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| AN ACT concerning vehicles.
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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 |
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| Section 11-605.1 as follows:
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| (625 ILCS 5/11-605.1) |
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| Sec. 11-605.1. Special limit while traveling through a |
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| highway construction or maintenance speed zone. |
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| (a) A person may not operate a motor vehicle in a |
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| construction or maintenance speed zone at a speed in excess of |
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| the posted speed limit.
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| (b) Nothing in this Chapter prohibits the use of electronic |
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| speed-detecting devices within 500 feet of signs within a |
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| construction or maintenance speed zone indicating the zone, as |
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| defined in this Section, nor shall evidence obtained by use of |
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| those devices be inadmissible in any prosecution for speeding, |
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| provided the use of the device shall apply only to the |
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| enforcement of the speed limit in the construction or |
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| maintenance speed zone.
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| (c) As used in this Section, a "construction or maintenance |
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| speed zone" is an area in which the Department, Toll Highway |
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| Authority, or local agency has determined that the preexisting |
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| established speed limit through a highway construction or |
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| maintenance project is greater than is reasonable or safe with |
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| respect to the conditions expected to exist in the construction |
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| or maintenance speed zone and has posted a lower speed limit |
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| with a highway construction or maintenance speed zone special |
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| speed limit sign. |
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| Highway construction or maintenance speed zone special |
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| speed limit signs shall be of a design approved by the |
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| Department. The signs must give proper due warning that a |
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| construction or maintenance speed zone is being approached and |
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| must indicate the maximum speed limit in effect. The signs also |
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| must state the amount of the minimum fine for a violation.
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| (d) A first violation of this Section is a petty offense |
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| with a minimum fine of $250. A second or subsequent violation |
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| of this Section is a petty offense with a minimum fine of $750. |
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| (e) If a fine for a violation of this Section is $250 or |
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| greater, the person who violated this Section shall be charged |
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| an additional $125, which shall be deposited into the |
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| Transportation Safety Highway Hire-back Fund in the State |
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| treasury, unless (i) the violation occurred on a highway other |
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| than an interstate highway and (ii) a county police officer |
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| wrote the ticket for the violation, in which case the $125 |
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| shall be deposited into that county's Transportation Safety |
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| Highway Hire-back Fund. In the case of a second or subsequent |
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| violation of this Section, if the fine is $750 or greater, the |
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| person who violated this Section shall be charged an additional |
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| $250, which shall be deposited into the Transportation Safety |
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| Highway Hire-back Fund in the State treasury, unless (i) the |
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| violation occurred on a highway other than an interstate |
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| highway and (ii) a county police officer wrote the ticket for |
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| the violation, in which case the $250 shall be deposited into |
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| that county's Transportation Safety Highway Hire-back Fund.
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| (e-5) The Department of State Police and the local county |
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| police department have concurrent jurisdiction over any |
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| violation of this Section that occurs on an interstate highway.
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| (f) The Transportation Safety Highway Hire-back Fund, |
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| which was created by Public Act 92-619, shall continue to be a |
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| special fund in the State treasury. Subject to appropriation by |
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| the General Assembly and approval by the Secretary, the |
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| Secretary of Transportation shall use all moneys in the |
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| Transportation Safety Highway Hire-back Fund to hire off-duty |
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| Department of State Police officers to monitor construction or |
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| maintenance zones. |
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| (f-5) Each county shall create a Transportation Safety |
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| Highway Hire-back Fund. The county shall use all moneys in its |
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| Transportation Safety Highway Hire-back Fund to hire off-duty |
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| county police officers to monitor construction or maintenance |
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| zones in that county on highways other than interstate |
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| highways.
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| (g) For a second or subsequent violation of this Section |
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| within 2 years of the date of the previous violation, the |
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| Secretary of State shall suspend the driver's license of the |
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| violator for a period of 90 days.
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| (Source: P.A. 93-955, eff. 8-19-04.)
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