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Rep. Brandon W. Phelps
Filed: 4/13/2011
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 862
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| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 862 by replacing |
| 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| 4 | | "Section 5. The Automated Traffic Control Systems in |
| 5 | | Highway Construction or Maintenance Zones Act is amended by |
| 6 | | changing Section 30 as follows:
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| 7 | | (625 ILCS 7/30)
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| 8 | | Sec. 30. Requirements for issuance of a citation. |
| 9 | | (a) The vehicle, vehicle operator, vehicle registration |
| 10 | | plate, speed, date, time, and location must be clearly visible |
| 11 | | on the photograph or other recorded image of the alleged |
| 12 | | violation. |
| 13 | | (b)
A Uniform Traffic Citation must be mailed or otherwise |
| 14 | | delivered to the registered owner of the vehicle. If mailed, |
| 15 | | the citation must be sent via certified mail within 14
business |
| 16 | | days of the alleged violation, return receipt requested. |
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| 1 | | (c) The
Uniform Traffic Citation must include: |
| 2 | | (1) the name and address of the vehicle owner; |
| 3 | | (2) the registration number of the vehicle; |
| 4 | | (3) the offense charged; |
| 5 | | (4) the time, date, and location of the violation; |
| 6 | | (5) the first available court date; and
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| 7 | | (6) notice that the basis of the citation is the |
| 8 | | photograph or recorded image from the automated traffic |
| 9 | | control system; . |
| 10 | | (7) the amount of the fine imposed; and |
| 11 | | (8) a statement that recorded images are evidence of a |
| 12 | | violation of a posted speed limit in a highway construction |
| 13 | | or maintenance zone. |
| 14 | | (d) The
Uniform Traffic Citation issued to the alleged |
| 15 | | violator must be accompanied by a written document that lists |
| 16 | | the alleged violator's rights and obligations and explains how |
| 17 | | the alleged violator can elect to proceed by either paying the |
| 18 | | fine or challenging the issuance of the
Uniform Traffic |
| 19 | | Citation.
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| 20 | | (e) A Uniform Traffic Citation issued under this Section |
| 21 | | shall be dismissed if the registered owner of the vehicle |
| 22 | | provides the Department of State Police with a certified copy |
| 23 | | of a police report showing that the vehicle had been reported |
| 24 | | to the police as stolen at the time of the alleged violation. |
| 25 | | (Source: P.A. 93-947, eff. 8-19-04; 94-757, eff. 5-12-06; |
| 26 | | 94-814, eff. 1-1-07.)
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