Rep. C.D. Davidsmeyer
Filed: 3/26/2014
 
 

 

 

 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4948 




2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 4948 by replacing 
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:

 
4    "Section 5. The Roadside Memorial Act is amended  by 
5changing Section 15 as follows:
 
6    (605 ILCS 125/15)

7    Sec. 15. Participation in the Roadside Memorial program.  
8    (a)  A qualified relative of a victim may make a request for 
9the installation of a memorial marker in a supporting 
10jurisdiction using an application developed by the supporting 
11jurisdiction. The supporting jurisdiction shall have sole 
12responsibility for determining whether a request for a DUI 
13memorial marker is rejected or accepted.
14    (b) An application for a DUI memorial marker may be 
15submitted by a qualified relative with regard to any crash that 
16occurred on or after January 1, 1980 1990.
 
 
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1    (c) If there is any opposition to the placement of a DUI 
2memorial marker by any qualified relative of any decedent 
3involved in the crash, the supporting jurisdiction shall deny 
4the request.
5    (d) The supporting jurisdiction shall deny the request or, 
6if a DUI memorial marker has already been installed, may remove 
7the marker, if the qualified relative has provided false or 
8misleading information in the application.  
9    (e)  The qualified relative shall agree not to place or 
10encourage the placement of flowers, pictures, or other items at 
11the crash site.
12    (f)  A DUI memorial marker shall not be erected for a 
13deceased driver involved in a fatal crash who is shown by 
14toxicology reports to have been in violation of State DUI law, 
15unless the next of kin of any other victim or victims killed in 
16the crash consent in writing to the erection of the memorial 
17marker. 

18(Source: P.A. 95-398, eff. 1-1-08; 95-873, eff. 8-21-08.)".