Public Act 096-0052
 		





SB0075 Enrolled
LRB096 03536 AJT 13561 b






    AN ACT concerning transportation.

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


 
    Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended  by changing 
Section 11-605 as follows:
 



    (625 ILCS 5/11-605)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-605)



    Sec. 11-605. Special speed limit while passing schools.

    (a) For the purpose of this Section, "school" means the 
following
entities:


        (1) A public or private primary or secondary school.


        (2) A primary or secondary school operated by a 
    religious institution.


        (3) A public, private, or religious nursery school.

    On a school day when school children are present and so 
close
thereto
that a potential hazard exists because  of the 
close proximity of the motorized
traffic, no person shall drive 
a motor vehicle at a speed in excess of 20 miles
per hour while 
passing a school zone or while traveling on a roadway on public

school property or upon any public
thoroughfare where children 
pass going
to and from school.

    For the purpose of this Section a school day shall begin at 
seven ante
meridian and shall conclude at four post meridian.

    This Section shall not be applicable unless appropriate 
signs are posted
upon streets and highways under their 
respective jurisdiction and
maintained by the Department, 
township, county, park district, city,
village or incorporated 
town wherein the school zone is located. With regard
to the 
special speed limit while passing schools, such signs
shall 
give proper due warning that a school zone is being approached 
and
shall indicate the school zone and the maximum speed limit 
in effect during
school days when school children are present.

    (b) (Blank).

    (c) Nothing in this Chapter shall
prohibit the use of 
electronic speed-detecting devices within 500 feet of
signs 
within a special school speed zone indicating such zone, as 
defined
in this Section, nor shall evidence obtained thereby be 
inadmissible in any
prosecution for speeding provided the use 
of such device shall apply only
to the enforcement of the speed 
limit in such special school speed zone.

    (d) (Blank).

    (e) A first violation of this Section is a petty
offense 
with a minimum fine
of $150.  A second or subsequent violation 
of this
Section is a petty offense with a minimum fine of $300.

    (f) When a fine for a violation of subsection (a) is $150 
or greater,
the person who violates subsection (a) shall be 
charged an additional
$50 to be paid to the unit school

district where the
violation
occurred for school safety 
purposes.  If the violation occurred in a dual
school district,

$25 of the surcharge shall be paid to the elementary school 
district for school
safety
purposes and $25 of the surcharge 
shall be paid to the high school district for
school
safety 
purposes.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
entire $50
surcharge
shall be paid to the appropriate school 
district or districts.

    For purposes of this subsection (f), "school safety 
purposes" includes the
costs
associated with school zone safety 
education, the Safe Routes to School Program under Section 
2705-317 of the Department of Transportation Law of the Civil 
Administrative Code of Illinois, safety programs within the 
School Safety and Educational Improvement Block Grant Program 
under Section 2-3.51.5 of the School Code, and
the purchase, 
installation, and maintenance of caution lights
which are

mounted on school speed zone signs.

    (g) (Blank).

    (h) (Blank).

(Source: P.A. 92-242, eff. 1-1-02; 92-619, eff. 1-1-03; 92-780, 
eff. 8-6-02; 93-955, eff. 8-19-04.)

 

    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
becoming law.