101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB4057
 
Introduced 1/13/2020, by Rep. Nicholas K. Smith
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 

 
605 ILCS 125/20

     Amends the Roadside Memorial Act. Provides that on and after July 1, 2020, a DUI memorial marker shall bear the message "Don't Drive Under the Influence" (rather than "Please Don't Drink and Drive". Effective immediately.
  


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A BILL FOR
 

  
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1    AN ACT concerning transportation.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
4    Section 5. The Roadside Memorial Act is amended  by changing 
5Section 20 as follows:
 
6    (605 ILCS 125/20)

7    Sec. 20. DUI memorial markers. 
8    (a) Before July 1, 2020, a A DUI memorial marker shall 
9consist of a white on blue panel bearing the message "Please 
10Don't Drink and Drive". On and after July 1, 2020, a DUI 
11memorial marker shall consist of a white on blue panel bearing 
12the message "Don't Drive Under the Influence".  At the request 
13of the qualified relative, a separate panel bearing the words 
14"In Memory of (victim's name)", followed by the date of the 
15crash that was the proximate cause of the loss of the victim's 
16life, shall be mounted below the primary panel. This amendatory 
17Act of the 101st General Assembly does not require the removal 
18or replacement of any memorial markers erected before July 1, 
192020.  
20    (b) A DUI memorial marker may memorialize more than one 
21victim who died as a result of the same DUI-related crash.  If 
22one or more additional DUI crash deaths subsequently occur in 
23close proximity to an existing DUI memorial marker, the 
 
 
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1supporting jurisdiction may use the same marker to memorialize 
2the subsequent death or deaths, by adding the names of the 
3additional persons.  
4    (c) A DUI memorial marker shall be maintained for at least 
52 years from the date the last person was memorialized on the 
6marker.
7    (d) The supporting jurisdiction has the right to install a 
8marker at a location other than the location of the crash or to 
9relocate a marker due to restricted room, property owner 
10complaints, interference with essential traffic control 
11devices, safety concerns, or other restrictions.  In such cases, 
12the sponsoring jurisdiction may select an alternate location.
13    (e)  The Department shall secure the consent of any 
14municipality before placing a DUI memorial marker within the 
15corporate limits of the municipality.
16    (f)  A fee in an amount to be determined by the supporting 
17jurisdiction may be paid in whole or in part from the Roadside 
18Memorial Fund if moneys are made available by the Department of 
19Transportation from that Fund or may be charged to the 
20qualified relative to the extent moneys from that Fund are not 
21made available. The fee shall not exceed the costs associated 
22with the fabrication, installation, and maintenance of the DUI 
23memorial marker.

24(Source: P.A. 95-398, eff. 1-1-08; 96-667, eff. 8-25-09.)
 
 
25    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
26becoming law.