades as set forth in the Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Streets and Highways published by the Department of Transportation so as to give warning to approaching motorists that such portion of bridge or highway is closed and unsafe for travel. (Source: P.A. 77-176.)

(430 ILCS 105/5) (from Ch. 121, par. 314.5) (This Act was repealed by P.A. 89-7, which has been held unconstitutional) Sec. 5. Any contractor, subcontractor, or his authorized agent in charge of construction work on highways or bridges within the State of Illinois, or any driver of any motor vehicle, who knowingly or wilfully violates any provision of this Act, is guilty of a petty offense. (Source: P.A. 77-2242.)

(430 ILCS 105/6) (from Ch. 121, par. 314.6) (This Act was repealed by P.A. 89-7, which has been held unconstitutional) Sec. 6. Any contractor, subcontractor, or his or her authorized agent or driver of any motor vehicle who knowingly or wilfully violates any provision of this Act, shall be responsible for any injury to person or property occasioned by such violation, and a right of action shall accrue to any person injured for any damages sustained thereby; and in case of loss of life by reason of such violation, a right of action shall accrue to the surviving spouse of the person so killed, his or her heirs, or to any person or persons who were, before such loss of life, dependent for support on the person so killed, for a like recovery of damages sustained by reason of such loss of life. (Source: P.A. 80-1154.)

(430 ILCS 105/7) (from Ch. 121, par. 314.7) (This Act was repealed by P.A. 89-7, which has been held unconstitutional) Sec. 7. In case of any failure to comply with any of the provisions of this Act, the Director of Labor may, through the State's Attorney, or any other attorney in case of his failure to act promptly, take the necessary legal steps to enforce compliance therewith. (Source: Laws 1959, p. 2044.)

(430 ILCS 105/8) (from Ch. 121, par. 314.8) (This Act was repealed by P.A. 89-7, which has been held unconstitutional) Sec. 8. The provisions of this Act shall not apply to employees or officials of the State of Illinois or any other public agency engaged in the construction or maintenance of highways and bridges. (Source: Laws 1959, p. 2044.)

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430 ILCS 105/ - Road Worker Safety Act. (Repealed by P.A. 89-7, which has been held unconstitutional)