103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
SB3603

 

Introduced 2/9/2024, by Sen. Mary Edly-Allen

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
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

    Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that a municipality, county, or township may enact an ordinance providing for administrative and civil fines to enforce violations of provisions concerning fleeing or attempting to elude a peace officer or a similar provision of a local ordinance and imposing liability on a registered owner or lessee of a vehicle used in such a violation. Makes corresponding changes.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning local government.
 
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
5changing Sections 11-208 and 11-208.3 as follows:
 
6    (625 ILCS 5/11-208)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-208)
7    Sec. 11-208. Powers of local authorities.
8    (a) The provisions of this Code shall not be deemed to
9prevent local authorities with respect to streets and highways
10under their jurisdiction and within the reasonable exercise of
11the police power from:
12        1. Regulating the standing or parking of vehicles,
13    except as limited by Sections 11-1306 and 11-1307 of this
14    Act;
15        2. Regulating traffic by means of police officers or
16    traffic control signals;
17        3. Regulating or prohibiting processions or
18    assemblages on the highways; and certifying persons to
19    control traffic for processions or assemblages;
20        4. Designating particular highways as one-way highways
21    and requiring that all vehicles thereon be moved in one
22    specific direction;
23        5. Regulating the speed of vehicles in public parks

 

 

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1    subject to the limitations set forth in Section 11-604;
2        6. Designating any highway as a through highway, as
3    authorized in Section 11-302, and requiring that all
4    vehicles stop before entering or crossing the same or
5    designating any intersection as a stop intersection or a
6    yield right-of-way intersection and requiring all vehicles
7    to stop or yield the right-of-way at one or more entrances
8    to such intersections;
9        7. Restricting the use of highways as authorized in
10    Chapter 15;
11        8. Regulating the operation of mobile carrying
12    devices, bicycles, low-speed electric bicycles, and
13    low-speed gas bicycles, and requiring the registration and
14    licensing of same, including the requirement of a
15    registration fee;
16        9. Regulating or prohibiting the turning of vehicles
17    or specified types of vehicles at intersections;
18        10. Altering the speed limits as authorized in Section
19    11-604;
20        11. Prohibiting U-turns;
21        12. Prohibiting pedestrian crossings at other than
22    designated and marked crosswalks or at intersections;
23        13. Prohibiting parking during snow removal operation;
24        14. Imposing fines in accordance with Section
25    11-1301.3 as penalties for use of any parking place
26    reserved for persons with disabilities, as defined by

 

 

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1    Section 1-159.1, or veterans with disabilities by any
2    person using a motor vehicle not bearing registration
3    plates specified in Section 11-1301.1 or a special decal
4    or device as defined in Section 11-1301.2 as evidence that
5    the vehicle is operated by or for a person with
6    disabilities or a veteran with a disability;
7        15. Adopting such other traffic regulations as are
8    specifically authorized by this Code; or
9        16. Enforcing the provisions of subsection (f) of
10    Section 3-413 of this Code or a similar local ordinance.
11    (b) No ordinance or regulation enacted under paragraph 1,
124, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11 or 13 of subsection (a) shall be
13effective until signs giving reasonable notice of such local
14traffic regulations are posted.
15    (c) The provisions of this Code shall not prevent any
16municipality having a population of 500,000 or more
17inhabitants from prohibiting any person from driving or
18operating any motor vehicle upon the roadways of such
19municipality with headlamps on high beam or bright.
20    (d) The provisions of this Code shall not be deemed to
21prevent local authorities within the reasonable exercise of
22their police power from prohibiting, on private property, the
23unauthorized use of parking spaces reserved for persons with
24disabilities.
25    (e) No unit of local government, including a home rule
26unit, may enact or enforce an ordinance that applies only to

 

 

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1motorcycles if the principal purpose for that ordinance is to
2restrict the access of motorcycles to any highway or portion
3of a highway for which federal or State funds have been used
4for the planning, design, construction, or maintenance of that
5highway. No unit of local government, including a home rule
6unit, may enact an ordinance requiring motorcycle users to
7wear protective headgear. Nothing in this subsection (e) shall
8affect the authority of a unit of local government to regulate
9motorcycles for traffic control purposes or in accordance with
10Section 12-602 of this Code. No unit of local government,
11including a home rule unit, may regulate motorcycles in a
12manner inconsistent with this Code. This subsection (e) is a
13limitation under subsection (i) of Section 6 of Article VII of
14the Illinois Constitution on the concurrent exercise by home
15rule units of powers and functions exercised by the State.
16    (e-5) The City of Chicago may enact an ordinance providing
17for a noise monitoring system upon any portion of the roadway
18known as Lake Shore Drive. Twelve months after the
19installation of the noise monitoring system, and any time
20after the first report as the City deems necessary, the City of
21Chicago shall prepare a noise monitoring report with the data
22collected from the system and shall, upon request, make the
23report available to the public. For purposes of this
24subsection (e-5), "noise monitoring system" means an automated
25noise monitor capable of recording noise levels 24 hours per
26day and 365 days per year with computer equipment sufficient

 

 

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1to process the data.
2    (e-10) A unit of local government, including a home rule
3unit, may not enact an ordinance prohibiting the use of
4Automated Driving System equipped vehicles on its roadways.
5Nothing in this subsection (e-10) shall affect the authority
6of a unit of local government to regulate Automated Driving
7System equipped vehicles for traffic control purposes. No unit
8of local government, including a home rule unit, may regulate
9Automated Driving System equipped vehicles in a manner
10inconsistent with this Code. For purposes of this subsection
11(e-10), "Automated Driving System equipped vehicle" means any
12vehicle equipped with an Automated Driving System of hardware
13and software that are collectively capable of performing the
14entire dynamic driving task on a sustained basis, regardless
15of whether it is limited to a specific operational domain.
16This subsection (e-10) is a limitation under subsection (i) of
17Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution on the
18concurrent exercise by home rule units of powers and functions
19exercised by the State.
20    (f) A municipality or county designated in Section
2111-208.6 may enact an ordinance providing for an automated
22traffic law enforcement system to enforce violations of this
23Code or a similar provision of a local ordinance and imposing
24liability on a registered owner or lessee of a vehicle used in
25such a violation.
26    (g) A municipality or county, as provided in Section

 

 

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111-1201.1, may enact an ordinance providing for an automated
2traffic law enforcement system to enforce violations of
3Section 11-1201 of this Code or a similar provision of a local
4ordinance and imposing liability on a registered owner of a
5vehicle used in such a violation.
6    (h) A municipality designated in Section 11-208.8 may
7enact an ordinance providing for an automated speed
8enforcement system to enforce violations of Article VI of
9Chapter 11 of this Code or a similar provision of a local
10ordinance.
11    (i) A municipality or county designated in Section
1211-208.9 may enact an ordinance providing for an automated
13traffic law enforcement system to enforce violations of
14Section 11-1414 of this Code or a similar provision of a local
15ordinance and imposing liability on a registered owner or
16lessee of a vehicle used in such a violation.
17    (j) A municipality, county, or township may enact an
18ordinance providing for administrative and civil fines to
19enforce violations of Section 11-204 of the Illinois Vehicle
20Code or a similar provision of a local ordinance and imposing
21liability on a registered owner or lessee of a vehicle used in
22such a violation.
23(Source: P.A. 100-209, eff. 1-1-18; 100-257, eff. 8-22-17;
24100-352, eff. 6-1-18; 100-863, eff. 8-14-18; 101-123, eff.
257-26-19.)
 

 

 

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1    (625 ILCS 5/11-208.3)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-208.3)
2    Sec. 11-208.3. Administrative adjudication of violations
3of traffic regulations concerning the standing, parking, or
4condition of vehicles, automated traffic law violations, and
5automated speed enforcement system violations, and other
6violations of the Illinois Vehicle Code.
7    (a) Any municipality, or county, or township may provide
8by ordinance for a system of administrative adjudication of
9vehicular standing and parking violations and vehicle
10compliance violations as described in this subsection,
11automated traffic law violations as defined in Section
1211-208.6, 11-208.9, or 11-1201.1, and automated speed
13enforcement system violations as defined in Section 11-208.8
14and violations of Section 11-204 of the Illinois Vehicle Code
15or a similar provision of a local ordinance. The
16administrative system shall have as its purpose the fair and
17efficient enforcement of municipal, or county, or township
18regulations through the administrative adjudication of
19automated speed enforcement system or automated traffic law
20violations and violations of municipal, or county, or township
21ordinances regulating the standing and parking of vehicles,
22the condition and use of vehicle equipment, and the display of
23municipal or county wheel tax licenses within the
24municipality's or county's borders, and other violations of
25the Illinois Vehicle Code. The administrative system shall
26only have authority to adjudicate civil offenses carrying

 

 

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1fines not in excess of $500 or requiring the completion of a
2traffic education program, or both, that occur after the
3effective date of the ordinance adopting such a system under
4this Section. For purposes of this Section, "compliance
5violation" means a violation of a municipal or county
6regulation governing the condition or use of equipment on a
7vehicle or governing the display of a municipal or county
8wheel tax license.
9    (b) Any ordinance establishing a system of administrative
10adjudication under this Section shall provide for:
11        (1) A traffic compliance administrator authorized to
12    adopt, distribute, and process parking, compliance, and
13    automated speed enforcement system or automated traffic
14    law violation notices and other notices required by this
15    Section, collect money paid as fines and penalties for
16    violation of parking and compliance ordinances, and
17    automated speed enforcement system or automated traffic
18    law violations, and other violations of the Illinois
19    Vehicle Code and operate an administrative adjudication
20    system.
21        (2) A parking, standing, compliance, automated speed
22    enforcement system, or automated traffic law, or other
23    violation notice that shall specify or include the date,
24    time, and place of violation of a parking, standing,
25    compliance, automated speed enforcement system, or
26    automated traffic law regulation, or other violation; the

 

 

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1    particular regulation violated; any requirement to
2    complete a traffic education program; the fine and any
3    penalty that may be assessed for late payment or failure
4    to complete a required traffic education program, or both,
5    when so provided by ordinance; the vehicle make or a
6    photograph of the vehicle; the state registration number
7    of the vehicle; and the identification number of the
8    person issuing the notice. With regard to automated speed
9    enforcement system or automated traffic law violations,
10    vehicle make shall be specified on the automated speed
11    enforcement system or automated traffic law violation
12    notice if the notice does not include a photograph of the
13    vehicle and the make is available and readily discernible.
14    With regard to municipalities or counties with a
15    population of 1 million or more, it shall be grounds for
16    dismissal of a parking violation if the state registration
17    number or vehicle make specified is incorrect. The
18    violation notice shall state that the completion of any
19    required traffic education program, the payment of any
20    indicated fine, and the payment of any applicable penalty
21    for late payment or failure to complete a required traffic
22    education program, or both, shall operate as a final
23    disposition of the violation. The notice also shall
24    contain information as to the availability of a hearing in
25    which the violation may be contested on its merits. The
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1    which a hearing may be had.
2        (3) Service of a parking, standing, or compliance, or
3    other violation notice by: (i) affixing the original or a
4    facsimile of the notice to an unlawfully parked or
5    standing vehicle; (ii) handing the notice to the operator
6    of a vehicle if he or she is present; or (iii) mailing the
7    notice to the address of the registered owner or lessee of
8    the cited vehicle as recorded with the Secretary of State
9    or the lessor of the motor vehicle within 30 days after the
10    Secretary of State or the lessor of the motor vehicle
11    notifies the municipality, or county, or township of the
12    identity of the owner or lessee of the vehicle, but not
13    later than 90 days after the date of the violation, except
14    that in the case of a lessee of a motor vehicle, service of
15    a parking, standing, or compliance violation notice may
16    occur no later than 210 days after the violation; and
17    service of an automated speed enforcement system or
18    automated traffic law violation notice by mail to the
19    address of the registered owner or lessee of the cited
20    vehicle as recorded with the Secretary of State or the
21    lessor of the motor vehicle within 30 days after the
22    Secretary of State or the lessor of the motor vehicle
23    notifies the municipality, or county, or township of the
24    identity of the owner or lessee of the vehicle, but not
25    later than 90 days after the violation, except that in the
26    case of a lessee of a motor vehicle, service of an

 

 

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1    automated traffic law violation notice may occur no later
2    than 210 days after the violation. A person authorized by
3    ordinance to issue and serve parking, standing, and
4    compliance, or other violation notices shall certify as to
5    the correctness of the facts entered on the violation
6    notice by signing his or her name to the notice at the time
7    of service or, in the case of a notice produced by a
8    computerized device, by signing a single certificate to be
9    kept by the traffic compliance administrator attesting to
10    the correctness of all notices produced by the device
11    while it was under his or her control. In the case of an
12    automated traffic law violation, the ordinance shall
13    require a determination by a technician employed or
14    contracted by the municipality or county that, based on
15    inspection of recorded images, the motor vehicle was being
16    operated in violation of Section 11-208.6, 11-208.9, or
17    11-1201.1 or a local ordinance. If the technician
18    determines that the vehicle entered the intersection as
19    part of a funeral procession or in order to yield the
20    right-of-way to an emergency vehicle, a citation shall not
21    be issued. In municipalities with a population of less
22    than 1,000,000 inhabitants and counties with a population
23    of less than 3,000,000 inhabitants, the automated traffic
24    law ordinance shall require that all determinations by a
25    technician that a motor vehicle was being operated in
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1    local ordinance must be reviewed and approved by a law
2    enforcement officer or retired law enforcement officer of
3    the municipality or county issuing the violation. In
4    municipalities with a population of 1,000,000 or more
5    inhabitants and counties with a population of 3,000,000 or
6    more inhabitants, the automated traffic law ordinance
7    shall require that all determinations by a technician that
8    a motor vehicle was being operated in violation of Section
9    11-208.6, 11-208.9, or 11-1201.1 or a local ordinance must
10    be reviewed and approved by a law enforcement officer or
11    retired law enforcement officer of the municipality or
12    county issuing the violation or by an additional fully
13    trained reviewing technician who is not employed by the
14    contractor who employs the technician who made the initial
15    determination. In the case of an automated speed
16    enforcement system violation, the ordinance shall require
17    a determination by a technician employed by the
18    municipality, based upon an inspection of recorded images,
19    video or other documentation, including documentation of
20    the speed limit and automated speed enforcement signage,
21    and documentation of the inspection, calibration, and
22    certification of the speed equipment, that the vehicle was
23    being operated in violation of Article VI of Chapter 11 of
24    this Code or a similar local ordinance. If the technician
25    determines that the vehicle speed was not determined by a
26    calibrated, certified speed equipment device based upon

 

 

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1    the speed equipment documentation, or if the vehicle was
2    an emergency vehicle, a citation may not be issued. The
3    automated speed enforcement ordinance shall require that
4    all determinations by a technician that a violation
5    occurred be reviewed and approved by a law enforcement
6    officer or retired law enforcement officer of the
7    municipality issuing the violation or by an additional
8    fully trained reviewing technician who is not employed by
9    the contractor who employs the technician who made the
10    initial determination. Routine and independent calibration
11    of the speeds produced by automated speed enforcement
12    systems and equipment shall be conducted annually by a
13    qualified technician. Speeds produced by an automated
14    speed enforcement system shall be compared with speeds
15    produced by lidar or other independent equipment. Radar or
16    lidar equipment shall undergo an internal validation test
17    no less frequently than once each week. Qualified
18    technicians shall test loop-based equipment no less
19    frequently than once a year. Radar equipment shall be
20    checked for accuracy by a qualified technician when the
21    unit is serviced, when unusual or suspect readings
22    persist, or when deemed necessary by a reviewing
23    technician. Radar equipment shall be checked with the
24    internal frequency generator and the internal circuit test
25    whenever the radar is turned on. Technicians must be alert
26    for any unusual or suspect readings, and if unusual or

 

 

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1    suspect readings of a radar unit persist, that unit shall
2    immediately be removed from service and not returned to
3    service until it has been checked by a qualified
4    technician and determined to be functioning properly.
5    Documentation of the annual calibration results, including
6    the equipment tested, test date, technician performing the
7    test, and test results, shall be maintained and available
8    for use in the determination of an automated speed
9    enforcement system violation and issuance of a citation.
10    The technician performing the calibration and testing of
11    the automated speed enforcement equipment shall be trained
12    and certified in the use of equipment for speed
13    enforcement purposes. Training on the speed enforcement
14    equipment may be conducted by law enforcement, civilian,
15    or manufacturer's personnel and if applicable may be
16    equivalent to the equipment use and operations training
17    included in the Speed Measuring Device Operator Program
18    developed by the National Highway Traffic Safety
19    Administration (NHTSA). The vendor or technician who
20    performs the work shall keep accurate records on each
21    piece of equipment the technician calibrates and tests. As
22    used in this paragraph, "fully trained reviewing
23    technician" means a person who has received at least 40
24    hours of supervised training in subjects which shall
25    include image inspection and interpretation, the elements
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1    identification, and traffic safety and management. In all
2    municipalities and counties, the automated speed
3    enforcement system or automated traffic law ordinance
4    shall require that no additional fee shall be charged to
5    the alleged violator for exercising his or her right to an
6    administrative hearing, and persons shall be given at
7    least 25 days following an administrative hearing to pay
8    any civil penalty imposed by a finding that Section
9    11-208.6, 11-208.8, 11-208.9, or 11-1201.1 or a similar
10    local ordinance has been violated. The original or a
11    facsimile of the violation notice or, in the case of a
12    notice produced by a computerized device, a printed record
13    generated by the device showing the facts entered on the
14    notice, shall be retained by the traffic compliance
15    administrator, and shall be a record kept in the ordinary
16    course of business. A parking, standing, compliance,
17    automated speed enforcement system, or automated traffic
18    law, or other violation notice issued, signed, and served
19    in accordance with this Section, a copy of the notice, or
20    the computer-generated record shall be prima facie correct
21    and shall be prima facie evidence of the correctness of
22    the facts shown on the notice. The notice, copy, or
23    computer-generated record shall be admissible in any
24    subsequent administrative or legal proceedings.
25        (4) An opportunity for a hearing for the registered
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1    compliance, automated speed enforcement system, or
2    automated traffic law, or other violation notice in which
3    the owner may contest the merits of the alleged violation,
4    and during which formal or technical rules of evidence
5    shall not apply; provided, however, that under Section
6    11-1306 of this Code the lessee of a vehicle cited in the
7    violation notice likewise shall be provided an opportunity
8    for a hearing of the same kind afforded the registered
9    owner. The hearings shall be recorded, and the person
10    conducting the hearing on behalf of the traffic compliance
11    administrator shall be empowered to administer oaths and
12    to secure by subpoena both the attendance and testimony of
13    witnesses and the production of relevant books and papers.
14    Persons appearing at a hearing under this Section may be
15    represented by counsel at their expense. The ordinance may
16    also provide for internal administrative review following
17    the decision of the hearing officer.
18        (5) Service of additional notices, sent by first class
19    United States mail, postage prepaid, to the address of the
20    registered owner of the cited vehicle as recorded with the
21    Secretary of State or, if any notice to that address is
22    returned as undeliverable, to the last known address
23    recorded in a United States Post Office approved database,
24    or, under Section 11-1306 or subsection (p) of Section
25    11-208.6 or 11-208.9, or subsection (p) of Section
26    11-208.8 of this Code, to the lessee of the cited vehicle

 

 

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1    at the last address known to the lessor of the cited
2    vehicle at the time of lease or, if any notice to that
3    address is returned as undeliverable, to the last known
4    address recorded in a United States Post Office approved
5    database. The service shall be deemed complete as of the
6    date of deposit in the United States mail. The notices
7    shall be in the following sequence and shall include, but
8    not be limited to, the information specified herein:
9            (i) A second notice of parking, standing, or
10        compliance, or other violation if the first notice of
11        the violation was issued by affixing the original or a
12        facsimile of the notice to the unlawfully parked
13        vehicle or by handing the notice to the operator. This
14        notice shall specify or include the date and location
15        of the violation cited in the parking, standing, or
16        compliance, or other violation notice, the particular
17        regulation violated, the vehicle make or a photograph
18        of the vehicle, the state registration number of the
19        vehicle, any requirement to complete a traffic
20        education program, the fine and any penalty that may
21        be assessed for late payment or failure to complete a
22        traffic education program, or both, when so provided
23        by ordinance, the availability of a hearing in which
24        the violation may be contested on its merits, and the
25        time and manner in which the hearing may be had. The
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1        complete a required traffic education program, to pay
2        the indicated fine and any applicable penalty, or to
3        appear at a hearing on the merits in the time and
4        manner specified, will result in a final determination
5        of violation liability for the cited violation in the
6        amount of the fine or penalty indicated, and that,
7        upon the occurrence of a final determination of
8        violation liability for the failure, and the
9        exhaustion of, or failure to exhaust, available
10        administrative or judicial procedures for review, any
11        incomplete traffic education program or any unpaid
12        fine or penalty, or both, will constitute a debt due
13        and owing the municipality or county.
14            (ii) A notice of final determination of parking,
15        standing, compliance, automated speed enforcement
16        system, or automated traffic law, or other violation
17        liability. This notice shall be sent following a final
18        determination of parking, standing, compliance,
19        automated speed enforcement system, or automated
20        traffic law, or other violation liability and the
21        conclusion of judicial review procedures taken under
22        this Section. The notice shall state that the
23        incomplete traffic education program or the unpaid
24        fine or penalty, or both, is a debt due and owing the
25        municipality, or county, or township. The notice shall
26        contain warnings that failure to complete any required

 

 

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1        traffic education program or to pay any fine or
2        penalty due and owing the municipality, or county, or
3        township or both, within the time specified may result
4        in the municipality's, county's, or township's
5        municipality's or county's filing of a petition in the
6        Circuit Court to have the incomplete traffic education
7        program or unpaid fine or penalty, or both, rendered a
8        judgment as provided by this Section, or, where
9        applicable, may result in suspension of the person's
10        driver's license for failure to complete a traffic
11        education program.
12        (6) A notice of impending driver's license suspension.
13    This notice shall be sent to the person liable for failure
14    to complete a required traffic education program. The
15    notice shall state that failure to complete a required
16    traffic education program within 45 days of the notice's
17    date will result in the municipality, or county, or
18    township notifying the Secretary of State that the person
19    is eligible for initiation of suspension proceedings under
20    Section 6-306.5 of this Code. The notice shall also state
21    that the person may obtain a photostatic copy of an
22    original ticket imposing a fine or penalty by sending a
23    self-addressed, stamped envelope to the municipality, or
24    county, or township along with a request for the
25    photostatic copy. The notice of impending driver's license
26    suspension shall be sent by first class United States

 

 

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1    mail, postage prepaid, to the address 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        (7) Final determinations of violation liability. A
6    final determination of violation liability shall occur
7    following failure to complete the required traffic
8    education program or to pay the fine or penalty, or both,
9    after a hearing officer's determination of violation
10    liability and the exhaustion of or failure to exhaust any
11    administrative review procedures provided by ordinance.
12    Where a person fails to appear at a hearing to contest the
13    alleged violation in the time and manner specified in a
14    prior mailed notice, the hearing officer's determination
15    of violation liability shall become final: (A) upon denial
16    of a timely petition to set aside that determination, or
17    (B) upon expiration of the period for filing the petition
18    without a filing having been made.
19        (8) A petition to set aside a determination of
20    parking, standing, compliance, automated speed enforcement
21    system, or automated traffic law, or other violation
22    liability that may be filed by a person owing an unpaid
23    fine or penalty. A petition to set aside a determination
24    of liability may also be filed by a person required to
25    complete a traffic education program. The petition shall
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1    administrator in the manner and within the time specified
2    by ordinance. The grounds for the petition may be limited
3    to: (A) the person not having been the owner or lessee of
4    the cited vehicle on the date the violation notice was
5    issued, (B) the person having already completed the
6    required traffic education program or paid the fine or
7    penalty, or both, for the violation in question, and (C)
8    excusable failure to appear at or request a new date for a
9    hearing. With regard to municipalities or counties with a
10    population of 1 million or more, it shall be grounds for
11    dismissal of a parking violation if the state registration
12    number or vehicle make, only if specified in the violation
13    notice, is incorrect. After the determination of parking,
14    standing, compliance, automated speed enforcement system,
15    or automated traffic law, or other violation liability has
16    been set aside upon a showing of just cause, the
17    registered owner shall be provided with a hearing on the
18    merits for that violation.
19        (9) Procedures for non-residents. Procedures by which
20    persons who are not residents of the municipality, or
21    county, or township may contest the merits of the alleged
22    violation without attending a hearing.
23        (10) A schedule of civil fines for violations of
24    vehicular standing, parking, compliance, automated speed
25    enforcement system, or automated traffic law, or other
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1    and a schedule of penalties for late payment of the fines
2    or failure to complete required traffic education
3    programs, provided, however, that the total amount of the
4    fine and penalty for any one violation shall not exceed
5    $250, except as to violations of an ordinance relating to
6    Section 11-204 of the Illinois Vehicle Code, which shall
7    not exceed $500, and except as provided in subsection (c)
8    of Section 11-1301.3 of this Code.
9        (11) Other provisions as are necessary and proper to
10    carry into effect the powers granted and purposes stated
11    in this Section.
12    (b-5) An automated speed enforcement system or automated
13traffic law ordinance adopted under this Section by a
14municipality or county shall require that the determination to
15issue a citation be vested solely with the municipality or
16county and that such authority may not be delegated to any
17vendor retained by the municipality or county. Any contract or
18agreement violating such a provision in the ordinance is null
19and void.
20    (c) Any municipality, or county, or township establishing
21vehicular standing, parking, compliance, automated speed
22enforcement system, or automated traffic law, or other
23regulations under this Section may also provide by ordinance
24for a program of vehicle immobilization for the purpose of
25facilitating enforcement of those regulations. The program of
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1eligible vehicle upon the public way by presence of a
2restraint in a manner to prevent operation of the vehicle. Any
3ordinance establishing a program of vehicle immobilization
4under this Section shall provide:
5        (1) Criteria for the designation of vehicles eligible
6    for immobilization. A vehicle shall be eligible for
7    immobilization when the registered owner of the vehicle
8    has accumulated the number of incomplete traffic education
9    programs or unpaid final determinations of parking,
10    standing, compliance, automated speed enforcement system,
11    or automated traffic law, or other violation liability, or
12    both, as determined by ordinance.
13        (2) A notice of impending vehicle immobilization and a
14    right to a hearing to challenge the validity of the notice
15    by disproving liability for the incomplete traffic
16    education programs or unpaid final determinations of
17    parking, standing, compliance, automated speed enforcement
18    system, or automated traffic law, or other violation
19    liability, or both, listed on the notice.
20        (3) The right to a prompt hearing after a vehicle has
21    been immobilized or subsequently towed without the
22    completion of the required traffic education program or
23    payment of the outstanding fines and penalties on parking,
24    standing, compliance, automated speed enforcement system,
25    or automated traffic law, or other violations, or both,
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1    issued after the hearing is a final administrative
2    decision within the meaning of Section 3-101 of the Code
3    of Civil Procedure.
4        (4) A post immobilization and post-towing notice
5    advising the registered owner of the vehicle of the right
6    to a hearing to challenge the validity of the impoundment.
7    (d) Judicial review of final determinations of parking,
8standing, compliance, automated speed enforcement system, or
9automated traffic law, or other violations and final
10administrative decisions issued after hearings regarding
11vehicle immobilization and impoundment made under this Section
12shall be subject to the provisions of the Administrative
13Review Law.
14    (e) Any fine, penalty, incomplete traffic education
15program, or part of any fine or any penalty remaining unpaid
16after the exhaustion of, or the failure to exhaust,
17administrative remedies created under this Section and the
18conclusion of any judicial review procedures shall be a debt
19due and owing the municipality, or county, or township and, as
20such, may be collected in accordance with applicable law.
21Completion of any required traffic education program and
22payment in full of any fine or penalty resulting from a
23standing, parking, compliance, automated speed enforcement
24system, or automated traffic law, or other violation shall
25constitute a final disposition of that violation.
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1judicial review may be sought for a final determination of
2parking, standing, compliance, automated speed enforcement
3system, or automated traffic law, or other violation, the
4municipality, or county, or township may commence a proceeding
5in the Circuit Court for purposes of obtaining a judgment on
6the final determination of violation. Nothing in this Section
7shall prevent a municipality, or county
, or township from
8consolidating multiple final determinations of parking,
9standing, compliance, automated speed enforcement system, or
10automated traffic law, or other violations against a person in
11a proceeding. Upon commencement of the action, the
12municipality, or county, or township shall file a certified
13copy or record of the final determination of parking,
14standing, compliance, automated speed enforcement system, or
15automated traffic law, or other violation, which shall be
16accompanied by a certification that recites facts sufficient
17to show that the final determination of violation was issued
18in accordance with this Section and the applicable municipal,
19or county, or township ordinance. Service of the summons and a
20copy of the petition may be by any method provided by Section
212-203 of the Code of Civil Procedure or by certified mail,
22return receipt requested, provided that the total amount of
23fines and penalties for final determinations of parking,
24standing, compliance, automated speed enforcement system, or
25automated traffic law, or other violations does not exceed
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1of parking, standing, compliance, automated speed enforcement
2system, or automated traffic law, or other violation was
3entered in accordance with the requirements of this Section
4and the applicable municipal, or county, or township
5ordinance, and that the registered owner or the lessee, as the
6case may be, had an opportunity for an administrative hearing
7and for judicial review as provided in this Section, the court
8shall render judgment in favor of the municipality, or county,
9or township and against the registered owner or the lessee for
10the amount indicated in the final determination of parking,
11standing, compliance, automated speed enforcement system, or
12automated traffic law, or other violation, plus costs. The
13judgment shall have the same effect and may be enforced in the
14same manner as other judgments for the recovery of money.
15    (g) The fee for participating in a traffic education
16program under this Section shall not exceed $25.
17    A low-income individual required to complete a traffic
18education program under this Section who provides proof of
19eligibility for the federal earned income tax credit under
20Section 32 of the Internal Revenue Code or the Illinois earned
21income tax credit under Section 212 of the Illinois Income Tax
22Act shall not be required to pay any fee for participating in a
23required traffic education program.
24    (h) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the
25contrary, a person shall not be liable for violations, fees,
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1which the motor vehicle was stolen or hijacked, as indicated
2in a report to the appropriate law enforcement agency filed in
3a timely manner.
4(Source: P.A. 102-558, eff. 8-20-21; 102-905, eff. 1-1-23;
5103-364, eff. 7-28-23.)