Full Text of SB0075 96th General Assembly
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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 |
| Section 11-605 as follows:
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| (625 ILCS 5/11-605) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-605)
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| Sec. 11-605. Special speed limit while passing schools.
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| (a) For the purpose of this Section, "school" means the | 9 |
| following
entities:
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| (1) A public or private primary or secondary school.
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| (2) A primary or secondary school operated by a | 12 |
| religious institution.
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| (3) A public, private, or religious nursery school.
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| 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 drive | 17 |
| a motor vehicle at a speed in excess of 20 miles
per hour while | 18 |
| passing a school zone or while traveling on a roadway on public
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| school property or upon any public
thoroughfare where children | 20 |
| pass going
to and from school.
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| For the purpose of this Section a school day shall begin at | 22 |
| seven ante
meridian and shall conclude at four post meridian.
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| This Section shall not be applicable unless appropriate |
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| signs are posted
upon streets and highways under their | 2 |
| respective jurisdiction and
maintained by the Department, | 3 |
| township, county, park district, city,
village or incorporated | 4 |
| town wherein the school zone is located. With regard
to the | 5 |
| special speed limit while passing schools, such signs
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| give proper due warning that a school zone is being approached | 7 |
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shall indicate the school zone and the maximum speed limit | 8 |
| in effect during
school days when school children are present.
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| (b) (Blank).
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| (c) Nothing in this Chapter shall
prohibit the use of | 11 |
| electronic speed-detecting devices within 500 feet of
signs | 12 |
| within a special school speed zone indicating such zone, as | 13 |
| defined
in this Section, nor shall evidence obtained thereby be | 14 |
| inadmissible in any
prosecution for speeding provided the use | 15 |
| of such device shall apply only
to the enforcement of the speed | 16 |
| limit in such special school speed zone.
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| (d) (Blank).
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| (e) A first violation of this Section is a petty
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| with a minimum fine
of $150. A second or subsequent violation | 20 |
| of this
Section is a petty offense with a minimum fine of $300.
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| (f) When a fine for a violation of subsection (a) is $150 | 22 |
| or greater,
the person who violates subsection (a) shall be | 23 |
| charged an additional
$50 to be paid to the unit school
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| district where the
violation
occurred for school safety | 25 |
| purposes. If the violation occurred in a dual
school district,
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| $25 of the surcharge shall be paid to the elementary school |
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| district for school
safety
purposes and $25 of the surcharge | 2 |
| shall be paid to the high school district for
school
safety | 3 |
| purposes. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the | 4 |
| entire $50
surcharge
shall be paid to the appropriate school | 5 |
| district or districts.
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| For purposes of this subsection (f), "school safety | 7 |
| purposes" includes the
costs
associated with school zone safety | 8 |
| education , the Safe Routes to School Program under Section | 9 |
| 2705-317 of the Department of Transportation Law of the Civil | 10 |
| Administrative Code of Illinois, safety programs within the | 11 |
| School Safety and Educational Improvement Block Grant Program | 12 |
| under Section 2-3.51.5 of the School Code, and
the purchase, | 13 |
| installation, and maintenance of caution lights
which are
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| mounted on school speed zone signs.
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| (g) (Blank).
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| (h) (Blank).
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| (Source: P.A. 92-242, eff. 1-1-02; 92-619, eff. 1-1-03; 92-780, | 18 |
| eff. 8-6-02; 93-955, eff. 8-19-04.)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 20 |
| becoming law.
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