102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB1741
 
Introduced 2/17/2021, by Rep. Dave Vella
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 

 
605 ILCS 10/19.2 new

     Amends the Toll Highway Act. Requires the Illinois Toll Highway Authority to install automatic license plate reader systems at specified points along the Jane Addams Memorial Highway and Interstate 39. Authorizes local law enforcement to collect captured plate data. Prohibits law enforcement from using captured plate data for any purpose other than law enforcement. Prohibits local law enforcement from preserving captured plate data for more than 30 days.
  


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1    AN ACT concerning transportation.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
4    Section 5. The Toll Highway Act is amended  by adding 
5Section 19.2 as follows:
 
6    (605 ILCS 10/19.2 new)
7    Sec. 19.2. Installation of ALPR Systems along Illinois 
8Toll Highways.
9    (a) For purposes of this Section:
10    "Automatic license plate reader system" or "ALPR system" 
11means a system of one or more mobile or fixed automatic 
12high-speed cameras used in combination with algorithms to 
13convert images of license plates into computer-readable data.
14    "Captured plate data" means the GPS coordinates, date, 
15time, photograph, license plate number, and any other data 
16captured by or derived from any ALPR system.
17    "Law enforcement agency" means any agency of this State or 
18a unit of local government which is vested by law or ordinance 
19with the duty to maintain public order and to enforce criminal 
20laws and ordinances.
21    (b) The Illinois Toll Highway Authority shall, in 
22coordination with the Illinois State Police, install automatic 
23license plate reader (ALPR) systems at each of the following 
 
 
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1locations:
2        (i) At the East Riverside Boulevard entrance and exit 
3    of the Jane Addams Memorial Tollway. The ALPR system shall 
4    be positioned to collect license plate data from vehicles 
5    traveling in each lane of the entrance and exit ramps.
6        (ii) At the Business Route 20/East State Street 
7    entrance and exit of the Jane Addams Memorial Tollway. The 
8    ALPR system
shall be positioned to collect license plate 
9    data from vehicles traveling in each lane of each entrance 
10    and exit ramp.
11        (iii) Along the 3 southbound lanes of Interstate 39, 
12    south of the location at which Interstate 90 and 
13    Interstate 39 merge and north of the Interstate 39 
14    Harrison Avenue exit. The exact location for installation 
15    of the ALPR system along this route is solely within the 
16    discretion of the Illinois Highway Authority.
17        (iv) Along the 3 northbound lanes of Interstate 39 and 
18    Interstate 90 prior to the location at which the merged 
19    interstates split. The exact location for the installation 
20    of the ALPR system along this route is solely within the 
21    discretion of the Illinois Highway Authority.
22    (c) A local law enforcement agency with jurisdiction in 
23the city, town or district in which an automatic license plate 
24reader is located is authorized to collect captured plate data 
25obtained by an automatic license plate reader.
26    (d) Captured license plate data shall not be used, shared, 
 
 
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1sold, traded, or exchanged for any purpose other than law 
2enforcement and shall not be preserved for more than 30 days by 
3a law enforcement agency.