94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
SB2866

 

Introduced 1/20/2006, by Sen. Don Harmon

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
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    Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that a governmental agency in a municipality or county may establish an automated traffic law enforcement system that produces a recorded image of a motor vehicle's response to a traffic control signal or an image of a vehicle traveling at a prohibited rate of speed and is designed to obtain a clear recorded image of the vehicle and the vehicle's license plate. Provides that the recorded image must also display the time, date, and location of the violation. Provides that, with regard to a signal violation, no citation may be issued if the technician determines that the vehicle entered the intersection as part of a funeral procession or in order to yield the right-of-way to an emergency vehicle. Provides that the owner of the vehicle used in the violation is liable for the violation if the violation was recorded by the system, with exceptions. In a provision concerning failure to pay fines or penalties for standing, parking, and compliance violations and administrative adjudication of those violations, adds violations recorded by the system. Provides that a second notice of violation is not required before a final determination of liability for a violation recorded by the system may be entered. Provides that the compensation paid for the system may not be based on the amount of revenue generated or tickets issued by the system. Deletes language providing for creation of an automated red light enforcement system in a municipality with a population of 1,000,000 or more. Provides that the Illinois Commerce Commission, in cooperation with a local law enforcement agency, may establish in any county or municipality a system for automated enforcement of railroad crossing violations. Provides for automated recording of vehicles that enter a railroad crossing against the signal or that obstruct traffic at a railroad crossing. Provides for the issuance of a Uniform Traffic Citation to the owner of the recorded vehicle. Establishes procedures for contesting the violation. Provides that violation of the provision is a petty offense for which a fine of $250, or 25 hours of community service, shall be imposed. Provides that a fine of $500 shall be imposed for a second or subsequent violation. Provides that the Secretary of State may suspend for not less than 6 months the registration of a vehicle involved in a second or subsequent violation. Provides that photographs or other recorded images from a system established under the new provision, or under the provision establishing a similar pilot program, can be made available to governmental agencies for safety analysis of the railroad crossing.


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CORRECTIONAL BUDGET AND IMPACT NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1     AN ACT concerning transportation.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by changing
5 Sections 6-306.5, 11-208, 11-208.3, 11-306, and 11-1201.1 and
6 adding Sections 11-208.6 and 11-1201.5 as follows:
 
7     (625 ILCS 5/6-306.5)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 6-306.5)
8     Sec. 6-306.5. Failure to pay fine or penalty for standing,
9 parking, or compliance, or automated traffic law violations;
10 suspension of driving privileges.
11     (a) Upon receipt of a certified report, as prescribed by
12 subsection (c) of this Section, from any municipality stating
13 that the owner of a registered vehicle has: (1) failed to pay
14 any fine or penalty due and owing as a result of 10 or more
15 violations of a municipality's vehicular standing, parking, or
16 compliance regulations established by ordinance pursuant to
17 Section 11-208.3 of this Code, or (2) failed to pay any fine or
18 penalty due and owing as a result of 5 offenses for automated
19 traffic violations as defined in Section 11-208.6, the
20 Secretary of State shall suspend the driving privileges of such
21 person in accordance with the procedures set forth in this
22 Section. The Secretary shall also suspend the driving
23 privileges of an owner of a registered vehicle upon receipt of
24 a certified report, as prescribed by subsection (f) of this
25 Section, from any municipality stating that such person has
26 failed to satisfy any fines or penalties imposed by final
27 judgments for 5 or more automated traffic law violations or 10
28 or more violations of local standing, parking, or compliance
29 regulations after exhaustion of judicial review procedures.
30     (b) Following receipt of the certified report of the
31 municipality as specified in this Section, the Secretary of
32 State shall notify the person whose name appears on the

 

 

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1 certified report that the person's drivers license will be
2 suspended at the end of a specified period of time unless the
3 Secretary of State is presented with a notice from the
4 municipality certifying that the fine or penalty due and owing
5 the municipality has been paid or that inclusion of that
6 person's name on the certified report was in error. The
7 Secretary's notice shall state in substance the information
8 contained in the municipality's certified report to the
9 Secretary, and shall be effective as specified by subsection
10 (c) of Section 6-211 of this Code.
11     (c) The report of the appropriate municipal official
12 notifying the Secretary of State of unpaid fines or penalties
13 pursuant to this Section shall be certified and shall contain
14 the following:
15         (1) The name, last known address as recorded with the
16     Secretary of State, as provided by the lessor of the cited
17     vehicle at the time of lease, or as recorded in a United
18     States Post Office approved database if any notice sent
19     under Section 11-208.3 of this Code is returned as
20     undeliverable, and drivers license number of the person who
21     failed to pay the fine or penalty and the registration
22     number of any vehicle known to be registered to such person
23     in this State.
24         (2) The name of the municipality making the report
25     pursuant to this Section.
26         (3) A statement that the municipality sent a notice of
27     impending drivers license suspension as prescribed by
28     ordinance enacted pursuant to Section 11-208.3, to the
29     person named in the report at the address recorded with the
30     Secretary of State or at the last address known to the
31     lessor of the cited vehicle at the time of lease or, if any
32     notice sent under Section 11-208.3 of this Code is returned
33     as undeliverable, at the last known address recorded in a
34     United States Post Office approved database; the date on
35     which such notice was sent; and the address to which such
36     notice was sent. In a municipality with a population of

 

 

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1     1,000,000 or more, the report shall also include a
2     statement that the alleged violator's State vehicle
3     registration number and vehicle make are correct as they
4     appear on the citations.
5     (d) Any municipality making a certified report to the
6 Secretary of State pursuant to this Section shall notify the
7 Secretary of State, in a form prescribed by the Secretary,
8 whenever a person named in the certified report has paid the
9 previously reported fine or penalty or whenever the
10 municipality determines that the original report was in error.
11 A certified copy of such notification shall also be given upon
12 request and at no additional charge to the person named
13 therein. Upon receipt of the municipality's notification or
14 presentation of a certified copy of such notification, the
15 Secretary of State shall terminate the suspension.
16     (e) Any municipality making a certified report to the
17 Secretary of State pursuant to this Section shall also by
18 ordinance establish procedures for persons to challenge the
19 accuracy of the certified report. The ordinance shall also
20 state the grounds for such a challenge, which may be limited to
21 (1) the person not having been the owner or lessee of the
22 vehicle or vehicles receiving 10 or more standing, parking, or
23 compliance violation notices or 5 or more automated traffic law
24 violations on the date or dates such notices were issued; and
25 (2) the person having already paid the fine or penalty for the
26 10 or more standing, parking, or compliance violations 5 or
27 more automated traffic law violations or indicated on the
28 certified report.
29     (f) Any municipality, other than a municipality
30 establishing vehicular standing, parking, and compliance
31 regulations pursuant to Section 11-208.3 or automated traffic
32 law regulations under Section 11-208.6, may also cause a
33 suspension of a person's drivers license pursuant to this
34 Section. Such municipality may invoke this sanction by making a
35 certified report to the Secretary of State upon a person's
36 failure to satisfy any fine or penalty imposed by final

 

 

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1 judgment for 10 or more violations of local standing, parking,
2 or compliance regulations or 5 or more automated traffic law
3 violations after exhaustion of judicial review procedures, but
4 only if:
5         (1) the municipality complies with the provisions of
6     this Section in all respects except in regard to enacting
7     an ordinance pursuant to Section 11-208.3;
8         (2) the municipality has sent a notice of impending
9     drivers license suspension as prescribed by an ordinance
10     enacted pursuant to subsection (g) of this Section; and
11         (3) in municipalities with a population of 1,000,000 or
12     more, the municipality has verified that the alleged
13     violator's State vehicle registration number and vehicle
14     make are correct as they appear on the citations.
15     (g) Any municipality, other than a municipality
16 establishing standing, parking, and compliance regulations
17 pursuant to Section 11-208.3 or automated traffic law
18 regulations under Section 11-208.6, may provide by ordinance
19 for the sending of a notice of impending drivers license
20 suspension to the person who has failed to satisfy any fine or
21 penalty imposed by final judgment for 10 or more violations of
22 local standing, parking, or compliance regulations or 5 or more
23 automated traffic law violations after exhaustion of judicial
24 review procedures. An ordinance so providing shall specify that
25 the notice sent to the person liable for any fine or penalty
26 shall state that failure to pay the fine or penalty owing
27 within 45 days of the notice's date will result in the
28 municipality notifying the Secretary of State that the person's
29 drivers license is eligible for suspension pursuant to this
30 Section. The notice of impending drivers license suspension
31 shall be sent by first class United States mail, postage
32 prepaid, to the address recorded with the Secretary of State or
33 at the last address known to the lessor of the cited vehicle at
34 the time of lease or, if any notice sent under Section 11-208.3
35 of this Code is returned as undeliverable, to the last known
36 address recorded in a United States Post Office approved

 

 

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1 database.
2     (h) An administrative hearing to contest an impending
3 suspension or a suspension made pursuant to this Section may be
4 had upon filing a written request with the Secretary of State.
5 The filing fee for this hearing shall be $20, to be paid at the
6 time the request is made. A municipality which files a
7 certified report with the Secretary of State pursuant to this
8 Section shall reimburse the Secretary for all reasonable costs
9 incurred by the Secretary as a result of the filing of the
10 report, including but not limited to the costs of providing the
11 notice required pursuant to subsection (b) and the costs
12 incurred by the Secretary in any hearing conducted with respect
13 to the report pursuant to this subsection and any appeal from
14 such a hearing.
15     (i) The provisions of this Section shall apply on and after
16 January 1, 1988.
17     (j) For purposes of this Section, the term "compliance
18 violation" is defined as in Section 11-208.3.
19 (Source: P.A. 94-294, eff. 1-1-06.)
 
20     (625 ILCS 5/11-208)   (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-208)
21     Sec. 11-208. Powers of local authorities.
22     (a)  The provisions of this Code shall not be deemed to
23 prevent local authorities with respect to streets and highways
24 under their jurisdiction and within the reasonable exercise of
25 the police power from:
26         1.  Regulating the standing or parking of vehicles,
27     except as limited by Section 11-1306 of this Act;
28         2.  Regulating traffic by means of police officers or
29     traffic control signals;
30         3.  Regulating or prohibiting processions or
31     assemblages on the highways;
32         4.  Designating particular highways as one-way
33     highways and requiring that all vehicles thereon be moved
34     in one specific direction;
35         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 bicycles and requiring
12     the registration and licensing of same, including the
13     requirement of a registration fee;
14         9.  Regulating or prohibiting the turning of vehicles
15     or specified types of vehicles at intersections;
16         10.  Altering the speed limits as authorized in
17     Section 11-604;
18         11.  Prohibiting U-turns;
19         12.  Prohibiting pedestrian crossings at other than
20     designated and marked crosswalks or at intersections;
21         13.  Prohibiting parking during snow removal
22     operation;
23         14.  Imposing fines in accordance with Section
24     11-1301.3 as penalties for use of any parking place
25     reserved for persons with disabilities, as defined by
26     Section 1-159.1, or disabled veterans by any person using a
27     motor vehicle not bearing registration plates specified in
28     Section 11-1301.1 or a special decal or device as defined
29     in Section 11-1301.2 as evidence that the vehicle is
30     operated by or for a person with disabilities or disabled
31     veteran;
32         15.  Adopting such other traffic regulations as are
33     specifically authorized by this Code; or
34         16.  Enforcing the provisions of subsection (f) of
35     Section 3-413 of this Code or a similar local ordinance.
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1 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11 or 13 of paragraph (a) shall be
2 effective until signs giving reasonable notice of such local
3 traffic regulations are posted.
4     (c)  The provisions of this Code shall not prevent any
5 municipality having a population of 500,000 or more inhabitants
6 from prohibiting any person from driving or operating any motor
7 vehicle upon the roadways of such municipality with headlamps
8 on high beam or bright.
9     (d)  The provisions of this Code shall not be deemed to
10 prevent local authorities within the reasonable exercise of
11 their police power from prohibiting, on private property, the
12 unauthorized use of parking spaces reserved for persons with
13 disabilities.
14     (e)  No unit of local government, including a home rule
15 unit, may enact or enforce an ordinance that applies only to
16 motorcycles if the principal purpose for that ordinance is to
17 restrict the access of motorcycles to any highway or portion of
18 a highway for which federal or State funds have been used for
19 the planning, design, construction, or maintenance of that
20 highway. No unit of local government, including a home rule
21 unit, may enact an ordinance requiring motorcycle users to wear
22 protective headgear. Nothing in this subsection (e) shall
23 affect the authority of a unit of local government to regulate
24 motorcycles for traffic control purposes or in accordance with
25 Section 12-602 of this Code. No unit of local government,
26 including a home rule unit, may regulate motorcycles in a
27 manner inconsistent with this Code. This subsection (e) is a
28 limitation under subsection (i) of Section 6 of Article VII of
29 the Illinois Constitution on the concurrent exercise by home
30 rule units of powers and functions exercised by the State.
31     (f)  A municipality or county may enact an ordinance
32 providing for an automated traffic law enforcement system to
33 enforce violations of this Code or similar provisions of a
34 local ordinance.
35 (Source: P.A. 90-106, eff. 1-1-98; 90-513, eff. 8-22-97;
36 90-655, eff. 7-30-98; 91-519, eff. 1-1-00.)
 

 

 

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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
3 of traffic regulations concerning the standing, parking, or
4 condition of vehicles and automated traffic law violations.
5     (a) Any municipality may provide by ordinance for a system
6 of administrative adjudication of vehicular standing and
7 parking violations and vehicle compliance violations as
8 defined in this subsection and automated traffic law violations
9 as defined in Section 11-208.6. The administrative system shall
10 have as its purpose the fair and efficient enforcement of
11 municipal regulations through the administrative adjudication
12 of automated traffic law violations and violations of municipal
13 ordinances regulating the standing and parking of vehicles, the
14 condition and use of vehicle equipment, and the display of
15 municipal wheel tax licenses within the municipality's
16 borders. The administrative system shall only have authority to
17 adjudicate civil offenses carrying fines not in excess of $250
18 that occur after the effective date of the ordinance adopting
19 such a system under this Section. For purposes of this Section,
20 "compliance violation" means a violation of a municipal
21 regulation governing the condition or use of equipment on a
22 vehicle or governing the display of a municipal wheel tax
23 license.
24     (b) Any ordinance establishing a system of administrative
25 adjudication under this Section shall provide for:
26         (1) A traffic compliance administrator authorized to
27     adopt, distribute and process parking, and compliance, and
28     automated traffic law violation notices and other notices
29     required by this Section, collect money paid as fines and
30     penalties for violation of parking and compliance
31     ordinances and automated traffic law violations, and
32     operate an administrative adjudication system. The traffic
33     compliance administrator also may make a certified report
34     to the Secretary of State under Section 6-306.5.
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1     traffic law violation notice that shall specify the date,
2     time, and place of violation of a parking, standing, or
3     compliance, or automated traffic law regulation; the
4     particular regulation violated; the fine and any penalty
5     that may be assessed for late payment, when so provided by
6     ordinance; the vehicle make, if available and readily
7     discernible, and state registration number; and the
8     identification number of the person issuing the notice.
9     With regard to municipalities with a population of 1
10     million or more, it shall be grounds for dismissal of a
11     parking violation if the State registration number or
12     vehicle make specified is incorrect. The violation notice
13     shall state that the payment of the indicated fine, and of
14     any applicable penalty for late payment, shall operate as a
15     final disposition of the violation. The notice also shall
16     contain information as to the availability of a hearing in
17     which the violation may be contested on its merits. The
18     violation notice shall specify the time and manner in which
19     a hearing may be had.
20         (3) Service of the parking, standing, or compliance
21     violation notice by affixing the original or a facsimile of
22     the notice to an unlawfully parked vehicle or by handing
23     the notice to the operator of a vehicle if he or she is
24     present and service of an automated traffic law violation
25     notice by mail to the address of the registered owner of
26     the cited vehicle as recorded with the Secretary of State
27     within 90 days after the violation. A person authorized by
28     ordinance to issue and serve parking, standing, and
29     compliance violation notices shall certify as to the
30     correctness of the facts entered on the violation notice by
31     signing his or her name to the notice at the time of
32     service or in the case of a notice produced by a
33     computerized device, by signing a single certificate to be
34     kept by the traffic compliance administrator attesting to
35     the correctness of all notices produced by the device while
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1     automated traffic law violation, the ordinance shall
2     require a determination by a technician employed or
3     contracted by the municipality or county that, based on
4     inspection of recorded images, the motor vehicle was being
5     operated in violation of Section 11-208.6 or a local
6     ordinance. In the case of a red light violation, if the
7     technician determines that the vehicle entered the
8     intersection as part of a funeral procession or in order to
9     yield the right-of-way to an emergency vehicle, a citation
10     shall not be issued. The original or a facsimile of the
11     violation notice or, in the case of a notice produced by a
12     computerized device, a printed record generated by the
13     device showing the facts entered on the notice, shall be
14     retained by the traffic compliance administrator, and
15     shall be a record kept in the ordinary course of business.
16     A parking, standing, or compliance, or automated traffic
17     law violation notice issued, signed and served in
18     accordance with this Section, a copy of the notice, or the
19     computer generated record shall be prima facie correct and
20     shall be prima facie evidence of the correctness of the
21     facts shown on the notice. The notice, copy, or computer
22     generated record shall be admissible in any subsequent
23     administrative or legal proceedings.
24         (4) An opportunity for a hearing for the registered
25     owner of the vehicle cited in the parking, standing, or
26     compliance, or automated traffic law violation notice in
27     which the owner may contest the merits of the alleged
28     violation, and during which formal or technical rules of
29     evidence shall not apply; provided, however, that under
30     Section 11-1306 of this Code the lessee of a vehicle cited
31     in the violation notice likewise shall be provided an
32     opportunity for a hearing of the same kind afforded the
33     registered owner. The hearings shall be recorded, and the
34     person conducting the hearing on behalf of the traffic
35     compliance administrator shall be empowered to administer
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1     testimony of witnesses and the production of relevant books
2     and papers. Persons appearing at a hearing under this
3     Section may be represented by counsel at their expense. The
4     ordinance may also provide for internal administrative
5     review following the decision of the hearing officer.
6         (5) Service of additional notices, sent by first class
7     United States mail, postage prepaid, to the address of the
8     registered owner of the cited vehicle as recorded with the
9     Secretary of State 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     or, under Section 11-1306 of this Code, to the lessee of
13     the cited vehicle at the last address known to the lessor
14     of the cited vehicle at the time of lease or, if any notice
15     to that address is returned as undeliverable, to the last
16     known address recorded in a United States Post Office
17     approved database. The service shall be deemed complete as
18     of the date of deposit in the United States mail. The
19     notices shall be in the following sequence and shall
20     include but not be limited to the information specified
21     herein:
22             (i) A second notice of parking, standing, or
23         compliance violation. This notice shall specify the
24         date and location of the violation cited in the
25         parking, standing, or compliance violation notice, the
26         particular regulation violated, the vehicle make and
27         state registration number, the fine and any penalty
28         that may be assessed for late payment when so provided
29         by ordinance, the availability of a hearing in which
30         the violation may be contested on its merits, and the
31         time and manner in which the hearing may be had. The
32         notice of violation shall also state that failure
33         either to pay the indicated fine and any applicable
34         penalty, or to appear at a hearing on the merits in the
35         time and manner specified, will result in a final
36         determination of violation liability for the cited

 

 

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1         violation in the amount of the fine or penalty
2         indicated, and that, upon the occurrence of a final
3         determination of violation liability for the failure,
4         and the exhaustion of, or failure to exhaust, available
5         administrative or judicial procedures for review, any
6         unpaid fine or penalty will constitute a debt due and
7         owing the municipality.
8             (ii) A notice of final determination of parking,
9         standing, or compliance, or automated traffic law
10         violation liability. This notice shall be sent
11         following a final determination of parking, standing,
12         or compliance, or automated traffic law violation
13         liability and the conclusion of judicial review
14         procedures taken under this Section. The notice shall
15         state that the unpaid fine or penalty is a debt due and
16         owing the municipality. The notice shall contain
17         warnings that failure to pay any fine or penalty due
18         and owing the municipality within the time specified
19         may result in the municipality's filing of a petition
20         in the Circuit Court to have the unpaid fine or penalty
21         rendered a judgment as provided by this Section, or may
22         result in suspension of the person's drivers license
23         for failure to pay fines or penalties for 10 or more
24         parking violations under Section 6-306.5 or 5 or more
25         automated traffic law violations under Section
26         11-208.6.
27         (6) A Notice of impending drivers license suspension.
28     This notice shall be sent to the person liable for any fine
29     or penalty that remains due and owing on 10 or more parking
30     violations or 5 or more unpaid automated traffic law
31     violations. The notice shall state that failure to pay the
32     fine or penalty owing within 45 days of the notice's date
33     will result in the municipality notifying the Secretary of
34     State that the person is eligible for initiation of
35     suspension proceedings under Section 6-306.5 of this Code.
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1     photostatic copy of an original ticket imposing a fine or
2     penalty by sending a self addressed, stamped envelope to
3     the municipality along with a request for the photostatic
4     copy. The notice of impending drivers license suspension
5     shall be sent by first class United States mail, postage
6     prepaid, to the address recorded with the Secretary of
7     State or, if any notice to that address is returned as
8     undeliverable, to the last known address recorded in a
9     United States Post Office approved database.
10         (7) Final determinations of violation liability. A
11     final determination of violation liability shall occur
12     following failure to pay the fine or penalty after a
13     hearing officer's determination of violation liability and
14     the exhaustion of or failure to exhaust any administrative
15     review procedures provided by ordinance. Where a person
16     fails to appear at a hearing to contest the alleged
17     violation in the time and manner specified in a prior
18     mailed notice, the hearing officer's determination of
19     violation liability shall become final: (A) upon denial of
20     a timely petition to set aside that determination, or (B)
21     upon expiration of the period for filing the petition
22     without a filing having been made.
23         (8) A petition to set aside a determination of parking,
24     standing, or compliance, or automated traffic law
25     violation liability that may be filed by a person owing an
26     unpaid fine or penalty. The petition shall be filed with
27     and ruled upon by the traffic compliance administrator in
28     the manner and within the time specified by ordinance. The
29     grounds for the petition may be limited to: (A) the person
30     not having been the owner or lessee of the cited vehicle on
31     the date the violation notice was issued, (B) the person
32     having already paid the fine or penalty for the violation
33     in question, and (C) excusable failure to appear at or
34     request a new date for a hearing. With regard to
35     municipalities with a population of 1 million or more, it
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1     the State registration number, or vehicle make if
2     specified, is incorrect. After the determination of
3     parking, standing, or compliance, or automated traffic law
4     violation liability has been set aside upon a showing of
5     just cause, the registered owner shall be provided with a
6     hearing on the merits for that violation.
7         (9) Procedures for non-residents. Procedures by which
8     persons who are not residents of the municipality may
9     contest the merits of the alleged violation without
10     attending a hearing.
11         (10) A schedule of civil fines for violations of
12     vehicular standing, parking, and compliance, or automated
13     traffic law regulations enacted by ordinance pursuant to
14     this Section, and a schedule of penalties for late payment
15     of the fines, provided, however, that the total amount of
16     the fine and penalty for any one violation shall not exceed
17     $250.
18         (11) Other provisions as are necessary and proper to
19     carry into effect the powers granted and purposes stated in
20     this Section.
21     (c) Any municipality establishing vehicular standing,
22 parking, and compliance, or automated traffic law regulations
23 under this Section may also provide by ordinance for a program
24 of vehicle immobilization for the purpose of facilitating
25 enforcement of those regulations. The program of vehicle
26 immobilization shall provide for immobilizing any eligible
27 vehicle upon the public way by presence of a restraint in a
28 manner to prevent operation of the vehicle. Any ordinance
29 establishing a program of vehicle immobilization under this
30 Section shall provide:
31         (1) Criteria for the designation of vehicles eligible
32     for immobilization. A vehicle shall be eligible for
33     immobilization when the registered owner of the vehicle has
34     accumulated the number of unpaid final determinations of
35     parking, standing, or compliance, or automated traffic law
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1         (2) A notice of impending vehicle immobilization and a
2     right to a hearing to challenge the validity of the notice
3     by disproving liability for the unpaid final
4     determinations of parking, standing, or compliance, or
5     automated traffic law violation liability listed on the
6     notice.
7         (3) The right to a prompt hearing after a vehicle has
8     been immobilized or subsequently towed without payment of
9     the outstanding fines and penalties on parking, standing,
10     or compliance, or automated traffic law violations for
11     which final determinations have been issued. An order
12     issued after the hearing is a final administrative decision
13     within 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,
19 standing, and compliance, or automated traffic law violations
20 and final administrative decisions issued after hearings
21 regarding vehicle immobilization and impoundment made under
22 this Section shall be subject to the provisions of the
23 Administrative Review Law.
24     (e) Any fine, penalty, or part of any fine or any penalty
25 remaining unpaid after the exhaustion of, or the failure to
26 exhaust, administrative remedies created under this Section
27 and the conclusion of any judicial review procedures shall be a
28 debt due and owing the municipality and, as such, may be
29 collected in accordance with applicable law. Payment in full of
30 any fine or penalty resulting from a standing, parking, or
31 compliance, or automated traffic law violation shall
32 constitute a final disposition of that violation.
33     (f) After the expiration of the period within which
34 judicial review may be sought for a final determination of
35 parking, standing, or compliance, or automated traffic law
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1 Circuit Court for purposes of obtaining a judgment on the final
2 determination of violation. Nothing in this Section shall
3 prevent a municipality from consolidating multiple final
4 determinations of parking, standing, or compliance, or
5 automated traffic law violations violation against a person in
6 a proceeding. Upon commencement of the action, the municipality
7 shall file a certified copy or record of the final
8 determination of parking, standing, or compliance , or
9 automated traffic law violation, which shall be accompanied by
10 a certification that recites facts sufficient to show that the
11 final determination of violation was issued in accordance with
12 this Section and the applicable municipal ordinance. Service of
13 the summons and a copy of the petition may be by any method
14 provided by Section 2-203 of the Code of Civil Procedure or by
15 certified mail, return receipt requested, provided that the
16 total amount of fines and penalties for final determinations of
17 parking, standing, or compliance, or automated traffic law
18 violations does not exceed $2500. If the court is satisfied
19 that the final determination of parking, standing, or
20 compliance, or automated traffic law violation was entered in
21 accordance with the requirements of this Section and the
22 applicable municipal ordinance, and that the registered owner
23 or the lessee, as the case may be, had an opportunity for an
24 administrative hearing and for judicial review as provided in
25 this Section, the court shall render judgment in favor of the
26 municipality and against the registered owner or the lessee for
27 the amount indicated in the final determination of parking,
28 standing, or compliance, or automated traffic law violation,
29 plus costs. The judgment shall have the same effect and may be
30 enforced in the same manner as other judgments for the recovery
31 of money.
32 (Source: P.A. 94-294, eff. 1-1-06.)
 
33     (625 ILCS 5/11-208.6 new)
34     Sec. 11-208.6. Automated traffic law enforcement system.
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1 enforcement system" means a device with one or more motor
2 vehicle sensors working in conjunction with:
3         (1) a red light signal to produce recorded images of
4     motor vehicles entering an intersection against a red
5     signal indication in violation of Section 11-306 of this
6     Code or a similar provision of a local ordinance; or
7         (2) a speed measuring device to produce recorded images
8     of motor vehicles traveling at a prohibited rate of speed.
9     An automated traffic law enforcement system is a system, in
10 a municipality or county operated by a governmental agency,
11 that produces a recorded image of a motor vehicle's violation
12 of a provision of this Code or a local ordinance and is
13 designed to obtain a clear recorded image of the vehicle and
14 the vehicle's license plate. The recorded image must also
15 display the time, date, and location of the violation.
16     (b)  As used in this Section, "recorded images" means
17 images recorded by an automated traffic law enforcement system
18 on:
19         (1)  2 or more photographs;
20         (2)  2 or more microphotographs;
21         (3)  2 or more electronic images; or
22         (4)  a video recording showing the motor vehicle and,
23     on at least one image or portion of the recording, clearly
24     identifying the registration plate number of the motor
25     vehicle.
26     (c)  For each violation of a provision of this Code or a
27 local ordinance recorded by an automatic traffic law
28 enforcement system, the county or municipality having
29 jurisdiction shall issue a written notice of the violation to
30 the registered owner of the vehicle as the alleged violator.
31 The notice shall be delivered to the registered owner of the
32 vehicle, by mail, within 90 days of the violation.
33     The notice shall include:
34         (1)  the name and address of the registered owner of
35     the vehicle;
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1     involved in the violation;
2         (3)  the violation charged;
3         (4)  the location where the violation occurred;
4         (5)  the date and time of the violation;
5         (6)  a copy of the recorded images;
6         (7)  the amount of the civil penalty imposed and the
7     date by which the civil penalty should be paid;
8         (8)  a statement that recorded images are evidence of a
9     violation of a red light signal or a posted rate of speed;
10         (9)  a warning that failure to pay the civil penalty or
11     to contest liability in a timely manner is an admission of
12     liability and may result in a suspension of the driving
13     privileges of the registered owner of the vehicle; and
14         (10) a statement that the person may elect to proceed
15     by:
16             (A)   paying the fine to the unit of government
17         that issued the citation; or
18             (B)   challenging the charge in court, by mail, or
19         by administrative hearing.
20     (d)  If a person charged with a traffic violation, as a
21 result of an automated traffic law enforcement system, does not
22 pay or successfully contest the civil penalty resulting from
23 that violation, the Secretary of State shall suspend the
24 driving privileges of the registered owner of the vehicle under
25 Section 6-306.5 of this Code for failing to pay any fine or
26 penalty due and owing as a result of 5 violations of the
27 automated traffic law enforcement system.
28     (e)  Based on inspection of recorded images produced by an
29 automated traffic law enforcement system, a notice alleging
30 that the violation occurred shall be evidence of the facts
31 contained in the notice and admissible in any proceeding
32 alleging a violation under this Section.
33     (f)  Recorded images made by an automatic traffic law
34 enforcement system are confidential and shall be made available
35 only to the alleged violator and governmental and law
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1 of this Section, for statistical purposes, or for other
2 governmental purposes. Any recorded image evidencing a
3 violation of this Section, however, is admissible in any
4 proceeding resulting from the issuance of the citation when
5 there is reasonable and sufficient proof of the accuracy of the
6 camera or electronic instrument recording the image. There is a
7 rebuttable presumption that the recorded image is accurate if
8 the camera or electronic recording instrument was in good
9 working order on the day of the alleged offense, as determined
10 by the camera technician employed or contracted by the
11 municipality or county.
12     (g)  The court may consider in defense of a violation:
13         (1)  that the motor vehicle or registration plates of
14     the motor vehicle were stolen before the violation occurred
15     and not under the control of or in the possession of the
16     owner at the time of the violation;
17         (2)  with respect to an alleged automated red light
18     violation, that the driver of the vehicle passed through
19     the intersection when the light was red either (i) in order
20     to yield the right-of-way to an emergency vehicle or (ii)
21     as part of a funeral procession; and
22         (3)  any other evidence or issues provided by
23     municipal or county ordinance.
24     (h)  To demonstrate that the motor vehicle or the
25 registration plates were stolen before the violation occurred
26 and were not under the control or possession of the owner at
27 the time of the violation, the owner must submit proof that a
28 report concerning the stolen motor vehicle or registration
29 plates was filed with a law enforcement agency in a timely
30 manner.
31     (i)  Unless the driver of the motor vehicle received a
32 Uniform Traffic Citation from a police officer at the time of
33 the violation, the motor vehicle owner is subject to a civil
34 penalty not exceeding $250 if the motor vehicle is recorded by
35 an automated traffic law enforcement system. A violation for
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1 violation of a traffic regulation governing the movement of
2 vehicles and may not be recorded on the driving record of the
3 owner of the vehicle.
4     (j)  A roadway or intersection equipped with an automated
5 traffic law enforcement system must be posted with a sign
6 visible to approaching traffic indicating that the roadway or
7 intersection is being monitored by an automated traffic law
8 enforcement system.
9     (k)  The compensation paid for an automated traffic law
10 enforcement system must be based on the value of the equipment
11 or the services provided and may not be based on the number of
12 traffic citations issued or the revenue generated by the
13 system.
 
14     (625 ILCS 5/11-306)   (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-306)
15     Sec. 11-306. Traffic-control signal legend. Whenever
16 traffic is controlled by traffic-control signals exhibiting
17 different colored lights or color lighted arrows, successively
18 one at a time or in combination, only the colors green, red and
19 yellow shall be used, except for special pedestrian signals
20 carrying a word legend, and the lights shall indicate and apply
21 to drivers of vehicles and pedestrians as follows:
22     (a)  Green indication.
23         1.  Vehicular traffic facing a circular green signal
24     may proceed straight through or turn right or left unless a
25     sign at such place prohibits either such turn. Vehicular
26     traffic, including vehicles turning right or left, shall
27     yield the right of way to other vehicles and to pedestrians
28     lawfully within the intersection or an adjacent crosswalk
29     at the time such signal is exhibited.
30         2.  Vehicular traffic facing a green arrow signal,
31     shown alone or in combination with another indication, may
32     cautiously enter the intersection only to make the movement
33     indicated by such arrow, or such other movement as is
34     permitted by other indications shown at the same time. Such
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1     pedestrians lawfully within an adjacent crosswalk and to
2     other traffic lawfully using the intersection.
3         3.  Unless otherwise directed by a pedestrian-control
4     signal, as provided in Section 11-307, pedestrians facing
5     any green signal, except when the sole green signal is a
6     turn arrow, may proceed across the roadway within any
7     marked or unmarked crosswalk.
8     (b)  Steady yellow indication.
9         1.  Vehicular traffic facing a steady circular yellow
10     or yellow arrow signal is thereby warned that the related
11     green movement is being terminated or that a red indication
12     will be exhibited immediately thereafter.
13         2.  Pedestrians facing a steady circular yellow or
14     yellow arrow signal, unless otherwise directed by a
15     pedestrian-control signal as provided in Section 11-307,
16     are thereby advised that there is insufficient time to
17     cross the roadway before a red indication is shown and no
18     pedestrian shall then start to cross the roadway.
19     (c)  Steady red indication.
20         1.  Except as provided in paragraph 3 of this
21     subsection (c), vehicular traffic facing a steady circular
22     red signal alone shall stop at a clearly marked stop line,
23     but if there is no such stop line, before entering the
24     crosswalk on the near side of the intersection, or if there
25     is no such crosswalk, then before entering the
26     intersection, and shall remain standing until an
27     indication to proceed is shown.
28         2.  Except as provided in paragraph 3 of this
29     subsection (c), vehicular traffic facing a steady red arrow
30     signal shall not enter the intersection to make the
31     movement indicated by the arrow and, unless entering the
32     intersection to make a movement permitted by another
33     signal, shall stop at a clearly marked stop line, but if
34     there is no such stop line, before entering the crosswalk
35     on the near side of the intersection, or if there is no
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1     shall remain standing until an indication permitting the
2     movement indicated by such red arrow is shown.
3         3.  Except when a sign is in place prohibiting a turn
4     and local authorities by ordinance or State authorities by
5     rule or regulation prohibit any such turn, vehicular
6     traffic facing any steady red signal may cautiously enter
7     the intersection to turn right, or to turn left from a
8     one-way street into a one-way street, after stopping as
9     required by paragraph 1 or paragraph 2 of this subsection.
10     After stopping, the driver shall yield the right of way to
11     any vehicle in the intersection or approaching on another
12     roadway so closely as to constitute an immediate hazard
13     during the time such driver is moving across or within the
14     intersection or junction or roadways. Such driver shall
15     yield the right of way to pedestrians within the
16     intersection or an adjacent crosswalk.
17         4.  Unless otherwise directed by a pedestrian-control
18     signal as provided in Section 11-307, pedestrians facing a
19     steady circular red or red arrow signal alone shall not
20     enter the roadway.
21         5.  A municipality with a population of 1,000,000 or
22     more may enact an ordinance that provides for the use of an
23     automated red light enforcement system to enforce
24     violations of this subsection (c) that result in or involve
25     a motor vehicle accident, leaving the scene of a motor
26     vehicle accident, or reckless driving that results in
27     bodily injury.
28         This paragraph 5 is subject to prosecutorial
29     discretion that is consistent with applicable law.
30     (d)  In the event an official traffic control signal is
31 erected and maintained at a place other than an intersection,
32 the provisions of this Section shall be applicable except as to
33 provisions which by their nature can have no application. Any
34 stop required shall be at a traffic sign or a marking on the
35 pavement indicating where the stop shall be made or, in the
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1 signal.
2     (e)  The motorman of any streetcar shall obey the above
3 signals as applicable to vehicles.
4 (Source: P.A. 90-86, eff. 7-10-97; 91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)
 
5     (625 ILCS 5/11-1201.1)
6     Sec. 11-1201.1. Automated Railroad Crossing Enforcement
7 System Pilot Project.
8     (a) For the purposes of this Section, an automated railroad
9 grade crossing enforcement system is a system operated by a law
10 enforcement agency that records a driver's response to
11 automatic, electrical or mechanical signal devices and
12 crossing gates. The system shall be designed to obtain a clear
13 photograph or other recorded image of the vehicle, vehicle
14 operator and the vehicle registration plate of a vehicle in
15 violation of Section 11-1201. The photograph or other recorded
16 image shall also display the time, date and location of the
17 violation.
18     (b) Commencing on January 1, 1996, the Illinois Commerce
19 Commission and the Commuter Rail Board of the Regional
20 Transportation Authority shall, in cooperation with local law
21 enforcement agencies, establish a 5 year pilot program within a
22 county with a population of between 750,000 and 1,000,000 using
23 an automated railroad grade crossing enforcement system. The
24 Commission shall determine the 3 railroad grade crossings
25 within that county that pose the greatest threat to human life
26 based upon the number of accidents and fatalities at the
27 crossings during the past 5 years and with approval of the
28 local law enforcement agency equip the crossings with an
29 automated railroad grade crossing enforcement system.
30     (b-1) Commencing on July 20, 2001 (the effective date of
31 Public Act 92-98), the Illinois Commerce Commission and the
32 Commuter Rail Board may, in cooperation with the local law
33 enforcement agency, establish in a county with a population of
34 between 750,000 and 1,000,000 a 2 year pilot program using an
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1 pilot program may be established at a railroad grade crossing
2 designated by local authorities. No State moneys may be
3 expended on the automated railroad grade crossing enforcement
4 system established under this pilot program.
5     (c) For each violation of Section 11-1201 recorded by an
6 automatic railroad grade crossing system, the local law
7 enforcement agency having jurisdiction shall issue a written
8 Uniform Traffic Citation of the violation to the registered
9 owner of the vehicle as the alleged violator. The Uniform
10 Traffic Citation shall be delivered to the registered owner of
11 the vehicle, by mail, within 30 days of the violation. The
12 Uniform Traffic Citation shall include the name and address of
13 vehicle owner, the vehicle registration number, the offense
14 charged, the time, date, and location of the violation, the
15 first available court date and that the basis of the citation
16 is the photograph or other recorded image from the automated
17 railroad grade crossing enforcement system.
18     (d) The Uniform Traffic Citation issued to the registered
19 owner of the vehicle shall be accompanied by a written notice,
20 the contents of which is set forth in subsection (d-1) of this
21 Section, explaining how the registered owner of the vehicle can
22 elect to proceed by either paying the fine to the unit of
23 government that issued the Uniform Traffic Citation or
24 challenging the issuance of the Uniform Traffic Citation.
25     (d-1) The written notice explaining the alleged violator's
26 rights and obligations must include the following text:
27     "You have been served with the accompanying Uniform Traffic
28 Citation and cited with having violated Section 11-1201 of the
29 Illinois Vehicle Code. You can elect to proceed by:
30     1. Paying the fine to the unit of government that issued
31     the Uniform Traffic Citation; or
32     2. Challenging the issuance of the Uniform Traffic Citation
33     in court; or
34     3. If you were not the operator of the vehicle at the time
35     of the alleged offense, notifying in writing the local law
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1     Citation of the number of the Uniform Traffic Citation
2     received and the name and address of the person operating
3     the vehicle at the time of the alleged offense. If you fail
4     to so notify in writing the local law enforcement agency of
5     the name and address of the operator of the vehicle at the
6     time of the alleged offense, you may be presumed to have
7     been the operator of the vehicle at the time of the alleged
8     offense."
9     (d-2) If the registered owner of the vehicle was not the
10 operator of the vehicle at the time of the alleged offense, and
11 if the registered owner notifies the local law enforcement
12 agency having jurisdiction of the name and address of the
13 operator of the vehicle at the time of the alleged offense, the
14 local law enforcement agency having jurisdiction shall then
15 issue a written Uniform Traffic Citation to the person alleged
16 by the registered owner to have been the operator of the
17 vehicle at the time of the alleged offense. If the registered
18 owner fails to notify in writing the local law enforcement
19 agency having jurisdiction of the name and address of the
20 operator of the vehicle at the time of the alleged offense, the
21 registered owner may be presumed to have been the operator of
22 the vehicle at the time of the alleged offense.
23     (e) Evidence.
24         (i) A certificate alleging that a violation of Section
25     11-1201 occurred, sworn to or affirmed by a duly authorized
26     agency, based on inspection of recorded images produced by
27     an automated railroad crossing enforcement system are
28     evidence of the facts contained in the certificate and are
29     admissible in any proceeding alleging a violation under
30     this Section.
31         (ii) Photographs or recorded images made by an
32     automatic railroad grade crossing enforcement system are
33     confidential and shall be made available only to the
34     alleged violator and governmental and law enforcement
35     agencies for purposes of adjudicating a violation of
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1     photographs or other recorded images may also be made
2     available to governmental agencies for the purpose of a
3     safety analysis of the crossing where the automatic
4     railroad grade crossing enforcement system is installed.
5     However, any photograph or other recorded image evidencing
6     a violation of Section 11-1201 shall be admissible in any
7     proceeding resulting from the issuance of the Uniform
8     Traffic Citation when there is reasonable and sufficient
9     proof of the accuracy of the camera or electronic
10     instrument recording the image. There is a rebuttable
11     presumption that the photograph or recorded image is
12     accurate if the camera or electronic recording instrument
13     was in good working order at the beginning and the end of
14     the day of the alleged offense.
15     (f) Rail crossings equipped with an automatic railroad
16 grade crossing enforcement system shall be posted with a sign
17 visible to approaching traffic stating that the railroad grade
18 crossing is being monitored, that citations will be issued, and
19 the amount of the fine for violation.
20     (g) Except as provided in subsection (b-1), the cost of the
21 installation and maintenance of each automatic railroad grade
22 crossing enforcement system shall be paid from the Grade
23 Crossing Protection Fund if the rail line is not owned by
24 Commuter Rail Board of the Regional Transportation Authority.
25 Except as provided in subsection (b-1), if the rail line is
26 owned by the Commuter Rail Board of the Regional Transportation
27 Authority, the costs of the installation and maintenance shall
28 be paid from the Regional Transportation Authority's portion of
29 the Public Transportation Fund.
30     (h) The Illinois Commerce Commission shall issue a report
31 to the General Assembly at the conclusion of the 5 year pilot
32 program established under subsection (b) on the effectiveness
33 of the automatic railroad grade crossing enforcement system.
34     (i) If any part or parts of this Section are held by a
35 court of competent jurisdiction to be unconstitutional, the
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1 remaining parts of this Section. The General Assembly hereby
2 declares that it would have passed the remaining parts of this
3 Section if it had known that the other part or parts of this
4 Section would be declared unconstitutional.
5     (j) Penalty.
6         (i) A violation of this Section is a petty offense for
7     which a fine of $250 shall be imposed for a first
8     violation, and a fine of $500 shall be imposed for a second
9     or subsequent violation. The court may impose 25 hours of
10     community service in place of the $250 fine for the first
11     violation.
12         (ii) For a second or subsequent violation, the
13     Secretary of State may suspend the registration of the
14     motor vehicle for a period of at least 6 months.
15 (Source: P.A. 92-98, eff. 7-20-01; 92-245, eff. 8-3-01; 92-651,
16 eff 7-11-02; 92-814, eff. 1-1-03.)
 
17     (625 ILCS 5/11-1201.5 new)
18     Sec. 11-1201.5. Automated railroad crossing enforcement
19 system.
20     (a) For the purposes of this Section, an automated railroad
21 grade crossing enforcement system is a system operated by a law
22 enforcement agency that records a driver's response to
23 automatic, electrical, or mechanical signal devices and
24 crossing gates. The system shall be designed to obtain a clear
25 photograph or other recorded image of the vehicle, vehicle
26 operator, and the vehicle registration plate of a vehicle in
27 violation of Section 11-1201 or 11-1425. The photograph or
28 other recorded image shall also display the time, date, and
29 location of the violation.
30     (b) The Illinois Commerce Commission may, in cooperation
31 with a local law enforcement agency, establish in any county or
32 municipality an automated railroad grade crossing enforcement
33 system at any railroad grade crossing designated by local
34 authorities.
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1 recorded by an automatic railroad grade crossing system, the
2 local law enforcement agency having jurisdiction shall issue a
3 written Uniform Traffic Citation of the violation to the
4 registered owner of the vehicle as the alleged violator. The
5 Uniform Traffic Citation shall be delivered to the registered
6 owner of the vehicle, by mail, within 30 days of the violation.
7 The Uniform Traffic Citation shall include the name and address
8 of vehicle owner, the vehicle registration number, the offense
9 charged, the time, date, and location of the violation, the
10 first available court date, and that the basis of the citation
11 is the photograph or other recorded image from the automated
12 railroad grade crossing enforcement system.
13     (d) The Uniform Traffic Citation issued to the registered
14 owner of the vehicle shall be accompanied by a written notice,
15 the contents of which is set forth in subsection (e) of this
16 Section, explaining how the registered owner of the vehicle can
17 elect to proceed by either paying the fine to the unit of
18 government that issued the Uniform Traffic Citation or
19 challenging the issuance of the Uniform Traffic Citation.
20     (e) The written notice explaining the alleged violator's
21 rights and obligations must include the following text:
22     "You have been served with the accompanying Uniform Traffic
23 Citation and cited with having violated Section 11-1201 or
24 11-1425 of the Illinois Vehicle Code. You can elect to proceed
25 by:
26         1. Paying the fine to the unit of government that
27     issued the Uniform Traffic Citation; or
28         2. Challenging the issuance of the Uniform Traffic
29     Citation in court; or
30         3. If you were not the operator of the vehicle at the
31     time of the alleged offense, notifying in writing the local
32     law enforcement agency that issued the Uniform Traffic
33     Citation of the number of the Uniform Traffic Citation
34     received and the name and address of the person operating
35     the vehicle at the time of the alleged offense. If you fail
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1     the name and address of the operator of the vehicle at the
2     time of the alleged offense, you may be presumed to have
3     been the operator of the vehicle at the time of the alleged
4     offense."
5     (f) If the registered owner of the vehicle was not the
6 operator of the vehicle at the time of the alleged offense, and
7 if the registered owner notifies the local law enforcement
8 agency having jurisdiction of the name and address of the
9 operator of the vehicle at the time of the alleged offense, the
10 local law enforcement agency having jurisdiction shall then
11 issue a written Uniform Traffic Citation to the person alleged
12 by the registered owner to have been the operator of the
13 vehicle at the time of the alleged offense. If the registered
14 owner fails to notify in writing the local law enforcement
15 agency having jurisdiction of the name and address of the
16 operator of the vehicle at the time of the alleged offense, the
17 registered owner may be presumed to have been the operator of
18 the vehicle at the time of the alleged offense.
19     (g) Evidence.
20         (1) A certificate alleging that a violation of Section
21     11-1201 or 11-1425 occurred, sworn to or affirmed by a duly
22     authorized agency, based on inspection of recorded images
23     produced by an automated railroad crossing enforcement
24     system, are evidence of the facts contained in the
25     certificate and are admissible in any proceeding alleging a
26     violation under this Section.
27         (2) Photographs or other recorded images made by an
28     automatic railroad grade crossing enforcement system are
29     confidential and shall be made available only to the
30     alleged violator and governmental and law enforcement
31     agencies for purposes of adjudicating a violation of
32     Section 11-1201 or 11-1425 of the Illinois Vehicle Code.
33     The photographs or other recorded images may also be made
34     available to governmental agencies for the purpose of a
35     safety analysis of the crossing where the automatic
36     railroad grade crossing enforcement system is installed.

 

 

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1     However, any photograph or other recorded image evidencing
2     a violation of Section 11-1201 or 11-1425 shall be
3     admissible in any proceeding resulting from the issuance of
4     the Uniform Traffic Citation when there is reasonable and
5     sufficient proof of the accuracy of the camera or
6     electronic instrument recording the image. There is a
7     rebuttable presumption that the photograph or recorded
8     image is accurate if the camera or electronic recording
9     instrument was in good working order at the beginning and
10     the end of the day of the alleged offense.
11     (h) Rail crossings equipped with an automatic railroad
12 grade crossing enforcement system shall be posted with a sign
13 visible to approaching traffic stating that the railroad grade
14 crossing is being monitored, that citations will be issued, and
15 the amount of the fine for violation.
16     (i) If any part or parts of this Section are held by a
17 court of competent jurisdiction to be unconstitutional, the
18 unconstitutionality shall not affect the validity of the
19 remaining parts of this Section. The General Assembly hereby
20 declares that it would have passed the remaining parts of this
21 Section if it had known that the other part or parts of this
22 Section would be declared unconstitutional.
23     (j) Penalty.
24         (1) A violation of this Section is a petty offense for
25     which a fine of $250 shall be imposed for a first
26     violation, and a fine of $500 shall be imposed for a second
27     or subsequent violation. The court may impose 25 hours of
28     community service in place of the $250 fine for the first
29     violation.
30         (2) For a second or subsequent violation, the Secretary
31     of State may suspend the registration of the motor vehicle
32     for a period of at least 6 months.
 
33     (625 ILCS 5/1-105.5 rep.)
34     Section 10. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by
35 repealing Section 1-105.5.

 

 

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1 INDEX
2 Statutes amended in order of appearance
3     625 ILCS 5/6-306.5 from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 6-306.5
4     625 ILCS 5/11-208from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-208
5     625 ILCS 5/11-208.3 from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-208.3
6     625 ILCS 5/11-208.6 new
7     625 ILCS 5/11-306from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-306
8     625 ILCS 5/11-1201.1
9     625 ILCS 5/11-1201.5 new
10     625 ILCS 5/1-105.5 rep.