101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB5298

 

Introduced , by Rep. Dan Brady

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
625 ILCS 5/11-605  from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-605

    Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Removes the condition that school zone speed limits only apply during school days when children are present. Effective immediately.


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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
5Section 11-605 as follows:
 
6    (625 ILCS 5/11-605)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-605)
7    Sec. 11-605. Special speed limit while passing schools.
8    (a) For the purpose of this Section, "school" means the
9following entities:
10        (1) A public or private primary or secondary school.
11        (2) A primary or secondary school operated by a
12    religious institution.
13        (3) A public, private, or religious nursery school.
14    No On a school day when school children are present and so
15close thereto that a potential hazard exists because of the
16close proximity of the motorized traffic, no person shall drive
17a motor vehicle at a speed in excess of 20 miles per hour while
18passing a school zone or while traveling on a roadway on public
19school property or upon any public thoroughfare where children
20pass going to and from school.
21    For the purpose of this Section a school day shall begin at
22seven ante meridian and shall conclude at four post meridian.
23    This Section shall not be applicable unless appropriate

 

 

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1signs are posted upon streets and highways under their
2respective jurisdiction and maintained by the Department,
3township, county, park district, city, village or incorporated
4town wherein the school zone is located. With regard to the
5special speed limit while passing schools, such signs shall
6give proper due warning that a school zone is being approached
7and shall indicate the school zone and the maximum speed limit
8in effect during school days when school children are present.
9    (b) (Blank).
10    (c) Nothing in this Chapter shall prohibit the use of
11electronic speed-detecting devices within 500 feet of signs
12within a special school speed zone indicating such zone, as
13defined in this Section, nor shall evidence obtained thereby be
14inadmissible in any prosecution for speeding provided the use
15of such device shall apply only to the enforcement of the speed
16limit in such special school speed zone.
17    (d) (Blank).
18    (e) Except as provided in subsection (e-5), a person who
19violates this Section is guilty of a petty offense. Violations
20of this Section are punishable with a minimum fine of $150 for
21the first violation and a minimum fine of $300 for the second
22or subsequent violation.
23    (e-5) A person committing a violation of this Section is
24guilty of aggravated special speed limit while passing schools
25when he or she drives a motor vehicle at a speed that is:
26        (1) 26 miles per hour or more but less than 35 miles

 

 

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1    per hour in excess of the applicable special speed limit
2    established under this Section or a similar provision of a
3    local ordinance and is guilty of a Class B misdemeanor; or
4        (2) 35 miles per hour or more in excess of the
5    applicable special speed limit established under this
6    Section or a similar provision of a local ordinance and is
7    guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
8    (f) (Blank).
9    (g) (Blank).
10    (h) (Blank).
11(Source: P.A. 99-212, eff. 1-1-16; 100-987, eff. 7-1-19.)
 
12    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
13becoming law.