Full Text of HB0642 96th General Assembly
HB0642ham001 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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Vehicles & Safety Committee
Filed: 3/4/2009
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| AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 642
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 642 by replacing | 3 |
| everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| "Section 5. The Toll Highway Act is amended by changing | 5 |
| Section 10 as follows: | 6 |
| (605 ILCS 10/10) (from Ch. 121, par. 100-10)
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| Sec. 10. The Authority shall have power:
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| (a) To pass resolutions, make by-laws, rules and | 9 |
| regulations for the
management, regulation and control of its | 10 |
| affairs, and to fix tolls, and to
make, enact and enforce all | 11 |
| needful rules and regulations in connection
with the | 12 |
| construction, operation, management, care, regulation or
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| protection of its property or any toll highways, constructed or
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| reconstructed hereunder.
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| (a-5) To fix, assess, and collect civil fines for a | 16 |
| vehicle's operation on
a toll highway without the required toll |
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| having been paid.
The Authority may
establish by rule a system | 2 |
| of civil administrative adjudication to adjudicate
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| alleged
instances of a vehicle's operation on a toll highway | 4 |
| without the required toll
having been paid, as detected by the | 5 |
| Authority's video or photo
surveillance system.
In cases in | 6 |
| which the operator of the vehicle is not the registered
vehicle | 7 |
| owner, the establishment of
ownership of the vehicle creates a | 8 |
| rebuttable presumption that the vehicle was
being operated by | 9 |
| an agent
of the registered vehicle owner. If the registered | 10 |
| vehicle owner liable for a
violation under this Section was
not | 11 |
| the operator of the vehicle at the time of the violation, the | 12 |
| owner may
maintain an action for
indemnification against the | 13 |
| operator in the circuit court.
Rules establishing a system of | 14 |
| civil administrative
adjudication must
provide for written | 15 |
| notice,
by first class mail or other means provided by law, to | 16 |
| be sent no later than 30 days after the date of the alleged | 17 |
| violation that triggers the mailing of a violation notice or | 18 |
| notices by the Authority, to the address of the
registered | 19 |
| owner of the cited
vehicle as recorded with the Secretary of | 20 |
| State or to the lessee of the cited
vehicle at the last address | 21 |
| known
to the lessor of the cited vehicle at the time of the | 22 |
| lease,
of the
alleged violation and an opportunity to be heard | 23 |
| on the question of the
violation and must provide for the | 24 |
| establishment of a toll-free telephone
number to receive | 25 |
| inquiries concerning alleged violations.
The notice shall also | 26 |
| inform the registered vehicle owner that failure to
contest in |
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| the manner and time
provided shall be deemed an admission of | 2 |
| liability and that a final order of
liability may be entered on | 3 |
| that admission. | 4 |
| The notice shall include a statement by the Authority of | 5 |
| how the owner may obtain a copy of any and all evidence, | 6 |
| material, or similar information relevant to an alleged | 7 |
| violation. If the owner requests any information relevant to an | 8 |
| alleged violation from the Authority, the Authority must stay | 9 |
| any action or hearing against the owner until the Authority has | 10 |
| provided the information requested. Under no circumstances | 11 |
| shall the owner be required to file a Freedom of Information | 12 |
| Act request to obtain evidence, material, or similar | 13 |
| information relevant to an alleged violation. The Authority may | 14 |
| comply with an owner's request for information by providing a | 15 |
| website address where the information requested is accessible | 16 |
| through the Internet. A website accessible through the Internet | 17 |
| used for the administration of toll violation notices shall be | 18 |
| completed within one year of the effective date of this | 19 |
| amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly and shall include | 20 |
| the following minimum capabilities: | 21 |
| (1) The capability to display any and all evidence of a | 22 |
| toll violation or violations, which shall be accessible | 23 |
| only by the person receiving notice of the violation and | 24 |
| the Authority. | 25 |
| (2) The capability to dispute a toll violation or | 26 |
| violations through the Internet. |
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| (3) In the case of an erroneous toll violation or | 2 |
| violations, an owner of a vehicle whose plate was | 3 |
| mistakenly identified shall be provided by the Authority | 4 |
| with the ability on the website to have the license plate | 5 |
| in question flagged. All subsequent alleged violations | 6 |
| related to the flagged license plate must be manually | 7 |
| reviewed for accuracy by a human being so designated by the | 8 |
| Authority before the Authority may issue said alleged toll | 9 |
| violation or violations to the owner. In addition to the | 10 |
| website, an owner of a vehicle whose plate was mistakenly | 11 |
| identified and was mailed a toll violation or violations by | 12 |
| the Authority may have their plate flagged manually by | 13 |
| calling or mailing the Authority a request for such, and | 14 |
| the Authority shall treat such a request in the same manner | 15 |
| as provided herein for requests transmitted via the | 16 |
| website. | 17 |
| (4) Nothing in this amendatory Act of the 96th General | 18 |
| Assembly shall be construed as to supplant, change, remove, | 19 |
| or otherwise limit existing rights in statute, | 20 |
| administrative rule, equity, or otherwise available to an | 21 |
| alleged violator on the effective date of this amendatory | 22 |
| Act of the 96th General Assembly. Rather, the changes | 23 |
| included in this amendatory Act of the 96th General | 24 |
| Assembly shall be construed to be in addition to any other | 25 |
| rights or remedies available to an alleged violator as of | 26 |
| the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 96th |
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| A duly
authorized agent of the Authority may perform
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| execute the preparation, certification, affirmation, or
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| mailing of the notice. A notice of violation, sworn or affirmed | 5 |
| to or certified
by a duly authorized agent of
the Authority, or | 6 |
| a facsimile of the notice, based upon an inspection of
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| photographs, microphotographs,
videotape, or other recorded | 8 |
| images produced
by a video or photo surveillance system, shall | 9 |
| be admitted as
prima facie evidence of the correctness of the | 10 |
| facts contained in the notice or
facsimile.
Only civil fines,
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| along with the corresponding outstanding toll, and costs
may be | 12 |
| imposed by
administrative adjudication. A fine may be imposed | 13 |
| under this paragraph only
if a violation is established by a | 14 |
| preponderance of the evidence. Judicial
review of all final | 15 |
| orders of the Authority under this paragraph shall be
conducted | 16 |
| in the circuit court of the county in which the administrative | 17 |
| decision was rendered in accordance with the Administrative | 18 |
| Review Law.
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| Any outstanding toll, fine, additional late payment fine, | 20 |
| other
sanction,
or costs imposed, or part of any fine, other | 21 |
| sanction, or costs imposed, remaining unpaid after the | 22 |
| exhaustion of, or the failure to
exhaust, judicial review | 23 |
| procedures under the Administrative Review
Law are a debt due | 24 |
| and owing
the Authority and may be collected in accordance
with | 25 |
| applicable law. After expiration of the period in
which | 26 |
| judicial review under the Administrative Review Law may be
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| sought,
unless stayed by a court of competent jurisdiction, a | 2 |
| final order of
the Authority under this subsection (a-5)
may be | 3 |
| enforced in
the same manner as a judgment entered by a court of | 4 |
| competent jurisdiction.
Notwithstanding any other provision of | 5 |
| this Act, the Authority may, with the approval of the Attorney | 6 |
| General, retain a law firm or law firms with expertise in the | 7 |
| collection of government fines and debts for the purpose of | 8 |
| collecting fines, costs, and other moneys due under this | 9 |
| subsection (a-5).
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| A system of civil administrative adjudication may also | 11 |
| provide for a
program of vehicle
immobilization, tow, or | 12 |
| impoundment for the purpose of facilitating
enforcement of any | 13 |
| final order or orders of
the Authority under this subsection | 14 |
| (a-5) that result in a finding or liability for 5 or more | 15 |
| violations after
expiration of the period in which judicial | 16 |
| review under the Administrative Review Law may be sought. The | 17 |
| registered vehicle owner of a
vehicle immobilized, towed,
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| impounded for nonpayment of a final order
of the Authority | 19 |
| under this subsection (a-5) shall have the right
to request a | 20 |
| hearing before the Authority's civil administrative | 21 |
| adjudicatory
system to challenge the validity
of the | 22 |
| immobilization, tow, or impoundment.
This hearing, however, | 23 |
| shall not constitute a
readjudication of the merits of | 24 |
| previously adjudicated notices.
Judicial review of all final | 25 |
| orders of the
Authority under this subsection (a-5) shall be | 26 |
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in the circuit court of the county in which the |
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| administrative decision was rendered in accordance with the | 2 |
| Administrative Review Law. | 3 |
| No commercial entity that is the lessor of a vehicle under | 4 |
| a written lease agreement shall be liable for an administrative | 5 |
| notice of violation for toll evasion issued under this | 6 |
| subsection (a-5) involving that vehicle during the period of | 7 |
| the lease if the lessor provides a copy of the leasing | 8 |
| agreement to the Authority within 21 days of the issue date on | 9 |
| the notice of violation. The leasing agreement also must | 10 |
| contain a provision or addendum informing the lessee that the | 11 |
| lessee is liable for payment of all tolls and any fines for | 12 |
| toll evasion. Each entity must also post a sign at the leasing | 13 |
| counter notifying the lessee of that liability. The copy of the | 14 |
| leasing agreement provided to the Authority must contain the | 15 |
| name, address, and driver's license number of the lessee, as | 16 |
| well as the check-out and return dates and times of the vehicle | 17 |
| and the vehicle license plate number and vehicle make and | 18 |
| model. | 19 |
| As used in this subsection (a-5), "lessor" includes | 20 |
| commercial leasing and rental entities but does not include | 21 |
| public passenger vehicle entities.
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| The Authority shall establish an amnesty program for
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| violations adjudicated under this subsection (a-5). Under the
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| program, any person who has an outstanding notice of violation
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| for toll evasion or a final order of a hearing officer for toll
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| evasion dated prior to the effective date of this amendatory
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| Act of the 94th General Assembly
and who pays to the
Authority | 2 |
| the full percentage amounts listed in this paragraph
remaining | 3 |
| due on the notice of violation or final order of the
hearing | 4 |
| officer and the full fees and costs paid by the Authority to | 5 |
| the Secretary of State relating to suspension proceedings, if | 6 |
| applicable, on or before 5:00 p.m., Central Standard Time,
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| the 60th day after the effective date of this amendatory Act
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| the 94th General Assembly shall not be required to pay more
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| than the listed percentage of the original fine amount and
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| outstanding toll as listed on the notice of violation or final
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| order of the hearing officer and the full fees and costs paid | 12 |
| by the Authority to the Secretary of State relating to | 13 |
| suspension proceedings, if applicable. The payment percentage | 14 |
| scale
shall be as follows: a person with 25 or fewer violations | 15 |
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be eligible for amnesty upon payment of 50% of the | 16 |
| original
fine amount and the outstanding tolls; a person with | 17 |
| more than
25 but fewer than 51 violations shall be eligible for | 18 |
| amnesty
upon payment of 60% of the original fine amount and the
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| outstanding tolls; and a person with 51 or more violations
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| shall be eligible for amnesty upon payment of 75% of the
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| original fine amount and the outstanding tolls. In such a
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| situation, the Executive Director of the Authority or his or
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| her designee is authorized and directed to waive any late fine
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| amount above the applicable percentage of the original fine
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| amount. Partial payment of the amount due shall not be a basis
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| to extend the amnesty payment deadline nor shall it act to
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| relieve the person of liability for payment of the late fine
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| amount. In order to receive amnesty, the full amount of the
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| applicable percentage of the original fine amount and
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| outstanding toll remaining due on the notice of violation or
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| final order of the hearing officer and the full fees and costs | 6 |
| paid by the Authority to the Secretary of State relating to | 7 |
| suspension proceedings, if applicable, must be paid in full by | 8 |
| 5:00
p.m., Central Standard Time, of the 60th day after the
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| effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General
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| Assembly. This amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly has
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| no retroactive effect with regard to payments already tendered
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| to the Authority that were full payments or payments in an
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| amount greater than the applicable percentage, and this Act
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| shall not be the basis for either a refund or a credit. This
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| amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly does not apply to
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| toll evasion citations issued by the Illinois State Police or
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| other authorized law enforcement agencies and for which payment
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| may be due to or through the clerk of the circuit court. The
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| Authority shall adopt rules as necessary to implement the
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| provisions of this amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly.
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| The Authority, by a resolution of the Board of Directors, shall
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| have the discretion to implement similar amnesty programs in
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| the future.
The Authority, at its discretion and in | 24 |
| consultation with the Attorney
General, is further authorized | 25 |
| to settle an administrative fine or
penalty if it determines | 26 |
| that settling for less than the full amount
is in the best |
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| interests of the Authority after taking into account
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| following factors:
(1) the merits of the Authority's claim | 3 |
| against the respondent;
(2) the amount that can be collected | 4 |
| relative to the
administrative fine or penalty owed by the | 5 |
| respondent;
(3) the cost of pursuing further enforcement or | 6 |
| collection
action against the respondent;
(4) the likelihood of | 7 |
| collecting the full amount owed; and
(5) the burden on the | 8 |
| judiciary.
The provisions in this Section may be extended to | 9 |
| other
toll facilities in the State of Illinois through a duly
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| executed agreement between the Authority and
the operator of | 11 |
| the toll facility.
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| (a-10) It shall be an affirmative defense to any alleged | 13 |
| violation if the Authority fails to comply with the | 14 |
| requirements of subsection (a-5). | 15 |
| (b) To prescribe rules and regulations applicable to | 16 |
| traffic on highways
under the jurisdiction of the Authority, | 17 |
| concerning:
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| (1) Types of vehicles permitted to use such highways or | 19 |
| parts thereof,
and classification of such vehicles;
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| (2) Designation of the lanes of traffic to be used by | 21 |
| the different
types of vehicles permitted upon said | 22 |
| highways;
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| (3) Stopping, standing, and parking of vehicles;
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| (4) Control of traffic by means of police officers or | 25 |
| traffic control
signals;
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| (5) Control or prohibition of processions, convoys, |
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| and assemblages of
vehicles and persons;
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| (6) Movement of traffic in one direction only on | 3 |
| designated portions of
said highways;
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| (7) Control of the access, entrance, and exit of | 5 |
| vehicles and persons to
and from said highways; and
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| (8) Preparation, location and installation of all | 7 |
| traffic signs;
and to prescribe further rules and | 8 |
| regulations applicable to such traffic,
concerning matters | 9 |
| not provided for either in the foregoing enumeration or
in | 10 |
| the Illinois Vehicle Code. Notice of such rules and | 11 |
| regulations
shall be posted conspicuously and displayed at | 12 |
| appropriate points and at
reasonable intervals along said | 13 |
| highways, by clearly legible markers or
signs, to provide | 14 |
| notice of the existence of such rules and regulations to
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| persons traveling on said highways. At each toll station, | 16 |
| the Authority
shall make available, free of charge, | 17 |
| pamphlets containing all of such
rules and regulations.
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| (c) The Authority, in fixing the rate for tolls for the | 19 |
| privilege of
using the said toll highways, is authorized and | 20 |
| directed, in fixing such
rates, to base the same upon annual | 21 |
| estimates to be made, recorded and
filed with the Authority. | 22 |
| Said estimates shall include the following: The
estimated total | 23 |
| amount of the use of the toll highways; the estimated
amount of | 24 |
| the revenue to be derived therefrom, which said revenue, when
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| added to all other receipts and income, will be sufficient to | 26 |
| pay the
expense of maintaining and operating said toll |
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| highways, including the
administrative expenses of the | 2 |
| Authority, and to discharge all obligations
of the Authority as | 3 |
| they become due and payable.
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| (d) To accept from any municipality or political | 5 |
| subdivision any lands,
easements or rights in land needed for | 6 |
| the operation, construction,
relocation or maintenance of any | 7 |
| toll highways, with or without payment
therefor, and in its | 8 |
| discretion to reimburse any such municipality or
political | 9 |
| subdivision out of its funds for any cost or expense incurred | 10 |
| in
the acquisition of land, easements or rights in land, in | 11 |
| connection with
the construction and relocation of the said | 12 |
| toll highways, widening,
extending roads, streets or avenues in | 13 |
| connection therewith, or for the
construction of any roads or | 14 |
| streets forming extension to and connections
with or between | 15 |
| any toll highways, or for the cost or expense of widening,
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| grading, surfacing or improving any existing streets or roads | 17 |
| or the
construction of any streets and roads forming extensions | 18 |
| of or connections
with any toll highways constructed, | 19 |
| relocated, operated, maintained or
regulated hereunder by the | 20 |
| Authority. Where property owned by a
municipality or political | 21 |
| subdivision is necessary to the construction of
an approved | 22 |
| toll highway, if the Authority cannot reach an agreement with
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| such municipality or political subdivision and if the use to | 24 |
| which the
property is being put in the hands of the | 25 |
| municipality or political
subdivision is not essential to the | 26 |
| existence or the administration of such
municipality or |
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| political subdivision, the Authority may acquire the
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| by condemnation.
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| (Source: P.A. 94-636, eff. 8-22-05.)
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| Section 10. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by | 5 |
| changing Section 11-208.6 as follows:
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| (625 ILCS 5/11-208.6)
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| Sec. 11-208.6. Automated traffic law enforcement system.
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| (a) As used in this Section, "automated traffic law | 9 |
| enforcement
system" means a device with one or more motor | 10 |
| vehicle sensors working
in conjunction with a red light signal | 11 |
| to produce recorded images of
motor vehicles entering an | 12 |
| intersection against a red signal
indication in violation of | 13 |
| Section 11-306 of this Code or a similar provision
of a local | 14 |
| ordinance.
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| An
automated traffic law enforcement system is a system, in | 16 |
| a municipality or
county operated by a
governmental agency, | 17 |
| that
produces a recorded image of a motor vehicle's
violation | 18 |
| of a provision of this Code or a local ordinance
and is | 19 |
| designed to obtain a clear recorded image of the
vehicle and | 20 |
| the vehicle's license plate. The recorded image must also
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| display the time, date, and location of the violation.
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| (b) As used in this Section, "recorded images" means images
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| recorded by an automated traffic law enforcement system on:
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| (1) 2 or more photographs;
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| (2) 2 or more microphotographs;
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| (3) 2 or more electronic images; or
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| (4) a video recording showing the motor vehicle and, on | 4 |
| at
least one image or portion of the recording, clearly | 5 |
| identifying the
registration plate number of the motor | 6 |
| vehicle.
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| (c) A county or municipality, including a home rule county | 8 |
| or municipality, may not use an automated traffic law | 9 |
| enforcement system to provide recorded images of a motor | 10 |
| vehicle for the purpose of recording its speed. The regulation | 11 |
| of the use of automated traffic law enforcement systems to | 12 |
| record vehicle speeds is an exclusive power and function of the | 13 |
| State. This subsection (c) is a denial and limitation of home | 14 |
| rule powers and functions under subsection (h) of Section 6 of | 15 |
| Article VII of the Illinois Constitution.
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| (d) For each violation of a provision of this Code or a | 17 |
| local ordinance
recorded by an automatic
traffic law | 18 |
| enforcement system, the county or municipality having
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| jurisdiction shall issue a written notice of the
violation to | 20 |
| the registered owner of the vehicle as the alleged
violator. | 21 |
| The notice shall be delivered to the registered
owner of the | 22 |
| vehicle, by mail, within 30 days after the Secretary of State | 23 |
| notifies the municipality or county of the identity of the | 24 |
| owner of the vehicle, but in no event later than 30 90 days | 25 |
| after the violation.
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| The notice shall include:
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| (1) the name and address of the registered owner of the
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| vehicle;
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| (2) the registration number of the motor vehicle
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| involved in the violation;
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| (3) the violation charged;
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| (4) the location where the violation occurred;
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| (5) the date and time of the violation;
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| (6) a copy of any and all evidence, material, or | 9 |
| similar information relevant to the alleged violation the | 10 |
| recorded images ;
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| (7) the amount of the civil penalty imposed and the | 12 |
| date
by which the civil penalty should be paid;
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| (8) a statement that recorded images are evidence of a
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| violation of a red light signal;
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| (9) a warning that failure to pay the civil penalty or | 16 |
| to
contest liability in a timely manner is an admission of
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| liability and may result in a suspension of the driving
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| privileges of the registered owner of the vehicle; and
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| (10) a statement that the person may elect to proceed | 20 |
| by:
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| (A) paying the fine; or
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| (B) challenging the charge in court, by mail, or by | 23 |
| administrative hearing.
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| (d-1) Under no circumstances shall the registered owner be | 25 |
| required to file a Freedom of Information Act request to obtain | 26 |
| evidence, material, or similar information relevant to an |
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| alleged violation. | 2 |
| (d-3) A municipality may comply with item (6) of subsection | 3 |
| (d) of this Section by providing a website address where the | 4 |
| required information is accessible through the Internet. | 5 |
| (d-5) It shall be an affirmative defense to any alleged | 6 |
| violation if the county or municipality having
jurisdiction | 7 |
| fails to comply with the requirements of subsection (d). | 8 |
| (e) If a person
charged with a traffic violation, as a | 9 |
| result of an automated traffic law
enforcement system, does not | 10 |
| pay or successfully contest the civil
penalty resulting from | 11 |
| that violation, the Secretary of State shall suspend the
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| driving privileges of the
registered owner of the vehicle under | 13 |
| Section 6-306.5 of this Code for failing
to pay any fine or | 14 |
| penalty
due and owing as a result of 5 violations of the | 15 |
| automated traffic law
enforcement system.
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| (f) Based on inspection of recorded images produced by an
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| automated traffic law enforcement system, a notice alleging | 18 |
| that the violation occurred shall be evidence of the facts | 19 |
| contained
in the notice and admissible in any proceeding | 20 |
| alleging a
violation under this Section.
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| (g) Recorded images made by an automatic traffic law
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| enforcement system are confidential and shall be made
available | 23 |
| only to the alleged violator and governmental and
law | 24 |
| enforcement agencies for purposes of adjudicating a
violation | 25 |
| of this Section, for statistical purposes, or for other | 26 |
| governmental purposes. Any recorded image evidencing a
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| violation of this Section, however, may be admissible in
any | 2 |
| proceeding resulting from the issuance of the citation.
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| (h) The court or hearing officer may consider in defense of | 4 |
| a violation:
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| (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;
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| (2) that the driver of the vehicle passed through the
| 10 |
| intersection when the light was red either (i) in order to
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| yield the right-of-way to an emergency vehicle or (ii) as
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| part of a funeral procession; and
| 13 |
| (3) any other evidence or issues provided by municipal | 14 |
| or county ordinance.
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| (i) To demonstrate that the motor vehicle or the | 16 |
| registration
plates were stolen before the violation occurred | 17 |
| and were not under the
control or possession of the owner at | 18 |
| the time of the violation, the
owner must submit proof that a | 19 |
| report concerning the stolen
motor vehicle or registration | 20 |
| plates was filed with a law enforcement agency in a timely | 21 |
| manner.
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| (j) Unless the driver of the motor vehicle received a | 23 |
| Uniform
Traffic Citation from a police officer at the time of | 24 |
| the violation,
the motor vehicle owner is subject to a civil | 25 |
| penalty not exceeding
$100, plus an additional penalty of not | 26 |
| more than $100 for failure to pay the original penalty in a |
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| timely manner, if the motor vehicle is recorded by an automated | 2 |
| traffic law
enforcement system. A violation for which a civil | 3 |
| penalty is imposed
under this Section is not a violation of a | 4 |
| traffic regulation governing
the movement of vehicles and may | 5 |
| not be recorded on the driving record
of the owner of the | 6 |
| vehicle.
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| (k) An intersection equipped with an automated traffic law
| 8 |
| enforcement system must be posted with a sign visible to | 9 |
| approaching traffic
indicating that the intersection is being | 10 |
| monitored by an automated
traffic law enforcement system.
| 11 |
| (l) The compensation paid for an automated traffic law | 12 |
| enforcement system
must be based on the value of the equipment | 13 |
| or the services provided and may
not be based on the number of | 14 |
| traffic citations issued or the revenue generated
by the | 15 |
| system.
| 16 |
| (m) This Section applies only to the counties of Cook, | 17 |
| DuPage, Kane, Lake, Madison, McHenry, St. Clair, and Will and | 18 |
| to municipalities located within those counties.
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| (Source: P.A. 94-795, eff. 5-22-06.)
| 20 |
| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 21 |
| becoming law.".
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