Bill Text: IL HB0343 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that for the purpose of the Section concerning special speed limits while passing schools, a school day begins at 6:30 a.m. (instead of 7 a.m.). Includes a statement of legislative intent. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 5-1)

Status: (Passed) 2021-07-09 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0058 [HB0343 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2021-HB0343-Enrolled.html

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AN ACT concerning transportation.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 1. Legislative purpose. The purpose of this Act is
to promote the health and safety of children, parents, and
school transportation personnel. The periods in which a
special speed limit in a school zone is in effect should be
synchronized with the actual schedules of schools in this
State, including schools in which the schedule demands that
children arrive in school before 7 a.m.
Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by
changing Section 11-605 as follows:
(625 ILCS 5/11-605) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-605)
Sec. 11-605. Special speed limit while passing schools.
(a) For the purpose of this Section, "school" means the
following entities:
(1) A public or private primary or secondary school.
(2) A primary or secondary school operated by a
religious institution.
(3) A public, private, or religious nursery school.
On a school day when school children are present and so
close thereto that a potential hazard exists because of the

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close proximity of the motorized traffic, no person shall
drive a motor vehicle at a speed in excess of 20 miles per hour
while passing a school zone or while traveling on a roadway on
public school property or upon any public thoroughfare where
children pass going to and from school.
For the purpose of this Section, a school day begins shall
begin at 6:30 a.m. seven ante meridian and concludes shall
conclude at 4 p.m. four post meridian.
This Section shall not be applicable unless appropriate
signs are posted upon streets and highways under their
respective jurisdiction and maintained by the Department,
township, county, park district, city, village or incorporated
town wherein the school zone is located. With regard to the
special speed limit while passing schools, such signs shall
give proper due warning that a school zone is being approached
and shall indicate the school zone and the maximum speed limit
in effect during school days when school children are present.
(b) (Blank).
(c) Nothing in this Chapter shall prohibit the use of
electronic speed-detecting devices within 500 feet of signs
within a special school speed zone indicating such zone, as
defined in this Section, nor shall evidence obtained thereby
be inadmissible in any prosecution for speeding provided the
use of such device shall apply only to the enforcement of the
speed limit in such special school speed zone.
(d) (Blank).

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(e) Except as provided in subsection (e-5), a person who
violates this Section is guilty of a petty offense. Violations
of this Section are punishable with a minimum fine of $150 for
the first violation and a minimum fine of $300 for the second
or subsequent violation.
(e-5) A person committing a violation of this Section is
guilty of aggravated special speed limit while passing schools
when he or she drives a motor vehicle at a speed that is:
(1) 26 miles per hour or more but less than 35 miles
per hour in excess of the applicable special speed limit
established under this Section or a similar provision of a
local ordinance and is guilty of a Class B misdemeanor; or
(2) 35 miles per hour or more in excess of the
applicable special speed limit established under this
Section or a similar provision of a local ordinance and is
guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
(f) (Blank).
(g) (Blank).
(h) (Blank).
(Source: P.A. 99-212, eff. 1-1-16; 100-987, eff. 7-1-19.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.