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HOUSE RESOLUTION

  
 
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    WHEREAS, Red light cameras are used in Cook, DuPage, Kane, 
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Lake, Madison, McHenry, St. Clair, and Will Counties; and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, These cameras produce photographs of vehicles 
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that pass through an intersection when the signal is red; and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, The photographs are used to issue traffic 
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citations; and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, Under certain circumstances, vehicles may pass 
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through an intersection in a lawful manner when the signal is 
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red; and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, Red light cameras have been used to issue traffic 
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citations to drivers who properly execute a right turn against 
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a red signal; and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, These citations for otherwise lawful vehicle 
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operations cause undue and unwarranted burdens upon the 
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recipients of the citations; therefore, be it
  
 
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    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 
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NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we 
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encourage units of local government with red light cameras to 
 


 






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not use the cameras to issue tickets to motorists who properly 
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execute right turns at a red light.