HB5467 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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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.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning transportation.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Expressway Camera Act is amended by changing Section 5 as follows:

(605 ILCS 140/5)

(Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2023)

Sec. 5. Camera program.

(a) The Illinois State Police, the Illinois Department of Transportation, and the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority shall work together to conduct a program to increase the amount of cameras along expressways in Cook County.

(b) Images from the 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, any offense involving the use of a firearm and to detect expressway hazards. Images from the cameras shall not be used to enforce petty offenses. Images from the cameras may be used by any law enforcement agency conducting an active law enforcement investigation involving a violent offense.

(c) Subject to appropriation, any funds needed to conduct the program for use on expressways under the jurisdiction of the Department of Transportation shall be taken from the Road Fund.

(d) As used in this Section, "expressway" has the meaning provided in Section 1-119.3 of the Illinois Vehicle Code.

(Source: P.A. 101-42, eff. 1-1-20.)