Bill Text: IL HB4057 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Roadside Memorial Act. Provides that on and after July 1, 2020, a DUI memorial marker shall bear the message "Don't Drive Under the Influence" (rather than "Please Don't Drink and Drive". Effective immediately.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-06-23 - Rule 19(b) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB4057 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-HB4057-Introduced.html

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2019 and 2020 HB4057 Introduced , by Rep. Nicholas K. Smith SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
605 ILCS 125/20
Amends the Roadside Memorial Act. Provides that on and after July 1, 2020, a DUI memorial marker shall bear the message "Don't Drive Under the Influence" (rather than "Please Don't Drink and Drive". 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 5. The Roadside Memorial Act is amended by changing
Section 20 as follows:
(605 ILCS 125/20)
Sec. 20. DUI memorial markers.
(a) Before July 1, 2020, a A DUI memorial marker shall
consist of a white on blue panel bearing the message "Please
Don't Drink and Drive". On and after July 1, 2020, a DUI
memorial marker shall consist of a white on blue panel bearing
the message "Don't Drive Under the Influence". At the request
of the qualified relative, a separate panel bearing the words
"In Memory of (victim's name)", followed by the date of the
crash that was the proximate cause of the loss of the victim's
life, shall be mounted below the primary panel. This amendatory
Act of the 101st General Assembly does not require the removal
or replacement of any memorial markers erected before July 1,
2020.
(b) A DUI memorial marker may memorialize more than one
victim who died as a result of the same DUI-related crash. If
one or more additional DUI crash deaths subsequently occur in
close proximity to an existing DUI memorial marker, the

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supporting jurisdiction may use the same marker to memorialize
the subsequent death or deaths, by adding the names of the
additional persons.
(c) A DUI memorial marker shall be maintained for at least
2 years from the date the last person was memorialized on the
marker.
(d) The supporting jurisdiction has the right to install a
marker at a location other than the location of the crash or to
relocate a marker due to restricted room, property owner
complaints, interference with essential traffic control
devices, safety concerns, or other restrictions. In such cases,
the sponsoring jurisdiction may select an alternate location.
(e) The Department shall secure the consent of any
municipality before placing a DUI memorial marker within the
corporate limits of the municipality.
(f) A fee in an amount to be determined by the supporting
jurisdiction may be paid in whole or in part from the Roadside
Memorial Fund if moneys are made available by the Department of
Transportation from that Fund or may be charged to the
qualified relative to the extent moneys from that Fund are not
made available. The fee shall not exceed the costs associated
with the fabrication, installation, and maintenance of the DUI
memorial marker.
(Source: P.A. 95-398, eff. 1-1-08; 96-667, eff. 8-25-09.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.