94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
HB4595


 
Introduced 01/11/06, by Rep. Jim Sacia
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		













625 ILCS 5/11-605.1










    Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that the posted speed limit in a highway construction or maintenance zone applies only during those periods when workers are present.
















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    AN ACT concerning transportation.

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


 
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    Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended  by changing 
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Section 11-605.1 as follows:
 
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    (625 ILCS 5/11-605.1)
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    Sec. 11-605.1. Special limit while traveling through a 
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highway construction or maintenance speed zone.
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    (a)  A person may not, during any period when workers are 
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present,  operate a motor vehicle in a construction or 
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maintenance speed zone at a speed in excess of the posted speed 
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limit.

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    (b)  Nothing in this Chapter prohibits the use of electronic 
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speed-detecting devices within 500 feet of signs within a 
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construction or maintenance speed zone indicating the zone, as 
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defined in this Section, nor shall evidence obtained by use of 
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those devices be inadmissible in any prosecution for speeding, 
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provided the use of the device shall apply only to the 
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enforcement of the speed limit in the construction or 
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maintenance speed zone.

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    (c)  As used in this Section, a "construction or maintenance 
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speed zone" is an area in which the Department, Toll Highway 
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Authority, or local agency has determined that the preexisting 
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established speed limit through a highway construction or 
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maintenance project is greater than is reasonable or safe with 
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respect to the conditions expected to exist in the construction 
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or maintenance speed zone and has posted a lower speed limit 
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with a highway construction or maintenance speed zone special 
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speed limit sign.
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    Highway construction or maintenance speed zone special 
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speed limit signs shall be of a design approved by the 
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Department.  The signs must give proper due warning that a 
 


 






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construction or maintenance speed zone is being approached and 
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must indicate the maximum speed limit in effect.  The signs also 
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must state the amount of the minimum fine for a violation.

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    (d)  A first violation of this Section is a petty offense 
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with a minimum fine of $250.  A second or subsequent violation 
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of this Section is a petty offense with a minimum fine of $750.
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    (e) If a fine for a violation of this Section is $250 or 
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greater, the person who violated this Section shall be charged 
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an additional $125, which shall be deposited into the 
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Transportation Safety Highway Hire-back Fund.  In the case of a  
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second or subsequent violation of this Section, if the fine is 
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$750 or greater, the person who violated this Section shall be 
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charged an additional $250, which shall be deposited into the 
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Transportation Safety Highway Hire-back Fund.

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    (f)  The Transportation Safety Highway Hire-back Fund, 
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which was  created by Public Act 92-619, shall continue to be  a 
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special fund in the State treasury.  Subject to appropriation by 
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the General Assembly and approval by the Secretary, the 
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Secretary of Transportation shall use all moneys in the 
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Transportation Safety Highway Hire-back Fund to hire off-duty 
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Department of State Police officers to monitor construction or 
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maintenance zones.
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    (g)  For a second or subsequent violation of this Section 
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within 2 years of the date of the previous violation, the 
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Secretary of State shall suspend the driver's license of the 
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violator for a period of 90 days.


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(Source: P.A. 93-955, eff. 8-19-04.)