Public Act 101-0042
 
HB0331 EnrolledLRB101 04694 TAE 49703 b


  
    AN ACT concerning transportation.
  
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
represented in the General Assembly:
  


 
    Section 1. Short title; references to Act. This Act may be 
cited as the Expressway Camera Act.
    References to Act. This Act may be referred to as the 
Tamara Clayton Expressway Camera Act.
 
    Section 5. Camera program. 
    (a) The Illinois State Police, the Illinois Department of

Transportation, and the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority

shall work together to conduct a program to increase the amount

of cameras along expressways in Cook County.
    (b) Images from the cameras may be used by any municipal 
police department, county sheriff's office, State Police 
officer, or other law enforcement agency with jurisdiction over 
the expressway in Cook County in the investigation of any 
offense involving the use of a firearm and to detect expressway 
hazards. Images from the cameras shall not be used to enforce 
petty offenses.
    (c) Subject to appropriation, any funds needed to conduct 
the program for use on expressways under the jurisdiction of 
the Department of Transportation shall be taken from the Road 
Fund.
    (d) As used in this Section, "expressway" has the meaning 
provided in Section 1-119.3 of the Illinois Vehicle Code.
 
    Section 90. Repeal. This Act is repealed on July 1, 2023.


Effective Date:  1/1/2020