Bill Text: IL HB1741 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Toll Highway Act. Requires the Illinois Toll Highway Authority to install automatic license plate reader systems at specified points along the Jane Addams Memorial Highway and Interstate 39. Authorizes local law enforcement to collect captured plate data. Prohibits law enforcement from using captured plate data for any purpose other than law enforcement. Prohibits local law enforcement from preserving captured plate data for more than 30 days.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-02-18 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB1741 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2021-HB1741-Introduced.html

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102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2021 and 2022 HB1741 Introduced , by Rep. Dave Vella SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
605 ILCS 10/19.2 new
Amends the Toll Highway Act. Requires the Illinois Toll Highway Authority to install automatic license plate reader systems at specified points along the Jane Addams Memorial Highway and Interstate 39. Authorizes local law enforcement to collect captured plate data. Prohibits law enforcement from using captured plate data for any purpose other than law enforcement. Prohibits local law enforcement from preserving captured plate data for more than 30 days.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning transportation.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Toll Highway Act is amended by adding
Section 19.2 as follows:
(605 ILCS 10/19.2 new)
Sec. 19.2. Installation of ALPR Systems along Illinois
Toll Highways.
(a) For purposes of this Section:
"Automatic license plate reader system" or "ALPR system"
means a system of one or more mobile or fixed automatic
high-speed cameras used in combination with algorithms to
convert images of license plates into computer-readable data.
"Captured plate data" means the GPS coordinates, date,
time, photograph, license plate number, and any other data
captured by or derived from any ALPR system.
"Law enforcement agency" means any agency of this State or
a unit of local government which is vested by law or ordinance
with the duty to maintain public order and to enforce criminal
laws and ordinances.
(b) The Illinois Toll Highway Authority shall, in
coordination with the Illinois State Police, install automatic
license plate reader (ALPR) systems at each of the following

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locations:
(i) At the East Riverside Boulevard entrance and exit
of the Jane Addams Memorial Tollway. The ALPR system shall
be positioned to collect license plate data from vehicles
traveling in each lane of the entrance and exit ramps.
(ii) At the Business Route 20/East State Street
entrance and exit of the Jane Addams Memorial Tollway. The
ALPR system shall be positioned to collect license plate
data from vehicles traveling in each lane of each entrance
and exit ramp.
(iii) Along the 3 southbound lanes of Interstate 39,
south of the location at which Interstate 90 and
Interstate 39 merge and north of the Interstate 39
Harrison Avenue exit. The exact location for installation
of the ALPR system along this route is solely within the
discretion of the Illinois Highway Authority.
(iv) Along the 3 northbound lanes of Interstate 39 and
Interstate 90 prior to the location at which the merged
interstates split. The exact location for the installation
of the ALPR system along this route is solely within the
discretion of the Illinois Highway Authority.
(c) A local law enforcement agency with jurisdiction in
the city, town or district in which an automatic license plate
reader is located is authorized to collect captured plate data
obtained by an automatic license plate reader.
(d) Captured license plate data shall not be used, shared,

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sold, traded, or exchanged for any purpose other than law
enforcement and shall not be preserved for more than 30 days by
a law enforcement agency.