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Public Act 103-1047 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning transportation. | ||||
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | ||||
represented in the General Assembly: | ||||
Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by | ||||
changing Sections 7-201, 7-201.1, 11-212, 11-404, 11-407, and | ||||
11-414 as follows: | ||||
(625 ILCS 5/7-201) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 7-201) | ||||
Sec. 7-201. Application of Article II. The Administrator | ||||
as soon as practicable after the receipt of the report, | ||||
required to be filed under Section 11-407 Sections 11-406 and | ||||
11-410 , of a motor vehicle crash occurring within this State | ||||
and that has resulted in bodily injury or death of any person | ||||
or that damage to the property of any one person in excess of | ||||
$1,500 (or $500 if any of the vehicles involved in the crash is | ||||
subject to Section 7-601 but is not covered by a liability | ||||
insurance policy in accordance with Section 7-601) was | ||||
sustained, shall determine: | ||||
1. Whether Section 7-202 of this Code requires the | ||||
deposit of security by or on behalf of any person who was | ||||
the operator or owner of any motor vehicle in any manner | ||||
involved in the crash; and | ||||
2. What amount of security shall be sufficient to | ||||
satisfy any potential judgment or judgments for money |
damages resulting from the crash as may be recovered | ||
against the operator or owner, which amount shall in no | ||
event be less than $1,500 (or $500 if any of the vehicles | ||
involved in the crash is subject to Section 7-601 but is | ||
not covered by a liability insurance policy in accordance | ||
with Section 7-601). | ||
(Source: P.A. 102-982, eff. 7-1-23 .) | ||
(625 ILCS 5/7-201.1) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 7-201.1) | ||
Sec. 7-201.1. If the Administrator has not received a | ||
report required to be filed under Section 11-407 Sections | ||
11-406 and 11-410 , or if the information contained in a report | ||
is insufficient, the Administrator shall send to the person | ||
required to file the report a written request for the missing | ||
report or the missing information. The Administrator shall | ||
send such request no later than 45 days after the crash or 7 | ||
days after receiving information that such crash has occurred, | ||
whichever is later. | ||
If the request is sent to a driver involved in a crash, the | ||
request or an attachment thereto shall contain in bold print a | ||
warning that failure to comply with the request within 15 days | ||
may result in the suspension of the driver's license. | ||
(Source: P.A. 102-982, eff. 7-1-23 .) | ||
(625 ILCS 5/11-212) | ||
Sec. 11-212. Traffic and pedestrian stop statistical |
study. | ||
(a) Whenever a State or local law enforcement officer | ||
issues a uniform traffic citation or warning citation for an | ||
alleged violation of the Illinois Vehicle Code, he or she | ||
shall record at least the following: | ||
(1) the name, address, gender, and the officer's | ||
subjective determination of the race of the person | ||
stopped; the person's race shall be selected from the | ||
following list: American Indian or Alaska Native, Asian, | ||
Black or African American, Hispanic or Latino, Native | ||
Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, or White; | ||
(2) the alleged traffic violation that led to the stop | ||
of the motorist; | ||
(3) the make and year of the vehicle stopped; | ||
(4) the date and time of the stop, beginning when the | ||
vehicle was stopped and ending when the driver is free to | ||
leave or taken into physical custody; | ||
(5) the location of the traffic stop; | ||
(5.5) whether or not a consent search contemporaneous | ||
to the stop was requested of the vehicle, driver, | ||
passenger, or passengers; and, if so, whether consent was | ||
given or denied; | ||
(6) whether or not a search contemporaneous to the | ||
stop was conducted of the vehicle, driver, passenger, or | ||
passengers; and, if so, whether it was with consent or by | ||
other means; |
(6.2) whether or not a police dog performed a sniff of | ||
the vehicle; and, if so, whether or not the dog alerted to | ||
the presence of contraband; and, if so, whether or not an | ||
officer searched the vehicle; and, if so, whether or not | ||
contraband was discovered; and, if so, the type and amount | ||
of contraband; | ||
(6.5) whether or not contraband was found during a | ||
search; and, if so, the type and amount of contraband | ||
seized; and | ||
(7) the name and badge number of the issuing officer. | ||
(b) Whenever a State or local law enforcement officer | ||
stops a motorist for an alleged violation of the Illinois | ||
Vehicle Code and does not issue a uniform traffic citation or | ||
warning citation for an alleged violation of the Illinois | ||
Vehicle Code, he or she shall complete a uniform stop card, | ||
which includes field contact cards, or any other existing form | ||
currently used by law enforcement containing information | ||
required pursuant to this Act, that records at least the | ||
following: | ||
(1) the name, address, gender, and the officer's | ||
subjective determination of the race of the person | ||
stopped; the person's race shall be selected from the | ||
following list: American Indian or Alaska Native, Asian, | ||
Black or African American, Hispanic or Latino, Native | ||
Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, or White; | ||
(2) the reason that led to the stop of the motorist; |
(3) the make and year of the vehicle stopped; | ||
(4) the date and time of the stop, beginning when the | ||
vehicle was stopped and ending when the driver is free to | ||
leave or taken into physical custody; | ||
(5) the location of the traffic stop; | ||
(5.5) whether or not a consent search contemporaneous | ||
to the stop was requested of the vehicle, driver, | ||
passenger, or passengers; and, if so, whether consent was | ||
given or denied; | ||
(6) whether or not a search contemporaneous to the | ||
stop was conducted of the vehicle, driver, passenger, or | ||
passengers; and, if so, whether it was with consent or by | ||
other means; | ||
(6.2) whether or not a police dog performed a sniff of | ||
the vehicle; and, if so, whether or not the dog alerted to | ||
the presence of contraband; and, if so, whether or not an | ||
officer searched the vehicle; and, if so, whether or not | ||
contraband was discovered; and, if so, the type and amount | ||
of contraband; | ||
(6.5) whether or not contraband was found during a | ||
search; and, if so, the type and amount of contraband | ||
seized; and | ||
(7) the name and badge number of the issuing officer. | ||
(b-5) For purposes of this subsection (b-5), "detention" | ||
means all frisks, searches, summons, and arrests. Whenever a | ||
law enforcement officer subjects a pedestrian to detention in |
a public place, he or she shall complete a uniform pedestrian | ||
stop card, which includes any existing form currently used by | ||
law enforcement containing all the information required under | ||
this Section, that records at least the following: | ||
(1) the gender, and the officer's subjective | ||
determination of the race of the person stopped; the | ||
person's race shall be selected from the following list: | ||
American Indian or Alaska Native, Asian, Black or African | ||
American, Hispanic or Latino, Native Hawaiian or Other | ||
Pacific Islander, or White; | ||
(2) all the alleged reasons that led to the stop of the | ||
person; | ||
(3) the date and time of the stop; | ||
(4) the location of the stop; | ||
(5) whether or not a protective pat down or frisk was | ||
conducted of the person; and, if so, all the alleged | ||
reasons that led to the protective pat down or frisk, and | ||
whether it was with consent or by other means; | ||
(6) whether or not contraband was found during the | ||
protective pat down or frisk; and, if so, the type and | ||
amount of contraband seized; | ||
(7) whether or not a search beyond a protective pat | ||
down or frisk was conducted of the person or his or her | ||
effects; and, if so, all the alleged reasons that led to | ||
the search, and whether it was with consent or by other | ||
means; |
(8) whether or not contraband was found during the | ||
search beyond a protective pat down or frisk; and, if so, | ||
the type and amount of contraband seized; | ||
(9) the disposition of the stop, such as a warning, a | ||
ticket, a summons, or an arrest; | ||
(10) if a summons or ticket was issued, or an arrest | ||
made, a record of the violations, offenses, or crimes | ||
alleged or charged; and | ||
(11) the name and badge number of the officer who | ||
conducted the detention. | ||
This subsection (b-5) does not apply to searches or | ||
inspections for compliance authorized under the Fish and | ||
Aquatic Life Code, the Wildlife Code, the Herptiles-Herps Act, | ||
or searches or inspections during routine security screenings | ||
at facilities or events. | ||
(c) The Illinois Department of Transportation shall | ||
provide a standardized law enforcement data compilation form | ||
on its website. | ||
(d) Every law enforcement agency shall, by February March | ||
1 with regard to data collected during July through December | ||
of the previous calendar year and by August 1 with regard to | ||
data collected during January through June of the current | ||
calendar year, compile the data described in subsections (a), | ||
(b), and (b-5) on the standardized law enforcement data | ||
compilation form provided by the Illinois Department of | ||
Transportation and transmit the data to the Department. |
(e) The Illinois Department of Transportation shall | ||
analyze the data provided by law enforcement agencies required | ||
by this Section and submit a report of the previous year's | ||
findings to the Governor, the General Assembly, the Racial | ||
Profiling Prevention and Data Oversight Board, and each law | ||
enforcement agency no later than July 1 of each year. The | ||
Illinois Department of Transportation may contract with an | ||
outside entity for the analysis of the data provided. In | ||
analyzing the data collected under this Section, the analyzing | ||
entity shall scrutinize the data for evidence of statistically | ||
significant aberrations. The following list, which is | ||
illustrative, and not exclusive, contains examples of areas in | ||
which statistically significant aberrations may be found: | ||
(1) The percentage of minority drivers, passengers, or | ||
pedestrians being stopped in a given area is substantially | ||
higher than the proportion of the overall population in or | ||
traveling through the area that the minority constitutes. | ||
(2) A substantial number of false stops including | ||
stops not resulting in the issuance of a traffic ticket or | ||
the making of an arrest. | ||
(3) A disparity between the proportion of citations | ||
issued to minorities and proportion of minorities in the | ||
population. | ||
(4) A disparity among the officers of the same law | ||
enforcement agency with regard to the number of minority | ||
drivers, passengers, or pedestrians being stopped in a |
given area. | ||
(5) A disparity between the frequency of searches | ||
performed on minority drivers or pedestrians and the | ||
frequency of searches performed on non-minority drivers or | ||
pedestrians. | ||
(f) Any law enforcement officer identification information | ||
and driver or pedestrian identification information that is | ||
compiled by any law enforcement agency or the Illinois | ||
Department of Transportation pursuant to this Act for the | ||
purposes of fulfilling the requirements of this Section shall | ||
be confidential and exempt from public inspection and copying, | ||
as provided under Section 7 of the Freedom of Information Act, | ||
and the information shall not be transmitted to anyone except | ||
as needed to comply with this Section. This Section shall not | ||
exempt those materials that, prior to the effective date of | ||
this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly, were | ||
available under the Freedom of Information Act. This | ||
subsection (f) shall not preclude law enforcement agencies | ||
from reviewing data to perform internal reviews. | ||
(g) Funding to implement this Section shall come from | ||
federal highway safety funds available to Illinois, as | ||
directed by the Governor. | ||
(h) The Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority, | ||
in consultation with law enforcement agencies, officials, and | ||
organizations, including Illinois chiefs of police, the | ||
Illinois State Police, the Illinois Sheriffs Association, and |
the Chicago Police Department, and community groups and other | ||
experts, shall undertake a study to determine the best use of | ||
technology to collect, compile, and analyze the traffic stop | ||
statistical study data required by this Section. The | ||
Department shall report its findings and recommendations to | ||
the Governor and the General Assembly by March 1, 2022. | ||
(h-1) The Traffic and Pedestrian Stop Data Use and | ||
Collection Task Force is hereby created. | ||
(1) The Task Force shall undertake a study to | ||
determine the best use of technology to collect, compile, | ||
and analyze the traffic stop statistical study data | ||
required by this Section. | ||
(2) The Task Force shall be an independent Task Force | ||
under the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority | ||
for administrative purposes, and shall consist of the | ||
following members: | ||
(A) 2 academics or researchers who have studied | ||
issues related to traffic or pedestrian stop data | ||
collection and have education or expertise in | ||
statistics; | ||
(B) one professor from an Illinois university who | ||
specializes in policing and racial equity; | ||
(C) one representative from the Illinois State | ||
Police; | ||
(D) one representative from the Chicago Police | ||
Department; |
(E) one representative from the Illinois Chiefs of | ||
Police; | ||
(F) one representative from the Illinois Sheriffs | ||
Association; | ||
(G) one representative from the Chicago Fraternal | ||
Order of Police; | ||
(H) one representative from the Illinois Fraternal | ||
Order of Police; | ||
(I) the Executive Director of the American Civil | ||
Liberties Union of Illinois, or his or her designee; | ||
and | ||
(J) 5 representatives from different community | ||
organizations who specialize in civil or human rights, | ||
policing, or criminal justice reform work, and that | ||
represent a range of minority interests or different | ||
parts of the State. | ||
(3) The Illinois Criminal Justice Information | ||
Authority may consult, contract, work in conjunction with, | ||
and obtain any information from any individual, agency, | ||
association, or research institution deemed appropriate by | ||
the Authority. | ||
(4) The Task Force shall report its findings and | ||
recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly | ||
by March 1, 2022 and every 3 years after. | ||
(h-5) For purposes of this Section: | ||
(1) "American Indian or Alaska Native" means a person |
having origins in any of the original peoples of North and | ||
South America, including Central America, and who | ||
maintains tribal affiliation or community attachment. | ||
(2) "Asian" means a person having origins in any of | ||
the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or | ||
the Indian subcontinent, including, but not limited to, | ||
Cambodia, China, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Pakistan, | ||
the Philippine Islands, Thailand, and Vietnam. | ||
(2.5) "Badge" means an officer's department issued | ||
identification number associated with his or her position | ||
as a police officer with that department. | ||
(3) "Black or African American" means a person having | ||
origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa. | ||
(4) "Hispanic or Latino" means a person of Cuban, | ||
Mexican, Puerto Rican, South or Central American, or other | ||
Spanish culture or origin, regardless of race. | ||
(5) "Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander" means | ||
a person having origins in any of the original peoples of | ||
Hawaii, Guam, Samoa, or other Pacific Islands. | ||
(6) "White" means a person having origins in any of | ||
the original peoples of Europe, the Middle East, or North | ||
Africa. | ||
(i) (Blank). | ||
(Source: P.A. 101-24, eff. 6-21-19; 102-465, eff. 1-1-22; | ||
102-538, eff. 8-20-21; 102-813, eff. 5-13-22.) |
(625 ILCS 5/11-404) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-404) | ||
Sec. 11-404. Duty upon damaging unattended vehicle or | ||
other property. | ||
(a) The driver of any vehicle which collides with or is | ||
involved in a motor vehicle crash with any vehicle which is | ||
unattended, or other property, resulting in any damage to such | ||
other vehicle or property shall immediately stop and shall | ||
then and there either locate and notify the operator or owner | ||
of such vehicle or other property of the driver's name, | ||
address, registration number and owner of the vehicle the | ||
driver was operating or shall attach securely in a conspicuous | ||
place on or in the vehicle or other property struck a written | ||
notice giving the driver's name, address, registration number | ||
and owner of the vehicle the driver was driving and shall | ||
without unnecessary delay notify the nearest office of a duly | ||
authorized police authority and shall make a written report of | ||
such crash when and as required in Section 11-407 11-406 . | ||
Every such stop shall be made without obstructing traffic more | ||
than is necessary. If a damaged vehicle is obstructing traffic | ||
lanes, the driver of the vehicle must make every reasonable | ||
effort to move the vehicle or have it moved so as not to block | ||
the traffic lanes. | ||
(b) Any person failing to comply with this Section shall | ||
be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor. | ||
(c) If any peace officer or highway authority official | ||
finds (i) a vehicle standing upon a highway or toll highway in |
violation of a prohibition, limitation, or restriction on | ||
stopping, standing, or parking imposed under this Code or (ii) | ||
a disabled vehicle that obstructs the roadway of a highway or | ||
toll highway, the peace officer or highway authority official | ||
is authorized to move the vehicle or to require the operator of | ||
the vehicle to move the vehicle to the shoulder of the road, to | ||
a position where parking is permitted, or to public parking or | ||
storage premises. The removal may be performed by, or under | ||
the direction of, the peace officer or highway authority | ||
official or may be contracted for by local authorities. After | ||
the vehicle has been removed, the peace officer or highway | ||
authority official shall follow appropriate procedures, as | ||
provided in Section 4-203 of this Code. | ||
(d) A towing service, its officers, and its employees are | ||
not liable for loss of or damages to any real or personal | ||
property that occurs as the result of the removal or towing of | ||
any vehicle under subsection (c), as provided in subsection | ||
(b) of Section 4-213. | ||
(Source: P.A. 102-982, eff. 7-1-23 .) | ||
(625 ILCS 5/11-407) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-407) | ||
Sec. 11-407. Immediate notice of crash. | ||
(a) The driver of a vehicle that which is in any manner | ||
involved in a crash in this State that requires notice to be | ||
given to the local police department, the county sheriff, or | ||
the Illinois State Police under this Section described in |
Section 11-406 of this Chapter shall, if no police officer is | ||
present, give notice of the crash by the fastest available | ||
means of communication to the local police department if such | ||
crash occurs within a municipality or otherwise to the nearest | ||
office of the county sheriff or nearest headquarters of the | ||
Illinois State Police. Notice is required to be given under | ||
this subsection (a) if the crash: (1) results in injury to or | ||
death of any person; (2) results in damage to the property of | ||
any person, including the driver, in excess of $1,500 (or $500 | ||
if any of the vehicles involved in the accident is subject to | ||
Section 7-601 but is not covered by a liability insurance | ||
policy) in accordance with Section 7-601; (3) if a school bus | ||
is involved in the crash and the crash is caused by a | ||
collision, a sudden stop, or otherwise, and the crash results | ||
in any property damage, personal injury, or death; or (4) if | ||
the crash occurs within 50 feet of a school bus and results in | ||
personal injury to or death of any person who is awaiting or | ||
preparing to board the school bus or immediately after the | ||
person exits the school bus. | ||
(b) Whenever the driver of a vehicle is physically | ||
incapable of giving immediate notice of a crash as required in | ||
Subsection (a) and there was another occupant in the vehicle | ||
at the time of the crash capable of doing so, that occupant | ||
must give notice as required in Subsection (a). | ||
(Source: P.A. 102-982, eff. 7-1-23 .) |
(625 ILCS 5/11-414) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-414) | ||
Sec. 11-414. Department to tabulate and analyze motor | ||
vehicle crash reports. The Department shall tabulate and may | ||
analyze all written motor vehicle crash reports received in | ||
compliance with this Code and shall publish annually or at | ||
more frequent intervals motor vehicle crash data. The | ||
Department: | ||
1. (blank); | ||
2. shall, upon written request, make available to the | ||
public motor vehicle crash data that shall be distributed | ||
under Sections 11-412 and 11-417 of this Code; | ||
3. may conduct special investigations of motor vehicle | ||
crashes and may solicit supplementary reports from | ||
drivers, owners, police departments, sheriffs, coroners, | ||
or any other individual. Failure of any individual to | ||
submit a supplementary report subjects such individual to | ||
the same penalties for failure to report as designated | ||
under Section 11-407 11-406 . | ||
(Source: P.A. 102-982, eff. 7-1-23 .) | ||
Section 10. The DUI Prevention and Education Commission | ||
Act is amended by changing Sections 15 and 20 as follows: | ||
(625 ILCS 70/15) | ||
Sec. 15. Powers. The Commission may create rules and | ||
guidelines for distributing funds and shall: |
(1) determine the best course of action for distributing | ||
funds on a regular basis, either a competitive grant | ||
program or direct expenditures from the DUI Prevention and | ||
Education Fund; | ||
(2) at the end of fiscal years when funds are expended, | ||
provide a report to the General Assembly of how funds were | ||
expended, including, but not limited to, a list of | ||
grantees if applicable and program metrics; and | ||
(3) provide approval to the Department of Transportation | ||
for use of funds. | ||
(1) create rules and guidelines to consider in | ||
accepting, reviewing, and determining grant applications; | ||
(2) as necessary, meet to determine recipients of | ||
grants from the DUI Prevention and Education Fund; and | ||
(3) provide a list of eligible grant recipients to the | ||
Department of Transportation. | ||
(Source: P.A. 101-196, eff. 1-1-20 .) | ||
(625 ILCS 70/20) | ||
Sec. 20. DUI Prevention and Education Fund; transfer of | ||
funds. | ||
(a) The DUI Prevention and Education Fund is created as a | ||
special fund in the State treasury. Subject to appropriation, | ||
all moneys in the DUI Prevention and Education Fund shall be | ||
distributed by the Department of Transportation with approval | ||
guidance from the DUI Prevention and Education Commission as |
grants for crash victim programs and materials, impaired | ||
driving prevention programs, law enforcement support, and | ||
other DUI-related programs. | ||
(b) As soon as practical after the effective date of this | ||
Act, the State Comptroller shall direct and the State | ||
Treasurer shall transfer any remaining balance in excess of | ||
$30,000 from the Roadside Memorial Fund to the DUI Prevention | ||
and Education Fund. Starting in 2021 and continuing every year | ||
after, the cash balance in the Roadside Memorial Fund on June | ||
30 shall be transferred to the DUI Prevention and Education | ||
Fund as soon as practical. | ||
(Source: P.A. 101-196, eff. 1-1-20; 102-60, eff. 7-9-21.) |