Bill Text: IL HB4941 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning definitions.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Failed) 2014-12-03 - Session Sine Die [HB4941 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-HB4941-Amended.html
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| 1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4941
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| 2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 4941 by replacing | ||||||
| 3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| 4 | "Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the | ||||||
| 5 | Automated Traffic Law Enforcement Task Force Act.
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| 6 | Section 5. Automated Traffic Law Enforcement Task Force.
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| 7 | (a) For purposes of this Act, an "automated traffic law | ||||||
| 8 | enforcement system" includes automated traffic law enforcement | ||||||
| 9 | systems as defined by Section 11-208.6 of the Illinois Vehicle | ||||||
| 10 | Code and automated speed enforcement systems as defined by | ||||||
| 11 | Section 11-208.8 of the Illinois Vehicle code.
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| 12 | (b) An Automated Traffic Law Enforcement Task Force shall | ||||||
| 13 | be appointed to study the following:
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| 14 | (1) how automated traffic law enforcement systems are | ||||||
| 15 | used to enforce traffic laws, including but not limited to | ||||||
| 16 | methods of detecting violations, issuance of false | ||||||
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| 1 | violations, and accuracy in measurement;
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| 2 | (2) procedures for adjudicating citations issued using | ||||||
| 3 | automated traffic law enforcement systems, including but | ||||||
| 4 | not limited to fines, the minimum and average amounts of | ||||||
| 5 | time that pass from issuance of the citation to final | ||||||
| 6 | decision, available defenses, and means of appealing | ||||||
| 7 | decisions;
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| 8 | (3) the effectiveness of automated traffic law | ||||||
| 9 | enforcement systems in reducing traffic law violations; | ||||||
| 10 | and
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| 11 | (4) the financial impact of automated traffic law | ||||||
| 12 | enforcement systems, including but not limited to | ||||||
| 13 | construction, installation, maintenance, issuance and | ||||||
| 14 | prosecution of citations, and revenue generated.
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| 15 | (c) The Task Force shall be composed of the following | ||||||
| 16 | members:
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| 17 | (1) two members of the House of Representatives | ||||||
| 18 | appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives;
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| 19 | (2) two members of the House of Representatives | ||||||
| 20 | appointed by the Minority Leader of the House of | ||||||
| 21 | Representatives;
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| 22 | (3) two members of the Senate appointed by the | ||||||
| 23 | President of the Senate;
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| 24 | (4) two members of the Senate appointed by the Minority | ||||||
| 25 | Leader of the Senate;
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| 26 | (5) the Director of State Police or his or her | ||||||
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| 1 | representative;
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| 2 | (6) the Secretary of Transportation or his or her | ||||||
| 3 | representative;
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| 4 | (7) the President of the Illinois Association of Chiefs | ||||||
| 5 | of Police or his or her representative;
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| 6 | (8) the Executive Director of the Illinois Municipal | ||||||
| 7 | League or his or her representative; and
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| 8 | (9) the Executive Director of the Township Officials of | ||||||
| 9 | Illinois or his or her representative.
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| 10 | The members shall select a chairperson from among their | ||||||
| 11 | membership.
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| 12 | (d) The Task Force shall meet within 60 days of the | ||||||
| 13 | effective date of this Act. The failure of any person or | ||||||
| 14 | organization to appoint a member under subsection (c) of this | ||||||
| 15 | Section shall not prevent the task force from proceeding in | ||||||
| 16 | that member's absence, provided a quorum is present. Staff | ||||||
| 17 | support services may be provided to the Task Force by the | ||||||
| 18 | Department of Transportation.
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| 19 | (e) The members of the Task Force shall serve without | ||||||
| 20 | compensation. | ||||||
| 21 | (f) The Task Force shall submit to the General Assembly a | ||||||
| 22 | report of its findings and recommendations for legislative | ||||||
| 23 | action no later than January 1, 2015.
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| 24 | Section 80. Repeal. This Act is repealed on January 1, | ||||||
| 25 | 2015.
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| 1 | Section 900. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by | ||||||
| 2 | changing Sections 11-208.6 and 11-208.8 as follows:
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| 3 | (625 ILCS 5/11-208.6)
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| 4 | Sec. 11-208.6. Automated traffic law enforcement system.
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| 5 | (a) As used in this Section, "automated traffic law | ||||||
| 6 | enforcement
system" means a device with one or more motor | ||||||
| 7 | vehicle sensors working
in conjunction with a red light signal | ||||||
| 8 | to produce recorded images of
motor vehicles entering an | ||||||
| 9 | intersection against a red signal
indication in violation of | ||||||
| 10 | Section 11-306 of this Code or a similar provision
of a local | ||||||
| 11 | ordinance.
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| 12 | An
automated traffic law enforcement system is a system, in | ||||||
| 13 | a municipality or
county operated by a
governmental agency, | ||||||
| 14 | that
produces a recorded image of a motor vehicle's
violation | ||||||
| 15 | of a provision of this Code or a local ordinance
and is | ||||||
| 16 | designed to obtain a clear recorded image of the
vehicle and | ||||||
| 17 | the vehicle's license plate. The recorded image must also
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| 18 | display the time, date, and location of the violation.
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| 19 | (b) As used in this Section, "recorded images" means images
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| 20 | recorded by an automated traffic law enforcement system on:
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| 21 | (1) 2 or more photographs;
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| 22 | (2) 2 or more microphotographs;
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| 23 | (3) 2 or more electronic images; or
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| 24 | (4) a video recording showing the motor vehicle and, on | ||||||
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| 1 | at
least one image or portion of the recording, clearly | ||||||
| 2 | identifying the
registration plate number of the motor | ||||||
| 3 | vehicle.
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| 4 | (b-5) A municipality or
county that
produces a recorded | ||||||
| 5 | image of a motor vehicle's
violation of a provision of this | ||||||
| 6 | Code or a local ordinance must make the recorded images of a | ||||||
| 7 | violation accessible to the alleged violator by providing the | ||||||
| 8 | alleged violator with a website address, accessible through the | ||||||
| 9 | Internet. | ||||||
| 10 | (c) Except as provided under Section 11-208.8 of this Code, | ||||||
| 11 | a county or municipality, including a home rule county or | ||||||
| 12 | municipality, may not use an automated traffic law enforcement | ||||||
| 13 | system to provide recorded images of a motor vehicle for the | ||||||
| 14 | purpose of recording its speed. Except as provided under | ||||||
| 15 | Section 11-208.8 of this Code, the regulation of the use of | ||||||
| 16 | automated traffic law enforcement systems to record vehicle | ||||||
| 17 | speeds is an exclusive power and function of the State. This | ||||||
| 18 | subsection (c) is a denial and limitation of home rule powers | ||||||
| 19 | and functions under subsection (h) of Section 6 of Article VII | ||||||
| 20 | of the Illinois Constitution.
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| 21 | (c-5) A county or municipality, including a home rule | ||||||
| 22 | county or municipality, may not use an automated traffic law | ||||||
| 23 | enforcement system to issue violations in instances where the | ||||||
| 24 | motor vehicle comes to a complete stop and does not enter the | ||||||
| 25 | intersection, as defined by Section 1-132 of this Code, during | ||||||
| 26 | the cycle of the red signal indication unless one or more | ||||||
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| 1 | pedestrians or bicyclists are present, even if the motor | ||||||
| 2 | vehicle stops at a point past a stop line or crosswalk where a | ||||||
| 3 | driver is required to stop, as specified in subsection (c) of | ||||||
| 4 | Section 11-306 of this Code or a similar provision of a local | ||||||
| 5 | ordinance. | ||||||
| 6 | (c-6) A county, or a municipality with less than 2,000,000 | ||||||
| 7 | inhabitants, including a home rule county or municipality, may | ||||||
| 8 | not use an automated traffic law enforcement system to issue | ||||||
| 9 | violations in instances where a motorcyclist enters an | ||||||
| 10 | intersection against a red signal
indication when the red | ||||||
| 11 | signal fails to change to a green signal within a reasonable | ||||||
| 12 | period of time not less than 120 seconds because of a signal | ||||||
| 13 | malfunction or because the signal has failed to detect the | ||||||
| 14 | arrival of the motorcycle due to the motorcycle's size or | ||||||
| 15 | weight. | ||||||
| 16 | (d) For each violation of a provision of this Code or a | ||||||
| 17 | local ordinance
recorded by an automatic
traffic law | ||||||
| 18 | enforcement system, the county or municipality having
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| 19 | jurisdiction shall issue a written notice of the
violation to | ||||||
| 20 | the registered owner of the vehicle as the alleged
violator. | ||||||
| 21 | The notice shall be delivered to the registered
owner of the | ||||||
| 22 | vehicle, by mail, within 30 days after the Secretary of State | ||||||
| 23 | notifies the municipality or county of the identity of the | ||||||
| 24 | owner of the vehicle, but in no event later than 90 days after | ||||||
| 25 | the violation.
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| 26 | The notice shall include:
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| 1 | (1) the name and address of the registered owner of the
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| 2 | vehicle;
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| 3 | (2) the registration number of the motor vehicle
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| 4 | involved in the violation;
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| 5 | (3) the violation charged;
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| 6 | (4) the location where the violation occurred;
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| 7 | (5) the date and time of the violation;
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| 8 | (6) a copy of the recorded images;
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| 9 | (7) the amount of the civil penalty imposed and the | ||||||
| 10 | requirements of any traffic education program imposed and | ||||||
| 11 | the date
by which the civil penalty should be paid and the | ||||||
| 12 | traffic education program should be completed;
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| 13 | (8) a statement that recorded images are evidence of a
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| 14 | violation of a red light signal;
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| 15 | (9) a warning that failure to pay the civil penalty, to | ||||||
| 16 | complete a required traffic education program, or to
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| 17 | contest liability in a timely manner is an admission of
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| 18 | liability and may result in a suspension of the driving
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| 19 | privileges of the registered owner of the vehicle;
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| 20 | (10) a statement that the person may elect to proceed | ||||||
| 21 | by:
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| 22 | (A) paying the fine, completing a required traffic | ||||||
| 23 | education program, or both; or
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| 24 | (B) challenging the charge in court, by mail, or by | ||||||
| 25 | administrative hearing; and
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| 26 | (11) a website address, accessible through the | ||||||
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| 1 | Internet, where the person may view the recorded images of | ||||||
| 2 | the violation. | ||||||
| 3 | (e) If a person
charged with a traffic violation, as a | ||||||
| 4 | result of an automated traffic law
enforcement system, does not | ||||||
| 5 | pay the fine or complete a required traffic education program, | ||||||
| 6 | or both, or successfully contest the civil
penalty resulting | ||||||
| 7 | from that violation, the Secretary of State shall suspend the
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| 8 | driving privileges of the
registered owner of the vehicle under | ||||||
| 9 | Section 6-306.5 of this Code for failing
to complete a required | ||||||
| 10 | traffic education program or to pay any fine or penalty
due and | ||||||
| 11 | owing, or both, as a result of a combination of 5 violations of | ||||||
| 12 | the automated traffic law
enforcement system or the automated | ||||||
| 13 | speed enforcement system under Section 11-208.8 of this Code.
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| 14 | (f) Based on inspection of recorded images produced by an
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| 15 | automated traffic law enforcement system, a notice alleging | ||||||
| 16 | that the violation occurred shall be evidence of the facts | ||||||
| 17 | contained
in the notice and admissible in any proceeding | ||||||
| 18 | alleging a
violation under this Section.
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| 19 | (g) Recorded images made by an automatic traffic law
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| 20 | enforcement system are confidential and shall be made
available | ||||||
| 21 | only to the alleged violator and governmental and
law | ||||||
| 22 | enforcement agencies for purposes of adjudicating a
violation | ||||||
| 23 | of this Section, for statistical purposes, or for other | ||||||
| 24 | governmental purposes. Any recorded image evidencing a
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| 25 | violation of this Section, however, may be admissible in
any | ||||||
| 26 | proceeding resulting from the issuance of the citation.
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| 1 | (h) The court or hearing officer may consider in defense of | ||||||
| 2 | a violation:
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| 3 | (1) that the motor vehicle or registration plates of | ||||||
| 4 | the motor
vehicle were stolen before the violation occurred | ||||||
| 5 | and not
under the control of or in the possession of the | ||||||
| 6 | owner at
the time of the violation;
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| 7 | (2) that the driver of the vehicle passed through the
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| 8 | intersection when the light was red either (i) in order to
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| 9 | yield the right-of-way to an emergency vehicle or (ii) as
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| 10 | part of a funeral procession; and
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| 11 | (3) any other evidence or issues provided by municipal | ||||||
| 12 | or county ordinance.
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| 13 | (i) To demonstrate that the motor vehicle or the | ||||||
| 14 | registration
plates were stolen before the violation occurred | ||||||
| 15 | and were not under the
control or possession of the owner at | ||||||
| 16 | the time of the violation, the
owner must submit proof that a | ||||||
| 17 | report concerning the stolen
motor vehicle or registration | ||||||
| 18 | plates was filed with a law enforcement agency in a timely | ||||||
| 19 | manner.
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| 20 | (j) Unless the driver of the motor vehicle received a | ||||||
| 21 | Uniform
Traffic Citation from a police officer at the time of | ||||||
| 22 | the violation,
the motor vehicle owner is subject to a civil | ||||||
| 23 | penalty not exceeding
$100 or the completion of a traffic | ||||||
| 24 | education program, or both, plus an additional penalty of not | ||||||
| 25 | more than $100 for failure to pay the original penalty or to | ||||||
| 26 | complete a required traffic education program, or both, in a | ||||||
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| 1 | timely manner, if the motor vehicle is recorded by an automated | ||||||
| 2 | traffic law
enforcement system. A violation for which a civil | ||||||
| 3 | penalty is imposed
under this Section is not a violation of a | ||||||
| 4 | traffic regulation governing
the movement of vehicles and may | ||||||
| 5 | not be recorded on the driving record
of the owner of the | ||||||
| 6 | vehicle.
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| 7 | (j-3) A registered owner who is a holder of a valid | ||||||
| 8 | commercial driver's license is not required to complete a | ||||||
| 9 | traffic education program. | ||||||
| 10 | (j-5) For purposes of the required traffic education | ||||||
| 11 | program only, a registered owner may submit an affidavit to the | ||||||
| 12 | court or hearing officer swearing that at the time of the | ||||||
| 13 | alleged violation, the vehicle was in the custody and control | ||||||
| 14 | of another person. The affidavit must identify the person in | ||||||
| 15 | custody and control of the vehicle, including the person's name | ||||||
| 16 | and current address. The person in custody and control of the | ||||||
| 17 | vehicle at the time of the violation is required to complete | ||||||
| 18 | the required traffic education program. If the person in | ||||||
| 19 | custody and control of the vehicle at the time of the violation | ||||||
| 20 | completes the required traffic education program, the | ||||||
| 21 | registered owner of the vehicle is not required to complete a | ||||||
| 22 | traffic education program. | ||||||
| 23 | (k) An intersection equipped with an automated traffic law
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| 24 | enforcement system must be posted with a sign visible to | ||||||
| 25 | approaching traffic
indicating that the intersection is being | ||||||
| 26 | monitored by an automated
traffic law enforcement system. | ||||||
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| 1 | (k-3) A municipality or
county that has one or more | ||||||
| 2 | intersections equipped with an automated traffic law
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| 3 | enforcement system must provide notice to drivers by posting | ||||||
| 4 | the locations of automated traffic law systems on the | ||||||
| 5 | municipality or county website.
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| 6 | (k-5) An intersection equipped with an automated traffic | ||||||
| 7 | law
enforcement system must have a yellow change interval that | ||||||
| 8 | conforms with the Illinois Manual on Uniform Traffic Control | ||||||
| 9 | Devices (IMUTCD) published by the Illinois Department of | ||||||
| 10 | Transportation. | ||||||
| 11 | (k-7) A municipality or county operating an automated | ||||||
| 12 | traffic law enforcement system shall conduct a statistical | ||||||
| 13 | analysis to assess the safety impact of each automated traffic | ||||||
| 14 | law enforcement system at an intersection following | ||||||
| 15 | installation of the system. The statistical analysis shall be | ||||||
| 16 | based upon the best available crash, traffic, and other data, | ||||||
| 17 | and shall cover a period of time before and after installation | ||||||
| 18 | of the system sufficient to provide a statistically valid | ||||||
| 19 | comparison of safety impact. The statistical analysis shall be | ||||||
| 20 | consistent with professional judgment and acceptable industry | ||||||
| 21 | practice. The statistical analysis also shall be consistent | ||||||
| 22 | with the data required for valid comparisons of before and | ||||||
| 23 | after conditions and shall be conducted within a reasonable | ||||||
| 24 | period following the installation of the automated traffic law | ||||||
| 25 | enforcement system. The statistical analysis required by this | ||||||
| 26 | subsection (k-7) shall be made available to the public and | ||||||
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| 1 | shall be published on the website of the municipality or | ||||||
| 2 | county. If the statistical analysis for the 36 month period | ||||||
| 3 | following installation of the system indicates that there has | ||||||
| 4 | been an increase in the rate of accidents at the approach to | ||||||
| 5 | the intersection monitored by the system, the municipality or | ||||||
| 6 | county shall undertake additional studies to determine the | ||||||
| 7 | cause and severity of the accidents, and may take any action | ||||||
| 8 | that it determines is necessary or appropriate to reduce the | ||||||
| 9 | number or severity of the accidents at that intersection. | ||||||
| 10 | (l) The compensation paid for an automated traffic law | ||||||
| 11 | enforcement system
must be based on the value of the equipment | ||||||
| 12 | or the services provided and may
not be based on the number of | ||||||
| 13 | traffic citations issued or the revenue generated
by the | ||||||
| 14 | system.
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| 15 | (m) This Section applies only to the counties of Cook, | ||||||
| 16 | DuPage, Kane, Lake, Madison, McHenry, St. Clair, and Will and | ||||||
| 17 | to municipalities located within those counties.
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| 18 | (n) The fee for participating in a traffic education | ||||||
| 19 | program under this Section shall not exceed $25. | ||||||
| 20 | A low-income individual required to complete a traffic | ||||||
| 21 | education program under this Section who provides proof of | ||||||
| 22 | eligibility for the federal earned income tax credit under | ||||||
| 23 | Section 32 of the Internal Revenue Code or the Illinois earned | ||||||
| 24 | income tax credit under Section 212 of the Illinois Income Tax | ||||||
| 25 | Act shall not be required to pay any fee for participating in a | ||||||
| 26 | required traffic education program. | ||||||
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| 1 | (o) A municipality or county shall make a certified report | ||||||
| 2 | to the Secretary of State pursuant to Section 6-306.5 of this | ||||||
| 3 | Code whenever a registered owner of a vehicle has failed to pay | ||||||
| 4 | any
fine or penalty due and owing as a result of a combination | ||||||
| 5 | of 5 offenses for automated traffic
law or speed enforcement | ||||||
| 6 | system violations. | ||||||
| 7 | (p) No person who is the lessor of a motor vehicle pursuant | ||||||
| 8 | to a written lease agreement shall be liable for an automated | ||||||
| 9 | speed or traffic law enforcement system violation involving | ||||||
| 10 | such motor vehicle during the period of the lease; provided | ||||||
| 11 | that upon the request of the appropriate authority received | ||||||
| 12 | within 120 days after the violation occurred, the lessor | ||||||
| 13 | provides within 60 days after such receipt the name and address | ||||||
| 14 | of the lessee. The drivers license number of a lessee may be | ||||||
| 15 | subsequently individually requested by the appropriate | ||||||
| 16 | authority if needed for enforcement of this Section. | ||||||
| 17 | Upon the provision of information by the lessor pursuant to | ||||||
| 18 | this subsection, the county or municipality may issue the | ||||||
| 19 | violation to the lessee of the vehicle in the same manner as it | ||||||
| 20 | would issue a violation to a registered owner of a vehicle | ||||||
| 21 | pursuant to this Section, and the lessee may be held liable for | ||||||
| 22 | the violation. | ||||||
| 23 | (q) This Section, other than this subsection (q), is | ||||||
| 24 | inoperative on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the | ||||||
| 25 | 98th General Assembly and shall remain inoperative until | ||||||
| 26 | January 1, 2015. | ||||||
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| 1 | (Source: P.A. 97-29, eff. 1-1-12; 97-627, eff. 1-1-12; 97-672, | ||||||
| 2 | eff. 7-1-12; 97-762, eff. 7-6-12; 98-463, eff. 8-16-13.)
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| 3 | (625 ILCS 5/11-208.8) | ||||||
| 4 | Sec. 11-208.8. Automated speed enforcement systems in | ||||||
| 5 | safety zones. | ||||||
| 6 | (a) As used in this Section: | ||||||
| 7 | "Automated speed enforcement
system" means a photographic | ||||||
| 8 | device, radar device, laser device, or other electrical or | ||||||
| 9 | mechanical device or devices installed or utilized in a safety | ||||||
| 10 | zone and designed to record the speed of a vehicle and obtain a | ||||||
| 11 | clear photograph or other recorded image of the vehicle and the | ||||||
| 12 | vehicle's registration plate while the driver is violating | ||||||
| 13 | Article VI of Chapter 11 of this Code or a similar provision of | ||||||
| 14 | a local ordinance. | ||||||
| 15 | An automated speed enforcement system is a system, located | ||||||
| 16 | in a safety zone which is under the jurisdiction of a | ||||||
| 17 | municipality, that produces a recorded image of a motor | ||||||
| 18 | vehicle's violation of a provision of this Code or a local | ||||||
| 19 | ordinance and is designed to obtain a clear recorded image of | ||||||
| 20 | the vehicle and the vehicle's license plate. The recorded image | ||||||
| 21 | must also display the time, date, and location of the | ||||||
| 22 | violation. | ||||||
| 23 | "Owner" means the person or entity to whom the vehicle is | ||||||
| 24 | registered. | ||||||
| 25 | "Recorded image" means images
recorded by an automated | ||||||
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| 1 | speed enforcement system on: | ||||||
| 2 | (1) 2 or more photographs; | ||||||
| 3 | (2) 2 or more microphotographs; | ||||||
| 4 | (3) 2 or more electronic images; or | ||||||
| 5 | (4) a video recording showing the motor vehicle and, on | ||||||
| 6 | at
least one image or portion of the recording, clearly | ||||||
| 7 | identifying the
registration plate number of the motor | ||||||
| 8 | vehicle. | ||||||
| 9 | "Safety zone" means an area that is within one-eighth of a | ||||||
| 10 | mile from the nearest property line of any public or private | ||||||
| 11 | elementary or secondary school, or from the nearest property | ||||||
| 12 | line of any facility, area, or land owned by a school district | ||||||
| 13 | that is used for educational purposes approved by the Illinois | ||||||
| 14 | State Board of Education, not including school district | ||||||
| 15 | headquarters or administrative buildings. A safety zone also | ||||||
| 16 | includes an area that is within one-eighth of a mile from the | ||||||
| 17 | nearest property line of any facility, area, or land owned by a | ||||||
| 18 | park district used for recreational purposes. However, if any | ||||||
| 19 | portion of a roadway is within either one-eighth mile radius, | ||||||
| 20 | the safety zone also shall include the roadway extended to the | ||||||
| 21 | furthest portion of the next furthest intersection. The term | ||||||
| 22 | "safety zone" does not include any portion of the roadway known | ||||||
| 23 | as Lake Shore Drive or any controlled access highway with 8 or | ||||||
| 24 | more lanes of traffic. | ||||||
| 25 | (a-5) The automated speed enforcement system shall be | ||||||
| 26 | operational and violations shall be recorded only at the | ||||||
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| 1 | following times: | ||||||
| 2 | (i) if the safety zone is based upon the property line | ||||||
| 3 | of any facility, area, or land owned by a school district, | ||||||
| 4 | only on school days and no earlier than 6 a.m. and no later | ||||||
| 5 | than 8:30 p.m. if the school day is during the period of | ||||||
| 6 | Monday through Thursday, or 9 p.m. if the school day is a | ||||||
| 7 | Friday; and | ||||||
| 8 | (ii) if the safety zone is based upon the property line | ||||||
| 9 | of any facility, area, or land owned by a park district, no | ||||||
| 10 | earlier than one hour prior to the time that the facility, | ||||||
| 11 | area, or land is open to the public or other patrons, and | ||||||
| 12 | no later than one hour after the facility, area, or land is | ||||||
| 13 | closed to the public or other patrons. | ||||||
| 14 | (b) A municipality that
produces a recorded image of a | ||||||
| 15 | motor vehicle's
violation of a provision of this Code or a | ||||||
| 16 | local ordinance must make the recorded images of a violation | ||||||
| 17 | accessible to the alleged violator by providing the alleged | ||||||
| 18 | violator with a website address, accessible through the | ||||||
| 19 | Internet. | ||||||
| 20 | (c) Notwithstanding any penalties for any other violations | ||||||
| 21 | of this Code, the owner of a motor vehicle used in a traffic | ||||||
| 22 | violation recorded by an automated speed enforcement system | ||||||
| 23 | shall be subject to the following penalties: | ||||||
| 24 | (1) if the recorded speed is no less than 6 miles per | ||||||
| 25 | hour and no more than 10 miles per hour over the legal | ||||||
| 26 | speed limit, a civil penalty not exceeding $50, plus an | ||||||
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| 1 | additional penalty of not more than $50 for failure to pay | ||||||
| 2 | the original penalty in a timely manner; or | ||||||
| 3 | (2) if the recorded speed is more than 10 miles per | ||||||
| 4 | hour over the legal speed limit, a civil penalty not | ||||||
| 5 | exceeding $100, plus an additional penalty of not more than | ||||||
| 6 | $100 for failure to pay the original penalty in a timely | ||||||
| 7 | manner. | ||||||
| 8 | A penalty may not be imposed under this Section if the | ||||||
| 9 | driver of the motor vehicle received a Uniform Traffic Citation | ||||||
| 10 | from a police officer for a speeding violation occurring within | ||||||
| 11 | one-eighth of a mile and 15 minutes of the violation that was | ||||||
| 12 | recorded by the system. A violation for which a civil penalty | ||||||
| 13 | is imposed
under this Section is not a violation of a traffic | ||||||
| 14 | regulation governing
the movement of vehicles and may not be | ||||||
| 15 | recorded on the driving record
of the owner of the vehicle. A | ||||||
| 16 | law enforcement officer is not required to be present or to | ||||||
| 17 | witness the violation. No penalty may be imposed under this | ||||||
| 18 | Section if the recorded speed of a vehicle is 5 miles per hour | ||||||
| 19 | or less over the legal speed limit. The municipality may send, | ||||||
| 20 | in the same manner that notices are sent under this Section, a | ||||||
| 21 | speed violation warning notice where the violation involves a | ||||||
| 22 | speed of 5 miles per hour or less above the legal speed limit. | ||||||
| 23 | (d) The net proceeds that a municipality receives from | ||||||
| 24 | civil penalties imposed under an automated speed enforcement | ||||||
| 25 | system, after deducting all non-personnel and personnel costs | ||||||
| 26 | associated with the operation and maintenance of such system, | ||||||
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| 1 | shall be expended or obligated by the municipality for the | ||||||
| 2 | following purposes: | ||||||
| 3 | (i) public safety initiatives to ensure safe passage | ||||||
| 4 | around schools, and to provide police protection and | ||||||
| 5 | surveillance around schools and parks, including but not | ||||||
| 6 | limited to:
(1) personnel costs; and
(2) non-personnel | ||||||
| 7 | costs such as construction and maintenance of public safety | ||||||
| 8 | infrastructure and equipment; | ||||||
| 9 | (ii) initiatives to improve pedestrian and traffic | ||||||
| 10 | safety; | ||||||
| 11 | (iii) construction and maintenance of infrastructure | ||||||
| 12 | within the municipality, including but not limited to roads | ||||||
| 13 | and bridges; and | ||||||
| 14 | (iv) after school programs. | ||||||
| 15 | (e) For each violation of a provision of this Code or a | ||||||
| 16 | local ordinance
recorded by an automated speed enforcement | ||||||
| 17 | system, the municipality having
jurisdiction shall issue a | ||||||
| 18 | written notice of the
violation to the registered owner of the | ||||||
| 19 | vehicle as the alleged
violator. The notice shall be delivered | ||||||
| 20 | to the registered
owner of the vehicle, by mail, within 30 days | ||||||
| 21 | after the Secretary of State notifies the municipality of the | ||||||
| 22 | identity of the owner of the vehicle, but in no event later | ||||||
| 23 | than 90 days after the violation. | ||||||
| 24 | (f) The notice required under subsection (e) of this | ||||||
| 25 | Section shall include: | ||||||
| 26 | (1) the name and address of the registered owner of the
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| 1 | vehicle; | ||||||
| 2 | (2) the registration number of the motor vehicle
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| 3 | involved in the violation; | ||||||
| 4 | (3) the violation charged; | ||||||
| 5 | (4) the date, time, and location where the violation | ||||||
| 6 | occurred; | ||||||
| 7 | (5) a copy of the recorded image or images; | ||||||
| 8 | (6) the amount of the civil penalty imposed and the | ||||||
| 9 | date
by which the civil penalty should be paid; | ||||||
| 10 | (7) a statement that recorded images are evidence of a
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| 11 | violation of a speed restriction; | ||||||
| 12 | (8) a warning that failure to pay the civil penalty or | ||||||
| 13 | to
contest liability in a timely manner is an admission of
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| 14 | liability and may result in a suspension of the driving
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| 15 | privileges of the registered owner of the vehicle; | ||||||
| 16 | (9) a statement that the person may elect to proceed | ||||||
| 17 | by: | ||||||
| 18 | (A) paying the fine; or | ||||||
| 19 | (B) challenging the charge in court, by mail, or by | ||||||
| 20 | administrative hearing; and | ||||||
| 21 | (10) a website address, accessible through the
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| 22 | Internet, where the person may view the recorded images of | ||||||
| 23 | the violation. | ||||||
| 24 | (g) If a person
charged with a traffic violation, as a | ||||||
| 25 | result of an automated speed enforcement system, does not pay | ||||||
| 26 | the fine or successfully contest the civil
penalty resulting | ||||||
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| 1 | from that violation, the Secretary of State shall suspend the
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| 2 | driving privileges of the
registered owner of the vehicle under | ||||||
| 3 | Section 6-306.5 of this Code for failing
to pay any fine or | ||||||
| 4 | penalty
due and owing, or both, as a result of a combination of | ||||||
| 5 | 5 violations of the automated speed enforcement system or the | ||||||
| 6 | automated traffic law under Section 11-208.6 of this Code. | ||||||
| 7 | (h) Based on inspection of recorded images produced by an
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| 8 | automated speed enforcement system, a notice alleging that the | ||||||
| 9 | violation occurred shall be evidence of the facts contained
in | ||||||
| 10 | the notice and admissible in any proceeding alleging a
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| 11 | violation under this Section. | ||||||
| 12 | (i) Recorded images made by an automated speed
enforcement | ||||||
| 13 | system are confidential and shall be made
available only to the | ||||||
| 14 | alleged violator and governmental and
law enforcement agencies | ||||||
| 15 | for purposes of adjudicating a
violation of this Section, for | ||||||
| 16 | statistical purposes, or for other governmental purposes. Any | ||||||
| 17 | recorded image evidencing a
violation of this Section, however, | ||||||
| 18 | may be admissible in
any proceeding resulting from the issuance | ||||||
| 19 | of the citation. | ||||||
| 20 | (j) The court or hearing officer may consider in defense of | ||||||
| 21 | a violation: | ||||||
| 22 | (1) that the motor vehicle or registration plates of | ||||||
| 23 | the motor
vehicle were stolen before the violation occurred | ||||||
| 24 | and not
under the control or in the possession of the owner | ||||||
| 25 | at
the time of the violation; | ||||||
| 26 | (2) that the driver of the motor vehicle received a | ||||||
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| 1 | Uniform Traffic Citation from a police officer for a | ||||||
| 2 | speeding violation occurring within one-eighth of a mile | ||||||
| 3 | and 15 minutes of the violation that was recorded by the | ||||||
| 4 | system; and | ||||||
| 5 | (3) any other evidence or issues provided by municipal | ||||||
| 6 | ordinance. | ||||||
| 7 | (k) To demonstrate that the motor vehicle or the | ||||||
| 8 | registration
plates were stolen before the violation occurred | ||||||
| 9 | and were not under the
control or possession of the owner at | ||||||
| 10 | the time of the violation, the
owner must submit proof that a | ||||||
| 11 | report concerning the stolen
motor vehicle or registration | ||||||
| 12 | plates was filed with a law enforcement agency in a timely | ||||||
| 13 | manner. | ||||||
| 14 | (l) A roadway equipped with an automated speed enforcement | ||||||
| 15 | system shall be posted with a sign conforming to the national | ||||||
| 16 | Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices that is visible to | ||||||
| 17 | approaching traffic stating that vehicle speeds are being | ||||||
| 18 | photo-enforced and indicating the speed limit. The | ||||||
| 19 | municipality shall install such additional signage as it | ||||||
| 20 | determines is necessary to give reasonable notice to drivers as | ||||||
| 21 | to where automated speed enforcement systems are installed. | ||||||
| 22 | (m) A roadway where a new automated speed enforcement | ||||||
| 23 | system is installed shall be posted with signs providing 30 | ||||||
| 24 | days notice of the use of a new automated speed enforcement | ||||||
| 25 | system prior to the issuance of any citations through the | ||||||
| 26 | automated speed enforcement system. | ||||||
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| 1 | (n) The compensation paid for an automated speed | ||||||
| 2 | enforcement system
must be based on the value of the equipment | ||||||
| 3 | or the services provided and may
not be based on the number of | ||||||
| 4 | traffic citations issued or the revenue generated
by the | ||||||
| 5 | system. | ||||||
| 6 | (o) A municipality shall make a certified report to the | ||||||
| 7 | Secretary of State pursuant to Section 6-306.5 of this Code | ||||||
| 8 | whenever a registered owner of a vehicle has failed to pay any
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| 9 | fine or penalty due and owing as a result of a combination of 5 | ||||||
| 10 | offenses for automated speed or traffic law enforcement system | ||||||
| 11 | violations. | ||||||
| 12 | (p) No person who is the lessor of a motor vehicle pursuant | ||||||
| 13 | to a written lease agreement shall be liable for an automated | ||||||
| 14 | speed or traffic law enforcement system violation involving | ||||||
| 15 | such motor vehicle during the period of the lease; provided | ||||||
| 16 | that upon the request of the appropriate authority received | ||||||
| 17 | within 120 days after the violation occurred, the lessor | ||||||
| 18 | provides within 60 days after such receipt the name and address | ||||||
| 19 | of the lessee. The drivers license number of a lessee may be | ||||||
| 20 | subsequently individually requested by the appropriate | ||||||
| 21 | authority if needed for enforcement of this Section. | ||||||
| 22 | Upon the provision of information by the lessor pursuant to | ||||||
| 23 | this subsection, the municipality may issue the violation to | ||||||
| 24 | the lessee of the vehicle in the same manner as it would issue | ||||||
| 25 | a violation to a registered owner of a vehicle pursuant to this | ||||||
| 26 | Section, and the lessee may be held liable for the violation. | ||||||
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| 1 | (q) A municipality using an automated speed enforcement | ||||||
| 2 | system must provide notice to drivers by publishing the | ||||||
| 3 | locations of all safety zones where system equipment is | ||||||
| 4 | installed on the website of the municipality. | ||||||
| 5 | (r) A municipality operating an automated speed | ||||||
| 6 | enforcement system shall conduct a statistical analysis to | ||||||
| 7 | assess the safety impact of the system. The statistical | ||||||
| 8 | analysis shall be based upon the best available crash, traffic, | ||||||
| 9 | and other data, and shall cover a period of time before and | ||||||
| 10 | after installation of the system sufficient to provide a | ||||||
| 11 | statistically valid comparison of safety impact. The | ||||||
| 12 | statistical analysis shall be consistent with professional | ||||||
| 13 | judgment and acceptable industry practice. The statistical | ||||||
| 14 | analysis also shall be consistent with the data required for | ||||||
| 15 | valid comparisons of before and after conditions and shall be | ||||||
| 16 | conducted within a reasonable period following the | ||||||
| 17 | installation of the automated traffic law enforcement system. | ||||||
| 18 | The statistical analysis required by this subsection shall be | ||||||
| 19 | made available to the public and shall be published on the | ||||||
| 20 | website of the municipality. | ||||||
| 21 | (s) This Section applies only to municipalities with a | ||||||
| 22 | population of 1,000,000 or more inhabitants.
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| 23 | (t) This Section, other than this subsection (t), is | ||||||
| 24 | inoperative on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the | ||||||
| 25 | 98th General Assembly and shall remain inoperative until | ||||||
| 26 | January 1, 2015. | ||||||
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| 1 | (Source: P.A. 97-672, eff. 7-1-12; 97-674, eff. 7-1-12; 98-463, | ||||||
| 2 | eff. 8-16-13.)
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| 3 | Section 999. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 4 | becoming law.".
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