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In 1955 the Illinois Traffic Safety Council was created within the Division of Traffic Safety of the Department of Public Safety. It consisted of five members appointed by the Governor, the director of Public Works and Buildings, the director of Public Welfare, the director of Public Health, the director of Labor, the director of Conservation, the superintendent of the Illinois State Highway Police, the secretary of the Illinois Legislative Reference Bureau, the Secretary of State, the Superintendent of Public Instruction, and the Attorney General. Its duties included making surveys of the traffic problems of the state, traffic courts, traffic laws, and the enforcement of such laws, and making semi-annual reports of survey findings together with recommendations to the Division of Traffic Safety (L. 1955, p. 1636).
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ADMINISTRATIVE FILES. 1947-1955. 1 cu. ft. No index.
Files include traffic safety correspondence, committee reports, copies of committee resolutions, proposed bylaws for a coordinating committee of state officials, and literature about safety awards programs.
These records are available at the Illinois State Archives, Office of the Secretary of State.
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