Full Text of HB3229 98th General Assembly
HB3229eng 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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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 | | Section 11-605 as follows:
| 6 | | (625 ILCS 5/11-605) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-605)
| 7 | | Sec. 11-605. Special speed limit while passing schools.
| 8 | | (a) For the purpose of this Section, "school" means the | 9 | | following
entities:
| 10 | | (1) A public or private primary or secondary school.
| 11 | | (2) A primary or secondary school operated by a | 12 | | religious institution.
| 13 | | (3) A public, private, or religious nursery school.
| 14 | | When On a school day when school children are present and | 15 | | within 50 feet of so close
thereto
that a potential hazard | 16 | | exists because of the close proximity of the motorized
traffic, | 17 | | no person shall drive a motor vehicle at a speed in excess of | 18 | | 20 miles
per hour while passing a school zone or while | 19 | | traveling on a roadway on public
school property or upon any | 20 | | public
thoroughfare where children pass going
to and from | 21 | | school.
| 22 | | For the purpose of this Section a school day shall begin at | 23 | | seven ante
meridian and shall conclude at four post meridian.
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| 1 | | This Section shall not be applicable unless appropriate | 2 | | signs are posted
upon streets and highways under their | 3 | | respective jurisdiction and
maintained by the Department, | 4 | | township, county, park district, city,
village or incorporated | 5 | | town wherein the school zone is located. With regard
to the | 6 | | special speed limit while passing schools, such signs
shall | 7 | | give proper due warning that a school zone is being approached | 8 | | and
shall indicate the school zone and the maximum speed limit | 9 | | in effect during
school days when school children are present.
| 10 | | (a-5) The Department, township, county, park district, | 11 | | city, village, or incorporated town wherein the school zone is | 12 | | located shall, by July 1, 2015, erect signs that give proper | 13 | | warning that a school zone is being approached and indicate the | 14 | | maximum speed limit in effect when children are present. | 15 | | (b) (Blank).
| 16 | | (c) Nothing in this Chapter shall
prohibit the use of | 17 | | electronic speed-detecting devices within 500 feet of
signs | 18 | | within a special school speed zone indicating such zone, as | 19 | | defined
in this Section, nor shall evidence obtained thereby be | 20 | | inadmissible in any
prosecution for speeding provided the use | 21 | | of such device shall apply only
to the enforcement of the speed | 22 | | limit in such special school speed zone.
| 23 | | (d) (Blank).
| 24 | | (e) A first violation of this Section is a petty
offense | 25 | | with a minimum fine
of $150. A second or subsequent violation | 26 | | of this
Section is a petty offense with a minimum fine of $300.
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| 1 | | (f) When a fine for a violation of subsection (a) is $150 | 2 | | or greater,
the person who violates subsection (a) shall be | 3 | | charged an additional
$50 to be paid to the unit school
| 4 | | district where the
violation
occurred for school safety | 5 | | purposes. If the violation occurred in a dual
school district,
| 6 | | $25 of the surcharge shall be paid to the elementary school | 7 | | district for school
safety
purposes and $25 of the surcharge | 8 | | shall be paid to the high school district for
school
safety | 9 | | purposes. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the | 10 | | entire $50
surcharge
shall be paid to the appropriate school | 11 | | district or districts.
| 12 | | For purposes of this subsection (f), "school safety | 13 | | purposes" includes the
costs
associated with school zone safety | 14 | | education, the Safe Routes to School Program under Section | 15 | | 2705-317 of the Department of Transportation Law of the Civil | 16 | | Administrative Code of Illinois, safety programs within the | 17 | | School Safety and Educational Improvement Block Grant Program | 18 | | under Section 2-3.51.5 of the School Code, and
the purchase, | 19 | | installation, and maintenance of caution lights
which are
| 20 | | mounted on school speed zone signs.
| 21 | | (g) (Blank).
| 22 | | (h) (Blank).
| 23 | | (Source: P.A. 96-52, eff. 7-23-09.)
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