(625 ILCS 5/16-101) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 16-101)
Sec. 16-101.
Applicability.
The provisions of this Chapter shall be applicable to the enforcement of
this entire Code, except where another penalty is set forth in a specific
Chapter which is applicable to that Chapter or a designated part or Section thereof.
(Source: P.A. 82-1011.)
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(625 ILCS 5/16-102) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 16-102)
Sec. 16-102. Arrests - Investigations - Prosecutions. (a) The Illinois State Police shall patrol the public highways and make arrests
for violation of the provisions of this Act.
(b) The Secretary of State, through the investigators provided for in
this Act shall investigate and report violations of the provisions of
this Act in relation to the equipment and operation of vehicles as
provided for in Section 2-115 and for such purposes these investigators
have and may exercise throughout the State all of the powers of police officers.
(c) The State's Attorney of the county in which the violation occurs
shall prosecute all violations except when the violation occurs within
the corporate limits of a municipality, the municipal attorney may
prosecute if written permission to do so is obtained from the State's
Attorney. (d) The State's Attorney of the county in which the violation occurs may not grant to the municipal attorney permission to prosecute if the offense charged is a felony under Section 11-501 of this Code. The municipality may, however, charge an offender with a municipal misdemeanor offense if the State's Attorney rejects or denies felony charges for the conduct that comprises the charge.
(Source: P.A. 102-538, eff. 8-20-21.)
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(625 ILCS 5/16-102.5)
Sec. 16-102.5.
Enforcement by municipality.
(a) If a municipality adopts an
ordinance similar to subsection (f) of Section 3-413 or Section 11-1304.5
of this Code, any person
that a municipality designates to enforce ordinances regulating the standing or
parking of vehicles shall have the authority to enforce the provisions of
subsection (f) of Section 3-413 or Section 11-1304.5 of this Code or the
similar local ordinance.
However, the authority to enforce subsection (f) of Section 3-413 or Section
11-1304.5 of this Code
or a similar local ordinance shall not be given to an appointed volunteer or
private or public entity under contract to enforce person with
disabilities parking laws.
(b) To enforce the provisions of subsection (f) of Section 3-413 or
Section 11-1304.5 of this
Code or a similar local ordinance, a municipality shall impose a fine not
exceeding $25.
(Source: P.A. 90-513, eff. 8-22-97; 90-655, eff. 7-30-98; 91-487, eff. 1-1-00.)
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(625 ILCS 5/16-103) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 16-103)
Sec. 16-103. Arrest outside county where violation committed.
Whenever a defendant is arrested upon a warrant charging a violation of
this Act in a county other than that in which such warrant was issued, the
arresting officer, immediately upon the request of the defendant, shall
take such defendant before a circuit judge or associate circuit judge in
the county in which the arrest was made who shall admit the defendant to
pretrial release for his appearance before the court named in the warrant. On setting the conditions of pretrial release, the circuit judge or associate circuit judge shall certify such
fact on the warrant and deliver the warrant and conditions of pretrial release, or the drivers license of such defendant if deposited,
under the law relating to such licenses, in lieu of such security, to the
officer having charge of the defendant. Such officer shall then immediately
discharge the defendant from arrest and without delay deliver such warrant
and such acknowledgment by the defendant of his or her receiving the conditions of pretrial release or drivers license to the
court before which the defendant is required to appear.
(Source: P.A. 101-652, eff. 1-1-23; 102-813, eff. 5-13-22 .)
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(625 ILCS 5/16-104) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 16-104)
Sec. 16-104.
Penalties.
Every person convicted of a violation of any
provision of this
Code for which another penalty is not provided shall, for a
first or
second conviction thereof, be guilty of a petty offense and, for
a
third or subsequent conviction within one year after the first
conviction, be guilty of a Class C misdemeanor.
(Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)
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