Public Act 0042 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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Public Act 101-0042

AN ACT concerning transportation.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 1. Short title; references to Act. This Act may be cited as the Expressway Camera Act.

References to Act. This Act may be referred to as the Tamara Clayton Expressway Camera Act.

Section 5. Camera program.

(a) The Illinois State Police, the Illinois Department of Transportation, and the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority shall work together to conduct a program to increase the amount of cameras along expressways in Cook County.

(b) Images from the cameras may be used by any municipal police department, county sheriff's office, State Police officer, or other law enforcement agency with jurisdiction over the expressway in Cook County in the investigation of any offense involving the use of a firearm and to detect expressway hazards. Images from the cameras shall not be used to enforce petty offenses.

(c) Subject to appropriation, any funds needed to conduct the program for use on expressways under the jurisdiction of the Department of Transportation shall be taken from the Road Fund.

(d) As used in this Section, "expressway" has the meaning provided in Section 1-119.3 of the Illinois Vehicle Code.

Section 90. Repeal. This Act is repealed on July 1, 2023.