Public Act 094-0808
 		





SB0509 Enrolled
LRB094 07627 DRH 37799 b






    AN ACT concerning transportation.

 
 
    WHEREAS, The Illinois General Assembly finds that laws 
protecting school-age children with legislation limiting speed 
limits near schools has successfully protected Illinois 
children for decades, and a considerable number of recreational 
facilities in Illinois often border or are in close proximity 
to educational facilities and do not have the same protections 
afforded to educational facilities; and
 
    WHEREAS, The Illinois General Assembly finds that ensuring 
Safe Streets near educational and recreational facilities is a 
goal requiring the full attention of this General Assembly and 
the full cooperation of the federal, State, and local units of 
government and their respective executive departments and 
agencies; therefore
 
    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 adding 
Section 11-605.3 as follows:
 
    (625 ILCS 5/11-605.3  new)
    Sec. 11-605.3. Special traffic protections while passing 
parks and recreation facilities and areas.
    (a) As used in this Section:

        (1) "Park district" means the following entities:

            (A) any park district organized under the Park 
        District Code;

            (B) any park district organized under the Chicago 
        Park District Act; and

            (C) any municipality, county, forest district, 
        school district, township, or other unit of local 
        government that operates a public recreation 
        department or public recreation facilities that has 
        recreation facilities that are not on land owned by any 
        park district listed in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of 
        this subdivision (a)(1).

        (2) "Park zone" means the recreation facilities and

    areas on any land owned or operated by a park district that

    are used for recreational purposes, including but not 
    limited to: parks; playgrounds; swimming pools; hiking 
    trails; bicycle paths;
picnic areas; roads and streets; and 
    parking lots.

        (3) "Park zone street" means that portion of any street 
    or intersection under the control of a local unit of 
    government, adjacent to a park zone, where the local unit 
    of government has, by ordinance or resolution, designated 
    and approved  the street or intersection as a park zone 
    street.  If, before the effective date of this amendatory 
    Act of the 94th General Assembly, a street already had a 
    posted speed limit lower than 20 miles per hour, then the 
    lower limit may be used for that park zone street.

        (4) "Safety purposes" means the costs associated with:

    park zone safety education; the purchase, installation, 
    and maintenance of signs, roadway painting, and caution 
    lights mounted on park zone signs; and any other expense 
    associated with park zones and park zone streets.

    (b) On any day when children are present and within 50 feet 
of motorized traffic, a person may not drive a motor vehicle at 
a speed in excess of 20 miles per hour or any lower posted 
speed while traveling on a park zone street that has been 
designated for the posted reduced speed.

    (c) On any day when children are present and within 50 feet 
of motorized traffic, any driver traveling on a park zone 
street who fails to come to a complete stop at a stop sign or 
red light, including a driver who fails to come to a complete 
stop at a red light before turning right onto a park zone 
street, is in violation of this Section.

    (d) This Section does not apply unless appropriate signs 
are posted upon park zone streets maintained by the Department 
or by the unit of local government in which the park zone is 
located. With regard to the special speed limit on park zone 
streets, the signs must give proper due warning that a park 
zone is being approached and must indicate the maximum speed 
limit on the park zone street.

    (e) A first violation of this Section is a petty offense 
with a minimum fine of $250. A second or subsequent violation 
of this Section is a petty offense with a minimum fine of $500.

    (f) When a fine for a violation of this Section is imposed, 
the person who violates this Section shall be charged an 
additional $50, to be paid to the park district for safety 
purposes.

    (g) The Department shall, within 6 months of the effective 
date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly, 
design a set of standardized traffic signs for park zones and 
park zone streets, including but not limited to:  "park zone", 
"park zone speed limit", and "warning: approaching a park 
zone".  The design of these signs shall be made available to all 
units of local government or manufacturers at no charge, except 
for reproduction and postage.

 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
becoming law.