Rep. John D'Amico
Filed: 3/23/2006
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1 | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 509
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 509 by replacing | ||||||
3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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4 | "Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by adding | ||||||
5 | Section 11-605.3 as follows: | ||||||
6 | (625 ILCS 5/11-605.3 new) | ||||||
7 | Sec. 11-605.3. Special traffic protections while passing | ||||||
8 | parks and recreation facilities and areas. | ||||||
9 | (a) As used in this Section:
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10 | (1) "Park district" means the following entities:
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11 | (A) any park district organized under the Park | ||||||
12 | District Code;
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13 | (B) any park district organized under the Chicago | ||||||
14 | Park District Act; and
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15 | (C) any municipality, county, forest district, | ||||||
16 | school district, township, or other unit of local | ||||||
17 | government that operates a public recreation | ||||||
18 | department or public recreation facilities that has | ||||||
19 | recreation facilities that are not on land owned by any | ||||||
20 | park district listed in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of | ||||||
21 | this subdivision (a)(1).
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22 | (2) "Park zone" means the recreation facilities and
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23 | areas on any land owned or operated by a park district that
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24 | are used for recreational purposes, including but not |
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1 | limited to: parks; playgrounds; swimming pools; hiking | ||||||
2 | trails; bicycle paths;
picnic areas; roads and streets; and | ||||||
3 | parking lots.
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4 | (3) "Park zone street" means that portion of any street | ||||||
5 | or intersection under the control of a local unit of | ||||||
6 | government, adjacent to a park zone, where the local unit | ||||||
7 | of government has, by ordinance or resolution, designated | ||||||
8 | and approved the street or intersection as a park zone | ||||||
9 | street. If, before the effective date of this amendatory | ||||||
10 | Act of the 94th General Assembly, a street already had a | ||||||
11 | posted speed limit lower than 20 miles per hour, then the | ||||||
12 | lower limit may be used for that park zone street.
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13 | (4) "Safety purposes" means the costs associated with:
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14 | park zone safety education; the purchase, installation, | ||||||
15 | and maintenance of signs, roadway painting, and caution | ||||||
16 | lights mounted on park zone signs; and any other expense | ||||||
17 | associated with park zones and park zone streets.
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18 | (b) On any day when children are present and within 50 feet | ||||||
19 | of motorized traffic, a person may not drive a motor vehicle at | ||||||
20 | a speed in excess of 20 miles per hour or any lower posted | ||||||
21 | speed while traveling on a park zone street that has been | ||||||
22 | designated for the posted reduced speed.
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23 | (c) On any day when children are present and within 50 feet | ||||||
24 | of motorized traffic, any driver traveling on a park zone | ||||||
25 | street who fails to come to a complete stop at a stop sign or | ||||||
26 | red light, including a driver who fails to come to a complete | ||||||
27 | stop at a red light before turning right onto a park zone | ||||||
28 | street, is in violation of this Section.
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29 | (d) This Section does not apply unless appropriate signs | ||||||
30 | are posted upon park zone streets maintained by the Department | ||||||
31 | or by the unit of local government in which the park zone is | ||||||
32 | located. With regard to the special speed limit on park zone | ||||||
33 | streets, the signs must give proper due warning that a park | ||||||
34 | zone is being approached and must indicate the maximum speed |
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1 | limit on the park zone street.
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2 | (e) A first violation of this Section is a petty offense | ||||||
3 | with a minimum fine of $250. A second or subsequent violation | ||||||
4 | of this Section is a petty offense with a minimum fine of $500.
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5 | (f) When a fine for a violation of this Section is imposed, | ||||||
6 | the person who violates this Section shall be charged an | ||||||
7 | additional $50, to be paid to the park district for safety | ||||||
8 | purposes.
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9 | (g) The Department shall, within 6 months of the effective | ||||||
10 | date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly, | ||||||
11 | design a set of standardized traffic signs for park zones and | ||||||
12 | park zone streets, including but not limited to: "park zone", | ||||||
13 | "park zone speed limit", and "warning: approaching a park | ||||||
14 | zone". The design of these signs shall be made available to all | ||||||
15 | units of local government or manufacturers at no charge, except | ||||||
16 | for reproduction and postage.
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17 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
18 | becoming law.".
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