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91_HB0482
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1 AN ACT to amend the Illinois Vehicle Code by changing
2 Section 11-604.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by
6 changing Section 11-604 as follows:
7 (625 ILCS 5/11-604) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-604)
8 Sec. 11-604. Alteration of limits by local authorities.
9 Subject to the limitations set forth in this Section, the
10 county board of a county may establish absolute maximum speed
11 limits on all county highways, township roads and district
12 roads as defined in the Illinois Highway Code, except those
13 under the jurisdiction of the Department or of the Illinois
14 State Toll Highway Authority, as described in Sections 11-602
15 and 11-603 of this Chapter; and any park district, city,
16 village, or incorporated town may establish absolute maximum
17 speed limits on all streets which are within its corporate
18 limits and which are not under the jurisdiction of the
19 Department or of such Authority, and for which the county or
20 a highway commissioner of such county does not have
21 maintenance responsibility.
22 Whenever any such park district, city, village, or
23 incorporated town determines, upon the basis of an
24 engineering or traffic investigation concerning a highway or
25 street on which it is authorized by this Section to establish
26 speed limits, that a maximum speed limit prescribed in
27 Section 11-601 of this Chapter is greater or less than is
28 reasonable or safe with respect to the conditions found to
29 exist at any place or along any part or zone of such highway
30 or street, the local authority or park district shall
31 determine and declare by ordinance a reasonable and safe
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1 absolute maximum speed limit at such place or along such part
2 or zone, which:
3 (1) Decreases the limit within an urban district,
4 but not to less than 20 miles per hour; or
5 (2) Increases the limit within an urban district,
6 but not to more than 55 miles per hour; or
7 (3) Decreases the limit outside of an urban
8 district, but not to less than 35 miles per hour, except
9 as otherwise provided in subparagraph 4 of this
10 paragraph; or
11 (4) Decreases the limit within a residence
12 district, but not to less than 25 miles per hour, except
13 as otherwise provided in subparagraph 1 of this
14 paragraph.
15 The park district, city, village, or incorporated town
16 may make such limit applicable at all times or only during
17 certain specified times. Not more than 6 such alterations
18 shall be made per mile along a highway or street; and the
19 difference in limit between adjacent altered speed zones
20 shall not be more than 10 miles per hour.
21 A limit so determined and declared by a park district,
22 city, village, or incorporated town becomes effective, and
23 suspends the application of the limit prescribed in Section
24 11-601 of this Chapter, when appropriate signs giving notice
25 of the limit are erected at the proper place or along the
26 proper part or zone of the highway or street. However, a park
27 district, city, village, or incorporated town may also adopt
28 an ordinance which changes the maximum limit by publication
29 of notice in a newspaper of general circulation at least 3
30 times, with the last of the publications coming not less than
31 30 days prior to the implementation of the change. Electronic
32 speed-detecting devices shall not be used within 500 feet
33 beyond any such sign in the direction of travel; if so used
34 in violation of this Section evidence obtained thereby shall
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1 be inadmissible in any prosecution for speeding. However,
2 nothing in this Section prohibits the use of such electronic
3 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. A county engineer or superintendent of highways
10 may submit to the Department for approval, a county policy
11 for establishing altered speed zones on township and county
12 highways based upon engineering and traffic investigations.
13 Whenever the county board of a county determines that a
14 maximum speed limit is greater or less than is reasonable or
15 safe with respect to the conditions found to exist at any
16 place or along any part or zone of the highway or road, the
17 county board shall determine and declare by ordinance a
18 reasonable and safe absolute maximum speed limit at that
19 place or along that part or zone. However, the maximum speed
20 limit shall not exceed 55 miles per hour. The limit becomes
21 effective, and suspends the application of the limit
22 prescribed in Section 11-601 of this Chapter, when
23 appropriate signs giving notice of the limit are erected at
24 the proper place or along the proper part of the zone of the
25 highway. However, a county board may also adopt an ordinance
26 which changes the maximum limit by publication of notice in a
27 newspaper of general circulation at least 3 times, with the
28 last of the publications coming not less than 30 days prior
29 to the implementation of the change. Electronic
30 speed-detecting devices shall not be used within 500 feet
31 beyond any such sign in the direction of travel; if so used
32 in violation of this Section, evidence obtained thereby shall
33 be inadmissible in any prosecution for speeding. However,
34 nothing in this Section prohibits the use of such electronic
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1 speed-detecting devices within 500 feet of a sign within a
2 special school speed zone indicating such zone, conforming to
3 the requirements of Section 11-605 of this Act, nor shall
4 evidence obtained thereby be inadmissible in any prosecution
5 for speeding provided the use of such device shall apply only
6 to the enforcement of the speed limit in such special school
7 speed zone.
8 (Source: P.A. 89-444, eff. 1-25-96.)