Bill Text: IL HB4948 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Engrossed
Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Highway Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning definitions.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Failed) 2014-12-03 - Session Sine Die [HB4948 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-HB4948-Engrossed.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning transportation.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Roadside Memorial Act is amended by changing | ||||||
5 | Section 15 as follows:
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6 | (605 ILCS 125/15)
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7 | Sec. 15. Participation in the Roadside Memorial program. | ||||||
8 | (a) A qualified relative of a victim may make a request for | ||||||
9 | the installation of a memorial marker in a supporting | ||||||
10 | jurisdiction using an application developed by the supporting | ||||||
11 | jurisdiction. The supporting jurisdiction shall have sole | ||||||
12 | responsibility for determining whether a request for a DUI | ||||||
13 | memorial marker is rejected or accepted. | ||||||
14 | (b) An application for a DUI memorial marker may be | ||||||
15 | submitted by a qualified relative with regard to any crash that | ||||||
16 | occurred on or after January 1, 1980 1990 . | ||||||
17 | (c) If there is any opposition to the placement of a DUI | ||||||
18 | memorial marker by any qualified relative of any decedent | ||||||
19 | involved in the crash, the supporting jurisdiction shall deny | ||||||
20 | the request. | ||||||
21 | (d) The supporting jurisdiction shall deny the request or, | ||||||
22 | if a DUI memorial marker has already been installed, may remove | ||||||
23 | the marker, if the qualified relative has provided false or |
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1 | misleading information in the application. | ||||||
2 | (e) The qualified relative shall agree not to place or | ||||||
3 | encourage the placement of flowers, pictures, or other items at | ||||||
4 | the crash site. | ||||||
5 | (f) A DUI memorial marker shall not be erected for a | ||||||
6 | deceased driver involved in a fatal crash who is shown by | ||||||
7 | toxicology reports to have been in violation of State DUI law, | ||||||
8 | unless the next of kin of any other victim or victims killed in | ||||||
9 | the crash consent in writing to the erection of the memorial | ||||||
10 | marker.
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11 | (Source: P.A. 95-398, eff. 1-1-08; 95-873, eff. 8-21-08.)
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