102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB0365

 

Introduced 1/29/2021, by Rep. Nicholas K. Smith

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
605 ILCS 125/20

    Amends the Roadside Memorial Act. Provides that on and after July 1, 2021, a DUI memorial marker shall bear the message "Don't Drive Under the Influence" (rather than "Please Don't Drink and Drive"). Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning transportation.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Roadside Memorial Act is amended by
5changing Section 20 as follows:
 
6    (605 ILCS 125/20)
7    Sec. 20. DUI memorial markers.
8    (a) A DUI memorial marker erected before July 1, 2021
9shall consist of a white on blue panel bearing the message
10"Please Don't Drink and Drive". A DUI memorial marker erected
11on or after July 1, 2021 shall consist of a white on blue panel
12bearing the message "Don't Drive Under the Influence". At the
13request of the qualified relative, a separate panel bearing
14the words "In Memory of (victim's name)", followed by the date
15of the crash that was the proximate cause of the loss of the
16victim's life, shall be mounted below the primary panel. This
17amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly does not require
18the removal or replacement of any memorial markers erected
19before July 1, 2021.
20    (b) A DUI memorial marker may memorialize more than one
21victim who died as a result of the same DUI-related crash. If
22one or more additional DUI crash deaths subsequently occur in
23close proximity to an existing DUI memorial marker, the

 

 

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1supporting jurisdiction may use the same marker to memorialize
2the subsequent death or deaths, by adding the names of the
3additional persons.
4    (c) A DUI memorial marker shall be maintained for at least
52 years from the date the last person was memorialized on the
6marker.
7    (d) The supporting jurisdiction has the right to install a
8marker at a location other than the location of the crash or to
9relocate a marker due to restricted room, property owner
10complaints, interference with essential traffic control
11devices, safety concerns, or other restrictions. In such
12cases, the sponsoring jurisdiction may select an alternate
13location.
14    (e) The Department shall secure the consent of any
15municipality before placing a DUI memorial marker within the
16corporate limits of the municipality.
17    (f) A fee in an amount to be determined by the supporting
18jurisdiction may be paid in whole or in part from the Roadside
19Memorial Fund if moneys are made available by the Department
20of Transportation from that Fund or may be charged to the
21qualified relative to the extent moneys from that Fund are not
22made available. The fee shall not exceed the costs associated
23with the fabrication, installation, and maintenance of the DUI
24memorial marker.
25(Source: P.A. 95-398, eff. 1-1-08; 96-667, eff. 8-25-09.)
 
26    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon

 

 

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1becoming law.