Transportation and Motor Vehicles Committee
Adopted in House Comm. on Mar 24, 2006
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| 1 | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2650
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| 2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2650 on page 3, | ||||||
| 3 | below line 8, by inserting the following:
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| 4 | "Section 10. The Automated Traffic Control Systems in | ||||||
| 5 | Highway Construction or Maintenance Zones Act is amended by | ||||||
| 6 | changing Sections 10 and 30 as follows: | ||||||
| 7 | (625 ILCS 7/10)
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| 8 | Sec. 10. Establishment of automated control systems.
The | ||||||
| 9 | Department of State Police may establish an automated traffic | ||||||
| 10 | control system in any construction or maintenance zone | ||||||
| 11 | established by the Department of Transportation or the Illinois | ||||||
| 12 | State Toll Highway Authority. An automated traffic control | ||||||
| 13 | system may operate only during those periods when workers are | ||||||
| 14 | present in the construction or maintenance zone. In any | ||||||
| 15 | prosecution based upon evidence obtained through an automated | ||||||
| 16 | traffic control system established under this Act, the State | ||||||
| 17 | must prove that one or more workers were present in the | ||||||
| 18 | construction or maintenance zone when the violation occurred.
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| 19 | (Source: P.A. 93-947, eff. 8-19-04.) | ||||||
| 20 | (625 ILCS 7/30)
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| 21 | Sec. 30. Requirements for issuance of a citation. | ||||||
| 22 | (a) The vehicle, vehicle operator, vehicle registration | ||||||
| 23 | plate, speed, date, time, and location must be clearly visible | ||||||
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| 1 | on the photograph or other recorded image of the alleged | ||||||
| 2 | violation. | ||||||
| 3 | (b) A Uniform Traffic Citation must be mailed or otherwise | ||||||
| 4 | delivered to the registered owner of the vehicle. If mailed, | ||||||
| 5 | the citation must be sent via certified mail within 14
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| 6 | business days of the alleged violation, return receipt | ||||||
| 7 | requested. | ||||||
| 8 | (c) The Uniform Traffic Citation must include: | ||||||
| 9 | (1) the name and address of the vehicle owner; | ||||||
| 10 | (2) the registration number of the vehicle; | ||||||
| 11 | (3) the offense charged; | ||||||
| 12 | (4) the time, date, and location of the violation; | ||||||
| 13 | (5) the first available court date; and
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| 14 | (6) notice that the basis of the citation is the | ||||||
| 15 | photograph or recorded image from the automated traffic | ||||||
| 16 | control system. | ||||||
| 17 | (d) The Uniform Traffic Citation issued to the violator | ||||||
| 18 | must be accompanied by a written document that lists the | ||||||
| 19 | violator's rights and obligations and explains how the violator | ||||||
| 20 | can elect to proceed by either paying the fine or challenging | ||||||
| 21 | the issuance of the Uniform Traffic Citation.
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| 22 | (Source: P.A. 93-947, eff. 8-19-04.)".
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