Bill Text: IL HB3843 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced

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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: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-05-23 - Referred to Rules Committee [HB3843 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-HB3843-Introduced.html

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2019 and 2020 HB3843 Introduced , by Rep. Mark Batinick SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
625 ILCS 5/11-605 from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-605
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.
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A BILL FOR
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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)
(Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 100-987)
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

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close thereto that a potential hazard exists because of the
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 shall begin at
6:30 a.m. seven ante meridian and 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.

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(d) (Blank).
(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) When a fine for a violation of subsection (a) is $150
or greater, the person who violates subsection (a) shall be
charged an additional $50 to be paid to the unit school
district where the violation occurred for school safety
purposes. If the violation occurred in a dual school district,
$25 of the surcharge shall be paid to the elementary school
district for school safety purposes and $25 of the surcharge
shall be paid to the high school district for school safety
purposes. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the

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entire $50 surcharge shall be paid to the appropriate school
district or districts.
For purposes of this subsection (f), "school safety
purposes" includes the costs associated with school zone safety
education, the Safe Routes to School Program under Section
2705-317 of the Department of Transportation Law of the Civil
Administrative Code of Illinois, safety programs within the
School Safety and Educational Improvement Block Grant Program
under Section 2-3.51.5 of the School Code, and the purchase,
installation, and maintenance of caution lights which are
mounted on school speed zone signs.
(g) (Blank).
(h) (Blank).
(Source: P.A. 99-212, eff. 1-1-16.)
(Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 100-987)
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
close proximity of the motorized traffic, no person shall drive

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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 shall begin at
6:30 a.m. seven ante meridian and 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).
(e) Except as provided in subsection (e-5), a person who

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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 95. No acceleration or delay. Where this Act makes
changes in a statute that is represented in this Act by text
that is not yet or no longer in effect (for example, a Section
represented by multiple versions), the use of that text does
not accelerate or delay the taking effect of (i) the changes
made by this Act or (ii) provisions derived from any other

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Public Act.
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.