Sen. Don Harmon

Filed: 3/22/2011

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 952

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 952 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by
5changing Section 6-306.5, 11-208, 11-208.3, 11-612, and
612-610.5 and by adding Sections 1-105.1 and 11-208.8 as
7follows:
 
8    (625 ILCS 5/1-105.1 new)
9    Sec. 1-105.1. Automated speed enforcement system
10violation. A violation described in Section 11-208.8 of this
11Code.
 
12    (625 ILCS 5/6-306.5)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 6-306.5)
13    Sec. 6-306.5. Failure to pay fine or penalty for standing,
14parking, compliance, automated speed enforcement system, or
15automated traffic law violations; suspension of driving

 

 

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1privileges.
2    (a) Upon receipt of a certified report, as prescribed by
3subsection (c) of this Section, from any municipality or county
4stating that the owner of a registered vehicle has: (1) has
5failed to pay any fine or penalty due and owing as a result of
610 or more violations of a municipality's or county's vehicular
7standing, parking, or compliance regulations established by
8ordinance pursuant to Section 11-208.3 of this Code, (2) has
9failed to pay any fine or penalty due and owing as a result of 5
10offenses for automated speed enforcement system violations or
11automated traffic violations as defined in Sections Section
1211-208.6, 11-208.8, or 11-1201.1, or (3) is more than 14 days
13in default of a payment plan pursuant to which a suspension had
14been terminated under subsection (c) of this Section, the
15Secretary of State shall suspend the driving privileges of such
16person in accordance with the procedures set forth in this
17Section. The Secretary shall also suspend the driving
18privileges of an owner of a registered vehicle upon receipt of
19a certified report, as prescribed by subsection (f) of this
20Section, from any municipality or county stating that such
21person has failed to satisfy any fines or penalties imposed by
22final judgments for 5 or more automated speed enforcement
23system or automated traffic law violations or 10 or more
24violations of local standing, parking, or compliance
25regulations after exhaustion of judicial review procedures.
26    (b) Following receipt of the certified report of the

 

 

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

 

 

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1    report pursuant to this Section.
2        (3) A statement that the municipality or county sent a
3    notice of impending drivers license suspension as
4    prescribed by ordinance enacted pursuant to Section
5    11-208.3 of this Code or a notice of default in a payment
6    plan, to the person named in the report at the address
7    recorded with the Secretary of State or at the last address
8    known to the lessor of the cited vehicle at the time of
9    lease or, if any notice sent under Section 11-208.3 of this
10    Code is returned as undeliverable, at the last known
11    address recorded in a United States Post Office approved
12    database; the date on which such notice was sent; and the
13    address to which such notice was sent. In a municipality or
14    county with a population of 1,000,000 or more, the report
15    shall also include a statement that the alleged violator's
16    State vehicle registration number and vehicle make, if
17    specified on the automated speed enforcement system
18    violation or automated traffic law violation notice, are
19    correct as they appear on the citations.
20        (4) A unique identifying reference number for each
21    request of suspension sent whenever a person has failed to
22    pay the fine or penalty or has defaulted on a payment plan.
23    (d) Any municipality or county making a certified report to
24the Secretary of State pursuant to this Section shall notify
25the Secretary of State, in a form prescribed by the Secretary,
26whenever a person named in the certified report has paid the

 

 

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1previously reported fine or penalty, whenever a person named in
2the certified report has entered into a payment plan pursuant
3to which the municipality or county has agreed to terminate the
4suspension, or whenever the municipality or county determines
5that the original report was in error. A certified copy of such
6notification shall also be given upon request and at no
7additional charge to the person named therein. Upon receipt of
8the municipality's or county's notification or presentation of
9a certified copy of such notification, the Secretary of State
10shall terminate the suspension.
11    (e) Any municipality or county making a certified report to
12the Secretary of State pursuant to this Section shall also by
13ordinance establish procedures for persons to challenge the
14accuracy of the certified report. The ordinance shall also
15state the grounds for such a challenge, which may be limited to
16(1) the person not having been the owner or lessee of the
17vehicle or vehicles receiving 10 or more standing, parking, or
18compliance violation notices or 5 or more automated speed
19enforcement system or automated traffic law violations on the
20date or dates such notices were issued; and (2) the person
21having already paid the fine or penalty for the 10 or more
22standing, parking, or compliance violations or 5 or more
23automated speed enforcement system or automated traffic law
24violations indicated on the certified report.
25    (f) Any municipality or county, other than a municipality
26or county establishing vehicular standing, parking, and

 

 

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1compliance regulations pursuant to Section 11-208.3, automated
2speed enforcement system regulations under Section 11-208.8,
3or automated traffic law regulations under Section 11-208.6 or
411-1201.1, may also cause a suspension of a person's drivers
5license pursuant to this Section. Such municipality or county
6may invoke this sanction by making a certified report to the
7Secretary of State upon a person's failure to satisfy any fine
8or penalty imposed by final judgment for 10 or more violations
9of local standing, parking, or compliance regulations or 5 or
10more automated speed enforcement system or automated traffic
11law violations after exhaustion of judicial review procedures,
12but only if:
13        (1) the municipality or county complies with the
14    provisions of this Section in all respects except in regard
15    to enacting an ordinance pursuant to Section 11-208.3;
16        (2) the municipality or county has sent a notice of
17    impending drivers license suspension as prescribed by an
18    ordinance enacted pursuant to subsection (g) of this
19    Section; and
20        (3) in municipalities or counties with a population of
21    1,000,000 or more, the municipality or county has verified
22    that the alleged violator's State vehicle registration
23    number and vehicle make are correct as they appear on the
24    citations.
25    (g) Any municipality or county, other than a municipality
26or county establishing standing, parking, and compliance

 

 

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1regulations pursuant to Section 11-208.3, automated speed
2enforcement system regulations under Section 11-208.8, or
3automated traffic law regulations under Section 11-208.6 or
411-1201.1, may provide by ordinance for the sending of a notice
5of impending drivers license suspension to the person who has
6failed to satisfy any fine or penalty imposed by final judgment
7for 10 or more violations of local standing, parking, or
8compliance regulations or 5 or more automated speed enforcement
9system or automated traffic law violations after exhaustion of
10judicial review procedures. An ordinance so providing shall
11specify that the notice sent to the person liable for any fine
12or penalty shall state that failure to pay the fine or penalty
13owing within 45 days of the notice's date will result in the
14municipality or county notifying the Secretary of State that
15the person's drivers license is eligible for suspension
16pursuant to this Section. The notice of impending drivers
17license suspension shall be sent by first class United States
18mail, postage prepaid, to the address recorded with the
19Secretary of State or at the last address known to the lessor
20of the cited vehicle at the time of lease or, if any notice
21sent under Section 11-208.3 of this Code is returned as
22undeliverable, to the last known address recorded in a United
23States Post Office approved database.
24    (h) An administrative hearing to contest an impending
25suspension or a suspension made pursuant to this Section may be
26had upon filing a written request with the Secretary of State.

 

 

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1The filing fee for this hearing shall be $20, to be paid at the
2time the request is made. A municipality or county which files
3a certified report with the Secretary of State pursuant to this
4Section shall reimburse the Secretary for all reasonable costs
5incurred by the Secretary as a result of the filing of the
6report, including but not limited to the costs of providing the
7notice required pursuant to subsection (b) and the costs
8incurred by the Secretary in any hearing conducted with respect
9to the report pursuant to this subsection and any appeal from
10such a hearing.
11    (i) The provisions of this Section shall apply on and after
12January 1, 1988.
13    (j) For purposes of this Section, the term "compliance
14violation" is defined as in Section 11-208.3.
15(Source: P.A. 96-478, eff. 1-1-10; 96-1184, eff. 7-22-10;
1696-1386, eff. 7-29-10; revised 9-16-10.)
 
17    (625 ILCS 5/11-208)   (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-208)
18    Sec. 11-208. Powers of local authorities.
19    (a) The provisions of this Code shall not be deemed to
20prevent local authorities with respect to streets and highways
21under their jurisdiction and within the reasonable exercise of
22the police power from:
23        1. Regulating the standing or parking of vehicles,
24    except as limited by Sections 11-1306 and 11-1307 of this
25    Act;

 

 

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

 

 

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1        12. Prohibiting pedestrian crossings at other than
2    designated and marked crosswalks or at intersections;
3        13. Prohibiting parking during snow removal operation;
4        14. Imposing fines in accordance with Section
5    11-1301.3 as penalties for use of any parking place
6    reserved for persons with disabilities, as defined by
7    Section 1-159.1, or disabled veterans by any person using a
8    motor vehicle not bearing registration plates specified in
9    Section 11-1301.1 or a special decal or device as defined
10    in Section 11-1301.2 as evidence that the vehicle is
11    operated by or for a person with disabilities or disabled
12    veteran;
13        15. Adopting such other traffic regulations as are
14    specifically authorized by this Code; or
15        16. Enforcing the provisions of subsection (f) of
16    Section 3-413 of this Code or a similar local ordinance.
17    (b) No ordinance or regulation enacted under subsections 1,
184, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11 or 13 of paragraph (a) shall be effective
19until signs giving reasonable notice of such local traffic
20regulations are posted.
21    (c) The provisions of this Code shall not prevent any
22municipality having a population of 500,000 or more inhabitants
23from prohibiting any person from driving or operating any motor
24vehicle upon the roadways of such municipality with headlamps
25on high beam or bright.
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1prevent local authorities within the reasonable exercise of
2their police power from prohibiting, on private property, the
3unauthorized use of parking spaces reserved for persons with
4disabilities.
5    (e) No unit of local government, including a home rule
6unit, may enact or enforce an ordinance that applies only to
7motorcycles if the principal purpose for that ordinance is to
8restrict the access of motorcycles to any highway or portion of
9a highway for which federal or State funds have been used for
10the planning, design, construction, or maintenance of that
11highway. No unit of local government, including a home rule
12unit, may enact an ordinance requiring motorcycle users to wear
13protective headgear. Nothing in this subsection (e) shall
14affect the authority of a unit of local government to regulate
15motorcycles for traffic control purposes or in accordance with
16Section 12-602 of this Code. No unit of local government,
17including a home rule unit, may regulate motorcycles in a
18manner inconsistent with this Code. This subsection (e) is a
19limitation under subsection (i) of Section 6 of Article VII of
20the Illinois Constitution on the concurrent exercise by home
21rule units of powers and functions exercised by the State.
22    (f) A municipality or county designated in Section 11-208.6
23may enact an ordinance providing for an automated traffic law
24enforcement system to enforce violations of this Code or a
25similar provision of a local ordinance and imposing liability
26on a registered owner of a vehicle used in such a violation.

 

 

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1    (g) A municipality or county, as provided in Section
211-1201.1, may enact an ordinance providing for an automated
3traffic law enforcement system to enforce violations of Section
411-1201 of this Code or a similar provision of a local
5ordinance and imposing liability on a registered owner of a
6vehicle used in such a violation.
7    (h) A municipality or county designated in Section 11-208.8
8may enact an ordinance providing for an automated speed
9enforcement system to enforce violations of this Code or a
10similar provision of a local ordinance and imposing liability
11on a registered owner of a vehicle used in such a violation.
12(Source: P.A. 96-478, eff. 1-1-10; 96-1256, eff. 1-1-11.)
 
13    (625 ILCS 5/11-208.3)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-208.3)
14    Sec. 11-208.3. Administrative adjudication of violations
15of traffic regulations concerning the standing, parking, or
16condition of vehicles, and automated traffic law violations,
17and automated speed enforcement system violations.
18    (a) Any municipality or county may provide by ordinance for
19a system of administrative adjudication of vehicular standing
20and parking violations and vehicle compliance violations as
21defined in this subsection, and automated traffic law
22violations as defined in Section 11-208.6 or 11-1201.1, and
23automated speed enforcement system violations as defined in
24Section 11-208.8. The administrative system shall have as its
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1county regulations through the administrative adjudication of
2automated speed enforcement system or automated traffic law
3violations and violations of municipal or county ordinances
4regulating the standing and parking of vehicles, the condition
5and use of vehicle equipment, and the display of municipal or
6county wheel tax licenses within the municipality's or county's
7borders. The administrative system shall only have authority to
8adjudicate civil offenses carrying fines not in excess of $500
9or requiring the completion of a traffic education program, or
10both, that occur after the effective date of the ordinance
11adopting such a system under this Section. For purposes of this
12Section, "compliance violation" means a violation of a
13municipal or county regulation governing the condition or use
14of equipment on a vehicle or governing the display of a
15municipal or county wheel tax license.
16    (b) Any ordinance establishing a system of administrative
17adjudication under this Section shall provide for:
18        (1) A traffic compliance administrator authorized to
19    adopt, distribute and process parking, compliance, and
20    automated speed enforcement system or automated traffic
21    law violation notices and other notices required by this
22    Section, collect money paid as fines and penalties for
23    violation of parking and compliance ordinances and
24    automated speed enforcement system or automated traffic
25    law violations, and operate an administrative adjudication
26    system. The traffic compliance administrator also may make

 

 

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1    a certified report to the Secretary of State under Section
2    6-306.5.
3        (2) A parking, standing, compliance, or automated
4    speed enforcement system or automated traffic law
5    violation notice that shall specify the date, time, and
6    place of violation of a parking, standing, compliance, or
7    automated speed enforcement system or automated traffic
8    law regulation; the particular regulation violated; any
9    requirement to complete a traffic education program; the
10    fine and any penalty that may be assessed for late payment
11    or failure to complete a required traffic education
12    program, or both, when so provided by ordinance; the
13    vehicle make and state registration number; and the
14    identification number of the person issuing the notice.
15    With regard to automated speed enforcement system or
16    automated traffic law violations, vehicle make shall be
17    specified on the automated speed enforcement system or
18    automated traffic law violation notice if the make is
19    available and readily discernible. With regard to
20    municipalities or counties with a population of 1 million
21    or more, it shall be grounds for dismissal of a parking
22    violation if the state registration number or vehicle make
23    specified is incorrect. The violation notice shall state
24    that the completion of any required traffic education
25    program, the payment of any indicated fine, and the payment
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1    complete a required traffic education program, or both,
2    shall operate as a final disposition of the violation. The
3    notice also shall contain information as to the
4    availability of a hearing in which the violation may be
5    contested on its merits. The violation notice shall specify
6    the time and manner in which a hearing may be had.
7        (3) Service of the parking, standing, or compliance
8    violation notice by affixing the original or a facsimile of
9    the notice to an unlawfully parked vehicle or by handing
10    the notice to the operator of a vehicle if he or she is
11    present and service of an automated speed enforcement
12    system or automated traffic law violation notice by mail to
13    the address of the registered owner of the cited vehicle as
14    recorded with the Secretary of State within 30 days after
15    the Secretary of State notifies the municipality or county
16    of the identity of the owner of the vehicle, but in no
17    event later than 90 days after the violation. A person
18    authorized by ordinance to issue and serve parking,
19    standing, and compliance violation notices shall certify
20    as to the correctness of the facts entered on the violation
21    notice by signing his or her name to the notice at the time
22    of service or in the case of a notice produced by a
23    computerized device, by signing a single certificate to be
24    kept by the traffic compliance administrator attesting to
25    the correctness of all notices produced by the device while
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1    automated speed enforcement system violation, the
2    ordinance shall require a determination by a technician
3    employed or contracted by the municipality or county that,
4    based on inspection of recorded images, the motor vehicle
5    was being operated in violation of Section 11-208.8 or a
6    local ordinance. The automated speed enforcement system
7    ordinance shall require that all determinations by a
8    technician that a motor vehicle was being operated in
9    violation of Section 11-208.8 or a local ordinance must be
10    reviewed and approved by a law enforcement officer or
11    retired law enforcement officer of the municipality or
12    county issuing the violation or by an additional
13    fully-trained reviewing technician who is not employed by
14    the contractor who employs the technician who made the
15    initial determination. In the case of an automated traffic
16    law violation, the ordinance shall require a determination
17    by a technician employed or contracted by the municipality
18    or county that, based on inspection of recorded images, the
19    motor vehicle was being operated in violation of Section
20    11-208.6 or 11-1201.1 or a local ordinance. If the
21    technician determines that the vehicle entered the
22    intersection as part of a funeral procession or in order to
23    yield the right-of-way to an emergency vehicle, a citation
24    shall not be issued. In municipalities with a population of
25    less than 1,000,000 inhabitants and counties with a
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1    automated traffic law ordinance shall require that all
2    determinations by a technician that a motor vehicle was
3    being operated in violation of Section 11-208.6 or
4    11-1201.1 or a local ordinance must be reviewed and
5    approved by a law enforcement officer or retired law
6    enforcement officer of the municipality or county issuing
7    the violation. In municipalities with a population of
8    1,000,000 or more inhabitants and counties with a
9    population of 3,000,000 or more inhabitants, the automated
10    traffic law ordinance shall require that all
11    determinations by a technician that a motor vehicle was
12    being operated in violation of Section 11-208.6 or
13    11-1201.1 or a local ordinance must be reviewed and
14    approved by a law enforcement officer or retired law
15    enforcement officer of the municipality or county issuing
16    the violation or by an additional fully-trained reviewing
17    technician who is not employed by the contractor who
18    employs the technician who made the initial determination.
19    As used in this paragraph, "fully-trained reviewing
20    technician" means a person who has received at least 40
21    hours of supervised training in subjects which shall
22    include image inspection and interpretation, the elements
23    necessary to prove a violation, license plate
24    identification, and traffic safety and management. In all
25    municipalities and counties, the automated speed
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1    shall require that no additional fee shall be charged to
2    the alleged violator for exercising his or her right to an
3    administrative hearing, and persons shall be given at least
4    25 days following an administrative hearing to pay any
5    civil penalty imposed by a finding that Section 11-208.6,
6    11-208.8, or 11-1201.1 or a similar local ordinance has
7    been violated. The original or a facsimile of the violation
8    notice or, in the case of a notice produced by a
9    computerized device, a printed record generated by the
10    device showing the facts entered on the notice, shall be
11    retained by the traffic compliance administrator, and
12    shall be a record kept in the ordinary course of business.
13    A parking, standing, compliance, automated speed
14    enforcement system, or automated traffic law violation
15    notice issued, signed and served in accordance with this
16    Section, a copy of the notice, or the computer generated
17    record shall be prima facie correct and shall be prima
18    facie evidence of the correctness of the facts shown on the
19    notice. The notice, copy, or computer generated record
20    shall be admissible in any subsequent administrative or
21    legal proceedings.
22        (4) An opportunity for a hearing for the registered
23    owner of the vehicle cited in the parking, standing,
24    compliance, automated speed enforcement system, or
25    automated traffic law violation notice in which the owner
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1    which formal or technical rules of evidence shall not
2    apply; provided, however, that under Section 11-1306 of
3    this Code the lessee of a vehicle cited in the violation
4    notice likewise shall be provided an opportunity for a
5    hearing of the same kind afforded the registered owner. The
6    hearings shall be recorded, and the person conducting the
7    hearing on behalf of the traffic compliance administrator
8    shall be empowered to administer oaths and to secure by
9    subpoena both the attendance and testimony of witnesses and
10    the production of relevant books and papers. Persons
11    appearing at a hearing under this Section may be
12    represented by counsel at their expense. The ordinance may
13    also provide for internal administrative review following
14    the decision of the hearing officer.
15        (5) Service of additional notices, sent by first class
16    United States mail, postage prepaid, to the address of the
17    registered owner of the cited vehicle as recorded with the
18    Secretary of State or, if any notice to that address is
19    returned as undeliverable, to the last known address
20    recorded in a United States Post Office approved database,
21    or, under Section 11-1306 of this Code, to the lessee of
22    the cited vehicle at the last address known to the lessor
23    of the cited vehicle at the time of lease or, if any notice
24    to that address is returned as undeliverable, to the last
25    known address recorded in a United States Post Office
26    approved database. The service shall be deemed complete as

 

 

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1    of the date of deposit in the United States mail. The
2    notices shall be in the following sequence and shall
3    include but not be limited to the information specified
4    herein:
5            (i) A second notice of parking, standing, or
6        compliance violation. This notice shall specify the
7        date and location of the violation cited in the
8        parking, standing, or compliance violation notice, the
9        particular regulation violated, the vehicle make and
10        state registration number, any requirement to complete
11        a traffic education program, the fine and any penalty
12        that may be assessed for late payment or failure to
13        complete a traffic education program, or both, when so
14        provided by ordinance, the availability of a hearing in
15        which the violation may be contested on its merits, and
16        the time and manner in which the hearing may be had.
17        The notice of violation shall also state that failure
18        to complete a required traffic education program, to
19        pay the indicated fine and any applicable penalty, or
20        to appear at a hearing on the merits in the time and
21        manner specified, will result in a final determination
22        of violation liability for the cited violation in the
23        amount of the fine or penalty indicated, and that, upon
24        the occurrence of a final determination of violation
25        liability for the failure, and the exhaustion of, or
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1        judicial procedures for review, any incomplete traffic
2        education program or any unpaid fine or penalty, or
3        both, will constitute a debt due and owing the
4        municipality or county.
5            (ii) A notice of final determination of parking,
6        standing, compliance, automated speed enforcement
7        system, or automated traffic law violation liability.
8        This notice shall be sent following a final
9        determination of parking, standing, compliance,
10        automated speed enforcement system, or automated
11        traffic law violation liability and the conclusion of
12        judicial review procedures taken under this Section.
13        The notice shall state that the incomplete traffic
14        education program or the unpaid fine or penalty, or
15        both, is a debt due and owing the municipality or
16        county. The notice shall contain warnings that failure
17        to complete any required traffic education program or
18        to pay any fine or penalty due and owing the
19        municipality or county, or both, within the time
20        specified may result in the municipality's or county's
21        filing of a petition in the Circuit Court to have the
22        incomplete traffic education program or unpaid fine or
23        penalty, or both, rendered a judgment as provided by
24        this Section, or may result in suspension of the
25        person's drivers license for failure to complete a
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1        or both, for 10 or more parking violations under
2        Section 6-306.5, or 5 or more automated traffic law
3        violations under Section 11-208.6, or 5 or more
4        automated speed enforcement system violations under
5        Section 11-208.8.
6        (6) A notice of impending drivers license suspension.
7    This notice shall be sent to the person liable for failure
8    to complete a required traffic education program or to pay
9    any fine or penalty that remains due and owing, or both, on
10    10 or more parking violations or 5 or more unpaid automated
11    speed enforcement system or automated traffic law
12    violations. The notice shall state that failure to complete
13    a required traffic education program or to pay the fine or
14    penalty owing, or both, within 45 days of the notice's date
15    will result in the municipality or county notifying the
16    Secretary of State that the person is eligible for
17    initiation of suspension proceedings under Section 6-306.5
18    of this Code. The notice shall also state that the person
19    may obtain a photostatic copy of an original ticket
20    imposing a fine or penalty by sending a self addressed,
21    stamped envelope to the municipality or county along with a
22    request for the photostatic copy. The notice of impending
23    drivers license suspension shall be sent by first class
24    United States mail, postage prepaid, to the address
25    recorded with the Secretary of State or, if any notice to
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1    known address recorded in a United States Post Office
2    approved database.
3        (7) Final determinations of violation liability. A
4    final determination of violation liability shall occur
5    following failure to complete the required traffic
6    education program or to pay the fine or penalty, or both,
7    after a hearing officer's determination of violation
8    liability and the exhaustion of or failure to exhaust any
9    administrative review procedures provided by ordinance.
10    Where a person fails to appear at a hearing to contest the
11    alleged violation in the time and manner specified in a
12    prior mailed notice, the hearing officer's determination
13    of violation liability shall become final: (A) upon denial
14    of a timely petition to set aside that determination, or
15    (B) upon expiration of the period for filing the petition
16    without a filing having been made.
17        (8) A petition to set aside a determination of parking,
18    standing, compliance, automated speed enforcement system,
19    or automated traffic law violation liability that may be
20    filed by a person owing an unpaid fine or penalty. A
21    petition to set aside a determination of liability may also
22    be filed by a person required to complete a traffic
23    education program. The petition shall be filed with and
24    ruled upon by the traffic compliance administrator in the
25    manner and within the time specified by ordinance. The
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1    not having been the owner or lessee of the cited vehicle on
2    the date the violation notice was issued, (B) the person
3    having already completed the required traffic education
4    program or paid the fine or penalty, or both, for the
5    violation in question, and (C) excusable failure to appear
6    at or request a new date for a hearing. With regard to
7    municipalities or counties with a population of 1 million
8    or more, it shall be grounds for dismissal of a parking
9    violation if the state registration number, or vehicle make
10    if specified, is incorrect. After the determination of
11    parking, standing, compliance, automated speed enforcement
12    system, or automated traffic law violation liability has
13    been set aside upon a showing of just cause, the registered
14    owner shall be provided with a hearing on the merits for
15    that violation.
16        (9) Procedures for non-residents. Procedures by which
17    persons who are not residents of the municipality or county
18    may contest the merits of the alleged violation without
19    attending a hearing.
20        (10) A schedule of civil fines for violations of
21    vehicular standing, parking, compliance, automated speed
22    enforcement system, or automated traffic law regulations
23    enacted by ordinance pursuant to this Section, and a
24    schedule of penalties for late payment of the fines or
25    failure to complete required traffic education programs,
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1    penalty for any one violation shall not exceed $250, except
2    as provided in subsection (c) of Section 11-1301.3 of this
3    Code.
4        (11) Other provisions as are necessary and proper to
5    carry into effect the powers granted and purposes stated in
6    this Section.
7    (c) Any municipality or county establishing vehicular
8standing, parking, compliance, automated speed enforcement
9system, or automated traffic law regulations under this Section
10may also provide by ordinance for a program of vehicle
11immobilization for the purpose of facilitating enforcement of
12those regulations. The program of vehicle immobilization shall
13provide for immobilizing any eligible vehicle upon the public
14way by presence of a restraint in a manner to prevent operation
15of the vehicle. Any ordinance establishing a program of vehicle
16immobilization under this Section shall provide:
17        (1) Criteria for the designation of vehicles eligible
18    for immobilization. A vehicle shall be eligible for
19    immobilization when the registered owner of the vehicle has
20    accumulated the number of incomplete traffic education
21    programs or unpaid final determinations of parking,
22    standing, compliance, automated speed enforcement system,
23    or automated traffic law violation liability, or both, as
24    determined by ordinance.
25        (2) A notice of impending vehicle immobilization and a
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1    by disproving liability for the incomplete traffic
2    education programs or unpaid final determinations of
3    parking, standing, compliance, automated speed enforcement
4    system, or automated traffic law violation liability, or
5    both, listed on the notice.
6        (3) The right to a prompt hearing after a vehicle has
7    been immobilized or subsequently towed without the
8    completion of the required traffic education program or
9    payment of the outstanding fines and penalties on parking,
10    standing, compliance, automated speed enforcement system,
11    or automated traffic law violations, or both, for which
12    final determinations have been issued. An order issued
13    after the hearing is a final administrative decision within
14    the meaning of Section 3-101 of the Code of Civil
15    Procedure.
16        (4) A post immobilization and post-towing notice
17    advising the registered owner of the vehicle of the right
18    to a hearing to challenge the validity of the impoundment.
19    (d) Judicial review of final determinations of parking,
20standing, compliance, automated speed enforcement system, or
21automated traffic law violations and final administrative
22decisions issued after hearings regarding vehicle
23immobilization and impoundment made under this Section shall be
24subject to the provisions of the Administrative Review Law.
25    (e) Any fine, penalty, incomplete traffic education
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1after the exhaustion of, or the failure to exhaust,
2administrative remedies created under this Section and the
3conclusion of any judicial review procedures shall be a debt
4due and owing the municipality or county and, as such, may be
5collected in accordance with applicable law. Completion of any
6required traffic education program and payment in full of any
7fine or penalty resulting from a standing, parking, compliance,
8automated speed enforcement system, or automated traffic law
9violation shall constitute a final disposition of that
10violation.
11    (f) After the expiration of the period within which
12judicial review may be sought for a final determination of
13parking, standing, compliance, automated speed enforcement
14system, or automated traffic law violation, the municipality or
15county may commence a proceeding in the Circuit Court for
16purposes of obtaining a judgment on the final determination of
17violation. Nothing in this Section shall prevent a municipality
18or county from consolidating multiple final determinations of
19parking, standing, compliance, automated speed enforcement
20system, or automated traffic law violations against a person in
21a proceeding. Upon commencement of the action, the municipality
22or county shall file a certified copy or record of the final
23determination of parking, standing, compliance, automated
24speed enforcement system, or automated traffic law violation,
25which shall be accompanied by a certification that recites
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1violation was issued in accordance with this Section and the
2applicable municipal or county ordinance. Service of the
3summons and a copy of the petition may be by any method
4provided by Section 2-203 of the Code of Civil Procedure or by
5certified mail, return receipt requested, provided that the
6total amount of fines and penalties for final determinations of
7parking, standing, compliance, automated speed enforcement
8system, or automated traffic law violations does not exceed
9$2500. If the court is satisfied that the final determination
10of parking, standing, compliance, automated speed enforcement
11system, or automated traffic law violation was entered in
12accordance with the requirements of this Section and the
13applicable municipal or county ordinance, and that the
14registered owner or the lessee, as the case may be, had an
15opportunity for an administrative hearing and for judicial
16review as provided in this Section, the court shall render
17judgment in favor of the municipality or county and against the
18registered owner or the lessee for the amount indicated in the
19final determination of parking, standing, compliance,
20automated speed enforcement system, or automated traffic law
21violation, plus costs. The judgment shall have the same effect
22and may be enforced in the same manner as other judgments for
23the recovery of money.
24    (g) The fee for participating in a traffic education
25program under this Section shall not exceed $25.
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1education program under this Section who provides proof of
2eligibility for the federal earned income tax credit under
3Section 32 of the Internal Revenue Code or the Illinois earned
4income tax credit under Section 212 of the Illinois Income Tax
5Act shall not be required to pay any fee for participating in a
6required traffic education program.
7(Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07; 96-288, eff. 8-11-09;
896-478, eff. 1-1-10; 96-1000, eff. 7-2-10; 96-1016, eff.
91-1-11; 96-1386, eff. 7-29-10; revised 9-16-10.)
 
10    (625 ILCS 5/11-208.8 new)
11    Sec. 11-208.8. Automated speed enforcement systems in
12school zones.
13    (a) As used in this Section:
14    "Automated speed enforcement system" means a photographic
15device, radar device, laser device, or other electrical or
16mechanical device or devices installed in a school zone
17designed to record the speed of a vehicle and obtain a clear
18photograph or other recorded image of the vehicle and the
19vehicle's registration plate while the driver is violating
20Section 11-605 of the Illinois Vehicle Code.
21    An automated speed enforcement system is a system, in a
22school zone under the jurisdiction of a municipality or county
23operated by a governmental agency, that produces a recorded
24image of a motor vehicle's violation of a provision of this
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1recorded image of the vehicle and the vehicle's license plate.
2The recorded image must also display the time, date, and
3location of the violation. A law enforcement officer is not
4required to be present or to witness the violation.
5    "Owner" means the person or entity to whom the vehicle is
6registered.
7    "Recorded image" means images recorded by an automated
8speed enforcement system on:
9        (1) 2 or more photographs;
10        (2) 2 or more microphotographs;
11        (3) 2 or more electronic images; or
12        (4) a video recording showing the motor vehicle and, on
13    at least one image or portion of the recording, clearly
14    identifying the registration plate number of the motor
15    vehicle.
16    (b) A municipality or county that produces a recorded image
17of a motor vehicle's violation of a provision of this Code or a
18local ordinance must make the recorded images of a violation
19accessible to the alleged violator by providing the alleged
20violator with a website address, accessible through the
21Internet.
22    (c) Notwithstanding any other consequence imposed for any
23similar violation of the Illinois Vehicle Code, the penalty for
24and consequence of a traffic violation recorded by an automated
25speed enforcement system is a civil fine of $50 for a first
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1committed within a year of the first violation. Unless the
2driver of the motor vehicle received a Uniform Traffic Citation
3from a police officer at the time of the violation, the motor
4vehicle owner is subject to the civil penalty under this
5subsection (c), plus an additional penalty of not more than
6$100 for failure to pay the original penalty in a timely
7manner, if the motor vehicle is recorded by an automated speed
8enforcement system. A violation for which a civil penalty is
9imposed under this Section is not a violation of a traffic
10regulation governing the movement of vehicles and may not be
11recorded on the driving record of the owner of the vehicle.
12    (c) For each violation of a provision of this Code or a
13local ordinance recorded by an automated speed enforcement
14system, the county or municipality having jurisdiction shall
15issue a written notice of the violation to the registered owner
16of the vehicle as the alleged violator. The notice shall be
17delivered to the registered owner of the vehicle, by mail,
18within 30 days after the Secretary of State notifies the
19municipality or county of the identity of the owner of the
20vehicle, but in no event later than 90 days after the
21violation.
22    (d) The notice shall include:
23        (1) the name and address of the registered owner of the
24    vehicle;
25        (2) the registration number of the motor vehicle
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1        (3) the violation charged;
2        (4) the date, time, and location where the violation
3    occurred;
4        (5) a copy of the recorded image or images;
5        (6) the amount of the civil penalty imposed and the
6    date by which the civil penalty should be paid;
7        (7) a statement that recorded images are evidence of a
8    violation of a speed restriction;
9        (8) a warning that failure to pay the civil penalty or
10    to contest liability in a timely manner is an admission of
11    liability and may result in a suspension of the driving
12    privileges of the registered owner of the vehicle;
13        (9) a statement that the person may elect to proceed
14    by:
15            (A) paying the fine; or
16            (B) challenging the charge in court, by mail, or by
17        administrative hearing; and
18        (10) a website address, accessible through the
19    Internet, where the person may view the recorded images of
20    the violation.
21    (e) If a person charged with a traffic violation, as a
22result of an automated speed enforcement system, does not pay
23the fine or successfully contest the civil penalty resulting
24from that violation, the Secretary of State shall suspend the
25driving privileges of the registered owner of the vehicle under
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1penalty due and owing, or both, as a result of 5 violations of
2the automated speed enforcement system.
3    (f) Based on inspection of recorded images produced by an
4automated speed enforcement system, a notice alleging that the
5violation occurred shall be evidence of the facts contained in
6the notice and admissible in any proceeding alleging a
7violation under this Section.
8    (g) Recorded images made by an automated speed enforcement
9system are confidential and shall be made available only to the
10alleged violator and governmental and law enforcement agencies
11for purposes of adjudicating a violation of this Section, for
12statistical purposes, or for other governmental purposes. Any
13recorded image evidencing a violation of this Section, however,
14may be admissible in any proceeding resulting from the issuance
15of the citation.
16    (h) The court or hearing officer may consider in defense of
17a violation:
18        (1) that the motor vehicle or registration plates of
19    the motor vehicle were stolen before the violation occurred
20    and not under the control of or in the possession of the
21    owner at the time of the violation;
22        (2) that the driver of the motor vehicle received a
23    Uniform Traffic Citation from a police officer at the time
24    of the violation for the same offence; and
25        (3) any other evidence or issues provided by municipal
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1    (i) To demonstrate that the motor vehicle or the
2registration plates were stolen before the violation occurred
3and were not under the control or possession of the owner at
4the time of the violation, the owner must submit proof that a
5report concerning the stolen motor vehicle or registration
6plates was filed with a law enforcement agency in a timely
7manner.
8    (j) A road equipped with an automated speed enforcement
9system shall be posted with a sign conforming to the national
10Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices that is visible to
11approaching traffic stating that vehicle speeds are being
12photo-enforced.
13    (k) A road where a new automated speed enforcement system
14is installed shall be posted with signs providing 30 days
15notice of the use of a new automated speed enforcement system
16prior to the issuance of any citations through the automated
17speed enforcement system.
18    (l) The compensation paid for an automated speed
19enforcement system must be based on the value of the equipment
20or the services provided and may not be based on the number of
21traffic citations issued or the revenue generated by the
22system.
23    (m) A municipality or county shall make a certified report
24to the Secretary of State pursuant to Section 6-306.5 of this
25Code whenever a registered owner of a vehicle has failed to pay
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1automated traffic law violations.
2    (n) If any part of this Section is for any reason held to
3be unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the
4remaining parts of this Section. The General Assembly hereby
5declares that it would have passed the remaining parts of this
6Section irrespective of the fact that one or more parts might
7be declared unconstitutional.
 
8    (625 ILCS 5/11-612)
9    Sec. 11-612. Certain systems to record vehicle speeds
10prohibited. Except as authorized in the Automated Traffic
11Control Systems in Highway Construction or Maintenance Zones
12Act and Section 11-208.8 of this Code, no photographic, video,
13or other imaging system may be used in this State to record
14vehicle speeds for the purpose of enforcing any law or
15ordinance regarding a maximum or minimum speed limit unless a
16law enforcement officer is present at the scene and witnesses
17the event. No State or local governmental entity, including a
18home rule county or municipality, may use such a system in a
19way that is prohibited by this Section. The regulation of the
20use of such systems is an exclusive power and function of the
21State. This Section is a denial and limitation of home rule
22powers and functions under subsection (h) of Section 6 of
23Article VII of the Illinois Constitution.
24(Source: P.A. 94-771, eff. 1-1-07; 94-795, eff. 5-22-06;
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1    (625 ILCS 5/12-610.5)
2    Sec. 12-610.5. Registration plate covers.
3    (a) In this Section, "registration plate cover" means any
4tinted, colored, painted, marked, clear, or illuminated object
5that is designed to:
6        (1) cover any of the characters of a motor vehicle's
7    registration plate; or
8        (2) distort a recorded image of any of the characters
9    of a motor vehicle's registration plate recorded by an
10    automated traffic law enforcement system as defined in
11    Section 11-208.6 of this Codeor an automated speed
12    enforcement system as defined in Section 11-208.8 of this
13    Code, or recorded by an automated traffic control system as
14    defined in Section 15 of the Automated Traffic Control
15    Systems in Highway Construction or Maintenance Zones Act.
16    (b) It shall be unlawful to operate any motor vehicle that
17is equipped with registration plate covers.
18    (c) A person may not sell or offer for sale a registration
19plate cover.
20    (d) A person may not advertise for the purpose of promoting
21the sale of registration plate covers.
22    (e) A violation of this Section or a similar provision of a
23local ordinance shall be an offense against laws and ordinances
24regulating the movement of traffic.
25(Source: P.A. 96-328, eff. 8-11-09.)".