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90_SB0543

      625 ILCS 5/1-105.5 new
      625 ILCS 5/6-204          from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 6-204
      625 ILCS 5/11-208.3       from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-208.3
      625 ILCS 5/11-306         from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-306
          Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code.  Defines "automated red
      light enforcement system" as a system  that  photographically
      records a vehicle's response to a traffic control signal with
      a red light indication and is designed to obtain a photograph
      of  the  vehicle  and  its  license plate.  Provides that the
      owner of a vehicle used in a red signal  violation  shall  be
      liable for the violation if the violation was recorded by the
      system,   with   exceptions.    In   a   Section   concerning
      administrative  adjudication  of  violations, adds violations
      recorded by the System.  Requires a municipality to forward a
      report  of  the  adjudication  to  the  Secretary  of  State.
      Effective immediately.
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 1        AN ACT to amend  the  Illinois  Vehicle  Code  by  adding
 2    Section  1-105.5  and  changing Sections 6-204, 11-208.3, and
 3    11-306.
 4        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 5    represented in the General Assembly:
 6        Section  5.  The  Illinois  Vehicle  Code  is  amended by
 7    adding Section 1-105.5 and changing Sections 6-204, 11-208.3,
 8    and 11-306 as follows:
 9        (625 ILCS 5/1-105.5 new)
10        Sec. 1-105.5.  Automated red light enforcement system.  A
11    system operated by a governmental agency, in cooperation with
12    a law enforcement agency,  that  photographically  records  a
13    motor  vehicle's  response to a traffic control signal with a
14    red light indication  and  is  designed  to  obtain  a  clear
15    photograph of the vehicle and the vehicle's license plate.
16        (625 ILCS 5/6-204) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 6-204)
17        Sec. 6-204.  When Court to forward License and Reports.
18        (a)  For  the  purpose  of  providing to the Secretary of
19    State  the  records  essential  to  the  performance  of  the
20    Secretary's duties under  this  Code  to  cancel,  revoke  or
21    suspend  the  driver's  license  and privilege to drive motor
22    vehicles of persons found guilty of the criminal offenses  or
23    traffic  violations  which  this  Code recognizes as evidence
24    relating to unfitness to safely operate motor  vehicles,  the
25    following duties are imposed upon public officials:
26             1.  Whenever  any person is convicted of any offense
27        for which this Code makes mandatory the  cancellation  or
28        revocation  of  the  driver's  license  or permit of such
29        person by the Secretary of State, the judge of the  court
30        in  which  such  conviction  is  had  shall  require  the
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 1        surrender  to  the  clerk  of  the  court of all driver's
 2        licenses or permits then held by the person so convicted,
 3        and  the  clerk  of  the  court  shall,  within  10  days
 4        thereafter, forward the same, together with a  report  of
 5        such conviction, to the Secretary.
 6             2.  Whenever  any person is convicted of any offense
 7        under this Code or similar  offenses  under  a  municipal
 8        ordinance,  other  than  regulations  governing standing,
 9        parking  or  weights  of  vehicles,  and  excepting   the
10        following  enumerated  Sections  of  this  Code: Sections
11        11-1406  (obstruction  to  driver's  view  or   control),
12        11-1407  (improper opening of door into traffic), 11-1410
13        (costing   on   downgrade),   11-1411   (following   fire
14        apparatus), 11-1419.01 (Motor Fuel Tax I.D. Card), 12-101
15        (driving  vehicle  which  is  in  unsafe   condition   or
16        improperly   equipped),   12-201(a)  (daytime  lights  on
17        motorcycles), 12-202 (clearance, identification and  side
18        marker  lamps), 12-204 (lamp or flag on projecting load),
19        12-205 (failure to display the safety  lights  required),
20        12-401   (restrictions  as  to  tire  equipment),  12-502
21        (mirrors), 12-503 (windshields must be  unobstructed  and
22        equipped   with   wipers),   12-601  (horns  and  warning
23        devices),  12-602  (mufflers,  prevention  of  noise   or
24        smoke),  12-603  (seat  safety  belts),  12-702  (certain
25        vehicles  to  carry  flares  or  other  warning devices),
26        12-703 (vehicles for oiling roads operated on  highways),
27        12-710  (splash  guards and replacements), 13-101 (safety
28        tests), 15-101 (size, weight and load),  15-102  (width),
29        15-103  (height),  15-104  (name  and  address  on second
30        division vehicles), 15-107 (length of vehicle),  15-109.1
31        (cover or tarpaulin), 15-111 (weights), 15-112 (weights),
32        15-301 (weights), 15-316 (weights), 15-318 (weights), and
33        also  excepting  the following enumerated Sections of the
34        Chicago Municipal Code: Sections 27-245  (following  fire
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 1        apparatus),   27-254  (obstruction  of  traffic),  27-258
 2        (driving vehicle which is in  unsafe  condition),  27-259
 3        (costing  on  downgrade), 27-264 (use of horns and signal
 4        devices), 27-265 (obstruction to driver's view or  driver
 5        mechanism),   27-267   (dimming  of  headlights),  27-268
 6        (unattended  motor  vehicle),  27-272  (illegal   funeral
 7        procession),  27-273  (funeral  procession on boulevard),
 8        27-275 (driving freight hauling vehicles  on  boulevard),
 9        27-276  (stopping  and  standing  of  buses or taxicabs),
10        27-277 (cruising of public  passenger  vehicles),  27-305
11        (parallel  parking),  27-306  (diagonal  parking), 27-307
12        (parking not  to  obstruct  traffic),  27-308  (stopping,
13        standing   or   parking   regulated),   27-311   (parking
14        regulations),   27-312   (parking   regulations),  27-313
15        (parking  regulations),  27-314  (parking   regulations),
16        27-315    (parking    regulations),    27-316    (parking
17        regulations),   27-317   (parking   regulations),  27-318
18        (parking  regulations),  27-319  (parking   regulations),
19        27-320    (parking    regulations),    27-321    (parking
20        regulations),   27-322   (parking   regulations),  27-324
21        (loading and unloading at an angle),  27-333  (wheel  and
22        axle  loads),  27-334  (load restrictions in the downtown
23        district),  27-335  (load  restrictions  in   residential
24        areas),  27-338  (width  of  vehicles), 27-339 (height of
25        vehicles),   27-340   (length   of   vehicles),    27-352
26        (reflectors   on  trailers),  27-353  (mufflers),  27-354
27        (display of plates), 27-355 (display of city vehicle  tax
28        sticker),  27-357  (identification  of  vehicles), 27-358
29        (projecting of loads), and also excepting  the  following
30        enumerated  paragraphs  of Section 2-201 of the Rules and
31        Regulations of the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority:
32        (l) (driving unsafe vehicle on  tollway),  (m)  (vehicles
33        transporting dangerous cargo not properly indicated), and
34        also  excepting  a violation of subsection (c) of Section
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 1        11-306 or a similar offense under a  municipal  ordinance
 2        that  is  reported in accordance with paragraph 6 of this
 3        subsection (a), it shall be the duty of the clerk of  the
 4        court  in  which  such  conviction  is had within 10 days
 5        thereafter to forward to the Secretary of State a  report
 6        of  the  conviction  and  the  court  may  recommend  the
 7        suspension  of  the  driver's  license  or  permit of the
 8        person so convicted.
 9        The reporting requirements of this subsection shall apply
10    to all violations stated  in  paragraphs  1  and  2  of  this
11    subsection when the individual has been adjudicated under the
12    Juvenile  Court  Act or the Juvenile Court Act of 1987.  Such
13    reporting  requirements  shall  also  apply  to   individuals
14    adjudicated  under  the  Juvenile  Court  Act or the Juvenile
15    Court Act of 1987 who have committed a violation  of  Section
16    11-501  of  this  Code,  or  similar  provision  of  a  local
17    ordinance,  or  Section  9-3 of the Criminal Code of 1961, as
18    amended, relating to the offense of reckless  homicide.   All
19    juvenile  court  dispositions  reported  to  the Secretary of
20    State  under  this  provision  shall  be  processed  by   the
21    Secretary  of  State  as if the cases had been adjudicated in
22    traffic or  criminal  court.  However,  information  reported
23    relative  to  the  offense  of  reckless homicide, or Section
24    11-501 of this Code,  or  a  similar  provision  of  a  local
25    ordinance,  shall  be  privileged  and  available only to the
26    Secretary of State, courts, and police officers.
27             3.  Whenever  an  order  is  entered  vacating   the
28        forfeiture  of any bail, security or bond given to secure
29        appearance for any offense under  this  Code  or  similar
30        offenses  under municipal ordinance, it shall be the duty
31        of the clerk of the court in which such vacation was  had
32        or  the  judge  of such court if such court has no clerk,
33        within 10 days thereafter to forward to the Secretary  of
34        State a report of the vacation.
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 1             4.  A report of any disposition of court supervision
 2        for  a  violation  of Sections 6-303, 11-401, 11-501 or a
 3        similar provision of a local ordinance, 11-503 and 11-504
 4        shall be forwarded to the Secretary of State.
 5             5.  Reports of conviction in a computer  processible
 6        medium  shall  be forwarded to the Secretary of State via
 7        the Supreme Court in the form and format required by  the
 8        Illinois  Supreme  Court  and  established  by  a written
 9        agreement between the Supreme Court and the Secretary  of
10        State.  In  counties  with  a  population  over  300,000,
11        instead  of  forwarding  reports  to  the  Supreme Court,
12        reports of conviction in a  computer  processible  medium
13        may be forwarded to the Secretary of State by the Circuit
14        Court  Clerk  in  a  form  and  format  required  by  the
15        Secretary  of  State and established by written agreement
16        between the Circuit Court  Clerk  and  the  Secretary  of
17        State.   Failure  to forward the reports of conviction as
18        required by this Section shall be deemed an  omission  of
19        duty  and  it  shall  be  the duty of the several State's
20        Attorneys to enforce the requirements of this Section.
21             6.  Whenever  any  municipality  has  established  a
22        system  of  administrative  adjudication   to   determine
23        liability  for  a  violation of subsection (c) of Section
24        11-306 or a similar offense under a  municipal  ordinance
25        that  is  recorded  by an automated red light enforcement
26        system, the municipality, within 10 days  of  determining
27        liability  for a violation, shall forward a report of the
28        adjudication to the Secretary of State.  The report shall
29        be in a form required by the Secretary of State.
30        (b)  Whenever a restricted driving permit is forwarded to
31    a court, as a result of  confiscation  by  a  police  officer
32    pursuant  to  the  authority in Section 6-113(f), it shall be
33    the duty of the clerk, or judge, if the court has  no  clerk,
34    to  forward such restricted driving permit and a facsimile of
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 1    the  officer's  citation  to  the  Secretary  of   State   as
 2    expeditiously as practicable.
 3        (c)  For  the purposes of this Code, a forfeiture of bail
 4    or collateral deposited to secure a defendant's appearance in
 5    court when forfeiture has not been vacated, or the failure of
 6    a defendant to appear for trial after depositing his driver's
 7    license in lieu of other  bail,  shall  be  equivalent  to  a
 8    conviction.
 9        (d)  For  the purpose of providing the Secretary of State
10    with records necessary to properly monitor and assess  driver
11    performance  and  assist the courts in the proper disposition
12    of repeat traffic law offenders, the clerk of the court shall
13    forward to the Secretary of State, on a  form  prescribed  by
14    the  Secretary, records of driver's participation in a driver
15    remedial  or  rehabilitative  program  which  was   required,
16    through  a  court  order or court supervision, in relation to
17    the driver's arrest for a violation of Section 11-501 of this
18    Code or a similar  provision  of  a  local  ordinance.   Such
19    reports  shall  be  sent  within  10  days after the driver's
20    referral to such driver remedial or  rehabilitative  program.
21    Such  reports, including those required to be forwarded under
22    subsection 4 of paragraph  (a),  shall  be  recorded  to  the
23    driver's  file,  but  shall  not  be  released to any outside
24    source, except the affected driver, and shall be used only to
25    assist in assessing driver performance and for the purpose of
26    informing the courts that such  driver  has  been  previously
27    assigned court supervision or referred to a driver's remedial
28    or rehabilitative program.
29    (Source: P.A. 88-415.)
30        (625 ILCS 5/11-208.3) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-208.3)
31        Sec. 11-208.3.  Administrative adjudication of violations
32    of  traffic  regulations concerning the standing, parking, or
33    condition of vehicles and automated red light violations.
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 1        (a)  Any municipality may  provide  by  ordinance  for  a
 2    system  of  administrative adjudication of vehicular standing
 3    and parking violations, and vehicle compliance violations  as
 4    defined   in   this   subsection,  and  automated  red  light
 5    violations as defined by this subsection. The  administrative
 6    system  shall  have  as  its  purpose  the fair and efficient
 7    enforcement   of   municipal    regulations    through    the
 8    administrative   adjudication   of  violations  of  municipal
 9    ordinances regulating the standing and parking  of  vehicles,
10    the  condition  and use of vehicle equipment, and the display
11    of municipal wheel tax  licenses  within  the  municipality's
12    borders.  The administrative system shall only have authority
13    to  adjudicate civil offenses carrying fines not in excess of
14    $250 that occur after the effective  date  of  the  ordinance
15    adopting  such  a  system under this Section. For purposes of
16    this Section, "compliance violation" means a violation  of  a
17    municipal  regulation  governing  the  condition  or  use  of
18    equipment  on  a  vehicle  or  governing  the  display  of  a
19    municipal  wheel  tax  license. For purposes of this Section,
20    "automated  red  light  violation"  means  a   violation   of
21    subsection (c) of Section 11-306 or a similar offense under a
22    municipal  ordinance  that  is  recorded  by an automated red
23    light enforcement system.
24        (b)  Any   ordinance    establishing    a    system    of
25    administrative  adjudication under this Section shall provide
26    for:
27             (1)  A traffic compliance  administrator  authorized
28        to  adopt,  distribute and process parking and compliance
29        violation notices and  other  notices  required  by  this
30        Section,  collect  money  paid as fines and penalties for
31        violation  of  parking  and  compliance  ordinances,  and
32        operate  an  administrative  adjudication  system.    The
33        traffic   compliance   administrator   also  may  make  a
34        certified report to the Secretary of State under  Section
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 1        6-306.5.
 2             (2)  A   parking,   standing,   or   compliance,  or
 3        automated red light violation notice that  shall  specify
 4        the  date,  time,  and  place  of violation of a parking,
 5        standing,  or  compliance,   or   automated   red   light
 6        regulation;  the particular regulation violated; the fine
 7        and any penalty that may be assessed  for  late  payment,
 8        when so provided by ordinance; the vehicle make and state
 9        registration number; and the identification number of the
10        person  issuing the notice. With regard to municipalities
11        with a population of 1  million  or  more,  it  shall  be
12        grounds for dismissal of a parking violation if the State
13        registration   number   or   vehicle  make  specified  is
14        incorrect. The violation  notice  shall  state  that  the
15        payment  of  the  indicated  fine,  and of any applicable
16        penalty for  late  payment,  shall  operate  as  a  final
17        disposition  of  the  violation.   The  notice also shall
18        contain information as to the availability of  a  hearing
19        in  which  the  violation may be contested on its merits.
20        The violation notice shall specify the time and manner in
21        which a hearing may be had.
22             (3)  Service of the parking, standing, or compliance
23        violation notice by affixing the original or a  facsimile
24        of  the  notice  to  an  unlawfully  parked vehicle or by
25        handing the notice to the operator of a vehicle if he  or
26        she  is  present  and  service  of an automated red light
27        violation notice by mail to the address of the registered
28        owner of the cited vehicle as recorded with the Secretary
29        of State within 30  days  of  the  violation.   A  person
30        authorized  by  ordinance  to  issue  and  serve parking,
31        standing,  and  compliance,  or   automated   red   light
32        violation  notices shall certify as to the correctness of
33        the facts entered on the violation notice by signing  his
34        or  her  name  to the notice at the time of service or in
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 1        the case of a notice produced by a  computerized  device,
 2        by signing a single certificate to be kept by the traffic
 3        compliance  administrator attesting to the correctness of
 4        all notices produced by the device while it was under his
 5        or her control.  The  original  or  a  facsimile  of  the
 6        violation   notice  shall  be  retained  by  the  traffic
 7        compliance administrator, and shall be a record  kept  in
 8        the ordinary course of business.  A parking, standing, or
 9        compliance,  or  automated  red  light  violation  notice
10        issued,   signed  and  served  in  accordance  with  this
11        Section, or a copy of the notice, shall  be  prima  facie
12        correct   and  shall  be  prima  facie  evidence  of  the
13        correctness of the facts shown on the notice.  The notice
14        or  copy  shall   be   admissible   in   any   subsequent
15        administrative or legal proceedings.
16             (4)  An opportunity for a hearing for the registered
17        owner  of  the vehicle cited in the parking, standing, or
18        compliance, or automated red light  violation  notice  in
19        which  the  owner  may  contest the merits of the alleged
20        violation, and during which formal or technical rules  of
21        evidence  shall  not apply; provided, however, that under
22        Section 11-1306 of this Code  the  lessee  of  a  vehicle
23        cited  in the violation notice likewise shall be provided
24        an opportunity for a hearing of the  same  kind  afforded
25        the  registered  owner.   The hearings shall be recorded,
26        and the person conducting the hearing on  behalf  of  the
27        traffic  compliance  administrator  shall be empowered to
28        administer oaths and  to  secure  by  subpoena  both  the
29        attendance  and testimony of witnesses and the production
30        of relevant books and papers.   Persons  appearing  at  a
31        hearing  under this Section may be represented by counsel
32        at their expense. The  ordinance  may  also  provide  for
33        internal  administrative review following the decision of
34        the hearing officer.
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 1             (5)  Service of additional notices,  sent  by  first
 2        class United States mail, postage prepaid, to the address
 3        of  the registered owner of the cited vehicle as recorded
 4        with the Secretary of State or, under Section 11-1306  of
 5        this Code, to the lessee of the cited vehicle at the last
 6        address  known  to the lessor of the cited vehicle at the
 7        time of lease.   The service shall be deemed complete  as
 8        of  the  date  of deposit in the United States mail.  The
 9        notices shall be in  the  following  sequence  and  shall
10        include  but  not be limited to the information specified
11        herein:
12                  (i)  A second notice of violation.  This notice
13             shall specify the date and location of the violation
14             cited in the parking, standing,  or  compliance,  or
15             automated red light violation notice, the particular
16             regulation  violated,  the  vehicle  make  and state
17             registration number, the fine and any  penalty  that
18             may be assessed for late payment when so provided by
19             ordinance,  the  availability  of a hearing in which
20             the violation may be contested on  its  merits,  and
21             the time and manner in which the hearing may be had.
22             The  notice  of  violation  shall  also  state  that
23             failure  either  to  pay  the indicated fine and any
24             applicable penalty, or to appear at a hearing on the
25             merits in the time and manner specified, will result
26             in a final determination of violation liability  for
27             the  cited  violation  in  the amount of the fine or
28             penalty indicated, and that, upon the occurrence  of
29             a final determination of violation liability for the
30             failure,  and  the  exhaustion  of,  or  failure  to
31             exhaust,   available   administrative   or  judicial
32             procedures for review, any unpaid  fine  or  penalty
33             will   constitute   a   debt   due   and  owing  the
34             municipality.
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 1                  (ii)  A  notice  of  final   determination   of
 2             parking,  standing,  or compliance, or automated red
 3             light violation liability. This notice shall be sent
 4             following  a   final   determination   of   parking,
 5             standing,  or  compliance,  or  automated  red light
 6             violation liability and the conclusion  of  judicial
 7             review  procedures  taken  under  this Section.  The
 8             notice shall state that the unpaid fine  or  penalty
 9             is  a  debt  due  and  owing  the municipality.  The
10             notice shall contain warnings that  failure  to  pay
11             any  fine  or penalty due and owing the municipality
12             within  the  time  specified  may  result   in   the
13             municipality's  filing  of a petition in the Circuit
14             Court to have the unpaid fine or penalty rendered  a
15             judgment  as provided by this Section, or may result
16             in suspension of the person's  drivers  license  for
17             failure  to  pay  fines  or penalties for 10 or more
18             parking violations under Section 6-306.5.
19             (6)  A   Notice   of   impending   drivers   license
20        suspension.  This notice shall  be  sent  to  the  person
21        liable for any fine or penalty that remains due and owing
22        on 10 or more parking violations.  The notice shall state
23        that  failure  to pay the fine or penalty owing within 45
24        days of the notice's date will result in the municipality
25        notifying the Secretary  of  State  that  the  person  is
26        eligible  for  initiation of suspension proceedings under
27        Section 6-306.5 of this Code. The notice shall also state
28        that the person may  obtain  a  photostatic  copy  of  an
29        original  ticket  imposing a fine or penalty by sending a
30        self addressed,  stamped  envelope  to  the  municipality
31        along  with  a  request  for  the  photostatic copy.  The
32        notice of impending drivers license suspension  shall  be
33        sent  by first class United States mail, postage prepaid,
34        to the address recorded with the Secretary of State.
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 1             (7)  Final determinations of violation liability.  A
 2        final determination of violation  liability  shall  occur
 3        following  failure  to  pay  the  fine or penalty after a
 4        hearing officer's determination  of  violation  liability
 5        and   the   exhaustion  of  or  failure  to  exhaust  any
 6        administrative review procedures provided  by  ordinance.
 7        Where  a  person  fails to appear at a hearing to contest
 8        the alleged violation in the time and manner specified in
 9        a   prior   mailed   notice,   the   hearing    officer's
10        determination  of violation liability shall become final:
11        (A)  upon denial of a timely petition to set  aside  that
12        determination,  or  (B) upon expiration of the period for
13        filing the petition without a filing having been made.
14             (8)  A petition to  set  aside  a  determination  of
15        parking,  standing, or compliance, or automated red light
16        violation liability that may be filed by a  person  owing
17        an  unpaid  fine  or penalty. The petition shall be filed
18        with  and  ruled   upon   by   the   traffic   compliance
19        administrator in the manner and within the time specified
20        by ordinance. The grounds for the petition may be limited
21        to:   (A)  the person not having been the owner or lessee
22        of the cited vehicle on the date the violation notice was
23        issued, (B) the person having already paid  the  fine  or
24        penalty  for the violation in question, and (C) excusable
25        failure to appear at or request a new date for a hearing.
26        With regard to municipalities  with  a  population  of  1
27        million  or  more, it shall be grounds for dismissal of a
28        parking violation if the  State  registration  number  or
29        vehicle   make   specified   is   incorrect.   After  the
30        determination of parking,  standing,  or  compliance,  or
31        automated  red  light  violation  liability  has been set
32        aside upon a showing of just cause, the registered  owner
33        shall  be  provided with a hearing on the merits for that
34        violation.
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 1             (9)  Procedures  for  non-residents.  Procedures  by
 2        which persons who are not residents of  the  municipality
 3        may  contest  the merits of the alleged violation without
 4        attending a hearing.
 5             (10)  A schedule of civil fines  for  violations  of
 6        vehicular   standing,   parking,   and   compliance,  and
 7        automated red  light  regulations  enacted  by  ordinance
 8        pursuant to this Section, and a schedule of penalties for
 9        late  payment  of  the fines, provided, however, that the
10        total  amount  of  the  fine  and  penalty  for  any  one
11        violation shall not exceed $250.
12             (11)  Other provisions as are necessary  and  proper
13        to  carry  into  effect  the  powers granted and purposes
14        stated in this Section.
15        (c)  Any municipality  establishing  vehicular  standing,
16    parking,  and compliance, and automated red light regulations
17    under this Section  may  also  provide  by  ordinance  for  a
18    program   of   vehicle  immobilization  for  the  purpose  of
19    facilitating enforcement of those regulations.   The  program
20    of  vehicle immobilization shall provide for immobilizing any
21    eligible vehicle  upon  the  public  way  by  presence  of  a
22    restraint  in  a  manner to prevent operation of the vehicle.
23    Any   ordinance   establishing   a   program    of    vehicle
24    immobilization under this Section shall provide:
25             (1)  Criteria   for   the  designation  of  vehicles
26        eligible for immobilization.  A vehicle shall be eligible
27        for immobilization  when  the  registered  owner  of  the
28        vehicle  has  accumulated  the  number  of  unpaid  final
29        determinations  of  parking,  standing, or compliance, or
30        automated red light violation liability as determined  by
31        ordinance.
32             (2)  A  notice  of  impending vehicle immobilization
33        and a right to a hearing to challenge the validity of the
34        notice by  disproving  liability  for  the  unpaid  final
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 1        determinations  of  parking,  standing, or compliance, or
 2        automated red light violation  liability  listed  on  the
 3        notice.
 4             (3)  The  right  to a prompt hearing after a vehicle
 5        has  been  immobilized  or  subsequently  towed   without
 6        payment   of  the  outstanding  fines  and  penalties  on
 7        parking, standing, or compliance, or automated red  light
 8        violations  for  which  final  determinations  have  been
 9        issued.   An  order  issued  after the hearing is a final
10        administrative decision within  the  meaning  of  Section
11        3-101 of the Code of Civil Procedure.
12             (4)  A  post  immobilization  and post-towing notice
13        advising the registered owner of the vehicle of the right
14        to  a  hearing  to  challenge   the   validity   of   the
15        impoundment.
16        (d)  Judicial  review of final determinations of parking,
17    standing, and compliance, and automated red light  violations
18    and  final  administrative  decisions  issued  after hearings
19    regarding vehicle immobilization and impoundment  made  under
20    this  Section  shall  be  subject  to  the  provisions of the
21    Administrative Review Law.
22        (e)  Any fine, penalty,  or  part  of  any  fine  or  any
23    penalty  remaining  unpaid  after  the  exhaustion of, or the
24    failure to exhaust,  administrative  remedies  created  under
25    this  Section  and  the  conclusion  of  any  judicial review
26    procedures shall be a debt due  and  owing  the  municipality
27    and,  as such, may be collected in accordance with applicable
28    law.  Payment in full of any fine or penalty resulting from a
29    standing, parking, or  compliance,  or  automated  red  light
30    violation  shall  constitute  a  final  disposition  of  that
31    violation.
32        (f)  After  the  expiration  of  the  period within which
33    judicial review may be sought for a  final  determination  of
34    parking,  standing,  or  compliance,  or  automated red light
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 1    violation, the municipality may commence a proceeding in  the
 2    Circuit  Court  for  purposes  of obtaining a judgment on the
 3    final determination of violation.  Nothing  in  this  Section
 4    shall  prevent  a  municipality  from  consolidating multiple
 5    final determinations of parking, standing, or compliance,  or
 6    automated   red   light  violation  against  a  person  in  a
 7    proceeding.    Upon   commencement   of   the   action,   the
 8    municipality  shall  file  a  certified  copy  of  the  final
 9    determination   of   parking,  standing,  or  compliance,  or
10    automated red light violation, which shall be accompanied  by
11    a  certification  that  recites facts sufficient to show that
12    the final determination of violation was issued in accordance
13    with this Section and  the  applicable  municipal  ordinance.
14    Service  of  the summons and a copy of the petition may be by
15    any method provided by Section 2-203 of  the  Code  of  Civil
16    Procedure  or  by  certified  mail, return receipt requested,
17    provided that the total amount of  fines  and  penalties  for
18    final  determinations of parking, standing, or compliance, or
19    automated red light violations does not exceed $2500.  If the
20    court is satisfied that the final determination  of  parking,
21    standing, or compliance, or automated red light violation was
22    entered  in  accordance with the requirements of this Section
23    and  the  applicable  municipal  ordinance,  and   that   the
24    registered  owner  or  the lessee, as the case may be, had an
25    opportunity for an administrative hearing  and  for  judicial
26    review  as  provided  in this Section, the court shall render
27    judgment  in  favor  of  the  municipality  and  against  the
28    registered owner or the lessee for the  amount  indicated  in
29    the  final determination of parking, standing, or compliance,
30    or automated red light violation, plus costs.   The  judgment
31    shall  have  the  same effect and may be enforced in the same
32    manner as other judgments for the recovery of money.
33    (Source: P.A. 88-415; 88-437; 88-670, eff.  12-2-94;  89-190,
34    eff. 1-1-96.)
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 1        (625 ILCS 5/11-306) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-306)
 2        Sec.  11-306.   Traffic-control  signal  legend. Whenever
 3    traffic is controlled by traffic-control  signals  exhibiting
 4    different   colored   lights   or   color   lighted   arrows,
 5    successively one at a time or in combination, only the colors
 6    Green,  Red  and  Yellow  shall  be  used, except for special
 7    pedestrian signals carrying a word  legend,  and  the  lights
 8    shall   indicate   and  apply  to  drivers  of  vehicles  and
 9    pedestrians as follows:
10        (a)  Green indication.
11        (1)  Vehicular traffic facing a circular green signal may
12    proceed straight through or turn right or left unless a  sign
13    at such place prohibits either such turn.  Vehicular traffic,
14    including  vehicles  turning  right  or left, shall yield the
15    right of way to other vehicles and  to  pedestrians  lawfully
16    within  the intersection or an adjacent crosswalk at the time
17    such signal is exhibited.
18        2.  Vehicular traffic facing a green arrow signal,  shown
19    alone   or   in  combination  with  another  indication,  may
20    cautiously enter the intersection only to make  the  movement
21    indicated  by  such  arrow,  or  such  other  movement  as is
22    permitted by other indications shown at the same time.   Such
23    vehicular traffic shall yield the right of way to pedestrians
24    lawfully  within  an  adjacent crosswalk and to other traffic
25    lawfully using the intersection.
26        3.  Unless otherwise  directed  by  a  pedestrian-control
27    signal, as provided in Section 11-307, pedestrians facing any
28    green  signal,  except  when  the sole green signal is a turn
29    arrow, may proceed across the roadway within  any  marked  or
30    unmarked crosswalk.
31        (b)  Steady yellow indication.
32        1.  Vehicular  traffic facing a steady circular yellow or
33    yellow arrow signal is thereby warned that the related  green
34    movement is being terminated or that a red indication will be
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 1    exhibited immediately thereafter.
 2        2.  Pedestrians facing a steady circular yellow or yellow
 3    arrow    signal,    unless    otherwise    directed    by   a
 4    pedestrian-control signal as provided in Section 11-307,  are
 5    thereby  advised that there is insufficient time to cross the
 6    roadway before a red indication is shown  and  no  pedestrian
 7    shall then start to cross the roadway.
 8        (c)  Steady red indication.
 9        1.  Except  as  provided in paragraph 3 of subsection (c)
10    of this Section, vehicular traffic facing a  steady  circular
11    red  signal  alone  shall stop at a clearly marked stop line,
12    but if there is  no  such  stop  line,  before  entering  the
13    crosswalk  on  the near side of the intersection, or if there
14    is no such crosswalk, then before entering the  intersection,
15    and  shall  remain standing until an indication to proceed is
16    shown.
17        2.  Except as provided in paragraph 3 of  subsection  (c)
18    of  this Section, vehicular traffic facing a steady red arrow
19    signal shall not enter the intersection to make the  movement
20    indicated  by the arrow and, unless entering the intersection
21    to make a movement permitted by another signal, shall stop at
22    a clearly marked stop line, but if  there  is  no  such  stop
23    line,  before  entering the crosswalk on the near side of the
24    intersection, or if there is no such crosswalk,  then  before
25    entering the intersection, and shall remain standing until an
26    indication  permitting  the  movement  indicated  by such red
27    arrow is shown.
28        3.  Except when a sign is in place prohibiting a turn and
29    local authorities by ordinance or State authorities  by  rule
30    or  regulation  prohibit  any  such  turn,  vehicular traffic
31    facing  any  steady  red  signal  may  cautiously  enter  the
32    intersection to turn right, or to turn left  from  a  one-way
33    street  into  a one-way street, after stopping as required by
34    paragraph 1 or paragraph 2 of subsection (c) of this Section.
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 1    After stopping, the driver shall yield the right  of  way  to
 2    any  vehicle  in  the  intersection or approaching on another
 3    roadway so closely  as  to  constitute  an  immediate  hazard
 4    during  the  time  such driver is moving across or within the
 5    intersection or junction  or  roadways.   Such  driver  shall
 6    yield the right of way to pedestrians within the intersection
 7    or an adjacent crosswalk.
 8        4.  Unless  otherwise  directed  by  a pedestrian-control
 9    signal as provided in Section 11-307,  pedestrians  facing  a
10    steady circular red or red arrow signal alone shall not enter
11    the roadway.
12        5.  The  owner  of  a  vehicle  used in violation of this
13    subsection (c) shall be  liable  for  the  violation  if  the
14    vehicle  was  used  or  operated  with  the permission of the
15    owner, express or implied, and the violation was recorded  by
16    a  red light enforcement system; however, the owner shall not
17    be liable if:
18             (i)  the operator of  the  vehicle  other  than  the
19        owner has been found guilty of the violation,
20             (ii)  the  violation  occurred  at  any  time during
21        which the vehicle  was  reported  to  a  law  enforcement
22        agency  as  having been stolen and had not been recovered
23        by the owner at the time of the violation, or
24             (iii)  the violation occurred  at  any  time  during
25        which  the  vehicle  was leased to another and, within 10
26        days of receiving notice  of  the  violation,  the  owner
27        submits  to  the  applicable  law  enforcement agency the
28        correct name and address of the lessee of the vehicle  at
29        the  time  of  the violation, in which case the lessee of
30        the vehicle at the time of the violation shall be  deemed
31        to  be  the  owner  of  the  vehicle for purposes of this
32        subsection (c).
33        (d)  In the event an official traffic control  signal  is
34    erected and maintained at a place other than an intersection,
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 1    the  provisions of this Section shall be applicable except as
 2    to provisions which by their nature can have no  application.
 3    Any  stop required shall be at a traffic sign or a marking on
 4    the pavement indicating where the stop shall be made  or,  in
 5    the  absence  of such sign or marking, the stop shall be made
 6    at the signal.
 7        (e)  The motorman of any streetcar shall obey  the  above
 8    signals as applicable to vehicles.
 9    (Source: P.A. 84-873.)
10        Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
11    becoming law.

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