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Public Act 095-0788 |
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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 | ||||
Section 11-604 as follows:
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(625 ILCS 5/11-604) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-604)
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(Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 95-574 )
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Sec. 11-604. Alteration of limits by local authorities. | ||||
(a) Subject to
the limitations set forth in this Section, | ||||
the county board of a county
may establish absolute maximum | ||||
speed limits on all county highways,
township roads and | ||||
district roads as defined in the Illinois Highway
Code, except | ||||
those under the jurisdiction
of the Department or of the | ||||
Illinois State Toll Highway Authority, as
described in Sections | ||||
11-602 and 11-603 of this Chapter; and any park
district, city, | ||||
village, or incorporated town may establish absolute
maximum | ||||
speed limits on all streets which are within its corporate
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limits and which are not under the jurisdiction of the | ||||
Department or of
such Authority, and for which the county or a | ||||
highway commissioner of
such county does not have maintenance | ||||
responsibility.
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(b) Whenever any such park district, city, village, or
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incorporated town determines, upon
the basis of an engineering |
or traffic investigation concerning a
highway or street on | ||
which it is authorized by this Section to establish
speed | ||
limits, that a maximum speed limit prescribed in Section 11-601 | ||
of
this Chapter is greater or less than is reasonable or safe | ||
with respect
to the conditions found to exist at any place or | ||
along any part or zone
of such highway or street, the local | ||
authority or park district shall
determine and declare by | ||
ordinance a reasonable and safe absolute
maximum speed limit at | ||
such place or along such part or zone,
which:
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(1) Decreases the limit within an urban district, but | ||
not to less
than 20 miles per hour; or
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(2) Increases the limit within an urban district, but | ||
not to more
than 55 miles per hour; or
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(3) Decreases the limit outside of an urban district, | ||
but not to less
than 35 miles per hour, except as otherwise | ||
provided in subparagraph 4 of
this paragraph; or
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(4) Decreases the limit within a residence district, | ||
but not to less
than 25 miles per hour, except as otherwise | ||
provided in subparagraph 1 of
this paragraph.
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The park district, city, village, or incorporated
town may | ||
make such limit applicable
at all times or only during certain | ||
specified times. Not more than 6
such alterations shall be made | ||
per mile along a highway or street; and
the difference in limit | ||
between adjacent altered speed zones shall not
be more than 10 | ||
miles per hour.
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A limit so determined and declared by a park district, |
city, village,
or incorporated town becomes effective, and | ||
suspends the application of
the limit prescribed in Section | ||
11-601 of this Chapter, when appropriate
signs giving notice of | ||
the limit are erected at the proper place or
along the proper | ||
part or zone of the highway or street. Electronic
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speed-detecting devices shall not be used within 500 feet | ||
beyond any
such sign in the direction of travel; if so used in | ||
violation of this
Section evidence obtained thereby shall be | ||
inadmissible in any
prosecution for speeding. However, nothing | ||
in this Section prohibits
the use of such electronic | ||
speed-detecting devices within 500 feet of a
sign within a | ||
special school speed zone indicating such zone, conforming
to | ||
the requirements of Section 11-605 of this Act, nor shall | ||
evidence
obtained thereby be inadmissible in any prosecution | ||
for speeding
provided the use of such device shall apply only | ||
to the enforcement of
the speed limit in such special school | ||
speed zone. | ||
(c) A county engineer or
superintendent of highways may | ||
submit to the Department for approval, a
county policy for | ||
establishing altered speed zones on township and county
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highways based upon engineering and traffic investigations.
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(d) Whenever the county board of a county determines that a | ||
maximum speed limit
is greater or less than is
reasonable or | ||
safe with respect to the conditions found to exist at any place
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or along any part or zone of the highway or road, the county | ||
board shall
determine and declare by ordinance a reasonable and |
safe absolute maximum speed
limit at that place or along that | ||
part or zone. However, the maximum speed
limit shall not exceed | ||
55 miles per hour. Upon receipt of an engineering study for the | ||
part or zone of highway in question from the county engineer, | ||
and notwithstanding any other provision of law, the county | ||
board of a county may determine and declare by ordinance a | ||
reduction in the maximum speed limit
at any place
or along any | ||
part or zone of a county highway whenever the county board, in | ||
its sole discretion, determines that the reduction in the | ||
maximum speed limit is reasonable and safe.
The county board | ||
may post signs designating the new speed limit. The limit | ||
becomes effective, and suspends the application of the
limit
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prescribed in Section 11-601 of this Chapter, when appropriate | ||
signs
giving notice of the limit are erected at the proper | ||
place or along the
proper part of the zone of the highway. | ||
Electronic speed-detecting
devices shall not be used within 500 | ||
feet beyond any such sign in the
direction of travel; if so | ||
used in violation of this Section, evidence
obtained thereby | ||
shall be inadmissible in any prosecution for speeding.
However, | ||
nothing in this Section prohibits the use of such electronic
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speed-detecting devices within 500 feet of a sign within a | ||
special
school speed zone indicating such zone, conforming to | ||
the requirements
of Section 11-605 of this Act, nor shall | ||
evidence obtained thereby be
inadmissible in any prosecution | ||
for speeding provided the use of such
device shall apply only | ||
to the enforcement of the speed limit in such
special school |
speed zone.
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(Source: P.A. 95-574, eff. 6-1-08.)
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Section 10. "AN ACT concerning transportation" (Public Act | ||
95-574), approved August 31, 2007, is amended by adding Section | ||
90 as follows: | ||
(P.A. 95-574, Sec. 90 new) | ||
Sec. 90. Effective date. This Act (Public Act 95-574) takes | ||
effect on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 95th | ||
General Assembly or June 1, 2008, whichever occurs first.
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||
becoming law.
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