SB3102 - 104th General Assembly
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| 1 | AN ACT concerning transportation. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | represented in the General Assembly: | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Section 5. The State Finance Act is amended by adding | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Section 5.1038 as follows: | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | (30 ILCS 105/5.1038 new) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Sec. 5.1038. The Indigent Intelligent Speed Assistance | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Device Fund. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Section 10. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by adding | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | Sections 1-131.7 and 11-613 as follows: | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | (625 ILCS 5/1-131.7 new) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | Sec. 1-131.7. Intelligent speed assistance device. A | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | device that is installed in a motor vehicle and uses | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | technology to limit the speed of a motor vehicle at 5 miles per | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | hour more than the speed limit in a specific zone, allowing for | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | the slight acceleration past the speed limit, if necessary, | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | based on traffic conditions. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | (625 ILCS 5/11-613 new) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 19 | Sec. 11-613. Use of intelligent speed assistance devices. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 20 | (a) If a person who is convicted of violating a speed | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | restriction of this Code is found to have driven a vehicle upon | ||||||
| 2 | a highway at a speed greater than 100 miles per hour, the court | ||||||
| 3 | shall, in addition to any other penalty, order that the person | ||||||
| 4 | have installed an intelligent speed assistance device in any | ||||||
| 5 | motor vehicle owned or operated by the person for at least 12 | ||||||
| 6 | months or for the duration of the license suspension or | ||||||
| 7 | revocation, whichever is longer. The clerk of the court shall | ||||||
| 8 | forward the court's order to the Secretary. | ||||||
| 9 | (b) The person shall provide proof of the installation as | ||||||
| 10 | set forth in subsection (h). If the person fails to provide | ||||||
| 11 | proof of installation, the Secretary may suspend the person's | ||||||
| 12 | license, modify an existing order of suspension, or order the | ||||||
| 13 | revocation of the person's license or driving privileges. | ||||||
| 14 | (c) The person shall request permission to remove the | ||||||
| 15 | intelligent speed assistance device from the Secretary at the | ||||||
| 16 | end of the person's mandated period of use of the intelligent | ||||||
| 17 | speed assistance device. Upon receiving this request, the | ||||||
| 18 | Secretary may require the person to complete a written driving | ||||||
| 19 | test and a road test prior to having the intelligent speed | ||||||
| 20 | assistance device removed. The Secretary may deny the request | ||||||
| 21 | to remove the intelligent speed assistance device based upon | ||||||
| 22 | the person's performance on the written driving test, the road | ||||||
| 23 | test, or the person's driving record during the period the | ||||||
| 24 | intelligent speed assistance device was used. | ||||||
| 25 | (d) The cost of installing and maintaining an intelligent | ||||||
| 26 | speed assistance device shall be incurred by the person | ||||||
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| 1 | subject to the requirement unless the court or the Secretary | ||||||
| 2 | determines that the person is financially unable to afford the | ||||||
| 3 | cost, in which case the cost may be waived as set forth in | ||||||
| 4 | subsection (h). At the end of the required installation | ||||||
| 5 | period, an intelligent speed assistance device shall be | ||||||
| 6 | returned to a qualified service provider under subsection (e). | ||||||
| 7 | If deemed to be in working order after being returned to a | ||||||
| 8 | qualified service provider, the intelligent speed assistance | ||||||
| 9 | device may be installed in any other motor vehicle required to | ||||||
| 10 | have an intelligent speed assistance device installed. | ||||||
| 11 | (f) The Secretary shall create a list of approved | ||||||
| 12 | intelligent speed assistance devices. An approved intelligent | ||||||
| 13 | speed assistance device must be capable of accurately | ||||||
| 14 | detecting speed limits across road and weather conditions, and | ||||||
| 15 | the Secretary may adopt any rules necessary to further ensure | ||||||
| 16 | that an intelligent speed assistance device operates reliably. | ||||||
| 17 | (g) The Secretary shall create a list of service providers | ||||||
| 18 | that are qualified to install, service, inspect, and remove an | ||||||
| 19 | approved intelligent speed assistance device. This list may | ||||||
| 20 | include any installation or service provider that is approved | ||||||
| 21 | for the installation, servicing, and removal of an approved | ||||||
| 22 | intelligent speed assistance device. | ||||||
| 23 | (h) Proof of the installation of an intelligent speed | ||||||
| 24 | assistance device under subsection (a) shall occur within 10 | ||||||
| 25 | days of the court order. If a person ordered to install an | ||||||
| 26 | intelligent speed assistance device is unable to financially | ||||||
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| 1 | afford the cost of the intelligent speed assistance device, | ||||||
| 2 | the person may request in writing, within 10 days of receiving | ||||||
| 3 | the notification from the Secretary, a payment plan or to have | ||||||
| 4 | payment for the intelligent speed assistance device waived. | ||||||
| 5 | Within 30 days after the initial installation of the | ||||||
| 6 | intelligent speed assistance device, the intelligent speed | ||||||
| 7 | assistance device shall be inspected by a qualified service | ||||||
| 8 | provider to ensure the intelligent speed assistance device is | ||||||
| 9 | properly calibrated and installed. | ||||||
| 10 | (i) No person shall tamper with or circumvent an otherwise | ||||||
| 11 | operable intelligent speed assistance device. No person | ||||||
| 12 | subject to a court ordered intelligent speed assistance device | ||||||
| 13 | shall operate a motor vehicle without an intelligent speed | ||||||
| 14 | assistance device. | ||||||
| 15 | (j) A violation of this Section, or assisting another | ||||||
| 16 | person to violate this Section, shall be Class A misdemeanor. | ||||||
| 17 | (k) The Secretary shall submit a report every 24 months to | ||||||
| 18 | the Governor and the General Assembly with the following | ||||||
| 19 | information about intelligent speed assistance device mandates | ||||||
| 20 | under this Section: | ||||||
| 21 | (1) The number of individuals required to have an | ||||||
| 22 | intelligent speed assistance device in a motor vehicle the | ||||||
| 23 | individual owns or operates. | ||||||
| 24 | (2) The number of motor vehicles required to have an | ||||||
| 25 | intelligent speed assistance device installed. | ||||||
| 26 | (3) The number of fee waivers approved to waive the | ||||||
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| 1 | entire fee for installing an intelligent speed assistance | ||||||
| 2 | device. | ||||||
| 3 | (4) The number of individuals on a payment plan for an | ||||||
| 4 | intelligent speed assistance device. | ||||||
| 5 | (5) The number of speeding violations issued to | ||||||
| 6 | individuals who have an intelligent speed assistance | ||||||
| 7 | device installed. | ||||||
| 8 | (6) The number of other traffic law infractions | ||||||
| 9 | committed by individuals with an intelligent speed | ||||||
| 10 | assistance device installed, organized by category or type | ||||||
| 11 | of traffic violation. | ||||||
| 12 | (7) The number of reported crashes involving | ||||||
| 13 | individuals who have an intelligent speed assistance | ||||||
| 14 | device installed. | ||||||
| 15 | (8) The number of known individuals who have not | ||||||
| 16 | complied with this Section, separated into the following | ||||||
| 17 | categories: | ||||||
| 18 | (A) Individuals who did not initially install an | ||||||
| 19 | intelligent speed assistance device as required. | ||||||
| 20 | (B) Individuals who removed an intelligent speed | ||||||
| 21 | assistance device before a follow-up inspection. | ||||||
| 22 | (C) Individuals who were cited for not having an | ||||||
| 23 | intelligent speed assistance device properly installed | ||||||
| 24 | during a traffic stop. | ||||||
| 25 | This report shall be made publicly available on the | ||||||
| 26 | Secretary of State's website. | ||||||
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| 1 | (l) The Indigent Intelligent Speed Assistance Device Fund | ||||||
| 2 | is created as a special fund in the State treasury. The | ||||||
| 3 | Secretary shall, subject to appropriation, use all money in | ||||||
| 4 | the Fund to reimburse service providers who have installed | ||||||
| 5 | intelligent speed assistance devices in the vehicles of | ||||||
| 6 | indigent persons. The Secretary shall make payments to such | ||||||
| 7 | providers every 3 months. If the amount of money in the Fund at | ||||||
| 8 | the time payments are made is not sufficient to pay all | ||||||
| 9 | requests for reimbursement submitted during that 3-month | ||||||
| 10 | period, the Secretary shall make payments on a pro rata basis, | ||||||
| 11 | and those payments shall be considered payment in full for the | ||||||
| 12 | requests submitted. If the amount of money in the Fund exceeds | ||||||
| 13 | the amount necessary to pay all requests for reimbursement | ||||||
| 14 | during that 3-month period, the Secretary shall disburse the | ||||||
| 15 | excess to the service providers on a pro rata basis. | ||||||
| 16 | A service provider that supplies an approved intelligent | ||||||
| 17 | speed assistance device under this Section shall, for each | ||||||
| 18 | intelligent speed assistance device installed, pay 5% of the | ||||||
| 19 | total gross revenue received for the intelligent speed | ||||||
| 20 | assistance device into the Indigent Intelligent Speed | ||||||
| 21 | Assistance Device Fund. This 5% shall be clearly indicated as | ||||||
| 22 | a separate surcharge on each invoice that is issued. The | ||||||
| 23 | Secretary shall conduct an annual review of the Fund to | ||||||
| 24 | determine whether the surcharge is sufficient to provide for | ||||||
| 25 | indigent users. The Secretary may increase or decrease this | ||||||
| 26 | surcharge requirement as needed. | ||||||
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| 1 | (m) A person who is required to use an intelligent speed | ||||||
| 2 | assistance device and must drive an employer-owned vehicle in | ||||||
| 3 | the course of employment duties may seek permission to drive | ||||||
| 4 | an employer-owned vehicle that does not have an intelligent | ||||||
| 5 | speed assistance device. The employer shall provide to the | ||||||
| 6 | Secretary a form, as prescribed by the Secretary, completed by | ||||||
| 7 | the employer verifying that the employee must drive an | ||||||
| 8 | employer-owned vehicle in the course of employment. If | ||||||
| 9 | approved by the Secretary, the form must be in the driver's | ||||||
| 10 | possession while operating an employer-owned vehicle not | ||||||
| 11 | equipped with an intelligent speed assistance device. No | ||||||
| 12 | person may use this exemption to drive a school bus, school | ||||||
| 13 | vehicle, or a vehicle designed to transport more than 15 | ||||||
| 14 | passengers. No person may use this exemption to drive an | ||||||
| 15 | employer-owned motor vehicle that is owned by an entity that | ||||||
| 16 | is wholly or partially owned by the person who is required to | ||||||
| 17 | use an intelligent speed assistance device, or by a family | ||||||
| 18 | member of the person. No person may use this exemption to drive | ||||||
| 19 | an employer-owned vehicle that is made available to the | ||||||
| 20 | employee for personal use. No person may drive the exempted | ||||||
| 21 | vehicle more than 12 hours per day, 6 days per week. | ||||||
| 22 | (n) The Secretary may adopt any rules necessary to | ||||||
| 23 | implement this Section. | ||||||
