100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
HB4090

 

Introduced , by Rep. Stephanie A. Kifowit

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
65 ILCS 5/1-2.1-8
65 ILCS 5/1-2.2-55
65 ILCS 5/11-80-2b new
625 ILCS 5/11-208.3  from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-208.3

    Amends the Illinois Municipal Code and the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that a municipality or county may not collect any debt due or owing the municipality or county for a parking violation during any period of time that is 5 or more years after the date the first notice of violation is sent to the registered owner.


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1    AN ACT concerning local government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by
5changing Sections 1-2.1-8, 1-2.2-55 and by adding Section
611-80-2b as follows:
 
7    (65 ILCS 5/1-2.1-8)
8    Sec. 1-2.1-8. Enforcement of judgment.
9    (a) Any fine, other sanction, or costs imposed, or part of
10any fine, other sanction, or costs imposed, remaining unpaid
11after the exhaustion of or the failure to exhaust judicial
12review procedures under the Illinois Administrative Review Law
13are a debt due and owing the municipality and may be collected
14in accordance with applicable law.
15    (b) After expiration of the period in which judicial review
16under the Illinois Administrative Review Law may be sought for
17a final determination of a code violation, unless stayed by a
18court of competent jurisdiction, the findings, decision, and
19order of the hearing officer may be enforced in the same manner
20as a judgment entered by a court of competent jurisdiction.
21    (c) In any case in which a defendant has failed to comply
22with a judgment ordering a defendant to correct a code
23violation or imposing any fine or other sanction as a result of

 

 

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1a code violation, any expenses incurred by a municipality to
2enforce the judgment, including, but not limited to, attorney's
3fees, court costs, and costs related to property demolition or
4foreclosure, after they are fixed by a court of competent
5jurisdiction or a hearing officer, shall be a debt due and
6owing the municipality and may be collected in accordance with
7applicable law. Prior to any expenses being fixed by a hearing
8officer pursuant to this subsection (c), the municipality shall
9provide notice to the defendant that states that the defendant
10shall appear at a hearing before the administrative hearing
11officer to determine whether the defendant has failed to comply
12with the judgment. The notice shall set the date for such a
13hearing, which shall not be less than 7 days from the date that
14notice is served. If notice is served by mail, the 7-day period
15shall begin to run on the date that the notice was deposited in
16the mail.
17    (d) Upon being recorded in the manner required by Article
18XII of the Code of Civil Procedure or by the Uniform Commercial
19Code, a lien shall be imposed on the real estate or personal
20estate, or both, of the defendant in the amount of any debt due
21and owing the municipality under this Section. The lien may be
22enforced in the same manner as a judgment lien pursuant to a
23judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction.
24    (e) A hearing officer may set aside any judgment entered by
25default and set a new hearing date, upon a petition filed
26within 21 days after the issuance of the order of default, if

 

 

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1the hearing officer determines that the petitioner's failure to
2appear at the hearing was for good cause or at any time if the
3petitioner establishes that the municipality did not provide
4proper service of process. If any judgment is set aside
5pursuant to this subsection (e), the hearing officer shall have
6authority to enter an order extinguishing any lien which has
7been recorded for any debt due and owing the municipality as a
8result of the vacated default judgment.
9    (f) A municipality may not collect any debt due or owing
10the municipality for a parking violation under Article XIII of
11Chapter 11 of the Illinois Vehicle Code, or a similar provision
12of a municipal ordinance, during any period of time that is 5
13or more years after the date the first notice of violation is
14sent to the registered owner. A home rule unit may not regulate
15debt collection in a manner inconsistent with this subsection
16(f). This subsection is a limitation under subsection (i) of
17Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution on the
18concurrent exercise by home rule units of powers and functions
19exercised by the State.
20(Source: P.A. 90-516, eff. 1-1-98.)
 
21    (65 ILCS 5/1-2.2-55)
22    Sec. 1-2.2-55. Judgment on findings, decision, and order.
23    (a) Any fine, other sanction, or costs imposed, or part of
24any fine, other sanction, or costs imposed, remaining unpaid
25after the exhaustion of, or the failure to exhaust, judicial

 

 

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1review procedures under the Administrative Review Law shall be
2a debt due and owing the municipality and, as such, may be
3collected in accordance with applicable law.
4    (b) After expiration of the period within which judicial
5review under the Administrative Review Law may be sought for a
6final determination of the code violation, the municipality may
7commence a proceeding in the circuit court of the county in
8which the municipality is located for purpose of obtaining a
9judgment on the findings, decision, and order. Nothing in this
10Section shall prevent a municipality from consolidating
11multiple findings, decisions, and orders against a person in
12such a proceeding. Upon commencement of the action, the
13municipality shall file a certified copy of the findings,
14decision, and order, which shall be accompanied by a
15certification that recites facts sufficient to show that the
16findings, decision, and order was issued in accordance with
17this Division and the applicable municipal ordinance. Service
18of the summons and a copy of the petition may be by any method
19provided for by Section 2-203 of the Code of Civil Procedure or
20by certified mail, return receipt requested, provided that the
21total amount of fines, other sanctions, and costs imposed by
22the findings, decision, and order does not exceed $2,500. If
23the court is satisfied that the findings, decision, and order
24was entered in accordance with the requirements of this
25Division and the applicable municipal ordinance and that the
26defendant had an opportunity for a hearing under this Division

 

 

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1and for judicial review as provided in this Division:
2        (1) The court shall render judgment in favor of the
3    municipality and against the defendant for the amount
4    indicated in the findings, decision and order, plus costs.
5    The judgment shall have the same effect and may be enforced
6    in the same manner as other judgments for the recovery of
7    money.
8        (2) The court may also issue any other orders and
9    injunctions that are requested by the municipality to
10    enforce the order of the hearing officer to correct a code
11    violation.
12    (c) In place of a proceeding under subsection (b) of this
13Section, after expiration of the period in which judicial
14review under the Illinois Administrative Review Law may be
15sought for a final determination of a code violation, unless
16stayed by a court of competent jurisdiction, the findings,
17decision, and order of the hearing officer may be enforced in
18the same manner as a judgment entered by a court of competent
19jurisdiction.
20    In any case in which a defendant has failed to comply with
21a judgment ordering a defendant to correct a code violation or
22imposing any fine or other sanction as a result of a code
23violation, any expenses incurred by a municipality to enforce
24the judgment, including, but not limited to, attorney's fees,
25court costs, and costs related to property demolition or
26foreclosure, after they are fixed by a court of competent

 

 

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1jurisdiction or a hearing officer, shall be a debt due and
2owing the municipality and may be collected in accordance with
3applicable law. Prior to any expenses being fixed by a hearing
4officer pursuant to this subsection (c), the municipality shall
5provide notice to the defendant that states that the defendant
6shall appear at a hearing before the administrative hearing
7officer to determine whether the defendant has failed to comply
8with the judgment. The notice shall set the date for such a
9hearing, which shall not be less than 7 days from the date that
10notice is served. If notice is served by mail, the 7-day period
11shall begin to run on the date that the notice was deposited in
12the mail.
13    Upon being recorded in the manner required by Article XII
14of the Code of Civil Procedure or by the Uniform Commercial
15Code, a lien shall be imposed on the real estate or personal
16estate, or both, of the defendant in the amount of any debt due
17and owing the municipality under this Section. The lien may be
18enforced in the same manner as a judgment lien pursuant to a
19judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction.
20    A hearing officer may set aside any judgment entered by
21default and set a new hearing date, upon a petition filed
22within 21 days after the issuance of the order of default, if
23the hearing officer determines that the petitioner's failure to
24appear at the hearing was for good cause or at any time if the
25petitioner establishes that the municipality did not provide
26proper service of process. If any judgment is set aside

 

 

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1pursuant to this subsection (c), the hearing officer shall have
2authority to enter an order extinguishing any lien which has
3been recorded for any debt due and owing the municipality as a
4result of the vacated default judgment.
5    (d) A municipality may not collect any debt due or owing
6the municipality for a parking violation under Article XIII of
7Chapter 11 of the Illinois Vehicle Code, or a similar provision
8of a municipal ordinance, during any period of time that is 5
9or more years after the date the first notice of violation is
10sent to the registered owner.
11(Source: P.A. 99-293, eff. 8-6-15.)
 
12    (65 ILCS 5/11-80-2b new)
13    Sec. 11-80-2b. Parking violation debt collection. The
14corporate authorities of a municipality may not collect any
15debt due or owing the municipality for a parking violation
16under Article XIII of Chapter 11 of the Illinois Vehicle Code,
17or a similar provision of a municipal ordinance, during any
18period of time that is 5 or more years after the date the first
19notice of violation is sent to the registered owner. A home
20rule unit may not regulate debt collection in a manner
21inconsistent with this Section. This Section is a limitation
22under subsection (i) of Section 6 of Article VII of the
23Illinois Constitution on the concurrent exercise by home rule
24units of powers and functions exercised by the State.
 

 

 

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1    Section 10. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by
2changing Section 11-208.3 as follows:
 
3    (625 ILCS 5/11-208.3)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-208.3)
4    Sec. 11-208.3. Administrative adjudication of violations
5of traffic regulations concerning the standing, parking, or
6condition of vehicles, automated traffic law violations, and
7automated speed enforcement system violations.
8    (a) Any municipality or county may provide by ordinance for
9a system of administrative adjudication of vehicular standing
10and parking violations and vehicle compliance violations as
11described in this subsection, automated traffic law violations
12as defined in Section 11-208.6, 11-208.9, or 11-1201.1, and
13automated speed enforcement system violations as defined in
14Section 11-208.8. The administrative system shall have as its
15purpose the fair and efficient enforcement of municipal or
16county regulations through the administrative adjudication of
17automated speed enforcement system or automated traffic law
18violations and violations of municipal or county ordinances
19regulating the standing and parking of vehicles, the condition
20and use of vehicle equipment, and the display of municipal or
21county wheel tax licenses within the municipality's or county's
22borders. The administrative system shall only have authority to
23adjudicate civil offenses carrying fines not in excess of $500
24or requiring the completion of a traffic education program, or
25both, that occur after the effective date of the ordinance

 

 

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1adopting such a system under this Section. For purposes of this
2Section, "compliance violation" means a violation of a
3municipal or county regulation governing the condition or use
4of equipment on a vehicle or governing the display of a
5municipal or county wheel tax license.
6    (b) Any ordinance establishing a system of administrative
7adjudication under this Section shall provide for:
8        (1) A traffic compliance administrator authorized to
9    adopt, distribute and process parking, compliance, and
10    automated speed enforcement system or automated traffic
11    law violation notices and other notices required by this
12    Section, collect money paid as fines and penalties for
13    violation of parking and compliance ordinances and
14    automated speed enforcement system or automated traffic
15    law violations, and operate an administrative adjudication
16    system. The traffic compliance administrator also may make
17    a certified report to the Secretary of State under Section
18    6-306.5.
19        (2) A parking, standing, compliance, automated speed
20    enforcement system, or automated traffic law violation
21    notice that shall specify the date, time, and place of
22    violation of a parking, standing, compliance, automated
23    speed enforcement system, or automated traffic law
24    regulation; the particular regulation violated; any
25    requirement to complete a traffic education program; the
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1    or failure to complete a required traffic education
2    program, or both, when so provided by ordinance; the
3    vehicle make and state registration number; and the
4    identification number of the person issuing the notice.
5    With regard to automated speed enforcement system or
6    automated traffic law violations, vehicle make shall be
7    specified on the automated speed enforcement system or
8    automated traffic law violation notice if the make is
9    available and readily discernible. With regard to
10    municipalities or counties with a population of 1 million
11    or more, it shall be grounds for dismissal of a parking
12    violation if the state registration number or vehicle make
13    specified is incorrect. The violation notice shall state
14    that the completion of any required traffic education
15    program, the payment of any indicated fine, and the payment
16    of any applicable penalty for late payment or failure to
17    complete a required traffic education program, or both,
18    shall operate as a final disposition of the violation. The
19    notice also shall contain information as to the
20    availability of a hearing in which the violation may be
21    contested on its merits. The violation notice shall specify
22    the time and manner in which a hearing may be had.
23        (3) Service of the parking, standing, or compliance
24    violation notice by affixing the original or a facsimile of
25    the notice to an unlawfully parked vehicle or by handing
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1    present and service of an automated speed enforcement
2    system or automated traffic law violation notice by mail to
3    the address of the registered owner or lessee of the cited
4    vehicle as recorded with the Secretary of State or the
5    lessor of the motor vehicle within 30 days after the
6    Secretary of State or the lessor of the motor vehicle
7    notifies the municipality or county of the identity of the
8    owner or lessee of the vehicle, but not later than 90 days
9    after the violation, except that in the case of a lessee of
10    a motor vehicle, service of an automated traffic law
11    violation notice may occur no later than 210 days after the
12    violation. A person authorized by ordinance to issue and
13    serve parking, standing, and compliance violation notices
14    shall certify as to the correctness of the facts entered on
15    the violation notice by signing his or her name to the
16    notice at the time of service or in the case of a notice
17    produced by a computerized device, by signing a single
18    certificate to be kept by the traffic compliance
19    administrator attesting to the correctness of all notices
20    produced by the device while it was under his or her
21    control. In the case of an automated traffic law violation,
22    the ordinance shall require a determination by a technician
23    employed or contracted by the municipality or county that,
24    based on inspection of recorded images, the motor vehicle
25    was being operated in violation of Section 11-208.6,
26    11-208.9, or 11-1201.1 or a local ordinance. If the

 

 

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1    technician determines that the vehicle entered the
2    intersection as part of a funeral procession or in order to
3    yield the right-of-way to an emergency vehicle, a citation
4    shall not be issued. In municipalities with a population of
5    less than 1,000,000 inhabitants and counties with a
6    population of less than 3,000,000 inhabitants, the
7    automated traffic law ordinance shall require that all
8    determinations by a technician that a motor vehicle was
9    being operated in violation of Section 11-208.6, 11-208.9,
10    or 11-1201.1 or a local ordinance must be reviewed and
11    approved by a law enforcement officer or retired law
12    enforcement officer of the municipality or county issuing
13    the violation. In municipalities with a population of
14    1,000,000 or more inhabitants and counties with a
15    population of 3,000,000 or more inhabitants, the automated
16    traffic law ordinance shall require that all
17    determinations by a technician that a motor vehicle was
18    being operated in violation of Section 11-208.6, 11-208.9,
19    or 11-1201.1 or a local ordinance must be reviewed and
20    approved by a law enforcement officer or retired law
21    enforcement officer of the municipality or county issuing
22    the violation or by an additional fully-trained reviewing
23    technician who is not employed by the contractor who
24    employs the technician who made the initial determination.
25    In the case of an automated speed enforcement system
26    violation, the ordinance shall require a determination by a

 

 

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1    technician employed by the municipality, based upon an
2    inspection of recorded images, video or other
3    documentation, including documentation of the speed limit
4    and automated speed enforcement signage, and documentation
5    of the inspection, calibration, and certification of the
6    speed equipment, that the vehicle was being operated in
7    violation of Article VI of Chapter 11 of this Code or a
8    similar local ordinance. If the technician determines that
9    the vehicle speed was not determined by a calibrated,
10    certified speed equipment device based upon the speed
11    equipment documentation, or if the vehicle was an emergency
12    vehicle, a citation may not be issued. The automated speed
13    enforcement ordinance shall require that all
14    determinations by a technician that a violation occurred be
15    reviewed and approved by a law enforcement officer or
16    retired law enforcement officer of the municipality
17    issuing the violation or by an additional fully trained
18    reviewing technician who is not employed by the contractor
19    who employs the technician who made the initial
20    determination. Routine and independent calibration of the
21    speeds produced by automated speed enforcement systems and
22    equipment shall be conducted annually by a qualified
23    technician. Speeds produced by an automated speed
24    enforcement system shall be compared with speeds produced
25    by lidar or other independent equipment. Radar or lidar
26    equipment shall undergo an internal validation test no less

 

 

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1    frequently than once each week. Qualified technicians
2    shall test loop based equipment no less frequently than
3    once a year. Radar equipment shall be checked for accuracy
4    by a qualified technician when the unit is serviced, when
5    unusual or suspect readings persist, or when deemed
6    necessary by a reviewing technician. Radar equipment shall
7    be checked with the internal frequency generator and the
8    internal circuit test whenever the radar is turned on.
9    Technicians must be alert for any unusual or suspect
10    readings, and if unusual or suspect readings of a radar
11    unit persist, that unit shall immediately be removed from
12    service and not returned to service until it has been
13    checked by a qualified technician and determined to be
14    functioning properly. Documentation of the annual
15    calibration results, including the equipment tested, test
16    date, technician performing the test, and test results,
17    shall be maintained and available for use in the
18    determination of an automated speed enforcement system
19    violation and issuance of a citation. The technician
20    performing the calibration and testing of the automated
21    speed enforcement equipment shall be trained and certified
22    in the use of equipment for speed enforcement purposes.
23    Training on the speed enforcement equipment may be
24    conducted by law enforcement, civilian, or manufacturer's
25    personnel and if applicable may be equivalent to the
26    equipment use and operations training included in the Speed

 

 

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1    Measuring Device Operator Program developed by the
2    National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).
3    The vendor or technician who performs the work shall keep
4    accurate records on each piece of equipment the technician
5    calibrates and tests. As used in this paragraph,
6    "fully-trained reviewing technician" means a person who
7    has received at least 40 hours of supervised training in
8    subjects which shall include image inspection and
9    interpretation, the elements necessary to prove a
10    violation, license plate identification, and traffic
11    safety and management. In all municipalities and counties,
12    the automated speed enforcement system or automated
13    traffic law ordinance shall require that no additional fee
14    shall be charged to the alleged violator for exercising his
15    or her right to an administrative hearing, and persons
16    shall be given at least 25 days following an administrative
17    hearing to pay any civil penalty imposed by a finding that
18    Section 11-208.6, 11-208.8, 11-208.9, or 11-1201.1 or a
19    similar local ordinance has been violated. The original or
20    a facsimile of the violation notice or, in the case of a
21    notice produced by a computerized device, a printed record
22    generated by the device showing the facts entered on the
23    notice, shall be retained by the traffic compliance
24    administrator, and shall be a record kept in the ordinary
25    course of business. A parking, standing, compliance,
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1    law violation notice issued, signed and served in
2    accordance with this Section, a copy of the notice, or the
3    computer generated record shall be prima facie correct and
4    shall be prima facie evidence of the correctness of the
5    facts shown on the notice. The notice, copy, or computer
6    generated record shall be admissible in any subsequent
7    administrative or legal proceedings.
8        (4) An opportunity for a hearing for the registered
9    owner of the vehicle cited in the parking, standing,
10    compliance, automated speed enforcement system, or
11    automated traffic law violation notice in which the owner
12    may contest the merits of the alleged violation, and during
13    which formal or technical rules of evidence shall not
14    apply; provided, however, that under Section 11-1306 of
15    this Code the lessee of a vehicle cited in the violation
16    notice likewise shall be provided an opportunity for a
17    hearing of the same kind afforded the registered owner. The
18    hearings shall be recorded, and the person conducting the
19    hearing on behalf of the traffic compliance administrator
20    shall be empowered to administer oaths and to secure by
21    subpoena both the attendance and testimony of witnesses and
22    the production of relevant books and papers. Persons
23    appearing at a hearing under this Section may be
24    represented by counsel at their expense. The ordinance may
25    also provide for internal administrative review following
26    the decision of the hearing officer.

 

 

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1        (5) Service of additional notices, sent by first class
2    United States mail, postage prepaid, to the address of the
3    registered owner of the cited vehicle as recorded with the
4    Secretary of State or, if any notice to that address is
5    returned as undeliverable, to the last known address
6    recorded in a United States Post Office approved database,
7    or, under Section 11-1306 or subsection (p) of Section
8    11-208.6 or 11-208.9, or subsection (p) of Section 11-208.8
9    of this Code, to the lessee of the cited vehicle at the
10    last address known to the lessor of the cited vehicle at
11    the time of lease or, if any notice to that address is
12    returned as undeliverable, to the last known address
13    recorded in a United States Post Office approved database.
14    The service shall be deemed complete as of the date of
15    deposit in the United States mail. The notices shall be in
16    the following sequence and shall include but not be limited
17    to the information specified herein:
18            (i) A second notice of parking, standing, or
19        compliance violation. This notice shall specify the
20        date and location of the violation cited in the
21        parking, standing, or compliance violation notice, the
22        particular regulation violated, the vehicle make and
23        state registration number, any requirement to complete
24        a traffic education program, the fine and any penalty
25        that may be assessed for late payment or failure to
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1        provided by ordinance, the availability of a hearing in
2        which the violation may be contested on its merits, and
3        the time and manner in which the hearing may be had.
4        The notice of violation shall also state that failure
5        to complete a required traffic education program, to
6        pay the indicated fine and any applicable penalty, or
7        to appear at a hearing on the merits in the time and
8        manner specified, will result in a final determination
9        of violation liability for the cited violation in the
10        amount of the fine or penalty indicated, and that, upon
11        the occurrence of a final determination of violation
12        liability for the failure, and the exhaustion of, or
13        failure to exhaust, available administrative or
14        judicial procedures for review, any incomplete traffic
15        education program or any unpaid fine or penalty, or
16        both, will constitute a debt due and owing the
17        municipality or county.
18            (ii) A notice of final determination of parking,
19        standing, compliance, automated speed enforcement
20        system, or automated traffic law violation liability.
21        This notice shall be sent following a final
22        determination of parking, standing, compliance,
23        automated speed enforcement system, or automated
24        traffic law violation liability and the conclusion of
25        judicial review procedures taken under this Section.
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1        education program or the unpaid fine or penalty, or
2        both, is a debt due and owing the municipality or
3        county. The notice shall contain warnings that failure
4        to complete any required traffic education program or
5        to pay any fine or penalty due and owing the
6        municipality or county, or both, within the time
7        specified may result in the municipality's or county's
8        filing of a petition in the Circuit Court to have the
9        incomplete traffic education program or unpaid fine or
10        penalty, or both, rendered a judgment as provided by
11        this Section, or may result in suspension of the
12        person's drivers license for failure to complete a
13        traffic education program or to pay fines or penalties,
14        or both, for 10 or more parking violations under
15        Section 6-306.5, or a combination of 5 or more
16        automated traffic law violations under Section
17        11-208.6 or 11-208.9 or automated speed enforcement
18        system violations under Section 11-208.8.
19        (6) A notice of impending drivers license suspension.
20    This notice shall be sent to the person liable for failure
21    to complete a required traffic education program or to pay
22    any fine or penalty that remains due and owing, or both, on
23    10 or more parking violations or combination of 5 or more
24    unpaid automated speed enforcement system or automated
25    traffic law violations. The notice shall state that failure
26    to complete a required traffic education program or to pay

 

 

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1    the fine or penalty owing, or both, within 45 days of the
2    notice's date will result in the municipality or county
3    notifying the Secretary of State that the person is
4    eligible for initiation of suspension proceedings under
5    Section 6-306.5 of this Code. The notice shall also state
6    that the person may obtain a photostatic copy of an
7    original ticket imposing a fine or penalty by sending a
8    self addressed, stamped envelope to the municipality or
9    county along with a request for the photostatic copy. The
10    notice of impending drivers license suspension shall be
11    sent by first class United States mail, postage prepaid, to
12    the address recorded with the Secretary of State or, if any
13    notice to that address is returned as undeliverable, to the
14    last known address recorded in a United States Post Office
15    approved database.
16        (7) Final determinations of violation liability. A
17    final determination of violation liability shall occur
18    following failure to complete the required traffic
19    education program or to pay the fine or penalty, or both,
20    after a hearing officer's determination of violation
21    liability and the exhaustion of or failure to exhaust any
22    administrative review procedures provided by ordinance.
23    Where a person fails to appear at a hearing to contest the
24    alleged violation in the time and manner specified in a
25    prior mailed notice, the hearing officer's determination
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1    of a timely petition to set aside that determination, or
2    (B) upon expiration of the period for filing the petition
3    without a filing having been made.
4        (8) A petition to set aside a determination of parking,
5    standing, compliance, automated speed enforcement system,
6    or automated traffic law violation liability that may be
7    filed by a person owing an unpaid fine or penalty. A
8    petition to set aside a determination of liability may also
9    be filed by a person required to complete a traffic
10    education program. The petition shall be filed with and
11    ruled upon by the traffic compliance administrator in the
12    manner and within the time specified by ordinance. The
13    grounds for the petition may be limited to: (A) the person
14    not having been the owner or lessee of the cited vehicle on
15    the date the violation notice was issued, (B) the person
16    having already completed the required traffic education
17    program or paid the fine or penalty, or both, for the
18    violation in question, and (C) excusable failure to appear
19    at or request a new date for a hearing. With regard to
20    municipalities or counties with a population of 1 million
21    or more, it shall be grounds for dismissal of a parking
22    violation if the state registration number, or vehicle make
23    if specified, is incorrect. After the determination of
24    parking, standing, compliance, automated speed enforcement
25    system, or automated traffic law violation liability has
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1    owner shall be provided with a hearing on the merits for
2    that violation.
3        (9) Procedures for non-residents. Procedures by which
4    persons who are not residents of the municipality or county
5    may contest the merits of the alleged violation without
6    attending a hearing.
7        (10) A schedule of civil fines for violations of
8    vehicular standing, parking, compliance, automated speed
9    enforcement system, or automated traffic law regulations
10    enacted by ordinance pursuant to this Section, and a
11    schedule of penalties for late payment of the fines or
12    failure to complete required traffic education programs,
13    provided, however, that the total amount of the fine and
14    penalty for any one violation shall not exceed $250, except
15    as provided in subsection (c) of Section 11-1301.3 of this
16    Code.
17        (11) Other provisions as are necessary and proper to
18    carry into effect the powers granted and purposes stated in
19    this Section.
20    (c) Any municipality or county establishing vehicular
21standing, parking, compliance, automated speed enforcement
22system, or automated traffic law regulations under this Section
23may also provide by ordinance for a program of vehicle
24immobilization for the purpose of facilitating enforcement of
25those regulations. The program of vehicle immobilization shall
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1way by presence of a restraint in a manner to prevent operation
2of the vehicle. Any ordinance establishing a program of vehicle
3immobilization under this Section shall provide:
4        (1) Criteria for the designation of vehicles eligible
5    for immobilization. A vehicle shall be eligible for
6    immobilization when the registered owner of the vehicle has
7    accumulated the number of incomplete traffic education
8    programs or unpaid final determinations of parking,
9    standing, compliance, automated speed enforcement system,
10    or automated traffic law violation liability, or both, as
11    determined by ordinance.
12        (2) A notice of impending vehicle immobilization and a
13    right to a hearing to challenge the validity of the notice
14    by disproving liability for the incomplete traffic
15    education programs or unpaid final determinations of
16    parking, standing, compliance, automated speed enforcement
17    system, or automated traffic law violation liability, or
18    both, listed on the notice.
19        (3) The right to a prompt hearing after a vehicle has
20    been immobilized or subsequently towed without the
21    completion of the required traffic education program or
22    payment of the outstanding fines and penalties on parking,
23    standing, compliance, automated speed enforcement system,
24    or automated traffic law violations, or both, for which
25    final determinations have been issued. An order issued
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1    the meaning of Section 3-101 of the Code of Civil
2    Procedure.
3        (4) A post immobilization and post-towing notice
4    advising the registered owner of the vehicle of the right
5    to a hearing to challenge the validity of the impoundment.
6    (d) Judicial review of final determinations of parking,
7standing, compliance, automated speed enforcement system, or
8automated traffic law violations and final administrative
9decisions issued after hearings regarding vehicle
10immobilization and impoundment made under this Section shall be
11subject to the provisions of the Administrative Review Law.
12    (e) Any fine, penalty, incomplete traffic education
13program, or part of any fine or any penalty remaining unpaid
14after the exhaustion of, or the failure to exhaust,
15administrative remedies created under this Section and the
16conclusion of any judicial review procedures shall be a debt
17due and owing the municipality or county and, as such, may be
18collected in accordance with applicable law. Completion of any
19required traffic education program and payment in full of any
20fine or penalty resulting from a standing, parking, compliance,
21automated speed enforcement system, or automated traffic law
22violation shall constitute a final disposition of that
23violation. A municipality or county may not collect any debt
24due or owing under this Section for a parking violation under
25Article XIII of this Chapter during any period of time that is
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1sent under subsection (b) of this Section. A home rule unit may
2not regulate debt collection in a manner inconsistent with this
3subsection (e). This subsection is a limitation under
4subsection (i) of Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois
5Constitution on the concurrent exercise by home rule units of
6powers and functions exercised by the State.
7    (f) After the expiration of the period within which
8judicial review may be sought for a final determination of
9parking, standing, compliance, automated speed enforcement
10system, or automated traffic law violation, the municipality or
11county may commence a proceeding in the Circuit Court for
12purposes of obtaining a judgment on the final determination of
13violation. Nothing in this Section shall prevent a municipality
14or county from consolidating multiple final determinations of
15parking, standing, compliance, automated speed enforcement
16system, or automated traffic law violations against a person in
17a proceeding. Upon commencement of the action, the municipality
18or county shall file a certified copy or record of the final
19determination of parking, standing, compliance, automated
20speed enforcement system, or automated traffic law violation,
21which shall be accompanied by a certification that recites
22facts sufficient to show that the final determination of
23violation was issued in accordance with this Section and the
24applicable municipal or county ordinance. Service of the
25summons and a copy of the petition may be by any method
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1certified mail, return receipt requested, provided that the
2total amount of fines and penalties for final determinations of
3parking, standing, compliance, automated speed enforcement
4system, or automated traffic law violations does not exceed
5$2500. If the court is satisfied that the final determination
6of parking, standing, compliance, automated speed enforcement
7system, or automated traffic law violation was entered in
8accordance with the requirements of this Section and the
9applicable municipal or county ordinance, and that the
10registered owner or the lessee, as the case may be, had an
11opportunity for an administrative hearing and for judicial
12review as provided in this Section, the court shall render
13judgment in favor of the municipality or county and against the
14registered owner or the lessee for the amount indicated in the
15final determination of parking, standing, compliance,
16automated speed enforcement system, or automated traffic law
17violation, plus costs. The judgment shall have the same effect
18and may be enforced in the same manner as other judgments for
19the recovery of money.
20    (g) The fee for participating in a traffic education
21program under this Section shall not exceed $25.
22    A low-income individual required to complete a traffic
23education program under this Section who provides proof of
24eligibility for the federal earned income tax credit under
25Section 32 of the Internal Revenue Code or the Illinois earned
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1Act shall not be required to pay any fee for participating in a
2required traffic education program.
3(Source: P.A. 97-29, eff. 1-1-12; 97-333, eff. 8-12-11; 97-672,
4eff. 7-1-12; 98-556, eff. 1-1-14; 98-1028, eff. 8-22-14.)