Illinois General Assembly - Full Text of HB0321
Illinois General Assembly

Previous General Assemblies

Full Text of HB0321  100th General Assembly

HB0321 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

  
  

 


 
100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
HB0321

 

Introduced , by Rep. David McSweeney

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
625 ILCS 5/1-105.2
625 ILCS 5/3-400  from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-400
625 ILCS 5/6-306.5  from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 6-306.5
625 ILCS 5/11-208  from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-208
625 ILCS 5/11-208.3  from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-208.3
625 ILCS 5/11-208.8
625 ILCS 5/11-208.6 rep.
30 ILCS 805/8.41 new

    Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Repeals Section providing authority to use automated traffic law enforcement systems at intersections in which cameras are used to photograph or video record a motor vehicle's failure to stop and yield as required by traffic control signals. Denies home rule powers. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement from the State. Makes conforming and other technical changes.


LRB100 04318 AXK 14324 b

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
HOME RULE NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

HB0321LRB100 04318 AXK 14324 b

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 Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by changing
5Sections 1-105.2, 3-400, 6-306.5, 11-208, 11-208.3, and
611-208.8 as follows:
 
7    (625 ILCS 5/1-105.2)
8    Sec. 1-105.2. Automated traffic law violation. A violation
9described in Section 11-208.6, 11-208.9, or 11-1201.1 of this
10Code.
11(Source: P.A. 98-556, eff. 1-1-14.)
 
12    (625 ILCS 5/3-400)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-400)
13    Sec. 3-400. Definitions. Notwithstanding the definitions
14set forth in Chapter 1 of this Act, for the purposes of this
15Article, the following words shall have the meaning ascribed to
16them as follows:
17    "Apportionable Fee" means any periodic recurring fee
18required for licensing or registering vehicles, such as, but
19not limited to, registration fees, license or weight fees.
20    "Apportionable Vehicle" means any vehicle, except
21recreational vehicles, vehicles displaying restricted plates,
22city pickup and delivery vehicles, buses used in transportation

 

 

HB0321- 2 -LRB100 04318 AXK 14324 b

1of chartered parties, and government owned vehicles that are
2used or intended for use in 2 or more member jurisdictions that
3allocate or proportionally register vehicles, in a fleet which
4is used for the transportation of persons for hire or the
5transportation of property and which has a gross vehicle weight
6in excess of 26,000 pounds; or has three or more axles
7regardless of weight; or is used in combination when the weight
8of such combination exceeds 26,000 pounds gross vehicle weight.
9Vehicles, or combinations having a gross vehicle weight of
1026,000 pounds or less and two-axle vehicles may be
11proportionally registered at the option of such owner.
12    "Base Jurisdiction" means, for purposes of fleet
13registration, the jurisdiction where the registrant has an
14established place of business, where operational records of the
15fleet are maintained and where mileage is accrued by the fleet.
16In case a registrant operates more than one fleet, and
17maintains records for each fleet in different places, the "base
18jurisdiction" for a fleet shall be the jurisdiction where an
19established place of business is maintained, where records of
20the operation of that fleet are maintained and where mileage is
21accrued by that fleet.
22    "Operational Records" means documents supporting miles
23traveled in each jurisdiction and total miles traveled, such as
24fuel reports, trip leases, and logs.
25    "Owner" means a person who holds legal title of a motor
26vehicle, or in the event a motor vehicle is the subject of an

 

 

HB0321- 3 -LRB100 04318 AXK 14324 b

1agreement for the conditional sale or lease thereof with the
2right of purchase upon performance of the conditions stated in
3the agreement and with an immediate right of possession vested
4in the conditional vendee or lessee with right of purchase, or
5in the event a mortgagor of such motor vehicle is entitled to
6possession, or in the event a lessee of such motor vehicle is
7entitled to possession or control, then such conditional vendee
8or lessee with right of purchase or mortgagor or lessee is
9considered to be the owner for the purpose of this Act.
10    "Registration plate cover" means any tinted, colored,
11painted, marked, clear, or illuminated object that is designed
12to (i) cover any of the characters of a motor vehicle's
13registration plate; or (ii) distort a recorded image of any of
14the characters of a motor vehicle's registration plate recorded
15by an automated enforcement system as defined in Section
1611-208.6, 11-208.8, or 11-1201.1 of this Code or recorded by an
17automated traffic control system as defined in Section 15 of
18the Automated Traffic Control Systems in Highway Construction
19or Maintenance Zones Act.
20    "Rental Owner" means an owner principally engaged, with
21respect to one or more rental fleets, in renting to others or
22offering for rental the vehicles of such fleets, without
23drivers.
24    "Restricted Plates" shall include, but is not limited to,
25dealer, manufacturer, transporter, farm, repossessor, and
26permanently mounted type plates. Vehicles displaying any of

 

 

HB0321- 4 -LRB100 04318 AXK 14324 b

1these type plates from a foreign jurisdiction that is a member
2of the International Registration Plan shall be granted
3reciprocity but shall be subject to the same limitations as
4similar plated Illinois registered vehicles.
5(Source: P.A. 98-463, eff. 8-16-13; 99-78, eff. 7-20-15.)
 
6    (625 ILCS 5/6-306.5)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 6-306.5)
7    Sec. 6-306.5. Failure to pay fine or penalty for standing,
8parking, compliance, automated speed enforcement system, or
9automated traffic law violations; suspension of driving
10privileges.
11    (a) Upon receipt of a certified report, as prescribed by
12subsection (c) of this Section, from any municipality or county
13stating that the owner of a registered vehicle: (1) has failed
14to pay any fine or penalty due and owing as a result of 10 or
15more violations of a municipality's or county's vehicular
16standing, parking, or compliance regulations established by
17ordinance pursuant to Section 11-208.3 of this Code, (2) has
18failed to pay any fine or penalty due and owing as a result of 5
19offenses for automated speed enforcement system violations or
20automated traffic violations as defined in Sections 11-208.6,
2111-208.8, 11-208.9, or 11-1201.1, or combination thereof, or
22(3) is more than 14 days in default of a payment plan pursuant
23to which a suspension had been terminated under subsection (c)
24of this Section, the Secretary of State shall suspend the
25driving privileges of such person in accordance with the

 

 

HB0321- 5 -LRB100 04318 AXK 14324 b

1procedures set forth in this Section. The Secretary shall also
2suspend the driving privileges of an owner of a registered
3vehicle upon receipt of a certified report, as prescribed by
4subsection (f) of this Section, from any municipality or county
5stating that such person has failed to satisfy any fines or
6penalties imposed by final judgments for 5 or more automated
7speed enforcement system or automated traffic law violations,
8or combination thereof, or 10 or more violations of local
9standing, parking, or compliance regulations after exhaustion
10of judicial review procedures.
11    (b) Following receipt of the certified report of the
12municipality or county as specified in this Section, the
13Secretary of State shall notify the person whose name appears
14on the certified report that the person's drivers license will
15be suspended at the end of a specified period of time unless
16the Secretary of State is presented with a notice from the
17municipality or county certifying that the fine or penalty due
18and owing the municipality or county has been paid or that
19inclusion of that person's name on the certified report was in
20error. The Secretary's notice shall state in substance the
21information contained in the municipality's or county's
22certified report to the Secretary, and shall be effective as
23specified by subsection (c) of Section 6-211 of this Code.
24    (c) The report of the appropriate municipal or county
25official notifying the Secretary of State of unpaid fines or
26penalties pursuant to this Section shall be certified and shall

 

 

HB0321- 6 -LRB100 04318 AXK 14324 b

1contain the following:
2        (1) The name, last known address as recorded with the
3    Secretary of State, as provided by the lessor of the cited
4    vehicle at the time of lease, or as recorded in a United
5    States Post Office approved database if any notice sent
6    under Section 11-208.3 of this Code is returned as
7    undeliverable, and drivers license number of the person who
8    failed to pay the fine or penalty or who has defaulted in a
9    payment plan and the registration number of any vehicle
10    known to be registered to such person in this State.
11        (2) The name of the municipality or county making the
12    report pursuant to this Section.
13        (3) A statement that the municipality or county sent a
14    notice of impending drivers license suspension as
15    prescribed by ordinance enacted pursuant to Section
16    11-208.3 of this Code or a notice of default in a payment
17    plan, to the person named in the report at the address
18    recorded with the Secretary of State or at the last address
19    known to the lessor of the cited vehicle at the time of
20    lease or, if any notice sent under Section 11-208.3 of this
21    Code is returned as undeliverable, at the last known
22    address recorded in a United States Post Office approved
23    database; the date on which such notice was sent; and the
24    address to which such notice was sent. In a municipality or
25    county with a population of 1,000,000 or more, the report
26    shall also include a statement that the alleged violator's

 

 

HB0321- 7 -LRB100 04318 AXK 14324 b

1    State vehicle registration number and vehicle make, if
2    specified on the automated speed enforcement system
3    violation or automated traffic law violation notice, are
4    correct as they appear on the citations.
5        (4) A unique identifying reference number for each
6    request of suspension sent whenever a person has failed to
7    pay the fine or penalty or has defaulted on a payment plan.
8    (d) Any municipality or county making a certified report to
9the Secretary of State pursuant to this Section shall notify
10the Secretary of State, in a form prescribed by the Secretary,
11whenever a person named in the certified report has paid the
12previously reported fine or penalty, whenever a person named in
13the certified report has entered into a payment plan pursuant
14to which the municipality or county has agreed to terminate the
15suspension, or whenever the municipality or county determines
16that the original report was in error. A certified copy of such
17notification shall also be given upon request and at no
18additional charge to the person named therein. Upon receipt of
19the municipality's or county's notification or presentation of
20a certified copy of such notification, the Secretary of State
21shall terminate the suspension.
22    (e) Any municipality or county making a certified report to
23the Secretary of State pursuant to this Section shall also by
24ordinance establish procedures for persons to challenge the
25accuracy of the certified report. The ordinance shall also
26state the grounds for such a challenge, which may be limited to

 

 

HB0321- 8 -LRB100 04318 AXK 14324 b

1(1) the person not having been the owner or lessee of the
2vehicle or vehicles receiving 10 or more standing, parking, or
3compliance violation notices or a combination of 5 or more
4automated speed enforcement system or automated traffic law
5violations on the date or dates such notices were issued; and
6(2) the person having already paid the fine or penalty for the
710 or more standing, parking, or compliance violations or
8combination of 5 or more automated speed enforcement system or
9automated traffic law violations indicated on the certified
10report.
11    (f) Any municipality or county, other than a municipality
12or county establishing vehicular standing, parking, and
13compliance regulations pursuant to Section 11-208.3, automated
14speed enforcement system regulations under Section 11-208.8,
15or automated traffic law regulations under Section 11-208.6,
1611-208.9, or 11-1201.1, may also cause a suspension of a
17person's drivers license pursuant to this Section. Such
18municipality or county may invoke this sanction by making a
19certified report to the Secretary of State upon a person's
20failure to satisfy any fine or penalty imposed by final
21judgment for 10 or more violations of local standing, parking,
22or compliance regulations or a combination of 5 or more
23automated speed enforcement system or automated traffic law
24violations after exhaustion of judicial review procedures, but
25only if:
26        (1) the municipality or county complies with the

 

 

HB0321- 9 -LRB100 04318 AXK 14324 b

1    provisions of this Section in all respects except in regard
2    to enacting an ordinance pursuant to Section 11-208.3;
3        (2) the municipality or county has sent a notice of
4    impending drivers license suspension as prescribed by an
5    ordinance enacted pursuant to subsection (g) of this
6    Section; and
7        (3) in municipalities or counties with a population of
8    1,000,000 or more, the municipality or county has verified
9    that the alleged violator's State vehicle registration
10    number and vehicle make are correct as they appear on the
11    citations.
12    (g) Any municipality or county, other than a municipality
13or county establishing standing, parking, and compliance
14regulations pursuant to Section 11-208.3, automated speed
15enforcement system regulations under Section 11-208.8, or
16automated traffic law regulations under Section 11-208.6,
1711-208.9, or 11-1201.1, may provide by ordinance for the
18sending of a notice of impending drivers license suspension to
19the person who has failed to satisfy any fine or penalty
20imposed by final judgment for 10 or more violations of local
21standing, parking, or compliance regulations or a combination
22of 5 or more automated speed enforcement system or automated
23traffic law violations after exhaustion of judicial review
24procedures. An ordinance so providing shall specify that the
25notice sent to the person liable for any fine or penalty shall
26state that failure to pay the fine or penalty owing within 45

 

 

HB0321- 10 -LRB100 04318 AXK 14324 b

1days of the notice's date will result in the municipality or
2county notifying the Secretary of State that the person's
3drivers license is eligible for suspension pursuant to this
4Section. The notice of impending drivers license suspension
5shall be sent by first class United States mail, postage
6prepaid, to the address recorded with the Secretary of State or
7at the last address known to the lessor of the cited vehicle at
8the time of lease or, if any notice sent under Section 11-208.3
9of this Code is returned as undeliverable, to the last known
10address recorded in a United States Post Office approved
11database.
12    (h) An administrative hearing to contest an impending
13suspension or a suspension made pursuant to this Section may be
14had upon filing a written request with the Secretary of State.
15The filing fee for this hearing shall be $20, to be paid at the
16time the request is made. A municipality or county which files
17a certified report with the Secretary of State pursuant to this
18Section shall reimburse the Secretary for all reasonable costs
19incurred by the Secretary as a result of the filing of the
20report, including but not limited to the costs of providing the
21notice required pursuant to subsection (b) and the costs
22incurred by the Secretary in any hearing conducted with respect
23to the report pursuant to this subsection and any appeal from
24such a hearing.
25    (i) The provisions of this Section shall apply on and after
26January 1, 1988.

 

 

HB0321- 11 -LRB100 04318 AXK 14324 b

1    (j) For purposes of this Section, the term "compliance
2violation" is defined as in Section 11-208.3.
3(Source: P.A. 97-333, eff. 8-12-11; 97-672, eff. 7-1-12;
498-556, eff. 1-1-14.)
 
5    (625 ILCS 5/11-208)   (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-208)
6    Sec. 11-208. Powers of local authorities.
7    (a) The provisions of this Code shall not be deemed to
8prevent local authorities with respect to streets and highways
9under their jurisdiction and within the reasonable exercise of
10the police power from:
11        1. Regulating the standing or parking of vehicles,
12    except as limited by Sections 11-1306 and 11-1307 of this
13    Act;
14        2. Regulating traffic by means of police officers or
15    traffic control signals;
16        3. Regulating or prohibiting processions or
17    assemblages on the highways; and certifying persons to
18    control traffic for processions or assemblages;
19        4. Designating particular highways as one-way highways
20    and requiring that all vehicles thereon be moved in one
21    specific direction;
22        5. Regulating the speed of vehicles in public parks
23    subject to the limitations set forth in Section 11-604;
24        6. Designating any highway as a through highway, as
25    authorized in Section 11-302, and requiring that all

 

 

HB0321- 12 -LRB100 04318 AXK 14324 b

1    vehicles stop before entering or crossing the same or
2    designating any intersection as a stop intersection or a
3    yield right-of-way intersection and requiring all vehicles
4    to stop or yield the right-of-way at one or more entrances
5    to such intersections;
6        7. Restricting the use of highways as authorized in
7    Chapter 15;
8        8. Regulating the operation of bicycles and requiring
9    the registration and licensing of same, including the
10    requirement of a registration fee;
11        9. Regulating or prohibiting the turning of vehicles or
12    specified types of vehicles at intersections;
13        10. Altering the speed limits as authorized in Section
14    11-604;
15        11. Prohibiting U-turns;
16        12. Prohibiting pedestrian crossings at other than
17    designated and marked crosswalks or at intersections;
18        13. Prohibiting parking during snow removal operation;
19        14. Imposing fines in accordance with Section
20    11-1301.3 as penalties for use of any parking place
21    reserved for persons with disabilities, as defined by
22    Section 1-159.1, or veterans with disabilities by any
23    person using a motor vehicle not bearing registration
24    plates specified in Section 11-1301.1 or a special decal or
25    device as defined in Section 11-1301.2 as evidence that the
26    vehicle is operated by or for a person with disabilities or

 

 

HB0321- 13 -LRB100 04318 AXK 14324 b

1    a veteran with a disability;
2        15. Adopting such other traffic regulations as are
3    specifically authorized by this Code; or
4        16. Enforcing the provisions of subsection (f) of
5    Section 3-413 of this Code or a similar local ordinance.
6    (b) No ordinance or regulation enacted under subsections 1,
74, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11 or 13 of paragraph (a) shall be effective
8until signs giving reasonable notice of such local traffic
9regulations are posted.
10    (c) The provisions of this Code shall not prevent any
11municipality having a population of 500,000 or more inhabitants
12from prohibiting any person from driving or operating any motor
13vehicle upon the roadways of such municipality with headlamps
14on high beam or bright.
15    (d) The provisions of this Code shall not be deemed to
16prevent local authorities within the reasonable exercise of
17their police power from prohibiting, on private property, the
18unauthorized use of parking spaces reserved for persons with
19disabilities.
20    (e) No unit of local government, including a home rule
21unit, may enact or enforce an ordinance that applies only to
22motorcycles if the principal purpose for that ordinance is to
23restrict the access of motorcycles to any highway or portion of
24a highway for which federal or State funds have been used for
25the planning, design, construction, or maintenance of that
26highway. No unit of local government, including a home rule

 

 

HB0321- 14 -LRB100 04318 AXK 14324 b

1unit, may enact an ordinance requiring motorcycle users to wear
2protective headgear. Nothing in this subsection (e) shall
3affect the authority of a unit of local government to regulate
4motorcycles for traffic control purposes or in accordance with
5Section 12-602 of this Code. No unit of local government,
6including a home rule unit, may regulate motorcycles in a
7manner inconsistent with this Code. This subsection (e) is a
8limitation under subsection (i) of Section 6 of Article VII of
9the Illinois Constitution on the concurrent exercise by home
10rule units of powers and functions exercised by the State.
11    (f) No unit of local government, including a home rule
12unit, A municipality or county designated in Section 11-208.6
13may enact or enforce an ordinance providing for an automated
14traffic law enforcement system to enforce violations of Section
1511-306 of this Code or a similar provision of a local ordinance
16and imposing liability on a registered owner or lessee of a
17vehicle used in such a violation. For purposes of this
18subsection (f), "automated traffic law enforcement system"
19means a device with one or more motor vehicle sensors working
20in conjunction with a red light signal to produce recorded
21images of motor vehicles entering into an intersection against
22a red signal indication in violation of Section 11-306 of this
23Code or a similar provision of a local ordinance. This
24subsection (f) is a denial and limitation of home rule powers
25and functions under subsection (g) of Section 6 of Article VII
26of the Illinois Constitution.

 

 

HB0321- 15 -LRB100 04318 AXK 14324 b

1    (g) A municipality or county, as provided in Section
211-1201.1, may enact an ordinance providing for an automated
3traffic law enforcement system to enforce violations of Section
411-1201 of this Code or a similar provision of a local
5ordinance and imposing liability on a registered owner of a
6vehicle used in such a violation.
7    (h) A municipality designated in Section 11-208.8 may enact
8an ordinance providing for an automated speed enforcement
9system to enforce violations of Article VI of Chapter 11 of
10this Code or a similar provision of a local ordinance.
11    (i) A municipality or county designated in Section 11-208.9
12may enact an ordinance providing for an automated traffic law
13enforcement system to enforce violations of Section 11-1414 of
14this Code or a similar provision of a local ordinance and
15imposing liability on a registered owner or lessee of a vehicle
16used in such a violation.
17(Source: P.A. 98-396, eff. 1-1-14; 98-556, eff. 1-1-14; 98-756,
18eff. 7-16-14; 99-143, eff. 7-27-15.)
 
19    (625 ILCS 5/11-208.3)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-208.3)
20    Sec. 11-208.3. Administrative adjudication of violations
21of traffic regulations concerning the standing, parking, or
22condition of vehicles, automated traffic law violations, and
23automated speed enforcement system violations.
24    (a) Any municipality or county may provide by ordinance for
25a system of administrative adjudication of vehicular standing

 

 

HB0321- 16 -LRB100 04318 AXK 14324 b

1and parking violations and vehicle compliance violations as
2described in this subsection, automated traffic law violations
3as defined in Section 11-208.6, 11-208.9, or 11-1201.1, and
4automated speed enforcement system violations as defined in
5Section 11-208.8. The administrative system shall have as its
6purpose the fair and efficient enforcement of municipal or
7county regulations through the administrative adjudication of
8automated speed enforcement system or automated traffic law
9violations and violations of municipal or county ordinances
10regulating the standing and parking of vehicles, the condition
11and use of vehicle equipment, and the display of municipal or
12county wheel tax licenses within the municipality's or county's
13borders. The administrative system shall only have authority to
14adjudicate civil offenses carrying fines not in excess of $500
15or requiring the completion of a traffic education program, or
16both, that occur after the effective date of the ordinance
17adopting such a system under this Section. For purposes of this
18Section, "compliance violation" means a violation of a
19municipal or county regulation governing the condition or use
20of equipment on a vehicle or governing the display of a
21municipal or county wheel tax license.
22    (b) Any ordinance establishing a system of administrative
23adjudication under this Section shall provide for:
24        (1) A traffic compliance administrator authorized to
25    adopt, distribute and process parking, compliance, and
26    automated speed enforcement system or automated traffic

 

 

HB0321- 17 -LRB100 04318 AXK 14324 b

1    law violation notices and other notices required by this
2    Section, collect money paid as fines and penalties for
3    violation of parking and compliance ordinances and
4    automated speed enforcement system or automated traffic
5    law violations, and operate an administrative adjudication
6    system. The traffic compliance administrator also may make
7    a certified report to the Secretary of State under Section
8    6-306.5.
9        (2) A parking, standing, compliance, automated speed
10    enforcement system, or automated traffic law violation
11    notice that shall specify the date, time, and place of
12    violation of a parking, standing, compliance, automated
13    speed enforcement system, or automated traffic law
14    regulation; the particular regulation violated; any
15    requirement to complete a traffic education program; the
16    fine and any penalty that may be assessed for late payment
17    or failure to complete a required traffic education
18    program, or both, when so provided by ordinance; the
19    vehicle make and state registration number; and the
20    identification number of the person issuing the notice.
21    With regard to automated speed enforcement system or
22    automated traffic law violations, vehicle make shall be
23    specified on the automated speed enforcement system or
24    automated traffic law violation notice if the make is
25    available and readily discernible. With regard to
26    municipalities or counties with a population of 1 million

 

 

HB0321- 18 -LRB100 04318 AXK 14324 b

1    or more, it shall be grounds for dismissal of a parking
2    violation if the state registration number or vehicle make
3    specified is incorrect. The violation notice shall state
4    that the completion of any required traffic education
5    program, the payment of any indicated fine, and the payment
6    of any applicable penalty for late payment or failure to
7    complete a required traffic education program, or both,
8    shall operate as a final disposition of the violation. The
9    notice also shall contain information as to the
10    availability of a hearing in which the violation may be
11    contested on its merits. The violation notice shall specify
12    the time and manner in which a hearing may be had.
13        (3) Service of the parking, standing, or compliance
14    violation notice by affixing the original or a facsimile of
15    the notice to an unlawfully parked vehicle or by handing
16    the notice to the operator of a vehicle if he or she is
17    present and service of an automated speed enforcement
18    system or automated traffic law violation notice by mail to
19    the address of the registered owner or lessee of the cited
20    vehicle as recorded with the Secretary of State or the
21    lessor of the motor vehicle within 30 days after the
22    Secretary of State or the lessor of the motor vehicle
23    notifies the municipality or county of the identity of the
24    owner or lessee of the vehicle, but not later than 90 days
25    after the violation, except that in the case of a lessee of
26    a motor vehicle, service of an automated traffic law

 

 

HB0321- 19 -LRB100 04318 AXK 14324 b

1    violation notice may occur no later than 210 days after the
2    violation. A person authorized by ordinance to issue and
3    serve parking, standing, and compliance violation notices
4    shall certify as to the correctness of the facts entered on
5    the violation notice by signing his or her name to the
6    notice at the time of service or in the case of a notice
7    produced by a computerized device, by signing a single
8    certificate to be kept by the traffic compliance
9    administrator attesting to the correctness of all notices
10    produced by the device while it was under his or her
11    control. In the case of an automated traffic law violation,
12    the ordinance shall require a determination by a technician
13    employed or contracted by the municipality or county that,
14    based on inspection of recorded images, the motor vehicle
15    was being operated in violation of Section 11-208.6,
16    11-208.9, or 11-1201.1 or a local ordinance. If the
17    technician determines that the vehicle entered the
18    intersection as part of a funeral procession or in order to
19    yield the right-of-way to an emergency vehicle, a citation
20    shall not be issued. In municipalities with a population of
21    less than 1,000,000 inhabitants and counties with a
22    population of less than 3,000,000 inhabitants, the
23    automated traffic law ordinance shall require that all
24    determinations by a technician that a motor vehicle was
25    being operated in violation of Section 11-208.6, 11-208.9,
26    or 11-1201.1 or a local ordinance must be reviewed and

 

 

HB0321- 20 -LRB100 04318 AXK 14324 b

1    approved by a law enforcement officer or retired law
2    enforcement officer of the municipality or county issuing
3    the violation. In municipalities with a population of
4    1,000,000 or more inhabitants and counties with a
5    population of 3,000,000 or more inhabitants, the automated
6    traffic law ordinance shall require that all
7    determinations by a technician that a motor vehicle was
8    being operated in violation of Section 11-208.6, 11-208.9,
9    or 11-1201.1 or a local ordinance must be reviewed and
10    approved by a law enforcement officer or retired law
11    enforcement officer of the municipality or county issuing
12    the violation or by an additional fully-trained reviewing
13    technician who is not employed by the contractor who
14    employs the technician who made the initial determination.
15    In the case of an automated speed enforcement system
16    violation, the ordinance shall require a determination by a
17    technician employed by the municipality, based upon an
18    inspection of recorded images, video or other
19    documentation, including documentation of the speed limit
20    and automated speed enforcement signage, and documentation
21    of the inspection, calibration, and certification of the
22    speed equipment, that the vehicle was being operated in
23    violation of Article VI of Chapter 11 of this Code or a
24    similar local ordinance. If the technician determines that
25    the vehicle speed was not determined by a calibrated,
26    certified speed equipment device based upon the speed

 

 

HB0321- 21 -LRB100 04318 AXK 14324 b

1    equipment documentation, or if the vehicle was an emergency
2    vehicle, a citation may not be issued. The automated speed
3    enforcement ordinance shall require that all
4    determinations by a technician that a violation occurred be
5    reviewed and approved by a law enforcement officer or
6    retired law enforcement officer of the municipality
7    issuing the violation or by an additional fully trained
8    reviewing technician who is not employed by the contractor
9    who employs the technician who made the initial
10    determination. Routine and independent calibration of the
11    speeds produced by automated speed enforcement systems and
12    equipment shall be conducted annually by a qualified
13    technician. Speeds produced by an automated speed
14    enforcement system shall be compared with speeds produced
15    by lidar or other independent equipment. Radar or lidar
16    equipment shall undergo an internal validation test no less
17    frequently than once each week. Qualified technicians
18    shall test loop based equipment no less frequently than
19    once a year. Radar equipment shall be checked for accuracy
20    by a qualified technician when the unit is serviced, when
21    unusual or suspect readings persist, or when deemed
22    necessary by a reviewing technician. Radar equipment shall
23    be checked with the internal frequency generator and the
24    internal circuit test whenever the radar is turned on.
25    Technicians must be alert for any unusual or suspect
26    readings, and if unusual or suspect readings of a radar

 

 

HB0321- 22 -LRB100 04318 AXK 14324 b

1    unit persist, that unit shall immediately be removed from
2    service and not returned to service until it has been
3    checked by a qualified technician and determined to be
4    functioning properly. Documentation of the annual
5    calibration results, including the equipment tested, test
6    date, technician performing the test, and test results,
7    shall be maintained and available for use in the
8    determination of an automated speed enforcement system
9    violation and issuance of a citation. The technician
10    performing the calibration and testing of the automated
11    speed enforcement equipment shall be trained and certified
12    in the use of equipment for speed enforcement purposes.
13    Training on the speed enforcement equipment may be
14    conducted by law enforcement, civilian, or manufacturer's
15    personnel and if applicable may be equivalent to the
16    equipment use and operations training included in the Speed
17    Measuring Device Operator Program developed by the
18    National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).
19    The vendor or technician who performs the work shall keep
20    accurate records on each piece of equipment the technician
21    calibrates and tests. As used in this paragraph,
22    "fully-trained reviewing technician" means a person who
23    has received at least 40 hours of supervised training in
24    subjects which shall include image inspection and
25    interpretation, the elements necessary to prove a
26    violation, license plate identification, and traffic

 

 

HB0321- 23 -LRB100 04318 AXK 14324 b

1    safety and management. In all municipalities and counties,
2    the automated speed enforcement system or automated
3    traffic law ordinance shall require that no additional fee
4    shall be charged to the alleged violator for exercising his
5    or her right to an administrative hearing, and persons
6    shall be given at least 25 days following an administrative
7    hearing to pay any civil penalty imposed by a finding that
8    Section 11-208.6, 11-208.8, 11-208.9, or 11-1201.1 or a
9    similar local ordinance has been violated. The original or
10    a facsimile of the violation notice or, in the case of a
11    notice produced by a computerized device, a printed record
12    generated by the device showing the facts entered on the
13    notice, shall be retained by the traffic compliance
14    administrator, and shall be a record kept in the ordinary
15    course of business. A parking, standing, compliance,
16    automated speed enforcement system, or automated traffic
17    law violation notice issued, signed and served in
18    accordance with this Section, a copy of the notice, or the
19    computer generated record shall be prima facie correct and
20    shall be prima facie evidence of the correctness of the
21    facts shown on the notice. The notice, copy, or computer
22    generated record shall be admissible in any subsequent
23    administrative or legal proceedings.
24        (4) An opportunity for a hearing for the registered
25    owner of the vehicle cited in the parking, standing,
26    compliance, automated speed enforcement system, or

 

 

HB0321- 24 -LRB100 04318 AXK 14324 b

1    automated traffic law violation notice in which the owner
2    may contest the merits of the alleged violation, and during
3    which formal or technical rules of evidence shall not
4    apply; provided, however, that under Section 11-1306 of
5    this Code the lessee of a vehicle cited in the violation
6    notice likewise shall be provided an opportunity for a
7    hearing of the same kind afforded the registered owner. The
8    hearings shall be recorded, and the person conducting the
9    hearing on behalf of the traffic compliance administrator
10    shall be empowered to administer oaths and to secure by
11    subpoena both the attendance and testimony of witnesses and
12    the production of relevant books and papers. Persons
13    appearing at a hearing under this Section may be
14    represented by counsel at their expense. The ordinance may
15    also provide for internal administrative review following
16    the decision of the hearing officer.
17        (5) Service of additional notices, sent by first class
18    United States mail, postage prepaid, to the address of the
19    registered owner of the cited vehicle as recorded with the
20    Secretary of State or, if any notice to that address is
21    returned as undeliverable, to the last known address
22    recorded in a United States Post Office approved database,
23    or, under Section 11-1306 or subsection (p) of Section
24    11-208.6 or 11-208.9, or subsection (p) of Section 11-208.8
25    of this Code, to the lessee of the cited vehicle at the
26    last address known to the lessor of the cited vehicle at

 

 

HB0321- 25 -LRB100 04318 AXK 14324 b

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

 

 

HB0321- 26 -LRB100 04318 AXK 14324 b

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

 

 

HB0321- 27 -LRB100 04318 AXK 14324 b

1        this Section, or may result in suspension of the
2        person's drivers license for failure to complete a
3        traffic education program or to pay fines or penalties,
4        or both, for 10 or more parking violations under
5        Section 6-306.5, or a combination of 5 or more
6        automated traffic law violations under Section
7        11-208.6 or 11-208.9 or automated speed enforcement
8        system violations under Section 11-208.8.
9        (6) A notice of impending drivers license suspension.
10    This notice shall be sent to the person liable for failure
11    to complete a required traffic education program or to pay
12    any fine or penalty that remains due and owing, or both, on
13    10 or more parking violations or combination of 5 or more
14    unpaid automated speed enforcement system or automated
15    traffic law violations. The notice shall state that failure
16    to complete a required traffic education program or to pay
17    the fine or penalty owing, or both, within 45 days of the
18    notice's date will result in the municipality or county
19    notifying the Secretary of State that the person is
20    eligible for initiation of suspension proceedings under
21    Section 6-306.5 of this Code. The notice shall also state
22    that the person may obtain a photostatic copy of an
23    original ticket imposing a fine or penalty by sending a
24    self addressed, stamped envelope to the municipality or
25    county along with a request for the photostatic copy. The
26    notice of impending drivers license suspension shall be

 

 

HB0321- 28 -LRB100 04318 AXK 14324 b

1    sent by first class United States mail, postage prepaid, to
2    the address recorded with the Secretary of State or, if any
3    notice to that address is returned as undeliverable, to the
4    last known address recorded in a United States Post Office
5    approved database.
6        (7) Final determinations of violation liability. A
7    final determination of violation liability shall occur
8    following failure to complete the required traffic
9    education program or to pay the fine or penalty, or both,
10    after a hearing officer's determination of violation
11    liability and the exhaustion of or failure to exhaust any
12    administrative review procedures provided by ordinance.
13    Where a person fails to appear at a hearing to contest the
14    alleged violation in the time and manner specified in a
15    prior mailed notice, the hearing officer's determination
16    of violation liability shall become final: (A) upon denial
17    of a timely petition to set aside that determination, or
18    (B) upon expiration of the period for filing the petition
19    without a filing having been made.
20        (8) A petition to set aside a determination of parking,
21    standing, compliance, automated speed enforcement system,
22    or automated traffic law violation liability that may be
23    filed by a person owing an unpaid fine or penalty. A
24    petition to set aside a determination of liability may also
25    be filed by a person required to complete a traffic
26    education program. The petition shall be filed with and

 

 

HB0321- 29 -LRB100 04318 AXK 14324 b

1    ruled upon by the traffic compliance administrator in the
2    manner and within the time specified by ordinance. The
3    grounds for the petition may be limited to: (A) the person
4    not having been the owner or lessee of the cited vehicle on
5    the date the violation notice was issued, (B) the person
6    having already completed the required traffic education
7    program or paid the fine or penalty, or both, for the
8    violation in question, and (C) excusable failure to appear
9    at or request a new date for a hearing. With regard to
10    municipalities or counties with a population of 1 million
11    or more, it shall be grounds for dismissal of a parking
12    violation if the state registration number, or vehicle make
13    if specified, is incorrect. After the determination of
14    parking, standing, compliance, automated speed enforcement
15    system, or automated traffic law violation liability has
16    been set aside upon a showing of just cause, the registered
17    owner shall be provided with a hearing on the merits for
18    that violation.
19        (9) Procedures for non-residents. Procedures by which
20    persons who are not residents of the municipality or county
21    may contest the merits of the alleged violation without
22    attending a hearing.
23        (10) A schedule of civil fines for violations of
24    vehicular standing, parking, compliance, automated speed
25    enforcement system, or automated traffic law regulations
26    enacted by ordinance pursuant to this Section, and a

 

 

HB0321- 30 -LRB100 04318 AXK 14324 b

1    schedule of penalties for late payment of the fines or
2    failure to complete required traffic education programs,
3    provided, however, that the total amount of the fine and
4    penalty for any one violation shall not exceed $250, except
5    as provided in subsection (c) of Section 11-1301.3 of this
6    Code.
7        (11) Other provisions as are necessary and proper to
8    carry into effect the powers granted and purposes stated in
9    this Section.
10    (c) Any municipality or county establishing vehicular
11standing, parking, compliance, automated speed enforcement
12system, or automated traffic law regulations under this Section
13may also provide by ordinance for a program of vehicle
14immobilization for the purpose of facilitating enforcement of
15those regulations. The program of vehicle immobilization shall
16provide for immobilizing any eligible vehicle upon the public
17way by presence of a restraint in a manner to prevent operation
18of the vehicle. Any ordinance establishing a program of vehicle
19immobilization under this Section shall provide:
20        (1) Criteria for the designation of vehicles eligible
21    for immobilization. A vehicle shall be eligible for
22    immobilization when the registered owner of the vehicle has
23    accumulated the number of incomplete traffic education
24    programs or unpaid final determinations of parking,
25    standing, compliance, automated speed enforcement system,
26    or automated traffic law violation liability, or both, as

 

 

HB0321- 31 -LRB100 04318 AXK 14324 b

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

 

 

HB0321- 32 -LRB100 04318 AXK 14324 b

1subject to the provisions of the Administrative Review Law.
2    (e) Any fine, penalty, incomplete traffic education
3program, or part of any fine or any penalty remaining unpaid
4after the exhaustion of, or the failure to exhaust,
5administrative remedies created under this Section and the
6conclusion of any judicial review procedures shall be a debt
7due and owing the municipality or county and, as such, may be
8collected in accordance with applicable law. Completion of any
9required traffic education program and payment in full of any
10fine or penalty resulting from a standing, parking, compliance,
11automated speed enforcement system, or automated traffic law
12violation shall constitute a final disposition of that
13violation.
14    (f) After the expiration of the period within which
15judicial review may be sought for a final determination of
16parking, standing, compliance, automated speed enforcement
17system, or automated traffic law violation, the municipality or
18county may commence a proceeding in the Circuit Court for
19purposes of obtaining a judgment on the final determination of
20violation. Nothing in this Section shall prevent a municipality
21or county from consolidating multiple final determinations of
22parking, standing, compliance, automated speed enforcement
23system, or automated traffic law violations against a person in
24a proceeding. Upon commencement of the action, the municipality
25or county shall file a certified copy or record of the final
26determination of parking, standing, compliance, automated

 

 

HB0321- 33 -LRB100 04318 AXK 14324 b

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

 

 

HB0321- 34 -LRB100 04318 AXK 14324 b

1    (g) The fee for participating in a traffic education
2program under this Section shall not exceed $25.
3    A low-income individual required to complete a traffic
4education program under this Section who provides proof of
5eligibility for the federal earned income tax credit under
6Section 32 of the Internal Revenue Code or the Illinois earned
7income tax credit under Section 212 of the Illinois Income Tax
8Act shall not be required to pay any fee for participating in a
9required traffic education program.
10(Source: P.A. 97-29, eff. 1-1-12; 97-333, eff. 8-12-11; 97-672,
11eff. 7-1-12; 98-556, eff. 1-1-14; 98-1028, eff. 8-22-14.)
 
12    (625 ILCS 5/11-208.8)
13    Sec. 11-208.8. Automated speed enforcement systems in
14safety zones.
15    (a) As used in this Section:
16    "Automated speed enforcement system" means a photographic
17device, radar device, laser device, or other electrical or
18mechanical device or devices installed or utilized in a safety
19zone and designed to record the speed of a vehicle and obtain a
20clear photograph or other recorded image of the vehicle and the
21vehicle's registration plate while the driver is violating
22Article VI of Chapter 11 of this Code or a similar provision of
23a local ordinance.
24    An automated speed enforcement system is a system, located
25in a safety zone which is under the jurisdiction of a

 

 

HB0321- 35 -LRB100 04318 AXK 14324 b

1municipality, that produces a recorded image of a motor
2vehicle's violation of a provision of this Code or a local
3ordinance and is designed to obtain a clear recorded image of
4the vehicle and the vehicle's license plate. The recorded image
5must also display the time, date, and location of the
6violation.
7    "Owner" means the person or entity to whom the vehicle is
8registered.
9    "Recorded image" means images recorded by an automated
10speed enforcement system on:
11        (1) 2 or more photographs;
12        (2) 2 or more microphotographs;
13        (3) 2 or more electronic images; or
14        (4) a video recording showing the motor vehicle and, on
15    at least one image or portion of the recording, clearly
16    identifying the registration plate number of the motor
17    vehicle.
18    "Safety zone" means an area that is within one-eighth of a
19mile from the nearest property line of any public or private
20elementary or secondary school, or from the nearest property
21line of any facility, area, or land owned by a school district
22that is used for educational purposes approved by the Illinois
23State Board of Education, not including school district
24headquarters or administrative buildings. A safety zone also
25includes an area that is within one-eighth of a mile from the
26nearest property line of any facility, area, or land owned by a

 

 

HB0321- 36 -LRB100 04318 AXK 14324 b

1park district used for recreational purposes. However, if any
2portion of a roadway is within either one-eighth mile radius,
3the safety zone also shall include the roadway extended to the
4furthest portion of the next furthest intersection. The term
5"safety zone" does not include any portion of the roadway known
6as Lake Shore Drive or any controlled access highway with 8 or
7more lanes of traffic.
8    (a-5) The automated speed enforcement system shall be
9operational and violations shall be recorded only at the
10following times:
11        (i) if the safety zone is based upon the property line
12    of any facility, area, or land owned by a school district,
13    only on school days and no earlier than 6 a.m. and no later
14    than 8:30 p.m. if the school day is during the period of
15    Monday through Thursday, or 9 p.m. if the school day is a
16    Friday; and
17        (ii) if the safety zone is based upon the property line
18    of any facility, area, or land owned by a park district, no
19    earlier than one hour prior to the time that the facility,
20    area, or land is open to the public or other patrons, and
21    no later than one hour after the facility, area, or land is
22    closed to the public or other patrons.
23    (b) A municipality that produces a recorded image of a
24motor vehicle's violation of a provision of this Code or a
25local ordinance must make the recorded images of a violation
26accessible to the alleged violator by providing the alleged

 

 

HB0321- 37 -LRB100 04318 AXK 14324 b

1violator with a website address, accessible through the
2Internet.
3    (c) Notwithstanding any penalties for any other violations
4of this Code, the owner of a motor vehicle used in a traffic
5violation recorded by an automated speed enforcement system
6shall be subject to the following penalties:
7        (1) if the recorded speed is no less than 6 miles per
8    hour and no more than 10 miles per hour over the legal
9    speed limit, a civil penalty not exceeding $50, plus an
10    additional penalty of not more than $50 for failure to pay
11    the original penalty in a timely manner; or
12        (2) if the recorded speed is more than 10 miles per
13    hour over the legal speed limit, a civil penalty not
14    exceeding $100, plus an additional penalty of not more than
15    $100 for failure to pay the original penalty in a timely
16    manner.
17    A penalty may not be imposed under this Section if the
18driver of the motor vehicle received a Uniform Traffic Citation
19from a police officer for a speeding violation occurring within
20one-eighth of a mile and 15 minutes of the violation that was
21recorded by the system. A violation for which a civil penalty
22is imposed under this Section is not a violation of a traffic
23regulation governing the movement of vehicles and may not be
24recorded on the driving record of the owner of the vehicle. A
25law enforcement officer is not required to be present or to
26witness the violation. No penalty may be imposed under this

 

 

HB0321- 38 -LRB100 04318 AXK 14324 b

1Section if the recorded speed of a vehicle is 5 miles per hour
2or less over the legal speed limit. The municipality may send,
3in the same manner that notices are sent under this Section, a
4speed violation warning notice where the violation involves a
5speed of 5 miles per hour or less above the legal speed limit.
6    (d) The net proceeds that a municipality receives from
7civil penalties imposed under an automated speed enforcement
8system, after deducting all non-personnel and personnel costs
9associated with the operation and maintenance of such system,
10shall be expended or obligated by the municipality for the
11following purposes:
12        (i) public safety initiatives to ensure safe passage
13    around schools, and to provide police protection and
14    surveillance around schools and parks, including but not
15    limited to: (1) personnel costs; and (2) non-personnel
16    costs such as construction and maintenance of public safety
17    infrastructure and equipment;
18        (ii) initiatives to improve pedestrian and traffic
19    safety;
20        (iii) construction and maintenance of infrastructure
21    within the municipality, including but not limited to roads
22    and bridges; and
23        (iv) after school programs.
24    (e) For each violation of a provision of this Code or a
25local ordinance recorded by an automated speed enforcement
26system, the municipality having jurisdiction shall issue a

 

 

HB0321- 39 -LRB100 04318 AXK 14324 b

1written notice of the violation to the registered owner of the
2vehicle as the alleged violator. The notice shall be delivered
3to the registered owner of the vehicle, by mail, within 30 days
4after the Secretary of State notifies the municipality of the
5identity of the owner of the vehicle, but in no event later
6than 90 days after the violation.
7    (f) The notice required under subsection (e) of this
8Section shall include:
9        (1) the name and address of the registered owner of the
10    vehicle;
11        (2) the registration number of the motor vehicle
12    involved in the violation;
13        (3) the violation charged;
14        (4) the date, time, and location where the violation
15    occurred;
16        (5) a copy of the recorded image or images;
17        (6) the amount of the civil penalty imposed and the
18    date by which the civil penalty should be paid;
19        (7) a statement that recorded images are evidence of a
20    violation of a speed restriction;
21        (8) a warning that failure to pay the civil penalty or
22    to contest liability in a timely manner is an admission of
23    liability and may result in a suspension of the driving
24    privileges of the registered owner of the vehicle;
25        (9) a statement that the person may elect to proceed
26    by:

 

 

HB0321- 40 -LRB100 04318 AXK 14324 b

1            (A) paying the fine; or
2            (B) challenging the charge in court, by mail, or by
3        administrative hearing; and
4        (10) a website address, accessible through the
5    Internet, where the person may view the recorded images of
6    the violation.
7    (g) If a person charged with a traffic violation, as a
8result of an automated speed enforcement system, does not pay
9the fine or successfully contest the civil penalty resulting
10from that violation, the Secretary of State shall suspend the
11driving privileges of the registered owner of the vehicle under
12Section 6-306.5 of this Code for failing to pay any fine or
13penalty due and owing, or both, as a result of a combination of
145 violations of the automated speed enforcement system or the
15automated traffic law under Section 11-208.6 of this Code.
16    (h) Based on inspection of recorded images produced by an
17automated speed enforcement system, a notice alleging that the
18violation occurred shall be evidence of the facts contained in
19the notice and admissible in any proceeding alleging a
20violation under this Section.
21    (i) Recorded images made by an automated speed enforcement
22system are confidential and shall be made available only to the
23alleged violator and governmental and law enforcement agencies
24for purposes of adjudicating a violation of this Section, for
25statistical purposes, or for other governmental purposes. Any
26recorded image evidencing a violation of this Section, however,

 

 

HB0321- 41 -LRB100 04318 AXK 14324 b

1may be admissible in any proceeding resulting from the issuance
2of the citation.
3    (j) The court or hearing officer may consider in defense of
4a violation:
5        (1) that the motor vehicle or registration plates of
6    the motor vehicle were stolen before the violation occurred
7    and not under the control or in the possession of the owner
8    at the time of the violation;
9        (2) that the driver of the motor vehicle received a
10    Uniform Traffic Citation from a police officer for a
11    speeding violation occurring within one-eighth of a mile
12    and 15 minutes of the violation that was recorded by the
13    system; and
14        (3) any other evidence or issues provided by municipal
15    ordinance.
16    (k) To demonstrate that the motor vehicle or the
17registration plates were stolen before the violation occurred
18and were not under the control or possession of the owner at
19the time of the violation, the owner must submit proof that a
20report concerning the stolen motor vehicle or registration
21plates was filed with a law enforcement agency in a timely
22manner.
23    (l) A roadway equipped with an automated speed enforcement
24system shall be posted with a sign conforming to the national
25Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices that is visible to
26approaching traffic stating that vehicle speeds are being

 

 

HB0321- 42 -LRB100 04318 AXK 14324 b

1photo-enforced and indicating the speed limit. The
2municipality shall install such additional signage as it
3determines is necessary to give reasonable notice to drivers as
4to where automated speed enforcement systems are installed.
5    (m) A roadway where a new automated speed enforcement
6system is installed shall be posted with signs providing 30
7days notice of the use of a new automated speed enforcement
8system prior to the issuance of any citations through the
9automated speed enforcement system.
10    (n) The compensation paid for an automated speed
11enforcement system must be based on the value of the equipment
12or the services provided and may not be based on the number of
13traffic citations issued or the revenue generated by the
14system.
15    (o) A municipality shall make a certified report to the
16Secretary of State pursuant to Section 6-306.5 of this Code
17whenever a registered owner of a vehicle has failed to pay any
18fine or penalty due and owing as a result of a combination of 5
19offenses for automated speed or traffic law enforcement system
20violations.
21    (p) No person who is the lessor of a motor vehicle pursuant
22to a written lease agreement shall be liable for an automated
23speed or traffic law enforcement system violation involving
24such motor vehicle during the period of the lease; provided
25that upon the request of the appropriate authority received
26within 120 days after the violation occurred, the lessor

 

 

HB0321- 43 -LRB100 04318 AXK 14324 b

1provides within 60 days after such receipt the name and address
2of the lessee. The drivers license number of a lessee may be
3subsequently individually requested by the appropriate
4authority if needed for enforcement of this Section.
5    Upon the provision of information by the lessor pursuant to
6this subsection, the municipality may issue the violation to
7the lessee of the vehicle in the same manner as it would issue
8a violation to a registered owner of a vehicle pursuant to this
9Section, and the lessee may be held liable for the violation.
10    (q) A municipality using an automated speed enforcement
11system must provide notice to drivers by publishing the
12locations of all safety zones where system equipment is
13installed on the website of the municipality.
14    (r) A municipality operating an automated speed
15enforcement system shall conduct a statistical analysis to
16assess the safety impact of the system. The statistical
17analysis shall be based upon the best available crash, traffic,
18and other data, and shall cover a period of time before and
19after installation of the system sufficient to provide a
20statistically valid comparison of safety impact. The
21statistical analysis shall be consistent with professional
22judgment and acceptable industry practice. The statistical
23analysis also shall be consistent with the data required for
24valid comparisons of before and after conditions and shall be
25conducted within a reasonable period following the
26installation of the automated traffic law enforcement system.

 

 

HB0321- 44 -LRB100 04318 AXK 14324 b

1The statistical analysis required by this subsection shall be
2made available to the public and shall be published on the
3website of the municipality.
4    (s) This Section applies only to municipalities with a
5population of 1,000,000 or more inhabitants.
6    (t) Except as provided in this Section, a county or
7municipality, including a home rule county or municipality, may
8not use an automated speed enforcement system to provide
9recorded images of a motor vehicle for the purpose of recording
10its speed. Except as provided under this Section, the
11regulation of the use of automated speed enforcement systems to
12record vehicle speeds is an exclusive power and function of the
13State. This subsection (c) is a denial and limitation of home
14rule powers and functions under subsection (h) of Section 6 of
15Article VII of the Illinois Constitution.
16(Source: P.A. 97-672, eff. 7-1-12; 97-674, eff. 7-1-12; 98-463,
17eff. 8-16-13.)
 
18    (625 ILCS 5/11-208.6 rep.)
19    Section 10. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by
20repealing Section 11-208.6.
 
21    Section 90. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding
22Section 8.41 as follows:
 
23    (30 ILCS 805/8.41 new)

 

 

HB0321- 45 -LRB100 04318 AXK 14324 b

1    Sec. 8.41. Exempt mandate. Notwithstanding Sections 6 and 8
2of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is required for the
3implementation of any mandate created by this amendatory Act of
4the 100th General Assembly.