Bill Text: IL HB0331 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Chaptered


Bill Title: Creates the Expressway Safety Act. Provides that the Illinois State Police, the Illinois Department of Transportation, and the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority shall work together to conduct a program to increase the amount of cameras along expressways in Cook County. Provides that images from the cameras may be used to investigate offenses and detect roadway hazards, but not to enforce petty offenses. Provides that the program shall be funded by the Road Fund. Repeals the Act on July 1, 2023.

Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 13-1)

Status: (Passed) 2019-07-12 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0042 [HB0331 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-HB0331-Chaptered.html



Public Act 101-0042
HB0331 EnrolledLRB101 04694 TAE 49703 b
AN ACT concerning transportation.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 1. Short title; references to Act. This Act may be
cited as the Expressway Camera Act.
References to Act. This Act may be referred to as the
Tamara Clayton Expressway Camera Act.
Section 5. Camera program.
(a) The Illinois State Police, the Illinois Department of
Transportation, and the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority
shall work together to conduct a program to increase the amount
of cameras along expressways in Cook County.
(b) Images from the cameras may be used by any municipal
police department, county sheriff's office, State Police
officer, or other law enforcement agency with jurisdiction over
the expressway in Cook County in the investigation of any
offense involving the use of a firearm and to detect expressway
hazards. Images from the cameras shall not be used to enforce
petty offenses.
(c) Subject to appropriation, any funds needed to conduct
the program for use on expressways under the jurisdiction of
the Department of Transportation shall be taken from the Road
Fund.
(d) As used in this Section, "expressway" has the meaning
provided in Section 1-119.3 of the Illinois Vehicle Code.
Section 90. Repeal. This Act is repealed on July 1, 2023.
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