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Transportation and Motor Vehicles Committee
Filed: 3/6/2007
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| AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 323
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 323 by replacing |
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| everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| "Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by |
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| changing Section 11-605 as follows:
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| (625 ILCS 5/11-605) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-605)
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| Sec. 11-605. Special speed limit while passing schools.
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| (a) For the purpose of this Section, "school" means the |
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| following
entities:
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| (1) A public or private primary or secondary school.
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| (2) A primary or secondary school operated by a |
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| religious institution.
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| (3) A public, private, or religious nursery school.
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| On a school day when school is in session
school children |
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| are present and so close
thereto
that a potential hazard exists |
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| because of the close proximity of the motorized
traffic, no |
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| person shall drive a motor vehicle at a speed in excess of 20 |
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| miles
per hour while passing a school zone or while traveling |
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| on a roadway on public
school property or upon any public
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| thoroughfare where children pass going
to and from school.
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| For the purpose of this Section a school day shall begin at |
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| seven ante
meridian and shall conclude at four post meridian.
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| This Section shall not be applicable unless appropriate |
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| signs are posted
upon streets and highways under their |
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| respective jurisdiction and
maintained by the Department, |
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| township, county, park district, city,
village or incorporated |
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| town wherein the school zone is located. With regard
to the |
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| special speed limit while passing schools, such signs
shall |
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| give proper due warning that a school zone is being approached |
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| and
shall indicate the school zone and the maximum speed limit |
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| in effect during
school days when school children are present.
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| (b) (Blank).
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| (c) Nothing in this Chapter shall
prohibit the use of |
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| electronic speed-detecting devices within 500 feet of
signs |
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| within a special school speed zone indicating such zone, as |
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| defined
in this Section, nor shall evidence obtained thereby be |
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| inadmissible in any
prosecution for speeding provided the use |
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| of such device shall apply only
to the enforcement of the speed |
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| limit in such special school speed zone.
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| (d) (Blank).
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| (e) A first violation of this Section is a petty
offense |
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| with a minimum fine
of $150. A second or subsequent violation |
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| of this
Section is a petty offense with a minimum fine of $300.
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| (f) When a fine for a violation of subsection (a) is $150 |
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| or greater,
the person who violates subsection (a) shall be |
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| charged an additional
$50 to be paid to the unit school
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| district where the
violation
occurred for school safety |
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| purposes. If the violation occurred in a dual
school district,
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| $25 of the surcharge shall be paid to the elementary school |
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| district for school
safety
purposes and $25 of the surcharge |
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| shall be paid to the high school district for
school
safety |
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| purposes. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the |
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| entire $50
surcharge
shall be paid to the appropriate school |
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| district or districts.
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| For purposes of this subsection (f), "school safety |
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| purposes" includes the
costs
associated with school zone safety |
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| education and
the purchase, installation, and maintenance of |
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| caution lights
which are
mounted on school speed zone signs.
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| (g) (Blank).
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| (h) (Blank).
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| (Source: P.A. 92-242, eff. 1-1-02; 92-619, eff. 1-1-03; 92-780, |
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| eff. 8-6-02; 93-955, eff. 8-19-04.)".
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