101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
SB1152

 

Introduced 2/5/2019, by Sen. Laura M. Murphy

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
55 ILCS 5/5-43010
65 ILCS 5/1-2.1-2
65 ILCS 5/1-2.2-10

    Amends the Counties Code and Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that a county or municipal administrative hearing unit or code hearing unit may adjudicate of a violation of a county (or a participating unit of local government) ordinance or municipal ordinance of specified offenses relating to distracted driving, red light violations, and violations caught on automated traffic law enforcement systems or similar local offenses. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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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 Counties Code is amended by changing Section
55-43010 as follows:
 
6    (55 ILCS 5/5-43010)
7    Sec. 5-43010. Administrative adjudication of code and
8ordinance violations; definitions.
9    (a) Any county may provide by ordinance for a system of
10administrative adjudication of county code violations to the
11extent permitted by the Illinois Constitution.
12    (b) Any county may provide by ordinance for a system of
13administrative adjudication of violations of ordinances
14enacted by a participating unit of local government only where:
15(i) the unit of local government is engaging in governmental
16activities or providing services within the boundaries of the
17county; (ii) the unit of local government has no system of
18administrative adjudication; and (iii) the violation occurred
19within the boundaries of the county.
20    (c) As used in this Division:
21    "Participating unit of local government" means a unit of
22local government which has entered into an intergovernmental
23agreement or contract with a county for the administrative

 

 

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1adjudication of violations of its ordinances by the county
2pursuant to this Division.
3    "System of administrative adjudication" means the
4adjudication of any violation of a county ordinance or of a
5participating unit of local government's ordinance, except for
6(i) proceedings not within the statutory or the home rule
7authority of counties or a participating unit of local
8government; and (ii) any offense under the Illinois Vehicle
9Code (or a similar offense that is a traffic regulation
10governing the movement of vehicles and except for any
11reportable offense under Section 6-204 of the Illinois Vehicle
12Code). Notwithstanding the exceptions listed in this
13definition, "system of administrative adjudication" includes
14adjudication of a violation of a county ordinance or of a
15participating unit of local government's ordinance of offenses
16listed under Section 11-208.6, 11-306, 12-610.1, 12-610.2,
176-526, or 6-527 of the Illinois Vehicle Code or similar county
18or unit of local government offenses.
19    "Unit of local government" has the meaning as defined in
20the Illinois Constitution of 1970 and also includes a
21not-for-profit corporation organized for the purpose of
22conducting public business including, but not limited to, the
23Northeast Illinois Regional Commuter Railroad Corporation.
24(Source: P.A. 99-754, eff. 1-1-17.)
 
25    Section 10. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by

 

 

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1changing Sections 1-2.1-2 and 1-2.2-10 as follows:
 
2    (65 ILCS 5/1-2.1-2)
3    Sec. 1-2.1-2. Administrative adjudication of municipal
4code violations. Any municipality may provide by ordinance for
5a system of administrative adjudication of municipal code
6violations to the extent permitted by the Illinois
7Constitution.
8    A "system of administrative adjudication" means the
9adjudication of any violation of a municipal ordinance, except
10for (i) proceedings not within the statutory or the home rule
11authority of municipalities; and (ii) any offense under the
12Illinois Vehicle Code or a similar offense that is a traffic
13regulation governing the movement of vehicles and except for
14any reportable offense under Section 6-204 of the Illinois
15Vehicle Code. Notwithstanding the exceptions listed in this
16paragraph, "system of administrative adjudication" includes
17adjudication of a violation of a municipal ordinance of
18offenses listed under Section 11-208.6, 11-306, 12-610.1,
1912-610.2, 6-526, or 6-527 of the Illinois Vehicle Code or
20similar municipal offenses.
21(Source: P.A. 90-516, eff. 1-1-98.)
 
22    (65 ILCS 5/1-2.2-10)
23    Sec. 1-2.2-10. Code hearing department. The corporate
24authorities of any municipality may adopt this Division and

 

 

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1establish a code hearing department within an existing code
2enforcement agency or as a separate and independent agency in
3the municipal government. The function of the hearing
4department is to expedite the prosecution and correction of
5code violations in the manner set forth in this Division.
6    The code hearing department may adjudicate any violation of
7a municipal ordinance except for (i) building code violations
8that must be adjudicated pursuant to Division 31.1 of Article
911 of this Act and (ii) any offense under the Illinois Vehicle
10Code or similar offense that is a traffic regulation governing
11the movement of vehicles and except for any reportable offense
12under Section 6-204 of the Illinois Vehicle Code.
13Notwithstanding the exceptions listed in this paragraph, the
14code hearing department may adjudicate a violation of a
15municipal ordinance of offenses listed under Section 11-208.6,
1611-306, 12-610.1, 12-610.2, 6-526, or 6-527 of the Illinois
17Vehicle Code or similar municipal offenses.
18(Source: P.A. 90-777, eff. 1-1-99.)
 
19    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
20becoming law.