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1 | AN ACT concerning local government.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by adding the | ||||||
5 | heading of Division 5-43 and Sections 5-43005, 5-43010, | ||||||
6 | 5-43015, 5-43020, 5-43025, 5-43030, 5-43035, 5-43040, and | ||||||
7 | 5-43045 and by changing Section 5-41010 as follows:
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8 | (55 ILCS 5/5-41010)
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9 | Sec. 5-41010. Code hearing unit. The county board in any | ||||||
10 | non-home rule county
may establish by ordinance a code hearing | ||||||
11 | unit
within an existing code enforcement agency or as a | ||||||
12 | separate and independent
agency in county government , pursuant | ||||||
13 | to the provisions of this Division 5-41 .
A non-home rule county | ||||||
14 | with a population of less than 750,000 may establish a code | ||||||
15 | hearing unit and administrative adjudication
process only | ||||||
16 | under the provisions of this Division 5-41.
The function of the | ||||||
17 | code hearing unit
shall be to expedite the prosecution and | ||||||
18 | correction of code violations
as provided in this Division | ||||||
19 | 5-41.
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20 | (Source: P.A. 95-471, eff. 8-27-07.)
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21 | (55 ILCS 5/Div. 5-43 heading new) | ||||||
22 | ADMINISTRATIVE ADJUDICATION - COUNTIES WITH A POPULATION OF |
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1 | 750,000 OR MORE | ||||||
2 | (55 ILCS 5/5-43005 new) | ||||||
3 | Sec. 5-43005. Applicability. This Division 5-43 applies | ||||||
4 | only to counties with a population of 750,000 or more. | ||||||
5 | (55 ILCS 5/5-43010 new) | ||||||
6 | Sec. 5-43010. Administrative adjudication of county code | ||||||
7 | violations. Any county may provide by ordinance for a system of | ||||||
8 | administrative adjudication of county code violations to the | ||||||
9 | extent permitted by the Illinois Constitution. A "system of | ||||||
10 | administrative adjudication" means the adjudication of any | ||||||
11 | violation of a county ordinance, except for (i) proceedings not | ||||||
12 | within the statutory or the home rule authority of counties; | ||||||
13 | and (ii) any offense under the Illinois Vehicle Code (or a | ||||||
14 | similar offense that is a traffic regulation governing the | ||||||
15 | movement of vehicles and except for any reportable offense | ||||||
16 | under Section 6-204 of the Illinois Vehicle Code). | ||||||
17 | (55 ILCS 5/5-43015 new) | ||||||
18 | Sec. 5-43015. Administrative adjudication procedures not | ||||||
19 | exclusive. The adoption by a county of a system of | ||||||
20 | administrative adjudication does not preclude the county from | ||||||
21 | using other methods to enforce county ordinances. | ||||||
22 | (55 ILCS 5/5-43020 new) |
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1 | Sec. 5-43020. Code hearing units; powers of hearing | ||||||
2 | officers. | ||||||
3 | (a) An ordinance establishing a system of administrative | ||||||
4 | adjudication, pursuant to this Division, shall provide for a | ||||||
5 | code hearing unit within an existing agency or as a separate | ||||||
6 | agency in the county government. The ordinance shall establish | ||||||
7 | the jurisdiction of a code hearing unit that is consistent with | ||||||
8 | this Division. The "jurisdiction" of a code hearing unit refers | ||||||
9 | to the particular code violations that it may adjudicate. | ||||||
10 | (b) Adjudicatory hearings shall be presided over by hearing | ||||||
11 | officers. The powers and duties of a hearing officer shall | ||||||
12 | include: | ||||||
13 | (1) hearing testimony and accepting evidence that is | ||||||
14 | relevant to the existence of the code violation; | ||||||
15 | (2) issuing subpoenas directing witnesses to appear | ||||||
16 | and give relevant testimony at the hearing, upon the | ||||||
17 | request of the parties or their representatives; | ||||||
18 | (3) preserving and authenticating the record of the | ||||||
19 | hearing and all exhibits and evidence introduced at the | ||||||
20 | hearing; | ||||||
21 | (4) issuing a determination, based on the evidence | ||||||
22 | presented at the hearing, of whether a code violation | ||||||
23 | exists, which shall be in writing and shall include a | ||||||
24 | written finding of fact, decision, and order including the | ||||||
25 | fine, penalty, or action with which the defendant must | ||||||
26 | comply; and |
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1 | (5) imposing penalties consistent with applicable code | ||||||
2 | provisions and assessing costs upon finding a party liable | ||||||
3 | for the charged violation, except, however, that in no | ||||||
4 | event shall the hearing officer have authority to (i) | ||||||
5 | impose a penalty of incarceration or (ii) impose a fine in | ||||||
6 | excess of $50,000, or at the option of the county, such | ||||||
7 | other amount not to exceed the maximum amount established | ||||||
8 | by the Mandatory Arbitration System as prescribed by the | ||||||
9 | Rules of the Illinois Supreme Court from time to time for | ||||||
10 | the judicial circuit in which the county is located. The | ||||||
11 | maximum monetary fine under this item (5), shall be | ||||||
12 | exclusive of costs of enforcement or costs imposed to | ||||||
13 | secure compliance with the county's ordinances and shall | ||||||
14 | not be applicable to cases to enforce the collection of any | ||||||
15 | tax imposed and collected by the county. | ||||||
16 | (c) Prior to conducting administrative adjudication | ||||||
17 | proceedings, administrative hearing officers shall have | ||||||
18 | successfully completed a formal training program that includes | ||||||
19 | the following: | ||||||
20 | (1) instruction on the rules of procedure of the | ||||||
21 | administrative hearings that they will conduct; | ||||||
22 | (2) orientation to each subject area of the code | ||||||
23 | violations that they will adjudicate; | ||||||
24 | (3) observation of administrative hearings; and | ||||||
25 | (4) participation in hypothetical cases, including | ||||||
26 | ruling on evidence and issuing final orders. |
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1 | In addition, every administrative hearing officer must be | ||||||
2 | an attorney licensed to practice law in the State of Illinois | ||||||
3 | for at least 3 years. | ||||||
4 | (d) A proceeding before a code hearing unit shall be | ||||||
5 | instituted upon the filing of a written pleading by an | ||||||
6 | authorized official of the county. | ||||||
7 | (55 ILCS 5/5-43025 new) | ||||||
8 | Sec. 5-43025. Administrative hearing proceedings. | ||||||
9 | (a) Any ordinance establishing a system of administrative | ||||||
10 | adjudication, pursuant to this Division, shall afford parties | ||||||
11 | due process of law, including notice and opportunity for | ||||||
12 | hearing. Parties shall be served with process in a manner | ||||||
13 | reasonably calculated to give them actual notice, including, as | ||||||
14 | appropriate, personal service of process upon a party or its | ||||||
15 | employees or agents; service by mail at a party's address; or | ||||||
16 | notice that is posted upon the property where the violation is | ||||||
17 | found when the party is the owner or manager of the property. | ||||||
18 | In counties with a population under 3,000,000, if the notice | ||||||
19 | requires the respondent to answer within a certain amount of | ||||||
20 | time, the county must reply to the answer within the same | ||||||
21 | amount of time afforded to the respondent. | ||||||
22 | (b) Parties shall be given notice of an adjudicatory | ||||||
23 | hearing that includes the type and nature of the code violation | ||||||
24 | to be adjudicated, the date and location of the adjudicatory | ||||||
25 | hearing, the legal authority and jurisdiction under which the |
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1 | hearing is to be held, and the penalties for failure to appear | ||||||
2 | at the hearing. | ||||||
3 | (c) Parties shall be provided with an opportunity for a | ||||||
4 | hearing during which they may be represented by counsel, | ||||||
5 | present witnesses, and cross-examine opposing witnesses. | ||||||
6 | Parties may request the hearing officer to issue subpoenas to | ||||||
7 | direct the attendance and testimony of relevant witnesses and | ||||||
8 | the production of relevant documents. Hearings shall be | ||||||
9 | scheduled with reasonable promptness, except that for hearings | ||||||
10 | scheduled in all non-emergency situations, if requested by the | ||||||
11 | defendant, the defendant shall have at least 15 days after | ||||||
12 | service of process to prepare for a hearing. For purposes of | ||||||
13 | this subsection (c), "non-emergency situation" means any | ||||||
14 | situation that does not reasonably constitute a threat to the | ||||||
15 | public interest, safety, or welfare. If service is provided by | ||||||
16 | mail, the 15-day period shall begin to run on the day that the | ||||||
17 | notice is deposited in the mail. | ||||||
18 | (55 ILCS 5/5-43030 new) | ||||||
19 | Sec. 5-43030. Rules of evidence shall not govern. The | ||||||
20 | formal and technical rules of evidence do not apply in an | ||||||
21 | adjudicatory hearing permitted under this Division. Evidence, | ||||||
22 | including hearsay, may be admitted only if it is of a type | ||||||
23 | commonly relied upon by reasonably prudent persons in the | ||||||
24 | conduct of their affairs. |
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1 | (55 ILCS 5/5-43035 new) | ||||||
2 | Sec. 5-43035. Enforcement of judgment. | ||||||
3 | (a) Any fine, other sanction, or costs imposed, or part of | ||||||
4 | any fine, other sanction, or costs imposed, remaining unpaid | ||||||
5 | after the exhaustion of or the failure to exhaust judicial | ||||||
6 | review procedures under the Illinois Administrative Review Law | ||||||
7 | are a debt due and owing the county and may be collected in | ||||||
8 | accordance with applicable law. | ||||||
9 | (b) After expiration of the period in which judicial review | ||||||
10 | under the Illinois Administrative Review Law may be sought for | ||||||
11 | a final determination of a code violation, unless stayed by a | ||||||
12 | court of competent jurisdiction, the findings, decision, and | ||||||
13 | order of the hearing officer may be enforced in the same manner | ||||||
14 | as a judgment entered by a court of competent jurisdiction. | ||||||
15 | (c) In any case in which a defendant has failed to comply | ||||||
16 | with a judgment ordering a defendant to correct a code | ||||||
17 | violation or imposing any fine or other sanction as a result of | ||||||
18 | a code violation, any expenses incurred by a county to enforce | ||||||
19 | the judgment, including, but not limited to, attorney's fees, | ||||||
20 | court costs, and costs related to property demolition or | ||||||
21 | foreclosure, after they are fixed by a court of competent | ||||||
22 | jurisdiction or a hearing officer, shall be a debt due and | ||||||
23 | owing the county and may be collected in accordance with | ||||||
24 | applicable law. Prior to any expenses being fixed by a hearing | ||||||
25 | officer pursuant to this subsection (c), the county shall | ||||||
26 | provide notice to the defendant that states that the defendant |
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1 | shall appear at a hearing before the administrative hearing | ||||||
2 | officer to determine whether the defendant has failed to comply | ||||||
3 | with the judgment. The notice shall set the date for the | ||||||
4 | hearing, which shall not be less than 7 days after the date | ||||||
5 | that notice is served. If notice is served by mail, the 7-day | ||||||
6 | period shall begin to run on the date that the notice was | ||||||
7 | deposited in the mail. | ||||||
8 | (d) Upon being recorded in the manner required by Article | ||||||
9 | XII of the Code of Civil Procedure or by the Uniform Commercial | ||||||
10 | Code, a lien shall be imposed on the real estate or personal | ||||||
11 | estate, or both, of the defendant in the amount of any debt due | ||||||
12 | and owing the county under this Section. The lien may be | ||||||
13 | enforced in the same manner as a judgment lien pursuant to a | ||||||
14 | judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction. | ||||||
15 | (e) A hearing officer may set aside any judgment entered by | ||||||
16 | default and set a new hearing date, upon a petition filed | ||||||
17 | within 21 days after the issuance of the order of default, if | ||||||
18 | the hearing officer determines that the petitioner's failure to | ||||||
19 | appear at the hearing was for good cause or at any time if the | ||||||
20 | petitioner establishes that the county did not provide proper | ||||||
21 | service of process. If any judgment is set aside pursuant to | ||||||
22 | this subsection (e), the hearing officer shall have authority | ||||||
23 | to enter an order extinguishing any lien that has been recorded | ||||||
24 | for any debt due and owing the county as a result of the | ||||||
25 | vacated default judgment. |
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1 | (55 ILCS 5/5-43040 new) | ||||||
2 | Sec. 5-43040. Impact on existing administrative | ||||||
3 | adjudication systems. This Division does not affect the | ||||||
4 | validity of systems of administrative adjudication that were | ||||||
5 | authorized by State law, including home rule authority, and in | ||||||
6 | existence before the effective date of this amendatory Act of | ||||||
7 | the 96th General Assembly. | ||||||
8 | (55 ILCS 5/5-43045 new) | ||||||
9 | Sec. 5-43045. Impact on home rule authority. This Division | ||||||
10 | does not preempt counties from adopting other systems of | ||||||
11 | administrative adjudication pursuant to their home rule | ||||||
12 | powers. | ||||||
13 | Section 10. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by | ||||||
14 | changing Sections 6-306.5 and 11-208.3 as follows:
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15 | (625 ILCS 5/6-306.5) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 6-306.5)
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16 | Sec. 6-306.5. Failure to pay fine or penalty for standing, | ||||||
17 | parking,
compliance, or automated traffic law violations; | ||||||
18 | suspension of driving privileges.
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19 | (a) Upon receipt of
a certified report,
as prescribed by | ||||||
20 | subsection (c) of
this Section, from
any municipality or county | ||||||
21 | stating that the owner of a registered vehicle has: (1) failed
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22 | to pay any fine or penalty due and owing as a result of 10 or | ||||||
23 | more violations
of a
municipality's or county's vehicular |
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1 | standing, parking, or compliance
regulations established by
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2 | ordinance pursuant to Section 11-208.3 of this Code, or (2) | ||||||
3 | failed to pay any
fine or penalty due and owing as a result of 5 | ||||||
4 | offenses for automated traffic
violations as defined in
Section | ||||||
5 | 11-208.6 or 11-1201.1, the Secretary of State
shall suspend the | ||||||
6 | driving privileges of such person in accordance with the
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7 | procedures set forth in this Section.
The Secretary shall also | ||||||
8 | suspend the driving privileges of an owner of a
registered | ||||||
9 | vehicle upon receipt of a certified report, as prescribed by
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10 | subsection (f) of this Section, from any municipality or county | ||||||
11 | stating that such
person has failed to satisfy any fines or | ||||||
12 | penalties imposed by final judgments
for 5 or more automated | ||||||
13 | traffic law violations or 10 or more violations of local | ||||||
14 | standing, parking, or
compliance regulations after
exhaustion | ||||||
15 | of judicial review procedures.
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16 | (b) Following receipt of the certified report of the | ||||||
17 | municipality or county as
specified in this Section, the | ||||||
18 | Secretary of State shall notify the person
whose name appears | ||||||
19 | on the certified report that
the person's
drivers license will | ||||||
20 | be suspended at the end of a specified period of time
unless | ||||||
21 | the Secretary of State is presented with a notice from the
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22 | municipality or county certifying that the fine or penalty due
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23 | and owing the municipality or county has been paid or that | ||||||
24 | inclusion of that
person's name on the certified report was in | ||||||
25 | error. The Secretary's notice
shall state in substance the | ||||||
26 | information
contained in the municipality's or county's |
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1 | certified report to the Secretary, and
shall be effective as | ||||||
2 | specified by subsection (c) of Section 6-211 of this
Code.
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3 | (c) The report of the appropriate municipal or county | ||||||
4 | official notifying the
Secretary of State of unpaid fines or | ||||||
5 | penalties pursuant to this Section
shall be certified and shall | ||||||
6 | contain the following:
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7 | (1) The name, last known address as recorded with the | ||||||
8 | Secretary of State, as provided by the lessor of the cited | ||||||
9 | vehicle at the time of lease, or as recorded in a United | ||||||
10 | States Post Office approved database if any notice sent | ||||||
11 | under Section 11-208.3 of this Code is returned as | ||||||
12 | undeliverable, and drivers license number of the
person who | ||||||
13 | failed to pay the fine or
penalty and the registration | ||||||
14 | number of any vehicle known to be registered
to such person | ||||||
15 | in this State.
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16 | (2) The name of the municipality or county making the | ||||||
17 | report pursuant to this
Section.
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18 | (3) A statement that the municipality or county sent a | ||||||
19 | notice of impending
drivers license suspension as | ||||||
20 | prescribed by ordinance enacted
pursuant to Section | ||||||
21 | 11-208.3, to the person named in the report at the
address | ||||||
22 | recorded with the Secretary of State or at the last address | ||||||
23 | known to the lessor of the cited vehicle at the time of | ||||||
24 | lease or, if any notice sent under Section 11-208.3 of this | ||||||
25 | Code is returned as undeliverable, at the last known | ||||||
26 | address recorded in a United States Post Office approved |
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1 | database; the date on which such
notice was sent; and the | ||||||
2 | address to which such notice was sent.
In a municipality or | ||||||
3 | county with a population of 1,000,000 or more, the report | ||||||
4 | shall
also include a statement that the alleged violator's | ||||||
5 | State vehicle registration
number and vehicle make, if | ||||||
6 | specified on the automated traffic law violation notice, | ||||||
7 | are correct as they appear on the citations.
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8 | (d) Any municipality or county making a certified report to | ||||||
9 | the Secretary of State
pursuant to this Section
shall notify | ||||||
10 | the Secretary of State, in a form prescribed by the
Secretary, | ||||||
11 | whenever a person named in the certified report has paid the
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12 | previously reported fine or penalty or whenever the | ||||||
13 | municipality or county determines
that the original report was | ||||||
14 | in error. A certified copy of such
notification shall also be | ||||||
15 | given upon request and at no additional charge
to the person | ||||||
16 | named therein. Upon receipt of the municipality's
or county's | ||||||
17 | notification or presentation of a certified copy of such | ||||||
18 | notification, the
Secretary of State shall terminate the | ||||||
19 | suspension.
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20 | (e) Any municipality or county making a certified report to | ||||||
21 | the Secretary of State
pursuant to this Section
shall also by | ||||||
22 | ordinance establish procedures for persons to
challenge the | ||||||
23 | accuracy of the certified report. The ordinance shall also
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24 | state the grounds for such a challenge, which may be limited to | ||||||
25 | (1) the
person not having been the owner or lessee of the | ||||||
26 | vehicle or vehicles
receiving 10 or more standing, parking, or |
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1 | compliance
violation notices or 5 or more automated traffic law | ||||||
2 | violations on the date or dates such notices were issued; and | ||||||
3 | (2) the
person
having already paid the fine or penalty for the | ||||||
4 | 10 or more standing, parking, or compliance violations or 5 or | ||||||
5 | more automated traffic law violations
indicated on the | ||||||
6 | certified report.
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7 | (f) Any municipality or county , other than a municipality | ||||||
8 | or county establishing vehicular
standing, parking, and | ||||||
9 | compliance regulations pursuant to
Section 11-208.3 or | ||||||
10 | automated traffic law regulations under Section 11-208.6 or | ||||||
11 | 11-1201.1, may also
cause a suspension of a person's drivers | ||||||
12 | license pursuant to this Section.
Such municipality or county | ||||||
13 | may invoke this sanction by making a certified report to
the | ||||||
14 | Secretary of State upon a person's failure to satisfy any fine | ||||||
15 | or
penalty imposed by final judgment for 10 or more violations | ||||||
16 | of local
standing, parking, or compliance regulations or 5 or | ||||||
17 | more automated traffic law violations after exhaustion
of | ||||||
18 | judicial review
procedures, but only if:
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19 | (1) the municipality or county complies with the | ||||||
20 | provisions of this Section in all
respects except in regard | ||||||
21 | to enacting an ordinance pursuant to Section
11-208.3;
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22 | (2) the municipality or county has sent a notice of | ||||||
23 | impending
drivers license suspension as prescribed by an | ||||||
24 | ordinance enacted pursuant to
subsection (g) of this | ||||||
25 | Section; and
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26 | (3) in municipalities or counties with a population of |
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1 | 1,000,000 or more, the
municipality
or county has verified | ||||||
2 | that the alleged violator's State vehicle registration | ||||||
3 | number and
vehicle make are correct as they appear on the | ||||||
4 | citations.
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5 | (g) Any municipality or county , other than a municipality | ||||||
6 | or county establishing
standing, parking, and compliance | ||||||
7 | regulations pursuant to
Section 11-208.3 or automated traffic | ||||||
8 | law regulations under Section 11-208.6 or 11-1201.1, may | ||||||
9 | provide by
ordinance for the sending of a notice of impending
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10 | drivers license suspension to the person who has failed to | ||||||
11 | satisfy any fine
or penalty imposed by final judgment for 10 or | ||||||
12 | more violations of local
standing, parking, or compliance | ||||||
13 | regulations or 5 or more automated traffic law violations after | ||||||
14 | exhaustion
of
judicial review
procedures. An ordinance so | ||||||
15 | providing shall specify that the notice
sent to the person | ||||||
16 | liable for any fine or penalty
shall state that failure to pay | ||||||
17 | the fine or
penalty owing within 45 days of the notice's date | ||||||
18 | will result in the
municipality or county notifying the | ||||||
19 | Secretary of State that
the person's drivers license is | ||||||
20 | eligible for suspension pursuant to this
Section.
The notice of | ||||||
21 | impending drivers license suspension
shall be sent by first | ||||||
22 | class United States mail, postage prepaid, to the
address
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23 | recorded with the Secretary of State or at the last address | ||||||
24 | known to the lessor of the cited vehicle at the time of lease | ||||||
25 | or, if any notice sent under Section 11-208.3 of this Code is | ||||||
26 | returned as undeliverable, to the last known address recorded |
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1 | in a United States Post Office approved database.
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2 | (h) An administrative hearing to contest an impending | ||||||
3 | suspension or a
suspension made pursuant to this Section may be | ||||||
4 | had upon filing a written
request with the Secretary of State. | ||||||
5 | The filing fee for this hearing shall
be $20, to be paid at the | ||||||
6 | time the request is made.
A municipality or county which files | ||||||
7 | a certified report with the Secretary of
State pursuant to this | ||||||
8 | Section shall reimburse the Secretary for all
reasonable costs | ||||||
9 | incurred by the Secretary as a result of the filing of the
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10 | report, including but not limited to the costs of providing the | ||||||
11 | notice
required pursuant to subsection (b) and the costs | ||||||
12 | incurred by the Secretary
in any hearing conducted with respect | ||||||
13 | to the report pursuant to this
subsection and any appeal from | ||||||
14 | such a hearing.
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15 | (i) The provisions of this Section shall apply on and after | ||||||
16 | January 1, 1988.
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17 | (j) For purposes of this Section, the term "compliance | ||||||
18 | violation" is
defined as in Section 11-208.3.
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19 | (Source: P.A. 96-478, eff. 1-1-10.)
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20 | (625 ILCS 5/11-208.3) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-208.3)
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21 | Sec. 11-208.3. Administrative adjudication of violations | ||||||
22 | of traffic
regulations concerning the standing, parking, or | ||||||
23 | condition of
vehicles and automated traffic law violations.
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24 | (a) Any municipality or county may provide by ordinance for | ||||||
25 | a system of
administrative adjudication of vehicular standing |
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1 | and parking violations and
vehicle compliance violations as | ||||||
2 | defined in this subsection and automated traffic law violations | ||||||
3 | as defined in Section 11-208.6 or 11-1201.1.
The administrative | ||||||
4 | system shall have as its purpose the fair and
efficient | ||||||
5 | enforcement of municipal or county regulations through the
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6 | administrative adjudication of automated traffic law | ||||||
7 | violations and violations of municipal or county ordinances
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8 | regulating the standing and parking of vehicles, the condition | ||||||
9 | and use of
vehicle equipment, and the display of municipal or | ||||||
10 | county wheel tax licenses within the
municipality's
or county's | ||||||
11 | borders. The administrative system shall only have authority to | ||||||
12 | adjudicate
civil offenses carrying fines not in excess of $500 | ||||||
13 | or requiring the completion of a traffic education program, or | ||||||
14 | both, that occur after the
effective date of the ordinance | ||||||
15 | adopting such a system under this Section.
For purposes of this | ||||||
16 | Section, "compliance violation" means a violation of a
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17 | municipal or county regulation governing the condition or use | ||||||
18 | of equipment on a vehicle
or governing the display of a | ||||||
19 | municipal or county wheel tax license.
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20 | (b) Any ordinance establishing a system of administrative | ||||||
21 | adjudication
under this Section shall provide for:
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22 | (1) A traffic compliance administrator authorized to
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23 | adopt, distribute and
process parking, compliance, and | ||||||
24 | automated traffic law violation notices and other notices | ||||||
25 | required
by this
Section, collect money paid as fines and | ||||||
26 | penalties for violation of parking
and compliance
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1 | ordinances and automated traffic law violations, and | ||||||
2 | operate an administrative adjudication system. The traffic
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3 | compliance
administrator also may make a certified report | ||||||
4 | to the Secretary of State
under Section 6-306.5.
| ||||||
5 | (2) A parking, standing, compliance, or automated | ||||||
6 | traffic law violation notice
that
shall specify the date,
| ||||||
7 | time, and place of violation of a parking, standing,
| ||||||
8 | compliance, or automated traffic law
regulation; the | ||||||
9 | particular regulation
violated; any requirement to | ||||||
10 | complete a traffic education program; the fine and any | ||||||
11 | penalty that may be assessed for late payment or failure to | ||||||
12 | complete a required traffic education program, or both,
| ||||||
13 | when so provided by ordinance; the vehicle make and state | ||||||
14 | registration
number; and the identification number of the
| ||||||
15 | person issuing the notice.
With regard to automated traffic | ||||||
16 | law violations, vehicle make shall be specified on the | ||||||
17 | automated traffic law violation notice if the make is | ||||||
18 | available and readily discernible. With regard to | ||||||
19 | municipalities or counties with a population of 1 million | ||||||
20 | or more, it
shall be grounds for
dismissal of a parking
| ||||||
21 | violation if the state registration number or vehicle make | ||||||
22 | specified is
incorrect. The violation notice shall state | ||||||
23 | that the completion of any required traffic education | ||||||
24 | program, the payment of any indicated
fine, and the payment | ||||||
25 | of any applicable penalty for late payment or failure to | ||||||
26 | complete a required traffic education program, or both, |
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| |||||||
1 | shall operate as a
final disposition of the violation. The | ||||||
2 | notice also shall contain
information as to the | ||||||
3 | availability of a hearing in which the violation may
be | ||||||
4 | contested on its merits. The violation notice shall specify | ||||||
5 | the
time and manner in which a hearing may be had.
| ||||||
6 | (3) Service of the parking, standing, or compliance
| ||||||
7 | violation notice by affixing the
original or a facsimile of | ||||||
8 | the notice to an unlawfully parked vehicle or by
handing | ||||||
9 | the notice to the operator of a vehicle if he or she is
| ||||||
10 | present and service of an automated traffic law violation | ||||||
11 | notice by mail to the
address
of the registered owner of | ||||||
12 | the cited vehicle as recorded with the Secretary of
State | ||||||
13 | within 30 days after the Secretary of State notifies the | ||||||
14 | municipality or county of the identity of the owner of the | ||||||
15 | vehicle, but in no event later than 90 days after the | ||||||
16 | violation. A person authorized by ordinance to issue and | ||||||
17 | serve parking,
standing, and compliance
violation notices | ||||||
18 | shall certify as to the correctness of the facts entered
on | ||||||
19 | the violation notice by signing his or her name to the | ||||||
20 | notice at
the time of service or in the case of a notice | ||||||
21 | produced by a computerized
device, by signing a single | ||||||
22 | certificate to be kept by the traffic
compliance
| ||||||
23 | administrator attesting to the correctness of all notices | ||||||
24 | produced by the
device while it was under his or her | ||||||
25 | control. In the case of an automated traffic law violation, | ||||||
26 | the ordinance shall
require
a
determination by a technician |
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| |||||||
1 | employed or contracted by the municipality or county that,
| ||||||
2 | based on inspection of recorded images, the motor vehicle | ||||||
3 | was being operated in
violation of Section 11-208.6 or | ||||||
4 | 11-1201.1 or a local ordinance.
If the technician | ||||||
5 | determines that the
vehicle entered the intersection as | ||||||
6 | part of a funeral procession or in order to
yield the | ||||||
7 | right-of-way to an emergency vehicle, a citation shall not | ||||||
8 | be issued. The original or a
facsimile of the violation | ||||||
9 | notice or, in the case of a notice produced by a
| ||||||
10 | computerized device, a printed record generated by the | ||||||
11 | device showing the facts
entered on the notice, shall be | ||||||
12 | retained by the
traffic compliance
administrator, and | ||||||
13 | shall be a record kept in the ordinary course of
business. | ||||||
14 | A parking, standing, compliance, or automated traffic law | ||||||
15 | violation notice issued,
signed and served in
accordance | ||||||
16 | with this Section, a copy of the notice, or the computer
| ||||||
17 | generated record shall be prima facie
correct and shall be | ||||||
18 | prima facie evidence of the correctness of the facts
shown | ||||||
19 | on the notice. The notice, copy, or computer generated
| ||||||
20 | record shall be admissible in any
subsequent | ||||||
21 | administrative or legal proceedings.
| ||||||
22 | (4) An opportunity for a hearing for the registered | ||||||
23 | owner of the
vehicle cited in the parking, standing, | ||||||
24 | compliance, or automated traffic law violation notice in
| ||||||
25 | which the owner may
contest the merits of the alleged | ||||||
26 | violation, and during which formal or
technical rules of |
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1 | evidence shall not apply; provided, however, that under
| ||||||
2 | Section 11-1306 of this Code the lessee of a vehicle cited | ||||||
3 | in the
violation notice likewise shall be provided an | ||||||
4 | opportunity for a hearing of
the same kind afforded the | ||||||
5 | registered owner. The hearings shall be
recorded, and the | ||||||
6 | person conducting the hearing on behalf of the traffic
| ||||||
7 | compliance
administrator shall be empowered to administer | ||||||
8 | oaths and to secure by
subpoena both the attendance and | ||||||
9 | testimony of witnesses and the production
of relevant books | ||||||
10 | and papers. Persons appearing at a hearing under this
| ||||||
11 | Section may be represented by counsel at their expense. The | ||||||
12 | ordinance may
also provide for internal administrative | ||||||
13 | review following the decision of
the hearing officer.
| ||||||
14 | (5) Service of additional notices, sent by first class | ||||||
15 | United States
mail, postage prepaid, to the address of the | ||||||
16 | registered owner of the cited
vehicle as recorded with the | ||||||
17 | Secretary of State or, if any notice to that address is | ||||||
18 | returned as undeliverable, to the last known address | ||||||
19 | recorded in a United States Post Office approved database,
| ||||||
20 | or, under Section 11-1306
of this Code, to the lessee of | ||||||
21 | the cited vehicle at the last address known
to the lessor | ||||||
22 | of the cited vehicle at the time of lease or, if any notice | ||||||
23 | to that address is returned as undeliverable, to the last | ||||||
24 | known address recorded in a United States Post Office | ||||||
25 | approved database.
The service shall
be deemed complete as | ||||||
26 | of the date of deposit in the United States mail.
The |
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1 | notices shall be in the following sequence and shall | ||||||
2 | include but not be
limited to the information specified | ||||||
3 | herein:
| ||||||
4 | (i) A second notice of parking, standing, or | ||||||
5 | compliance violation. This notice shall specify the
| ||||||
6 | date and location of the violation cited in the | ||||||
7 | parking,
standing,
or compliance violation
notice, the | ||||||
8 | particular regulation violated, the vehicle
make and | ||||||
9 | state registration number, any requirement to complete | ||||||
10 | a traffic education program, the fine and any penalty | ||||||
11 | that may be
assessed for late payment or failure to | ||||||
12 | complete a traffic education program, or both, when so | ||||||
13 | provided by ordinance, the availability
of a hearing in | ||||||
14 | which the violation may be contested on its merits, and | ||||||
15 | the
time and manner in which the hearing may be had. | ||||||
16 | The notice of violation
shall also state that failure | ||||||
17 | to complete a required traffic education program, to | ||||||
18 | pay the indicated fine and any
applicable penalty, or | ||||||
19 | to appear at a hearing on the merits in the time and
| ||||||
20 | manner specified, will result in a final determination | ||||||
21 | of violation
liability for the cited violation in the | ||||||
22 | amount of the fine or penalty
indicated, and that, upon | ||||||
23 | the occurrence of a final determination of violation | ||||||
24 | liability for the failure, and the exhaustion of, or
| ||||||
25 | failure to exhaust, available administrative or | ||||||
26 | judicial procedures for
review, any incomplete traffic |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | education program or any unpaid fine or penalty, or | ||||||
2 | both, will constitute a debt due and owing
the | ||||||
3 | municipality or county .
| ||||||
4 | (ii) A notice of final determination of parking, | ||||||
5 | standing,
compliance, or automated traffic law | ||||||
6 | violation liability.
This notice shall be sent | ||||||
7 | following a final determination of parking,
standing, | ||||||
8 | compliance, or automated traffic law
violation | ||||||
9 | liability and the conclusion of judicial review | ||||||
10 | procedures taken
under this Section. The notice shall | ||||||
11 | state that the incomplete traffic education program or | ||||||
12 | the unpaid fine or
penalty, or both, is a debt due and | ||||||
13 | owing the municipality or county . The notice shall | ||||||
14 | contain
warnings that failure to complete any required | ||||||
15 | traffic education program or to pay any fine or penalty | ||||||
16 | due and owing the
municipality or county , or both, | ||||||
17 | within the time specified may result in the | ||||||
18 | municipality's
or county's filing of a petition in the | ||||||
19 | Circuit Court to have the incomplete traffic education | ||||||
20 | program or unpaid
fine or penalty, or both, rendered a | ||||||
21 | judgment as provided by this Section, or may
result in | ||||||
22 | suspension of the person's drivers license for failure | ||||||
23 | to complete a traffic education program or to pay
fines | ||||||
24 | or penalties, or both, for 10 or more parking | ||||||
25 | violations under Section 6-306.5 or 5 or more automated | ||||||
26 | traffic law violations under Section 11-208.6.
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1 | (6) A notice of impending drivers license suspension. | ||||||
2 | This
notice shall be sent to the person liable for failure | ||||||
3 | to complete a required traffic education program or to pay | ||||||
4 | any fine or penalty that
remains due and owing, or both, on | ||||||
5 | 10 or more parking
violations or 5 or more unpaid automated | ||||||
6 | traffic law violations. The notice
shall state that failure | ||||||
7 | to complete a required traffic education program or to pay | ||||||
8 | the fine or penalty owing, or both, within 45 days of
the | ||||||
9 | notice's date will result in the municipality or county | ||||||
10 | notifying the Secretary
of State that the person is | ||||||
11 | eligible for initiation of suspension
proceedings under | ||||||
12 | Section 6-306.5 of this Code. The notice shall also state
| ||||||
13 | that the person may obtain a photostatic copy of an | ||||||
14 | original ticket imposing a
fine or penalty by sending a | ||||||
15 | self addressed, stamped envelope to the
municipality or | ||||||
16 | county along with a request for the photostatic copy.
The | ||||||
17 | notice of impending
drivers license suspension shall be | ||||||
18 | sent by first class United States mail,
postage prepaid, to | ||||||
19 | the address recorded with the Secretary of State or, if any | ||||||
20 | notice to that address is returned as undeliverable, to the | ||||||
21 | last known address recorded in a United States Post Office | ||||||
22 | approved database.
| ||||||
23 | (7) Final determinations of violation liability. A | ||||||
24 | final
determination of violation liability shall occur | ||||||
25 | following failure to complete the required traffic | ||||||
26 | education program or
to pay the fine or penalty, or both, |
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| |||||||
1 | after a hearing officer's determination of violation | ||||||
2 | liability and the exhaustion of or failure to exhaust any
| ||||||
3 | administrative review procedures provided by ordinance. | ||||||
4 | Where a person
fails to appear at a hearing to contest the | ||||||
5 | alleged violation in the time
and manner specified in a | ||||||
6 | prior mailed notice, the hearing officer's
determination | ||||||
7 | of violation liability shall become final: (A) upon
denial | ||||||
8 | of a timely petition to set aside that determination, or | ||||||
9 | (B) upon
expiration of the period for filing the petition | ||||||
10 | without a
filing having been made.
| ||||||
11 | (8) A petition to set aside a determination of parking, | ||||||
12 | standing,
compliance, or automated traffic law violation
| ||||||
13 | liability that may be filed by a person owing an unpaid | ||||||
14 | fine or penalty. A petition to set aside a determination of | ||||||
15 | liability may also be filed by a person required to | ||||||
16 | complete a traffic education program.
The petition shall be | ||||||
17 | filed with and ruled upon by the traffic compliance
| ||||||
18 | administrator in the manner and within the time specified | ||||||
19 | by ordinance.
The grounds for the petition may be limited | ||||||
20 | to: (A) the person not having
been the owner or lessee of | ||||||
21 | the cited vehicle on the date the
violation notice was | ||||||
22 | issued, (B) the person having already completed the | ||||||
23 | required traffic education program or paid the fine or
| ||||||
24 | penalty, or both, for the violation in question, and (C) | ||||||
25 | excusable failure to
appear at or
request a new date for a | ||||||
26 | hearing.
With regard to municipalities or counties with a |
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1 | population of 1 million or more, it
shall be grounds for
| ||||||
2 | dismissal of a
parking violation if the state registration | ||||||
3 | number, or vehicle make if specified, is
incorrect. After | ||||||
4 | the determination of
parking, standing, compliance, or | ||||||
5 | automated traffic law violation liability has been set | ||||||
6 | aside
upon a showing of just
cause, the registered owner | ||||||
7 | shall be provided with a hearing on the merits
for that | ||||||
8 | violation.
| ||||||
9 | (9) Procedures for non-residents. Procedures by which | ||||||
10 | persons who are
not residents of the municipality or county | ||||||
11 | may contest the merits of the alleged
violation without | ||||||
12 | attending a hearing.
| ||||||
13 | (10) A schedule of civil fines for violations of | ||||||
14 | vehicular standing,
parking, compliance, or automated | ||||||
15 | traffic law regulations enacted by ordinance pursuant to | ||||||
16 | this
Section, and a
schedule of penalties for late payment | ||||||
17 | of the fines or failure to complete required traffic | ||||||
18 | education programs, provided, however,
that the total | ||||||
19 | amount of the fine and penalty for any one violation shall
| ||||||
20 | not exceed $250, except as provided in subsection (c) of | ||||||
21 | Section 11-1301.3 of this Code.
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22 | (11) Other provisions as are necessary and proper to | ||||||
23 | carry into
effect the powers granted and purposes stated in | ||||||
24 | this Section.
| ||||||
25 | (c) Any municipality or county establishing vehicular | ||||||
26 | standing, parking,
compliance, or automated traffic law
|
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| |||||||
1 | regulations under this Section may also provide by ordinance | ||||||
2 | for a
program of vehicle immobilization for the purpose of | ||||||
3 | facilitating
enforcement of those regulations. The program of | ||||||
4 | vehicle
immobilization shall provide for immobilizing any | ||||||
5 | eligible vehicle upon the
public way by presence of a restraint | ||||||
6 | in a manner to prevent operation of
the vehicle. Any ordinance | ||||||
7 | establishing a program of vehicle
immobilization under this | ||||||
8 | Section shall provide:
| ||||||
9 | (1) Criteria for the designation of vehicles eligible | ||||||
10 | for
immobilization. A vehicle shall be eligible for | ||||||
11 | immobilization when the
registered owner of the vehicle has | ||||||
12 | accumulated the number of incomplete traffic education | ||||||
13 | programs or unpaid final
determinations of parking, | ||||||
14 | standing, compliance, or automated traffic law violation | ||||||
15 | liability, or both, as
determined by ordinance.
| ||||||
16 | (2) A notice of impending vehicle immobilization and a | ||||||
17 | right to a
hearing to challenge the validity of the notice | ||||||
18 | by disproving liability
for the incomplete traffic | ||||||
19 | education programs or unpaid final determinations of | ||||||
20 | parking, standing, compliance, or automated traffic law
| ||||||
21 | violation liability, or both, listed
on the notice.
| ||||||
22 | (3) The right to a prompt hearing after a vehicle has | ||||||
23 | been immobilized
or subsequently towed without the | ||||||
24 | completion of the required traffic education program or | ||||||
25 | payment of the outstanding fines and
penalties on parking, | ||||||
26 | standing, compliance, or automated traffic law violations, |
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| |||||||
1 | or both, for which final
determinations have been
issued. | ||||||
2 | An order issued after the hearing is a final administrative
| ||||||
3 | decision within the meaning of Section 3-101 of the Code of | ||||||
4 | Civil Procedure.
| ||||||
5 | (4) A post immobilization and post-towing notice | ||||||
6 | advising the registered
owner of the vehicle of the right | ||||||
7 | to a hearing to challenge the validity
of the impoundment.
| ||||||
8 | (d) Judicial review of final determinations of parking, | ||||||
9 | standing,
compliance, or automated traffic law
violations and | ||||||
10 | final administrative decisions issued after hearings
regarding | ||||||
11 | vehicle immobilization and impoundment made
under this Section | ||||||
12 | shall be subject to the provisions of
the Administrative Review | ||||||
13 | Law.
| ||||||
14 | (e) Any fine, penalty, incomplete traffic education | ||||||
15 | program, or part of any fine or any penalty remaining
unpaid | ||||||
16 | after the exhaustion of, or the failure to exhaust, | ||||||
17 | administrative
remedies created under this Section and the | ||||||
18 | conclusion of any judicial
review procedures shall be a debt | ||||||
19 | due and owing the municipality or county and, as
such, may be | ||||||
20 | collected in accordance with applicable law. Completion of any | ||||||
21 | required traffic education program and payment in full
of any | ||||||
22 | fine or penalty resulting from a standing, parking,
compliance, | ||||||
23 | or automated traffic law violation shall
constitute a final | ||||||
24 | disposition of that violation.
| ||||||
25 | (f) After the expiration of the period within which | ||||||
26 | judicial review may
be sought for a final determination of |
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1 | parking, standing, compliance, or automated traffic law
| ||||||
2 | violation, the municipality
or county may commence a proceeding | ||||||
3 | in the Circuit Court for purposes of obtaining a
judgment on | ||||||
4 | the final determination of violation. Nothing in this
Section | ||||||
5 | shall prevent a municipality or county from consolidating | ||||||
6 | multiple final
determinations of parking, standing, | ||||||
7 | compliance, or automated traffic law violations against a
| ||||||
8 | person in a proceeding.
Upon commencement of the action, the | ||||||
9 | municipality or county shall file a certified
copy or record of | ||||||
10 | the final determination of parking, standing, compliance, or | ||||||
11 | automated traffic law
violation, which shall be
accompanied by | ||||||
12 | a certification that recites facts sufficient to show that
the | ||||||
13 | final determination of violation was
issued in accordance with | ||||||
14 | this Section and the applicable municipal
or county ordinance. | ||||||
15 | Service of the summons and a copy of the petition may be by
any | ||||||
16 | method provided by Section 2-203 of the Code of Civil Procedure | ||||||
17 | or by
certified mail, return receipt requested, provided that | ||||||
18 | the total amount of
fines and penalties for final | ||||||
19 | determinations of parking, standing,
compliance, or automated | ||||||
20 | traffic law violations does not
exceed $2500. If the court is | ||||||
21 | satisfied that the final determination of
parking, standing, | ||||||
22 | compliance, or automated traffic law violation was entered in | ||||||
23 | accordance with
the requirements of
this Section and the | ||||||
24 | applicable municipal or county ordinance, and that the | ||||||
25 | registered
owner or the lessee, as the case may be, had an | ||||||
26 | opportunity for an
administrative hearing and for judicial |
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1 | review as provided in this Section,
the court shall render | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2 | judgment in favor of the municipality or county and against
the | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
3 | registered owner or the lessee for the amount indicated in the | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
4 | final
determination of parking, standing, compliance, or | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | automated traffic law violation, plus costs.
The judgment shall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
6 | have
the same effect and may be enforced in the same manner as | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
7 | other judgments
for the recovery of money.
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8 | (g) The fee for participating in a traffic education | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | program under this Section shall not exceed $25. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | A low-income individual required to complete a traffic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | education program under this Section who provides proof of | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | eligibility for the federal earned income tax credit under | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | Section 32 of the Internal Revenue Code or the Illinois earned | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | income tax credit under Section 212 of the Illinois Income Tax | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | Act shall not be required to pay any fee for participating in a | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | required traffic education program. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | (Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07; 96-288, eff. 8-11-09; | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | 96-478, eff. 1-1-10; revised 9-4-09.)
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20 | becoming law.
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