96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB5327

 

Introduced 2/5/2010, by Rep. Jim Durkin

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
625 ILCS 5/11-208.3   from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-208.3
625 ILCS 5/11-208.6

    Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that an ordinance that provides for the administrative adjudication of automated traffic law (red light) violations shall require that all determinations by a technician employed or contracted by the municipality or county that a motor vehicle committed an automated traffic law violation must be reviewed and approved by a sworn law enforcement officer of the municipality or county issuing the violation. Provides for additional notice requirements to persons issued a red light violation. Provides that it is an additional defense to a red light violation if the person to whom the violation was issued demonstrates by clear and convincing evidence the he or she was not the person operating the vehicle at the time of the violation.


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1     AN ACT concerning transportation.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by changing
5 Sections 11-208.3 and 11-208.6 as follows:
 
6     (625 ILCS 5/11-208.3)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-208.3)
7     Sec. 11-208.3. Administrative adjudication of violations
8 of traffic regulations concerning the standing, parking, or
9 condition of vehicles and automated traffic law violations.
10     (a) Any municipality may provide by ordinance for a system
11 of administrative adjudication of vehicular standing and
12 parking violations and vehicle compliance violations as
13 defined in this subsection and automated traffic law violations
14 as defined in Section 11-208.6 or 11-1201.1. The administrative
15 system shall have as its purpose the fair and efficient
16 enforcement of municipal regulations through the
17 administrative adjudication of automated traffic law
18 violations and violations of municipal ordinances regulating
19 the standing and parking of vehicles, the condition and use of
20 vehicle equipment, and the display of municipal wheel tax
21 licenses within the municipality's borders. The administrative
22 system shall only have authority to adjudicate civil offenses
23 carrying fines not in excess of $500 or requiring the

 

 

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1 completion of a traffic education program, or both, that occur
2 after the effective date of the ordinance adopting such a
3 system under this Section. For purposes of this Section,
4 "compliance violation" means a violation of a municipal
5 regulation governing the condition or use of equipment on a
6 vehicle or governing the display of a municipal wheel tax
7 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,
22     compliance, or automated traffic law regulation; the
23     particular regulation violated; any requirement to
24     complete a traffic education program; the fine and any
25     penalty that may be assessed for late payment or failure to
26     complete a required traffic education program, or both,

 

 

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1     when so provided by ordinance; the vehicle make and state
2     registration number; and the identification number of the
3     person issuing the notice. With regard to automated traffic
4     law violations, vehicle make shall be specified on the
5     automated traffic law violation notice if the make is
6     available and readily discernible. With regard to
7     municipalities with a population of 1 million or more, it
8     shall be grounds for dismissal of a parking violation if
9     the state registration number or vehicle make specified is
10     incorrect. The violation notice shall state that the
11     completion of any required traffic education program, the
12     payment of any indicated fine, and the payment of any
13     applicable penalty for late payment or failure to complete
14     a required traffic education program, or both, shall
15     operate as a final disposition of the violation. The notice
16     also shall contain information as to the availability of a
17     hearing in which the violation may be contested on its
18     merits. The violation notice shall specify the time and
19     manner in which a hearing may be had.
20         (3) Service of the parking, standing, or compliance
21     violation notice by affixing the original or a facsimile of
22     the notice to an unlawfully parked vehicle or by handing
23     the notice to the operator of a vehicle if he or she is
24     present and service of an automated traffic law violation
25     notice by mail to the address of the registered owner of
26     the cited vehicle as recorded with the Secretary of State

 

 

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1     within 30 days after the Secretary of State notifies the
2     municipality or county of the identity of the owner of the
3     vehicle, but in no event later than 90 days after the
4     violation. A person authorized by ordinance to issue and
5     serve parking, standing, and compliance violation notices
6     shall certify as to the correctness of the facts entered on
7     the violation notice by signing his or her name to the
8     notice at the time of service or in the case of a notice
9     produced by a computerized device, by signing a single
10     certificate to be kept by the traffic compliance
11     administrator attesting to the correctness of all notices
12     produced by the device while it was under his or her
13     control. In the case of an automated traffic law violation,
14     the ordinance shall require a determination by a technician
15     employed or contracted by the municipality or county that,
16     based on inspection of recorded images, the motor vehicle
17     was being operated in violation of Section 11-208.6 or
18     11-1201.1 or a local ordinance. If the technician
19     determines that the vehicle entered the intersection as
20     part of a funeral procession or in order to yield the
21     right-of-way to an emergency vehicle, a citation shall not
22     be issued. The automated traffic law ordinance shall
23     require that all determinations by a technician that a
24     motor vehicle was being operated in violation of Section
25     11-208.6 or a similar local ordinance must be reviewed and
26     approved by a sworn law enforcement officer of the

 

 

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1     municipality or county issuing the violation. The original
2     or a facsimile of the violation notice or, in the case of a
3     notice produced by a computerized device, a printed record
4     generated by the device showing the facts entered on the
5     notice, shall be retained by the traffic compliance
6     administrator, and shall be a record kept in the ordinary
7     course of business. A parking, standing, compliance, or
8     automated traffic law violation notice issued, signed and
9     served in accordance with this Section, a copy of the
10     notice, or the computer generated record shall be prima
11     facie correct and shall be prima facie evidence of the
12     correctness of the facts shown on the notice. The notice,
13     copy, or computer generated record shall be admissible in
14     any subsequent administrative or legal proceedings.
15         (4) An opportunity for a hearing for the registered
16     owner of the vehicle cited in the parking, standing,
17     compliance, or automated traffic law violation notice in
18     which the owner may contest the merits of the alleged
19     violation, and during which formal or technical rules of
20     evidence shall not apply; provided, however, that under
21     Section 11-1306 of this Code the lessee of a vehicle cited
22     in the violation notice likewise shall be provided an
23     opportunity for a hearing of the same kind afforded the
24     registered owner. The hearings shall be recorded, and the
25     person conducting the hearing on behalf of the traffic
26     compliance administrator shall be empowered to administer

 

 

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1     oaths and to secure by subpoena both the attendance and
2     testimony of witnesses and the production of relevant books
3     and papers. Persons appearing at a hearing under this
4     Section may be represented by counsel at their expense. The
5     ordinance may also provide for internal administrative
6     review following the decision of the hearing officer.
7         (5) Service of additional notices, sent by first class
8     United States mail, postage prepaid, to the address of the
9     registered owner of the cited vehicle as recorded with the
10     Secretary of State or, if any notice to that address is
11     returned as undeliverable, to the last known address
12     recorded in a United States Post Office approved database,
13     or, under Section 11-1306 of this Code, to the lessee of
14     the cited vehicle at the last address known to the lessor
15     of the cited vehicle at the time of lease or, if any notice
16     to that address is returned as undeliverable, to the last
17     known address recorded in a United States Post Office
18     approved database. The service shall be deemed complete as
19     of the date of deposit in the United States mail. The
20     notices shall be in the following sequence and shall
21     include but not be limited to the information specified
22     herein:
23             (i) A second notice of parking, standing, or
24         compliance violation. This notice shall specify the
25         date and location of the violation cited in the
26         parking, standing, or compliance violation notice, the

 

 

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1         particular regulation violated, the vehicle make and
2         state registration number, any requirement to complete
3         a traffic education program, the fine and any penalty
4         that may be assessed for late payment or failure to
5         complete a traffic education program, or both, when so
6         provided by ordinance, the availability of a hearing in
7         which the violation may be contested on its merits, and
8         the time and manner in which the hearing may be had.
9         The notice of violation shall also state that failure
10         to complete a required traffic education program, to
11         pay the indicated fine and any applicable penalty, or
12         to appear at a hearing on the merits in the time and
13         manner specified, will result in a final determination
14         of violation liability for the cited violation in the
15         amount of the fine or penalty indicated, and that, upon
16         the occurrence of a final determination of violation
17         liability for the failure, and the exhaustion of, or
18         failure to exhaust, available administrative or
19         judicial procedures for review, any incomplete traffic
20         education program or any unpaid fine or penalty, or
21         both, will constitute a debt due and owing the
22         municipality.
23             (ii) A notice of final determination of parking,
24         standing, compliance, or automated traffic law
25         violation liability. This notice shall be sent
26         following a final determination of parking, standing,

 

 

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1         compliance, or automated traffic law violation
2         liability and the conclusion of judicial review
3         procedures taken under this Section. The notice shall
4         state that the incomplete traffic education program or
5         the unpaid fine or penalty, or both, is a debt due and
6         owing the municipality. The notice shall contain
7         warnings that failure to complete any required traffic
8         education program or to pay any fine or penalty due and
9         owing the municipality, or both, within the time
10         specified may result in the municipality's filing of a
11         petition in the Circuit Court to have the incomplete
12         traffic education program or unpaid fine or penalty, or
13         both, rendered a judgment as provided by this Section,
14         or may result in suspension of the person's drivers
15         license for failure to complete a traffic education
16         program or to pay fines or penalties, or both, for 10
17         or more parking violations under Section 6-306.5 or 5
18         or more automated traffic law violations under Section
19         11-208.6.
20         (6) A notice of impending drivers license suspension.
21     This notice shall be sent to the person liable for failure
22     to complete a required traffic education program or to pay
23     any fine or penalty that remains due and owing, or both, on
24     10 or more parking violations or 5 or more unpaid automated
25     traffic law violations. The notice shall state that failure
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1     the fine or penalty owing, or both, within 45 days of the
2     notice's date will result in the municipality notifying the
3     Secretary of State that the person is eligible for
4     initiation of suspension proceedings under Section 6-306.5
5     of this Code. The notice shall also state that the person
6     may obtain a photostatic copy of an original ticket
7     imposing a fine or penalty by sending a self addressed,
8     stamped envelope to the municipality along with a request
9     for the photostatic copy. The notice of impending drivers
10     license suspension shall be sent by first class United
11     States mail, postage prepaid, to the address recorded with
12     the Secretary of State or, if any notice to that address is
13     returned as undeliverable, to the last known address
14     recorded in a United States Post Office approved database.
15         (7) Final determinations of violation liability. A
16     final determination of violation liability shall occur
17     following failure to complete the required traffic
18     education program or to pay the fine or penalty, or both,
19     after a hearing officer's determination of violation
20     liability and the exhaustion of or failure to exhaust any
21     administrative review procedures provided by ordinance.
22     Where a person fails to appear at a hearing to contest the
23     alleged violation in the time and manner specified in a
24     prior mailed notice, the hearing officer's determination
25     of violation liability shall become final: (A) upon denial
26     of a timely petition to set aside that determination, or

 

 

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1     (B) upon expiration of the period for filing the petition
2     without a filing having been made.
3         (8) A petition to set aside a determination of parking,
4     standing, compliance, or automated traffic law violation
5     liability that may be filed by a person owing an unpaid
6     fine or penalty. A petition to set aside a determination of
7     liability may also be filed by a person required to
8     complete a traffic education program. The petition shall be
9     filed with and ruled upon by the traffic compliance
10     administrator in the manner and within the time specified
11     by ordinance. The grounds for the petition may be limited
12     to: (A) the person not having been the owner or lessee of
13     the cited vehicle on the date the violation notice was
14     issued, (B) the person having already completed the
15     required traffic education program or paid the fine or
16     penalty, or both, for the violation in question, and (C)
17     excusable failure to appear at or request a new date for a
18     hearing. With regard to municipalities with a population of
19     1 million or more, it shall be grounds for dismissal of a
20     parking violation if the state registration number, or
21     vehicle make if specified, is incorrect. After the
22     determination of parking, standing, compliance, or
23     automated traffic law violation liability has been set
24     aside upon a showing of just cause, the registered owner
25     shall be provided with a hearing on the merits for that
26     violation.

 

 

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1         (9) Procedures for non-residents. Procedures by which
2     persons who are not residents of the municipality may
3     contest the merits of the alleged violation without
4     attending a hearing.
5         (10) A schedule of civil fines for violations of
6     vehicular standing, parking, compliance, or automated
7     traffic law regulations enacted by ordinance pursuant to
8     this Section, and a schedule of penalties for late payment
9     of the fines or failure to complete required traffic
10     education programs, provided, however, that the total
11     amount of the fine and penalty for any one violation shall
12     not exceed $250, except as provided in subsection (c) of
13     Section 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 incomplete traffic education
5     programs or unpaid final determinations of parking,
6     standing, compliance, or automated traffic law violation
7     liability, or both, as determined by ordinance.
8         (2) A notice of impending vehicle immobilization and a
9     right to a hearing to challenge the validity of the notice
10     by disproving liability for the incomplete traffic
11     education programs or unpaid final determinations of
12     parking, standing, compliance, or automated traffic law
13     violation liability, or both, listed on the notice.
14         (3) The right to a prompt hearing after a vehicle has
15     been immobilized or subsequently towed without the
16     completion of the required traffic education program or
17     payment of the outstanding fines and penalties on parking,
18     standing, compliance, or automated traffic law violations,
19     or both, for which final determinations have been issued.
20     An order issued after the hearing is a final administrative
21     decision within the meaning of Section 3-101 of the Code of
22     Civil Procedure.
23         (4) A post immobilization and post-towing notice
24     advising the registered owner of the vehicle of the right
25     to a hearing to challenge the validity of the impoundment.
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1 standing, compliance, or automated traffic law violations and
2 final administrative decisions issued after hearings regarding
3 vehicle immobilization and impoundment made under this Section
4 shall be subject to the provisions of the Administrative Review
5 Law.
6     (e) Any fine, penalty, incomplete traffic education
7 program, or part of any fine or any penalty remaining unpaid
8 after the exhaustion of, or the failure to exhaust,
9 administrative remedies created under this Section and the
10 conclusion of any judicial review procedures shall be a debt
11 due and owing the municipality and, as such, may be collected
12 in accordance with applicable law. Completion of any required
13 traffic education program and payment in full of any fine or
14 penalty resulting from a standing, parking, compliance, or
15 automated traffic law violation shall constitute a final
16 disposition of that violation.
17     (f) After the expiration of the period within which
18 judicial review may be sought for a final determination of
19 parking, standing, compliance, or automated traffic law
20 violation, the municipality may commence a proceeding in the
21 Circuit Court for purposes of obtaining a judgment on the final
22 determination of violation. Nothing in this Section shall
23 prevent a municipality from consolidating multiple final
24 determinations of parking, standing, compliance, or automated
25 traffic law violations against a person in a proceeding. Upon
26 commencement of the action, the municipality shall file a

 

 

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1 certified copy or record of the final determination of parking,
2 standing, compliance, or automated traffic law violation,
3 which shall be accompanied by a certification that recites
4 facts sufficient to show that the final determination of
5 violation was issued in accordance with this Section and the
6 applicable municipal ordinance. Service of the summons and a
7 copy of the petition may be by any method provided by Section
8 2-203 of the Code of Civil Procedure or by certified mail,
9 return receipt requested, provided that the total amount of
10 fines and penalties for final determinations of parking,
11 standing, compliance, or automated traffic law violations does
12 not exceed $2500. If the court is satisfied that the final
13 determination of parking, standing, compliance, or automated
14 traffic law violation was entered in accordance with the
15 requirements of this Section and the applicable municipal
16 ordinance, and that the registered owner or the lessee, as the
17 case may be, had an opportunity for an administrative hearing
18 and for judicial review as provided in this Section, the court
19 shall render judgment in favor of the municipality and against
20 the registered owner or the lessee for the amount indicated in
21 the final determination of parking, standing, compliance, or
22 automated traffic law violation, plus costs. The judgment shall
23 have the same effect and may be enforced in the same manner as
24 other judgments for the recovery of money.
25     (g) The fee for participating in a traffic education
26 program under this Section shall not exceed $25.

 

 

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1     A low-income individual required to complete a traffic
2 education program under this Section who provides proof of
3 eligibility for the federal earned income tax credit under
4 Section 32 of the Internal Revenue Code or the Illinois earned
5 income tax credit under Section 212 of the Illinois Income Tax
6 Act shall not be required to pay any fee for participating in a
7 required traffic education program.
8 (Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07; 96-288, eff. 8-11-09;
9 96-478, eff. 1-1-10; revised 9-4-09.)
 
10     (625 ILCS 5/11-208.6)
11     Sec. 11-208.6. Automated traffic law enforcement system.
12     (a) As used in this Section, "automated traffic law
13 enforcement system" means a device with one or more motor
14 vehicle sensors working in conjunction with a red light signal
15 to produce recorded images of motor vehicles entering an
16 intersection against a red signal indication in violation of
17 Section 11-306 of this Code or a similar provision of a local
18 ordinance.
19     An automated traffic law enforcement system is a system, in
20 a municipality or county operated by a governmental agency,
21 that produces a recorded image of a motor vehicle's violation
22 of a provision of this Code or a local ordinance and is
23 designed to obtain a clear recorded image of the vehicle and
24 the vehicle's license plate. The recorded image must also
25 display the time, date, and location of the violation.

 

 

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1     (b) As used in this Section, "recorded images" means images
2 recorded by an automated traffic law enforcement system on:
3         (1) 2 or more photographs;
4         (2) 2 or more microphotographs;
5         (3) 2 or more electronic images; or
6         (4) a video recording showing the motor vehicle and, on
7     at least one image or portion of the recording, clearly
8     identifying the registration plate number of the motor
9     vehicle.
10     (c) A county or municipality, including a home rule county
11 or municipality, may not use an automated traffic law
12 enforcement system to provide recorded images of a motor
13 vehicle for the purpose of recording its speed. The regulation
14 of the use of automated traffic law enforcement systems to
15 record vehicle speeds is an exclusive power and function of the
16 State. This subsection (c) is a denial and limitation of home
17 rule powers and functions under subsection (h) of Section 6 of
18 Article VII of the Illinois Constitution.
19     (d) For each violation of a provision of this Code or a
20 local ordinance recorded by an automatic traffic law
21 enforcement system, the county or municipality having
22 jurisdiction shall issue a written notice of the violation to
23 the registered owner of the vehicle as the alleged violator.
24 The notice shall be delivered to the registered owner of the
25 vehicle, by mail, within 30 days after the Secretary of State
26 notifies the municipality or county of the identity of the

 

 

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1 owner of the vehicle, but in no event later than 90 days after
2 the violation.
3     The notice shall include:
4         (1) the name and address of the registered owner of the
5     vehicle;
6         (2) the registration number of the motor vehicle
7     involved in the violation;
8         (3) the violation charged;
9         (4) the location where the violation occurred;
10         (5) the date and time of the violation;
11         (6) a copy of the recorded images;
12         (7) the amount of the civil penalty imposed and the
13     requirements of any traffic education program imposed and
14     the date by which the civil penalty should be paid and the
15     traffic education program should be completed;
16         (8) a statement that recorded images are evidence of a
17     violation of a red light signal;
18         (9) a warning that failure to pay the civil penalty, to
19     complete a required traffic education program, or to
20     contest liability in a timely manner is an admission of
21     liability and may result in a suspension of the driving
22     privileges of the registered owner of the vehicle; and
23         (10) a statement that the person may elect to proceed
24     by:
25             (A) paying the fine, completing a required traffic
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1             (B) challenging the charge in court, by mail, or by
2         administrative hearing; .
3         (11) the name and business address of the technician
4     employed or contracted by the municipality or county that
5     determined, based on inspection of recorded images, the
6     motor vehicle was being operated in violation of this
7     Section;
8         (12) the date an time that the technician determined
9     the motor vehicle was being operated in violation of this
10     Section;
11         (13) information sufficient to identify the sworn law
12     enforcement officer of the municipality or county issuing
13     the violation that reviewed and approved the violation; and
14         (14) the date and time that the sworn law enforcement
15     officer approved the violation.
16     (e) If a person charged with a traffic violation, as a
17 result of an automated traffic law enforcement system, does not
18 pay the fine or complete a required traffic education program,
19 or both, or successfully contest the civil penalty resulting
20 from that violation, the Secretary of State shall suspend the
21 driving privileges of the registered owner of the vehicle under
22 Section 6-306.5 of this Code for failing to complete a required
23 traffic education program or to pay any fine or penalty due and
24 owing, or both, as a result of 5 violations of the automated
25 traffic law enforcement system.
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1 automated traffic law enforcement system, a notice alleging
2 that the violation occurred shall be evidence of the facts
3 contained in the notice and admissible in any proceeding
4 alleging a violation under this Section.
5     (g) Recorded images made by an automatic traffic law
6 enforcement system are confidential and shall be made available
7 only to the alleged violator and governmental and law
8 enforcement agencies for purposes of adjudicating a violation
9 of this Section, for statistical purposes, or for other
10 governmental purposes. Any recorded image evidencing a
11 violation of this Section, however, may be admissible in any
12 proceeding resulting from the issuance of the citation.
13     (h) The court or hearing officer may consider in defense of
14 a violation:
15         (1) that the motor vehicle or registration plates of
16     the motor vehicle were stolen before the violation occurred
17     and not under the control of or in the possession of the
18     owner at the time of the violation;
19         (2) that the driver of the vehicle passed through the
20     intersection when the light was red either (i) in order to
21     yield the right-of-way to an emergency vehicle or (ii) as
22     part of a funeral procession; and
23         (3) any other evidence or issues provided by municipal
24     or county ordinance; and .
25         (4) that the person to whom the violation was issued
26     demonstrates by clear and convincing evidence the he or she

 

 

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1     was not the person operating the vehicle at the time of the
2     violation. Any written document in support of this defense
3     must be verified by certification as provided in Section
4     1-109 of the Code of Civil Procedure.
5     (i) To demonstrate that the motor vehicle or the
6 registration plates were stolen before the violation occurred
7 and were not under the control or possession of the owner at
8 the time of the violation, the owner must submit proof that a
9 report concerning the stolen motor vehicle or registration
10 plates was filed with a law enforcement agency in a timely
11 manner.
12     (j) Unless the driver of the motor vehicle received a
13 Uniform Traffic Citation from a police officer at the time of
14 the violation, the motor vehicle owner is subject to a civil
15 penalty not exceeding $100 or the completion of a traffic
16 education program, or both, plus an additional penalty of not
17 more than $100 for failure to pay the original penalty or to
18 complete a required traffic education program, or both, in a
19 timely manner, if the motor vehicle is recorded by an automated
20 traffic law enforcement system. A violation for which a civil
21 penalty is imposed under this Section is not a violation of a
22 traffic regulation governing the movement of vehicles and may
23 not be recorded on the driving record of the owner of the
24 vehicle.
25     (j-3) A registered owner who is a holder of a valid
26 commercial driver's license is not required to complete a

 

 

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1 traffic education program.
2     (j-5) For purposes of the required traffic education
3 program only, a registered owner may submit an affidavit to the
4 court or hearing officer swearing that at the time of the
5 alleged violation, the vehicle was in the custody and control
6 of another person. The affidavit must identify the person in
7 custody and control of the vehicle, including the person's name
8 and current address. The person in custody and control of the
9 vehicle at the time of the violation is required to complete
10 the required traffic education program. If the person in
11 custody and control of the vehicle at the time of the violation
12 completes the required traffic education program, the
13 registered owner of the vehicle is not required to complete a
14 traffic education program.
15     (k) An intersection equipped with an automated traffic law
16 enforcement system must be posted with a sign visible to
17 approaching traffic indicating that the intersection is being
18 monitored by an automated traffic law enforcement system.
19     (l) The compensation paid for an automated traffic law
20 enforcement system must be based on the value of the equipment
21 or the services provided and may not be based on the number of
22 traffic citations issued or the revenue generated by the
23 system.
24     (m) This Section applies only to the counties of Cook,
25 DuPage, Kane, Lake, Madison, McHenry, St. Clair, and Will and
26 to municipalities located within those counties.

 

 

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1     (n) The fee for participating in a traffic education
2 program under this Section shall not exceed $25.
3     A low-income individual required to complete a traffic
4 education program under this Section who provides proof of
5 eligibility for the federal earned income tax credit under
6 Section 32 of the Internal Revenue Code or the Illinois earned
7 income tax credit under Section 212 of the Illinois Income Tax
8 Act shall not be required to pay any fee for participating in a
9 required traffic education program.
10 (Source: P.A. 96-288, eff. 8-11-09.)