Full Text of SB0509 94th General Assembly
SB0509ham002 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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Rep. John D'Amico
Filed: 3/23/2006
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| AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 509
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 509 by replacing | 3 |
| everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| "Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by adding | 5 |
| Section 11-605.3 as follows: | 6 |
| (625 ILCS 5/11-605.3 new) | 7 |
| Sec. 11-605.3. Special traffic protections while passing | 8 |
| parks and recreation facilities and areas. | 9 |
| (a) As used in this Section:
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| (1) "Park district" means the following entities:
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| (A) any park district organized under the Park | 12 |
| District Code;
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| (B) any park district organized under the Chicago | 14 |
| Park District Act; and
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| (C) any municipality, county, forest district, | 16 |
| school district, township, or other unit of local | 17 |
| government that operates a public recreation | 18 |
| department or public recreation facilities that has | 19 |
| recreation facilities that are not on land owned by any | 20 |
| park district listed in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of | 21 |
| this subdivision (a)(1).
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| (2) "Park zone" means the recreation facilities and
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| areas on any land owned or operated by a park district that
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| are used for recreational purposes, including but not |
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| limited to: parks; playgrounds; swimming pools; hiking | 2 |
| trails; bicycle paths;
picnic areas; roads and streets; and | 3 |
| parking lots.
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| (3) "Park zone street" means that portion of any street | 5 |
| or intersection under the control of a local unit of | 6 |
| government, adjacent to a park zone, where the local unit | 7 |
| of government has, by ordinance or resolution, designated | 8 |
| and approved the street or intersection as a park zone | 9 |
| street. If, before the effective date of this amendatory | 10 |
| Act of the 94th General Assembly, a street already had a | 11 |
| posted speed limit lower than 20 miles per hour, then the | 12 |
| lower limit may be used for that park zone street.
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| (4) "Safety purposes" means the costs associated with:
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| park zone safety education; the purchase, installation, | 15 |
| and maintenance of signs, roadway painting, and caution | 16 |
| lights mounted on park zone signs; and any other expense | 17 |
| associated with park zones and park zone streets.
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| (b) On any day when children are present and within 50 feet | 19 |
| of motorized traffic, a person may not drive a motor vehicle at | 20 |
| a speed in excess of 20 miles per hour or any lower posted | 21 |
| speed while traveling on a park zone street that has been | 22 |
| designated for the posted reduced speed.
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| (c) On any day when children are present and within 50 feet | 24 |
| of motorized traffic, any driver traveling on a park zone | 25 |
| street who fails to come to a complete stop at a stop sign or | 26 |
| red light, including a driver who fails to come to a complete | 27 |
| stop at a red light before turning right onto a park zone | 28 |
| street, is in violation of this Section.
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| (d) This Section does not apply unless appropriate signs | 30 |
| are posted upon park zone streets maintained by the Department | 31 |
| or by the unit of local government in which the park zone is | 32 |
| located. With regard to the special speed limit on park zone | 33 |
| streets, the signs must give proper due warning that a park | 34 |
| zone is being approached and must indicate the maximum speed |
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| limit on the park zone street.
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| (e) A first violation of this Section is a petty offense | 3 |
| with a minimum fine of $250. A second or subsequent violation | 4 |
| of this Section is a petty offense with a minimum fine of $500.
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| (f) When a fine for a violation of this Section is imposed, | 6 |
| the person who violates this Section shall be charged an | 7 |
| additional $50, to be paid to the park district for safety | 8 |
| purposes.
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| (g) The Department shall, within 6 months of the effective | 10 |
| date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly, | 11 |
| design a set of standardized traffic signs for park zones and | 12 |
| park zone streets, including but not limited to: "park zone", | 13 |
| "park zone speed limit", and "warning: approaching a park | 14 |
| zone". The design of these signs shall be made available to all | 15 |
| units of local government or manufacturers at no charge, except | 16 |
| for reproduction and postage.
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 18 |
| becoming law.".
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