HB0442sam005 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Sen. Dave Syverson

Filed: 4/30/2009

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 442

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 442, AS AMENDED, with reference to page and line numbers of Senate Amendment No. 1, on page 6, by inserting below line 13 the following:

"(k-1) At an intersection equipped with an automated traffic law enforcement system, the yellow light change interval must be not less than 3 seconds, unless an engineering study indicates that a shorter interval is necessary for safety purposes, nor more than 6 seconds.

(k-2) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection (k-2), an intersection may not be equipped with an automated traffic law enforcement system unless the following requirements have been met:

(1) The county or municipality having jurisdiction has determined that the intersection has a high accident rate. Before such a determination is made, the county or municipality must have performed or caused to be performed an evaluation of accident rates for a 6-month period.

(2) All roads converging at the intersection are controlled by traffic signals.

This subsection (k-2) does not apply to an intersection that was equipped with an automated traffic law enforcement system before the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly.

(k-3) During the first 2 months that an intersection is equipped with an automated traffic law enforcement system, an additional sign meeting the requirements of subsection (k) and this subsection must be posted at an intersection being monitored by an automated traffic law enforcement system. The sign in this subsection must be equipped with flashing yellow lights and must indicate that violation notices will be issued and the amount of the fine or penalty for violation.".