Bill Text: IL HR1056 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Encourages units of local government with red light cameras to not use the cameras to issue tickets to motorists who properly execute right turns at a red light.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-06-27 - Rule 19(b) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HR1056 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2009-HR1056-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, Red light cameras are used in Cook, DuPage, Kane, | ||||||
| 3 | Lake, Madison, McHenry, St. Clair, and Will Counties; and
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| 4 | WHEREAS, These cameras produce photographs of vehicles | ||||||
| 5 | that pass through an intersection when the signal is red; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, The photographs are used to issue traffic | ||||||
| 7 | citations; and
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| 8 | WHEREAS, Under certain circumstances, vehicles may pass | ||||||
| 9 | through an intersection in a lawful manner when the signal is | ||||||
| 10 | red; and
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| 11 | WHEREAS, Red light cameras have been used to issue traffic | ||||||
| 12 | citations to drivers who properly execute a right turn against | ||||||
| 13 | a red signal; and
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| 14 | WHEREAS, These citations for otherwise lawful vehicle | ||||||
| 15 | operations cause undue and unwarranted burdens upon the | ||||||
| 16 | recipients of the citations; therefore, be it
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| 17 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 18 | NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
| 19 | encourage units of local government with red light cameras to | ||||||
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| 1 | not use the cameras to issue tickets to motorists who properly | ||||||
| 2 | execute right turns at a red light.
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