Sen. Don Harmon

Filed: 5/22/2007

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1527

2     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1527 by deleting
3 everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4     "Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by
5 changing Sections 1-105.2, 6-306.5, 11-208, 11-208.3, and
6 11-1201.1 as follows:
 
7     (625 ILCS 5/1-105.2)
8     Sec. 1-105.2. Automated traffic law violation. A violation
9 described in Section 11-208.6 or 11-1201.1 of this Code.
10 (Source: P.A. 94-795, eff. 5-22-06.)
 
11     (625 ILCS 5/6-306.5)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 6-306.5)
12     Sec. 6-306.5. Failure to pay fine or penalty for standing,
13 parking, compliance, or automated traffic law violations;
14 suspension of driving privileges.
15     (a) Upon receipt of a certified report, as prescribed by

 

 

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1 subsection (c) of this Section, from any municipality stating
2 that the owner of a registered vehicle has: (1) failed to pay
3 any fine or penalty due and owing as a result of 10 or more
4 violations of a municipality's vehicular standing, parking, or
5 compliance regulations established by ordinance pursuant to
6 Section 11-208.3 of this Code, or (2) failed to pay any fine or
7 penalty due and owing as a result of 5 offenses for automated
8 traffic violations as defined in Section 11-208.6 or 11-1201.1,
9 the Secretary of State shall suspend the driving privileges of
10 such person in accordance with the procedures set forth in this
11 Section. The Secretary shall also suspend the driving
12 privileges of an owner of a registered vehicle upon receipt of
13 a certified report, as prescribed by subsection (f) of this
14 Section, from any municipality stating that such person has
15 failed to satisfy any fines or penalties imposed by final
16 judgments for 5 or more automated traffic law violations or 10
17 or more violations of local standing, parking, or compliance
18 regulations after exhaustion of judicial review procedures.
19     (b) Following receipt of the certified report of the
20 municipality as specified in this Section, the Secretary of
21 State shall notify the person whose name appears on the
22 certified report that the person's drivers license will be
23 suspended at the end of a specified period of time unless the
24 Secretary of State is presented with a notice from the
25 municipality certifying that the fine or penalty due and owing
26 the municipality has been paid or that inclusion of that

 

 

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1 person's name on the certified report was in error. The
2 Secretary's notice shall state in substance the information
3 contained in the municipality's certified report to the
4 Secretary, and shall be effective as specified by subsection
5 (c) of Section 6-211 of this Code.
6     (c) The report of the appropriate municipal official
7 notifying the Secretary of State of unpaid fines or penalties
8 pursuant to this Section shall be certified and shall contain
9 the following:
10         (1) The name, last known address as recorded with the
11     Secretary of State, as provided by the lessor of the cited
12     vehicle at the time of lease, or as recorded in a United
13     States Post Office approved database if any notice sent
14     under Section 11-208.3 of this Code is returned as
15     undeliverable, and drivers license number of the person who
16     failed to pay the fine or penalty and the registration
17     number of any vehicle known to be registered to such person
18     in this State.
19         (2) The name of the municipality making the report
20     pursuant to this Section.
21         (3) A statement that the municipality sent a notice of
22     impending drivers license suspension as prescribed by
23     ordinance enacted pursuant to Section 11-208.3, to the
24     person named in the report at the address recorded with the
25     Secretary of State or at the last address known to the
26     lessor of the cited vehicle at the time of lease or, if any

 

 

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1     notice sent under Section 11-208.3 of this Code is returned
2     as undeliverable, at the last known address recorded in a
3     United States Post Office approved database; the date on
4     which such notice was sent; and the address to which such
5     notice was sent. In a municipality with a population of
6     1,000,000 or more, the report shall also include a
7     statement that the alleged violator's State vehicle
8     registration number and vehicle make, if specified on the
9     automated traffic law violation notice, are correct as they
10     appear on the citations.
11     (d) Any municipality making a certified report to the
12 Secretary of State pursuant to this Section shall notify the
13 Secretary of State, in a form prescribed by the Secretary,
14 whenever a person named in the certified report has paid the
15 previously reported fine or penalty or whenever the
16 municipality determines that the original report was in error.
17 A certified copy of such notification shall also be given upon
18 request and at no additional charge to the person named
19 therein. Upon receipt of the municipality's notification or
20 presentation of a certified copy of such notification, the
21 Secretary of State shall terminate the suspension.
22     (e) Any municipality making a certified report to the
23 Secretary of State pursuant to this Section shall also by
24 ordinance establish procedures for persons to challenge the
25 accuracy of the certified report. The ordinance shall also
26 state the grounds for such a challenge, which may be limited to

 

 

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1 (1) the person not having been the owner or lessee of the
2 vehicle or vehicles receiving 10 or more standing, parking, or
3 compliance violation notices or 5 or more automated traffic law
4 violations on the date or dates such notices were issued; and
5 (2) the person having already paid the fine or penalty for the
6 10 or more standing, parking, or compliance violations or 5 or
7 more automated traffic law violations indicated on the
8 certified report.
9     (f) Any municipality, other than a municipality
10 establishing vehicular standing, parking, and compliance
11 regulations pursuant to Section 11-208.3 or automated traffic
12 law regulations under Section 11-208.6 or 11-1201.1, may also
13 cause a suspension of a person's drivers license pursuant to
14 this Section. Such municipality may invoke this sanction by
15 making a certified report to the Secretary of State upon a
16 person's failure to satisfy any fine or penalty imposed by
17 final judgment for 10 or more violations of local standing,
18 parking, or compliance regulations or 5 or more automated
19 traffic law violations after exhaustion of judicial review
20 procedures, but only if:
21         (1) the municipality complies with the provisions of
22     this Section in all respects except in regard to enacting
23     an ordinance pursuant to Section 11-208.3;
24         (2) the municipality has sent a notice of impending
25     drivers license suspension as prescribed by an ordinance
26     enacted pursuant to subsection (g) of this Section; and

 

 

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1         (3) in municipalities with a population of 1,000,000 or
2     more, the municipality has verified that the alleged
3     violator's State vehicle registration number and vehicle
4     make are correct as they appear on the citations.
5     (g) Any municipality, other than a municipality
6 establishing standing, parking, and compliance regulations
7 pursuant to Section 11-208.3 or automated traffic law
8 regulations under Section 11-208.6 or 11-1201.1, may provide by
9 ordinance for the sending of a notice of impending drivers
10 license suspension to the person who has failed to satisfy any
11 fine or penalty imposed by final judgment for 10 or more
12 violations of local standing, parking, or compliance
13 regulations or 5 or more automated traffic law violations after
14 exhaustion of judicial review procedures. An ordinance so
15 providing shall specify that the notice sent to the person
16 liable for any fine or penalty shall state that failure to pay
17 the fine or penalty owing within 45 days of the notice's date
18 will result in the municipality notifying the Secretary of
19 State that the person's drivers license is eligible for
20 suspension pursuant to this Section. The notice of impending
21 drivers license suspension shall be sent by first class United
22 States mail, postage prepaid, to the address recorded with the
23 Secretary of State or at the last address known to the lessor
24 of the cited vehicle at the time of lease or, if any notice
25 sent under Section 11-208.3 of this Code is returned as
26 undeliverable, to the last known address recorded in a United

 

 

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1 States Post Office approved database.
2     (h) An administrative hearing to contest an impending
3 suspension or a suspension made pursuant to this Section may be
4 had upon filing a written request with the Secretary of State.
5 The filing fee for this hearing shall be $20, to be paid at the
6 time the request is made. A municipality which files a
7 certified report with the Secretary of State pursuant to this
8 Section shall reimburse the Secretary for all reasonable costs
9 incurred by the Secretary as a result of the filing of the
10 report, including but not limited to the costs of providing the
11 notice required pursuant to subsection (b) and the costs
12 incurred by the Secretary in any hearing conducted with respect
13 to the report pursuant to this subsection and any appeal from
14 such a hearing.
15     (i) The provisions of this Section shall apply on and after
16 January 1, 1988.
17     (j) For purposes of this Section, the term "compliance
18 violation" is defined as in Section 11-208.3.
19 (Source: P.A. 94-294, eff. 1-1-06; 94-795, eff. 5-22-06.)
 
20     (625 ILCS 5/11-208)   (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-208)
21     Sec. 11-208. Powers of local authorities.
22     (a) The provisions of this Code shall not be deemed to
23 prevent local authorities with respect to streets and highways
24 under their jurisdiction and within the reasonable exercise of
25 the police power from:

 

 

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1         1. Regulating the standing or parking of vehicles,
2     except as limited by Section 11-1306 of this Act;
3         2. Regulating traffic by means of police officers or
4     traffic control signals;
5         3. Regulating or prohibiting processions or
6     assemblages on the highways;
7         4. Designating particular highways as one-way highways
8     and requiring that all vehicles thereon be moved in one
9     specific direction;
10         5. Regulating the speed of vehicles in public parks
11     subject to the limitations set forth in Section 11-604;
12         6. Designating any highway as a through highway, as
13     authorized in Section 11-302, and requiring that all
14     vehicles stop before entering or crossing the same or
15     designating any intersection as a stop intersection or a
16     yield right-of-way intersection and requiring all vehicles
17     to stop or yield the right-of-way at one or more entrances
18     to such intersections;
19         7. Restricting the use of highways as authorized in
20     Chapter 15;
21         8. Regulating the operation of bicycles and requiring
22     the registration and licensing of same, including the
23     requirement of a registration fee;
24         9. Regulating or prohibiting the turning of vehicles or
25     specified types of vehicles at intersections;
26         10. Altering the speed limits as authorized in Section

 

 

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1     11-604;
2         11. Prohibiting U-turns;
3         12. Prohibiting pedestrian crossings at other than
4     designated and marked crosswalks or at intersections;
5         13. Prohibiting parking during snow removal operation;
6         14. Imposing fines in accordance with Section
7     11-1301.3 as penalties for use of any parking place
8     reserved for persons with disabilities, as defined by
9     Section 1-159.1, or disabled veterans by any person using a
10     motor vehicle not bearing registration plates specified in
11     Section 11-1301.1 or a special decal or device as defined
12     in Section 11-1301.2 as evidence that the vehicle is
13     operated by or for a person with disabilities or disabled
14     veteran;
15         15. Adopting such other traffic regulations as are
16     specifically authorized by this Code; or
17         16. Enforcing the provisions of subsection (f) of
18     Section 3-413 of this Code or a similar local ordinance.
19     (b) No ordinance or regulation enacted under subsections 1,
20 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11 or 13 of paragraph (a) shall be effective
21 until signs giving reasonable notice of such local traffic
22 regulations are posted.
23     (c) The provisions of this Code shall not prevent any
24 municipality having a population of 500,000 or more inhabitants
25 from prohibiting any person from driving or operating any motor
26 vehicle upon the roadways of such municipality with headlamps

 

 

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1 on high beam or bright.
2     (d) The provisions of this Code shall not be deemed to
3 prevent local authorities within the reasonable exercise of
4 their police power from prohibiting, on private property, the
5 unauthorized use of parking spaces reserved for persons with
6 disabilities.
7     (e) No unit of local government, including a home rule
8 unit, may enact or enforce an ordinance that applies only to
9 motorcycles if the principal purpose for that ordinance is to
10 restrict the access of motorcycles to any highway or portion of
11 a highway for which federal or State funds have been used for
12 the planning, design, construction, or maintenance of that
13 highway. No unit of local government, including a home rule
14 unit, may enact an ordinance requiring motorcycle users to wear
15 protective headgear. Nothing in this subsection (e) shall
16 affect the authority of a unit of local government to regulate
17 motorcycles for traffic control purposes or in accordance with
18 Section 12-602 of this Code. No unit of local government,
19 including a home rule unit, may regulate motorcycles in a
20 manner inconsistent with this Code. This subsection (e) is a
21 limitation under subsection (i) of Section 6 of Article VII of
22 the Illinois Constitution on the concurrent exercise by home
23 rule units of powers and functions exercised by the State.
24     (f) A municipality or county designated in Section 11-208.6
25 may enact an ordinance providing for an automated traffic law
26 enforcement system to enforce violations of this Code or a

 

 

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1 similar provision of a local ordinance and imposing liability
2 on a registered owner of a vehicle used in such a violation.
3     (g) A municipality or county, as provided in Section
4 1201.1, may enact an ordinance providing for an automated
5 traffic law enforcement system to enforce violations of Section
6 11-1201 of this Code or a similar provision of a local
7 ordinance and imposing liability on a registered owner of a
8 vehicle used in such a violation.
9 (Source: P.A. 94-795, eff. 5-22-06.)
 
10     (625 ILCS 5/11-208.3)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-208.3)
11     Sec. 11-208.3. Administrative adjudication of violations
12 of traffic regulations concerning the standing, parking, or
13 condition of vehicles and automated traffic law violations.
14     (a) Any municipality may provide by ordinance for a system
15 of administrative adjudication of vehicular standing and
16 parking violations and vehicle compliance violations as
17 defined in this subsection and automated traffic law violations
18 as defined in Section 11-208.6 or 11-1201.1. The administrative
19 system shall have as its purpose the fair and efficient
20 enforcement of municipal regulations through the
21 administrative adjudication of automated traffic law
22 violations and violations of municipal ordinances regulating
23 the standing and parking of vehicles, the condition and use of
24 vehicle equipment, and the display of municipal wheel tax
25 licenses within the municipality's borders. The administrative

 

 

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1 system shall only have authority to adjudicate civil offenses
2 carrying fines not in excess of $250 that occur after the
3 effective date of the ordinance adopting such a system under
4 this Section. For purposes of this Section, "compliance
5 violation" means a violation of a municipal regulation
6 governing the condition or use of equipment on a vehicle or
7 governing the display of a municipal wheel tax license.
8     (b) Any ordinance establishing a system of administrative
9 adjudication under this Section shall provide for:
10         (1) A traffic compliance administrator authorized to
11     adopt, distribute and process parking, compliance, and
12     automated traffic law violation notices and other notices
13     required by this Section, collect money paid as fines and
14     penalties for violation of parking and compliance
15     ordinances and automated traffic law violations, and
16     operate an administrative adjudication system. The traffic
17     compliance administrator also may make a certified report
18     to the Secretary of State under Section 6-306.5.
19         (2) A parking, standing, compliance, or automated
20     traffic law violation notice that shall specify the date,
21     time, and place of violation of a parking, standing, or
22     compliance, or automated traffic law regulation; the
23     particular regulation violated; the fine and any penalty
24     that may be assessed for late payment, when so provided by
25     ordinance; the vehicle make and state registration number;
26     and the identification number of the person issuing the

 

 

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1     notice. With regard to automated traffic law violations,
2     vehicle make shall be specified on the automated traffic
3     law violation notice if the make is available and readily
4     discernible. With regard to municipalities with a
5     population of 1 million or more, it shall be grounds for
6     dismissal of a parking violation if the state registration
7     number or vehicle make specified is incorrect. The
8     violation notice shall state that the payment of the
9     indicated fine, and of any applicable penalty for late
10     payment, shall operate as a final disposition of the
11     violation. The notice also shall contain information as to
12     the availability of a hearing in which the violation may be
13     contested on its merits. The violation notice shall specify
14     the time and manner in which a hearing may be had.
15         (3) Service of the parking, standing, or compliance
16     violation notice by affixing the original or a facsimile of
17     the notice to an unlawfully parked vehicle or by handing
18     the notice to the operator of a vehicle if he or she is
19     present and service of an automated traffic law violation
20     notice by mail to the address of the registered owner of
21     the cited vehicle as recorded with the Secretary of State
22     within 30 days after the Secretary of State notifies the
23     municipality or county of the identity of the owner of the
24     vehicle, but in no event later than 90 days after the
25     violation. A person authorized by ordinance to issue and
26     serve parking, standing, and compliance violation notices

 

 

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1     shall certify as to the correctness of the facts entered on
2     the violation notice by signing his or her name to the
3     notice at the time of service or in the case of a notice
4     produced by a computerized device, by signing a single
5     certificate to be kept by the traffic compliance
6     administrator attesting to the correctness of all notices
7     produced by the device while it was under his or her
8     control. In the case of an automated traffic law violation,
9     the ordinance shall require a determination by a technician
10     employed or contracted by the municipality or county that,
11     based on inspection of recorded images, the motor vehicle
12     was being operated in violation of Section 11-208.6 or
13     11-1201.1 or a local ordinance. If the technician
14     determines that the vehicle entered the intersection as
15     part of a funeral procession or in order to yield the
16     right-of-way to an emergency vehicle, a citation shall not
17     be issued. The original or a facsimile of the violation
18     notice or, in the case of a notice produced by a
19     computerized device, a printed record generated by the
20     device showing the facts entered on the notice, shall be
21     retained by the traffic compliance administrator, and
22     shall be a record kept in the ordinary course of business.
23     A parking, standing, compliance, or automated traffic law
24     violation notice issued, signed and served in accordance
25     with this Section, a copy of the notice, or the computer
26     generated record shall be prima facie correct and shall be

 

 

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1     prima facie evidence of the correctness of the facts shown
2     on the notice. The notice, copy, or computer generated
3     record shall be admissible in any subsequent
4     administrative or legal proceedings.
5         (4) An opportunity for a hearing for the registered
6     owner of the vehicle cited in the parking, standing,
7     compliance, or automated traffic law violation notice in
8     which the owner may contest the merits of the alleged
9     violation, and during which formal or technical rules of
10     evidence shall not apply; provided, however, that under
11     Section 11-1306 of this Code the lessee of a vehicle cited
12     in the violation notice likewise shall be provided an
13     opportunity for a hearing of the same kind afforded the
14     registered owner. The hearings shall be recorded, and the
15     person conducting the hearing on behalf of the traffic
16     compliance administrator shall be empowered to administer
17     oaths and to secure by subpoena both the attendance and
18     testimony of witnesses and the production of relevant books
19     and papers. Persons appearing at a hearing under this
20     Section may be represented by counsel at their expense. The
21     ordinance may also provide for internal administrative
22     review following the decision of the hearing officer.
23         (5) Service of additional notices, sent by first class
24     United States mail, postage prepaid, to the address of the
25     registered owner of the cited vehicle as recorded with the
26     Secretary of State or, if any notice to that address is

 

 

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1     returned as undeliverable, to the last known address
2     recorded in a United States Post Office approved database,
3     or, under Section 11-1306 of this Code, to the lessee of
4     the cited vehicle at the last address known to the lessor
5     of the cited vehicle at the time of lease or, if any notice
6     to that address is returned as undeliverable, to the last
7     known address recorded in a United States Post Office
8     approved database. The service shall be deemed complete as
9     of the date of deposit in the United States mail. The
10     notices shall be in the following sequence and shall
11     include but not be limited to the information specified
12     herein:
13             (i) A second notice of parking, standing, or
14         compliance violation. This notice shall specify the
15         date and location of the violation cited in the
16         parking, standing, or compliance violation notice, the
17         particular regulation violated, the vehicle make and
18         state registration number, the fine and any penalty
19         that may be assessed for late payment when so provided
20         by ordinance, the availability of a hearing in which
21         the violation may be contested on its merits, and the
22         time and manner in which the hearing may be had. The
23         notice of violation shall also state that failure
24         either to pay the indicated fine and any applicable
25         penalty, or to appear at a hearing on the merits in the
26         time and manner specified, will result in a final

 

 

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1         determination of violation liability for the cited
2         violation in the amount of the fine or penalty
3         indicated, and that, upon the occurrence of a final
4         determination of violation liability for the failure,
5         and the exhaustion of, or failure to exhaust, available
6         administrative or judicial procedures for review, any
7         unpaid fine or penalty will constitute a debt due and
8         owing the municipality.
9             (ii) A notice of final determination of parking,
10         standing, compliance, or automated traffic law
11         violation liability. This notice shall be sent
12         following a final determination of parking, standing,
13         compliance, or automated traffic law violation
14         liability and the conclusion of judicial review
15         procedures taken under this Section. The notice shall
16         state that the unpaid fine or penalty is a debt due and
17         owing the municipality. The notice shall contain
18         warnings that failure to pay any fine or penalty due
19         and owing the municipality within the time specified
20         may result in the municipality's filing of a petition
21         in the Circuit Court to have the unpaid fine or penalty
22         rendered a judgment as provided by this Section, or may
23         result in suspension of the person's drivers license
24         for failure to pay fines or penalties for 10 or more
25         parking violations under Section 6-306.5 or 5 or more
26         automated traffic law violations under Section

 

 

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1         11-208.6.
2         (6) A Notice of impending drivers license suspension.
3     This notice shall be sent to the person liable for any fine
4     or penalty that remains due and owing on 10 or more parking
5     violations or 5 or more unpaid automated traffic law
6     violations. The notice shall state that failure to pay the
7     fine or penalty owing within 45 days of the notice's date
8     will result in the municipality notifying the Secretary of
9     State that the person is eligible for initiation of
10     suspension proceedings under Section 6-306.5 of this Code.
11     The notice shall also state that the person may obtain a
12     photostatic copy of an original ticket imposing a fine or
13     penalty by sending a self addressed, stamped envelope to
14     the municipality along with a request for the photostatic
15     copy. The notice of impending drivers license suspension
16     shall be sent by first class United States mail, postage
17     prepaid, to the address recorded with the Secretary of
18     State or, if any notice to that address is returned as
19     undeliverable, to the last known address recorded in a
20     United States Post Office approved database.
21         (7) Final determinations of violation liability. A
22     final determination of violation liability shall occur
23     following failure to pay the fine or penalty after a
24     hearing officer's determination of violation liability and
25     the exhaustion of or failure to exhaust any administrative
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1     fails to appear at a hearing to contest the alleged
2     violation in the time and manner specified in a prior
3     mailed notice, the hearing officer's determination of
4     violation liability shall become final: (A) upon denial of
5     a timely petition to set aside that determination, or (B)
6     upon expiration of the period for filing the petition
7     without a filing having been made.
8         (8) A petition to set aside a determination of parking,
9     standing, compliance, or automated traffic law violation
10     liability that may be filed by a person owing an unpaid
11     fine or penalty. The petition shall be filed with and ruled
12     upon by the traffic compliance administrator in the manner
13     and within the time specified by ordinance. The grounds for
14     the petition may be limited to: (A) the person not having
15     been the owner or lessee of the cited vehicle on the date
16     the violation notice was issued, (B) the person having
17     already paid the fine or penalty for the violation in
18     question, and (C) excusable failure to appear at or request
19     a new date for a hearing. With regard to municipalities
20     with a population of 1 million or more, it shall be grounds
21     for dismissal of a parking violation if the state
22     registration number, or vehicle make if specified, is
23     incorrect. After the determination of parking, standing,
24     compliance, or automated traffic law violation liability
25     has been set aside upon a showing of just cause, the
26     registered owner shall be provided with a hearing on the

 

 

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1     merits for that violation.
2         (9) Procedures for non-residents. Procedures by which
3     persons who are not residents of the municipality may
4     contest the merits of the alleged violation without
5     attending a hearing.
6         (10) A schedule of civil fines for violations of
7     vehicular standing, parking, compliance, or automated
8     traffic law regulations enacted by ordinance pursuant to
9     this Section, and a schedule of penalties for late payment
10     of the fines, provided, however, that the total amount of
11     the fine and penalty for any one violation shall not exceed
12     $250, except as provided in subsection (c) of Section
13     11-1301.3 of this Code.
14         (11) Other provisions as are necessary and proper to
15     carry into effect the powers granted and purposes stated in
16     this Section.
17     (c) Any municipality establishing vehicular standing,
18 parking, compliance, or automated traffic law regulations
19 under this Section may also provide by ordinance for a program
20 of vehicle immobilization for the purpose of facilitating
21 enforcement of those regulations. The program of vehicle
22 immobilization shall provide for immobilizing any eligible
23 vehicle upon the public way by presence of a restraint in a
24 manner to prevent operation of the vehicle. Any ordinance
25 establishing a program of vehicle immobilization under this
26 Section shall provide:

 

 

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1         (1) Criteria for the designation of vehicles eligible
2     for immobilization. A vehicle shall be eligible for
3     immobilization when the registered owner of the vehicle has
4     accumulated the number of unpaid final determinations of
5     parking, standing, compliance, or automated traffic law
6     violation liability as determined by ordinance.
7         (2) A notice of impending vehicle immobilization and a
8     right to a hearing to challenge the validity of the notice
9     by disproving liability for the unpaid final
10     determinations of parking, standing, compliance, or
11     automated traffic law violation liability listed on the
12     notice.
13         (3) The right to a prompt hearing after a vehicle has
14     been immobilized or subsequently towed without payment of
15     the outstanding fines and penalties on parking, standing,
16     compliance, or automated traffic law violations for which
17     final determinations have been issued. An order issued
18     after the hearing is a final administrative decision within
19     the meaning of Section 3-101 of the Code of Civil
20     Procedure.
21         (4) A post immobilization and post-towing notice
22     advising the registered owner of the vehicle of the right
23     to a hearing to challenge the validity of the impoundment.
24     (d) Judicial review of final determinations of parking,
25 standing, compliance, or automated traffic law violations and
26 final administrative decisions issued after hearings regarding

 

 

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1 vehicle immobilization and impoundment made under this Section
2 shall be subject to the provisions of the Administrative Review
3 Law.
4     (e) Any fine, penalty, or part of any fine or any penalty
5 remaining unpaid after the exhaustion of, or the failure to
6 exhaust, administrative remedies created under this Section
7 and the conclusion of any judicial review procedures shall be a
8 debt due and owing the municipality and, as such, may be
9 collected in accordance with applicable law. Payment in full of
10 any fine or penalty resulting from a standing, parking,
11 compliance, or automated traffic law violation shall
12 constitute a final disposition of that violation.
13     (f) After the expiration of the period within which
14 judicial review may be sought for a final determination of
15 parking, standing, compliance, or automated traffic law
16 violation, the municipality may commence a proceeding in the
17 Circuit Court for purposes of obtaining a judgment on the final
18 determination of violation. Nothing in this Section shall
19 prevent a municipality from consolidating multiple final
20 determinations of parking, standing, compliance, or automated
21 traffic law violations against a person in a proceeding. Upon
22 commencement of the action, the municipality shall file a
23 certified copy or record of the final determination of parking,
24 standing, compliance, or automated traffic law violation,
25 which shall be accompanied by a certification that recites
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1 violation was issued in accordance with this Section and the
2 applicable municipal ordinance. Service of the summons and a
3 copy of the petition may be by any method provided by Section
4 2-203 of the Code of Civil Procedure or by certified mail,
5 return receipt requested, provided that the total amount of
6 fines and penalties for final determinations of parking,
7 standing, compliance, or automated traffic law violations does
8 not exceed $2500. If the court is satisfied that the final
9 determination of parking, standing, compliance, or automated
10 traffic law violation was entered in accordance with the
11 requirements of this Section and the applicable municipal
12 ordinance, and that the registered owner or the lessee, as the
13 case may be, had an opportunity for an administrative hearing
14 and for judicial review as provided in this Section, the court
15 shall render judgment in favor of the municipality and against
16 the registered owner or the lessee for the amount indicated in
17 the final determination of parking, standing, compliance, or
18 automated traffic law violation, plus costs. The judgment shall
19 have the same effect and may be enforced in the same manner as
20 other judgments for the recovery of money.
21 (Source: P.A. 94-294, eff. 1-1-06; 94-795, eff. 5-22-06;
22 94-930, eff. 6-26-06; revised 8-3-06.)
 
23     (625 ILCS 5/11-1201.1)
24     Sec. 11-1201.1. Automated Railroad Crossing Enforcement
25 System Pilot Project.

 

 

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1     (a) For the purposes of this Section, an automated railroad
2 grade crossing enforcement system is a system operated by a law
3 enforcement agency that records a driver's response to
4 automatic, electrical or mechanical signal devices and
5 crossing gates. The system shall be designed to obtain a clear
6 photograph or other recorded image of the vehicle, vehicle
7 operator and the vehicle registration plate of a vehicle in
8 violation of Section 11-1201. The photograph or other recorded
9 image shall also display the time, date and location of the
10 violation.
11     (b) The Illinois Commerce Commission may, in cooperation
12 with a local law enforcement agency, establish in any county or
13 municipality an automated railroad grade crossing enforcement
14 system at any railroad grade crossing designated by local
15 authorities. Local authorities desiring the establishment of
16 an automated railroad crossing enforcement system must
17 initiate the process by enacting a local ordinance requesting
18 the creation of such a system. After the ordinance has been
19 enacted, and before any additional steps toward the
20 establishment of the system are undertaken, the local
21 authorities and the Commission must agree to a plan for
22 obtaining, from any combination of federal, State, and local
23 funding sources, the moneys required for the purchase and
24 installation of any necessary equipment. Commencing on January
25 1, 1996, the Illinois Commerce Commission and the Commuter Rail
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1 cooperation with local law enforcement agencies, establish a 5
2 year pilot program within a county with a population of between
3 750,000 and 1,000,000 using an automated railroad grade
4 crossing enforcement system. The Commission shall determine
5 the 3 railroad grade crossings within that county that pose the
6 greatest threat to human life based upon the number of
7 accidents and fatalities at the crossings during the past 5
8 years and with approval of the local law enforcement agency
9 equip the crossings with an automated railroad grade crossing
10 enforcement system.
11     (b-1) (Blank.) Commencing on July 20, 2001 (the effective
12 date of Public Act 92-98), the Illinois Commerce Commission and
13 the Commuter Rail Board may, in cooperation with the local law
14 enforcement agency, establish in a county with a population of
15 between 750,000 and 1,000,000 a 2 year pilot program using an
16 automated railroad grade crossing enforcement system. This
17 pilot program may be established at a railroad grade crossing
18 designated by local authorities. No State moneys may be
19 expended on the automated railroad grade crossing enforcement
20 system established under this pilot program.
21     (c) For each violation of Section 11-1201 of this Code or a
22 local ordinance recorded by an automated railroad grade
23 crossing enforcement system, the county or municipality having
24 jurisdiction shall issue a written notice of the violation to
25 the registered owner of the vehicle as the alleged violator.
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1 vehicle, by mail, within 30 days after the Secretary of State
2 notifies the municipality or county of the identity of the
3 owner of the vehicle, but in no event later than 90 days after
4 the violation.
5     The notice shall include:
6         (1) the name and address of the registered owner of the
7     vehicle;
8         (2) the registration number of the motor vehicle
9     involved in the violation;
10         (3) the violation charged;
11         (4) the location where the violation occurred;
12         (5) the date and time of the violation;
13         (6) a copy of the recorded images;
14         (7) the amount of the civil penalty imposed and the
15     date by which the civil penalty should be paid;
16         (8) a statement that recorded images are evidence of a
17     violation of a railroad grade crossing;
18         (9) a warning that failure to pay the civil penalty or
19     to contest liability in a timely manner is an admission of
20     liability and may result in a suspension of the driving
21     privileges of the registered owner of the vehicle; and
22         (10) a statement that the person may elect to proceed
23     by:
24             (A) paying the fine; or
25             (B) challenging the charge in court, by mail, or by
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1         11-1201 recorded by an automatic railroad grade
2         crossing system, the local law enforcement agency
3         having jurisdiction shall issue a written Uniform
4         Traffic Citation of the violation to the registered
5         owner of the vehicle as the alleged violator. The
6         Uniform Traffic Citation shall be delivered to the
7         registered owner of the vehicle, by mail, within 30
8         days of the violation. The Uniform Traffic Citation
9         shall include the name and address of vehicle owner,
10         the vehicle registration number, the offense charged,
11         the time, date, and location of the violation, the
12         first available court date and that the basis of the
13         citation is the photograph or other recorded image from
14         the automated railroad grade crossing enforcement
15         system.
16     (d) If a person charged with a traffic violation, as a
17 result of an automated railroad grade crossing enforcement
18 system, does not pay or successfully contest the civil penalty
19 resulting from that violation, the Secretary of State shall
20 suspend the driving privileges of the registered owner of the
21 vehicle under Section 6-306.5 of this Code for failing to pay
22 any fine or penalty due and owing as a result of 5 violations
23 of the automated railroad grade crossing enforcement system.
24 The Uniform Traffic Citation issued to the registered owner of
25 the vehicle shall be accompanied by a written notice, the
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1 Section, explaining how the registered owner of the vehicle can
2 elect to proceed by either paying the fine or challenging the
3 issuance of the Uniform Traffic Citation.
4     (d-1) (Blank.) The written notice explaining the alleged
5 violator's rights and obligations must include the following
6 text:
7     "You have been served with the accompanying Uniform Traffic
8 Citation and cited with having violated Section 11-1201 of the
9 Illinois Vehicle Code. You can elect to proceed by:
10         1. Paying the fine; or
11         2. Challenging the issuance of the Uniform Traffic
12     Citation in court; or
13         3. If you were not the operator of the vehicle at the
14     time of the alleged offense, notifying in writing the local
15     law enforcement agency that issued the Uniform Traffic
16     Citation of the number of the Uniform Traffic Citation
17     received and the name and address of the person operating
18     the vehicle at the time of the alleged offense. If you fail
19     to so notify in writing the local law enforcement agency of
20     the name and address of the operator of the vehicle at the
21     time of the alleged offense, you may be presumed to have
22     been the operator of the vehicle at the time of the alleged
23     offense."
24     (d-2) (Blank.) If the registered owner of the vehicle was
25 not the operator of the vehicle at the time of the alleged
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1 enforcement agency having jurisdiction of the name and address
2 of the operator of the vehicle at the time of the alleged
3 offense, the local law enforcement agency having jurisdiction
4 shall then issue a written Uniform Traffic Citation to the
5 person alleged by the registered owner to have been the
6 operator of the vehicle at the time of the alleged offense. If
7 the registered owner fails to notify in writing the local law
8 enforcement agency having jurisdiction of the name and address
9 of the operator of the vehicle at the time of the alleged
10 offense, the registered owner may be presumed to have been the
11 operator of the vehicle at the time of the alleged offense.
12     (e) Based on inspection of recorded images produced by an
13 automated railroad grade crossing enforcement system, a notice
14 alleging that the violation occurred shall be evidence of the
15 facts contained in the notice and admissible in any proceeding
16 alleging a violation under this Section. Evidence.
17         (i) A certificate alleging that a violation of Section
18     11-1201 occurred, sworn to or affirmed by a duly authorized
19     agency, based on inspection of recorded images produced by
20     an automated railroad crossing enforcement system are
21     evidence of the facts contained in the certificate and are
22     admissible in any proceeding alleging a violation under
23     this Section.
24         (ii) Photographs or recorded images made by an
25     automatic railroad grade crossing enforcement system are
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1     alleged violator and governmental and law enforcement
2     agencies for purposes of adjudicating a violation of
3     Section 11-1201 of the Illinois Vehicle Code. The
4     photographs may also be made available to governmental
5     agencies for the purpose of a safety analysis of the
6     crossing where the automatic railroad grade crossing
7     enforcement system is installed. However, any photograph
8     or other recorded image evidencing a violation of Section
9     11-1201 shall be admissible in any proceeding resulting
10     from the issuance of the Uniform Traffic Citation when
11     there is reasonable and sufficient proof of the accuracy of
12     the camera or electronic instrument recording the image.
13     There is a rebuttable presumption that the photograph or
14     recorded image is accurate if the camera or electronic
15     recording instrument was in good working order at the
16     beginning and the end of the day of the alleged offense.
17     (e-1) Recorded images made by an automated railroad grade
18 crossing enforcement system are confidential and shall be made
19 available only to the alleged violator and governmental and law
20 enforcement agencies for purposes of adjudicating a violation
21 of this Section, for statistical purposes, or for other
22 governmental purposes. Any recorded image evidencing a
23 violation of this Section, however, may be admissible in any
24 proceeding resulting from the issuance of the citation.
25     (e-2) The court or hearing officer may consider the
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1         (1) That the motor vehicle or registration plates of
2     the motor vehicle were stolen before the violation occurred
3     and not under the control of or in the possession of the
4     owner at the time of the violation;
5         (2) That the driver of the motor vehicle received a
6     Uniform Traffic Citation from a police officer at the time
7     of the violation for the same offence;
8         (3) Any other evidence or issues provided by municipal
9     or county ordinance.
10     (e-3) To demonstrate that the motor vehicle or the
11 registration plates were stolen before the violation occurred
12 and were not under the control or possession of the owner at
13 the time of the violation, the owner must submit proof that a
14 report concerning the stolen motor vehicle or registration
15 plates was filed with a law enforcement agency in a timely
16 manner.
17     (f) Rail crossings equipped with an automatic railroad
18 grade crossing enforcement system shall be posted with a sign
19 visible to approaching traffic stating that the railroad grade
20 crossing is being monitored, that citations will be issued, and
21 the amount of the fine for violation.
22     (g) The compensation paid for an automated railroad grade
23 crossing enforcement system must be based on the value of the
24 equipment or the services provided and may not be based on the
25 number of citations issued or the revenue generated by the
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1 installation and maintenance of each automatic railroad grade
2 crossing enforcement system shall be paid from the Grade
3 Crossing Protection Fund if the rail line is not owned by
4 Commuter Rail Board of the Regional Transportation Authority.
5 Except as provided in subsection (b-1), if the rail line is
6 owned by the Commuter Rail Board of the Regional Transportation
7 Authority, the costs of the installation and maintenance shall
8 be paid from the Regional Transportation Authority's portion of
9 the Public Transportation Fund.
10     (h) (Blank.) The Illinois Commerce Commission shall issue a
11 report to the General Assembly at the conclusion of the 5 year
12 pilot program established under subsection (b) on the
13 effectiveness of the automatic railroad grade crossing
14 enforcement system.
15     (i) If any part or parts of this Section are held by a
16 court of competent jurisdiction to be unconstitutional, the
17 unconstitutionality shall not affect the validity of the
18 remaining parts of this Section. The General Assembly hereby
19 declares that it would have passed the remaining parts of this
20 Section if it had known that the other part or parts of this
21 Section would be declared unconstitutional.
22     (j) Penalty. (i) A violation of this Section is a petty
23 offense for which a civil fine of $250 shall be imposed for a
24 first violation, and a fine of $500 shall be imposed for a
25 second or subsequent violation. The court may impose 25 hours
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1 violation.
2          (ii) For a second or subsequent violation, the
3     Secretary of State may suspend the registration of the
4     motor vehicle for a period of at least 6 months.
5 (Source: P.A. 94-771, eff. 1-1-07.)
 
6     (625 ILCS 5/11-1201.5 rep.)
7     Section 10. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by
8 repealing Section 11-1201.5.".