101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB4921

 

Introduced 2/18/2020, by Rep. Joe Sosnowski

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
625 ILCS 5/1-105.2
625 ILCS 5/3-400  from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-400
625 ILCS 5/6-306.5  from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 6-306.5
625 ILCS 5/11-208  from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-208
625 ILCS 5/11-208.3  from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-208.3
625 ILCS 5/11-208.8
625 ILCS 5/11-208.6 rep.
30 ILCS 805/8.45 new

    Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Repeals a Section providing authority to use automated traffic law enforcement systems at intersections in which cameras are used to photograph or video record a motor vehicle's failure to stop and yield as required by traffic control signals. Imposes limits on the power of local governments to use automated traffic law enforcement systems to provide recorded images of a motor vehicle for the purpose of recording its speed. Denies home rule powers. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement from the State. Makes conforming and other technical changes.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
HOME RULE NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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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 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by changing
5Sections 1-105.2, 3-400, 6-306.5, 11-208, 11-208.3, and
611-208.8 as follows:
 
7    (625 ILCS 5/1-105.2)
8    Sec. 1-105.2. Automated traffic law violation. A violation
9described in Section 11-208.6, 11-208.9, or 11-1201.1 of this
10Code.
11(Source: P.A. 98-556, eff. 1-1-14.)
 
12    (625 ILCS 5/3-400)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-400)
13    Sec. 3-400. Definitions. Notwithstanding the definitions
14set forth in Chapter 1 of this Act, for the purposes of this
15Article, the following words shall have the meaning ascribed to
16them as follows:
17    "Apportionable Fee" means any periodic recurring fee
18required for licensing or registering vehicles, such as, but
19not limited to, registration fees, license or weight fees.
20    "Apportionable Vehicle" means any vehicle, except
21recreational vehicles, vehicles displaying restricted plates,
22city pickup and delivery vehicles, buses used in transportation

 

 

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1of chartered parties, and government owned vehicles that are
2used or intended for use in 2 or more member jurisdictions that
3allocate or proportionally register vehicles, in a fleet which
4is used for the transportation of persons for hire or the
5transportation of property and which has a gross vehicle weight
6in excess of 26,000 pounds; or has three or more axles
7regardless of weight; or is used in combination when the weight
8of such combination exceeds 26,000 pounds gross vehicle weight.
9Vehicles, or combinations having a gross vehicle weight of
1026,000 pounds or less and two-axle vehicles may be
11proportionally registered at the option of such owner.
12    "Base Jurisdiction" means, for purposes of fleet
13registration, the jurisdiction where the registrant has an
14established place of business, where operational records of the
15fleet are maintained and where mileage is accrued by the fleet.
16In case a registrant operates more than one fleet, and
17maintains records for each fleet in different places, the "base
18jurisdiction" for a fleet shall be the jurisdiction where an
19established place of business is maintained, where records of
20the operation of that fleet are maintained and where mileage is
21accrued by that fleet.
22    "Operational Records" means documents supporting miles
23traveled in each jurisdiction and total miles traveled, such as
24fuel reports, trip leases, and logs.
25    "Owner" means a person who holds legal title of a motor
26vehicle, or in the event a motor vehicle is the subject of an

 

 

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1agreement for the conditional sale or lease thereof with the
2right of purchase upon performance of the conditions stated in
3the agreement and with an immediate right of possession vested
4in the conditional vendee or lessee with right of purchase, or
5in the event a mortgagor of such motor vehicle is entitled to
6possession, or in the event a lessee of such motor vehicle is
7entitled to possession or control, then such conditional vendee
8or lessee with right of purchase or mortgagor or lessee is
9considered to be the owner for the purpose of this Act.
10    "Registration plate or digital registration plate cover"
11means any tinted, colored, painted, marked, clear, or
12illuminated object that is designed to (i) cover any of the
13characters of a motor vehicle's registration plate or digital
14registration plate; or (ii) distort a recorded image of any of
15the characters of a motor vehicle's registration plate or
16digital registration plate recorded by an automated
17enforcement system as defined in Section 11-208.6, 11-208.8, or
1811-1201.1 of this Code or recorded by an automated traffic
19control system as defined in Section 15 of the Automated
20Traffic Control Systems in Highway Construction or Maintenance
21Zones Act.
22    "Rental Owner" means an owner principally engaged, with
23respect to one or more rental fleets, in renting to others or
24offering for rental the vehicles of such fleets, without
25drivers.
26    "Restricted Plates" shall include, but is not limited to,

 

 

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1dealer, manufacturer, transporter, farm, repossessor, and
2permanently mounted type plates. Vehicles displaying any of
3these type plates from a foreign jurisdiction that is a member
4of the International Registration Plan shall be granted
5reciprocity but shall be subject to the same limitations as
6similar plated Illinois registered vehicles.
7(Source: P.A. 101-395, eff. 8-16-19.)
 
8    (625 ILCS 5/6-306.5)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 6-306.5)
9    (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 101-623)
10    Sec. 6-306.5. Failure to pay fine or penalty for standing,
11parking, compliance, automated speed enforcement system, or
12automated traffic law violations; suspension of driving
13privileges.
14    (a) Upon receipt of a certified report, as prescribed by
15subsection (c) of this Section, from any municipality or county
16stating that the owner of a registered vehicle: (1) has failed
17to pay any fine or penalty due and owing as a result of 10 or
18more violations of a municipality's or county's vehicular
19standing, parking, or compliance regulations established by
20ordinance pursuant to Section 11-208.3 of this Code, (2) has
21failed to pay any fine or penalty due and owing as a result of 5
22offenses for automated speed enforcement system violations or
23automated traffic violations as defined in Sections 11-208.6,
2411-208.8, 11-208.9, or 11-1201.1, or combination thereof, or
25(3) is more than 14 days in default of a payment plan pursuant

 

 

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1to which a suspension had been terminated under subsection (c)
2of this Section, the Secretary of State shall suspend the
3driving privileges of such person in accordance with the
4procedures set forth in this Section. The Secretary shall also
5suspend the driving privileges of an owner of a registered
6vehicle upon receipt of a certified report, as prescribed by
7subsection (f) of this Section, from any municipality or county
8stating that such person has failed to satisfy any fines or
9penalties imposed by final judgments for 5 or more automated
10speed enforcement system or automated traffic law violations,
11or combination thereof, or 10 or more violations of local
12standing, parking, or compliance regulations after exhaustion
13of judicial review procedures.
14    (b) Following receipt of the certified report of the
15municipality or county as specified in this Section, the
16Secretary of State shall notify the person whose name appears
17on the certified report that the person's drivers license will
18be suspended at the end of a specified period of time unless
19the Secretary of State is presented with a notice from the
20municipality or county certifying that the fine or penalty due
21and owing the municipality or county has been paid or that
22inclusion of that person's name on the certified report was in
23error. The Secretary's notice shall state in substance the
24information contained in the municipality's or county's
25certified report to the Secretary, and shall be effective as
26specified by subsection (c) of Section 6-211 of this Code.

 

 

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1    (c) The report of the appropriate municipal or county
2official notifying the Secretary of State of unpaid fines or
3penalties pursuant to this Section shall be certified and shall
4contain the following:
5        (1) The name, last known address as recorded with the
6    Secretary of State, as provided by the lessor of the cited
7    vehicle at the time of lease, or as recorded in a United
8    States Post Office approved database if any notice sent
9    under Section 11-208.3 of this Code is returned as
10    undeliverable, and drivers license number of the person who
11    failed to pay the fine or penalty or who has defaulted in a
12    payment plan and the registration number of any vehicle
13    known to be registered to such person in this State.
14        (2) The name of the municipality or county making the
15    report pursuant to this Section.
16        (3) A statement that the municipality or county sent a
17    notice of impending drivers license suspension as
18    prescribed by ordinance enacted pursuant to Section
19    11-208.3 of this Code or a notice of default in a payment
20    plan, to the person named in the report at the address
21    recorded with the Secretary of State or at the last address
22    known to the lessor of the cited vehicle at the time of
23    lease or, if any notice sent under Section 11-208.3 of this
24    Code is returned as undeliverable, at the last known
25    address recorded in a United States Post Office approved
26    database; the date on which such notice was sent; and the

 

 

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1    address to which such notice was sent. In a municipality or
2    county with a population of 1,000,000 or more, the report
3    shall also include a statement that the alleged violator's
4    State vehicle registration number and vehicle make, if
5    specified on the automated speed enforcement system
6    violation or automated traffic law violation notice, are
7    correct as they appear on the citations.
8        (4) A unique identifying reference number for each
9    request of suspension sent whenever a person has failed to
10    pay the fine or penalty or has defaulted on a payment plan.
11    (d) Any municipality or county making a certified report to
12the Secretary of State pursuant to this Section shall notify
13the Secretary of State, in a form prescribed by the Secretary,
14whenever a person named in the certified report has paid the
15previously reported fine or penalty, whenever a person named in
16the certified report has entered into a payment plan pursuant
17to which the municipality or county has agreed to terminate the
18suspension, or whenever the municipality or county determines
19that the original report was in error. A certified copy of such
20notification shall also be given upon request and at no
21additional charge to the person named therein. Upon receipt of
22the municipality's or county's notification or presentation of
23a certified copy of such notification, the Secretary of State
24shall terminate the suspension.
25    (e) Any municipality or county making a certified report to
26the Secretary of State pursuant to this Section shall also by

 

 

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1ordinance establish procedures for persons to challenge the
2accuracy of the certified report. The ordinance shall also
3state the grounds for such a challenge, which may be limited to
4(1) the person not having been the owner or lessee of the
5vehicle or vehicles receiving 10 or more standing, parking, or
6compliance violation notices or a combination of 5 or more
7automated speed enforcement system or automated traffic law
8violations on the date or dates such notices were issued; and
9(2) the person having already paid the fine or penalty for the
1010 or more standing, parking, or compliance violations or
11combination of 5 or more automated speed enforcement system or
12automated traffic law violations indicated on the certified
13report.
14    (f) Any municipality or county, other than a municipality
15or county establishing vehicular standing, parking, and
16compliance regulations pursuant to Section 11-208.3, automated
17speed enforcement system regulations under Section 11-208.8,
18or automated traffic law regulations under Section 11-208.6,
1911-208.9, or 11-1201.1, may also cause a suspension of a
20person's drivers license pursuant to this Section. Such
21municipality or county may invoke this sanction by making a
22certified report to the Secretary of State upon a person's
23failure to satisfy any fine or penalty imposed by final
24judgment for 10 or more violations of local standing, parking,
25or compliance regulations or a combination of 5 or more
26automated speed enforcement system or automated traffic law

 

 

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1violations after exhaustion of judicial review procedures, but
2only if:
3        (1) the municipality or county complies with the
4    provisions of this Section in all respects except in regard
5    to enacting an ordinance pursuant to Section 11-208.3;
6        (2) the municipality or county has sent a notice of
7    impending drivers license suspension as prescribed by an
8    ordinance enacted pursuant to subsection (g) of this
9    Section; and
10        (3) in municipalities or counties with a population of
11    1,000,000 or more, the municipality or county has verified
12    that the alleged violator's State vehicle registration
13    number and vehicle make are correct as they appear on the
14    citations.
15    (g) Any municipality or county, other than a municipality
16or county establishing standing, parking, and compliance
17regulations pursuant to Section 11-208.3, automated speed
18enforcement system regulations under Section 11-208.8, or
19automated traffic law regulations under Section 11-208.6,
2011-208.9, or 11-1201.1, may provide by ordinance for the
21sending of a notice of impending drivers license suspension to
22the person who has failed to satisfy any fine or penalty
23imposed by final judgment for 10 or more violations of local
24standing, parking, or compliance regulations or a combination
25of 5 or more automated speed enforcement system or automated
26traffic law violations after exhaustion of judicial review

 

 

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1procedures. An ordinance so providing shall specify that the
2notice sent to the person liable for any fine or penalty shall
3state that failure to pay the fine or penalty owing within 45
4days of the notice's date will result in the municipality or
5county notifying the Secretary of State that the person's
6drivers license is eligible for suspension pursuant to this
7Section. The notice of impending drivers license suspension
8shall be sent by first class United States mail, postage
9prepaid, to the address recorded with the Secretary of State or
10at the last address known to the lessor of the cited vehicle at
11the time of lease or, if any notice sent under Section 11-208.3
12of this Code is returned as undeliverable, to the last known
13address recorded in a United States Post Office approved
14database.
15    (h) An administrative hearing to contest an impending
16suspension or a suspension made pursuant to this Section may be
17had upon filing a written request with the Secretary of State.
18The filing fee for this hearing shall be $20, to be paid at the
19time the request is made. A municipality or county which files
20a certified report with the Secretary of State pursuant to this
21Section shall reimburse the Secretary for all reasonable costs
22incurred by the Secretary as a result of the filing of the
23report, including but not limited to the costs of providing the
24notice required pursuant to subsection (b) and the costs
25incurred by the Secretary in any hearing conducted with respect
26to the report pursuant to this subsection and any appeal from

 

 

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1such a hearing.
2    (i) The provisions of this Section shall apply on and after
3January 1, 1988.
4    (j) For purposes of this Section, the term "compliance
5violation" is defined as in Section 11-208.3.
6(Source: P.A. 97-333, eff. 8-12-11; 97-672, eff. 7-1-12;
798-556, eff. 1-1-14.)
 
8    (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 101-623)
9    Sec. 6-306.5. Failure to pay fine or penalty for standing,
10parking, compliance, automated speed enforcement system, or
11automated traffic law violations; suspension of driving
12privileges.
13    (a) Upon receipt of a certified report, as prescribed by
14subsection (c) of this Section, from any municipality or county
15stating that the owner of a registered vehicle has failed to
16pay any fine or penalty due and owing as a result of 5 offenses
17for automated speed enforcement system violations or automated
18traffic violations as defined in Section Sections 11-208.6,
1911-208.8, 11-208.9, or 11-1201.1, or combination thereof, or
20(3) is more than 14 days in default of a payment plan pursuant
21to which a suspension had been terminated under subsection (c)
22of this Section, the Secretary of State shall suspend the
23driving privileges of such person in accordance with the
24procedures set forth in this Section. The Secretary shall also
25suspend the driving privileges of an owner of a registered

 

 

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1vehicle upon receipt of a certified report, as prescribed by
2subsection (f) of this Section, from any municipality or county
3stating that such person has failed to satisfy any fines or
4penalties imposed by final judgments for 5 or more automated
5speed enforcement system or automated traffic law violations,
6or combination thereof, after exhaustion of judicial review
7procedures.
8    (b) Following receipt of the certified report of the
9municipality or county as specified in this Section, the
10Secretary of State shall notify the person whose name appears
11on the certified report that the person's drivers license will
12be suspended at the end of a specified period of time unless
13the Secretary of State is presented with a notice from the
14municipality or county certifying that the fine or penalty due
15and owing the municipality or county has been paid or that
16inclusion of that person's name on the certified report was in
17error. The Secretary's notice shall state in substance the
18information contained in the municipality's or county's
19certified report to the Secretary, and shall be effective as
20specified by subsection (c) of Section 6-211 of this Code.
21    (c) The report of the appropriate municipal or county
22official notifying the Secretary of State of unpaid fines or
23penalties pursuant to this Section shall be certified and shall
24contain the following:
25        (1) The name, last known address as recorded with the
26    Secretary of State, as provided by the lessor of the cited

 

 

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1    vehicle at the time of lease, or as recorded in a United
2    States Post Office approved database if any notice sent
3    under Section 11-208.3 of this Code is returned as
4    undeliverable, and drivers license number of the person who
5    failed to pay the fine or penalty or who has defaulted in a
6    payment plan and the registration number of any vehicle
7    known to be registered to such person in this State.
8        (2) The name of the municipality or county making the
9    report pursuant to this Section.
10        (3) A statement that the municipality or county sent a
11    notice of impending drivers license suspension as
12    prescribed by ordinance enacted pursuant to Section
13    11-208.3 of this Code or a notice of default in a payment
14    plan, to the person named in the report at the address
15    recorded with the Secretary of State or at the last address
16    known to the lessor of the cited vehicle at the time of
17    lease or, if any notice sent under Section 11-208.3 of this
18    Code is returned as undeliverable, at the last known
19    address recorded in a United States Post Office approved
20    database; the date on which such notice was sent; and the
21    address to which such notice was sent. In a municipality or
22    county with a population of 1,000,000 or more, the report
23    shall also include a statement that the alleged violator's
24    State vehicle registration number and vehicle make, if
25    specified on the automated speed enforcement system
26    violation or automated traffic law violation notice, are

 

 

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1    correct as they appear on the citations.
2        (4) A unique identifying reference number for each
3    request of suspension sent whenever a person has failed to
4    pay the fine or penalty or has defaulted on a payment plan.
5    (d) Any municipality or county making a certified report to
6the Secretary of State pursuant to this Section shall notify
7the Secretary of State, in a form prescribed by the Secretary,
8whenever a person named in the certified report has paid the
9previously reported fine or penalty, whenever a person named in
10the certified report has entered into a payment plan pursuant
11to which the municipality or county has agreed to terminate the
12suspension, or whenever the municipality or county determines
13that the original report was in error. A certified copy of such
14notification shall also be given upon request and at no
15additional charge to the person named therein. Upon receipt of
16the municipality's or county's notification or presentation of
17a certified copy of such notification, the Secretary of State
18shall terminate the suspension.
19    (e) Any municipality or county making a certified report to
20the Secretary of State pursuant to this Section shall also by
21ordinance establish procedures for persons to challenge the
22accuracy of the certified report. The ordinance shall also
23state the grounds for such a challenge, which may be limited to
24(1) the person not having been the owner or lessee of the
25vehicle or vehicles receiving a combination of 5 or more
26automated speed enforcement system or automated traffic law

 

 

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1violations on the date or dates such notices were issued; and
2(2) the person having already paid the fine or penalty for the
3combination of 5 or more automated speed enforcement system or
4automated traffic law violations indicated on the certified
5report.
6    (f) Any municipality or county, other than a municipality
7or county establishing automated speed enforcement system
8regulations under Section 11-208.8, or automated traffic law
9regulations under Section 11-208.6, 11-208.9, or 11-1201.1,
10may also cause a suspension of a person's drivers license
11pursuant to this Section. Such municipality or county may
12invoke this sanction by making a certified report to the
13Secretary of State upon a person's failure to satisfy any fine
14or penalty imposed by final judgment for a combination of 5 or
15more automated speed enforcement system or automated traffic
16law violations after exhaustion of judicial review procedures,
17but only if:
18        (1) the municipality or county complies with the
19    provisions of this Section in all respects except in regard
20    to enacting an ordinance pursuant to Section 11-208.3;
21        (2) the municipality or county has sent a notice of
22    impending drivers license suspension as prescribed by an
23    ordinance enacted pursuant to subsection (g) of this
24    Section; and
25        (3) in municipalities or counties with a population of
26    1,000,000 or more, the municipality or county has verified

 

 

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1    that the alleged violator's State vehicle registration
2    number and vehicle make are correct as they appear on the
3    citations.
4    (g) Any municipality or county, other than a municipality
5or county establishing automated speed enforcement system
6regulations under Section 11-208.8, or automated traffic law
7regulations under Section 11-208.6, 11-208.9, or 11-1201.1,
8may provide by ordinance for the sending of a notice of
9impending drivers license suspension to the person who has
10failed to satisfy any fine or penalty imposed by final judgment
11for a combination of 5 or more automated speed enforcement
12system or automated traffic law violations after exhaustion of
13judicial review procedures. An ordinance so providing shall
14specify that the notice sent to the person liable for any fine
15or penalty shall state that failure to pay the fine or penalty
16owing within 45 days of the notice's date will result in the
17municipality or county notifying the Secretary of State that
18the person's drivers license is eligible for suspension
19pursuant to this Section. The notice of impending drivers
20license suspension shall be sent by first class United States
21mail, postage prepaid, to the address recorded with the
22Secretary of State or at the last address known to the lessor
23of the cited vehicle at the time of lease or, if any notice
24sent under Section 11-208.3 of this Code is returned as
25undeliverable, to the last known address recorded in a United
26States Post Office approved database.

 

 

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1    (h) An administrative hearing to contest an impending
2suspension or a suspension made pursuant to this Section may be
3had upon filing a written request with the Secretary of State.
4The filing fee for this hearing shall be $20, to be paid at the
5time the request is made. A municipality or county which files
6a certified report with the Secretary of State pursuant to this
7Section shall reimburse the Secretary for all reasonable costs
8incurred by the Secretary as a result of the filing of the
9report, including but not limited to the costs of providing the
10notice required pursuant to subsection (b) and the costs
11incurred by the Secretary in any hearing conducted with respect
12to the report pursuant to this subsection and any appeal from
13such a hearing.
14    (i) The provisions of this Section shall apply on and after
15January 1, 1988.
16    (j) For purposes of this Section, the term "compliance
17violation" is defined as in Section 11-208.3.
18(Source: P.A. 101-623, eff. 7-1-20.)
 
19    (625 ILCS 5/11-208)   (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-208)
20    Sec. 11-208. Powers of local authorities.
21    (a) The provisions of this Code shall not be deemed to
22prevent local authorities with respect to streets and highways
23under their jurisdiction and within the reasonable exercise of
24the police power from:
25        1. Regulating the standing or parking of vehicles,

 

 

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1    except as limited by Sections 11-1306 and 11-1307 of this
2    Act;
3        2. Regulating traffic by means of police officers or
4    traffic control signals;
5        3. Regulating or prohibiting processions or
6    assemblages on the highways; and certifying persons to
7    control traffic for processions or assemblages;
8        4. Designating particular highways as one-way highways
9    and requiring that all vehicles thereon be moved in one
10    specific direction;
11        5. Regulating the speed of vehicles in public parks
12    subject to the limitations set forth in Section 11-604;
13        6. Designating any highway as a through highway, as
14    authorized in Section 11-302, and requiring that all
15    vehicles stop before entering or crossing the same or
16    designating any intersection as a stop intersection or a
17    yield right-of-way intersection and requiring all vehicles
18    to stop or yield the right-of-way at one or more entrances
19    to such intersections;
20        7. Restricting the use of highways as authorized in
21    Chapter 15;
22        8. Regulating the operation of mobile carrying
23    devices, bicycles, low-speed electric bicycles, and
24    low-speed gas bicycles, and requiring the registration and
25    licensing of same, including the requirement of a
26    registration fee;

 

 

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1        9. Regulating or prohibiting the turning of vehicles or
2    specified types of vehicles at intersections;
3        10. Altering the speed limits as authorized in Section
4    11-604;
5        11. Prohibiting U-turns;
6        12. Prohibiting pedestrian crossings at other than
7    designated and marked crosswalks or at intersections;
8        13. Prohibiting parking during snow removal operation;
9        14. Imposing fines in accordance with Section
10    11-1301.3 as penalties for use of any parking place
11    reserved for persons with disabilities, as defined by
12    Section 1-159.1, or veterans with disabilities by any
13    person using a motor vehicle not bearing registration
14    plates specified in Section 11-1301.1 or a special decal or
15    device as defined in Section 11-1301.2 as evidence that the
16    vehicle is operated by or for a person with disabilities or
17    a veteran with a disability;
18        15. Adopting such other traffic regulations as are
19    specifically authorized by this Code; or
20        16. Enforcing the provisions of subsection (f) of
21    Section 3-413 of this Code or a similar local ordinance.
22    (b) No ordinance or regulation enacted under paragraph 1,
234, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11 or 13 of subsection (a) shall be effective
24until signs giving reasonable notice of such local traffic
25regulations are posted.
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1municipality having a population of 500,000 or more inhabitants
2from prohibiting any person from driving or operating any motor
3vehicle upon the roadways of such municipality with headlamps
4on high beam or bright.
5    (d) The provisions of this Code shall not be deemed to
6prevent local authorities within the reasonable exercise of
7their police power from prohibiting, on private property, the
8unauthorized use of parking spaces reserved for persons with
9disabilities.
10    (e) No unit of local government, including a home rule
11unit, may enact or enforce an ordinance that applies only to
12motorcycles if the principal purpose for that ordinance is to
13restrict the access of motorcycles to any highway or portion of
14a highway for which federal or State funds have been used for
15the planning, design, construction, or maintenance of that
16highway. No unit of local government, including a home rule
17unit, may enact an ordinance requiring motorcycle users to wear
18protective headgear. Nothing in this subsection (e) shall
19affect the authority of a unit of local government to regulate
20motorcycles for traffic control purposes or in accordance with
21Section 12-602 of this Code. No unit of local government,
22including a home rule unit, may regulate motorcycles in a
23manner inconsistent with this Code. This subsection (e) is a
24limitation under subsection (i) of Section 6 of Article VII of
25the Illinois Constitution on the concurrent exercise by home
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1    (e-5) The City of Chicago may enact an ordinance providing
2for a noise monitoring system upon any portion of the roadway
3known as Lake Shore Drive. Twelve months after the installation
4of the noise monitoring system, and any time after the first
5report as the City deems necessary, the City of Chicago shall
6prepare a noise monitoring report with the data collected from
7the system and shall, upon request, make the report available
8to the public. For purposes of this subsection (e-5), "noise
9monitoring system" means an automated noise monitor capable of
10recording noise levels 24 hours per day and 365 days per year
11with computer equipment sufficient to process the data.
12    (e-10) A unit of local government, including a home rule
13unit, may not enact an ordinance prohibiting the use of
14Automated Driving System equipped vehicles on its roadways.
15Nothing in this subsection (e-10) shall affect the authority of
16a unit of local government to regulate Automated Driving System
17equipped vehicles for traffic control purposes. No unit of
18local government, including a home rule unit, may regulate
19Automated Driving System equipped vehicles in a manner
20inconsistent with this Code. For purposes of this subsection
21(e-10), "Automated Driving System equipped vehicle" means any
22vehicle equipped with an Automated Driving System of hardware
23and software that are collectively capable of performing the
24entire dynamic driving task on a sustained basis, regardless of
25whether it is limited to a specific operational domain. This
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1Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution on the
2concurrent exercise by home rule units of powers and functions
3exercised by the State.
4    (f) No unit of local government, including a home rule
5unit, A municipality or county designated in Section 11-208.6
6may enact or enforce an ordinance providing for an automated
7traffic law enforcement system to enforce violations of Section
811-306 of this Code or a similar provision of a local ordinance
9and imposing liability on a registered owner or lessee of a
10vehicle used in such a violation. For purposes of this
11subsection (f), "automated traffic law enforcement system"
12means a device with one or more motor vehicle sensors working
13in conjunction with a red light signal to produce recorded
14images of motor vehicles entering into an intersection against
15a red signal indication in violation of Section 11-306 of this
16Code or a similar provision of a local ordinance. This
17subsection (f) is a denial and limitation of home rule powers
18and functions under subsection (g) of Section 6 of Article VII
19of the Illinois Constitution.
20    (g) A municipality or county, as provided in Section
2111-1201.1, may enact an ordinance providing for an automated
22traffic law enforcement system to enforce violations of Section
2311-1201 of this Code or a similar provision of a local
24ordinance and imposing liability on a registered owner of a
25vehicle used in such a violation.
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1an ordinance providing for an automated speed enforcement
2system to enforce violations of Article VI of Chapter 11 of
3this Code or a similar provision of a local ordinance.
4    (i) A municipality or county designated in Section 11-208.9
5may enact an ordinance providing for an automated traffic law
6enforcement system to enforce violations of Section 11-1414 of
7this Code or a similar provision of a local ordinance and
8imposing liability on a registered owner or lessee of a vehicle
9used in such a violation.
10(Source: P.A. 100-209, eff. 1-1-18; 100-257, eff. 8-22-17;
11100-352, eff. 6-1-18; 100-863, eff. 8-14-18; 101-123, eff.
127-26-19.)
 
13    (625 ILCS 5/11-208.3)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-208.3)
14    (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 101-623)
15    Sec. 11-208.3. Administrative adjudication of violations
16of traffic regulations concerning the standing, parking, or
17condition of vehicles, automated traffic law violations, and
18automated speed enforcement system violations.
19    (a) Any municipality or county may provide by ordinance for
20a system of administrative adjudication of vehicular standing
21and parking violations and vehicle compliance violations as
22described in this subsection, automated traffic law violations
23as defined in Section 11-208.6, 11-208.9, or 11-1201.1, and
24automated speed enforcement system violations as defined in
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1purpose the fair and efficient enforcement of municipal or
2county regulations through the administrative adjudication of
3automated speed enforcement system or automated traffic law
4violations and violations of municipal or county ordinances
5regulating the standing and parking of vehicles, the condition
6and use of vehicle equipment, and the display of municipal or
7county wheel tax licenses within the municipality's or county's
8borders. The administrative system shall only have authority to
9adjudicate civil offenses carrying fines not in excess of $500
10or requiring the completion of a traffic education program, or
11both, that occur after the effective date of the ordinance
12adopting such a system under this Section. For purposes of this
13Section, "compliance violation" means a violation of a
14municipal or county regulation governing the condition or use
15of equipment on a vehicle or governing the display of a
16municipal or county wheel tax license.
17    (b) Any ordinance establishing a system of administrative
18adjudication under this Section shall provide for:
19        (1) A traffic compliance administrator authorized to
20    adopt, distribute, and process parking, compliance, and
21    automated speed enforcement system or automated traffic
22    law violation notices and other notices required by this
23    Section, collect money paid as fines and penalties for
24    violation of parking and compliance ordinances and
25    automated speed enforcement system or automated traffic
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1    system. The traffic compliance administrator also may make
2    a certified report to the Secretary of State under Section
3    6-306.5.
4        (2) A parking, standing, compliance, automated speed
5    enforcement system, or automated traffic law violation
6    notice that shall specify or include the date, time, and
7    place of violation of a parking, standing, compliance,
8    automated speed enforcement system, or automated traffic
9    law regulation; the particular regulation violated; any
10    requirement to complete a traffic education program; the
11    fine and any penalty that may be assessed for late payment
12    or failure to complete a required traffic education
13    program, or both, when so provided by ordinance; the
14    vehicle make or a photograph of the vehicle; the state
15    registration number of the vehicle; and the identification
16    number of the person issuing the notice. With regard to
17    automated speed enforcement system or automated traffic
18    law violations, vehicle make shall be specified on the
19    automated speed enforcement system or automated traffic
20    law violation notice if the notice does not include a
21    photograph of the vehicle and the make is available and
22    readily discernible. With regard to municipalities or
23    counties with a population of 1 million or more, it shall
24    be grounds for dismissal of a parking violation if the
25    state registration number or vehicle make specified is
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1    completion of any required traffic education program, the
2    payment of any indicated fine, and the payment of any
3    applicable penalty for late payment or failure to complete
4    a required traffic education program, or both, shall
5    operate as a final disposition of the violation. The notice
6    also shall contain information as to the availability of a
7    hearing in which the violation may be contested on its
8    merits. The violation notice shall specify the time and
9    manner in which a hearing may be had.
10        (3) Service of a parking, standing, or compliance
11    violation notice by: (i) affixing the original or a
12    facsimile of the notice to an unlawfully parked or standing
13    vehicle; (ii) handing the notice to the operator of a
14    vehicle if he or she is present; or (iii) mailing the
15    notice to the address of the registered owner or lessee of
16    the cited vehicle as recorded with the Secretary of State
17    or the lessor of the motor vehicle within 30 days after the
18    Secretary of State or the lessor of the motor vehicle
19    notifies the municipality or county of the identity of the
20    owner or lessee of the vehicle, but not later than 90 days
21    after the date of the violation, except that in the case of
22    a lessee of a motor vehicle, service of a parking,
23    standing, or compliance violation notice may occur no later
24    than 210 days after the violation; and service of an
25    automated speed enforcement system or automated traffic
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1    registered owner or lessee of the cited vehicle as recorded
2    with the Secretary of State or the lessor of the motor
3    vehicle within 30 days after the Secretary of State or the
4    lessor of the motor vehicle notifies the municipality or
5    county of the identity of the owner or lessee of the
6    vehicle, but not later than 90 days after the violation,
7    except that in the case of a lessee of a motor vehicle,
8    service of an automated traffic law violation notice may
9    occur no later than 210 days after the violation. A person
10    authorized by ordinance to issue and serve parking,
11    standing, and compliance violation notices shall certify
12    as to the correctness of the facts entered on the violation
13    notice by signing his or her name to the notice at the time
14    of service or, in the case of a notice produced by a
15    computerized device, by signing a single certificate to be
16    kept by the traffic compliance administrator attesting to
17    the correctness of all notices produced by the device while
18    it was under his or her control. In the case of an
19    automated traffic law violation, the ordinance shall
20    require a determination by a technician employed or
21    contracted by the municipality or county that, based on
22    inspection of recorded images, the motor vehicle was being
23    operated in violation of Section 11-208.6, 11-208.9, or
24    11-1201.1 or a local ordinance. If the technician
25    determines that the vehicle entered the intersection as
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1    right-of-way to an emergency vehicle, a citation shall not
2    be issued. In municipalities with a population of less than
3    1,000,000 inhabitants and counties with a population of
4    less than 3,000,000 inhabitants, the automated traffic law
5    ordinance shall require that all determinations by a
6    technician that a motor vehicle was being operated in
7    violation of Section 11-208.6, 11-208.9, or 11-1201.1 or a
8    local ordinance must be reviewed and approved by a law
9    enforcement officer or retired law enforcement officer of
10    the municipality or county issuing the violation. In
11    municipalities with a population of 1,000,000 or more
12    inhabitants and counties with a population of 3,000,000 or
13    more inhabitants, the automated traffic law ordinance
14    shall require that all determinations by a technician that
15    a motor vehicle was being operated in violation of Section
16    11-208.6, 11-208.9, or 11-1201.1 or a local ordinance must
17    be reviewed and approved by a law enforcement officer or
18    retired law enforcement officer of the municipality or
19    county issuing the violation or by an additional fully
20    trained fully-trained reviewing technician who is not
21    employed by the contractor who employs the technician who
22    made the initial determination. In the case of an automated
23    speed enforcement system violation, the ordinance shall
24    require a determination by a technician employed by the
25    municipality, based upon an inspection of recorded images,
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1    the speed limit and automated speed enforcement signage,
2    and documentation of the inspection, calibration, and
3    certification of the speed equipment, that the vehicle was
4    being operated in violation of Article VI of Chapter 11 of
5    this Code or a similar local ordinance. If the technician
6    determines that the vehicle speed was not determined by a
7    calibrated, certified speed equipment device based upon
8    the speed equipment documentation, or if the vehicle was an
9    emergency vehicle, a citation may not be issued. The
10    automated speed enforcement ordinance shall require that
11    all determinations by a technician that a violation
12    occurred be reviewed and approved by a law enforcement
13    officer or retired law enforcement officer of the
14    municipality issuing the violation or by an additional
15    fully trained reviewing technician who is not employed by
16    the contractor who employs the technician who made the
17    initial determination. Routine and independent calibration
18    of the speeds produced by automated speed enforcement
19    systems and equipment shall be conducted annually by a
20    qualified technician. Speeds produced by an automated
21    speed enforcement system shall be compared with speeds
22    produced by lidar or other independent equipment. Radar or
23    lidar equipment shall undergo an internal validation test
24    no less frequently than once each week. Qualified
25    technicians shall test loop-based loop based equipment no
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1    checked for accuracy by a qualified technician when the
2    unit is serviced, when unusual or suspect readings persist,
3    or when deemed necessary by a reviewing technician. Radar
4    equipment shall be checked with the internal frequency
5    generator and the internal circuit test whenever the radar
6    is turned on. Technicians must be alert for any unusual or
7    suspect readings, and if unusual or suspect readings of a
8    radar unit persist, that unit shall immediately be removed
9    from service and not returned to service until it has been
10    checked by a qualified technician and determined to be
11    functioning properly. Documentation of the annual
12    calibration results, including the equipment tested, test
13    date, technician performing the test, and test results,
14    shall be maintained and available for use in the
15    determination of an automated speed enforcement system
16    violation and issuance of a citation. The technician
17    performing the calibration and testing of the automated
18    speed enforcement equipment shall be trained and certified
19    in the use of equipment for speed enforcement purposes.
20    Training on the speed enforcement equipment may be
21    conducted by law enforcement, civilian, or manufacturer's
22    personnel and if applicable may be equivalent to the
23    equipment use and operations training included in the Speed
24    Measuring Device Operator Program developed by the
25    National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).
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1    accurate records on each piece of equipment the technician
2    calibrates and tests. As used in this paragraph, "fully
3    trained fully-trained reviewing technician" means a person
4    who has received at least 40 hours of supervised training
5    in subjects which shall include image inspection and
6    interpretation, the elements necessary to prove a
7    violation, license plate identification, and traffic
8    safety and management. In all municipalities and counties,
9    the automated speed enforcement system or automated
10    traffic law ordinance shall require that no additional fee
11    shall be charged to the alleged violator for exercising his
12    or her right to an administrative hearing, and persons
13    shall be given at least 25 days following an administrative
14    hearing to pay any civil penalty imposed by a finding that
15    Section 11-208.6, 11-208.8, 11-208.9, or 11-1201.1 or a
16    similar local ordinance has been violated. The original or
17    a facsimile of the violation notice or, in the case of a
18    notice produced by a computerized device, a printed record
19    generated by the device showing the facts entered on the
20    notice, shall be retained by the traffic compliance
21    administrator, and shall be a record kept in the ordinary
22    course of business. A parking, standing, compliance,
23    automated speed enforcement system, or automated traffic
24    law violation notice issued, signed, and served in
25    accordance with this Section, a copy of the notice, or the
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1    prima facie correct and shall be prima facie evidence of
2    the correctness of the facts shown on the notice. The
3    notice, copy, or computer-generated computer generated
4    record shall be admissible in any subsequent
5    administrative or legal proceedings.
6        (4) An opportunity for a hearing for the registered
7    owner of the vehicle cited in the parking, standing,
8    compliance, automated speed enforcement system, or
9    automated traffic law violation notice in which the owner
10    may contest the merits of the alleged violation, and during
11    which formal or technical rules of evidence shall not
12    apply; provided, however, that under Section 11-1306 of
13    this Code the lessee of a vehicle cited in the violation
14    notice likewise shall be provided an opportunity for a
15    hearing of the same kind afforded the registered owner. The
16    hearings shall be recorded, and the person conducting the
17    hearing on behalf of the traffic compliance administrator
18    shall be empowered to administer oaths and to secure by
19    subpoena both the attendance and testimony of witnesses and
20    the production of relevant books and papers. Persons
21    appearing at a hearing under this Section may be
22    represented by counsel at their expense. The ordinance may
23    also provide for internal administrative review following
24    the decision of the hearing officer.
25        (5) Service of additional notices, sent by first class
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1    registered owner of the cited vehicle as recorded with the
2    Secretary of State or, if any notice to that address is
3    returned as undeliverable, to the last known address
4    recorded in a United States Post Office approved database,
5    or, under Section 11-1306 or subsection (p) of Section
6    11-208.6 or 11-208.9, or subsection (p) of Section 11-208.8
7    of this Code, to the lessee of the cited vehicle at the
8    last address known to the lessor of the cited vehicle at
9    the time of lease or, if any notice to that address is
10    returned as undeliverable, to the last known address
11    recorded in a United States Post Office approved database.
12    The service shall be deemed complete as of the date of
13    deposit in the United States mail. The notices shall be in
14    the following sequence and shall include, but not be
15    limited to, the information specified herein:
16            (i) A second notice of parking, standing, or
17        compliance violation if the first notice of the
18        violation was issued by affixing the original or a
19        facsimile of the notice to the unlawfully parked
20        vehicle or by handing the notice to the operator. This
21        notice shall specify or include the date and location
22        of the violation cited in the parking, standing, or
23        compliance violation notice, the particular regulation
24        violated, the vehicle make or a photograph of the
25        vehicle, the state registration number of the vehicle,
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1        program, the fine and any penalty that may be assessed
2        for late payment or failure to complete a traffic
3        education program, or both, when so provided by
4        ordinance, the availability of a hearing in which the
5        violation may be contested on its merits, and the time
6        and manner in which the hearing may be had. The notice
7        of violation shall also state that failure to complete
8        a required traffic education program, to pay the
9        indicated fine and any applicable penalty, or to appear
10        at a hearing on the merits in the time and manner
11        specified, will result in a final determination of
12        violation liability for the cited violation in the
13        amount of the fine or penalty indicated, and that, upon
14        the occurrence of a final determination of violation
15        liability for the failure, and the exhaustion of, or
16        failure to exhaust, available administrative or
17        judicial procedures for review, any incomplete traffic
18        education program or any unpaid fine or penalty, or
19        both, will constitute a debt due and owing the
20        municipality or county.
21            (ii) A notice of final determination of parking,
22        standing, compliance, automated speed enforcement
23        system, or automated traffic law violation liability.
24        This notice shall be sent following a final
25        determination of parking, standing, compliance,
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1        traffic law violation liability and the conclusion of
2        judicial review procedures taken under this Section.
3        The notice shall state that the incomplete traffic
4        education program or the unpaid fine or penalty, or
5        both, is a debt due and owing the municipality or
6        county. The notice shall contain warnings that failure
7        to complete any required traffic education program or
8        to pay any fine or penalty due and owing the
9        municipality or county, or both, within the time
10        specified may result in the municipality's or county's
11        filing of a petition in the Circuit Court to have the
12        incomplete traffic education program or unpaid fine or
13        penalty, or both, rendered a judgment as provided by
14        this Section, or may result in suspension of the
15        person's driver's drivers license for failure to
16        complete a traffic education program or to pay fines or
17        penalties, or both, for 10 or more parking violations
18        under Section 6-306.5, or a combination of 5 or more
19        automated traffic law violations under Section
20        11-208.6 or 11-208.9 or automated speed enforcement
21        system violations under Section 11-208.8.
22        (6) A notice of impending driver's drivers license
23    suspension. This notice shall be sent to the person liable
24    for failure to complete a required traffic education
25    program or to pay any fine or penalty that remains due and
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1    combination of 5 or more unpaid automated speed enforcement
2    system or automated traffic law violations. The notice
3    shall state that failure to complete a required traffic
4    education program or to pay the fine or penalty owing, or
5    both, within 45 days of the notice's date will result in
6    the municipality or county notifying the Secretary of State
7    that the person is eligible for initiation of suspension
8    proceedings under Section 6-306.5 of this Code. The notice
9    shall also state that the person may obtain a photostatic
10    copy of an original ticket imposing a fine or penalty by
11    sending a self-addressed self addressed, stamped envelope
12    to the municipality or county along with a request for the
13    photostatic copy. The notice of impending driver's drivers
14    license suspension shall be sent by first class United
15    States mail, postage prepaid, to the address recorded with
16    the Secretary of State or, if any notice to that address is
17    returned as undeliverable, to the last known address
18    recorded in a United States Post Office approved database.
19        (7) Final determinations of violation liability. A
20    final determination of violation liability shall occur
21    following failure to complete the required traffic
22    education program or to pay the fine or penalty, or both,
23    after a hearing officer's determination of violation
24    liability and the exhaustion of or failure to exhaust any
25    administrative review procedures provided by ordinance.
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1    alleged violation in the time and manner specified in a
2    prior mailed notice, the hearing officer's determination
3    of violation liability shall become final: (A) upon denial
4    of a timely petition to set aside that determination, or
5    (B) upon expiration of the period for filing the petition
6    without a filing having been made.
7        (8) A petition to set aside a determination of parking,
8    standing, compliance, automated speed enforcement system,
9    or automated traffic law violation liability that may be
10    filed by a person owing an unpaid fine or penalty. A
11    petition to set aside a determination of liability may also
12    be filed by a person required to complete a traffic
13    education program. The petition shall be filed with and
14    ruled upon by the traffic compliance administrator in the
15    manner and within the time specified by ordinance. The
16    grounds for the petition may be limited to: (A) the person
17    not having been the owner or lessee of the cited vehicle on
18    the date the violation notice was issued, (B) the person
19    having already completed the required traffic education
20    program or paid the fine or penalty, or both, for the
21    violation in question, and (C) excusable failure to appear
22    at or request a new date for a hearing. With regard to
23    municipalities or counties with a population of 1 million
24    or more, it shall be grounds for dismissal of a parking
25    violation if the state registration number or vehicle make,
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1    After the determination of parking, standing, compliance,
2    automated speed enforcement system, or automated traffic
3    law violation liability has been set aside upon a showing
4    of just cause, the registered owner shall be provided with
5    a hearing on the merits for that violation.
6        (9) Procedures for non-residents. Procedures by which
7    persons who are not residents of the municipality or county
8    may contest the merits of the alleged violation without
9    attending a hearing.
10        (10) A schedule of civil fines for violations of
11    vehicular standing, parking, compliance, automated speed
12    enforcement system, or automated traffic law regulations
13    enacted by ordinance pursuant to this Section, and a
14    schedule of penalties for late payment of the fines or
15    failure to complete required traffic education programs,
16    provided, however, that the total amount of the fine and
17    penalty for any one violation shall not exceed $250, except
18    as provided in subsection (c) of Section 11-1301.3 of this
19    Code.
20        (11) Other provisions as are necessary and proper to
21    carry into effect the powers granted and purposes stated in
22    this Section.
23    (c) Any municipality or county establishing vehicular
24standing, parking, compliance, automated speed enforcement
25system, or automated traffic law regulations under this Section
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1immobilization for the purpose of facilitating enforcement of
2those regulations. The program of vehicle immobilization shall
3provide for immobilizing any eligible vehicle upon the public
4way by presence of a restraint in a manner to prevent operation
5of the vehicle. Any ordinance establishing a program of vehicle
6immobilization under this Section shall provide:
7        (1) Criteria for the designation of vehicles eligible
8    for immobilization. A vehicle shall be eligible for
9    immobilization when the registered owner of the vehicle has
10    accumulated the number of incomplete traffic education
11    programs or unpaid final determinations of parking,
12    standing, compliance, automated speed enforcement system,
13    or automated traffic law violation liability, or both, as
14    determined by ordinance.
15        (2) A notice of impending vehicle immobilization and a
16    right to a hearing to challenge the validity of the notice
17    by disproving liability for the incomplete traffic
18    education programs or unpaid final determinations of
19    parking, standing, compliance, automated speed enforcement
20    system, or automated traffic law violation liability, or
21    both, listed on the notice.
22        (3) The right to a prompt hearing after a vehicle has
23    been immobilized or subsequently towed without the
24    completion of the required traffic education program or
25    payment of the outstanding fines and penalties on parking,
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1    or automated traffic law violations, or both, for which
2    final determinations have been issued. An order issued
3    after the hearing is a final administrative decision within
4    the meaning of Section 3-101 of the Code of Civil
5    Procedure.
6        (4) A post immobilization and post-towing notice
7    advising the registered owner of the vehicle of the right
8    to a hearing to challenge the validity of the impoundment.
9    (d) Judicial review of final determinations of parking,
10standing, compliance, automated speed enforcement system, or
11automated traffic law violations and final administrative
12decisions issued after hearings regarding vehicle
13immobilization and impoundment made under this Section shall be
14subject to the provisions of the Administrative Review Law.
15    (e) Any fine, penalty, incomplete traffic education
16program, or part of any fine or any penalty remaining unpaid
17after the exhaustion of, or the failure to exhaust,
18administrative remedies created under this Section and the
19conclusion of any judicial review procedures shall be a debt
20due and owing the municipality or county and, as such, may be
21collected in accordance with applicable law. Completion of any
22required traffic education program and payment in full of any
23fine or penalty resulting from a standing, parking, compliance,
24automated speed enforcement system, or automated traffic law
25violation shall constitute a final disposition of that
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1    (f) After the expiration of the period within which
2judicial review may be sought for a final determination of
3parking, standing, compliance, automated speed enforcement
4system, or automated traffic law violation, the municipality or
5county may commence a proceeding in the Circuit Court for
6purposes of obtaining a judgment on the final determination of
7violation. Nothing in this Section shall prevent a municipality
8or county from consolidating multiple final determinations of
9parking, standing, compliance, automated speed enforcement
10system, or automated traffic law violations against a person in
11a proceeding. Upon commencement of the action, the municipality
12or county shall file a certified copy or record of the final
13determination of parking, standing, compliance, automated
14speed enforcement system, or automated traffic law violation,
15which shall be accompanied by a certification that recites
16facts sufficient to show that the final determination of
17violation was issued in accordance with this Section and the
18applicable municipal or county ordinance. Service of the
19summons and a copy of the petition may be by any method
20provided by Section 2-203 of the Code of Civil Procedure or by
21certified mail, return receipt requested, provided that the
22total amount of fines and penalties for final determinations of
23parking, standing, compliance, automated speed enforcement
24system, or automated traffic law violations does not exceed
25$2500. If the court is satisfied that the final determination
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1system, or automated traffic law violation was entered in
2accordance with the requirements of this Section and the
3applicable municipal or county ordinance, and that the
4registered owner or the lessee, as the case may be, had an
5opportunity for an administrative hearing and for judicial
6review as provided in this Section, the court shall render
7judgment in favor of the municipality or county and against the
8registered owner or the lessee for the amount indicated in the
9final determination of parking, standing, compliance,
10automated speed enforcement system, or automated traffic law
11violation, plus costs. The judgment shall have the same effect
12and may be enforced in the same manner as other judgments for
13the recovery of money.
14    (g) The fee for participating in a traffic education
15program under this Section shall not exceed $25.
16    A low-income individual required to complete a traffic
17education program under this Section who provides proof of
18eligibility for the federal earned income tax credit under
19Section 32 of the Internal Revenue Code or the Illinois earned
20income tax credit under Section 212 of the Illinois Income Tax
21Act shall not be required to pay any fee for participating in a
22required traffic education program.
23(Source: P.A. 101-32, eff. 6-28-19; revised 1-21-20.)
 
24    (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 101-623)
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1of traffic regulations concerning the standing, parking, or
2condition of vehicles, automated traffic law violations, and
3automated speed enforcement system violations.
4    (a) Any municipality or county may provide by ordinance for
5a system of administrative adjudication of vehicular standing
6and parking violations and vehicle compliance violations as
7described in this subsection, automated traffic law violations
8as defined in Section 11-208.6, 11-208.9, or 11-1201.1, and
9automated speed enforcement system violations as defined in
10Section 11-208.8. The administrative system shall have as its
11purpose the fair and efficient enforcement of municipal or
12county regulations through the administrative adjudication of
13automated speed enforcement system or automated traffic law
14violations and violations of municipal or county ordinances
15regulating the standing and parking of vehicles, the condition
16and use of vehicle equipment, and the display of municipal or
17county wheel tax licenses within the municipality's or county's
18borders. The administrative system shall only have authority to
19adjudicate civil offenses carrying fines not in excess of $500
20or requiring the completion of a traffic education program, or
21both, that occur after the effective date of the ordinance
22adopting such a system under this Section. For purposes of this
23Section, "compliance violation" means a violation of a
24municipal or county regulation governing the condition or use
25of equipment on a vehicle or governing the display of a
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1    (b) Any ordinance establishing a system of administrative
2adjudication under this Section shall provide for:
3        (1) A traffic compliance administrator authorized to
4    adopt, distribute, and process parking, compliance, and
5    automated speed enforcement system or automated traffic
6    law violation notices and other notices required by this
7    Section, collect money paid as fines and penalties for
8    violation of parking and compliance ordinances and
9    automated speed enforcement system or automated traffic
10    law violations, and operate an administrative adjudication
11    system. The traffic compliance administrator also may make
12    a certified report to the Secretary of State under Section
13    6-306.5.
14        (2) A parking, standing, compliance, automated speed
15    enforcement system, or automated traffic law violation
16    notice that shall specify or include the date, time, and
17    place of violation of a parking, standing, compliance,
18    automated speed enforcement system, or automated traffic
19    law regulation; the particular regulation violated; any
20    requirement to complete a traffic education program; the
21    fine and any penalty that may be assessed for late payment
22    or failure to complete a required traffic education
23    program, or both, when so provided by ordinance; the
24    vehicle make or a photograph of the vehicle; the state
25    registration number of the vehicle; and the identification
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1    automated speed enforcement system or automated traffic
2    law violations, vehicle make shall be specified on the
3    automated speed enforcement system or automated traffic
4    law violation notice if the notice does not include a
5    photograph of the vehicle and the make is available and
6    readily discernible. With regard to municipalities or
7    counties with a population of 1 million or more, it shall
8    be grounds for dismissal of a parking violation if the
9    state registration number or vehicle make specified is
10    incorrect. The violation notice shall state that the
11    completion of any required traffic education program, the
12    payment of any indicated fine, and the payment of any
13    applicable penalty for late payment or failure to complete
14    a required traffic education program, or both, shall
15    operate as a final disposition of the violation. The notice
16    also shall contain information as to the availability of a
17    hearing in which the violation may be contested on its
18    merits. The violation notice shall specify the time and
19    manner in which a hearing may be had.
20        (3) Service of a parking, standing, or compliance
21    violation notice by: (i) affixing the original or a
22    facsimile of the notice to an unlawfully parked or standing
23    vehicle; (ii) handing the notice to the operator of a
24    vehicle if he or she is present; or (iii) mailing the
25    notice to the address of the registered owner or lessee of
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1    or the lessor of the motor vehicle within 30 days after the
2    Secretary of State or the lessor of the motor vehicle
3    notifies the municipality or county of the identity of the
4    owner or lessee of the vehicle, but not later than 90 days
5    after the date of the violation, except that in the case of
6    a lessee of a motor vehicle, service of a parking,
7    standing, or compliance violation notice may occur no later
8    than 210 days after the violation; and service of an
9    automated speed enforcement system or automated traffic
10    law violation notice by mail to the address of the
11    registered owner or lessee of the cited vehicle as recorded
12    with the Secretary of State or the lessor of the motor
13    vehicle within 30 days after the Secretary of State or the
14    lessor of the motor vehicle notifies the municipality or
15    county of the identity of the owner or lessee of the
16    vehicle, but not later than 90 days after the violation,
17    except that in the case of a lessee of a motor vehicle,
18    service of an automated traffic law violation notice may
19    occur no later than 210 days after the violation. A person
20    authorized by ordinance to issue and serve parking,
21    standing, and compliance violation notices shall certify
22    as to the correctness of the facts entered on the violation
23    notice by signing his or her name to the notice at the time
24    of service or, in the case of a notice produced by a
25    computerized device, by signing a single certificate to be
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1    the correctness of all notices produced by the device while
2    it was under his or her control. In the case of an
3    automated traffic law violation, the ordinance shall
4    require a determination by a technician employed or
5    contracted by the municipality or county that, based on
6    inspection of recorded images, the motor vehicle was being
7    operated in violation of Section 11-208.6, 11-208.9, or
8    11-1201.1 or a local ordinance. If the technician
9    determines that the vehicle entered the intersection as
10    part of a funeral procession or in order to yield the
11    right-of-way to an emergency vehicle, a citation shall not
12    be issued. In municipalities with a population of less than
13    1,000,000 inhabitants and counties with a population of
14    less than 3,000,000 inhabitants, the automated traffic law
15    ordinance shall require that all determinations by a
16    technician that a motor vehicle was being operated in
17    violation of Section 11-208.6, 11-208.9, or 11-1201.1 or a
18    local ordinance must be reviewed and approved by a law
19    enforcement officer or retired law enforcement officer of
20    the municipality or county issuing the violation. In
21    municipalities with a population of 1,000,000 or more
22    inhabitants and counties with a population of 3,000,000 or
23    more inhabitants, the automated traffic law ordinance
24    shall require that all determinations by a technician that
25    a motor vehicle was being operated in violation of Section
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1    be reviewed and approved by a law enforcement officer or
2    retired law enforcement officer of the municipality or
3    county issuing the violation or by an additional fully
4    trained fully-trained reviewing technician who is not
5    employed by the contractor who employs the technician who
6    made the initial determination. In the case of an automated
7    speed enforcement system violation, the ordinance shall
8    require a determination by a technician employed by the
9    municipality, based upon an inspection of recorded images,
10    video or other documentation, including documentation of
11    the speed limit and automated speed enforcement signage,
12    and documentation of the inspection, calibration, and
13    certification of the speed equipment, that the vehicle was
14    being operated in violation of Article VI of Chapter 11 of
15    this Code or a similar local ordinance. If the technician
16    determines that the vehicle speed was not determined by a
17    calibrated, certified speed equipment device based upon
18    the speed equipment documentation, or if the vehicle was an
19    emergency vehicle, a citation may not be issued. The
20    automated speed enforcement ordinance shall require that
21    all determinations by a technician that a violation
22    occurred be reviewed and approved by a law enforcement
23    officer or retired law enforcement officer of the
24    municipality issuing the violation or by an additional
25    fully trained reviewing technician who is not employed by
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1    initial determination. Routine and independent calibration
2    of the speeds produced by automated speed enforcement
3    systems and equipment shall be conducted annually by a
4    qualified technician. Speeds produced by an automated
5    speed enforcement system shall be compared with speeds
6    produced by lidar or other independent equipment. Radar or
7    lidar equipment shall undergo an internal validation test
8    no less frequently than once each week. Qualified
9    technicians shall test loop-based loop based equipment no
10    less frequently than once a year. Radar equipment shall be
11    checked for accuracy by a qualified technician when the
12    unit is serviced, when unusual or suspect readings persist,
13    or when deemed necessary by a reviewing technician. Radar
14    equipment shall be checked with the internal frequency
15    generator and the internal circuit test whenever the radar
16    is turned on. Technicians must be alert for any unusual or
17    suspect readings, and if unusual or suspect readings of a
18    radar unit persist, that unit shall immediately be removed
19    from service and not returned to service until it has been
20    checked by a qualified technician and determined to be
21    functioning properly. Documentation of the annual
22    calibration results, including the equipment tested, test
23    date, technician performing the test, and test results,
24    shall be maintained and available for use in the
25    determination of an automated speed enforcement system
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1    performing the calibration and testing of the automated
2    speed enforcement equipment shall be trained and certified
3    in the use of equipment for speed enforcement purposes.
4    Training on the speed enforcement equipment may be
5    conducted by law enforcement, civilian, or manufacturer's
6    personnel and if applicable may be equivalent to the
7    equipment use and operations training included in the Speed
8    Measuring Device Operator Program developed by the
9    National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).
10    The vendor or technician who performs the work shall keep
11    accurate records on each piece of equipment the technician
12    calibrates and tests. As used in this paragraph, "fully
13    trained fully-trained reviewing technician" means a person
14    who has received at least 40 hours of supervised training
15    in subjects which shall include image inspection and
16    interpretation, the elements necessary to prove a
17    violation, license plate identification, and traffic
18    safety and management. In all municipalities and counties,
19    the automated speed enforcement system or automated
20    traffic law ordinance shall require that no additional fee
21    shall be charged to the alleged violator for exercising his
22    or her right to an administrative hearing, and persons
23    shall be given at least 25 days following an administrative
24    hearing to pay any civil penalty imposed by a finding that
25    Section 11-208.6, 11-208.8, 11-208.9, or 11-1201.1 or a
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1    a facsimile of the violation notice or, in the case of a
2    notice produced by a computerized device, a printed record
3    generated by the device showing the facts entered on the
4    notice, shall be retained by the traffic compliance
5    administrator, and shall be a record kept in the ordinary
6    course of business. A parking, standing, compliance,
7    automated speed enforcement system, or automated traffic
8    law violation notice issued, signed, and served in
9    accordance with this Section, a copy of the notice, or the
10    computer-generated computer generated record shall be
11    prima facie correct and shall be prima facie evidence of
12    the correctness of the facts shown on the notice. The
13    notice, copy, or computer-generated computer generated
14    record 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,
18    compliance, automated speed enforcement system, or
19    automated traffic law violation notice in which the owner
20    may contest the merits of the alleged violation, and during
21    which formal or technical rules of evidence shall not
22    apply; provided, however, that under Section 11-1306 of
23    this Code the lessee of a vehicle cited in the violation
24    notice likewise shall be provided an opportunity for a
25    hearing of the same kind afforded the registered owner. The
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1    hearing on behalf of the traffic compliance administrator
2    shall be empowered to administer oaths and to secure by
3    subpoena both the attendance and testimony of witnesses and
4    the production of relevant books and papers. Persons
5    appearing at a hearing under this Section may be
6    represented by counsel at their expense. The ordinance may
7    also provide for internal administrative review following
8    the decision of the hearing officer.
9        (5) Service of additional notices, sent by first class
10    United States mail, postage prepaid, to the address of the
11    registered owner of the cited vehicle as recorded with the
12    Secretary of State or, if any notice to that address is
13    returned as undeliverable, to the last known address
14    recorded in a United States Post Office approved database,
15    or, under Section 11-1306 or subsection (p) of Section
16    11-208.6 or 11-208.9, or subsection (p) of Section 11-208.8
17    of this Code, to the lessee of the cited vehicle at the
18    last address known to the lessor of the cited vehicle at
19    the time of lease or, if any notice to that address is
20    returned as undeliverable, to the last known address
21    recorded in a United States Post Office approved database.
22    The service shall be deemed complete as of the date of
23    deposit in the United States mail. The notices shall be in
24    the following sequence and shall include, but not be
25    limited to the information specified herein:
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1        compliance violation if the first notice of the
2        violation was issued by affixing the original or a
3        facsimile of the notice to the unlawfully parked
4        vehicle or by handing the notice to the operator. This
5        notice shall specify or include the date and location
6        of the violation cited in the parking, standing, or
7        compliance violation notice, the particular regulation
8        violated, the vehicle make or a photograph of the
9        vehicle, the state registration number of the vehicle,
10        any requirement to complete a traffic education
11        program, the fine and any penalty that may be assessed
12        for late payment or failure to complete a traffic
13        education program, or both, when so provided by
14        ordinance, the availability of a hearing in which the
15        violation may be contested on its merits, and the time
16        and manner in which the hearing may be had. The notice
17        of violation shall also state that failure to complete
18        a required traffic education program, to pay the
19        indicated fine and any applicable penalty, or to appear
20        at a hearing on the merits in the time and manner
21        specified, will result in a final determination of
22        violation liability for the cited violation in the
23        amount of the fine or penalty indicated, and that, upon
24        the occurrence of a final determination of violation
25        liability for the failure, and the exhaustion of, or
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1        judicial procedures for review, any incomplete traffic
2        education program or any unpaid fine or penalty, or
3        both, will constitute a debt due and owing the
4        municipality or county.
5            (ii) A notice of final determination of parking,
6        standing, compliance, automated speed enforcement
7        system, or automated traffic law violation liability.
8        This notice shall be sent following a final
9        determination of parking, standing, compliance,
10        automated speed enforcement system, or automated
11        traffic law violation liability and the conclusion of
12        judicial review procedures taken under this Section.
13        The notice shall state that the incomplete traffic
14        education program or the unpaid fine or penalty, or
15        both, is a debt due and owing the municipality or
16        county. The notice shall contain warnings that failure
17        to complete any required traffic education program or
18        to pay any fine or penalty due and owing the
19        municipality or county, or both, within the time
20        specified may result in the municipality's or county's
21        filing of a petition in the Circuit Court to have the
22        incomplete traffic education program or unpaid fine or
23        penalty, or both, rendered a judgment as provided by
24        this Section, or, where applicable, may result in
25        suspension of the person's driver's drivers license
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1        to pay fines or penalties, or both, for 5 or more
2        automated traffic law violations under Section
3        11-208.6 or 11-208.9 or automated speed enforcement
4        system violations under Section 11-208.8.
5        (6) A notice of impending driver's drivers license
6    suspension. This notice shall be sent to the person liable
7    for failure to complete a required traffic education
8    program or to pay any fine or penalty that remains due and
9    owing, or both, on 5 or more unpaid automated speed
10    enforcement system or automated traffic law violations.
11    The notice shall state that failure to complete a required
12    traffic education program or to pay the fine or penalty
13    owing, or both, within 45 days of the notice's date will
14    result in the municipality or county notifying the
15    Secretary of State that the person is eligible for
16    initiation of suspension proceedings under Section 6-306.5
17    of this Code. The notice shall also state that the person
18    may obtain a photostatic copy of an original ticket
19    imposing a fine or penalty by sending a self-addressed self
20    addressed, stamped envelope to the municipality or county
21    along with a request for the photostatic copy. The notice
22    of impending driver's drivers license suspension shall be
23    sent by first class United States mail, postage prepaid, to
24    the address recorded with the Secretary of State or, if any
25    notice to that address is returned as undeliverable, to the
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1    approved database.
2        (7) Final determinations of violation liability. A
3    final determination of violation liability shall occur
4    following failure to complete the required traffic
5    education program or to pay the fine or penalty, or both,
6    after a hearing officer's determination of violation
7    liability and the exhaustion of or failure to exhaust any
8    administrative review procedures provided by ordinance.
9    Where a person fails to appear at a hearing to contest the
10    alleged violation in the time and manner specified in a
11    prior mailed notice, the hearing officer's determination
12    of violation liability shall become final: (A) upon denial
13    of a timely petition to set aside that determination, or
14    (B) upon expiration of the period for filing the petition
15    without a filing having been made.
16        (8) A petition to set aside a determination of parking,
17    standing, compliance, automated speed enforcement system,
18    or automated traffic law violation liability that may be
19    filed by a person owing an unpaid fine or penalty. A
20    petition to set aside a determination of liability may also
21    be filed by a person required to complete a traffic
22    education program. The petition shall be filed with and
23    ruled upon by the traffic compliance administrator in the
24    manner and within the time specified by ordinance. The
25    grounds for the petition may be limited to: (A) the person
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1    the date the violation notice was issued, (B) the person
2    having already completed the required traffic education
3    program or paid the fine or penalty, or both, for the
4    violation in question, and (C) excusable failure to appear
5    at or request a new date for a hearing. With regard to
6    municipalities or counties with a population of 1 million
7    or more, it shall be grounds for dismissal of a parking
8    violation if the state registration number or vehicle make,
9    only if specified in the violation notice, is incorrect.
10    After the determination of parking, standing, compliance,
11    automated speed enforcement system, or automated traffic
12    law violation liability has been set aside upon a showing
13    of just cause, the registered owner shall be provided with
14    a hearing on the merits for that violation.
15        (9) Procedures for non-residents. Procedures by which
16    persons who are not residents of the municipality or county
17    may contest the merits of the alleged violation without
18    attending a hearing.
19        (10) A schedule of civil fines for violations of
20    vehicular standing, parking, compliance, automated speed
21    enforcement system, or automated traffic law regulations
22    enacted by ordinance pursuant to this Section, and a
23    schedule of penalties for late payment of the fines or
24    failure to complete required traffic education programs,
25    provided, however, that the total amount of the fine and
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1    as provided in subsection (c) of Section 11-1301.3 of this
2    Code.
3        (11) Other provisions as are necessary and proper to
4    carry into effect the powers granted and purposes stated in
5    this Section.
6    (c) Any municipality or county establishing vehicular
7standing, parking, compliance, automated speed enforcement
8system, or automated traffic law regulations under this Section
9may also provide by ordinance for a program of vehicle
10immobilization for the purpose of facilitating enforcement of
11those regulations. The program of vehicle immobilization shall
12provide for immobilizing any eligible vehicle upon the public
13way by presence of a restraint in a manner to prevent operation
14of the vehicle. Any ordinance establishing a program of vehicle
15immobilization under this Section shall provide:
16        (1) Criteria for the designation of vehicles eligible
17    for immobilization. A vehicle shall be eligible for
18    immobilization when the registered owner of the vehicle has
19    accumulated the number of incomplete traffic education
20    programs or unpaid final determinations of parking,
21    standing, compliance, automated speed enforcement system,
22    or automated traffic law violation liability, or both, as
23    determined by ordinance.
24        (2) A notice of impending vehicle immobilization and a
25    right to a hearing to challenge the validity of the notice
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1    education programs or unpaid final determinations of
2    parking, standing, compliance, automated speed enforcement
3    system, or automated traffic law violation liability, or
4    both, listed on the notice.
5        (3) The right to a prompt hearing after a vehicle has
6    been immobilized or subsequently towed without the
7    completion of the required traffic education program or
8    payment of the outstanding fines and penalties on parking,
9    standing, compliance, automated speed enforcement system,
10    or automated traffic law violations, or both, for which
11    final determinations have been issued. An order issued
12    after the hearing is a final administrative decision within
13    the meaning of Section 3-101 of the Code of Civil
14    Procedure.
15        (4) A post immobilization and post-towing notice
16    advising the registered owner of the vehicle of the right
17    to a hearing to challenge the validity of the impoundment.
18    (d) Judicial review of final determinations of parking,
19standing, compliance, automated speed enforcement system, or
20automated traffic law violations and final administrative
21decisions issued after hearings regarding vehicle
22immobilization and impoundment made under this Section shall be
23subject to the provisions of the Administrative Review Law.
24    (e) Any fine, penalty, incomplete traffic education
25program, or part of any fine or any penalty remaining unpaid
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1administrative remedies created under this Section and the
2conclusion of any judicial review procedures shall be a debt
3due and owing the municipality or county and, as such, may be
4collected in accordance with applicable law. Completion of any
5required traffic education program and payment in full of any
6fine or penalty resulting from a standing, parking, compliance,
7automated speed enforcement system, or automated traffic law
8violation shall constitute a final disposition of that
9violation.
10    (f) After the expiration of the period within which
11judicial review may be sought for a final determination of
12parking, standing, compliance, automated speed enforcement
13system, or automated traffic law violation, the municipality or
14county may commence a proceeding in the Circuit Court for
15purposes of obtaining a judgment on the final determination of
16violation. Nothing in this Section shall prevent a municipality
17or county from consolidating multiple final determinations of
18parking, standing, compliance, automated speed enforcement
19system, or automated traffic law violations against a person in
20a proceeding. Upon commencement of the action, the municipality
21or county shall file a certified copy or record of the final
22determination of parking, standing, compliance, automated
23speed enforcement system, or automated traffic law violation,
24which shall be accompanied by a certification that recites
25facts sufficient to show that the final determination of
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1applicable municipal or county ordinance. Service of the
2summons and a copy of the petition may be by any method
3provided by Section 2-203 of the Code of Civil Procedure or by
4certified mail, return receipt requested, provided that the
5total amount of fines and penalties for final determinations of
6parking, standing, compliance, automated speed enforcement
7system, or automated traffic law violations does not exceed
8$2500. If the court is satisfied that the final determination
9of parking, standing, compliance, automated speed enforcement
10system, or automated traffic law violation was entered in
11accordance with the requirements of this Section and the
12applicable municipal or county ordinance, and that the
13registered owner or the lessee, as the case may be, had an
14opportunity for an administrative hearing and for judicial
15review as provided in this Section, the court shall render
16judgment in favor of the municipality or county and against the
17registered owner or the lessee for the amount indicated in the
18final determination of parking, standing, compliance,
19automated speed enforcement system, or automated traffic law
20violation, plus costs. The judgment shall have the same effect
21and may be enforced in the same manner as other judgments for
22the recovery of money.
23    (g) The fee for participating in a traffic education
24program under this Section shall not exceed $25.
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1eligibility for the federal earned income tax credit under
2Section 32 of the Internal Revenue Code or the Illinois earned
3income tax credit under Section 212 of the Illinois Income Tax
4Act shall not be required to pay any fee for participating in a
5required traffic education program.
6(Source: P.A. 101-32, eff. 6-28-19; 101-623, eff. 7-1-20;
7revised 1-21-20.)
 
8    (625 ILCS 5/11-208.8)
9    Sec. 11-208.8. Automated speed enforcement systems in
10safety zones.
11    (a) As used in this Section:
12    "Automated speed enforcement system" means a photographic
13device, radar device, laser device, or other electrical or
14mechanical device or devices installed or utilized in a safety
15zone and designed to record the speed of a vehicle and obtain a
16clear photograph or other recorded image of the vehicle and the
17vehicle's registration plate or digital registration plate
18while the driver is violating Article VI of Chapter 11 of this
19Code or a similar provision of a local ordinance.
20    An automated speed enforcement system is a system, located
21in a safety zone which is under the jurisdiction of a
22municipality, that produces a recorded image of a motor
23vehicle's violation of a provision of this Code or a local
24ordinance and is designed to obtain a clear recorded image of
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1must also display the time, date, and location of the
2violation.
3    "Owner" means the person or entity to whom the vehicle is
4registered.
5    "Recorded image" means images recorded by an automated
6speed enforcement system on:
7        (1) 2 or more photographs;
8        (2) 2 or more microphotographs;
9        (3) 2 or more electronic images; or
10        (4) a video recording showing the motor vehicle and, on
11    at least one image or portion of the recording, clearly
12    identifying the registration plate or digital registration
13    plate number of the motor vehicle.
14    "Safety zone" means an area that is within one-eighth of a
15mile from the nearest property line of any public or private
16elementary or secondary school, or from the nearest property
17line of any facility, area, or land owned by a school district
18that is used for educational purposes approved by the Illinois
19State Board of Education, not including school district
20headquarters or administrative buildings. A safety zone also
21includes an area that is within one-eighth of a mile from the
22nearest property line of any facility, area, or land owned by a
23park district used for recreational purposes. However, if any
24portion of a roadway is within either one-eighth mile radius,
25the safety zone also shall include the roadway extended to the
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1"safety zone" does not include any portion of the roadway known
2as Lake Shore Drive or any controlled access highway with 8 or
3more lanes of traffic.
4    (a-5) The automated speed enforcement system shall be
5operational and violations shall be recorded only at the
6following times:
7        (i) if the safety zone is based upon the property line
8    of any facility, area, or land owned by a school district,
9    only on school days and no earlier than 6 a.m. and no later
10    than 8:30 p.m. if the school day is during the period of
11    Monday through Thursday, or 9 p.m. if the school day is a
12    Friday; and
13        (ii) if the safety zone is based upon the property line
14    of any facility, area, or land owned by a park district, no
15    earlier than one hour prior to the time that the facility,
16    area, or land is open to the public or other patrons, and
17    no later than one hour after the facility, area, or land is
18    closed to the public or other patrons.
19    (b) A municipality that produces a recorded image of a
20motor vehicle's violation of a provision of this Code or a
21local ordinance must make the recorded images of a violation
22accessible to the alleged violator by providing the alleged
23violator with a website address, accessible through the
24Internet.
25    (c) Notwithstanding any penalties for any other violations
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1violation recorded by an automated speed enforcement system
2shall be subject to the following penalties:
3        (1) if the recorded speed is no less than 6 miles per
4    hour and no more than 10 miles per hour over the legal
5    speed limit, a civil penalty not exceeding $50, plus an
6    additional penalty of not more than $50 for failure to pay
7    the original penalty in a timely manner; or
8        (2) if the recorded speed is more than 10 miles per
9    hour over the legal speed limit, a civil penalty not
10    exceeding $100, plus an additional penalty of not more than
11    $100 for failure to pay the original penalty in a timely
12    manner.
13    A penalty may not be imposed under this Section if the
14driver of the motor vehicle received a Uniform Traffic Citation
15from a police officer for a speeding violation occurring within
16one-eighth of a mile and 15 minutes of the violation that was
17recorded by the system. A violation for which a civil penalty
18is imposed under this Section is not a violation of a traffic
19regulation governing the movement of vehicles and may not be
20recorded on the driving record of the owner of the vehicle. A
21law enforcement officer is not required to be present or to
22witness the violation. No penalty may be imposed under this
23Section if the recorded speed of a vehicle is 5 miles per hour
24or less over the legal speed limit. The municipality may send,
25in the same manner that notices are sent under this Section, a
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1speed of 5 miles per hour or less above the legal speed limit.
2    (d) The net proceeds that a municipality receives from
3civil penalties imposed under an automated speed enforcement
4system, after deducting all non-personnel and personnel costs
5associated with the operation and maintenance of such system,
6shall be expended or obligated by the municipality for the
7following purposes:
8        (i) public safety initiatives to ensure safe passage
9    around schools, and to provide police protection and
10    surveillance around schools and parks, including but not
11    limited to: (1) personnel costs; and (2) non-personnel
12    costs such as construction and maintenance of public safety
13    infrastructure and equipment;
14        (ii) initiatives to improve pedestrian and traffic
15    safety;
16        (iii) construction and maintenance of infrastructure
17    within the municipality, including but not limited to roads
18    and bridges; and
19        (iv) after school programs.
20    (e) For each violation of a provision of this Code or a
21local ordinance recorded by an automated speed enforcement
22system, the municipality having jurisdiction shall issue a
23written notice of the violation to the registered owner of the
24vehicle as the alleged violator. The notice shall be delivered
25to the registered owner of the vehicle, by mail, within 30 days
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1identity of the owner of the vehicle, but in no event later
2than 90 days after the violation.
3    (f) The notice required under subsection (e) of this
4Section shall include:
5        (1) the name and address of the registered owner of the
6    vehicle;
7        (2) the registration number of the motor vehicle
8    involved in the violation;
9        (3) the violation charged;
10        (4) the date, time, and location where the violation
11    occurred;
12        (5) a copy of the recorded image or images;
13        (6) the amount of the civil penalty imposed and the
14    date by which the civil penalty should be paid;
15        (7) a statement that recorded images are evidence of a
16    violation of a speed restriction;
17        (8) a warning that failure to pay the civil penalty or
18    to contest liability in a timely manner is an admission of
19    liability and may result in a suspension of the driving
20    privileges of the registered owner of the vehicle;
21        (9) a statement that the person may elect to proceed
22    by:
23            (A) paying the fine; or
24            (B) challenging the charge in court, by mail, or by
25        administrative hearing; and
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1    Internet, where the person may view the recorded images of
2    the violation.
3    (g) If a person charged with a traffic violation, as a
4result of an automated speed enforcement system, does not pay
5the fine or successfully contest the civil penalty resulting
6from that violation, the Secretary of State shall suspend the
7driving privileges of the registered owner of the vehicle under
8Section 6-306.5 of this Code for failing to pay any fine or
9penalty due and owing, or both, as a result of a combination of
105 violations of the automated speed enforcement system or the
11automated traffic law under Section 11-208.6 of this Code.
12    (h) Based on inspection of recorded images produced by an
13automated speed enforcement system, a notice alleging that the
14violation occurred shall be evidence of the facts contained in
15the notice and admissible in any proceeding alleging a
16violation under this Section.
17    (i) Recorded images made by an automated speed enforcement
18system are confidential and shall be made available only to the
19alleged violator and governmental and law enforcement agencies
20for purposes of adjudicating a violation of this Section, for
21statistical purposes, or for other governmental purposes. Any
22recorded image evidencing a violation of this Section, however,
23may be admissible in any proceeding resulting from the issuance
24of the citation.
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1        (1) that the motor vehicle or registration plates or
2    digital registration plates of the motor vehicle were
3    stolen before the violation occurred and not under the
4    control or in the possession of the owner at the time of
5    the violation;
6        (2) that the driver of the motor vehicle received a
7    Uniform Traffic Citation from a police officer for a
8    speeding violation occurring within one-eighth of a mile
9    and 15 minutes of the violation that was recorded by the
10    system; and
11        (3) any other evidence or issues provided by municipal
12    ordinance.
13    (k) To demonstrate that the motor vehicle or the
14registration plates or digital registration plates were stolen
15before the violation occurred and were not under the control or
16possession of the owner at the time of the violation, the owner
17must submit proof that a report concerning the stolen motor
18vehicle or registration plates was filed with a law enforcement
19agency in a timely manner.
20    (l) A roadway equipped with an automated speed enforcement
21system shall be posted with a sign conforming to the national
22Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices that is visible to
23approaching traffic stating that vehicle speeds are being
24photo-enforced and indicating the speed limit. The
25municipality shall install such additional signage as it
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1to where automated speed enforcement systems are installed.
2    (m) A roadway where a new automated speed enforcement
3system is installed shall be posted with signs providing 30
4days notice of the use of a new automated speed enforcement
5system prior to the issuance of any citations through the
6automated speed enforcement system.
7    (n) The compensation paid for an automated speed
8enforcement system must be based on the value of the equipment
9or the services provided and may not be based on the number of
10traffic citations issued or the revenue generated by the
11system.
12    (o) A municipality shall make a certified report to the
13Secretary of State pursuant to Section 6-306.5 of this Code
14whenever a registered owner of a vehicle has failed to pay any
15fine or penalty due and owing as a result of a combination of 5
16offenses for automated speed or traffic law enforcement system
17violations.
18    (p) No person who is the lessor of a motor vehicle pursuant
19to a written lease agreement shall be liable for an automated
20speed or traffic law enforcement system violation involving
21such motor vehicle during the period of the lease; provided
22that upon the request of the appropriate authority received
23within 120 days after the violation occurred, the lessor
24provides within 60 days after such receipt the name and address
25of the lessee. The drivers license number of a lessee may be
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1authority if needed for enforcement of this Section.
2    Upon the provision of information by the lessor pursuant to
3this subsection, the municipality may issue the violation to
4the lessee of the vehicle in the same manner as it would issue
5a violation to a registered owner of a vehicle pursuant to this
6Section, and the lessee may be held liable for the violation.
7    (q) A municipality using an automated speed enforcement
8system must provide notice to drivers by publishing the
9locations of all safety zones where system equipment is
10installed on the website of the municipality.
11    (r) A municipality operating an automated speed
12enforcement system shall conduct a statistical analysis to
13assess the safety impact of the system. The statistical
14analysis shall be based upon the best available crash, traffic,
15and other data, and shall cover a period of time before and
16after installation of the system sufficient to provide a
17statistically valid comparison of safety impact. The
18statistical analysis shall be consistent with professional
19judgment and acceptable industry practice. The statistical
20analysis also shall be consistent with the data required for
21valid comparisons of before and after conditions and shall be
22conducted within a reasonable period following the
23installation of the automated traffic law enforcement system.
24The statistical analysis required by this subsection shall be
25made available to the public and shall be published on the
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1    (s) This Section applies only to municipalities with a
2population of 1,000,000 or more inhabitants.
3    (t) Except as provided in this Section, a county or
4municipality, including a home rule county or municipality, may
5not use an automated speed enforcement system to provide
6recorded images of a motor vehicle for the purpose of recording
7its speed. Except as provided under this Section, the
8regulation of the use of automated speed enforcement systems to
9record vehicle speeds is an exclusive power and function of the
10State. This subsection (c) is a denial and limitation of home
11rule powers and functions under subsection (h) of Section 6 of
12Article VII of the Illinois Constitution.
13(Source: P.A. 101-395, eff. 8-16-19.)
 
14    (625 ILCS 5/11-208.6 rep.)
15    Section 10. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by
16repealing Section 11-208.6.
 
17    Section 90. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding
18Section 8.45 as follows:
 
19    (30 ILCS 805/8.45 new)
20    Sec. 8.45. Exempt mandate. Notwithstanding Sections 6 and 8
21of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is required for the
22implementation of any mandate created by this amendatory Act of
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1    Section 95. No acceleration or delay. Where this Act makes
2changes in a statute that is represented in this Act by text
3that is not yet or no longer in effect (for example, a Section
4represented by multiple versions), the use of that text does
5not accelerate or delay the taking effect of (i) the changes
6made by this Act or (ii) provisions derived from any other
7Public Act.