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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 | (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 95-574 )
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8 | Sec. 11-604. Alteration of limits by local authorities. | |||||||||||||||||||||
9 | (a) Subject to
the limitations set forth in this Section, | |||||||||||||||||||||
10 | the county board of a county
may establish absolute maximum | |||||||||||||||||||||
11 | speed limits on all county highways,
township roads and | |||||||||||||||||||||
12 | district roads as defined in the Illinois Highway
Code, except | |||||||||||||||||||||
13 | those under the jurisdiction
of the Department or of the | |||||||||||||||||||||
14 | Illinois State Toll Highway Authority, as
described in Sections | |||||||||||||||||||||
15 | 11-602 and 11-603 of this Chapter; and any park
district, city, | |||||||||||||||||||||
16 | village, or incorporated town may establish absolute
maximum | |||||||||||||||||||||
17 | speed limits on all streets which are within its corporate
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18 | limits and which are not under the jurisdiction of the | |||||||||||||||||||||
19 | Department or of
such Authority, and for which the county or a | |||||||||||||||||||||
20 | highway commissioner of
such county does not have maintenance | |||||||||||||||||||||
21 | responsibility.
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22 | (b) Whenever any such park district, city, village, or
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23 | incorporated town determines, upon
the basis of an engineering |
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1 | or traffic investigation concerning a
highway or street on | ||||||
2 | which it is authorized by this Section to establish
speed | ||||||
3 | limits, that a maximum speed limit prescribed in Section 11-601 | ||||||
4 | of
this Chapter is greater or less than is reasonable or safe | ||||||
5 | with respect
to the conditions found to exist at any place or | ||||||
6 | along any part or zone
of such highway or street, the local | ||||||
7 | authority or park district shall
determine and declare by | ||||||
8 | ordinance a reasonable and safe absolute
maximum speed limit at | ||||||
9 | such place or along such part or zone,
which:
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10 | (1) Decreases the limit within an urban district, but | ||||||
11 | not to less
than 20 miles per hour; or
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12 | (2) Increases the limit within an urban district, but | ||||||
13 | not to more
than 55 miles per hour; or
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14 | (3) Decreases the limit outside of an urban district, | ||||||
15 | but not to less
than 35 miles per hour, except as otherwise | ||||||
16 | provided in subparagraph 4 of
this paragraph; or
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17 | (4) Decreases the limit within a residence district, | ||||||
18 | but not to less
than 25 miles per hour, except as otherwise | ||||||
19 | provided in subparagraph 1 of
this paragraph.
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20 | The park district, city, village, or incorporated
town may | ||||||
21 | make such limit applicable
at all times or only during certain | ||||||
22 | specified times. Not more than 6
such alterations shall be made | ||||||
23 | per mile along a highway or street; and
the difference in limit | ||||||
24 | between adjacent altered speed zones shall not
be more than 10 | ||||||
25 | miles per hour.
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26 | A limit so determined and declared by a park district, |
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1 | city, village,
or incorporated town becomes effective, and | ||||||
2 | suspends the application of
the limit prescribed in Section | ||||||
3 | 11-601 of this Chapter, when appropriate
signs giving notice of | ||||||
4 | the limit are erected at the proper place or
along the proper | ||||||
5 | part or zone of the highway or street. Electronic
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6 | speed-detecting devices shall not be used within 500 feet | ||||||
7 | beyond any
such sign in the direction of travel; if so used in | ||||||
8 | violation of this
Section evidence obtained thereby shall be | ||||||
9 | inadmissible in any
prosecution for speeding. However, nothing | ||||||
10 | in this Section prohibits
the use of such electronic | ||||||
11 | speed-detecting devices within 500 feet of a
sign within a | ||||||
12 | special school speed zone indicating such zone, conforming
to | ||||||
13 | the requirements of Section 11-605 of this Act, nor shall | ||||||
14 | evidence
obtained thereby be inadmissible in any prosecution | ||||||
15 | for speeding
provided the use of such device shall apply only | ||||||
16 | to the enforcement of
the speed limit in such special school | ||||||
17 | speed zone. | ||||||
18 | (c) A county engineer or
superintendent of highways may | ||||||
19 | submit to the Department for approval, a
county policy for | ||||||
20 | establishing altered speed zones on township and county
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21 | highways based upon engineering and traffic investigations.
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22 | (d) Whenever the county board of a county determines that a | ||||||
23 | maximum speed limit
is greater or less than is
reasonable or | ||||||
24 | safe with respect to the conditions found to exist at any place
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25 | or along any part or zone of the highway or road, the county | ||||||
26 | board shall
determine and declare by ordinance a reasonable and |
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1 | safe absolute maximum speed
limit at that place or along that | ||||||
2 | part or zone. However, the maximum speed
limit shall not exceed | ||||||
3 | 55 miles per hour. Upon receipt of an engineering study for the | ||||||
4 | part or zone of highway in question from the county engineer, | ||||||
5 | and notwithstanding any other provision of law, the county | ||||||
6 | board of a county may determine and declare by ordinance a | ||||||
7 | reduction in the maximum speed limit
at any place
or along any | ||||||
8 | part or zone of a county highway whenever the county board, in | ||||||
9 | its sole discretion, determines that the reduction in the | ||||||
10 | maximum speed limit is reasonable and safe.
The county board | ||||||
11 | may post signs designating the new speed limit. The limit | ||||||
12 | becomes effective, and suspends the application of the
limit
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13 | prescribed in Section 11-601 of this Chapter, when appropriate | ||||||
14 | signs
giving notice of the limit are erected at the proper | ||||||
15 | place or along the
proper part of the zone of the highway. | ||||||
16 | Electronic speed-detecting
devices shall not be used within 500 | ||||||
17 | feet beyond any such sign in the
direction of travel; if so | ||||||
18 | used in violation of this Section, evidence
obtained thereby | ||||||
19 | shall be inadmissible in any prosecution for speeding.
However, | ||||||
20 | nothing in this Section prohibits the use of such electronic
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21 | speed-detecting devices within 500 feet of a sign within a | ||||||
22 | special
school speed zone indicating such zone, conforming to | ||||||
23 | the requirements
of Section 11-605 of this Act, nor shall | ||||||
24 | evidence obtained thereby be
inadmissible in any prosecution | ||||||
25 | for speeding provided the use of such
device shall apply only | ||||||
26 | to the enforcement of the speed limit in such
special school |
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1 | speed zone.
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2 | (Source: P.A. 95-574, eff. 6-1-08.)
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3 | Section 10. "AN ACT concerning transportation" (Public Act | ||||||
4 | 95-574), approved August 31, 2007, is amended by adding Section | ||||||
5 | 90 as follows: | ||||||
6 | (P.A. 95-574, Sec. 90 new) | ||||||
7 | Sec. 90. Effective date. This Act (Public Act 95-574) takes | ||||||
8 | effect on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 95th | ||||||
9 | General Assembly or June 1, 2008, whichever occurs first.
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10 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
11 | becoming law.
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