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91_HB3275
LRB9110979DHks
1 AN ACT to amend the Illinois Vehicle Code by changing
2 Section 11-605.
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 11-605 as follows:
7 (625 ILCS 5/11-605) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-605)
8 Sec. 11-605. Special speed limit while passing schools or
9 while traveling through highway construction or maintenance
10 zones.
11 (a) For the purpose of this Section, "school" means the
12 following entities:
13 (1) A public or private primary or secondary
14 school.
15 (2) A primary or secondary school operated by a
16 religious institution.
17 (3) A public, private, or religious nursery school.
18 On a school day when school children are present and so
19 close thereto that a potential hazard exists because of the
20 close proximity of the motorized traffic, no person shall
21 drive a motor vehicle at a speed in excess of 20 miles per
22 hour while passing a school zone or while traveling upon any
23 public thoroughfare where children pass going to and from
24 school.
25 For the purpose of this Section a school day shall begin
26 at seven ante meridian and shall conclude at four post
27 meridian.
28 This Section shall not be applicable unless appropriate
29 signs are posted upon streets and highways under their
30 respective jurisdiction and maintained by the Department,
31 township, county, park district, city, village or
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1 incorporated town wherein the school zone is located. With
2 regard to the special speed limit while passing schools, such
3 signs shall give proper due warning that a school zone is
4 being approached and shall indicate the school zone and the
5 maximum speed limit in effect during school days when school
6 children are present.
7 (b) No person shall operate a motor vehicle in a
8 construction or maintenance zone at a speed in excess of the
9 posted speed limit when workers are present and so close to
10 the moving traffic that a potential hazard exists because of
11 the motorized traffic.
12 (c) Nothing in this Chapter shall prohibit the use of
13 electronic speed-detecting devices within 500 feet of signs
14 within a special school speed zone or a construction or
15 maintenance zone indicating such zone, as defined in this
16 Section, nor shall evidence obtained thereby be inadmissible
17 in any prosecution for speeding provided the use of such
18 device shall apply only to the enforcement of the speed limit
19 in such special school speed zone or a construction or
20 maintenance zone.
21 (d) For the purpose of this Section, a construction or
22 maintenance zone is an area in which the Department, Toll
23 Highway Authority, or local agency has determined that the
24 preexisting established speed limit through a highway
25 construction or maintenance project is greater than is
26 reasonable or safe with respect to the conditions expected to
27 exist in the construction or maintenance zone and has posted
28 a lower speed limit with a highway construction or
29 maintenance zone special speed limit sign.
30 Highway construction or maintenance zone special speed
31 limit signs shall be of a design approved by the Department.
32 The signs shall give proper due warning that a construction
33 or maintenance zone is being approached and shall indicate
34 the maximum speed limit in effect. The signs shall also
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1 state the amount of the minimum fine for a violation when
2 workers are present.
3 (e) A violation of this Section shall be a petty offense
4 with a minimum fine of $150.
5 (f) When a fine for a violation of subsection (a) is
6 $150 or greater, the person who violates subsection (a) shall
7 be charged an additional $50 to be paid to the unit school
8 district where the violation occurred for school safety
9 purposes. If the violation occurred in a dual school
10 district, $25 of the surcharge shall be paid to the
11 elementary school district for school safety purposes and $25
12 of the surcharge shall be paid to the high school district
13 for school safety purposes. Notwithstanding any other
14 provision of law, the entire $50 surcharge shall be paid to
15 the appropriate school district or districts.
16 For purposes of this subsection (f), "school safety
17 purposes" includes the costs associated with school zone
18 safety education and the purchase, installation, and
19 maintenance of caution lights which are mounted on school
20 speed zone signs.
21 (Source: P.A. 91-531, eff. 1-1-00.)