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Public Act 102-0978
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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 Sections 11-605 and 11-605.3 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 |
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 |
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 |
close
thereto
that a potential hazard exists because of the |
close proximity of the motorized
traffic, no person shall |
drive a motor vehicle at a speed in excess of 20 miles
per hour |
while passing a school zone or while traveling on a local, |
county, or State roadway on public
school property or upon any |
public
thoroughfare where children pass going
to and from |
school.
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For the purpose of this Section, a school day begins at |
6:30 a.m. and concludes at 4 p.m.
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This Section shall not be applicable unless appropriate |
signs are posted
upon streets and highways under their |
respective jurisdiction and
maintained by the Department, |
township, county, park district, city,
village or incorporated |
town wherein the school zone is located. With regard
to the |
special speed limit while passing schools, such signs
shall |
give proper due warning that a school zone is being approached |
and
shall indicate the school zone and the maximum speed limit |
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 |
electronic speed-detecting devices within 500 feet of
signs |
within a special school speed zone indicating such zone, as |
defined
in this Section, 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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(d) (Blank).
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(e) Except as provided in subsection (e-5), a person who |
violates this Section is guilty of a petty
offense. Violations |
of this Section are punishable with a minimum fine
of $150 for |
the first violation and a minimum fine of $300 for the second |
or subsequent violation.
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(e-5) A person committing a violation of this Section is |
guilty of aggravated special speed limit while passing schools |
when he or she drives a motor vehicle at a speed that is: |
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(1) 26 miles per hour or more but less than 35 miles |
per hour in excess of the applicable special speed limit |
established under this Section or a similar provision of a |
local ordinance and is guilty of a Class B misdemeanor; or |
(2) 35 miles per hour or more in excess of the |
applicable special speed limit established under this |
Section or a similar provision of a local ordinance and is |
guilty of a Class A misdemeanor. |
(f) (Blank).
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(g) (Blank).
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(h) (Blank).
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(Source: P.A. 102-58, eff. 7-9-21.)
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(625 ILCS 5/11-605.3) |
Sec. 11-605.3. Special traffic protections while passing |
parks and recreation facilities and areas. |
(a) As used in this Section:
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(1) "Park district" means the following entities:
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(A) any park district organized under the Park |
District Code;
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(B) any park district organized under the Chicago |
Park District Act; and
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(C) any municipality, county, forest district, |
school district, township, or other unit of local |
government that operates a public recreation |
department or public recreation facilities that has |
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recreation facilities that are not on land owned by |
any park district listed in subparagraphs (A) and (B) |
of this subdivision (a)(1).
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(2) "Park zone" means the recreation facilities and
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areas on any land owned or operated by a park district that
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are used for recreational purposes, including but not |
limited to: parks; playgrounds; swimming pools; hiking |
trails; bicycle paths;
picnic areas; roads and streets; |
and parking lots.
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(3) "Park zone street" means that portion of any State |
or local street or intersection under the control of a |
local unit of government, adjacent to a park zone, where |
the local unit of government has, by ordinance or |
resolution, designated and approved the street or |
intersection as a park zone street. If, before the |
effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General |
Assembly, a street already had a posted speed limit lower |
than 20 miles per hour, then the lower limit may be used |
for that park zone street.
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(4) "Safety purposes" means the costs associated with:
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park zone safety education; the purchase, installation, |
and maintenance of signs, roadway painting, and caution |
lights mounted on park zone signs; and any other expense |
associated with park zones and park zone streets.
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(b) On any day when children are present and within 50 feet |
of motorized traffic, a person may not drive a motor vehicle at |
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a speed in excess of 20 miles per hour or any lower posted |
speed while traveling on a park zone street that has been |
designated for the posted reduced speed.
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(c) On any day when children are present and within 50 feet |
of motorized traffic, any driver traveling on a park zone |
street who fails to come to a complete stop at a stop sign or |
red light, including a driver who fails to come to a complete |
stop at a red light before turning right onto a park zone |
street, is in violation of this Section.
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(d) This Section does not apply unless appropriate signs |
are posted upon park zone streets maintained by the Department |
or by the unit of local government in which the park zone is |
located. With regard to the special speed limit on park zone |
streets, the signs must give proper due warning that a park |
zone is being approached and must indicate the maximum speed |
limit on the park zone street.
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(e) A first violation of this Section is a petty offense |
with a minimum fine of $250. A second or subsequent violation |
of this Section is a petty offense with a minimum fine of $500.
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(f) (Blank).
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(g) The Department shall, within 6 months of the effective |
date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly, |
design a set of standardized traffic signs for park zones and |
park zone streets, including but not limited to: "park zone", |
"park zone speed limit", and "warning: approaching a park |
zone". The design of these signs shall be made available to all |