Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee
Filed: 3/11/2010
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| 1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 6083
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| 2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 6083 by replacing | ||||||
| 3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| 4 | "Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Laser | ||||||
| 5 | Speed Detection Device Act. | ||||||
| 6 | Section 5. Admissibility of evidence; laser speed | ||||||
| 7 | detection device. Evidence of speed based on a speed detection | ||||||
| 8 | device using the speed timing principle of laser which is of a | ||||||
| 9 | model that has been approved by the Department of State Police | ||||||
| 10 | shall be considered scientifically acceptable and reliable as a | ||||||
| 11 | speed detection device and shall be admissible for all purposes | ||||||
| 12 | in any court or administrative proceeding in this State, | ||||||
| 13 | subject to the rules of evidence that are applicable to that | ||||||
| 14 | court or proceeding, including rules requiring the | ||||||
| 15 | establishment of an adequate foundation for the evidence. A | ||||||
| 16 | certified copy of the Department of State Police list of | ||||||
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| 1 | approved models of such laser devices shall be | ||||||
| 2 | self-authenticating and shall be admissible for all purposes in | ||||||
| 3 | any court or administrative proceeding in this State. The | ||||||
| 4 | technology used by any such approved device shall not be | ||||||
| 5 | considered new or novel for the purposes of detecting speed of | ||||||
| 6 | a vehicle.
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| 7 | Section 999. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 8 | becoming law.".
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