Full Text of SB2713 95th General Assembly
SB2713sam001 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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Sen. John M. Sullivan
Filed: 4/2/2008
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| AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2713
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2713 by replacing | 3 |
| everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| "Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by | 5 |
| changing Sections 11-601 and 11-602 as follows:
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| (625 ILCS 5/11-601) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-601)
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| Sec. 11-601. General speed restrictions.
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| (a) No vehicle may be driven upon any highway of this State | 9 |
| at a speed
which is greater than is reasonable and proper with | 10 |
| regard to traffic
conditions and the use of the highway, or | 11 |
| endangers the safety of any
person or property. The fact that | 12 |
| the speed of a vehicle does not exceed
the applicable maximum | 13 |
| speed limit does not relieve the driver from the
duty to | 14 |
| decrease speed when approaching and crossing an intersection,
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| approaching and going around a curve, when approaching a hill | 16 |
| crest, when
traveling upon any narrow or winding roadway, or |
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| when special hazard exists
with respect to pedestrians or other | 2 |
| traffic or by reason of weather or
highway conditions. Speed | 3 |
| must be decreased as may be necessary to avoid
colliding with | 4 |
| any person or vehicle on or entering the highway in
compliance | 5 |
| with legal requirements and the duty of all persons to use due
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| care.
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| (b) No person may drive a vehicle upon any highway of this | 8 |
| State at a
speed which is greater than the applicable statutory | 9 |
| maximum speed limit
established by paragraphs (c), (d), (d-1), | 10 |
| (e), (f) , (f-1), or (g) of this Section, by
Section 11-605 or | 11 |
| by a regulation or ordinance made under this Chapter.
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| (c) Unless some other speed restriction is established | 13 |
| under this
Chapter, the maximum speed limit in an urban | 14 |
| district for all vehicles is:
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| 1. 30 miles per hour; and
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| 2. 15 miles per hour in an alley.
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| (d) In the counties of Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry, | 18 |
| and Will, unless Unless some other speed restriction is | 19 |
| established under this Chapter,
the maximum speed limit outside | 20 |
| an urban district for any vehicle of the
first division or a | 21 |
| second division vehicle
designed or used for
the carrying of a | 22 |
| gross weight of 8,000 pounds or less
(including the
weight of | 23 |
| the vehicle and maximum load) is (1) 65 miles per hour (i) for
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| all highways under the jurisdiction of the Illinois State Toll
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| Highway Authority and (ii) for all or part of highways that are | 26 |
| designated by
the Department, have at least 4 lanes of traffic, |
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| and have a separation between
the roadways moving in opposite | 2 |
| directions and (2) 55 miles per hour for all
other highways, | 3 |
| roads, and streets. | 4 |
| (d-1) Outside the counties of Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake, | 5 |
| McHenry, and Will, unless some other speed restriction is | 6 |
| established under this Chapter,
the maximum speed limit outside | 7 |
| an urban district for any vehicle is (1) 65 miles per hour (i) | 8 |
| for
all highways under the jurisdiction of the Illinois State | 9 |
| Toll
Highway Authority and (ii) for all or part of highways | 10 |
| that are designated by
the Department, have at least 4 lanes of | 11 |
| traffic, and have a separation between
the roadways moving in | 12 |
| opposite directions and (2) 55 miles per hour for all
other | 13 |
| highways, roads, and streets.
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| (e) In the counties of Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry, | 15 |
| and Will, unless Unless some lesser speed restriction is | 16 |
| established under
this
Chapter, the maximum speed limit outside | 17 |
| an urban district for a second
division vehicle designed or | 18 |
| used for the carrying of a gross weight of
8,001 pounds or more | 19 |
| (including the weight of the vehicle and
maximum load) is
55 | 20 |
| miles per hour.
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| (f) In the counties of Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry, | 22 |
| and Will, unless Unless some other speed restriction is | 23 |
| established under this Chapter,
the maximum speed limit outside | 24 |
| an urban district for a bus is:
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| 1. 65 miles per hour upon any highway which has at | 26 |
| least 4 lanes of
traffic
and of which the roadways for |
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| traffic moving in opposite directions are
separated by a | 2 |
| strip of ground which is not surfaced or suitable for | 3 |
| vehicular
traffic, except that the maximum speed limit for | 4 |
| a bus on all highways,
roads, or streets not under the | 5 |
| jurisdiction of the Department or the Illinois
State Toll | 6 |
| Highway Authority
is 55 miles per hour; and
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| 2. 60 miles per hour on any other highway, except that
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| the maximum speed limit for a bus on all highways, roads, | 9 |
| or streets not under
the jurisdiction of the Department or | 10 |
| the Illinois State Toll Highway
Authority
is 55 miles per | 11 |
| hour. | 12 |
| (f-1) Outside the counties of Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake, | 13 |
| McHenry, and Will, unless some other speed restriction is | 14 |
| established under this Chapter,
the maximum speed limit outside | 15 |
| an urban district for a bus is: | 16 |
| 1. 65 miles per hour upon any highway which has at | 17 |
| least 4 lanes of
traffic
and of which the roadways for | 18 |
| traffic moving in opposite directions are
separated by a | 19 |
| strip of ground which is not surfaced or suitable for | 20 |
| vehicular
traffic; and | 21 |
| 2. 55 miles per hour on any other highway.
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| (g) In the counties of Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry, | 23 |
| and Will, unless Unless some other speed restriction is | 24 |
| established under this Chapter,
the maximum speed limit outside | 25 |
| an urban district for a house car, camper,
private living | 26 |
| coach, vehicles licensed as recreational vehicles, and any
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| vehicle towing any other vehicle is 55 miles per hour or the | 2 |
| posted speed
limit, whichever is less.
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| (Source: P.A. 89-444, eff. 1-25-96; 89-551, eff. 1-1-97.)
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| (625 ILCS 5/11-602) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-602)
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| Sec. 11-602. Alteration of limits by Department. | 6 |
| (a) Whenever the Department
determines,
upon the basis of | 7 |
| an engineering and traffic investigation concerning any
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| highway for which the Department has maintenance | 9 |
| responsibility, that a
maximum speed limit prescribed in | 10 |
| Section 11-601 of this Chapter is greater
or less than is | 11 |
| reasonable or safe with respect to the conditions found
to | 12 |
| exist at any intersection or other place on such highway or | 13 |
| along any
part or zone thereof, the Department shall determine | 14 |
| and declare a reasonable
and safe absolute maximum speed limit | 15 |
| applicable to such intersection or
place, or along such part or | 16 |
| zone. However, such limit shall not : | 17 |
| (1) in the counties of Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake, | 18 |
| McHenry, and Will, exceed
65 miles per hour, or 55 miles | 19 |
| per hour for a second division vehicle designed
or used for | 20 |
| the carrying of a gross weight of
8,001
pounds or more | 21 |
| (including the weight of the vehicle and maximum load), on | 22 |
| a
highway or street which is especially
designed for
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| through traffic and to, from, or over which owners of or | 24 |
| persons having
an interest in abutting property or other | 25 |
| persons have no right or easement,
or only a limited right |
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| or easement, of access, crossing, light, air, or
view, and | 2 |
| shall not exceed 55 miles per hour on any other highway ; | 3 |
| or . | 4 |
| (2) outside the counties of Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake, | 5 |
| McHenry, and Will, exceed
65 miles per hour on a
highway or | 6 |
| street which is especially
designed for
through traffic and | 7 |
| to, from, or over which owners of or persons having
an | 8 |
| interest in abutting property or other persons have no | 9 |
| right or easement,
or only a limited right or easement, of | 10 |
| access, crossing, light, air, or
view, and shall not exceed | 11 |
| 55 miles per hour on any other highway. | 12 |
| (b) Where
a highway under the Department's jurisdiction
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| contiguous to school property, the Department may, at the | 14 |
| school district's
request, set a
reduced maximum speed limit | 15 |
| for student safety purposes in the portion of the
highway that | 16 |
| faces the school property and in the portions of the highway | 17 |
| that
extend
one-quarter mile in each direction from the | 18 |
| opposite ends of the school
property. A limit determined and
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| declared as provided in this Section becomes effective, and | 20 |
| suspends the
applicability of the limit
prescribed
in Section | 21 |
| 11-601 of this Chapter, when appropriate signs giving notice
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| the limit are erected at such intersection or other
place, or | 23 |
| along such part or zone of the highway. Electronic
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| speed-detecting devices shall not be used within 500 feet | 25 |
| beyond any such
sign in the direction of travel; if so used in | 26 |
| violation hereof, evidence
obtained thereby shall be |
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| inadmissible in any prosecution for speeding.
However, nothing | 2 |
| in this Section prohibits the use of such electronic
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| speed-detecting devices within 500 feet of a sign within a | 4 |
| special
school speed zone indicating such zone, conforming to | 5 |
| the requirements of
Section 11-605 of this Act, nor shall | 6 |
| evidence obtained thereby be
inadmissible in any prosecution | 7 |
| for speeding provided the use of such
device shall apply only | 8 |
| to the enforcement of the speed limit in such
special school | 9 |
| speed zone.
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| (Source: P.A. 93-624, eff. 12-19-03.)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January | 12 |
| 1, 2009.".
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