HB6083ham001 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee

Filed: 3/11/2010

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 6083

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 6083 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the following:

"Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Laser Speed Detection Device Act.

Section 5. Admissibility of evidence; laser speed detection device. Evidence of speed based on a speed detection device using the speed timing principle of laser which is of a model that has been approved by the Department of State Police shall be considered scientifically acceptable and reliable as a speed detection device and shall be admissible for all purposes in any court or administrative proceeding in this State, subject to the rules of evidence that are applicable to that court or proceeding, including rules requiring the establishment of an adequate foundation for the evidence. A certified copy of the Department of State Police list of approved models of such laser devices shall be self-authenticating and shall be admissible for all purposes in any court or administrative proceeding in this State. The technology used by any such approved device shall not be considered new or novel for the purposes of detecting speed of a vehicle.

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