Full Text of HB5520 98th General Assembly
HB5520 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2013 and 2014 HB5520 Introduced , by Rep. Robert W. Pritchard SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| 625 ILCS 5/11-605 | from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-605 |
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Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides a definition of school zone for the purpose of establishing speed limits within school zones. Provides that a school zone shall, at a minimum, encompass any public right-of-way situated immediately adjacent to school property, including any stretch of highway within 100 feet of an entrance to school property. Provides that the Department of Transportation may adopt a more expansive definition of school zone by rule.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning transportation.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by changing | 5 | | Section 11-605 as follows:
| 6 | | (625 ILCS 5/11-605) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-605)
| 7 | | Sec. 11-605. Special speed limit while passing schools.
| 8 | | (a) For the purpose of this Section, "school" means the | 9 | | following
entities:
| 10 | | (1) A public or private primary or secondary school.
| 11 | | (2) A primary or secondary school operated by a | 12 | | religious institution.
| 13 | | (3) A public, private, or religious nursery school.
| 14 | | "School zone" means any public right-of-way situated | 15 | | immediately adjacent to school property, including but not | 16 | | limited to any stretch of highway within 100 feet of an | 17 | | entrance to school property. The Department may adopt a | 18 | | definition by rule that expands upon this definition, but may | 19 | | not adopt a definition by rule less encompassing than this | 20 | | definition. | 21 | | On a school day when school children are present and so | 22 | | close
thereto
that a potential hazard exists because of the | 23 | | close proximity of the motorized
traffic, no person shall drive |
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| 1 | | a motor vehicle at a speed in excess of 20 miles
per hour while | 2 | | passing a school zone or while traveling on a roadway on public
| 3 | | school property or upon any public
thoroughfare where children | 4 | | pass going
to and from school.
| 5 | | For the purpose of this Section a school day shall begin at | 6 | | seven ante
meridian and shall conclude at four post meridian.
| 7 | | This Section shall not be applicable unless appropriate | 8 | | signs are posted
upon streets and highways under their | 9 | | respective jurisdiction and
maintained by the Department, | 10 | | township, county, park district, city,
village or incorporated | 11 | | town wherein the school zone is located. With regard
to the | 12 | | special speed limit while passing schools, such signs
shall | 13 | | give proper due warning that a school zone is being approached | 14 | | and
shall indicate the school zone and the maximum speed limit | 15 | | in effect during
school days when school children are present.
| 16 | | (b) (Blank).
| 17 | | (c) Nothing in this Chapter shall
prohibit the use of | 18 | | electronic speed-detecting devices within 500 feet of
signs | 19 | | within a special school speed zone indicating such zone, as | 20 | | defined
in this Section, nor shall evidence obtained thereby be | 21 | | inadmissible in any
prosecution for speeding provided the use | 22 | | of such device shall apply only
to the enforcement of the speed | 23 | | limit in such special school speed zone.
| 24 | | (d) (Blank).
| 25 | | (e) A first violation of this Section is a petty
offense | 26 | | with a minimum fine
of $150. A second or subsequent violation |
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| 1 | | of this
Section is a petty offense with a minimum fine of $300.
| 2 | | (f) When a fine for a violation of subsection (a) is $150 | 3 | | or greater,
the person who violates subsection (a) shall be | 4 | | charged an additional
$50 to be paid to the unit school
| 5 | | district where the
violation
occurred for school safety | 6 | | purposes. If the violation occurred in a dual
school district,
| 7 | | $25 of the surcharge shall be paid to the elementary school | 8 | | district for school
safety
purposes and $25 of the surcharge | 9 | | shall be paid to the high school district for
school
safety | 10 | | purposes. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the | 11 | | entire $50
surcharge
shall be paid to the appropriate school | 12 | | district or districts.
| 13 | | For purposes of this subsection (f), "school safety | 14 | | purposes" includes the
costs
associated with school zone safety | 15 | | education, the Safe Routes to School Program under Section | 16 | | 2705-317 of the Department of Transportation Law of the Civil | 17 | | Administrative Code of Illinois, safety programs within the | 18 | | School Safety and Educational Improvement Block Grant Program | 19 | | under Section 2-3.51.5 of the School Code, and
the purchase, | 20 | | installation, and maintenance of caution lights
which are
| 21 | | mounted on school speed zone signs.
| 22 | | (g) (Blank).
| 23 | | (h) (Blank).
| 24 | | (Source: P.A. 96-52, eff. 7-23-09.)
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