102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB5467

 

Introduced 1/31/2022, by Rep. Frances Ann Hurley

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
605 ILCS 140/5

    Amends the Expressway Camera Act. Provides that images from expressway cameras may be used by any municipal police department, county sheriff's office, State Police officer, or other law enforcement agency with jurisdiction over the expressway in Cook County in the investigation of any violent offenses, including, but not limited to, offenses involving the use of a firearm and vehicular hijacking. Provides that images from expressway cameras may be used by any law enforcement agency conducting an active law enforcement investigation involving a violent offense.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning transportation.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Expressway Camera Act is amended by
5changing Section 5 as follows:
 
6    (605 ILCS 140/5)
7    (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2023)
8    Sec. 5. Camera program.
9    (a) The Illinois State Police, the Illinois Department of
10Transportation, and the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority
11shall work together to conduct a program to increase the
12amount of cameras along expressways in Cook County.
13    (b) Images from the cameras may be used by any municipal
14police department, county sheriff's office, State Police
15officer, or other law enforcement agency with jurisdiction
16over the expressway in Cook County in the investigation of any
17violent offenses, including, but not limited to, offenses
18involving the use of a firearm and vehicular hijacking, any
19offense involving the use of a firearm and to detect
20expressway hazards. Images from the cameras shall not be used
21to enforce petty offenses. Images from the cameras may be used
22by any law enforcement agency conducting an active law
23enforcement investigation involving a violent offense.

 

 

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1    (c) Subject to appropriation, any funds needed to conduct
2the program for use on expressways under the jurisdiction of
3the Department of Transportation shall be taken from the Road
4Fund.
5    (d) As used in this Section, "expressway" has the meaning
6provided in Section 1-119.3 of the Illinois Vehicle Code.
7(Source: P.A. 101-42, eff. 1-1-20.)