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| 1 | AN ACT concerning transportation.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by changing | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Section 11-605 as follows:
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| 6 | (625 ILCS 5/11-605) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-605)
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| 7 | Sec. 11-605. Special speed limit while passing schools.
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| 8 | (a) For the purpose of this Section, "school" means the | |||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | following
entities:
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| 10 | (1) A public or private primary or secondary school.
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| 11 | (2) A primary or secondary school operated by a | |||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | religious institution.
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| 13 | (3) A public, private, or religious nursery school.
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| 14 | On a school day when school children are present and so | |||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | close
thereto
that a potential hazard exists because of the | |||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | close proximity of the motorized
traffic, no person shall drive | |||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | a motor vehicle at a speed in excess of 20 miles
per hour while | |||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | passing a school zone or while traveling on a roadway on public
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| 19 | school property or upon any public
thoroughfare where children | |||||||||||||||||||
| 20 | pass going
to and from school.
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| 21 | For the purpose of this Section a school day shall begin at | |||||||||||||||||||
| 22 | seven ante
meridian and shall conclude at four post meridian.
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| 23 | This Section shall not be applicable unless appropriate | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | signs are posted
upon streets and highways under their | ||||||
| 2 | respective jurisdiction and
maintained by the Department, | ||||||
| 3 | township, county, park district, city,
village or incorporated | ||||||
| 4 | town wherein the school zone is located. With regard
to the | ||||||
| 5 | special speed limit while passing schools, such signs
shall | ||||||
| 6 | give proper due warning that a school zone is being approached | ||||||
| 7 | and
shall indicate the school zone and the maximum speed limit | ||||||
| 8 | in effect during
school days when school children are present.
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| 9 | (b) (Blank).
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| 10 | (c) Nothing in this Chapter shall
prohibit the use of | ||||||
| 11 | electronic speed-detecting devices within 500 feet of
signs | ||||||
| 12 | within a special school speed zone indicating such zone, as | ||||||
| 13 | defined
in this Section, nor shall evidence obtained thereby be | ||||||
| 14 | inadmissible in any
prosecution for speeding provided the use | ||||||
| 15 | of such device shall apply only
to the enforcement of the speed | ||||||
| 16 | limit in such special school speed zone.
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| 17 | (d) (Blank).
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| 18 | (e) A first violation of this Section is a petty
offense | ||||||
| 19 | with a minimum fine
of $150. A second or subsequent violation | ||||||
| 20 | of this
Section is a petty offense with a minimum fine of $300.
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| 21 | (f) When a fine for a violation of subsection (a) is $150 | ||||||
| 22 | or greater,
the person who violates subsection (a) shall be | ||||||
| 23 | charged an additional
$50 to be paid to the unit school
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| 24 | district where the
violation
occurred for school safety | ||||||
| 25 | purposes. If the violation occurred in a dual
school district,
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| 26 | $25 of the surcharge shall be paid to the elementary school | ||||||
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| 1 | district for school
safety
purposes and $25 of the surcharge | ||||||
| 2 | shall be paid to the high school district for
school
safety | ||||||
| 3 | purposes. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the | ||||||
| 4 | entire $50
surcharge
shall be paid to the appropriate school | ||||||
| 5 | district or districts.
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| 6 | For purposes of this subsection (f), "school safety | ||||||
| 7 | purposes" includes the
costs
associated with school zone safety | ||||||
| 8 | education, the Safe Routes to School Program under Section | ||||||
| 9 | 2705-317 of the Department of Transportation Law of the Civil | ||||||
| 10 | Administrative Code of Illinois, safety programs within the | ||||||
| 11 | School Safety and Educational Improvement Block Grant Program | ||||||
| 12 | under Section 2-3.51.5 of the School Code, and
the purchase, | ||||||
| 13 | installation, and maintenance of caution lights
which are
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| 14 | mounted on school speed zone signs.
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| 15 | (g) (Blank).
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| 16 | (h) (Blank).
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| 17 | (Source: P.A. 92-242, eff. 1-1-02; 92-619, eff. 1-1-03; 92-780, | ||||||
| 18 | eff. 8-6-02; 93-955, eff. 8-19-04.)
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| 19 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 20 | becoming law.
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