Full Text of HB0343 102nd General Assembly
HB0343 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2021 and 2022 HB0343 Introduced 1/29/2021, by Rep. Mark Batinick SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| 625 ILCS 5/11-605 | from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-605 |
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Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that for the purpose of the Section concerning special speed limits while passing schools, a school day begins at 6:30 a.m. (instead of 7 a.m.). Includes a statement of legislative intent. Effective immediately.
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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 1. Legislative purpose. The purpose of this Act is | 5 | | to promote the health and safety of children, parents, and | 6 | | school transportation personnel. The periods in which a | 7 | | special speed limit in a school zone is in effect should be | 8 | | synchronized with the actual schedules of schools in this | 9 | | State, including schools in which the schedule demands that | 10 | | children arrive in school before 7 a.m. | 11 | | Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by | 12 | | changing Section 11-605 as follows:
| 13 | | (625 ILCS 5/11-605) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-605)
| 14 | | Sec. 11-605. Special speed limit while passing schools.
| 15 | | (a) For the purpose of this Section, "school" means the | 16 | | following
entities:
| 17 | | (1) A public or private primary or secondary school.
| 18 | | (2) A primary or secondary school operated by a | 19 | | religious institution.
| 20 | | (3) A public, private, or religious nursery school.
| 21 | | On a school day when school children are present and so | 22 | | close
thereto
that a potential hazard exists because of the |
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| 1 | | close proximity of the motorized
traffic, no person shall | 2 | | drive a motor vehicle at a speed in excess of 20 miles
per hour | 3 | | while passing a school zone or while traveling on a roadway on | 4 | | public
school property or upon any public
thoroughfare where | 5 | | children pass going
to and from school.
| 6 | | For the purpose of this Section , a school day begins shall | 7 | | begin at 6:30 a.m. seven ante
meridian and concludes shall | 8 | | conclude at 4 p.m. four post meridian.
| 9 | | This Section shall not be applicable unless appropriate | 10 | | signs are posted
upon streets and highways under their | 11 | | respective jurisdiction and
maintained by the Department, | 12 | | township, county, park district, city,
village or incorporated | 13 | | town wherein the school zone is located. With regard
to the | 14 | | special speed limit while passing schools, such signs
shall | 15 | | give proper due warning that a school zone is being approached | 16 | | and
shall indicate the school zone and the maximum speed limit | 17 | | in effect during
school days when school children are present.
| 18 | | (b) (Blank).
| 19 | | (c) Nothing in this Chapter shall
prohibit the use of | 20 | | electronic speed-detecting devices within 500 feet of
signs | 21 | | within a special school speed zone indicating such zone, as | 22 | | defined
in this Section, nor shall evidence obtained thereby | 23 | | be inadmissible in any
prosecution for speeding provided the | 24 | | use of such device shall apply only
to the enforcement of the | 25 | | speed limit in such special school speed zone.
| 26 | | (d) (Blank).
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| 1 | | (e) Except as provided in subsection (e-5), a person who | 2 | | violates this Section is guilty of a petty
offense. Violations | 3 | | of this Section are punishable with a minimum fine
of $150 for | 4 | | the first violation and a minimum fine of $300 for the second | 5 | | or subsequent violation.
| 6 | | (e-5) A person committing a violation of this Section is | 7 | | guilty of aggravated special speed limit while passing schools | 8 | | when he or she drives a motor vehicle at a speed that is: | 9 | | (1) 26 miles per hour or more but less than 35 miles | 10 | | per hour in excess of the applicable special speed limit | 11 | | established under this Section or a similar provision of a | 12 | | local ordinance and is guilty of a Class B misdemeanor; or | 13 | | (2) 35 miles per hour or more in excess of the | 14 | | applicable special speed limit established under this | 15 | | Section or a similar provision of a local ordinance and is | 16 | | guilty of a Class A misdemeanor. | 17 | | (f) (Blank).
| 18 | | (g) (Blank).
| 19 | | (h) (Blank).
| 20 | | (Source: P.A. 99-212, eff. 1-1-16; 100-987, eff. 7-1-19 .)
| 21 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 22 | | becoming law.
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