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| AN ACT concerning transportation.
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| 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 changing | 5 |
| Sections 1-105.2, 6-306.5, 11-208, 11-208.3, and 11-1201.1 as | 6 |
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| (625 ILCS 5/1-105.2)
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| Sec. 1-105.2. Automated traffic law violation. A violation | 9 |
| described in Section 11-208.6 or 11-1201.1 of this Code.
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| (Source: P.A. 94-795, eff. 5-22-06.)
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| (625 ILCS 5/6-306.5) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 6-306.5)
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| Sec. 6-306.5. Failure to pay fine or penalty for standing, | 13 |
| parking,
compliance, or automated traffic law violations; | 14 |
| suspension of driving privileges.
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| (a) Upon receipt of
a certified report,
as prescribed by | 16 |
| subsection (c) of
this Section, from
any municipality stating | 17 |
| that the owner of a registered vehicle has: (1) failed
to pay | 18 |
| any fine or penalty due and owing as a result of 10 or more | 19 |
| violations
of a
municipality's vehicular standing, parking, or | 20 |
| compliance
regulations established by
ordinance pursuant to | 21 |
| Section 11-208.3 of this Code, or (2) failed to pay any
fine or | 22 |
| penalty due and owing as a result of 5 offenses for automated |
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| traffic
violations as defined in
Section 11-208.6 or 11-1201.1 , | 2 |
| the Secretary of State
shall suspend the driving privileges of | 3 |
| such person in accordance with the
procedures set forth in this | 4 |
| Section.
The Secretary shall also suspend the driving | 5 |
| privileges of an owner of a
registered vehicle upon receipt of | 6 |
| a certified report, as prescribed by
subsection (f) of this | 7 |
| Section, from any municipality stating that such
person has | 8 |
| failed to satisfy any fines or penalties imposed by final | 9 |
| judgments
for 5 or more automated traffic law violations or 10 | 10 |
| or more violations of local standing, parking, or
compliance | 11 |
| regulations after
exhaustion of judicial review procedures.
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| (b) Following receipt of the certified report of the | 13 |
| municipality as
specified in this Section, the Secretary of | 14 |
| State shall notify the person
whose name appears on the | 15 |
| certified report that
the person's
drivers license will be | 16 |
| suspended at the end of a specified period of time
unless the | 17 |
| Secretary of State is presented with a notice from the
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| municipality certifying that the fine or penalty due
and owing | 19 |
| the municipality has been paid or that inclusion of that
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| person's name on the certified report was in error. The | 21 |
| Secretary's notice
shall state in substance the information
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| contained in the municipality's certified report to the | 23 |
| Secretary, and
shall be effective as specified by subsection | 24 |
| (c) of Section 6-211 of this
Code.
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| (c) The report of the appropriate municipal official | 26 |
| notifying the
Secretary of State of unpaid fines or penalties |
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| pursuant to this Section
shall be certified and shall contain | 2 |
| the following:
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| (1) The name, last known address as recorded with the | 4 |
| Secretary of State, as provided by the lessor of the cited | 5 |
| vehicle at the time of lease, or as recorded in a United | 6 |
| States Post Office approved database if any notice sent | 7 |
| under Section 11-208.3 of this Code is returned as | 8 |
| undeliverable, and drivers license number of the
person who | 9 |
| failed to pay the fine or
penalty and the registration | 10 |
| number of any vehicle known to be registered
to such person | 11 |
| in this State.
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| (2) The name of the municipality making the report | 13 |
| pursuant to this
Section.
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| (3) A statement that the municipality sent a notice of | 15 |
| impending
drivers license suspension as prescribed by | 16 |
| ordinance enacted
pursuant to Section 11-208.3, to the | 17 |
| person named in the report at the
address recorded with the | 18 |
| Secretary of State or at the last address known to the | 19 |
| lessor of the cited vehicle at the time of lease or, if any | 20 |
| notice sent under Section 11-208.3 of this Code is returned | 21 |
| as undeliverable, at the last known address recorded in a | 22 |
| United States Post Office approved database; the date on | 23 |
| which such
notice was sent; and the address to which such | 24 |
| notice was sent.
In a municipality with a population of | 25 |
| 1,000,000 or more, the report shall
also include a | 26 |
| statement that the alleged violator's State vehicle |
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| registration
number and vehicle make, if specified on the | 2 |
| automated traffic law violation notice, are correct as they | 3 |
| appear on the citations.
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| (d) Any municipality making a certified report to the | 5 |
| Secretary of State
pursuant to this Section
shall notify the | 6 |
| Secretary of State, in a form prescribed by the
Secretary, | 7 |
| whenever a person named in the certified report has paid the
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| previously reported fine or penalty or whenever the | 9 |
| municipality determines
that the original report was in error. | 10 |
| A certified copy of such
notification shall also be given upon | 11 |
| request and at no additional charge
to the person named | 12 |
| therein. Upon receipt of the municipality's
notification or | 13 |
| presentation of a certified copy of such notification, the
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| Secretary of State shall terminate the suspension.
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| (e) Any municipality making a certified report to the | 16 |
| Secretary of State
pursuant to this Section
shall also by | 17 |
| ordinance establish procedures for persons to
challenge the | 18 |
| accuracy of the certified report. The ordinance shall also
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| state the grounds for such a challenge, which may be limited to | 20 |
| (1) the
person not having been the owner or lessee of the | 21 |
| vehicle or vehicles
receiving 10 or more standing, parking, or | 22 |
| compliance
violation notices or 5 or more automated traffic law | 23 |
| violations on the date or dates such notices were issued; and | 24 |
| (2) the
person
having already paid the fine or penalty for the | 25 |
| 10 or more standing, parking, or compliance violations or 5 or | 26 |
| more automated traffic law violations
indicated on the |
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| certified report.
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| (f) Any municipality, other than a municipality | 3 |
| establishing vehicular
standing, parking, and compliance | 4 |
| regulations pursuant to
Section 11-208.3 or automated traffic | 5 |
| law regulations under Section 11-208.6 or 11-1201.1 , may also
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| cause a suspension of a person's drivers license pursuant to | 7 |
| this Section.
Such municipality may invoke this sanction by | 8 |
| making a certified report to
the Secretary of State upon a | 9 |
| person's failure to satisfy any fine or
penalty imposed by | 10 |
| final judgment for 10 or more violations of local
standing, | 11 |
| parking, or compliance regulations or 5 or more automated | 12 |
| traffic law violations after exhaustion
of judicial review
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| procedures, but only if:
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| (1) the municipality complies with the provisions of | 15 |
| this Section in all
respects except in regard to enacting | 16 |
| an ordinance pursuant to Section
11-208.3;
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| (2) the municipality has sent a notice of impending
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| drivers license suspension as prescribed by an ordinance | 19 |
| enacted pursuant to
subsection (g) of this Section; and
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| (3) in municipalities with a population of 1,000,000 or | 21 |
| more, the
municipality
has verified that the alleged | 22 |
| violator's State vehicle registration number and
vehicle | 23 |
| make are correct as they appear on the citations.
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| (g) Any municipality, other than a municipality | 25 |
| establishing
standing, parking, and compliance regulations | 26 |
| pursuant to
Section 11-208.3 or automated traffic law |
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| regulations under Section 11-208.6 or 11-1201.1 , may provide by
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| ordinance for the sending of a notice of impending
drivers | 3 |
| license suspension to the person who has failed to satisfy any | 4 |
| fine
or penalty imposed by final judgment for 10 or more | 5 |
| violations of local
standing, parking, or compliance | 6 |
| regulations or 5 or more automated traffic law violations after | 7 |
| exhaustion
of
judicial review
procedures. An ordinance so | 8 |
| providing shall specify that the notice
sent to the person | 9 |
| liable for any fine or penalty
shall state that failure to pay | 10 |
| the fine or
penalty owing within 45 days of the notice's date | 11 |
| will result in the
municipality notifying the Secretary of | 12 |
| State that
the person's drivers license is eligible for | 13 |
| suspension pursuant to this
Section.
The notice of impending | 14 |
| drivers license suspension
shall be sent by first class United | 15 |
| States mail, postage prepaid, to the
address
recorded with the | 16 |
| Secretary of State or at the last address known to the lessor | 17 |
| of the cited vehicle at the time of lease or, if any notice | 18 |
| sent under Section 11-208.3 of this Code is returned as | 19 |
| undeliverable, to the last known address recorded in a United | 20 |
| States Post Office approved database.
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| (h) An administrative hearing to contest an impending | 22 |
| suspension or a
suspension made pursuant to this Section may be | 23 |
| had upon filing a written
request with the Secretary of State. | 24 |
| The filing fee for this hearing shall
be $20, to be paid at the | 25 |
| time the request is made.
A municipality which files a | 26 |
| certified report with the Secretary of
State pursuant to this |
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| Section shall reimburse the Secretary for all
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| incurred by the Secretary as a result of the filing of the
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| report, including but not limited to the costs of providing the | 4 |
| notice
required pursuant to subsection (b) and the costs | 5 |
| incurred by the Secretary
in any hearing conducted with respect | 6 |
| to the report pursuant to this
subsection and any appeal from | 7 |
| such a hearing.
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| (i) The provisions of this Section shall apply on and after | 9 |
| January 1, 1988.
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| (j) For purposes of this Section, the term "compliance | 11 |
| violation" is
defined as in Section 11-208.3.
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| (Source: P.A. 94-294, eff. 1-1-06; 94-795, eff. 5-22-06.)
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| (625 ILCS 5/11-208)
(from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-208)
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| Sec. 11-208. Powers of local authorities.
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| (a) The provisions of this Code shall not be deemed to | 16 |
| prevent
local authorities with respect to streets and highways | 17 |
| under their
jurisdiction and within the reasonable exercise of | 18 |
| the police power from:
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| 1. Regulating the standing or parking of vehicles, | 20 |
| except as
limited by Section 11-1306 of this Act;
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| 2. Regulating traffic by means of police officers or | 22 |
| traffic control
signals;
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| 3. Regulating or prohibiting processions or | 24 |
| assemblages on the highways;
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| 4. Designating particular highways as one-way highways |
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| and requiring that
all vehicles thereon be moved in one | 2 |
| specific direction;
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| 5. Regulating the speed of vehicles in public parks | 4 |
| subject to the
limitations set forth in Section 11-604;
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| 6. Designating any highway as a through highway, as | 6 |
| authorized in Section
11-302, and requiring that all | 7 |
| vehicles stop before entering or crossing
the same or | 8 |
| designating any intersection as a stop intersection or a | 9 |
| yield
right-of-way intersection and requiring all vehicles | 10 |
| to stop or yield the
right-of-way at one or more entrances | 11 |
| to such intersections;
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| 7. Restricting the use of highways as authorized in | 13 |
| Chapter 15;
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| 8. Regulating the operation of bicycles and requiring | 15 |
| the
registration and licensing of same, including the | 16 |
| requirement of a
registration fee;
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| 9. Regulating or prohibiting the turning of vehicles or | 18 |
| specified
types of vehicles at intersections;
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| 10. Altering the speed limits as authorized in Section | 20 |
| 11-604;
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| 11. Prohibiting U-turns;
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| 12. Prohibiting pedestrian crossings at other than | 23 |
| designated and marked
crosswalks or at intersections;
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| 13. Prohibiting parking during snow removal operation;
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| 14. Imposing fines in accordance with Section | 26 |
| 11-1301.3 as penalties
for use of any parking place |
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| reserved for persons with disabilities, as defined
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| Section 1-159.1, or disabled veterans by any person using a | 3 |
| motor
vehicle not bearing registration plates specified in | 4 |
| Section 11-1301.1
or a special decal or device as defined | 5 |
| in Section 11-1301.2
as evidence that the vehicle is | 6 |
| operated by or for a person
with disabilities or disabled | 7 |
| veteran;
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| 15. Adopting such other traffic regulations as are | 9 |
| specifically
authorized by this Code; or
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| 16. Enforcing the provisions of subsection (f) of | 11 |
| Section 3-413 of this
Code or a similar local ordinance.
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| (b) No ordinance or regulation enacted under subsections 1, | 13 |
| 4, 5, 6, 7,
9, 10, 11 or 13 of paragraph (a) shall be effective | 14 |
| until signs giving
reasonable notice of such local traffic | 15 |
| regulations are posted.
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| (c) The provisions of this Code shall not prevent any
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| municipality having a population of 500,000 or more inhabitants | 18 |
| from
prohibiting any person from driving or operating any motor | 19 |
| vehicle upon
the roadways of such municipality with headlamps | 20 |
| on high beam or bright.
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| (d) The provisions of this Code shall not be deemed to | 22 |
| prevent local
authorities within the reasonable exercise of | 23 |
| their police power from
prohibiting, on private property, the | 24 |
| unauthorized use of parking spaces
reserved for persons with | 25 |
| disabilities.
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| (e) No unit of local government, including a home rule |
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| unit, may enact or
enforce an ordinance that applies only to | 2 |
| motorcycles if the principal purpose
for that ordinance is to | 3 |
| restrict the access of motorcycles to any highway or
portion of | 4 |
| a highway for which federal or State funds have been used for | 5 |
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planning, design, construction, or maintenance of that | 6 |
| highway. No unit of
local government, including a home rule | 7 |
| unit, may enact an ordinance requiring
motorcycle users to wear | 8 |
| protective headgear. Nothing in this subsection
(e) shall | 9 |
| affect the authority of a unit of local government to regulate
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| motorcycles for traffic control purposes or in accordance with | 11 |
| Section 12-602
of this Code. No unit of local government, | 12 |
| including a home rule unit, may
regulate motorcycles in a | 13 |
| manner inconsistent with this Code. This subsection
(e) is a | 14 |
| limitation under subsection (i) of Section 6 of Article VII of | 15 |
| the
Illinois Constitution on the concurrent exercise by home | 16 |
| rule units of powers
and functions exercised by the State.
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| (f) A municipality or county designated in Section 11-208.6 | 18 |
| may enact an ordinance providing for an
automated traffic law | 19 |
| enforcement system to enforce violations of this Code or
a | 20 |
| similar provision of a local ordinance and imposing liability | 21 |
| on a registered owner of a vehicle used in such a violation.
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| (g) A municipality or county, as provided in Section | 23 |
| 11-1201.1, may enact an ordinance providing for an automated | 24 |
| traffic law enforcement system to enforce violations of Section | 25 |
| 11-1201 of this Code or a similar provision of a local | 26 |
| ordinance and imposing liability on a registered owner of a |
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| vehicle used in such a violation.
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| (Source: P.A. 94-795, eff. 5-22-06.)
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| (625 ILCS 5/11-208.3) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-208.3)
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| Sec. 11-208.3. Administrative adjudication of violations | 5 |
| of traffic
regulations concerning the standing, parking, or | 6 |
| condition of
vehicles and automated traffic law violations.
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| (a) Any municipality may provide by ordinance for a system | 8 |
| of
administrative adjudication of vehicular standing and | 9 |
| parking violations and
vehicle compliance violations as | 10 |
| defined in this subsection and automated traffic law violations | 11 |
| as defined in Section 11-208.6 or 11-1201.1 .
The administrative | 12 |
| system shall have as its purpose the fair and
efficient | 13 |
| enforcement of municipal regulations through the
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| administrative adjudication of automated traffic law | 15 |
| violations and violations of municipal ordinances
regulating | 16 |
| the standing and parking of vehicles, the condition and use of
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| vehicle equipment, and the display of municipal wheel tax | 18 |
| licenses within the
municipality's
borders. The administrative | 19 |
| system shall only have authority to adjudicate
civil offenses | 20 |
| carrying fines not in excess of $500 $250 that occur after the
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| effective date of the ordinance adopting such a system under | 22 |
| this Section.
For purposes of this Section, "compliance | 23 |
| violation" means a violation of a
municipal regulation | 24 |
| governing the condition or use of equipment on a vehicle
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| governing the display of a municipal wheel tax license.
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| (b) Any ordinance establishing a system of administrative | 2 |
| adjudication
under this Section shall provide for:
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| (1) A traffic compliance administrator authorized to
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| adopt, distribute and
process parking, compliance, and | 5 |
| automated traffic law violation notices and other notices | 6 |
| required
by this
Section, collect money paid as fines and | 7 |
| penalties for violation of parking
and compliance
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| ordinances and automated traffic law violations, and | 9 |
| operate an administrative adjudication system. The traffic
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| compliance
administrator also may make a certified report | 11 |
| to the Secretary of State
under Section 6-306.5.
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| (2) A parking, standing, compliance, or automated | 13 |
| traffic law violation notice
that
shall specify the date,
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| time, and place of violation of a parking, standing,
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| compliance, or automated traffic law
regulation; the | 16 |
| particular regulation
violated; the fine and any penalty | 17 |
| that may be assessed for late payment,
when so provided by | 18 |
| ordinance; the vehicle make and state registration
number; | 19 |
| and the identification number of the
person issuing the | 20 |
| notice.
With regard to automated traffic law violations, | 21 |
| vehicle make shall be specified on the automated traffic | 22 |
| law violation notice if the make is available and readily | 23 |
| discernible. With regard to municipalities with a | 24 |
| population of 1 million or more, it
shall be grounds for
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| dismissal of a parking
violation if the state registration | 26 |
| number or vehicle make specified is
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| violation notice shall state that the payment of the | 2 |
| indicated
fine, and of any applicable penalty for late | 3 |
| payment, shall operate as a
final disposition of the | 4 |
| violation. The notice also shall contain
information as to | 5 |
| the availability of a hearing in which the violation may
be | 6 |
| contested on its merits. The violation notice shall specify | 7 |
| the
time and manner in which a hearing may be had.
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| (3) Service of the parking, standing, or compliance
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| violation notice by affixing the
original or a facsimile of | 10 |
| the notice to an unlawfully parked vehicle or by
handing | 11 |
| the notice to the operator of a vehicle if he or she is
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| present and service of an automated traffic law violation | 13 |
| notice by mail to the
address
of the registered owner of | 14 |
| the cited vehicle as recorded with the Secretary of
State | 15 |
| within 30 days after the Secretary of State notifies the | 16 |
| municipality or county of the identity of the owner of the | 17 |
| vehicle, but in no event later than 90 days after the | 18 |
| violation. A person authorized by ordinance to issue and | 19 |
| serve parking,
standing, and compliance
violation notices | 20 |
| shall certify as to the correctness of the facts entered
on | 21 |
| the violation notice by signing his or her name to the | 22 |
| notice at
the time of service or in the case of a notice | 23 |
| produced by a computerized
device, by signing a single | 24 |
| certificate to be kept by the traffic
compliance
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| administrator attesting to the correctness of all notices | 26 |
| produced by the
device while it was under his or her |
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| control. In the case of an automated traffic law violation, | 2 |
| the ordinance shall
require
a
determination by a technician | 3 |
| employed or contracted by the municipality or county that,
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| based on inspection of recorded images, the motor vehicle | 5 |
| was being operated in
violation of Section 11-208.6 or | 6 |
| 11-1201.1 or a local ordinance.
If the technician | 7 |
| determines that the
vehicle entered the intersection as | 8 |
| part of a funeral procession or in order to
yield the | 9 |
| right-of-way to an emergency vehicle, a citation shall not | 10 |
| be issued. The original or a
facsimile of the violation | 11 |
| notice or, in the case of a notice produced by a
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| computerized device, a printed record generated by the | 13 |
| device showing the facts
entered on the notice, shall be | 14 |
| retained by the
traffic compliance
administrator, and | 15 |
| shall be a record kept in the ordinary course of
business. | 16 |
| A parking, standing, compliance, or automated traffic law | 17 |
| violation notice issued,
signed and served in
accordance | 18 |
| with this Section, a copy of the notice, or the computer
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| generated record shall be prima facie
correct and shall be | 20 |
| prima facie evidence of the correctness of the facts
shown | 21 |
| on the notice. The notice, copy, or computer generated
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| record shall be admissible in any
subsequent | 23 |
| administrative or legal proceedings.
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| (4) An opportunity for a hearing for the registered | 25 |
| owner of the
vehicle cited in the parking, standing, | 26 |
| compliance, or automated traffic law violation notice in
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| which the owner may
contest the merits of the alleged | 2 |
| violation, and during which formal or
technical rules of | 3 |
| evidence shall not apply; provided, however, that under
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| Section 11-1306 of this Code the lessee of a vehicle cited | 5 |
| in the
violation notice likewise shall be provided an | 6 |
| opportunity for a hearing of
the same kind afforded the | 7 |
| registered owner. The hearings shall be
recorded, and the | 8 |
| person conducting the hearing on behalf of the traffic
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| compliance
administrator shall be empowered to administer | 10 |
| oaths and to secure by
subpoena both the attendance and | 11 |
| testimony of witnesses and the production
of relevant books | 12 |
| and papers. Persons appearing at a hearing under this
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| Section may be represented by counsel at their expense. The | 14 |
| ordinance may
also provide for internal administrative | 15 |
| review following the decision of
the hearing officer.
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| (5) Service of additional notices, sent by first class | 17 |
| United States
mail, postage prepaid, to the address of the | 18 |
| registered owner of the cited
vehicle as recorded with the | 19 |
| Secretary of State or, if any notice to that address is | 20 |
| returned as undeliverable, to the last known address | 21 |
| recorded in a United States Post Office approved database,
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| or, under Section 11-1306
of this Code, to the lessee of | 23 |
| the cited vehicle at the last address known
to the lessor | 24 |
| of the cited vehicle at the time of lease or, if any notice | 25 |
| to that address is returned as undeliverable, to the last | 26 |
| known address recorded in a United States Post Office |
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| approved database.
The service shall
be deemed complete as | 2 |
| of the date of deposit in the United States mail.
The | 3 |
| notices shall be in the following sequence and shall | 4 |
| include but not be
limited to the information specified | 5 |
| herein:
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| (i) A second notice of parking, standing, or | 7 |
| compliance violation. This notice shall specify the
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| date and location of the violation cited in the | 9 |
| parking,
standing,
or compliance violation
notice, the | 10 |
| particular regulation violated, the vehicle
make and | 11 |
| state registration number, the fine and any penalty | 12 |
| that may be
assessed for late payment when so provided | 13 |
| by ordinance, the availability
of a hearing in which | 14 |
| the violation may be contested on its merits, and the
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| time and manner in which the hearing may be had. The | 16 |
| notice of violation
shall also state that failure | 17 |
| either to pay the indicated fine and any
applicable | 18 |
| penalty, or to appear at a hearing on the merits in the | 19 |
| time and
manner specified, will result in a final | 20 |
| determination of violation
liability for the cited | 21 |
| violation in the amount of the fine or penalty
| 22 |
| indicated, and that, upon the occurrence of a final | 23 |
| determination of violation liability for the failure, | 24 |
| and the exhaustion of, or
failure to exhaust, available | 25 |
| administrative or judicial procedures for
review, any | 26 |
| unpaid fine or penalty will constitute a debt due and |
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| owing
the municipality.
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| (ii) A notice of final determination of parking, | 3 |
| standing,
compliance, or automated traffic law | 4 |
| violation liability.
This notice shall be sent | 5 |
| following a final determination of parking,
standing, | 6 |
| compliance, or automated traffic law
violation | 7 |
| liability and the conclusion of judicial review | 8 |
| procedures taken
under this Section. The notice shall | 9 |
| state that the unpaid fine or
penalty is a debt due and | 10 |
| owing the municipality. The notice shall contain
| 11 |
| warnings that failure to pay any fine or penalty due | 12 |
| and owing the
municipality within the time specified | 13 |
| may result in the municipality's
filing of a petition | 14 |
| in the Circuit Court to have the unpaid
fine or penalty | 15 |
| rendered a judgment as provided by this Section, or may
| 16 |
| result in suspension of the person's drivers license | 17 |
| for failure to pay
fines or penalties for 10 or more | 18 |
| parking violations under Section 6-306.5 or 5 or more | 19 |
| automated traffic law violations under Section | 20 |
| 11-208.6.
| 21 |
| (6) A Notice of impending drivers license suspension. | 22 |
| This
notice shall be sent to the person liable for any fine | 23 |
| or penalty that
remains due and owing on 10 or more parking
| 24 |
| violations or 5 or more unpaid automated traffic law | 25 |
| violations. The notice
shall state that failure to pay the | 26 |
| fine or penalty owing within 45 days of
the notice's date |
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| will result in the municipality notifying the Secretary
of | 2 |
| State that the person is eligible for initiation of | 3 |
| suspension
proceedings under Section 6-306.5 of this Code. | 4 |
| The notice shall also state
that the person may obtain a | 5 |
| photostatic copy of an original ticket imposing a
fine or | 6 |
| penalty by sending a self addressed, stamped envelope to | 7 |
| the
municipality along with a request for the photostatic | 8 |
| copy.
The notice of impending
drivers license suspension | 9 |
| shall be sent by first class United States mail,
postage | 10 |
| prepaid, to the address recorded with the Secretary of | 11 |
| State or, if any notice to that address is returned as | 12 |
| undeliverable, to the last known address recorded in a | 13 |
| United States Post Office approved database.
| 14 |
| (7) Final determinations of violation liability. A | 15 |
| final
determination of violation liability shall occur | 16 |
| following failure
to pay the fine or penalty after a | 17 |
| hearing officer's determination of violation liability and | 18 |
| the exhaustion of or failure to exhaust any
administrative | 19 |
| review procedures provided by ordinance. Where a person
| 20 |
| fails to appear at a hearing to contest the alleged | 21 |
| violation in the time
and manner specified in a prior | 22 |
| mailed notice, the hearing officer's
determination of | 23 |
| violation liability shall become final: (A) upon
denial of | 24 |
| a timely petition to set aside that determination, or (B) | 25 |
| upon
expiration of the period for filing the petition | 26 |
| without a
filing having been made.
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| (8) A petition to set aside a determination of parking, | 2 |
| standing,
compliance, or automated traffic law violation
| 3 |
| liability that may be filed by a person owing an unpaid | 4 |
| fine or penalty.
The petition shall be filed with and ruled | 5 |
| upon by the traffic compliance
administrator in the manner | 6 |
| and within the time specified by ordinance.
The grounds for | 7 |
| the petition may be limited to: (A) the person not having
| 8 |
| been the owner or lessee of the cited vehicle on the date | 9 |
| the
violation notice was issued, (B) the person having | 10 |
| already paid the fine or
penalty for the violation in | 11 |
| question, and (C) excusable failure to
appear at or
request | 12 |
| a new date for a hearing.
With regard to municipalities | 13 |
| with a population of 1 million or more, it
shall be grounds | 14 |
| for
dismissal of a
parking violation if the state | 15 |
| registration number, or vehicle make if specified, is
| 16 |
| incorrect. After the determination of
parking, standing, | 17 |
| compliance, or automated traffic law violation liability | 18 |
| has been set aside
upon a showing of just
cause, the | 19 |
| registered owner shall be provided with a hearing on the | 20 |
| merits
for that violation.
| 21 |
| (9) Procedures for non-residents. Procedures by which | 22 |
| persons who are
not residents of the municipality may | 23 |
| contest the merits of the alleged
violation without | 24 |
| attending a hearing.
| 25 |
| (10) A schedule of civil fines for violations of | 26 |
| vehicular standing,
parking, compliance, or automated |
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| traffic law regulations enacted by ordinance pursuant to | 2 |
| this
Section, and a
schedule of penalties for late payment | 3 |
| of the fines, provided, however,
that the total amount of | 4 |
| the fine and penalty for any one violation shall
not exceed | 5 |
| $250, except as provided in subsection (c) of Section | 6 |
| 11-1301.3 of this Code.
| 7 |
| (11) Other provisions as are necessary and proper to | 8 |
| carry into
effect the powers granted and purposes stated in | 9 |
| this Section.
| 10 |
| (c) Any municipality establishing vehicular standing, | 11 |
| parking,
compliance, or automated traffic law
regulations | 12 |
| under this Section may also provide by ordinance for a
program | 13 |
| of vehicle immobilization for the purpose of facilitating
| 14 |
| enforcement of those regulations. The program of vehicle
| 15 |
| immobilization shall provide for immobilizing any eligible | 16 |
| vehicle upon the
public way by presence of a restraint in a | 17 |
| manner to prevent operation of
the vehicle. Any ordinance | 18 |
| establishing a program of vehicle
immobilization under this | 19 |
| Section shall provide:
| 20 |
| (1) Criteria for the designation of vehicles eligible | 21 |
| for
immobilization. A vehicle shall be eligible for | 22 |
| immobilization when the
registered owner of the vehicle has | 23 |
| accumulated the number of unpaid final
determinations of | 24 |
| parking, standing, compliance, or automated traffic law | 25 |
| violation liability as
determined by ordinance.
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| (2) A notice of impending vehicle immobilization and a |
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| right to a
hearing to challenge the validity of the notice | 2 |
| by disproving liability
for the unpaid final | 3 |
| determinations of parking, standing, compliance, or | 4 |
| automated traffic law
violation liability listed
on the | 5 |
| notice.
| 6 |
| (3) The right to a prompt hearing after a vehicle has | 7 |
| been immobilized
or subsequently towed without payment of | 8 |
| the outstanding fines and
penalties on parking, standing, | 9 |
| compliance, or automated traffic law violations for which | 10 |
| final
determinations have been
issued. An order issued | 11 |
| after the hearing is a final administrative
decision within | 12 |
| the meaning of Section 3-101 of the Code of Civil | 13 |
| Procedure.
| 14 |
| (4) A post immobilization and post-towing notice | 15 |
| advising the registered
owner of the vehicle of the right | 16 |
| to a hearing to challenge the validity
of the impoundment.
| 17 |
| (d) Judicial review of final determinations of parking, | 18 |
| standing,
compliance, or automated traffic law
violations and | 19 |
| final administrative decisions issued after hearings
regarding | 20 |
| vehicle immobilization and impoundment made
under this Section | 21 |
| shall be subject to the provisions of
the Administrative Review | 22 |
| Law.
| 23 |
| (e) Any fine, penalty, or part of any fine or any penalty | 24 |
| remaining
unpaid after the exhaustion of, or the failure to | 25 |
| exhaust, administrative
remedies created under this Section | 26 |
| and the conclusion of any judicial
review procedures shall be a |
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| debt due and owing the municipality and, as
such, may be | 2 |
| collected in accordance with applicable law. Payment in full
of | 3 |
| any fine or penalty resulting from a standing, parking,
| 4 |
| compliance, or automated traffic law violation shall
| 5 |
| constitute a final disposition of that violation.
| 6 |
| (f) After the expiration of the period within which | 7 |
| judicial review may
be sought for a final determination of | 8 |
| parking, standing, compliance, or automated traffic law
| 9 |
| violation, the municipality
may commence a proceeding in the | 10 |
| Circuit Court for purposes of obtaining a
judgment on the final | 11 |
| determination of violation. Nothing in this
Section shall | 12 |
| prevent a municipality from consolidating multiple final
| 13 |
| determinations of parking, standing, compliance, or automated | 14 |
| traffic law violations against a
person in a proceeding.
Upon | 15 |
| commencement of the action, the municipality shall file a | 16 |
| certified
copy or record of the final determination of parking, | 17 |
| standing, compliance, or automated traffic law
violation, | 18 |
| which shall be
accompanied by a certification that recites | 19 |
| facts sufficient to show that
the final determination of | 20 |
| violation was
issued in accordance with this Section and the | 21 |
| applicable municipal
ordinance. Service of the summons and a | 22 |
| copy of the petition may be by
any method provided by Section | 23 |
| 2-203 of the Code of Civil Procedure or by
certified mail, | 24 |
| return receipt requested, provided that the total amount of
| 25 |
| fines and penalties for final determinations of parking, | 26 |
| standing,
compliance, or automated traffic law violations does |
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| not
exceed $2500. If the court is satisfied that the final | 2 |
| determination of
parking, standing, compliance, or automated | 3 |
| traffic law violation was entered in accordance with
the | 4 |
| requirements of
this Section and the applicable municipal | 5 |
| ordinance, and that the registered
owner or the lessee, as the | 6 |
| case may be, had an opportunity for an
administrative hearing | 7 |
| and for judicial review as provided in this Section,
the court | 8 |
| shall render judgment in favor of the municipality and against
| 9 |
| the registered owner or the lessee for the amount indicated in | 10 |
| the final
determination of parking, standing, compliance, or | 11 |
| automated traffic law violation, plus costs.
The judgment shall | 12 |
| have
the same effect and may be enforced in the same manner as | 13 |
| other judgments
for the recovery of money.
| 14 |
| (Source: P.A. 94-294, eff. 1-1-06; 94-795, eff. 5-22-06; | 15 |
| 94-930, eff. 6-26-06; 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)
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| (625 ILCS 5/11-1201.1)
| 17 |
| Sec. 11-1201.1. Automated Railroad Crossing Enforcement | 18 |
| System Pilot Project .
| 19 |
| (a) For the purposes of this Section, an automated railroad | 20 |
| grade crossing
enforcement system is a system in a municipality | 21 |
| or county operated by a governmental agency that produces a | 22 |
| recorded image of a motor vehicle's violation of a provision of | 23 |
| this Code or local ordinance and is designed to obtain a clear | 24 |
| recorded image of the vehicle and vehicle's license plate. The | 25 |
| recorded image must also display the time, date, and location |
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| of the violation. | 2 |
| As used in this Section, "recorded images" means images | 3 |
| recorded by an automated railroad grade crossing enforcement | 4 |
| system on: | 5 |
| (1) 2 or more photographs; | 6 |
| (2) 2 or more microphotographs; | 7 |
| (3) 2 or more electronic images; or | 8 |
| (4) a video recording showing the motor vehicle and, on | 9 |
| at least one image or portion of the recording, clearly | 10 |
| identifying the registration plate number of the motor | 11 |
| vehicle.
operated by a law enforcement agency that
records | 12 |
| a driver's response to automatic, electrical or mechanical | 13 |
| signal
devices and crossing gates. The system shall be | 14 |
| designed to obtain a clear
photograph or other recorded | 15 |
| image of the vehicle, vehicle operator and the
vehicle | 16 |
| registration plate of a vehicle in violation of Section | 17 |
| 11-1201. The
photograph or other recorded image shall also | 18 |
| display the time, date and
location of the violation.
| 19 |
| (b) The Illinois
Commerce Commission may, in cooperation | 20 |
| with a
local law enforcement agency, establish in any county or | 21 |
| municipality an automated
railroad grade crossing enforcement | 22 |
| system at any railroad grade crossing equipped with a crossing | 23 |
| gate designated by local authorities. Local authorities | 24 |
| desiring the establishment of an automated railroad crossing | 25 |
| enforcement system must initiate the process by enacting a | 26 |
| local ordinance requesting the creation of such a system. After |
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| the ordinance has been enacted, and before any additional steps | 2 |
| toward the establishment of the system are undertaken, the | 3 |
| local authorities and the Commission must agree to a plan for | 4 |
| obtaining, from any combination of federal, State, and local | 5 |
| funding sources, the moneys required for the purchase and | 6 |
| installation of any necessary equipment.
Commencing on January | 7 |
| 1, 1996, the Illinois Commerce Commission and
the Commuter Rail | 8 |
| Board of the Regional Transportation Authority shall, in
| 9 |
| cooperation with local law enforcement agencies, establish a 5 | 10 |
| year pilot
program within a county with a population of between | 11 |
| 750,000 and
1,000,000 using an automated railroad grade | 12 |
| crossing enforcement system. The
Commission shall determine | 13 |
| the 3 railroad grade crossings within that county
that pose the | 14 |
| greatest threat to human life based upon the number of | 15 |
| accidents
and fatalities at the crossings during the past 5 | 16 |
| years and with approval of
the local law enforcement agency | 17 |
| equip the crossings with an automated railroad
grade crossing | 18 |
| enforcement system.
| 19 |
| (b-1) (Blank.)
Commencing on July 20, 2001 (the effective | 20 |
| date of Public Act
92-98), the Illinois
Commerce Commission and | 21 |
| the Commuter Rail Board may, in cooperation with the
local law | 22 |
| enforcement agency, establish in a county with a population of
| 23 |
| between 750,000 and 1,000,000 a 2 year pilot program using an | 24 |
| automated
railroad grade crossing enforcement system. This | 25 |
| pilot program may be
established at a railroad grade crossing | 26 |
| designated by local authorities.
No State moneys may be |
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| expended on the automated railroad grade crossing
enforcement | 2 |
| system established under this pilot program.
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| (c) For each violation of Section 11-1201 of this Code or a | 4 |
| local ordinance recorded by an automated railroad grade | 5 |
| crossing enforcement system, the county or municipality having | 6 |
| jurisdiction shall issue a written notice of the violation to | 7 |
| the registered owner of the vehicle as the alleged violator. | 8 |
| The notice shall be delivered to the registered owner of the | 9 |
| vehicle, by mail, no later than 90 days after the violation. | 10 |
| The notice shall include: | 11 |
| (1) the name and address of the registered owner of the | 12 |
| vehicle; | 13 |
| (2) the registration number of the motor vehicle | 14 |
| involved in the violation; | 15 |
| (3) the violation charged; | 16 |
| (4) the location where the violation occurred; | 17 |
| (5) the date and time of the violation; | 18 |
| (6) a copy of the recorded images; | 19 |
| (7) the amount of the civil penalty imposed and the | 20 |
| date by which the civil penalty should be paid; | 21 |
| (8) a statement that recorded images are evidence of a | 22 |
| violation of a railroad grade crossing; | 23 |
| (9) a warning that failure to pay the civil penalty or | 24 |
| to contest liability in a timely manner is an admission of | 25 |
| liability and may result in a suspension of the driving | 26 |
| privileges of the registered owner of the vehicle; and |
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| (10) a statement that the person may elect to proceed | 2 |
| by: | 3 |
| (A) paying the fine; or | 4 |
| (B) challenging the charge in court, by mail, or by | 5 |
| administrative hearing.
For each violation of Section | 6 |
| 11-1201 recorded by an automatic
railroad grade | 7 |
| crossing system, the local law enforcement agency | 8 |
| having
jurisdiction shall issue a written Uniform | 9 |
| Traffic Citation of the violation
to the registered | 10 |
| owner of the vehicle as the alleged violator. The | 11 |
| Uniform
Traffic Citation shall be delivered to the | 12 |
| registered owner of the vehicle,
by mail, within 30 | 13 |
| days of the violation. The Uniform Traffic Citation | 14 |
| shall
include the name and address of vehicle owner, | 15 |
| the vehicle registration number,
the offense charged, | 16 |
| the time, date, and location of the violation, the | 17 |
| first
available court date and that the basis of the | 18 |
| citation is the photograph or
other recorded image from | 19 |
| the automated railroad grade crossing enforcement
| 20 |
| system.
| 21 |
| (d) If a person charged with a traffic violation, as a | 22 |
| result of an automated railroad grade crossing enforcement | 23 |
| system, does not pay or successfully contest the civil penalty | 24 |
| resulting from that violation, the Secretary of State shall | 25 |
| suspend the driving privileges of the registered owner of the | 26 |
| vehicle under Section 6-306.5 of this Code for failing to pay |
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| any fine or penalty due and owing as a result of 5 violations | 2 |
| of the automated railroad grade crossing enforcement system.
| 3 |
| The Uniform Traffic Citation issued to the registered owner of | 4 |
| the
vehicle shall be accompanied by a written notice, the | 5 |
| contents of which is set
forth in subsection (d-1) of this | 6 |
| Section, explaining how the registered owner
of the vehicle can | 7 |
| elect to proceed by either paying the fine or challenging
the | 8 |
| issuance of the Uniform Traffic Citation.
| 9 |
| (d-1) (Blank.)
The written notice explaining the alleged | 10 |
| violator's rights and
obligations must include the following | 11 |
| text:
| 12 |
| "You have been served with the accompanying Uniform Traffic
| 13 |
| Citation and cited with having violated Section 11-1201 of the
| 14 |
| Illinois Vehicle Code. You
can elect to proceed by:
| 15 |
| 1. Paying the fine; or
| 16 |
| 2. Challenging the issuance of the Uniform Traffic
| 17 |
| Citation in court; or
| 18 |
| 3. If you were not the operator of the vehicle at the | 19 |
| time of the alleged
offense, notifying in writing the local
| 20 |
| law enforcement agency that issued the
Uniform Traffic | 21 |
| Citation of the number of the Uniform Traffic Citation | 22 |
| received
and the name and address of the person operating | 23 |
| the vehicle at the time of the
alleged offense. If you fail | 24 |
| to so notify in writing the local law enforcement
agency of | 25 |
| the name and address of the operator of the vehicle at the | 26 |
| time of
the alleged offense, you may be presumed to have |
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| been the operator of the
vehicle at the time of the alleged | 2 |
| offense."
| 3 |
| (d-2) (Blank.)
If the registered owner of the vehicle was | 4 |
| not the operator of the
vehicle at the time of the alleged | 5 |
| offense, and if the registered owner
notifies the local law | 6 |
| enforcement agency having jurisdiction of the name and
address | 7 |
| of the operator of the vehicle at the time of the alleged | 8 |
| offense, the
local law enforcement agency having jurisdiction | 9 |
| shall then issue a written
Uniform Traffic Citation to the | 10 |
| person alleged by the registered owner to have
been the | 11 |
| operator of the vehicle at the time of the alleged offense. If | 12 |
| the
registered owner fails to notify in writing the local law | 13 |
| enforcement agency
having jurisdiction of the name and address | 14 |
| of the operator of the vehicle at
the time of the alleged | 15 |
| offense, the registered owner may be presumed to have
been the | 16 |
| operator of the vehicle at the time of the alleged offense.
| 17 |
| (e) Based on inspection of recorded images produced by an | 18 |
| automated railroad grade crossing enforcement system, a notice | 19 |
| alleging that the violation occurred shall be evidence of the | 20 |
| facts contained in the notice and admissible in any proceeding | 21 |
| alleging a violation under this Section.
Evidence.
| 22 |
| (i) A certificate alleging that a violation of Section | 23 |
| 11-1201
occurred, sworn to or affirmed by a duly authorized | 24 |
| agency, based on inspection
of recorded images produced by | 25 |
| an automated railroad crossing enforcement
system are | 26 |
| evidence of the facts contained in the certificate and are
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| admissible in any proceeding alleging a violation under | 2 |
| this Section.
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| (ii) Photographs or recorded images made by an | 4 |
| automatic railroad
grade crossing enforcement system are | 5 |
| confidential and shall be made
available only to the | 6 |
| alleged violator and governmental and law
enforcement | 7 |
| agencies for purposes of adjudicating a violation of | 8 |
| Section
11-1201 of the Illinois Vehicle Code. The | 9 |
| photographs may also be made available to governmental | 10 |
| agencies for the purpose of a safety analysis of the | 11 |
| crossing where the automatic railroad grade crossing | 12 |
| enforcement system is installed. However, any photograph | 13 |
| or other
recorded image evidencing a violation of Section | 14 |
| 11-1201 shall be
admissible in any proceeding resulting | 15 |
| from the issuance of
the Uniform Traffic Citation when | 16 |
| there is reasonable and sufficient proof of
the accuracy of | 17 |
| the camera or electronic instrument recording the image.
| 18 |
| There is a rebuttable presumption that the photograph or | 19 |
| recorded image is
accurate if the camera or electronic | 20 |
| recording instrument
was in good working order at the | 21 |
| beginning and the end of the day of the
alleged offense.
| 22 |
| (e-1) Recorded images made by an automated railroad grade | 23 |
| crossing enforcement system are confidential and shall be made | 24 |
| available only to the alleged violator and governmental and law | 25 |
| enforcement agencies for purposes of adjudicating a violation | 26 |
| of this Section, for statistical purposes, or for other |
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| governmental purposes. Any recorded image evidencing a | 2 |
| violation of this Section, however, may be admissible in any | 3 |
| proceeding resulting from the issuance of the citation.
| 4 |
| (e-2) The court or hearing officer may consider the | 5 |
| following in the defense of a violation:
| 6 |
| (1) that the motor vehicle or registration plates of | 7 |
| the motor vehicle were stolen before the violation occurred | 8 |
| and not under the control of or in the possession of the | 9 |
| owner at the time of the violation;
| 10 |
| (2) that the driver of the motor vehicle received a | 11 |
| Uniform Traffic Citation from a police officer at the time | 12 |
| of the violation for the same offense; | 13 |
| (3) any other evidence or issues provided by municipal | 14 |
| or county ordinance. | 15 |
| (e-3) To demonstrate that the motor vehicle or the | 16 |
| registration plates were stolen before the violation occurred | 17 |
| and were not under the control or possession of the owner at | 18 |
| the time of the violation, the owner must submit proof that a | 19 |
| report concerning the stolen motor vehicle or registration | 20 |
| plates was filed with a law enforcement agency in a timely | 21 |
| manner.
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| (f) Rail crossings equipped with an automatic railroad | 23 |
| grade crossing
enforcement system shall be posted with a sign | 24 |
| visible to approaching traffic
stating that the railroad grade | 25 |
| crossing is being monitored, that citations
will be issued, and | 26 |
| the amount of the fine for violation.
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| (g) The compensation paid for an automated railroad grade | 2 |
| crossing enforcement system must be based on the value of the | 3 |
| equipment or the services provided and may not be based on the | 4 |
| number of citations issued or the revenue generated by the | 5 |
| system.
Except as provided in subsection (b-1), the cost of the | 6 |
| installation
and maintenance of each automatic railroad grade | 7 |
| crossing enforcement system
shall be paid from the Grade | 8 |
| Crossing Protection Fund if the rail line is not
owned by | 9 |
| Commuter Rail Board of the Regional Transportation Authority. | 10 |
| Except
as provided in subsection (b-1), if the rail line is | 11 |
| owned by the Commuter Rail
Board of the Regional Transportation | 12 |
| Authority, the costs of the installation
and maintenance shall | 13 |
| be paid from the Regional Transportation Authority's
portion of | 14 |
| the Public Transportation Fund.
| 15 |
| (h) (Blank.)
The Illinois Commerce Commission shall issue a | 16 |
| report to the General
Assembly at the conclusion of the 5 year | 17 |
| pilot program established under
subsection (b) on the | 18 |
| effectiveness of the automatic railroad grade crossing
| 19 |
| enforcement system.
| 20 |
| (i) If any part or parts of this Section are held by a | 21 |
| court of competent
jurisdiction to be unconstitutional, the | 22 |
| unconstitutionality shall not affect
the validity of the | 23 |
| remaining parts of this Section. The General Assembly
hereby | 24 |
| declares that it would have passed the remaining parts of this | 25 |
| Section
if it had known that the other part or parts of this | 26 |
| Section would be declared
unconstitutional.
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| (j) Penalty. (i) A violation of this Section is a petty | 2 |
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$250 shall be imposed for a | 3 |
| first violation of this Section , and a civil fine of $500 shall | 4 |
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imposed for a second or subsequent violation of this | 5 |
| Section . The court may impose 25 hours
of community service in | 6 |
| place of the $250 fine for the first violation.
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(ii) For a second or subsequent violation, the | 8 |
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suspend the registration of the | 9 |
| motor vehicle for a period of at least 6
months.
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| (Source: P.A. 94-771, eff. 1-1-07.)
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| (625 ILCS 5/11-1201.5 rep.)
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| Section 10. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by | 13 |
| repealing Section 11-1201.5. |
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INDEX
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Statutes amended in order of appearance
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| 625 ILCS 5/1-105.2 |
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| 625 ILCS 5/6-306.5 |
from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 6-306.5 |
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| 625 ILCS 5/11-208 | from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-208 |
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| 625 ILCS 5/11-208.3 |
from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-208.3 |
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| 625 ILCS 5/11-1201.1 |
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| 625 ILCS 5/11-1201.5 rep. |
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