1 | 1 | | 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB1018 Introduced , by Rep. Mary E. Flowers SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 625 ILCS 5/11-208.3 from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-208.3 Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that any ordinance establishing a system of administrative adjudication shall provide for the service of notices (rather than "additional notices") to the address of the registered owner of the cited vehicle. LRB103 04879 HEP 49889 b A BILL FOR 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB1018 Introduced , by Rep. Mary E. Flowers SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 625 ILCS 5/11-208.3 from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-208.3 625 ILCS 5/11-208.3 from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-208.3 Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that any ordinance establishing a system of administrative adjudication shall provide for the service of notices (rather than "additional notices") to the address of the registered owner of the cited vehicle. LRB103 04879 HEP 49889 b LRB103 04879 HEP 49889 b A BILL FOR |
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2 | 2 | | 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB1018 Introduced , by Rep. Mary E. Flowers SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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3 | 3 | | 625 ILCS 5/11-208.3 from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-208.3 625 ILCS 5/11-208.3 from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-208.3 |
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4 | 4 | | 625 ILCS 5/11-208.3 from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-208.3 |
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5 | 5 | | Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that any ordinance establishing a system of administrative adjudication shall provide for the service of notices (rather than "additional notices") to the address of the registered owner of the cited vehicle. |
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11 | 11 | | 1 AN ACT concerning transportation. |
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12 | 12 | | 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
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13 | 13 | | 3 represented in the General Assembly: |
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14 | 14 | | 4 Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by |
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15 | 15 | | 5 changing Section 11-208.3 as follows: |
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16 | 16 | | 6 (625 ILCS 5/11-208.3) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-208.3) |
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17 | 17 | | 7 (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 102-905) |
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18 | 18 | | 8 Sec. 11-208.3. Administrative adjudication of violations |
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19 | 19 | | 9 of traffic regulations concerning the standing, parking, or |
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20 | 20 | | 10 condition of vehicles, automated traffic law violations, and |
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21 | 21 | | 11 automated speed enforcement system violations. |
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22 | 22 | | 12 (a) Any municipality or county may provide by ordinance |
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23 | 23 | | 13 for a system of administrative adjudication of vehicular |
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24 | 24 | | 14 standing and parking violations and vehicle compliance |
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25 | 25 | | 15 violations as described in this subsection, automated traffic |
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26 | 26 | | 16 law violations as defined in Section 11-208.6, 11-208.9, or |
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27 | 27 | | 17 11-1201.1, and automated speed enforcement system violations |
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28 | 28 | | 18 as defined in Section 11-208.8. The administrative system |
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29 | 29 | | 19 shall have as its purpose the fair and efficient enforcement |
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30 | 30 | | 20 of municipal or county regulations through the administrative |
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31 | 31 | | 21 adjudication of automated speed enforcement system or |
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32 | 32 | | 22 automated traffic law violations and violations of municipal |
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33 | 33 | | 23 or county ordinances regulating the standing and parking of |
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37 | 37 | | 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB1018 Introduced , by Rep. Mary E. Flowers SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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38 | 38 | | 625 ILCS 5/11-208.3 from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-208.3 625 ILCS 5/11-208.3 from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-208.3 |
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39 | 39 | | 625 ILCS 5/11-208.3 from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-208.3 |
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40 | 40 | | Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that any ordinance establishing a system of administrative adjudication shall provide for the service of notices (rather than "additional notices") to the address of the registered owner of the cited vehicle. |
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49 | 49 | | 625 ILCS 5/11-208.3 from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-208.3 |
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68 | 68 | | 1 vehicles, the condition and use of vehicle equipment, and the |
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69 | 69 | | 2 display of municipal or county wheel tax licenses within the |
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70 | 70 | | 3 municipality's or county's borders. The administrative system |
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71 | 71 | | 4 shall only have authority to adjudicate civil offenses |
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72 | 72 | | 5 carrying fines not in excess of $500 or requiring the |
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73 | 73 | | 6 completion of a traffic education program, or both, that occur |
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74 | 74 | | 7 after the effective date of the ordinance adopting such a |
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75 | 75 | | 8 system under this Section. For purposes of this Section, |
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76 | 76 | | 9 "compliance violation" means a violation of a municipal or |
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77 | 77 | | 10 county regulation governing the condition or use of equipment |
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78 | 78 | | 11 on a vehicle or governing the display of a municipal or county |
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79 | 79 | | 12 wheel tax license. |
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80 | 80 | | 13 (b) Any ordinance establishing a system of administrative |
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81 | 81 | | 14 adjudication under this Section shall provide for: |
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82 | 82 | | 15 (1) A traffic compliance administrator authorized to |
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83 | 83 | | 16 adopt, distribute, and process parking, compliance, and |
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84 | 84 | | 17 automated speed enforcement system or automated traffic |
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85 | 85 | | 18 law violation notices and other notices required by this |
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86 | 86 | | 19 Section, collect money paid as fines and penalties for |
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87 | 87 | | 20 violation of parking and compliance ordinances and |
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88 | 88 | | 21 automated speed enforcement system or automated traffic |
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89 | 89 | | 22 law violations, and operate an administrative adjudication |
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90 | 90 | | 23 system. |
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91 | 91 | | 24 (2) A parking, standing, compliance, automated speed |
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92 | 92 | | 25 enforcement system, or automated traffic law violation |
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93 | 93 | | 26 notice that shall specify or include the date, time, and |
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104 | 104 | | 1 place of violation of a parking, standing, compliance, |
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105 | 105 | | 2 automated speed enforcement system, or automated traffic |
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106 | 106 | | 3 law regulation; the particular regulation violated; any |
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107 | 107 | | 4 requirement to complete a traffic education program; the |
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108 | 108 | | 5 fine and any penalty that may be assessed for late payment |
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109 | 109 | | 6 or failure to complete a required traffic education |
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110 | 110 | | 7 program, or both, when so provided by ordinance; the |
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111 | 111 | | 8 vehicle make or a photograph of the vehicle; the state |
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112 | 112 | | 9 registration number of the vehicle; and the identification |
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113 | 113 | | 10 number of the person issuing the notice. With regard to |
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114 | 114 | | 11 automated speed enforcement system or automated traffic |
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115 | 115 | | 12 law violations, vehicle make shall be specified on the |
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116 | 116 | | 13 automated speed enforcement system or automated traffic |
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117 | 117 | | 14 law violation notice if the notice does not include a |
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118 | 118 | | 15 photograph of the vehicle and the make is available and |
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119 | 119 | | 16 readily discernible. With regard to municipalities or |
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120 | 120 | | 17 counties with a population of 1 million or more, it shall |
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121 | 121 | | 18 be grounds for dismissal of a parking violation if the |
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122 | 122 | | 19 state registration number or vehicle make specified is |
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123 | 123 | | 20 incorrect. The violation notice shall state that the |
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124 | 124 | | 21 completion of any required traffic education program, the |
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125 | 125 | | 22 payment of any indicated fine, and the payment of any |
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126 | 126 | | 23 applicable penalty for late payment or failure to complete |
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127 | 127 | | 24 a required traffic education program, or both, shall |
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128 | 128 | | 25 operate as a final disposition of the violation. The |
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129 | 129 | | 26 notice also shall contain information as to the |
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140 | 140 | | 1 availability of a hearing in which the violation may be |
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141 | 141 | | 2 contested on its merits. The violation notice shall |
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142 | 142 | | 3 specify the time and manner in which a hearing may be had. |
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143 | 143 | | 4 (3) Service of a parking, standing, or compliance |
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144 | 144 | | 5 violation notice by: (i) affixing the original or a |
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145 | 145 | | 6 facsimile of the notice to an unlawfully parked or |
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146 | 146 | | 7 standing vehicle; (ii) handing the notice to the operator |
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147 | 147 | | 8 of a vehicle if he or she is present; or (iii) mailing the |
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148 | 148 | | 9 notice to the address of the registered owner or lessee of |
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149 | 149 | | 10 the cited vehicle as recorded with the Secretary of State |
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150 | 150 | | 11 or the lessor of the motor vehicle within 30 days after the |
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151 | 151 | | 12 Secretary of State or the lessor of the motor vehicle |
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152 | 152 | | 13 notifies the municipality or county of the identity of the |
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153 | 153 | | 14 owner or lessee of the vehicle, but not later than 90 days |
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154 | 154 | | 15 after the date of the violation, except that in the case of |
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155 | 155 | | 16 a lessee of a motor vehicle, service of a parking, |
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156 | 156 | | 17 standing, or compliance violation notice may occur no |
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157 | 157 | | 18 later than 210 days after the violation; and service of an |
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158 | 158 | | 19 automated speed enforcement system or automated traffic |
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159 | 159 | | 20 law violation notice by mail to the address of the |
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160 | 160 | | 21 registered owner or lessee of the cited vehicle as |
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161 | 161 | | 22 recorded with the Secretary of State or the lessor of the |
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162 | 162 | | 23 motor vehicle within 30 days after the Secretary of State |
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163 | 163 | | 24 or the lessor of the motor vehicle notifies the |
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164 | 164 | | 25 municipality or county of the identity of the owner or |
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165 | 165 | | 26 lessee of the vehicle, but not later than 90 days after the |
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176 | 176 | | 1 violation, except that in the case of a lessee of a motor |
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177 | 177 | | 2 vehicle, service of an automated traffic law violation |
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178 | 178 | | 3 notice may occur no later than 210 days after the |
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179 | 179 | | 4 violation. A person authorized by ordinance to issue and |
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180 | 180 | | 5 serve parking, standing, and compliance violation notices |
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181 | 181 | | 6 shall certify as to the correctness of the facts entered |
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182 | 182 | | 7 on the violation notice by signing his or her name to the |
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183 | 183 | | 8 notice at the time of service or, in the case of a notice |
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184 | 184 | | 9 produced by a computerized device, by signing a single |
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185 | 185 | | 10 certificate to be kept by the traffic compliance |
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186 | 186 | | 11 administrator attesting to the correctness of all notices |
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187 | 187 | | 12 produced by the device while it was under his or her |
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188 | 188 | | 13 control. In the case of an automated traffic law |
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189 | 189 | | 14 violation, the ordinance shall require a determination by |
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190 | 190 | | 15 a technician employed or contracted by the municipality or |
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191 | 191 | | 16 county that, based on inspection of recorded images, the |
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192 | 192 | | 17 motor vehicle was being operated in violation of Section |
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193 | 193 | | 18 11-208.6, 11-208.9, or 11-1201.1 or a local ordinance. If |
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194 | 194 | | 19 the technician determines that the vehicle entered the |
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195 | 195 | | 20 intersection as part of a funeral procession or in order |
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196 | 196 | | 21 to yield the right-of-way to an emergency vehicle, a |
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197 | 197 | | 22 citation shall not be issued. In municipalities with a |
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198 | 198 | | 23 population of less than 1,000,000 inhabitants and counties |
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199 | 199 | | 24 with a population of less than 3,000,000 inhabitants, the |
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200 | 200 | | 25 automated traffic law ordinance shall require that all |
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201 | 201 | | 26 determinations by a technician that a motor vehicle was |
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212 | 212 | | 1 being operated in violation of Section 11-208.6, 11-208.9, |
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213 | 213 | | 2 or 11-1201.1 or a local ordinance must be reviewed and |
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214 | 214 | | 3 approved by a law enforcement officer or retired law |
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215 | 215 | | 4 enforcement officer of the municipality or county issuing |
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216 | 216 | | 5 the violation. In municipalities with a population of |
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217 | 217 | | 6 1,000,000 or more inhabitants and counties with a |
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218 | 218 | | 7 population of 3,000,000 or more inhabitants, the automated |
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219 | 219 | | 8 traffic law ordinance shall require that all |
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220 | 220 | | 9 determinations by a technician that a motor vehicle was |
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221 | 221 | | 10 being operated in violation of Section 11-208.6, 11-208.9, |
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222 | 222 | | 11 or 11-1201.1 or a local ordinance must be reviewed and |
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223 | 223 | | 12 approved by a law enforcement officer or retired law |
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224 | 224 | | 13 enforcement officer of the municipality or county issuing |
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225 | 225 | | 14 the violation or by an additional fully trained reviewing |
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226 | 226 | | 15 technician who is not employed by the contractor who |
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227 | 227 | | 16 employs the technician who made the initial determination. |
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228 | 228 | | 17 In the case of an automated speed enforcement system |
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229 | 229 | | 18 violation, the ordinance shall require a determination by |
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230 | 230 | | 19 a technician employed by the municipality, based upon an |
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231 | 231 | | 20 inspection of recorded images, video or other |
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232 | 232 | | 21 documentation, including documentation of the speed limit |
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233 | 233 | | 22 and automated speed enforcement signage, and documentation |
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234 | 234 | | 23 of the inspection, calibration, and certification of the |
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235 | 235 | | 24 speed equipment, that the vehicle was being operated in |
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236 | 236 | | 25 violation of Article VI of Chapter 11 of this Code or a |
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237 | 237 | | 26 similar local ordinance. If the technician determines that |
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248 | 248 | | 1 the vehicle speed was not determined by a calibrated, |
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249 | 249 | | 2 certified speed equipment device based upon the speed |
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250 | 250 | | 3 equipment documentation, or if the vehicle was an |
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251 | 251 | | 4 emergency vehicle, a citation may not be issued. The |
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252 | 252 | | 5 automated speed enforcement ordinance shall require that |
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253 | 253 | | 6 all determinations by a technician that a violation |
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254 | 254 | | 7 occurred be reviewed and approved by a law enforcement |
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255 | 255 | | 8 officer or retired law enforcement officer of the |
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256 | 256 | | 9 municipality issuing the violation or by an additional |
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257 | 257 | | 10 fully trained reviewing technician who is not employed by |
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258 | 258 | | 11 the contractor who employs the technician who made the |
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259 | 259 | | 12 initial determination. Routine and independent calibration |
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260 | 260 | | 13 of the speeds produced by automated speed enforcement |
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261 | 261 | | 14 systems and equipment shall be conducted annually by a |
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262 | 262 | | 15 qualified technician. Speeds produced by an automated |
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263 | 263 | | 16 speed enforcement system shall be compared with speeds |
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264 | 264 | | 17 produced by lidar or other independent equipment. Radar or |
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265 | 265 | | 18 lidar equipment shall undergo an internal validation test |
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266 | 266 | | 19 no less frequently than once each week. Qualified |
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267 | 267 | | 20 technicians shall test loop-based equipment no less |
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268 | 268 | | 21 frequently than once a year. Radar equipment shall be |
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269 | 269 | | 22 checked for accuracy by a qualified technician when the |
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270 | 270 | | 23 unit is serviced, when unusual or suspect readings |
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271 | 271 | | 24 persist, or when deemed necessary by a reviewing |
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272 | 272 | | 25 technician. Radar equipment shall be checked with the |
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273 | 273 | | 26 internal frequency generator and the internal circuit test |
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284 | 284 | | 1 whenever the radar is turned on. Technicians must be alert |
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285 | 285 | | 2 for any unusual or suspect readings, and if unusual or |
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286 | 286 | | 3 suspect readings of a radar unit persist, that unit shall |
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287 | 287 | | 4 immediately be removed from service and not returned to |
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288 | 288 | | 5 service until it has been checked by a qualified |
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289 | 289 | | 6 technician and determined to be functioning properly. |
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290 | 290 | | 7 Documentation of the annual calibration results, including |
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291 | 291 | | 8 the equipment tested, test date, technician performing the |
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292 | 292 | | 9 test, and test results, shall be maintained and available |
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293 | 293 | | 10 for use in the determination of an automated speed |
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294 | 294 | | 11 enforcement system violation and issuance of a citation. |
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295 | 295 | | 12 The technician performing the calibration and testing of |
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296 | 296 | | 13 the automated speed enforcement equipment shall be trained |
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297 | 297 | | 14 and certified in the use of equipment for speed |
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298 | 298 | | 15 enforcement purposes. Training on the speed enforcement |
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299 | 299 | | 16 equipment may be conducted by law enforcement, civilian, |
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300 | 300 | | 17 or manufacturer's personnel and if applicable may be |
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301 | 301 | | 18 equivalent to the equipment use and operations training |
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302 | 302 | | 19 included in the Speed Measuring Device Operator Program |
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303 | 303 | | 20 developed by the National Highway Traffic Safety |
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304 | 304 | | 21 Administration (NHTSA). The vendor or technician who |
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305 | 305 | | 22 performs the work shall keep accurate records on each |
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306 | 306 | | 23 piece of equipment the technician calibrates and tests. As |
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308 | 308 | | 25 technician" means a person who has received at least 40 |
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320 | 320 | | 1 include image inspection and interpretation, the elements |
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321 | 321 | | 2 necessary to prove a violation, license plate |
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322 | 322 | | 3 identification, and traffic safety and management. In all |
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323 | 323 | | 4 municipalities and counties, the automated speed |
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324 | 324 | | 5 enforcement system or automated traffic law ordinance |
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325 | 325 | | 6 shall require that no additional fee shall be charged to |
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326 | 326 | | 7 the alleged violator for exercising his or her right to an |
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327 | 327 | | 8 administrative hearing, and persons shall be given at |
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328 | 328 | | 9 least 25 days following an administrative hearing to pay |
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329 | 329 | | 10 any civil penalty imposed by a finding that Section |
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330 | 330 | | 11 11-208.6, 11-208.8, 11-208.9, or 11-1201.1 or a similar |
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331 | 331 | | 12 local ordinance has been violated. The original or a |
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332 | 332 | | 13 facsimile of the violation notice or, in the case of a |
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333 | 333 | | 14 notice produced by a computerized device, a printed record |
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334 | 334 | | 15 generated by the device showing the facts entered on the |
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335 | 335 | | 16 notice, shall be retained by the traffic compliance |
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336 | 336 | | 17 administrator, and shall be a record kept in the ordinary |
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337 | 337 | | 18 course of business. A parking, standing, compliance, |
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339 | 339 | | 20 law violation notice issued, signed, and served in |
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340 | 340 | | 21 accordance with this Section, a copy of the notice, or the |
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341 | 341 | | 22 computer-generated record shall be prima facie correct and |
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342 | 342 | | 23 shall be prima facie evidence of the correctness of the |
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343 | 343 | | 24 facts shown on the notice. The notice, copy, or |
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344 | 344 | | 25 computer-generated record shall be admissible in any |
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356 | 356 | | 1 (4) An opportunity for a hearing for the registered |
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357 | 357 | | 2 owner of the vehicle cited in the parking, standing, |
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358 | 358 | | 3 compliance, automated speed enforcement system, or |
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359 | 359 | | 4 automated traffic law violation notice in which the owner |
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360 | 360 | | 5 may contest the merits of the alleged violation, and |
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361 | 361 | | 6 during which formal or technical rules of evidence shall |
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362 | 362 | | 7 not apply; provided, however, that under Section 11-1306 |
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363 | 363 | | 8 of this Code the lessee of a vehicle cited in the violation |
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364 | 364 | | 9 notice likewise shall be provided an opportunity for a |
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365 | 365 | | 10 hearing of the same kind afforded the registered owner. |
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366 | 366 | | 11 The hearings shall be recorded, and the person conducting |
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367 | 367 | | 12 the hearing on behalf of the traffic compliance |
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368 | 368 | | 13 administrator shall be empowered to administer oaths and |
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369 | 369 | | 14 to secure by subpoena both the attendance and testimony of |
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370 | 370 | | 15 witnesses and the production of relevant books and papers. |
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371 | 371 | | 16 Persons appearing at a hearing under this Section may be |
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372 | 372 | | 17 represented by counsel at their expense. The ordinance may |
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373 | 373 | | 18 also provide for internal administrative review following |
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374 | 374 | | 19 the decision of the hearing officer. |
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375 | 375 | | 20 (5) Service of additional notices, sent by first class |
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376 | 376 | | 21 United States mail, postage prepaid, to the address of the |
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377 | 377 | | 22 registered owner of the cited vehicle as recorded with the |
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378 | 378 | | 23 Secretary of State or, if any notice to that address is |
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379 | 379 | | 24 returned as undeliverable, to the last known address |
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380 | 380 | | 25 recorded in a United States Post Office approved database, |
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381 | 381 | | 26 or, under Section 11-1306 or subsection (p) of Section |
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392 | 392 | | 1 11-208.6 or 11-208.9, or subsection (p) of Section |
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393 | 393 | | 2 11-208.8 of this Code, to the lessee of the cited vehicle |
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394 | 394 | | 3 at the last address known to the lessor of the cited |
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395 | 395 | | 4 vehicle at the time of lease or, if any notice to that |
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396 | 396 | | 5 address is returned as undeliverable, to the last known |
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397 | 397 | | 6 address recorded in a United States Post Office approved |
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398 | 398 | | 7 database. The service shall be deemed complete as of the |
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399 | 399 | | 8 date of deposit in the United States mail. The notices |
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400 | 400 | | 9 shall be in the following sequence and shall include, but |
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401 | 401 | | 10 not be limited to, the information specified herein: |
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402 | 402 | | 11 (i) A second notice of parking, standing, or |
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403 | 403 | | 12 compliance violation if the first notice of the |
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404 | 404 | | 13 violation was issued by affixing the original or a |
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405 | 405 | | 14 facsimile of the notice to the unlawfully parked |
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406 | 406 | | 15 vehicle or by handing the notice to the operator. This |
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407 | 407 | | 16 notice shall specify or include the date and location |
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408 | 408 | | 17 of the violation cited in the parking, standing, or |
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409 | 409 | | 18 compliance violation notice, the particular regulation |
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410 | 410 | | 19 violated, the vehicle make or a photograph of the |
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411 | 411 | | 20 vehicle, the state registration number of the vehicle, |
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412 | 412 | | 21 any requirement to complete a traffic education |
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413 | 413 | | 22 program, the fine and any penalty that may be assessed |
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414 | 414 | | 23 for late payment or failure to complete a traffic |
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415 | 415 | | 24 education program, or both, when so provided by |
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416 | 416 | | 25 ordinance, the availability of a hearing in which the |
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417 | 417 | | 26 violation may be contested on its merits, and the time |
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428 | 428 | | 1 and manner in which the hearing may be had. The notice |
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429 | 429 | | 2 of violation shall also state that failure to complete |
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430 | 430 | | 3 a required traffic education program, to pay the |
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431 | 431 | | 4 indicated fine and any applicable penalty, or to |
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432 | 432 | | 5 appear at a hearing on the merits in the time and |
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433 | 433 | | 6 manner specified, will result in a final determination |
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434 | 434 | | 7 of violation liability for the cited violation in the |
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435 | 435 | | 8 amount of the fine or penalty indicated, and that, |
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436 | 436 | | 9 upon the occurrence of a final determination of |
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437 | 437 | | 10 violation liability for the failure, and the |
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438 | 438 | | 11 exhaustion of, or failure to exhaust, available |
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439 | 439 | | 12 administrative or judicial procedures for review, any |
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440 | 440 | | 13 incomplete traffic education program or any unpaid |
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441 | 441 | | 14 fine or penalty, or both, will constitute a debt due |
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442 | 442 | | 15 and owing the municipality or county. |
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443 | 443 | | 16 (ii) A notice of final determination of parking, |
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444 | 444 | | 17 standing, compliance, automated speed enforcement |
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445 | 445 | | 18 system, or automated traffic law violation liability. |
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446 | 446 | | 19 This notice shall be sent following a final |
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447 | 447 | | 20 determination of parking, standing, compliance, |
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448 | 448 | | 21 automated speed enforcement system, or automated |
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449 | 449 | | 22 traffic law violation liability and the conclusion of |
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450 | 450 | | 23 judicial review procedures taken under this Section. |
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451 | 451 | | 24 The notice shall state that the incomplete traffic |
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452 | 452 | | 25 education program or the unpaid fine or penalty, or |
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453 | 453 | | 26 both, is a debt due and owing the municipality or |
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464 | 464 | | 1 county. The notice shall contain warnings that failure |
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465 | 465 | | 2 to complete any required traffic education program or |
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466 | 466 | | 3 to pay any fine or penalty due and owing the |
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467 | 467 | | 4 municipality or county, or both, within the time |
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468 | 468 | | 5 specified may result in the municipality's or county's |
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469 | 469 | | 6 filing of a petition in the Circuit Court to have the |
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470 | 470 | | 7 incomplete traffic education program or unpaid fine or |
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471 | 471 | | 8 penalty, or both, rendered a judgment as provided by |
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472 | 472 | | 9 this Section, or, where applicable, may result in |
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473 | 473 | | 10 suspension of the person's driver's license for |
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474 | 474 | | 11 failure to complete a traffic education program. |
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475 | 475 | | 12 (6) A notice of impending driver's license suspension. |
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476 | 476 | | 13 This notice shall be sent to the person liable for failure |
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477 | 477 | | 14 to complete a required traffic education program. The |
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478 | 478 | | 15 notice shall state that failure to complete a required |
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479 | 479 | | 16 traffic education program within 45 days of the notice's |
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480 | 480 | | 17 date will result in the municipality or county notifying |
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481 | 481 | | 18 the Secretary of State that the person is eligible for |
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482 | 482 | | 19 initiation of suspension proceedings under Section 6-306.5 |
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483 | 483 | | 20 of this Code. The notice shall also state that the person |
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484 | 484 | | 21 may obtain a photostatic copy of an original ticket |
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485 | 485 | | 22 imposing a fine or penalty by sending a self-addressed, |
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486 | 486 | | 23 stamped envelope to the municipality or county along with |
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487 | 487 | | 24 a request for the photostatic copy. The notice of |
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488 | 488 | | 25 impending driver's license suspension shall be sent by |
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489 | 489 | | 26 first class United States mail, postage prepaid, to the |
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500 | 500 | | 1 address recorded with the Secretary of State or, if any |
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501 | 501 | | 2 notice to that address is returned as undeliverable, to |
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502 | 502 | | 3 the last known address recorded in a United States Post |
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503 | 503 | | 4 Office approved database. |
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504 | 504 | | 5 (7) Final determinations of violation liability. A |
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505 | 505 | | 6 final determination of violation liability shall occur |
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506 | 506 | | 7 following failure to complete the required traffic |
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507 | 507 | | 8 education program or to pay the fine or penalty, or both, |
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508 | 508 | | 9 after a hearing officer's determination of violation |
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509 | 509 | | 10 liability and the exhaustion of or failure to exhaust any |
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510 | 510 | | 11 administrative review procedures provided by ordinance. |
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511 | 511 | | 12 Where a person fails to appear at a hearing to contest the |
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512 | 512 | | 13 alleged violation in the time and manner specified in a |
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513 | 513 | | 14 prior mailed notice, the hearing officer's determination |
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514 | 514 | | 15 of violation liability shall become final: (A) upon denial |
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515 | 515 | | 16 of a timely petition to set aside that determination, or |
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516 | 516 | | 17 (B) upon expiration of the period for filing the petition |
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517 | 517 | | 18 without a filing having been made. |
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518 | 518 | | 19 (8) A petition to set aside a determination of |
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519 | 519 | | 20 parking, standing, compliance, automated speed enforcement |
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520 | 520 | | 21 system, or automated traffic law violation liability that |
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521 | 521 | | 22 may be filed by a person owing an unpaid fine or penalty. A |
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522 | 522 | | 23 petition to set aside a determination of liability may |
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523 | 523 | | 24 also be filed by a person required to complete a traffic |
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524 | 524 | | 25 education program. The petition shall be filed with and |
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525 | 525 | | 26 ruled upon by the traffic compliance administrator in the |
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536 | 536 | | 1 manner and within the time specified by ordinance. The |
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537 | 537 | | 2 grounds for the petition may be limited to: (A) the person |
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538 | 538 | | 3 not having been the owner or lessee of the cited vehicle on |
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539 | 539 | | 4 the date the violation notice was issued, (B) the person |
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540 | 540 | | 5 having already completed the required traffic education |
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541 | 541 | | 6 program or paid the fine or penalty, or both, for the |
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542 | 542 | | 7 violation in question, and (C) excusable failure to appear |
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543 | 543 | | 8 at or request a new date for a hearing. With regard to |
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544 | 544 | | 9 municipalities or counties with a population of 1 million |
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545 | 545 | | 10 or more, it shall be grounds for dismissal of a parking |
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546 | 546 | | 11 violation if the state registration number or vehicle |
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547 | 547 | | 12 make, only if specified in the violation notice, is |
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548 | 548 | | 13 incorrect. After the determination of parking, standing, |
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549 | 549 | | 14 compliance, automated speed enforcement system, or |
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550 | 550 | | 15 automated traffic law violation liability has been set |
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551 | 551 | | 16 aside upon a showing of just cause, the registered owner |
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552 | 552 | | 17 shall be provided with a hearing on the merits for that |
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553 | 553 | | 18 violation. |
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554 | 554 | | 19 (9) Procedures for non-residents. Procedures by which |
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555 | 555 | | 20 persons who are not residents of the municipality or |
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556 | 556 | | 21 county may contest the merits of the alleged violation |
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557 | 557 | | 22 without attending a hearing. |
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558 | 558 | | 23 (10) A schedule of civil fines for violations of |
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559 | 559 | | 24 vehicular standing, parking, compliance, automated speed |
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560 | 560 | | 25 enforcement system, or automated traffic law regulations |
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561 | 561 | | 26 enacted by ordinance pursuant to this Section, and a |
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572 | 572 | | 1 schedule of penalties for late payment of the fines or |
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573 | 573 | | 2 failure to complete required traffic education programs, |
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574 | 574 | | 3 provided, however, that the total amount of the fine and |
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575 | 575 | | 4 penalty for any one violation shall not exceed $250, |
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576 | 576 | | 5 except as provided in subsection (c) of Section 11-1301.3 |
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577 | 577 | | 6 of this Code. |
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578 | 578 | | 7 (11) Other provisions as are necessary and proper to |
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579 | 579 | | 8 carry into effect the powers granted and purposes stated |
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580 | 580 | | 9 in this Section. |
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581 | 581 | | 10 (c) Any municipality or county establishing vehicular |
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582 | 582 | | 11 standing, parking, compliance, automated speed enforcement |
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583 | 583 | | 12 system, or automated traffic law regulations under this |
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584 | 584 | | 13 Section may also provide by ordinance for a program of vehicle |
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585 | 585 | | 14 immobilization for the purpose of facilitating enforcement of |
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586 | 586 | | 15 those regulations. The program of vehicle immobilization shall |
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587 | 587 | | 16 provide for immobilizing any eligible vehicle upon the public |
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588 | 588 | | 17 way by presence of a restraint in a manner to prevent operation |
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589 | 589 | | 18 of the vehicle. Any ordinance establishing a program of |
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590 | 590 | | 19 vehicle immobilization under this Section shall provide: |
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591 | 591 | | 20 (1) Criteria for the designation of vehicles eligible |
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592 | 592 | | 21 for immobilization. A vehicle shall be eligible for |
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593 | 593 | | 22 immobilization when the registered owner of the vehicle |
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594 | 594 | | 23 has accumulated the number of incomplete traffic education |
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595 | 595 | | 24 programs or unpaid final determinations of parking, |
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596 | 596 | | 25 standing, compliance, automated speed enforcement system, |
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597 | 597 | | 26 or automated traffic law violation liability, or both, as |
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608 | 608 | | 1 determined by ordinance. |
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609 | 609 | | 2 (2) A notice of impending vehicle immobilization and a |
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610 | 610 | | 3 right to a hearing to challenge the validity of the notice |
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611 | 611 | | 4 by disproving liability for the incomplete traffic |
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612 | 612 | | 5 education programs or unpaid final determinations of |
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613 | 613 | | 6 parking, standing, compliance, automated speed enforcement |
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614 | 614 | | 7 system, or automated traffic law violation liability, or |
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615 | 615 | | 8 both, listed on the notice. |
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616 | 616 | | 9 (3) The right to a prompt hearing after a vehicle has |
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617 | 617 | | 10 been immobilized or subsequently towed without the |
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618 | 618 | | 11 completion of the required traffic education program or |
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619 | 619 | | 12 payment of the outstanding fines and penalties on parking, |
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620 | 620 | | 13 standing, compliance, automated speed enforcement system, |
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621 | 621 | | 14 or automated traffic law violations, or both, for which |
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622 | 622 | | 15 final determinations have been issued. An order issued |
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623 | 623 | | 16 after the hearing is a final administrative decision |
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624 | 624 | | 17 within the meaning of Section 3-101 of the Code of Civil |
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625 | 625 | | 18 Procedure. |
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626 | 626 | | 19 (4) A post immobilization and post-towing notice |
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627 | 627 | | 20 advising the registered owner of the vehicle of the right |
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628 | 628 | | 21 to a hearing to challenge the validity of the impoundment. |
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629 | 629 | | 22 (d) Judicial review of final determinations of parking, |
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630 | 630 | | 23 standing, compliance, automated speed enforcement system, or |
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631 | 631 | | 24 automated traffic law violations and final administrative |
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632 | 632 | | 25 decisions issued after hearings regarding vehicle |
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633 | 633 | | 26 immobilization and impoundment made under this Section shall |
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644 | 644 | | 1 be subject to the provisions of the Administrative Review Law. |
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645 | 645 | | 2 (e) Any fine, penalty, incomplete traffic education |
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646 | 646 | | 3 program, or part of any fine or any penalty remaining unpaid |
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647 | 647 | | 4 after the exhaustion of, or the failure to exhaust, |
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648 | 648 | | 5 administrative remedies created under this Section and the |
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649 | 649 | | 6 conclusion of any judicial review procedures shall be a debt |
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650 | 650 | | 7 due and owing the municipality or county and, as such, may be |
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651 | 651 | | 8 collected in accordance with applicable law. Completion of any |
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652 | 652 | | 9 required traffic education program and payment in full of any |
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653 | 653 | | 10 fine or penalty resulting from a standing, parking, |
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654 | 654 | | 11 compliance, automated speed enforcement system, or automated |
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655 | 655 | | 12 traffic law violation shall constitute a final disposition of |
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656 | 656 | | 13 that violation. |
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657 | 657 | | 14 (f) After the expiration of the period within which |
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658 | 658 | | 15 judicial review may be sought for a final determination of |
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659 | 659 | | 16 parking, standing, compliance, automated speed enforcement |
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660 | 660 | | 17 system, or automated traffic law violation, the municipality |
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661 | 661 | | 18 or county may commence a proceeding in the Circuit Court for |
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662 | 662 | | 19 purposes of obtaining a judgment on the final determination of |
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663 | 663 | | 20 violation. Nothing in this Section shall prevent a |
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664 | 664 | | 21 municipality or county from consolidating multiple final |
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665 | 665 | | 22 determinations of parking, standing, compliance, automated |
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666 | 666 | | 23 speed enforcement system, or automated traffic law violations |
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667 | 667 | | 24 against a person in a proceeding. Upon commencement of the |
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668 | 668 | | 25 action, the municipality or county shall file a certified copy |
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669 | 669 | | 26 or record of the final determination of parking, standing, |
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680 | 680 | | 1 compliance, automated speed enforcement system, or automated |
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681 | 681 | | 2 traffic law violation, which shall be accompanied by a |
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682 | 682 | | 3 certification that recites facts sufficient to show that the |
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683 | 683 | | 4 final determination of violation was issued in accordance with |
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684 | 684 | | 5 this Section and the applicable municipal or county ordinance. |
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685 | 685 | | 6 Service of the summons and a copy of the petition may be by any |
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686 | 686 | | 7 method provided by Section 2-203 of the Code of Civil |
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687 | 687 | | 8 Procedure or by certified mail, return receipt requested, |
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688 | 688 | | 9 provided that the total amount of fines and penalties for |
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689 | 689 | | 10 final determinations of parking, standing, compliance, |
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690 | 690 | | 11 automated speed enforcement system, or automated traffic law |
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691 | 691 | | 12 violations does not exceed $2500. If the court is satisfied |
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692 | 692 | | 13 that the final determination of parking, standing, compliance, |
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693 | 693 | | 14 automated speed enforcement system, or automated traffic law |
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694 | 694 | | 15 violation was entered in accordance with the requirements of |
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695 | 695 | | 16 this Section and the applicable municipal or county ordinance, |
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696 | 696 | | 17 and that the registered owner or the lessee, as the case may |
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697 | 697 | | 18 be, had an opportunity for an administrative hearing and for |
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698 | 698 | | 19 judicial review as provided in this Section, the court shall |
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699 | 699 | | 20 render judgment in favor of the municipality or county and |
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700 | 700 | | 21 against the registered owner or the lessee for the amount |
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701 | 701 | | 22 indicated in the final determination of parking, standing, |
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702 | 702 | | 23 compliance, automated speed enforcement system, or automated |
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703 | 703 | | 24 traffic law violation, plus costs. The judgment shall have the |
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704 | 704 | | 25 same effect and may be enforced in the same manner as other |
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705 | 705 | | 26 judgments for the recovery of money. |
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716 | 716 | | 1 (g) The fee for participating in a traffic education |
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717 | 717 | | 2 program under this Section shall not exceed $25. |
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718 | 718 | | 3 A low-income individual required to complete a traffic |
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719 | 719 | | 4 education program under this Section who provides proof of |
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720 | 720 | | 5 eligibility for the federal earned income tax credit under |
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721 | 721 | | 6 Section 32 of the Internal Revenue Code or the Illinois earned |
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722 | 722 | | 7 income tax credit under Section 212 of the Illinois Income Tax |
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723 | 723 | | 8 Act shall not be required to pay any fee for participating in a |
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724 | 724 | | 9 required traffic education program. |
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725 | 725 | | 10 (Source: P.A. 101-32, eff. 6-28-19; 101-623, eff. 7-1-20; |
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726 | 726 | | 11 101-652, eff. 7-1-21; 102-558, eff. 8-20-21.) |
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727 | 727 | | 12 (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 102-905) |
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728 | 728 | | 13 Sec. 11-208.3. Administrative adjudication of violations |
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729 | 729 | | 14 of traffic regulations concerning the standing, parking, or |
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730 | 730 | | 15 condition of vehicles, automated traffic law violations, and |
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731 | 731 | | 16 automated speed enforcement system violations. |
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732 | 732 | | 17 (a) Any municipality or county may provide by ordinance |
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733 | 733 | | 18 for a system of administrative adjudication of vehicular |
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734 | 734 | | 19 standing and parking violations and vehicle compliance |
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735 | 735 | | 20 violations as described in this subsection, automated traffic |
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736 | 736 | | 21 law violations as defined in Section 11-208.6, 11-208.9, or |
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737 | 737 | | 22 11-1201.1, and automated speed enforcement system violations |
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738 | 738 | | 23 as defined in Section 11-208.8. The administrative system |
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739 | 739 | | 24 shall have as its purpose the fair and efficient enforcement |
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740 | 740 | | 25 of municipal or county regulations through the administrative |
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752 | 752 | | 2 automated traffic law violations and violations of municipal |
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753 | 753 | | 3 or county ordinances regulating the standing and parking of |
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754 | 754 | | 4 vehicles, the condition and use of vehicle equipment, and the |
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755 | 755 | | 5 display of municipal or county wheel tax licenses within the |
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756 | 756 | | 6 municipality's or county's borders. The administrative system |
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757 | 757 | | 7 shall only have authority to adjudicate civil offenses |
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758 | 758 | | 8 carrying fines not in excess of $500 or requiring the |
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759 | 759 | | 9 completion of a traffic education program, or both, that occur |
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760 | 760 | | 10 after the effective date of the ordinance adopting such a |
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761 | 761 | | 11 system under this Section. For purposes of this Section, |
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762 | 762 | | 12 "compliance violation" means a violation of a municipal or |
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763 | 763 | | 13 county regulation governing the condition or use of equipment |
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764 | 764 | | 14 on a vehicle or governing the display of a municipal or county |
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765 | 765 | | 15 wheel tax license. |
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766 | 766 | | 16 (b) Any ordinance establishing a system of administrative |
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767 | 767 | | 17 adjudication under this Section shall provide for: |
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768 | 768 | | 18 (1) A traffic compliance administrator authorized to |
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769 | 769 | | 19 adopt, distribute, and process parking, compliance, and |
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770 | 770 | | 20 automated speed enforcement system or automated traffic |
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771 | 771 | | 21 law violation notices and other notices required by this |
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772 | 772 | | 22 Section, collect money paid as fines and penalties for |
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773 | 773 | | 23 violation of parking and compliance ordinances and |
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774 | 774 | | 24 automated speed enforcement system or automated traffic |
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775 | 775 | | 25 law violations, and operate an administrative adjudication |
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776 | 776 | | 26 system. |
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787 | 787 | | 1 (2) A parking, standing, compliance, automated speed |
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788 | 788 | | 2 enforcement system, or automated traffic law violation |
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789 | 789 | | 3 notice that shall specify or include the date, time, and |
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790 | 790 | | 4 place of violation of a parking, standing, compliance, |
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791 | 791 | | 5 automated speed enforcement system, or automated traffic |
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792 | 792 | | 6 law regulation; the particular regulation violated; any |
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793 | 793 | | 7 requirement to complete a traffic education program; the |
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794 | 794 | | 8 fine and any penalty that may be assessed for late payment |
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795 | 795 | | 9 or failure to complete a required traffic education |
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796 | 796 | | 10 program, or both, when so provided by ordinance; the |
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797 | 797 | | 11 vehicle make or a photograph of the vehicle; the state |
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798 | 798 | | 12 registration number of the vehicle; and the identification |
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799 | 799 | | 13 number of the person issuing the notice. With regard to |
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800 | 800 | | 14 automated speed enforcement system or automated traffic |
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801 | 801 | | 15 law violations, vehicle make shall be specified on the |
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802 | 802 | | 16 automated speed enforcement system or automated traffic |
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803 | 803 | | 17 law violation notice if the notice does not include a |
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804 | 804 | | 18 photograph of the vehicle and the make is available and |
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805 | 805 | | 19 readily discernible. With regard to municipalities or |
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806 | 806 | | 20 counties with a population of 1 million or more, it shall |
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807 | 807 | | 21 be grounds for dismissal of a parking violation if the |
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808 | 808 | | 22 state registration number or vehicle make specified is |
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809 | 809 | | 23 incorrect. The violation notice shall state that the |
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810 | 810 | | 24 completion of any required traffic education program, the |
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811 | 811 | | 25 payment of any indicated fine, and the payment of any |
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812 | 812 | | 26 applicable penalty for late payment or failure to complete |
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823 | 823 | | 1 a required traffic education program, or both, shall |
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824 | 824 | | 2 operate as a final disposition of the violation. The |
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825 | 825 | | 3 notice also shall contain information as to the |
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826 | 826 | | 4 availability of a hearing in which the violation may be |
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827 | 827 | | 5 contested on its merits. The violation notice shall |
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828 | 828 | | 6 specify the time and manner in which a hearing may be had. |
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829 | 829 | | 7 (3) Service of a parking, standing, or compliance |
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830 | 830 | | 8 violation notice by: (i) affixing the original or a |
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831 | 831 | | 9 facsimile of the notice to an unlawfully parked or |
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832 | 832 | | 10 standing vehicle; (ii) handing the notice to the operator |
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833 | 833 | | 11 of a vehicle if he or she is present; or (iii) mailing the |
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834 | 834 | | 12 notice to the address of the registered owner or lessee of |
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835 | 835 | | 13 the cited vehicle as recorded with the Secretary of State |
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836 | 836 | | 14 or the lessor of the motor vehicle within 30 days after the |
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837 | 837 | | 15 Secretary of State or the lessor of the motor vehicle |
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838 | 838 | | 16 notifies the municipality or county of the identity of the |
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839 | 839 | | 17 owner or lessee of the vehicle, but not later than 90 days |
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840 | 840 | | 18 after the date of the violation, except that in the case of |
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841 | 841 | | 19 a lessee of a motor vehicle, service of a parking, |
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842 | 842 | | 20 standing, or compliance violation notice may occur no |
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843 | 843 | | 21 later than 210 days after the violation; and service of an |
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844 | 844 | | 22 automated speed enforcement system or automated traffic |
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845 | 845 | | 23 law violation notice by mail to the address of the |
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846 | 846 | | 24 registered owner or lessee of the cited vehicle as |
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847 | 847 | | 25 recorded with the Secretary of State or the lessor of the |
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848 | 848 | | 26 motor vehicle within 30 days after the Secretary of State |
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859 | 859 | | 1 or the lessor of the motor vehicle notifies the |
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860 | 860 | | 2 municipality or county of the identity of the owner or |
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861 | 861 | | 3 lessee of the vehicle, but not later than 90 days after the |
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862 | 862 | | 4 violation, except that in the case of a lessee of a motor |
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863 | 863 | | 5 vehicle, service of an automated traffic law violation |
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864 | 864 | | 6 notice may occur no later than 210 days after the |
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865 | 865 | | 7 violation. A person authorized by ordinance to issue and |
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866 | 866 | | 8 serve parking, standing, and compliance violation notices |
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867 | 867 | | 9 shall certify as to the correctness of the facts entered |
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868 | 868 | | 10 on the violation notice by signing his or her name to the |
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869 | 869 | | 11 notice at the time of service or, in the case of a notice |
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870 | 870 | | 12 produced by a computerized device, by signing a single |
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871 | 871 | | 13 certificate to be kept by the traffic compliance |
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872 | 872 | | 14 administrator attesting to the correctness of all notices |
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873 | 873 | | 15 produced by the device while it was under his or her |
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874 | 874 | | 16 control. In the case of an automated traffic law |
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875 | 875 | | 17 violation, the ordinance shall require a determination by |
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876 | 876 | | 18 a technician employed or contracted by the municipality or |
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877 | 877 | | 19 county that, based on inspection of recorded images, the |
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878 | 878 | | 20 motor vehicle was being operated in violation of Section |
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879 | 879 | | 21 11-208.6, 11-208.9, or 11-1201.1 or a local ordinance. If |
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880 | 880 | | 22 the technician determines that the vehicle entered the |
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881 | 881 | | 23 intersection as part of a funeral procession or in order |
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882 | 882 | | 24 to yield the right-of-way to an emergency vehicle, a |
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883 | 883 | | 25 citation shall not be issued. In municipalities with a |
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884 | 884 | | 26 population of less than 1,000,000 inhabitants and counties |
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895 | 895 | | 1 with a population of less than 3,000,000 inhabitants, the |
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896 | 896 | | 2 automated traffic law ordinance shall require that all |
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897 | 897 | | 3 determinations by a technician that a motor vehicle was |
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898 | 898 | | 4 being operated in violation of Section 11-208.6, 11-208.9, |
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899 | 899 | | 5 or 11-1201.1 or a local ordinance must be reviewed and |
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900 | 900 | | 6 approved by a law enforcement officer or retired law |
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901 | 901 | | 7 enforcement officer of the municipality or county issuing |
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902 | 902 | | 8 the violation. In municipalities with a population of |
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903 | 903 | | 9 1,000,000 or more inhabitants and counties with a |
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904 | 904 | | 10 population of 3,000,000 or more inhabitants, the automated |
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905 | 905 | | 11 traffic law ordinance shall require that all |
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906 | 906 | | 12 determinations by a technician that a motor vehicle was |
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907 | 907 | | 13 being operated in violation of Section 11-208.6, 11-208.9, |
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908 | 908 | | 14 or 11-1201.1 or a local ordinance must be reviewed and |
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909 | 909 | | 15 approved by a law enforcement officer or retired law |
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910 | 910 | | 16 enforcement officer of the municipality or county issuing |
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911 | 911 | | 17 the violation or by an additional fully trained reviewing |
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912 | 912 | | 18 technician who is not employed by the contractor who |
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913 | 913 | | 19 employs the technician who made the initial determination. |
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914 | 914 | | 20 In the case of an automated speed enforcement system |
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915 | 915 | | 21 violation, the ordinance shall require a determination by |
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916 | 916 | | 22 a technician employed by the municipality, based upon an |
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917 | 917 | | 23 inspection of recorded images, video or other |
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918 | 918 | | 24 documentation, including documentation of the speed limit |
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919 | 919 | | 25 and automated speed enforcement signage, and documentation |
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920 | 920 | | 26 of the inspection, calibration, and certification of the |
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931 | 931 | | 1 speed equipment, that the vehicle was being operated in |
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932 | 932 | | 2 violation of Article VI of Chapter 11 of this Code or a |
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933 | 933 | | 3 similar local ordinance. If the technician determines that |
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934 | 934 | | 4 the vehicle speed was not determined by a calibrated, |
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935 | 935 | | 5 certified speed equipment device based upon the speed |
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936 | 936 | | 6 equipment documentation, or if the vehicle was an |
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937 | 937 | | 7 emergency vehicle, a citation may not be issued. The |
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938 | 938 | | 8 automated speed enforcement ordinance shall require that |
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939 | 939 | | 9 all determinations by a technician that a violation |
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940 | 940 | | 10 occurred be reviewed and approved by a law enforcement |
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941 | 941 | | 11 officer or retired law enforcement officer of the |
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942 | 942 | | 12 municipality issuing the violation or by an additional |
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943 | 943 | | 13 fully trained reviewing technician who is not employed by |
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944 | 944 | | 14 the contractor who employs the technician who made the |
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945 | 945 | | 15 initial determination. Routine and independent calibration |
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946 | 946 | | 16 of the speeds produced by automated speed enforcement |
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947 | 947 | | 17 systems and equipment shall be conducted annually by a |
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948 | 948 | | 18 qualified technician. Speeds produced by an automated |
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949 | 949 | | 19 speed enforcement system shall be compared with speeds |
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950 | 950 | | 20 produced by lidar or other independent equipment. Radar or |
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951 | 951 | | 21 lidar equipment shall undergo an internal validation test |
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952 | 952 | | 22 no less frequently than once each week. Qualified |
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953 | 953 | | 23 technicians shall test loop-based equipment no less |
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954 | 954 | | 24 frequently than once a year. Radar equipment shall be |
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955 | 955 | | 25 checked for accuracy by a qualified technician when the |
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956 | 956 | | 26 unit is serviced, when unusual or suspect readings |
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957 | 957 | | |
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967 | 967 | | 1 persist, or when deemed necessary by a reviewing |
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968 | 968 | | 2 technician. Radar equipment shall be checked with the |
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969 | 969 | | 3 internal frequency generator and the internal circuit test |
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970 | 970 | | 4 whenever the radar is turned on. Technicians must be alert |
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971 | 971 | | 5 for any unusual or suspect readings, and if unusual or |
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972 | 972 | | 6 suspect readings of a radar unit persist, that unit shall |
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973 | 973 | | 7 immediately be removed from service and not returned to |
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974 | 974 | | 8 service until it has been checked by a qualified |
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975 | 975 | | 9 technician and determined to be functioning properly. |
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976 | 976 | | 10 Documentation of the annual calibration results, including |
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977 | 977 | | 11 the equipment tested, test date, technician performing the |
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978 | 978 | | 12 test, and test results, shall be maintained and available |
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979 | 979 | | 13 for use in the determination of an automated speed |
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980 | 980 | | 14 enforcement system violation and issuance of a citation. |
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981 | 981 | | 15 The technician performing the calibration and testing of |
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982 | 982 | | 16 the automated speed enforcement equipment shall be trained |
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983 | 983 | | 17 and certified in the use of equipment for speed |
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984 | 984 | | 18 enforcement purposes. Training on the speed enforcement |
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985 | 985 | | 19 equipment may be conducted by law enforcement, civilian, |
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986 | 986 | | 20 or manufacturer's personnel and if applicable may be |
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987 | 987 | | 21 equivalent to the equipment use and operations training |
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988 | 988 | | 22 included in the Speed Measuring Device Operator Program |
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989 | 989 | | 23 developed by the National Highway Traffic Safety |
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990 | 990 | | 24 Administration (NHTSA). The vendor or technician who |
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991 | 991 | | 25 performs the work shall keep accurate records on each |
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992 | 992 | | 26 piece of equipment the technician calibrates and tests. As |
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1003 | 1003 | | 1 used in this paragraph, "fully trained reviewing |
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1004 | 1004 | | 2 technician" means a person who has received at least 40 |
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1005 | 1005 | | 3 hours of supervised training in subjects which shall |
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1006 | 1006 | | 4 include image inspection and interpretation, the elements |
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1007 | 1007 | | 5 necessary to prove a violation, license plate |
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1008 | 1008 | | 6 identification, and traffic safety and management. In all |
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1009 | 1009 | | 7 municipalities and counties, the automated speed |
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1010 | 1010 | | 8 enforcement system or automated traffic law ordinance |
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1011 | 1011 | | 9 shall require that no additional fee shall be charged to |
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1012 | 1012 | | 10 the alleged violator for exercising his or her right to an |
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1013 | 1013 | | 11 administrative hearing, and persons shall be given at |
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1014 | 1014 | | 12 least 25 days following an administrative hearing to pay |
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1015 | 1015 | | 13 any civil penalty imposed by a finding that Section |
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1016 | 1016 | | 14 11-208.6, 11-208.8, 11-208.9, or 11-1201.1 or a similar |
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1017 | 1017 | | 15 local ordinance has been violated. The original or a |
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1018 | 1018 | | 16 facsimile of the violation notice or, in the case of a |
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1019 | 1019 | | 17 notice produced by a computerized device, a printed record |
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1020 | 1020 | | 18 generated by the device showing the facts entered on the |
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1021 | 1021 | | 19 notice, shall be retained by the traffic compliance |
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1022 | 1022 | | 20 administrator, and shall be a record kept in the ordinary |
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1023 | 1023 | | 21 course of business. A parking, standing, compliance, |
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1024 | 1024 | | 22 automated speed enforcement system, or automated traffic |
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1025 | 1025 | | 23 law violation notice issued, signed, and served in |
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1026 | 1026 | | 24 accordance with this Section, a copy of the notice, or the |
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1027 | 1027 | | 25 computer-generated record shall be prima facie correct and |
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1028 | 1028 | | 26 shall be prima facie evidence of the correctness of the |
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1039 | 1039 | | 1 facts shown on the notice. The notice, copy, or |
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1040 | 1040 | | 2 computer-generated record shall be admissible in any |
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1041 | 1041 | | 3 subsequent administrative or legal proceedings. |
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1042 | 1042 | | 4 (4) An opportunity for a hearing for the registered |
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1043 | 1043 | | 5 owner of the vehicle cited in the parking, standing, |
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1044 | 1044 | | 6 compliance, automated speed enforcement system, or |
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1045 | 1045 | | 7 automated traffic law violation notice in which the owner |
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1046 | 1046 | | 8 may contest the merits of the alleged violation, and |
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1047 | 1047 | | 9 during which formal or technical rules of evidence shall |
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1048 | 1048 | | 10 not apply; provided, however, that under Section 11-1306 |
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1049 | 1049 | | 11 of this Code the lessee of a vehicle cited in the violation |
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1050 | 1050 | | 12 notice likewise shall be provided an opportunity for a |
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1051 | 1051 | | 13 hearing of the same kind afforded the registered owner. |
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1052 | 1052 | | 14 The hearings shall be recorded, and the person conducting |
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1053 | 1053 | | 15 the hearing on behalf of the traffic compliance |
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1054 | 1054 | | 16 administrator shall be empowered to administer oaths and |
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1055 | 1055 | | 17 to secure by subpoena both the attendance and testimony of |
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1056 | 1056 | | 18 witnesses and the production of relevant books and papers. |
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1057 | 1057 | | 19 Persons appearing at a hearing under this Section may be |
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1058 | 1058 | | 20 represented by counsel at their expense. The ordinance may |
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1059 | 1059 | | 21 also provide for internal administrative review following |
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1060 | 1060 | | 22 the decision of the hearing officer. |
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1061 | 1061 | | 23 (5) Service of additional notices, sent by first class |
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1062 | 1062 | | 24 United States mail, postage prepaid, to the address of the |
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1063 | 1063 | | 25 registered owner of the cited vehicle as recorded with the |
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1064 | 1064 | | 26 Secretary of State or, if any notice to that address is |
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1075 | 1075 | | 1 returned as undeliverable, to the last known address |
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1076 | 1076 | | 2 recorded in a United States Post Office approved database, |
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1077 | 1077 | | 3 or, under Section 11-1306 or subsection (p) of Section |
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1078 | 1078 | | 4 11-208.6 or 11-208.9, or subsection (p) of Section |
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1079 | 1079 | | 5 11-208.8 of this Code, to the lessee of the cited vehicle |
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1080 | 1080 | | 6 at the last address known to the lessor of the cited |
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1081 | 1081 | | 7 vehicle at the time of lease or, if any notice to that |
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1082 | 1082 | | 8 address is returned as undeliverable, to the last known |
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1083 | 1083 | | 9 address recorded in a United States Post Office approved |
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1084 | 1084 | | 10 database. The service shall be deemed complete as of the |
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1085 | 1085 | | 11 date of deposit in the United States mail. The notices |
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1086 | 1086 | | 12 shall be in the following sequence and shall include, but |
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1087 | 1087 | | 13 not be limited to, the information specified herein: |
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1088 | 1088 | | 14 (i) A second notice of parking, standing, or |
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1089 | 1089 | | 15 compliance violation if the first notice of the |
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1090 | 1090 | | 16 violation was issued by affixing the original or a |
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1091 | 1091 | | 17 facsimile of the notice to the unlawfully parked |
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1092 | 1092 | | 18 vehicle or by handing the notice to the operator. This |
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1093 | 1093 | | 19 notice shall specify or include the date and location |
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1094 | 1094 | | 20 of the violation cited in the parking, standing, or |
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1095 | 1095 | | 21 compliance violation notice, the particular regulation |
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1096 | 1096 | | 22 violated, the vehicle make or a photograph of the |
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1097 | 1097 | | 23 vehicle, the state registration number of the vehicle, |
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1098 | 1098 | | 24 any requirement to complete a traffic education |
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1099 | 1099 | | 25 program, the fine and any penalty that may be assessed |
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1100 | 1100 | | 26 for late payment or failure to complete a traffic |
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1112 | 1112 | | 2 ordinance, the availability of a hearing in which the |
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1113 | 1113 | | 3 violation may be contested on its merits, and the time |
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1114 | 1114 | | 4 and manner in which the hearing may be had. The notice |
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1115 | 1115 | | 5 of violation shall also state that failure to complete |
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1116 | 1116 | | 6 a required traffic education program, to pay the |
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1117 | 1117 | | 7 indicated fine and any applicable penalty, or to |
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1118 | 1118 | | 8 appear at a hearing on the merits in the time and |
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1119 | 1119 | | 9 manner specified, will result in a final determination |
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1120 | 1120 | | 10 of violation liability for the cited violation in the |
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1121 | 1121 | | 11 amount of the fine or penalty indicated, and that, |
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1122 | 1122 | | 12 upon the occurrence of a final determination of |
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1123 | 1123 | | 13 violation liability for the failure, and the |
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1124 | 1124 | | 14 exhaustion of, or failure to exhaust, available |
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1125 | 1125 | | 15 administrative or judicial procedures for review, any |
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1126 | 1126 | | 16 incomplete traffic education program or any unpaid |
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1127 | 1127 | | 17 fine or penalty, or both, will constitute a debt due |
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1128 | 1128 | | 18 and owing the municipality or county. |
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1129 | 1129 | | 19 (ii) A notice of final determination of parking, |
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1130 | 1130 | | 20 standing, compliance, automated speed enforcement |
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1131 | 1131 | | 21 system, or automated traffic law violation liability. |
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1132 | 1132 | | 22 This notice shall be sent following a final |
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1133 | 1133 | | 23 determination of parking, standing, compliance, |
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1134 | 1134 | | 24 automated speed enforcement system, or automated |
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1135 | 1135 | | 25 traffic law violation liability and the conclusion of |
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1136 | 1136 | | 26 judicial review procedures taken under this Section. |
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1147 | 1147 | | 1 The notice shall state that the incomplete traffic |
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1148 | 1148 | | 2 education program or the unpaid fine or penalty, or |
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1149 | 1149 | | 3 both, is a debt due and owing the municipality or |
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1150 | 1150 | | 4 county. The notice shall contain warnings that failure |
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1151 | 1151 | | 5 to complete any required traffic education program or |
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1152 | 1152 | | 6 to pay any fine or penalty due and owing the |
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1153 | 1153 | | 7 municipality or county, or both, within the time |
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1154 | 1154 | | 8 specified may result in the municipality's or county's |
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1155 | 1155 | | 9 filing of a petition in the Circuit Court to have the |
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1156 | 1156 | | 10 incomplete traffic education program or unpaid fine or |
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1157 | 1157 | | 11 penalty, or both, rendered a judgment as provided by |
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1158 | 1158 | | 12 this Section, or, where applicable, may result in |
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1159 | 1159 | | 13 suspension of the person's driver's license for |
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1160 | 1160 | | 14 failure to complete a traffic education program. |
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1161 | 1161 | | 15 (6) A notice of impending driver's license suspension. |
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1162 | 1162 | | 16 This notice shall be sent to the person liable for failure |
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1163 | 1163 | | 17 to complete a required traffic education program. The |
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1164 | 1164 | | 18 notice shall state that failure to complete a required |
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1165 | 1165 | | 19 traffic education program within 45 days of the notice's |
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1166 | 1166 | | 20 date will result in the municipality or county notifying |
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1167 | 1167 | | 21 the Secretary of State that the person is eligible for |
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1168 | 1168 | | 22 initiation of suspension proceedings under Section 6-306.5 |
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1169 | 1169 | | 23 of this Code. The notice shall also state that the person |
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1170 | 1170 | | 24 may obtain a photostatic copy of an original ticket |
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1171 | 1171 | | 25 imposing a fine or penalty by sending a self-addressed, |
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1172 | 1172 | | 26 stamped envelope to the municipality or county along with |
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1183 | 1183 | | 1 a request for the photostatic copy. The notice of |
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1184 | 1184 | | 2 impending driver's license suspension shall be sent by |
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1185 | 1185 | | 3 first class United States mail, postage prepaid, to the |
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1186 | 1186 | | 4 address recorded with the Secretary of State or, if any |
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1187 | 1187 | | 5 notice to that address is returned as undeliverable, to |
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1188 | 1188 | | 6 the last known address recorded in a United States Post |
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1189 | 1189 | | 7 Office approved database. |
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1190 | 1190 | | 8 (7) Final determinations of violation liability. A |
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1191 | 1191 | | 9 final determination of violation liability shall occur |
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1192 | 1192 | | 10 following failure to complete the required traffic |
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1193 | 1193 | | 11 education program or to pay the fine or penalty, or both, |
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1194 | 1194 | | 12 after a hearing officer's determination of violation |
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1195 | 1195 | | 13 liability and the exhaustion of or failure to exhaust any |
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1196 | 1196 | | 14 administrative review procedures provided by ordinance. |
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1197 | 1197 | | 15 Where a person fails to appear at a hearing to contest the |
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1198 | 1198 | | 16 alleged violation in the time and manner specified in a |
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1199 | 1199 | | 17 prior mailed notice, the hearing officer's determination |
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1200 | 1200 | | 18 of violation liability shall become final: (A) upon denial |
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1201 | 1201 | | 19 of a timely petition to set aside that determination, or |
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1202 | 1202 | | 20 (B) upon expiration of the period for filing the petition |
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1203 | 1203 | | 21 without a filing having been made. |
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1204 | 1204 | | 22 (8) A petition to set aside a determination of |
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1205 | 1205 | | 23 parking, standing, compliance, automated speed enforcement |
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1206 | 1206 | | 24 system, or automated traffic law violation liability that |
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1207 | 1207 | | 25 may be filed by a person owing an unpaid fine or penalty. A |
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1208 | 1208 | | 26 petition to set aside a determination of liability may |
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1219 | 1219 | | 1 also be filed by a person required to complete a traffic |
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1220 | 1220 | | 2 education program. The petition shall be filed with and |
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1221 | 1221 | | 3 ruled upon by the traffic compliance administrator in the |
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1222 | 1222 | | 4 manner and within the time specified by ordinance. The |
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1223 | 1223 | | 5 grounds for the petition may be limited to: (A) the person |
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1224 | 1224 | | 6 not having been the owner or lessee of the cited vehicle on |
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1225 | 1225 | | 7 the date the violation notice was issued, (B) the person |
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1226 | 1226 | | 8 having already completed the required traffic education |
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1227 | 1227 | | 9 program or paid the fine or penalty, or both, for the |
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1228 | 1228 | | 10 violation in question, and (C) excusable failure to appear |
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1229 | 1229 | | 11 at or request a new date for a hearing. With regard to |
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1230 | 1230 | | 12 municipalities or counties with a population of 1 million |
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1231 | 1231 | | 13 or more, it shall be grounds for dismissal of a parking |
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1232 | 1232 | | 14 violation if the state registration number or vehicle |
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1233 | 1233 | | 15 make, only if specified in the violation notice, is |
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1234 | 1234 | | 16 incorrect. After the determination of parking, standing, |
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1235 | 1235 | | 17 compliance, automated speed enforcement system, or |
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1236 | 1236 | | 18 automated traffic law violation liability has been set |
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1237 | 1237 | | 19 aside upon a showing of just cause, the registered owner |
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1238 | 1238 | | 20 shall be provided with a hearing on the merits for that |
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1239 | 1239 | | 21 violation. |
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1240 | 1240 | | 22 (9) Procedures for non-residents. Procedures by which |
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1241 | 1241 | | 23 persons who are not residents of the municipality or |
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1242 | 1242 | | 24 county may contest the merits of the alleged violation |
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1243 | 1243 | | 25 without attending a hearing. |
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1244 | 1244 | | 26 (10) A schedule of civil fines for violations of |
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1245 | 1245 | | |
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1255 | 1255 | | 1 vehicular standing, parking, compliance, automated speed |
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1256 | 1256 | | 2 enforcement system, or automated traffic law regulations |
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1257 | 1257 | | 3 enacted by ordinance pursuant to this Section, and a |
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1258 | 1258 | | 4 schedule of penalties for late payment of the fines or |
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1259 | 1259 | | 5 failure to complete required traffic education programs, |
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1260 | 1260 | | 6 provided, however, that the total amount of the fine and |
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1261 | 1261 | | 7 penalty for any one violation shall not exceed $250, |
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1262 | 1262 | | 8 except as provided in subsection (c) of Section 11-1301.3 |
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1263 | 1263 | | 9 of this Code. |
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1264 | 1264 | | 10 (11) Other provisions as are necessary and proper to |
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1265 | 1265 | | 11 carry into effect the powers granted and purposes stated |
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1266 | 1266 | | 12 in this Section. |
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1267 | 1267 | | 13 (c) Any municipality or county establishing vehicular |
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1268 | 1268 | | 14 standing, parking, compliance, automated speed enforcement |
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1269 | 1269 | | 15 system, or automated traffic law regulations under this |
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1270 | 1270 | | 16 Section may also provide by ordinance for a program of vehicle |
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1271 | 1271 | | 17 immobilization for the purpose of facilitating enforcement of |
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1272 | 1272 | | 18 those regulations. The program of vehicle immobilization shall |
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1273 | 1273 | | 19 provide for immobilizing any eligible vehicle upon the public |
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1274 | 1274 | | 20 way by presence of a restraint in a manner to prevent operation |
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1275 | 1275 | | 21 of the vehicle. Any ordinance establishing a program of |
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1276 | 1276 | | 22 vehicle immobilization under this Section shall provide: |
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1277 | 1277 | | 23 (1) Criteria for the designation of vehicles eligible |
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1278 | 1278 | | 24 for immobilization. A vehicle shall be eligible for |
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1279 | 1279 | | 25 immobilization when the registered owner of the vehicle |
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1280 | 1280 | | 26 has accumulated the number of incomplete traffic education |
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1281 | 1281 | | |
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1291 | 1291 | | 1 programs or unpaid final determinations of parking, |
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1292 | 1292 | | 2 standing, compliance, automated speed enforcement system, |
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1293 | 1293 | | 3 or automated traffic law violation liability, or both, as |
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1294 | 1294 | | 4 determined by ordinance. |
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1295 | 1295 | | 5 (2) A notice of impending vehicle immobilization and a |
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1296 | 1296 | | 6 right to a hearing to challenge the validity of the notice |
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1297 | 1297 | | 7 by disproving liability for the incomplete traffic |
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1298 | 1298 | | 8 education programs or unpaid final determinations of |
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1299 | 1299 | | 9 parking, standing, compliance, automated speed enforcement |
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1300 | 1300 | | 10 system, or automated traffic law violation liability, or |
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1301 | 1301 | | 11 both, listed on the notice. |
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1302 | 1302 | | 12 (3) The right to a prompt hearing after a vehicle has |
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1303 | 1303 | | 13 been immobilized or subsequently towed without the |
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1304 | 1304 | | 14 completion of the required traffic education program or |
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1305 | 1305 | | 15 payment of the outstanding fines and penalties on parking, |
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1306 | 1306 | | 16 standing, compliance, automated speed enforcement system, |
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1307 | 1307 | | 17 or automated traffic law violations, or both, for which |
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1308 | 1308 | | 18 final determinations have been issued. An order issued |
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1309 | 1309 | | 19 after the hearing is a final administrative decision |
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1310 | 1310 | | 20 within the meaning of Section 3-101 of the Code of Civil |
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1311 | 1311 | | 21 Procedure. |
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1312 | 1312 | | 22 (4) A post immobilization and post-towing notice |
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1313 | 1313 | | 23 advising the registered owner of the vehicle of the right |
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1314 | 1314 | | 24 to a hearing to challenge the validity of the impoundment. |
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1315 | 1315 | | 25 (d) Judicial review of final determinations of parking, |
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1316 | 1316 | | 26 standing, compliance, automated speed enforcement system, or |
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1327 | 1327 | | 1 automated traffic law violations and final administrative |
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1328 | 1328 | | 2 decisions issued after hearings regarding vehicle |
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1329 | 1329 | | 3 immobilization and impoundment made under this Section shall |
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1330 | 1330 | | 4 be subject to the provisions of the Administrative Review Law. |
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1331 | 1331 | | 5 (e) Any fine, penalty, incomplete traffic education |
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1332 | 1332 | | 6 program, or part of any fine or any penalty remaining unpaid |
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1333 | 1333 | | 7 after the exhaustion of, or the failure to exhaust, |
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1334 | 1334 | | 8 administrative remedies created under this Section and the |
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1335 | 1335 | | 9 conclusion of any judicial review procedures shall be a debt |
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1336 | 1336 | | 10 due and owing the municipality or county and, as such, may be |
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1337 | 1337 | | 11 collected in accordance with applicable law. Completion of any |
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1338 | 1338 | | 12 required traffic education program and payment in full of any |
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1339 | 1339 | | 13 fine or penalty resulting from a standing, parking, |
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1340 | 1340 | | 14 compliance, automated speed enforcement system, or automated |
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1341 | 1341 | | 15 traffic law violation shall constitute a final disposition of |
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1342 | 1342 | | 16 that violation. |
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1343 | 1343 | | 17 (f) After the expiration of the period within which |
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1344 | 1344 | | 18 judicial review may be sought for a final determination of |
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1345 | 1345 | | 19 parking, standing, compliance, automated speed enforcement |
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1346 | 1346 | | 20 system, or automated traffic law violation, the municipality |
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1347 | 1347 | | 21 or county may commence a proceeding in the Circuit Court for |
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1348 | 1348 | | 22 purposes of obtaining a judgment on the final determination of |
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1349 | 1349 | | 23 violation. Nothing in this Section shall prevent a |
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1350 | 1350 | | 24 municipality or county from consolidating multiple final |
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1351 | 1351 | | 25 determinations of parking, standing, compliance, automated |
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1352 | 1352 | | 26 speed enforcement system, or automated traffic law violations |
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1363 | 1363 | | 1 against a person in a proceeding. Upon commencement of the |
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1364 | 1364 | | 2 action, the municipality or county shall file a certified copy |
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1365 | 1365 | | 3 or record of the final determination of parking, standing, |
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1366 | 1366 | | 4 compliance, automated speed enforcement system, or automated |
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1367 | 1367 | | 5 traffic law violation, which shall be accompanied by a |
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1368 | 1368 | | 6 certification that recites facts sufficient to show that the |
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1369 | 1369 | | 7 final determination of violation was issued in accordance with |
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1370 | 1370 | | 8 this Section and the applicable municipal or county ordinance. |
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1371 | 1371 | | 9 Service of the summons and a copy of the petition may be by any |
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1372 | 1372 | | 10 method provided by Section 2-203 of the Code of Civil |
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1373 | 1373 | | 11 Procedure or by certified mail, return receipt requested, |
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1374 | 1374 | | 12 provided that the total amount of fines and penalties for |
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1375 | 1375 | | 13 final determinations of parking, standing, compliance, |
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1376 | 1376 | | 14 automated speed enforcement system, or automated traffic law |
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1377 | 1377 | | 15 violations does not exceed $2500. If the court is satisfied |
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1378 | 1378 | | 16 that the final determination of parking, standing, compliance, |
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1379 | 1379 | | 17 automated speed enforcement system, or automated traffic law |
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1380 | 1380 | | 18 violation was entered in accordance with the requirements of |
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1381 | 1381 | | 19 this Section and the applicable municipal or county ordinance, |
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1382 | 1382 | | 20 and that the registered owner or the lessee, as the case may |
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1383 | 1383 | | 21 be, had an opportunity for an administrative hearing and for |
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1384 | 1384 | | 22 judicial review as provided in this Section, the court shall |
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1385 | 1385 | | 23 render judgment in favor of the municipality or county and |
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1386 | 1386 | | 24 against the registered owner or the lessee for the amount |
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1387 | 1387 | | 25 indicated in the final determination of parking, standing, |
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1388 | 1388 | | 26 compliance, automated speed enforcement system, or automated |
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1399 | 1399 | | 1 traffic law violation, plus costs. The judgment shall have the |
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1400 | 1400 | | 2 same effect and may be enforced in the same manner as other |
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1401 | 1401 | | 3 judgments for the recovery of money. |
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1402 | 1402 | | 4 (g) The fee for participating in a traffic education |
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1403 | 1403 | | 5 program under this Section shall not exceed $25. |
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1404 | 1404 | | 6 A low-income individual required to complete a traffic |
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1405 | 1405 | | 7 education program under this Section who provides proof of |
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1406 | 1406 | | 8 eligibility for the federal earned income tax credit under |
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1407 | 1407 | | 9 Section 32 of the Internal Revenue Code or the Illinois earned |
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1408 | 1408 | | 10 income tax credit under Section 212 of the Illinois Income Tax |
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1409 | 1409 | | 11 Act shall not be required to pay any fee for participating in a |
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1410 | 1410 | | 12 required traffic education program. |
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1411 | 1411 | | 13 (h) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the |
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1412 | 1412 | | 14 contrary, a person shall not be liable for violations, fees, |
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1413 | 1413 | | 15 fines, or penalties under this Section during the period in |
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1414 | 1414 | | 16 which the motor vehicle was stolen or hijacked, as indicated |
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1415 | 1415 | | 17 in a report to the appropriate law enforcement agency filed in |
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1416 | 1416 | | 18 a timely manner. |
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1417 | 1417 | | 19 (Source: P.A. 101-32, eff. 6-28-19; 101-623, eff. 7-1-20; |
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1418 | 1418 | | 20 101-652, eff. 7-1-21; 102-558, eff. 8-20-21; 102-905, eff. |
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1419 | 1419 | | 21 1-1-23.) |
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1420 | 1420 | | 22 Section 95. No acceleration or delay. Where this Act makes |
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1421 | 1421 | | 23 changes in a statute that is represented in this Act by text |
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1422 | 1422 | | 24 that is not yet or no longer in effect (for example, a Section |
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1423 | 1423 | | 25 represented by multiple versions), the use of that text does |
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1434 | 1434 | | 1 not accelerate or delay the taking effect of (i) the changes |
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1435 | 1435 | | 2 made by this Act or (ii) provisions derived from any other |
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1436 | 1436 | | 3 Public Act. |
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