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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 | When On a school day when school children are present and | ||||||
15 | within 50 feet of so close
thereto
that a potential hazard | ||||||
16 | exists because of the close proximity of the motorized
traffic, | ||||||
17 | no person shall drive a motor vehicle at a speed in excess of | ||||||
18 | 20 miles
per hour while passing a school zone or while | ||||||
19 | traveling on a roadway on public
school property or upon any | ||||||
20 | public
thoroughfare where children pass going
to and from | ||||||
21 | school.
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22 | For the purpose of this Section a school day shall begin at | ||||||
23 | seven ante
meridian and shall conclude at four post meridian.
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1 | This Section shall not be applicable unless appropriate | ||||||
2 | signs are posted
upon streets and highways under their | ||||||
3 | respective jurisdiction and
maintained by the Department, | ||||||
4 | township, county, park district, city,
village or incorporated | ||||||
5 | town wherein the school zone is located. With regard
to the | ||||||
6 | special speed limit while passing schools, such signs
shall | ||||||
7 | give proper due warning that a school zone is being approached | ||||||
8 | and
shall indicate the school zone and the maximum speed limit | ||||||
9 | in effect during
school days when school children are present.
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10 | (a-5) The Department, township, county, park district, | ||||||
11 | city, village, or incorporated town wherein the school zone is | ||||||
12 | located shall, by July 1, 2015, erect signs that give proper | ||||||
13 | warning that a school zone is being approached and indicate the | ||||||
14 | maximum speed limit in effect when children are present. | ||||||
15 | (b) (Blank).
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16 | (c) Nothing in this Chapter shall
prohibit the use of | ||||||
17 | electronic speed-detecting devices within 500 feet of
signs | ||||||
18 | within a special school speed zone indicating such zone, as | ||||||
19 | defined
in this Section, nor shall evidence obtained thereby be | ||||||
20 | inadmissible in any
prosecution for speeding provided the use | ||||||
21 | of such device shall apply only
to the enforcement of the speed | ||||||
22 | limit in such special school speed zone.
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23 | (d) (Blank).
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24 | (e) A first violation of this Section is a petty
offense | ||||||
25 | with a minimum fine
of $150. A second or subsequent violation | ||||||
26 | of this
Section is a petty offense with a minimum fine of $300.
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1 | (f) When a fine for a violation of subsection (a) is $150 | ||||||
2 | or greater,
the person who violates subsection (a) shall be | ||||||
3 | charged an additional
$50 to be paid to the unit school
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4 | district where the
violation
occurred for school safety | ||||||
5 | purposes. If the violation occurred in a dual
school district,
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6 | $25 of the surcharge shall be paid to the elementary school | ||||||
7 | district for school
safety
purposes and $25 of the surcharge | ||||||
8 | shall be paid to the high school district for
school
safety | ||||||
9 | purposes. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the | ||||||
10 | entire $50
surcharge
shall be paid to the appropriate school | ||||||
11 | district or districts.
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12 | For purposes of this subsection (f), "school safety | ||||||
13 | purposes" includes the
costs
associated with school zone safety | ||||||
14 | education, the Safe Routes to School Program under Section | ||||||
15 | 2705-317 of the Department of Transportation Law of the Civil | ||||||
16 | Administrative Code of Illinois, safety programs within the | ||||||
17 | School Safety and Educational Improvement Block Grant Program | ||||||
18 | under Section 2-3.51.5 of the School Code, and
the purchase, | ||||||
19 | installation, and maintenance of caution lights
which are
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20 | mounted on school speed zone signs.
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21 | (g) (Blank).
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22 | (h) (Blank).
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23 | (Source: P.A. 96-52, eff. 7-23-09.)
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