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1 | AN ACT concerning transportation.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by changing | ||||||
5 | Section 11-604 as follows:
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6 | (625 ILCS 5/11-604) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-604)
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7 | Sec. 11-604. Alteration of limits by local authorities. | ||||||
8 | (a) Subject to
the limitations set forth in this Section, | ||||||
9 | the county board of a county
may establish absolute maximum | ||||||
10 | speed limits on all county highways,
township roads and | ||||||
11 | district roads as defined in the Illinois Highway
Code, except | ||||||
12 | those under the jurisdiction
of the Department or of the | ||||||
13 | Illinois State Toll Highway Authority, as
described in Sections | ||||||
14 | 11-602 and 11-603 of this Chapter; and any park
district, city, | ||||||
15 | village, or incorporated town may establish absolute
maximum | ||||||
16 | speed limits on all streets which are within its corporate
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17 | limits and which are not under the jurisdiction of the | ||||||
18 | Department or of
such Authority, and for which the county or a | ||||||
19 | highway commissioner of
such county does not have maintenance | ||||||
20 | responsibility.
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21 | (b) Whenever any such park district, city, village, or
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22 | incorporated town determines, upon
the basis of an engineering | ||||||
23 | or traffic investigation concerning a
highway or street on |
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1 | which it is authorized by this Section to establish
speed | ||||||
2 | limits, that a maximum speed limit prescribed in Section 11-601 | ||||||
3 | of
this Chapter is greater or less than is reasonable or safe | ||||||
4 | with respect
to the conditions found to exist at any place or | ||||||
5 | along any part or zone
of such highway or street, the local | ||||||
6 | authority or park district shall
determine and declare by | ||||||
7 | ordinance a reasonable and safe absolute
maximum speed limit at | ||||||
8 | such place or along such part or zone,
which:
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9 | (1) Decreases the limit within an urban district, but | ||||||
10 | not to less
than 20 miles per hour; or
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11 | (2) Increases the limit within an urban district, but | ||||||
12 | not to more
than 55 miles per hour; or
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13 | (3) Decreases the limit outside of an urban district, | ||||||
14 | but not to less
than 35 miles per hour, except as otherwise | ||||||
15 | provided in subparagraph 4 of
this paragraph; or
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16 | (4) Decreases the limit within a residence district, | ||||||
17 | but not to less
than 25 miles per hour, except as otherwise | ||||||
18 | provided in subparagraph 1 of
this paragraph.
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19 | The park district, city, village, or incorporated
town may | ||||||
20 | make such limit applicable
at all times or only during certain | ||||||
21 | specified times. Not more than 6
such alterations shall be made | ||||||
22 | per mile along a highway or street; and
the difference in limit | ||||||
23 | between adjacent altered speed zones shall not
be more than 10 | ||||||
24 | miles per hour.
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25 | A limit so determined and declared by a park district, | ||||||
26 | city, village,
or incorporated town becomes effective, and |
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1 | suspends the application of
the limit prescribed in Section | ||||||
2 | 11-601 of this Chapter, when appropriate
signs giving notice of | ||||||
3 | the limit are erected at the proper place or
along the proper | ||||||
4 | part or zone of the highway or street. Electronic
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5 | speed-detecting devices shall not be used within 500 feet | ||||||
6 | beyond any
such sign in the direction of travel; if so used in | ||||||
7 | violation of this
Section evidence obtained thereby shall be | ||||||
8 | inadmissible in any
prosecution for speeding. However, nothing | ||||||
9 | in this Section prohibits
the use of such electronic | ||||||
10 | speed-detecting devices within 500 feet of a
sign within a | ||||||
11 | special school speed zone indicating such zone, conforming
to | ||||||
12 | the requirements of Section 11-605 of this Act, nor shall | ||||||
13 | evidence
obtained thereby be inadmissible in any prosecution | ||||||
14 | for speeding
provided the use of such device shall apply only | ||||||
15 | to the enforcement of
the speed limit in such special school | ||||||
16 | speed zone. | ||||||
17 | (c) A county engineer or
superintendent of highways may | ||||||
18 | submit to the Department for approval, a
county policy for | ||||||
19 | establishing altered speed zones on township and county
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20 | highways based upon engineering and traffic investigations.
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21 | (d) Whenever the county board of a county determines that a | ||||||
22 | maximum speed limit
is greater or less than is
reasonable or | ||||||
23 | safe with respect to the conditions found to exist at any place
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24 | or along any part or zone of the highway or road, the county | ||||||
25 | board shall
determine and declare by ordinance a reasonable and | ||||||
26 | safe absolute maximum speed
limit at that place or along that |
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1 | part or zone. However, the maximum speed
limit shall not exceed | ||||||
2 | 55 miles per hour. Upon receipt of an engineering study for the | ||||||
3 | part or zone of highway in question from the county engineer, | ||||||
4 | and notwithstanding any other provision of law, the county | ||||||
5 | board of a county may determine and declare by ordinance a | ||||||
6 | reduction in the maximum speed limit
at any place
or along any | ||||||
7 | part or zone of a county highway whenever the county board, in | ||||||
8 | its sole discretion, determines that the reduction in the | ||||||
9 | maximum speed limit is reasonable and safe.
The limit becomes | ||||||
10 | effective, and suspends the application of the
limit
prescribed | ||||||
11 | in Section 11-601 of this Chapter, when appropriate signs
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12 | giving notice of the limit are erected at the proper place or | ||||||
13 | along the
proper part of the zone of the highway. Electronic | ||||||
14 | speed-detecting
devices shall not be used within 500 feet | ||||||
15 | beyond any such sign in the
direction of travel; if so used in | ||||||
16 | violation of this Section, evidence
obtained thereby shall be | ||||||
17 | inadmissible in any prosecution for speeding.
However, nothing | ||||||
18 | in this Section prohibits the use of such electronic
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19 | speed-detecting devices within 500 feet of a sign within a | ||||||
20 | special
school speed zone indicating such zone, conforming to | ||||||
21 | the requirements
of Section 11-605 of this Act, nor shall | ||||||
22 | evidence obtained thereby be
inadmissible in any prosecution | ||||||
23 | for speeding provided the use of such
device shall apply only | ||||||
24 | to the enforcement of the speed limit in such
special school | ||||||
25 | speed zone.
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26 | (Source: P.A. 89-444, eff. 1-25-96.)
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