Full Text of HB1555 94th General Assembly
HB1555 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006 HB1555
Introduced 2/10/2005, by Rep. John D'Amico SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Establishes speed limits for park zones where children are present. Provides that (i) exceeding the posted speed limit while passing a park zone or in an area where children are going to or coming from a park zone or (ii) failure to come to a complete stop at a stop sign or signal, including a signal at which a right turn on red is permitted, in an area where a park zone speed limit applies, is a violation of the new provision. Provides that a violation of the new provision is a petty offense with a minimum fine of $250 for a first offense and $500 for a second or subsequent offense. Provides that the violator shall be charged an additional $50, to be paid to the park district for safety purposes.
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A BILL FOR
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| AN ACT concerning transportation.
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| WHEREAS, The Illinois General Assembly finds that laws | 3 |
| protecting school-age children with legislation limiting speed | 4 |
| limits near schools has successfully protected Illinois | 5 |
| children for decades, and a considerable number of recreational | 6 |
| facilities in Illinois often border or are in close proximity | 7 |
| to educational facilities and do not have the same protections | 8 |
| afforded to educational facilities; and | 9 |
| WHEREAS, The Illinois General Assembly finds that ensuring | 10 |
| Safe Streets near educational and recreational facilities is a | 11 |
| goal requiring the full attention of this General Assembly and | 12 |
| the full cooperation of the federal, State, and local units of | 13 |
| government and their respective executive departments and | 14 |
| agencies; therefore | 15 |
| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by adding | 18 |
| Section 11-605.3 as follows: | 19 |
| (625 ILCS 5/11-605.3 new) | 20 |
| Sec. 11-605.3. Special traffic protections while passing | 21 |
| parks and recreation facilities and areas. | 22 |
| (a) As used in this Section: | 23 |
| (1) "Park district" means the following entities:
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| (A) any park district organized under The Park | 25 |
| District Code;
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| (B) any park district organized under The Chicago | 27 |
| Park District Act; and
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| (C) any municipality, county, forest preserve | 29 |
| district, school district, township, or other unit of | 30 |
| local government that operates a public recreation |
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| department or public recreation facilities that has | 2 |
| recreation facilities that are not on land owned by any | 3 |
| park district listed in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of | 4 |
| this subdivision (a)(1).
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| (2) "Park zone" means the recreation facilities and | 6 |
| areas on any land owned or operated by a park district that | 7 |
| is used for recreational purposes, or for access to those | 8 |
| recreational areas, including but not limited to: parks; | 9 |
| playgrounds; swimming pools; hiking trails; bicycle paths; | 10 |
| picnic areas; roads and streets; and parking lots.
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| (3) "Safety purposes" means the costs associated with: | 12 |
| park zone safety education; the purchase, installation, | 13 |
| and maintenance of signs, roadway painting, and caution | 14 |
| lights mounted on park zone signs; and any other expense | 15 |
| associated with this Section.
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| (b) On any day when children are present and so close to | 17 |
| motorized traffic that a potential hazard exists, a person may | 18 |
| not drive a motor vehicle at a speed in excess of 20 miles per | 19 |
| hour (i) while passing a park zone or (ii) while traveling on a | 20 |
| roadway on public property or upon any public thoroughfare | 21 |
| where children are going to and from recreation facilities and | 22 |
| areas located in a park zone.
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| (c) On any day when children are present and so close to | 24 |
| motorized traffic that a potential hazard exists, failure to | 25 |
| come to a complete stop at a stop sign or other traffic control | 26 |
| device, including failure to come to a complete stop before a | 27 |
| right turn otherwise permitted at a red light, is a violation | 28 |
| of this Section.
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| (d) Nothing in this Chapter prohibits the use of electronic | 30 |
| speed detecting devices within 500 feet of signs within a | 31 |
| special park zone indicating that zone. Evidence obtained | 32 |
| through use of those devices is admissible in any prosecution | 33 |
| for speeding or failing to stop at a traffic control device or | 34 |
| stop sign, if the device is used only for enforcement within | 35 |
| the special park zone.
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| (e) This Section does not apply unless appropriate signs |
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| are posted upon streets and highways maintained by the | 2 |
| Department or by the unit of local government in which the park | 3 |
| zone is located. With regard to the special speed limit while | 4 |
| passing park zones, the signs must give proper due warning that | 5 |
| a park zone is being approached and must indicate the park zone | 6 |
| and the maximum speed limit.
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| (f) A first violation of this Section is a petty offense | 8 |
| with a minimum fine of $250. A second or subsequent violation | 9 |
| of this Section is a petty offense with a minimum fine of $500.
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| (h) When a fine for a violation of subsection (a) is $250 | 11 |
| or greater, the person who violates this Section shall be | 12 |
| charged an additional $50, to be paid to the park district for | 13 |
| safety purposes.
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