96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
SB3790


 
Introduced 2/11/2010, by Sen. Toi W. Hutchinson
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		





 







735 ILCS 5/Art. VIII Pt. 29 heading new






735 ILCS 5/8-2901 new











     Amends the Code of Civil Procedure.  Provides that evidence of speed based on a laser speed detection device obtained by using a model approved by the Department of State Police shall be considered scientifically acceptable and reliable as a speed detection device and is admissible for all purposes in any court or administrative proceeding.  Provides that a certified copy of the Department of State Police list of approved models of such laser devices is self authenticating and admissible for all purposes in any court or administrative proceeding.  Effective immediately.
  















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SB3790

LRB096 19062 AJO 34453 b





  
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    AN ACT concerning civil law.
  
 
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    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
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represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
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    Section 5. The Code of Civil Procedure is amended  by adding 
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Part 29 to Article VIII as follows:
 
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    (735 ILCS 5/Art. VIII Pt. 29 heading new)
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Part 29.  Speed Detection Device.

 
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    (735 ILCS 5/8-2901 new)
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    Sec. 8-2901. Admissibility of evidence; laser speed 
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detection device. Evidence of speed based on a speed detection 
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device using the speed timing principle of laser which is of a 
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model that has been approved by the Department of State Police 
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shall be considered scientifically acceptable and reliable as a 
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speed detection device and shall be admissible for all purposes 
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in any court or administrative proceeding in this State.  A 
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certified copy of the Department of State Police of approved 
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models of such laser devices shall be self-authenticating and 
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shall be admissible for all purposes in any court or 
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administrative proceeding in this State.
 
 
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    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
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becoming law.