Full Text of SB3668 96th General Assembly
SB3668sam002 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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Sen. Dale E. Risinger
Filed: 3/11/2010
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| AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 3668
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 3668, AS AMENDED, | 3 |
| by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the | 4 |
| following:
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| "Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by | 6 |
| changing Sections 11-601, 11-602, and 11-603 as follows:
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| (625 ILCS 5/11-601) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-601)
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| Sec. 11-601. General speed restrictions.
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| (a) No vehicle may be driven upon any highway of this State | 10 |
| at a speed
which is greater than is reasonable and proper with | 11 |
| regard to traffic
conditions and the use of the highway, or | 12 |
| endangers the safety of any
person or property. The fact that | 13 |
| the speed of a vehicle does not exceed
the applicable maximum | 14 |
| speed limit does not relieve the driver from the
duty to | 15 |
| decrease speed when approaching and crossing an intersection,
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| approaching and going around a curve, when approaching a hill |
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| crest, when
traveling upon any narrow or winding roadway, or | 2 |
| when special hazard exists
with respect to pedestrians or other | 3 |
| traffic or by reason of weather or
highway conditions. Speed | 4 |
| must be decreased as may be necessary to avoid
colliding with | 5 |
| any person or vehicle on or entering the highway in
compliance | 6 |
| with legal requirements and the duty of all persons to use due
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| care.
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| (b) No person may drive a vehicle upon any highway of this | 9 |
| State at a
speed which is greater than the applicable statutory | 10 |
| maximum speed limit
established by paragraphs (c), (d), (e), | 11 |
| (f) or (g) of this Section, by
Section 11-605 or by a | 12 |
| regulation or ordinance made under this Chapter.
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| (c) Unless some other speed restriction is established | 14 |
| under this
Chapter, the maximum speed limit in an urban | 15 |
| district for all vehicles is:
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| 1. 30 miles per hour; and
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| 2. 15 miles per hour in an alley.
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| (d) Unless some other speed restriction is established | 19 |
| under this Chapter,
the maximum speed limit outside an urban | 20 |
| district for any vehicle of the
first division or a second | 21 |
| division vehicle
designed or used for
the carrying of a gross | 22 |
| weight of 8,000 pounds or less
(including the
weight of the | 23 |
| vehicle and maximum load) is (1) 65 miles per hour (i) for
all | 24 |
| highways under the jurisdiction of the Illinois State Toll
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| Highway Authority , unless some other speed limit is designated, | 26 |
| and (ii) for all or part of highways that are designated by
the |
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| Department, have at least 4 lanes of traffic, and have a | 2 |
| separation between
the roadways moving in opposite directions | 3 |
| and (2) 55 miles per hour for all
other highways, roads, and | 4 |
| streets.
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| (d-1) Outside the counties of Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake, | 6 |
| McHenry, and Will, unless some other speed restriction is | 7 |
| established under this Chapter,
the maximum speed limit outside | 8 |
| an urban district for any vehicle of the
first division or a | 9 |
| second division vehicle
designed or used for
the carrying of a | 10 |
| gross weight of 8,000 pounds or less
(including the
weight of | 11 |
| the vehicle and maximum load) is (1) 70 miles per hour on any | 12 |
| interstate highway as defined by Section 1-133.1 of this Code, | 13 |
| (2) 65 miles per hour for all or part of highways that are | 14 |
| designated by the Department, have at least 4 lanes of traffic, | 15 |
| and have a separation between the roadways moving in opposite | 16 |
| directions, and (3) 55 miles per hour for all other highways, | 17 |
| roads, and streets. | 18 |
| (e) In the counties of Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry, | 19 |
| and Will, unless some lesser speed restriction is established | 20 |
| under
this
Chapter, the maximum speed limit outside an urban | 21 |
| district for a second
division vehicle designed or used for the | 22 |
| carrying of a gross weight of
8,001 pounds or more (including | 23 |
| the weight of the vehicle and
maximum load) is
55 miles per | 24 |
| hour.
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| (e-1) Outside the counties of Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake, | 26 |
| McHenry, and Will, unless some lesser speed restriction is |
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| established under this Chapter, the maximum speed limit outside | 2 |
| an urban district for a second division vehicle designed or | 3 |
| used for the carrying of a gross weight of 8,001 pounds or more | 4 |
| (including the weight of the vehicle and maximum load) is (1) | 5 |
| 70 65 miles per hour on any interstate highway as defined by | 6 |
| Section 1-133.1 of this Code, and (2) 55 miles per hour for all | 7 |
| other highways, roads, and streets. | 8 |
| (f) Unless some other speed restriction is established | 9 |
| under this Chapter,
the maximum speed limit outside an urban | 10 |
| district for a bus is:
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| 1. 65 miles per hour upon any highway which has at | 12 |
| least 4 lanes of
traffic
and of which the roadways for | 13 |
| traffic moving in opposite directions are
separated by a | 14 |
| strip of ground which is not surfaced or suitable for | 15 |
| vehicular
traffic, except that the maximum speed limit for | 16 |
| a bus on all highways,
roads, or streets not under the | 17 |
| jurisdiction of the Department or the Illinois
State Toll | 18 |
| Highway Authority
is 55 miles per hour; and | 19 |
| 1.5. 70 miles per hour, outside the counties of Cook, | 20 |
| DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry, and Will, upon any interstate | 21 |
| highway as defined by Section 1-133.1 of this Code; and
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| 2. 55 miles per hour on any other highway.
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| (g) (Blank).
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| (Source: P.A. 96-524, eff. 1-1-10.)
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| (625 ILCS 5/11-602) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-602)
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| Sec. 11-602. Alteration of limits by Department. Whenever | 2 |
| the Department
determines,
upon the basis of an engineering and | 3 |
| traffic investigation concerning any
highway for which the | 4 |
| Department has maintenance responsibility, that a
maximum | 5 |
| speed limit prescribed in Section 11-601 of this Chapter is | 6 |
| greater
or less than is reasonable or safe with respect to the | 7 |
| conditions found
to exist at any intersection or other place on | 8 |
| such highway or along any
part or zone thereof, the Department | 9 |
| shall determine and declare a reasonable
and safe absolute | 10 |
| maximum speed limit applicable to such intersection or
place, | 11 |
| or along such part or zone. However, such limit shall conform | 12 |
| with the maximum speed limit restrictions provided for in | 13 |
| Section 11-601 of this Chapter not exceed
65 miles per hour on | 14 |
| a
highway or street which is especially
designed for
through | 15 |
| traffic and to, from, or over which owners of or persons having
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| an interest in abutting property or other persons have no right | 17 |
| or easement,
or only a limited right or easement, of access, | 18 |
| crossing, light, air, or
view, and shall not exceed 55 miles | 19 |
| per hour on any other highway . Where
a highway under the | 20 |
| Department's jurisdiction
is contiguous to school property, | 21 |
| the Department may, at the school district's
request, set a
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| reduced maximum speed limit for student safety purposes in the | 23 |
| portion of the
highway that faces the school property and in | 24 |
| the portions of the highway that
extend
one-quarter mile in | 25 |
| each direction from the opposite ends of the school
property. A | 26 |
| limit determined and
declared as provided in this Section |
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| becomes effective, and suspends the
applicability of the limit
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| prescribed
in Section 11-601 of this Chapter, when appropriate | 3 |
| signs giving notice
of the limit are erected at such | 4 |
| intersection or other
place, or along such part or zone of the | 5 |
| highway. Electronic
speed-detecting devices shall not be used | 6 |
| within 500 feet beyond any such
sign in the direction of | 7 |
| travel; if so used in violation hereof, evidence
obtained | 8 |
| thereby shall be inadmissible in any prosecution for speeding.
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| However, nothing in this Section prohibits the use of such | 10 |
| electronic
speed-detecting devices within 500 feet of a sign | 11 |
| within a special
school speed zone indicating such zone, | 12 |
| conforming to the requirements of
Section 11-605 of this Act, | 13 |
| nor shall evidence obtained thereby be
inadmissible in any | 14 |
| prosecution for speeding provided the use of such
device shall | 15 |
| apply only to the enforcement of the speed limit in such
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| special school speed zone.
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| (Source: P.A. 96-524, eff. 1-1-10.)
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| (625 ILCS 5/11-603) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-603)
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| Sec. 11-603. Alteration of limits by Toll Highway | 20 |
| Authority.
Whenever the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority
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| determines, upon the basis of an
engineering and traffic | 22 |
| investigation concerning a toll highway under its
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| jurisdiction, that a maximum speed limit prescribed in Section | 24 |
| 11-601 of
this Chapter is greater or less than is reasonable or | 25 |
| safe with respect to
conditions found to exist at any place or |
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| along any part or zone of such
highway, the Authority shall | 2 |
| determine and declare by regulation a
reasonable and safe | 3 |
| absolute maximum speed limit at such place or along
such part | 4 |
| or zone, and the speed limit shall conform with the maximum | 5 |
| speed limit restrictions provided for in Section 11-601 of this | 6 |
| Chapter not exceeding 65 miles per hour . A limit so determined
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| and declared becomes effective, and suspends the application of | 8 |
| the limit
prescribed in Section 11-601 of this Chapter, when | 9 |
| (a) the Department
concurs in writing with the Authority's | 10 |
| regulation, and (b) appropriate
signs giving notice of the | 11 |
| limit are erected at such place or along such
part or zone of | 12 |
| the highway. Electronic speed-detecting devices shall not
be | 13 |
| used within 500 feet beyond any such sign in the direction of | 14 |
| travel; if
so used in violation hereof, evidence obtained | 15 |
| thereby shall be
inadmissible in any prosecution for speeding.
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| (Source: P.A. 89-444, eff. 1-25-96.)".
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