Full Text of HB5328 102nd General Assembly
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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 | 5 | | changing Sections 11-605 and 11-605.3 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 | | On a school day when school children are present and so | 15 | | close
thereto
that a potential hazard exists because of the | 16 | | close proximity of the motorized
traffic, no person shall | 17 | | drive a motor vehicle at a speed in excess of 20 miles
per hour | 18 | | while passing a school zone or while traveling on a local, | 19 | | county, or State roadway on public
school property or upon any | 20 | | public
thoroughfare where children pass going
to and from | 21 | | school.
| 22 | | For the purpose of this Section, a school day begins at | 23 | | 6:30 a.m. and concludes at 4 p.m.
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| 1 | | This Section shall not be applicable unless appropriate | 2 | | signs are posted
upon streets and highways under their | 3 | | respective jurisdiction and
maintained by the Department, | 4 | | township, county, park district, city,
village or incorporated | 5 | | town wherein the school zone is located. With regard
to the | 6 | | special speed limit while passing schools, such signs
shall | 7 | | give proper due warning that a school zone is being approached | 8 | | and
shall indicate the school zone and the maximum speed limit | 9 | | in effect during
school days when school children are present.
| 10 | | (b) (Blank).
| 11 | | (c) Nothing in this Chapter shall
prohibit the use of | 12 | | electronic speed-detecting devices within 500 feet of
signs | 13 | | within a special school speed zone indicating such zone, as | 14 | | defined
in this Section, nor shall evidence obtained thereby | 15 | | be inadmissible in any
prosecution for speeding provided the | 16 | | use of such device shall apply only
to the enforcement of the | 17 | | speed limit in such special school speed zone.
| 18 | | (d) (Blank).
| 19 | | (e) Except as provided in subsection (e-5), a person who | 20 | | violates this Section is guilty of a petty
offense. Violations | 21 | | of this Section are punishable with a minimum fine
of $250 $150 | 22 | | for the first violation and a minimum fine of $500 $300 for the | 23 | | second or subsequent violation.
| 24 | | (e-5) A person committing a violation of this Section is | 25 | | guilty of aggravated special speed limit while passing schools | 26 | | when he or she drives a motor vehicle at a speed that is: |
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| 1 | | (1) 26 miles per hour or more but less than 35 miles | 2 | | per hour in excess of the applicable special speed limit | 3 | | established under this Section or a similar provision of a | 4 | | local ordinance and is guilty of a Class B misdemeanor; or | 5 | | (2) 35 miles per hour or more in excess of the | 6 | | applicable special speed limit established under this | 7 | | Section or a similar provision of a local ordinance and is | 8 | | guilty of a Class A misdemeanor. | 9 | | (f) (Blank).
| 10 | | (g) (Blank).
| 11 | | (h) (Blank).
| 12 | | (Source: P.A. 102-58, eff. 7-9-21.)
| 13 | | (625 ILCS 5/11-605.3) | 14 | | Sec. 11-605.3. Special traffic protections while passing | 15 | | parks and recreation facilities and areas. | 16 | | (a) As used in this Section:
| 17 | | (1) "Park district" means the following entities:
| 18 | | (A) any park district organized under the Park | 19 | | District Code;
| 20 | | (B) any park district organized under the Chicago | 21 | | Park District Act; and
| 22 | | (C) any municipality, county, forest district, | 23 | | school district, township, or other unit of local | 24 | | government that operates a public recreation | 25 | | department or public recreation facilities that has |
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| 1 | | recreation facilities that are not on land owned by | 2 | | any park district listed in subparagraphs (A) and (B) | 3 | | of this subdivision (a)(1).
| 4 | | (2) "Park zone" means the recreation facilities and
| 5 | | areas on any land owned or operated by a park district that
| 6 | | are used for recreational purposes, including but not | 7 | | limited to: parks; playgrounds; swimming pools; hiking | 8 | | trails; bicycle paths;
picnic areas; roads and streets; | 9 | | and parking lots.
| 10 | | (3) "Park zone street" means that portion of any State | 11 | | or local street or intersection under the control of a | 12 | | local unit of government, adjacent to a park zone, where | 13 | | the local unit of government has, by ordinance or | 14 | | resolution, designated and approved the street or | 15 | | intersection as a park zone street. If, before the | 16 | | effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General | 17 | | Assembly, a street already had a posted speed limit lower | 18 | | than 20 miles per hour, then the lower limit may be used | 19 | | for that park zone street.
| 20 | | (4) "Safety purposes" means the costs associated with:
| 21 | | park zone safety education; the purchase, installation, | 22 | | and maintenance of signs, roadway painting, and caution | 23 | | lights mounted on park zone signs; and any other expense | 24 | | associated with park zones and park zone streets.
| 25 | | (b) On any day when children are present and within 50 feet | 26 | | of motorized traffic, a person may not drive a motor vehicle at |
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| 1 | | a speed in excess of 20 miles per hour or any lower posted | 2 | | speed while traveling on a park zone street that has been | 3 | | designated for the posted reduced speed.
| 4 | | (c) On any day when children are present and within 50 feet | 5 | | of motorized traffic, any driver traveling on a park zone | 6 | | street who fails to come to a complete stop at a stop sign or | 7 | | red light, including a driver who fails to come to a complete | 8 | | stop at a red light before turning right onto a park zone | 9 | | street, is in violation of this Section.
| 10 | | (d) This Section does not apply unless appropriate signs | 11 | | are posted upon park zone streets maintained by the Department | 12 | | or by the unit of local government in which the park zone is | 13 | | located. With regard to the special speed limit on park zone | 14 | | streets, the signs must give proper due warning that a park | 15 | | zone is being approached and must indicate the maximum speed | 16 | | limit on the park zone street.
| 17 | | (e) A first violation of this Section is a petty offense | 18 | | with a minimum fine of $250. A second or subsequent violation | 19 | | of this Section is a petty offense with a minimum fine of $500.
| 20 | | (f) (Blank).
| 21 | | (g) The Department shall, within 6 months of the effective | 22 | | date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly, | 23 | | design a set of standardized traffic signs for park zones and | 24 | | park zone streets, including but not limited to: "park zone", | 25 | | "park zone speed limit", and "warning: approaching a park | 26 | | zone". The design of these signs shall be made available to all |
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| 1 | | units of local government or manufacturers at no charge, | 2 | | except for reproduction and postage.
| 3 | | (Source: P.A. 100-987, eff. 7-1-19 .)
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