97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB1410

 

Introduced , by Rep. Bill Mitchell

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
625 ILCS 5/11-605.1

    Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that the provisions relating to special speed limits while traveling through a highway construction or maintenance speed zone apply only when workers are present in the construction or maintenance speed zone. Effective January 1, 2012.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning transportation.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by changing
5Section 11-605.1 as follows:
 
6    (625 ILCS 5/11-605.1)
7    Sec. 11-605.1. Special limit while traveling through a
8highway construction or maintenance speed zone.
9    (a) A person may not operate a motor vehicle in a
10construction or maintenance speed zone at a speed in excess of
11the posted speed limit.
12    (b) Nothing in this Chapter prohibits the use of electronic
13speed-detecting devices within 500 feet of signs within a
14construction or maintenance speed zone indicating the zone, as
15defined in this Section, nor shall evidence obtained by use of
16those devices be inadmissible in any prosecution for speeding,
17provided the use of the device shall apply only to the
18enforcement of the speed limit in the construction or
19maintenance speed zone.
20    (c) As used in this Section, a "construction or maintenance
21speed zone" is an area in which the Department, Toll Highway
22Authority, or local agency has determined that the preexisting
23established speed limit through a highway construction or

 

 

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1maintenance project is greater than is reasonable or safe with
2respect to the conditions expected to exist in the construction
3or maintenance speed zone and has posted a lower speed limit
4with a highway construction or maintenance speed zone special
5speed limit sign.
6    Highway construction or maintenance speed zone special
7speed limit signs shall be of a design approved by the
8Department. The signs must give proper due warning that a
9construction or maintenance speed zone is being approached and
10must indicate the maximum speed limit in effect. The signs also
11must state the amount of the minimum fine for a violation.
12    (d) A first violation of this Section is a petty offense
13with a minimum fine of $250. A second or subsequent violation
14of this Section is a petty offense with a minimum fine of $750.
15    (e) If a fine for a violation of this Section is $250 or
16greater, the person who violated this Section shall be charged
17an additional $125, which shall be deposited into the
18Transportation Safety Highway Hire-back Fund in the State
19treasury, unless (i) the violation occurred on a highway other
20than an interstate highway and (ii) a county police officer
21wrote the ticket for the violation, in which case the $125
22shall be deposited into that county's Transportation Safety
23Highway Hire-back Fund. In the case of a second or subsequent
24violation of this Section, if the fine is $750 or greater, the
25person who violated this Section shall be charged an additional
26$250, which shall be deposited into the Transportation Safety

 

 

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1Highway Hire-back Fund in the State treasury, unless (i) the
2violation occurred on a highway other than an interstate
3highway and (ii) a county police officer wrote the ticket for
4the violation, in which case the $250 shall be deposited into
5that county's Transportation Safety Highway Hire-back Fund.
6    (e-5) The Department of State Police and the local county
7police department have concurrent jurisdiction over any
8violation of this Section that occurs on an interstate highway.
9    (f) The Transportation Safety Highway Hire-back Fund,
10which was created by Public Act 92-619, shall continue to be a
11special fund in the State treasury. Subject to appropriation by
12the General Assembly and approval by the Secretary, the
13Secretary of Transportation shall use all moneys in the
14Transportation Safety Highway Hire-back Fund to hire off-duty
15Department of State Police officers to monitor construction or
16maintenance zones.
17    (f-5) Each county shall create a Transportation Safety
18Highway Hire-back Fund. The county shall use all moneys in its
19Transportation Safety Highway Hire-back Fund to hire off-duty
20county police officers to monitor construction or maintenance
21zones in that county on highways other than interstate
22highways.
23    (g) For a second or subsequent violation of this Section
24within 2 years of the date of the previous violation, the
25Secretary of State shall suspend the driver's license of the
26violator for a period of 90 days.

 

 

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1    (h) This Section applies only when workers are present in
2the construction or maintenance speed zone.
3(Source: P.A. 93-955, eff. 8-19-04; 94-814, eff. 1-1-07.)
 
4    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January
51, 2012.