Bill Text: IL HB1138 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Amended
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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that before new school zone speed limit signs may be erected, the principal of any schools within 2,000 feet of the proposed location of the new signs and the chief of the local law enforcement agency must be notified. Provides that if either a principal or police chief requests that the school zone boundaries be revised, the body having jurisdiction over the roadway shall host a public hearing on the proposed boundaries at the relevant school at a time convenient for school parents to attend. Provides that such hearings shall be conducted no earlier than 10 days and no later than 30 days following the receipt of the request for revised school zone boundaries and that there shall be at least 10 days notice of the hearing. Provides that in lieu of a hearing, the boundaries may be revised in accordance with the request. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB1138 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-HB1138-Amended.html
Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that before new school zone speed limit signs may be erected, the principal of any schools within 2,000 feet of the proposed location of the new signs and the chief of the local law enforcement agency must be notified. Provides that if either a principal or police chief requests that the school zone boundaries be revised, the body having jurisdiction over the roadway shall host a public hearing on the proposed boundaries at the relevant school at a time convenient for school parents to attend. Provides that such hearings shall be conducted no earlier than 10 days and no later than 30 days following the receipt of the request for revised school zone boundaries and that there shall be at least 10 days notice of the hearing. Provides that in lieu of a hearing, the boundaries may be revised in accordance with the request. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB1138 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-HB1138-Amended.html
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| 1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1138
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| 2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1138 by replacing | ||||||
| 3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| 4 | "Section 5. The Department of Transportation Law of the
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| 5 | Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by adding | ||||||
| 6 | Section 2705-505.7 as follows:
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| 7 | (20 ILCS 2705/2705-505.7 new) | ||||||
| 8 | Sec. 2705-505.7. School zone speed limits; signs; notice. | ||||||
| 9 | Before erecting any new signs regulating speed pursuant to | ||||||
| 10 | Section 11-605 of the Illinois Vehicle Code or similar local | ||||||
| 11 | ordinance, or changing the speed limit of a roadway within | ||||||
| 12 | 2,000 feet of the primary entrance or entrances of a school or | ||||||
| 13 | schools, the Department or body having jurisdiction over the | ||||||
| 14 | roadway shall notify the principal of any schools within 2,000 | ||||||
| 15 | feet of the proposed action and the chief of the local law | ||||||
| 16 | enforcement agency. The notice shall contain (i) a description | ||||||
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| 1 | of the proposed action, including the proposed speed limit | ||||||
| 2 | changes and geography involved; and (ii) a contact person to | ||||||
| 3 | whom comments may be submitted. | ||||||
| 4 | The Department or body having jurisdiction over the roadway | ||||||
| 5 | shall provide at least 30 days notice of the proposed action | ||||||
| 6 | and shall accept comments from any interested party for at | ||||||
| 7 | least 30 days. The notice shall be in the form of a letter | ||||||
| 8 | delivered by first class mail and may also be provided through | ||||||
| 9 | other means. Upon request of a school district, any notice | ||||||
| 10 | required by this Section shall be delivered to a designated | ||||||
| 11 | contact at the district instead of to individual principals. | ||||||
| 12 | Nothing in this Section shall prohibit forms of public notice, | ||||||
| 13 | public comment, or public hearings in addition to those | ||||||
| 14 | required by this Section. | ||||||
| 15 | This Section shall not apply in municipalities with a | ||||||
| 16 | population over 1,000,000 persons.
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| 17 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 18 | becoming law.".
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