HB6083 Engrossed LRB096 19063 AJO 34454 b

1     AN ACT concerning civil law.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Laser
5 Speed Detection Device Act.
 
6     Section 5. Admissibility of evidence; laser speed
7 detection device. Evidence of speed based on a speed detection
8 device using the speed timing principle of laser which is of a
9 model that has been approved by the Department of State Police
10 shall be considered scientifically acceptable and reliable as a
11 speed detection device and shall be admissible for all purposes
12 in any court or administrative proceeding in this State,
13 subject to the rules of evidence that are applicable to that
14 court or proceeding, including rules requiring the
15 establishment of an adequate foundation for the evidence. A
16 certified copy of the Department of State Police list of
17 approved models of such laser devices shall be
18 self-authenticating and shall be admissible for all purposes in
19 any court or administrative proceeding in this State. The
20 technology used by any such approved device shall not be
21 considered new or novel for the purposes of detecting speed of
22 a vehicle.
 

 

 

HB6083 Engrossed - 2 - LRB096 19063 AJO 34454 b

1     Section 999. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
2 becoming law.