Rep. David McSweeney

Filed: 4/13/2015

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 173

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 173 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by
5changing Sections 11-208 and 11-208.6 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;

 

 

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1        3. Regulating or prohibiting processions or
2    assemblages on the highways; and certifying persons to
3    control traffic for processions or assemblages;
4        4. Designating particular highways as one-way highways
5    and requiring that all vehicles thereon be moved in one
6    specific direction;
7        5. Regulating the speed of vehicles in public parks
8    subject to the limitations set forth in Section 11-604;
9        6. Designating any highway as a through highway, as
10    authorized in Section 11-302, and requiring that all
11    vehicles stop before entering or crossing the same or
12    designating any intersection as a stop intersection or a
13    yield right-of-way intersection and requiring all vehicles
14    to stop or yield the right-of-way at one or more entrances
15    to such intersections;
16        7. Restricting the use of highways as authorized in
17    Chapter 15;
18        8. Regulating the operation of bicycles and requiring
19    the registration and licensing of same, including the
20    requirement of a registration fee;
21        9. Regulating or prohibiting the turning of vehicles or
22    specified types of vehicles at intersections;
23        10. Altering the speed limits as authorized in Section
24    11-604;
25        11. Prohibiting U-turns;
26        12. Prohibiting pedestrian crossings at other than

 

 

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1    designated and marked crosswalks or at intersections;
2        13. Prohibiting parking during snow removal operation;
3        14. Imposing fines in accordance with Section
4    11-1301.3 as penalties for use of any parking place
5    reserved for persons with disabilities, as defined by
6    Section 1-159.1, or disabled veterans by any person using a
7    motor vehicle not bearing registration plates specified in
8    Section 11-1301.1 or a special decal or device as defined
9    in Section 11-1301.2 as evidence that the vehicle is
10    operated by or for a person with disabilities or disabled
11    veteran;
12        15. Adopting such other traffic regulations as are
13    specifically authorized by this Code; or
14        16. Enforcing the provisions of subsection (f) of
15    Section 3-413 of this Code or a similar local ordinance.
16    (b) No ordinance or regulation enacted under subsections 1,
174, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11 or 13 of paragraph (a) shall be effective
18until signs giving reasonable notice of such local traffic
19regulations are posted.
20    (c) The provisions of this Code shall not prevent any
21municipality having a population of 500,000 or more inhabitants
22from prohibiting any person from driving or operating any motor
23vehicle upon the roadways of such municipality with headlamps
24on high beam or bright.
25    (d) The provisions of this Code shall not be deemed to
26prevent local authorities within the reasonable exercise of

 

 

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1their police power from prohibiting, on private property, the
2unauthorized use of parking spaces reserved for persons with
3disabilities.
4    (e) No unit of local government, including a home rule
5unit, may enact or enforce an ordinance that applies only to
6motorcycles if the principal purpose for that ordinance is to
7restrict the access of motorcycles to any highway or portion of
8a highway for which federal or State funds have been used for
9the planning, design, construction, or maintenance of that
10highway. No unit of local government, including a home rule
11unit, may enact an ordinance requiring motorcycle users to wear
12protective headgear. Nothing in this subsection (e) shall
13affect the authority of a unit of local government to regulate
14motorcycles for traffic control purposes or in accordance with
15Section 12-602 of this Code. No unit of local government,
16including a home rule unit, may regulate motorcycles in a
17manner inconsistent with this Code. This subsection (e) is a
18limitation under subsection (i) of Section 6 of Article VII of
19the Illinois Constitution on the concurrent exercise by home
20rule units of powers and functions exercised by the State.
21    (f) A municipality or county designated in Section 11-208.6
22may enact an ordinance providing for an automated traffic law
23enforcement system to enforce violations of this Code or a
24similar provision of a local ordinance and imposing liability
25on a registered owner or lessee of a vehicle used in such a
26violation; however, on or after January 1, 2017, no non-home

 

 

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1rule unit within a county designated in subsection (m) of
2Section 11-208.6 may enact or continue to enforce an ordinance
3providing for an automated traffic law enforcement system to
4enforce violations of this Code or a similar provision of a
5local ordinance.
6    (g) A municipality or county, as provided in Section
711-1201.1, may enact an ordinance providing for an automated
8traffic law enforcement system to enforce violations of Section
911-1201 of this Code or a similar provision of a local
10ordinance and imposing liability on a registered owner of a
11vehicle used in such a violation.
12    (h) A municipality designated in Section 11-208.8 may enact
13an ordinance providing for an automated speed enforcement
14system to enforce violations of Article VI of Chapter 11 of
15this Code or a similar provision of a local ordinance.
16    (i) A municipality or county designated in Section 11-208.9
17may enact an ordinance providing for an automated traffic law
18enforcement system to enforce violations of Section 11-1414 of
19this Code or a similar provision of a local ordinance and
20imposing liability on a registered owner or lessee of a vehicle
21used in such a violation.
22(Source: P.A. 97-29, eff. 1-1-12; 97-672, eff. 7-1-12; 98-396,
23eff. 1-1-14; 98-556, eff. 1-1-14; 98-756, eff. 7-16-14.)
 
24    (625 ILCS 5/11-208.6)
25    Sec. 11-208.6. Automated traffic law enforcement system.

 

 

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1    (a) As used in this Section, "automated traffic law
2enforcement system" means a device with one or more motor
3vehicle sensors working in conjunction with a red light signal
4to produce recorded images of motor vehicles entering an
5intersection against a red signal indication in violation of
6Section 11-306 of this Code or a similar provision of a local
7ordinance.
8    Until January 1, 2017, an An automated traffic law
9enforcement system is a system, in a municipality or county
10operated by a governmental agency, that produces a recorded
11image of a motor vehicle's violation of a provision of this
12Code or a local ordinance and is designed to obtain a clear
13recorded image of the vehicle and the vehicle's license plate.
14On and after January 1, 2017, an automated traffic law
15enforcement system is a system, in a municipality or county,
16which is not a non-home rule unit within a county designated in
17subsection (m) of this Section, operated by a governmental
18agency, that produces a recorded image of a motor vehicle's
19violation of a provision of this Code or a local ordinance and
20is designed to obtain a clear recorded image of the vehicle and
21the vehicle's license plate. The recorded image must also
22display the time, date, and location of the violation.
23    (b) As used in this Section, "recorded images" means images
24recorded by an automated traffic law enforcement system on:
25        (1) 2 or more photographs;
26        (2) 2 or more microphotographs;

 

 

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1        (3) 2 or more electronic images; or
2        (4) a video recording showing the motor vehicle and, on
3    at least one image or portion of the recording, clearly
4    identifying the registration plate number of the motor
5    vehicle.
6    (b-5) A municipality or county that produces a recorded
7image of a motor vehicle's violation of a provision of this
8Code or a local ordinance must make the recorded images of a
9violation accessible to the alleged violator by providing the
10alleged violator with a website address, accessible through the
11Internet.
12    (c) Except as provided under Section 11-208.8 of this Code,
13a county or municipality, including a home rule county or
14municipality, may not use an automated traffic law enforcement
15system to provide recorded images of a motor vehicle for the
16purpose of recording its speed. Except as provided under
17Section 11-208.8 of this Code, the regulation of the use of
18automated traffic law enforcement systems to record vehicle
19speeds is an exclusive power and function of the State. This
20subsection (c) is a denial and limitation of home rule powers
21and functions under subsection (h) of Section 6 of Article VII
22of the Illinois Constitution.
23    (c-5) A county or municipality, including a home rule
24county or municipality, may not use an automated traffic law
25enforcement system to issue violations in instances where the
26motor vehicle comes to a complete stop and does not enter the

 

 

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1intersection, as defined by Section 1-132 of this Code, during
2the cycle of the red signal indication unless one or more
3pedestrians or bicyclists are present, even if the motor
4vehicle stops at a point past a stop line or crosswalk where a
5driver is required to stop, as specified in subsection (c) of
6Section 11-306 of this Code or a similar provision of a local
7ordinance.
8    (c-6) A county, or a municipality with less than 2,000,000
9inhabitants, including a home rule county or municipality, may
10not use an automated traffic law enforcement system to issue
11violations in instances where a motorcyclist enters an
12intersection against a red signal indication when the red
13signal fails to change to a green signal within a reasonable
14period of time not less than 120 seconds because of a signal
15malfunction or because the signal has failed to detect the
16arrival of the motorcycle due to the motorcycle's size or
17weight.
18    (d) For each violation of a provision of this Code or a
19local ordinance recorded by an automatic traffic law
20enforcement system, the county or municipality having
21jurisdiction shall issue a written notice of the violation to
22the registered owner of the vehicle as the alleged violator.
23The notice shall be delivered to the registered owner of the
24vehicle, by mail, within 30 days after the Secretary of State
25notifies the municipality or county of the identity of the
26owner of the vehicle, but in no event later than 90 days after

 

 

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1the violation.
2    The notice shall include:
3        (1) the name and address of the registered owner of the
4    vehicle;
5        (2) the registration number of the motor vehicle
6    involved in the violation;
7        (3) the violation charged;
8        (4) the location where the violation occurred;
9        (5) the date and time of the violation;
10        (6) a copy of the recorded images;
11        (7) the amount of the civil penalty imposed and the
12    requirements of any traffic education program imposed and
13    the date by which the civil penalty should be paid and the
14    traffic education program should be completed;
15        (8) a statement that recorded images are evidence of a
16    violation of a red light signal;
17        (9) a warning that failure to pay the civil penalty, to
18    complete a required traffic education program, or to
19    contest liability in a timely manner is an admission of
20    liability and may result in a suspension of the driving
21    privileges of the registered owner of the vehicle;
22        (10) a statement that the person may elect to proceed
23    by:
24            (A) paying the fine, completing a required traffic
25        education program, or both; or
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1        administrative hearing; and
2        (11) a website address, accessible through the
3    Internet, where the person may view the recorded images of
4    the violation.
5    (e) If a person charged with a traffic violation, as a
6result of an automated traffic law enforcement system, does not
7pay the fine or complete a required traffic education program,
8or both, or successfully contest the civil penalty resulting
9from that violation, the Secretary of State shall suspend the
10driving privileges of the registered owner of the vehicle under
11Section 6-306.5 of this Code for failing to complete a required
12traffic education program or to pay any fine or penalty due and
13owing, or both, as a result of a combination of 5 violations of
14the automated traffic law enforcement system or the automated
15speed enforcement system under Section 11-208.8 of this Code.
16    (f) Based on inspection of recorded images produced by an
17automated traffic law enforcement system, a notice alleging
18that the violation occurred shall be evidence of the facts
19contained in the notice and admissible in any proceeding
20alleging a violation under this Section.
21    (g) Recorded images made by an automatic traffic law
22enforcement system are confidential and shall be made available
23only to the alleged violator and governmental and law
24enforcement agencies for purposes of adjudicating a violation
25of this Section, for statistical purposes, or for other
26governmental purposes. Any recorded image evidencing a

 

 

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1violation of this Section, however, may be admissible in any
2proceeding resulting from the issuance of the citation.
3    (h) The court or hearing officer may consider in defense of
4a violation:
5        (1) that the motor vehicle or registration plates of
6    the motor vehicle were stolen before the violation occurred
7    and not under the control of or in the possession of the
8    owner at the time of the violation;
9        (2) that the driver of the vehicle passed through the
10    intersection when the light was red either (i) in order to
11    yield the right-of-way to an emergency vehicle or (ii) as
12    part of a funeral procession; and
13        (3) any other evidence or issues provided by municipal
14    or county ordinance.
15    (i) To demonstrate that the motor vehicle or the
16registration plates were stolen before the violation occurred
17and were not under the control or possession of the owner at
18the time of the violation, the owner must submit proof that a
19report concerning the stolen motor vehicle or registration
20plates was filed with a law enforcement agency in a timely
21manner.
22    (j) Unless the driver of the motor vehicle received a
23Uniform Traffic Citation from a police officer at the time of
24the violation, the motor vehicle owner is subject to a civil
25penalty not exceeding $100 or the completion of a traffic
26education program, or both, plus an additional penalty of not

 

 

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1more than $100 for failure to pay the original penalty or to
2complete a required traffic education program, or both, in a
3timely manner, if the motor vehicle is recorded by an automated
4traffic law enforcement system. A violation for which a civil
5penalty is imposed under this Section is not a violation of a
6traffic regulation governing the movement of vehicles and may
7not be recorded on the driving record of the owner of the
8vehicle.
9    (j-3) A registered owner who is a holder of a valid
10commercial driver's license is not required to complete a
11traffic education program.
12    (j-5) For purposes of the required traffic education
13program only, a registered owner may submit an affidavit to the
14court or hearing officer swearing that at the time of the
15alleged violation, the vehicle was in the custody and control
16of another person. The affidavit must identify the person in
17custody and control of the vehicle, including the person's name
18and current address. The person in custody and control of the
19vehicle at the time of the violation is required to complete
20the required traffic education program. If the person in
21custody and control of the vehicle at the time of the violation
22completes the required traffic education program, the
23registered owner of the vehicle is not required to complete a
24traffic education program.
25    (k) An intersection equipped with an automated traffic law
26enforcement system must be posted with a sign visible to

 

 

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1approaching traffic indicating that the intersection is being
2monitored by an automated traffic law enforcement system.
3    (k-3) A municipality or county that has one or more
4intersections equipped with an automated traffic law
5enforcement system must provide notice to drivers by posting
6the locations of automated traffic law systems on the
7municipality or county website.
8    (k-5) An intersection equipped with an automated traffic
9law enforcement system must have a yellow change interval that
10conforms with the Illinois Manual on Uniform Traffic Control
11Devices (IMUTCD) published by the Illinois Department of
12Transportation.
13    (k-7) A municipality or county operating an automated
14traffic law enforcement system shall conduct a statistical
15analysis to assess the safety impact of each automated traffic
16law enforcement system at an intersection following
17installation of the system. The statistical analysis shall be
18based upon the best available crash, traffic, and other data,
19and shall cover a period of time before and after installation
20of the system sufficient to provide a statistically valid
21comparison of safety impact. The statistical analysis shall be
22consistent with professional judgment and acceptable industry
23practice. The statistical analysis also shall be consistent
24with the data required for valid comparisons of before and
25after conditions and shall be conducted within a reasonable
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1enforcement system. The statistical analysis required by this
2subsection (k-7) shall be made available to the public and
3shall be published on the website of the municipality or
4county. If the statistical analysis for the 36 month period
5following installation of the system indicates that there has
6been an increase in the rate of accidents at the approach to
7the intersection monitored by the system, the municipality or
8county shall undertake additional studies to determine the
9cause and severity of the accidents, and may take any action
10that it determines is necessary or appropriate to reduce the
11number or severity of the accidents at that intersection.
12    (l) The compensation paid for an automated traffic law
13enforcement system must be based on the value of the equipment
14or the services provided and may not be based on the number of
15traffic citations issued or the revenue generated by the
16system.
17    (m) This Section applies only to the counties of Cook,
18DuPage, Kane, Lake, Madison, McHenry, St. Clair, and Will and
19to municipalities located within those counties.
20    (n) The fee for participating in a traffic education
21program under this Section shall not exceed $25.
22    A low-income individual required to complete a traffic
23education program under this Section who provides proof of
24eligibility for the federal earned income tax credit under
25Section 32 of the Internal Revenue Code or the Illinois earned
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1Act shall not be required to pay any fee for participating in a
2required traffic education program.
3    (o) A municipality or county shall make a certified report
4to the Secretary of State pursuant to Section 6-306.5 of this
5Code whenever a registered owner of a vehicle has failed to pay
6any fine or penalty due and owing as a result of a combination
7of 5 offenses for automated traffic law or speed enforcement
8system violations.
9    (p) No person who is the lessor of a motor vehicle pursuant
10to a written lease agreement shall be liable for an automated
11speed or traffic law enforcement system violation involving
12such motor vehicle during the period of the lease; provided
13that upon the request of the appropriate authority received
14within 120 days after the violation occurred, the lessor
15provides within 60 days after such receipt the name and address
16of the lessee. The drivers license number of a lessee may be
17subsequently individually requested by the appropriate
18authority if needed for enforcement of this Section.
19    Upon the provision of information by the lessor pursuant to
20this subsection, the county or municipality may issue the
21violation to the lessee of the vehicle in the same manner as it
22would issue a violation to a registered owner of a vehicle
23pursuant to this Section, and the lessee may be held liable for
24the violation.
25(Source: P.A. 97-29, eff. 1-1-12; 97-627, eff. 1-1-12; 97-672,
26eff. 7-1-12; 97-762, eff. 7-6-12; 98-463, eff. 8-16-13.)
 

 

 

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1    Section 90. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding
2Section 8.39 as follows:
 
3    (30 ILCS 805/8.39 new)
4    Sec. 8.39. Exempt mandate. Notwithstanding Sections 6 and 8
5of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is required for the
6implementation of any mandate created by this amendatory Act of
7the 99th General Assembly.".