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1    AN ACT concerning transportation.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 1. Short title; references to Act. This Act may be
5cited as the Expressway Camera Act.
6    References to Act. This Act may be referred to as the
7Tamara Clayton Expressway Camera Act.
 
8    Section 5. Camera program.
9    (a) The Illinois State Police, the Illinois Department of
10Transportation, and the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority
11shall work together to conduct a program to increase the amount
12of cameras along expressways in Cook County.
13    (b) Images from the cameras may be used by any municipal
14police department, county sheriff's office, State Police
15officer, or other law enforcement agency with jurisdiction over
16the expressway in Cook County in the investigation of any
17offense involving the use of a firearm and to detect expressway
18hazards. Images from the cameras shall not be used to enforce
19petty offenses.
20    (c) Subject to appropriation, any funds needed to conduct
21the program for use on expressways under the jurisdiction of
22the Department of Transportation shall be taken from the Road
23Fund.

 

 

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1    (d) As used in this Section, "expressway" has the meaning
2provided in Section 1-119.3 of the Illinois Vehicle Code.
 
3    Section 90. Repeal. This Act is repealed on July 1, 2023.