Bill Text: IL HB3856 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Municipal Code and the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that a municipality or county may not collect any debt due or owing the municipality or county for a parking violation during any period of time that is 10 or more years after the date the first notice of violation is sent to the registered owner. Limits home rule powers.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-10-17 - Referred to Rules Committee [HB3856 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-HB3856-Introduced.html

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2019 and 2020 HB3856 Introduced , by Rep. Allen Skillicorn SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
65 ILCS 5/1-2.1-8
65 ILCS 5/1-2.2-55
65 ILCS 5/11-80-2b new
625 ILCS 5/11-208.3 from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-208.3
Amends the Illinois Municipal Code and the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that a municipality or county may not collect any debt due or owing the municipality or county for a parking violation during any period of time that is 10 or more years after the date the first notice of violation is sent to the registered owner. Limits home rule powers.
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AN ACT concerning local government.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by
changing Sections 1-2.1-8, 1-2.2-55 and by adding Section
11-80-2b as follows:
(65 ILCS 5/1-2.1-8)
Sec. 1-2.1-8. Enforcement of judgment.
(a) Any fine, other sanction, or costs imposed, or part of
any fine, other sanction, or costs imposed, remaining unpaid
after the exhaustion of or the failure to exhaust judicial
review procedures under the Illinois Administrative Review Law
are a debt due and owing the municipality and may be collected
in accordance with applicable law.
(b) After expiration of the period in which judicial review
under the Illinois Administrative Review Law may be sought for
a final determination of a code violation, unless stayed by a
court of competent jurisdiction, the findings, decision, and
order of the hearing officer may be enforced in the same manner
as a judgment entered by a court of competent jurisdiction.
(c) In any case in which a defendant has failed to comply
with a judgment ordering a defendant to correct a code
violation or imposing any fine or other sanction as a result of

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a code violation, any expenses incurred by a municipality to
enforce the judgment, including, but not limited to, attorney's
fees, court costs, and costs related to property demolition or
foreclosure, after they are fixed by a court of competent
jurisdiction or a hearing officer, shall be a debt due and
owing the municipality and may be collected in accordance with
applicable law. Prior to any expenses being fixed by a hearing
officer pursuant to this subsection (c), the municipality shall
provide notice to the defendant that states that the defendant
shall appear at a hearing before the administrative hearing
officer to determine whether the defendant has failed to comply
with the judgment. The notice shall set the date for such a
hearing, which shall not be less than 7 days from the date that
notice is served. If notice is served by mail, the 7-day period
shall begin to run on the date that the notice was deposited in
the mail.
(d) Upon being recorded in the manner required by Article
XII of the Code of Civil Procedure or by the Uniform Commercial
Code, a lien shall be imposed on the real estate or personal
estate, or both, of the defendant in the amount of any debt due
and owing the municipality under this Section. The lien may be
enforced in the same manner as a judgment lien pursuant to a
judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction.
(e) A hearing officer may set aside any judgment entered by
default and set a new hearing date, upon a petition filed
within 21 days after the issuance of the order of default, if

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the hearing officer determines that the petitioner's failure to
appear at the hearing was for good cause or at any time if the
petitioner establishes that the municipality did not provide
proper service of process. If any judgment is set aside
pursuant to this subsection (e), the hearing officer shall have
authority to enter an order extinguishing any lien which has
been recorded for any debt due and owing the municipality as a
result of the vacated default judgment.
(f) A municipality may not collect any debt due or owing
the municipality for a parking violation under Article XIII of
Chapter 11 of the Illinois Vehicle Code, or a similar provision
of a municipal ordinance, during any period of time that is 10
or more years after the date the last notice of violation is
sent to the registered owner. A home rule municipality may not
regulate debt collection in a manner inconsistent with this
subsection (f). This subsection is a limitation under
subsection (i) of Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois
Constitution on the concurrent exercise by home rule units of
powers and functions exercised by the State.
(Source: P.A. 90-516, eff. 1-1-98.)
(65 ILCS 5/1-2.2-55)
Sec. 1-2.2-55. Judgment on findings, decision, and order.
(a) Any fine, other sanction, or costs imposed, or part of
any fine, other sanction, or costs imposed, remaining unpaid
after the exhaustion of, or the failure to exhaust, judicial

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review procedures under the Administrative Review Law shall be
a debt due and owing the municipality and, as such, may be
collected in accordance with applicable law.
(b) After expiration of the period within which judicial
review under the Administrative Review Law may be sought for a
final determination of the code violation, the municipality may
commence a proceeding in the circuit court of the county in
which the municipality is located for purpose of obtaining a
judgment on the findings, decision, and order. Nothing in this
Section shall prevent a municipality from consolidating
multiple findings, decisions, and orders against a person in
such a proceeding. Upon commencement of the action, the
municipality shall file a certified copy of the findings,
decision, and order, which shall be accompanied by a
certification that recites facts sufficient to show that the
findings, decision, and order was issued in accordance with
this Division and the applicable municipal ordinance. Service
of the summons and a copy of the petition may be by any method
provided for by Section 2-203 of the Code of Civil Procedure or
by certified mail, return receipt requested, provided that the
total amount of fines, other sanctions, and costs imposed by
the findings, decision, and order does not exceed $2,500. If
the court is satisfied that the findings, decision, and order
was entered in accordance with the requirements of this
Division and the applicable municipal ordinance and that the
defendant had an opportunity for a hearing under this Division

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and for judicial review as provided in this Division:
(1) The court shall render judgment in favor of the
municipality and against the defendant for the amount
indicated in the findings, decision and order, plus costs.
The judgment shall have the same effect and may be enforced
in the same manner as other judgments for the recovery of
money.
(2) The court may also issue any other orders and
injunctions that are requested by the municipality to
enforce the order of the hearing officer to correct a code
violation.
(c) In place of a proceeding under subsection (b) of this
Section, after expiration of the period in which judicial
review under the Illinois Administrative Review Law may be
sought for a final determination of a code violation, unless
stayed by a court of competent jurisdiction, the findings,
decision, and order of the hearing officer may be enforced in
the same manner as a judgment entered by a court of competent
jurisdiction.
In any case in which a defendant has failed to comply with
a judgment ordering a defendant to correct a code violation or
imposing any fine or other sanction as a result of a code
violation, any expenses incurred by a municipality to enforce
the judgment, including, but not limited to, attorney's fees,
court costs, and costs related to property demolition or
foreclosure, after they are fixed by a court of competent

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jurisdiction or a hearing officer, shall be a debt due and
owing the municipality and may be collected in accordance with
applicable law. Prior to any expenses being fixed by a hearing
officer pursuant to this subsection (c), the municipality shall
provide notice to the defendant that states that the defendant
shall appear at a hearing before the administrative hearing
officer to determine whether the defendant has failed to comply
with the judgment. The notice shall set the date for such a
hearing, which shall not be less than 7 days from the date that
notice is served. If notice is served by mail, the 7-day period
shall begin to run on the date that the notice was deposited in
the mail.
Upon being recorded in the manner required by Article XII
of the Code of Civil Procedure or by the Uniform Commercial
Code, a lien shall be imposed on the real estate or personal
estate, or both, of the defendant in the amount of any debt due
and owing the municipality under this Section. The lien may be
enforced in the same manner as a judgment lien pursuant to a
judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction.
A hearing officer may set aside any judgment entered by
default and set a new hearing date, upon a petition filed
within 21 days after the issuance of the order of default, if
the hearing officer determines that the petitioner's failure to
appear at the hearing was for good cause or at any time if the
petitioner establishes that the municipality did not provide
proper service of process. If any judgment is set aside

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pursuant to this subsection (c), the hearing officer shall have
authority to enter an order extinguishing any lien which has
been recorded for any debt due and owing the municipality as a
result of the vacated default judgment.
(d) A municipality may not collect any debt due or owing
the municipality for a parking violation under Article XIII of
Chapter 11 of the Illinois Vehicle Code, or a similar provision
of a municipal ordinance, during any period of time that is 10
or more years after the date the last notice of violation is
sent to the registered owner. A home rule municipality may not
regulate debt collection in a manner inconsistent with this
Section. This Section is a limitation under subsection (i) of
Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution on the
concurrent exercise by home rule units of powers and functions
exercised by the State.
(Source: P.A. 99-293, eff. 8-6-15.)
(65 ILCS 5/11-80-2b new)
Sec. 11-80-2b. Parking violation debt collection. The
corporate authorities of a municipality may not collect any
debt due or owing the municipality for a parking violation
under Article XIII of Chapter 11 of the Illinois Vehicle Code,
or a similar provision of a municipal ordinance, during any
period of time that is 10 or more years after the date the last
notice of violation is sent to the registered owner. A home
rule municipality may not regulate debt collection in a manner

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inconsistent with this Section. This Section is a limitation
under subsection (i) of Section 6 of Article VII of the
Illinois Constitution on the concurrent exercise by home rule
units of powers and functions exercised by the State.
Section 10. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by
changing Section 11-208.3 as follows:
(625 ILCS 5/11-208.3) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-208.3)
Sec. 11-208.3. Administrative adjudication of violations
of traffic regulations concerning the standing, parking, or
condition of vehicles, automated traffic law violations, and
automated speed enforcement system violations.
(a) Any municipality or county may provide by ordinance for
a system of administrative adjudication of vehicular standing
and parking violations and vehicle compliance violations as
described in this subsection, automated traffic law violations
as defined in Section 11-208.6, 11-208.9, or 11-1201.1, and
automated speed enforcement system violations as defined in
Section 11-208.8. The administrative system shall have as its
purpose the fair and efficient enforcement of municipal or
county regulations through the administrative adjudication of
automated speed enforcement system or automated traffic law
violations and violations of municipal or county ordinances
regulating the standing and parking of vehicles, the condition
and use of vehicle equipment, and the display of municipal or

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county wheel tax licenses within the municipality's or county's
borders. The administrative system shall only have authority to
adjudicate civil offenses carrying fines not in excess of $500
or requiring the completion of a traffic education program, or
both, that occur after the effective date of the ordinance
adopting such a system under this Section. For purposes of this
Section, "compliance violation" means a violation of a
municipal or county regulation governing the condition or use
of equipment on a vehicle or governing the display of a
municipal or county wheel tax license.
(b) Any ordinance establishing a system of administrative
adjudication under this Section shall provide for:
(1) A traffic compliance administrator authorized to
adopt, distribute and process parking, compliance, and
automated speed enforcement system or automated traffic
law violation notices and other notices required by this
Section, collect money paid as fines and penalties for
violation of parking and compliance ordinances and
automated speed enforcement system or automated traffic
law violations, and operate an administrative adjudication
system. The traffic compliance administrator also may make
a certified report to the Secretary of State under Section
6-306.5.
(2) A parking, standing, compliance, automated speed
enforcement system, or automated traffic law violation
notice that shall specify or include the date, time, and

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place of violation of a parking, standing, compliance,
automated speed enforcement system, or automated traffic
law regulation; the particular regulation violated; any
requirement to complete a traffic education program; the
fine and any penalty that may be assessed for late payment
or failure to complete a required traffic education
program, or both, when so provided by ordinance; the
vehicle make or a photograph of the vehicle; the state
registration number of the vehicle; and the identification
number of the person issuing the notice. With regard to
automated speed enforcement system or automated traffic
law violations, vehicle make shall be specified on the
automated speed enforcement system or automated traffic
law violation notice if the notice does not include a
photograph of the vehicle and the make is available and
readily discernible. With regard to municipalities or
counties with a population of 1 million or more, it shall
be grounds for dismissal of a parking violation if the
state registration number or vehicle make specified is
incorrect. The violation notice shall state that the
completion of any required traffic education program, the
payment of any indicated fine, and the payment of any
applicable penalty for late payment or failure to complete
a required traffic education program, or both, shall
operate as a final disposition of the violation. The notice
also shall contain information as to the availability of a

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hearing in which the violation may be contested on its
merits. The violation notice shall specify the time and
manner in which a hearing may be had.
(3) Service of a parking, standing, or compliance
violation notice by: (i) affixing the original or a
facsimile of the notice to an unlawfully parked or standing
vehicle; (ii) handing the notice to the operator of a
vehicle if he or she is present; or (iii) mailing the
notice to the address of the registered owner or lessee of
the cited vehicle as recorded with the Secretary of State
or the lessor of the motor vehicle within 30 days after the
Secretary of State or the lessor of the motor vehicle
notifies the municipality or county of the identity of the
owner or lessee of the vehicle, but not later than 90 days
after date of the violation, except that in the case of a
lessee of a motor vehicle, service of a parking, standing,
or compliance violation notice may occur no later than 210
days after the violation; and service of an automated speed
enforcement system or automated traffic law violation
notice by mail to the address of the registered owner or
lessee of the cited vehicle as recorded with the Secretary
of State or the lessor of the motor vehicle within 30 days
after the Secretary of State or the lessor of the motor
vehicle notifies the municipality or county of the identity
of the owner or lessee of the vehicle, but not later than
90 days after the violation, except that in the case of a

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lessee of a motor vehicle, service of an automated traffic
law violation notice may occur no later than 210 days after
the violation. A person authorized by ordinance to issue
and serve parking, standing, and compliance violation
notices shall certify as to the correctness of the facts
entered on the violation notice by signing his or her name
to the notice at the time of service or in the case of a
notice produced by a computerized device, by signing a
single certificate to be kept by the traffic compliance
administrator attesting to the correctness of all notices
produced by the device while it was under his or her
control. In the case of an automated traffic law violation,
the ordinance shall require a determination by a technician
employed or contracted by the municipality or county that,
based on inspection of recorded images, the motor vehicle
was being operated in violation of Section 11-208.6,
11-208.9, or 11-1201.1 or a local ordinance. If the
technician determines that the vehicle entered the
intersection as part of a funeral procession or in order to
yield the right-of-way to an emergency vehicle, a citation
shall not be issued. In municipalities with a population of
less than 1,000,000 inhabitants and counties with a
population of less than 3,000,000 inhabitants, the
automated traffic law ordinance shall require that all
determinations by a technician that a motor vehicle was
being operated in violation of Section 11-208.6, 11-208.9,

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or 11-1201.1 or a local ordinance must be reviewed and
approved by a law enforcement officer or retired law
enforcement officer of the municipality or county issuing
the violation. In municipalities with a population of
1,000,000 or more inhabitants and counties with a
population of 3,000,000 or more inhabitants, the automated
traffic law ordinance shall require that all
determinations by a technician that a motor vehicle was
being operated in violation of Section 11-208.6, 11-208.9,
or 11-1201.1 or a local ordinance must be reviewed and
approved by a law enforcement officer or retired law
enforcement officer of the municipality or county issuing
the violation or by an additional fully-trained reviewing
technician who is not employed by the contractor who
employs the technician who made the initial determination.
In the case of an automated speed enforcement system
violation, the ordinance shall require a determination by a
technician employed by the municipality, based upon an
inspection of recorded images, video or other
documentation, including documentation of the speed limit
and automated speed enforcement signage, and documentation
of the inspection, calibration, and certification of the
speed equipment, that the vehicle was being operated in
violation of Article VI of Chapter 11 of this Code or a
similar local ordinance. If the technician determines that
the vehicle speed was not determined by a calibrated,

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certified speed equipment device based upon the speed
equipment documentation, or if the vehicle was an emergency
vehicle, a citation may not be issued. The automated speed
enforcement ordinance shall require that all
determinations by a technician that a violation occurred be
reviewed and approved by a law enforcement officer or
retired law enforcement officer of the municipality
issuing the violation or by an additional fully trained
reviewing technician who is not employed by the contractor
who employs the technician who made the initial
determination. Routine and independent calibration of the
speeds produced by automated speed enforcement systems and
equipment shall be conducted annually by a qualified
technician. Speeds produced by an automated speed
enforcement system shall be compared with speeds produced
by lidar or other independent equipment. Radar or lidar
equipment shall undergo an internal validation test no less
frequently than once each week. Qualified technicians
shall test loop based equipment no less frequently than
once a year. Radar equipment shall be checked for accuracy
by a qualified technician when the unit is serviced, when
unusual or suspect readings persist, or when deemed
necessary by a reviewing technician. Radar equipment shall
be checked with the internal frequency generator and the
internal circuit test whenever the radar is turned on.
Technicians must be alert for any unusual or suspect

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readings, and if unusual or suspect readings of a radar
unit persist, that unit shall immediately be removed from
service and not returned to service until it has been
checked by a qualified technician and determined to be
functioning properly. Documentation of the annual
calibration results, including the equipment tested, test
date, technician performing the test, and test results,
shall be maintained and available for use in the
determination of an automated speed enforcement system
violation and issuance of a citation. The technician
performing the calibration and testing of the automated
speed enforcement equipment shall be trained and certified
in the use of equipment for speed enforcement purposes.
Training on the speed enforcement equipment may be
conducted by law enforcement, civilian, or manufacturer's
personnel and if applicable may be equivalent to the
equipment use and operations training included in the Speed
Measuring Device Operator Program developed by the
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).
The vendor or technician who performs the work shall keep
accurate records on each piece of equipment the technician
calibrates and tests. As used in this paragraph,
"fully-trained reviewing technician" means a person who
has received at least 40 hours of supervised training in
subjects which shall include image inspection and
interpretation, the elements necessary to prove a

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violation, license plate identification, and traffic
safety and management. In all municipalities and counties,
the automated speed enforcement system or automated
traffic law ordinance shall require that no additional fee
shall be charged to the alleged violator for exercising his
or her right to an administrative hearing, and persons
shall be given at least 25 days following an administrative
hearing to pay any civil penalty imposed by a finding that
Section 11-208.6, 11-208.8, 11-208.9, or 11-1201.1 or a
similar local ordinance has been violated. The original or
a facsimile of the violation notice or, in the case of a
notice produced by a computerized device, a printed record
generated by the device showing the facts entered on the
notice, shall be retained by the traffic compliance
administrator, and shall be a record kept in the ordinary
course of business. A parking, standing, compliance,
automated speed enforcement system, or automated traffic
law violation notice issued, signed and served in
accordance with this Section, a copy of the notice, or the
computer generated record shall be prima facie correct and
shall be prima facie evidence of the correctness of the
facts shown on the notice. The notice, copy, or computer
generated record shall be admissible in any subsequent
administrative or legal proceedings.
(4) An opportunity for a hearing for the registered
owner of the vehicle cited in the parking, standing,

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compliance, automated speed enforcement system, or
automated traffic law violation notice in which the owner
may contest the merits of the alleged violation, and during
which formal or technical rules of evidence shall not
apply; provided, however, that under Section 11-1306 of
this Code the lessee of a vehicle cited in the violation
notice likewise shall be provided an opportunity for a
hearing of the same kind afforded the registered owner. The
hearings shall be recorded, and the person conducting the
hearing on behalf of the traffic compliance administrator
shall be empowered to administer oaths and to secure by
subpoena both the attendance and testimony of witnesses and
the production of relevant books and papers. Persons
appearing at a hearing under this Section may be
represented by counsel at their expense. The ordinance may
also provide for internal administrative review following
the decision of the hearing officer.
(5) Service of additional notices, sent by first class
United States mail, postage prepaid, to the address of the
registered owner of the cited vehicle as recorded with the
Secretary of State or, if any notice to that address is
returned as undeliverable, to the last known address
recorded in a United States Post Office approved database,
or, under Section 11-1306 or subsection (p) of Section
11-208.6 or 11-208.9, or subsection (p) of Section 11-208.8
of this Code, to the lessee of the cited vehicle at the

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last address known to the lessor of the cited vehicle at
the time of lease or, if any notice to that address is
returned as undeliverable, to the last known address
recorded in a United States Post Office approved database.
The service shall be deemed complete as of the date of
deposit in the United States mail. The notices shall be in
the following sequence and shall include but not be limited
to the information specified herein:
(i) A second notice of parking, standing, or
compliance violation if the first notice of the
violation was issued by affixing the original or a
facsimile of the notice to the unlawfully parked
vehicle or by handing the notice to the operator. This
notice shall specify or include the date and location
of the violation cited in the parking, standing, or
compliance violation notice, the particular regulation
violated, the vehicle make or a photograph of the
vehicle, the state registration number of the vehicle,
any requirement to complete a traffic education
program, the fine and any penalty that may be assessed
for late payment or failure to complete a traffic
education program, or both, when so provided by
ordinance, the availability of a hearing in which the
violation may be contested on its merits, and the time
and manner in which the hearing may be had. The notice
of violation shall also state that failure to complete

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a required traffic education program, to pay the
indicated fine and any applicable penalty, or to appear
at a hearing on the merits in the time and manner
specified, will result in a final determination of
violation liability for the cited violation in the
amount of the fine or penalty indicated, and that, upon
the occurrence of a final determination of violation
liability for the failure, and the exhaustion of, or
failure to exhaust, available administrative or
judicial procedures for review, any incomplete traffic
education program or any unpaid fine or penalty, or
both, will constitute a debt due and owing the
municipality or county.
(ii) A notice of final determination of parking,
standing, compliance, automated speed enforcement
system, or automated traffic law violation liability.
This notice shall be sent following a final
determination of parking, standing, compliance,
automated speed enforcement system, or automated
traffic law violation liability and the conclusion of
judicial review procedures taken under this Section.
The notice shall state that the incomplete traffic
education program or the unpaid fine or penalty, or
both, is a debt due and owing the municipality or
county. The notice shall contain warnings that failure
to complete any required traffic education program or

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to pay any fine or penalty due and owing the
municipality or county, or both, within the time
specified may result in the municipality's or county's
filing of a petition in the Circuit Court to have the
incomplete traffic education program or unpaid fine or
penalty, or both, rendered a judgment as provided by
this Section, or may result in suspension of the
person's drivers license for failure to complete a
traffic education program or to pay fines or penalties,
or both, for 10 or more parking violations under
Section 6-306.5, or a combination of 5 or more
automated traffic law violations under Section
11-208.6 or 11-208.9 or automated speed enforcement
system violations under Section 11-208.8.
(6) A notice of impending drivers license suspension.
This notice shall be sent to the person liable for failure
to complete a required traffic education program or to pay
any fine or penalty that remains due and owing, or both, on
10 or more parking violations or combination of 5 or more
unpaid automated speed enforcement system or automated
traffic law violations. The notice shall state that failure
to complete a required traffic education program or to pay
the fine or penalty owing, or both, within 45 days of the
notice's date will result in the municipality or county
notifying the Secretary of State that the person is
eligible for initiation of suspension proceedings under

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Section 6-306.5 of this Code. The notice shall also state
that the person may obtain a photostatic copy of an
original ticket imposing a fine or penalty by sending a
self addressed, stamped envelope to the municipality or
county along with a request for the photostatic copy. The
notice of impending drivers license suspension shall be
sent by first class United States mail, postage prepaid, to
the address recorded with the Secretary of State or, if any
notice to that address is returned as undeliverable, to the
last known address recorded in a United States Post Office
approved database.
(7) Final determinations of violation liability. A
final determination of violation liability shall occur
following failure to complete the required traffic
education program or to pay the fine or penalty, or both,
after a hearing officer's determination of violation
liability and the exhaustion of or failure to exhaust any
administrative review procedures provided by ordinance.
Where a person fails to appear at a hearing to contest the
alleged violation in the time and manner specified in a
prior mailed notice, the hearing officer's determination
of violation liability shall become final: (A) upon denial
of a timely petition to set aside that determination, or
(B) upon expiration of the period for filing the petition
without a filing having been made.
(8) A petition to set aside a determination of parking,

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standing, compliance, automated speed enforcement system,
or automated traffic law violation liability that may be
filed by a person owing an unpaid fine or penalty. A
petition to set aside a determination of liability may also
be filed by a person required to complete a traffic
education program. The petition shall be filed with and
ruled upon by the traffic compliance administrator in the
manner and within the time specified by ordinance. The
grounds for the petition may be limited to: (A) the person
not having been the owner or lessee of the cited vehicle on
the date the violation notice was issued, (B) the person
having already completed the required traffic education
program or paid the fine or penalty, or both, for the
violation in question, and (C) excusable failure to appear
at or request a new date for a hearing. With regard to
municipalities or counties with a population of 1 million
or more, it shall be grounds for dismissal of a parking
violation if the state registration number or vehicle make,
only if specified in the violation notice, is incorrect.
After the determination of parking, standing, compliance,
automated speed enforcement system, or automated traffic
law violation liability has been set aside upon a showing
of just cause, the registered owner shall be provided with
a hearing on the merits for that violation.
(9) Procedures for non-residents. Procedures by which
persons who are not residents of the municipality or county

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may contest the merits of the alleged violation without
attending a hearing.
(10) A schedule of civil fines for violations of
vehicular standing, parking, compliance, automated speed
enforcement system, or automated traffic law regulations
enacted by ordinance pursuant to this Section, and a
schedule of penalties for late payment of the fines or
failure to complete required traffic education programs,
provided, however, that the total amount of the fine and
penalty for any one violation shall not exceed $250, except
as provided in subsection (c) of Section 11-1301.3 of this
Code.
(11) Other provisions as are necessary and proper to
carry into effect the powers granted and purposes stated in
this Section.
(c) Any municipality or county establishing vehicular
standing, parking, compliance, automated speed enforcement
system, or automated traffic law regulations under this Section
may also provide by ordinance for a program of vehicle
immobilization for the purpose of facilitating enforcement of
those regulations. The program of vehicle immobilization shall
provide for immobilizing any eligible vehicle upon the public
way by presence of a restraint in a manner to prevent operation
of the vehicle. Any ordinance establishing a program of vehicle
immobilization under this Section shall provide:
(1) Criteria for the designation of vehicles eligible

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for immobilization. A vehicle shall be eligible for
immobilization when the registered owner of the vehicle has
accumulated the number of incomplete traffic education
programs or unpaid final determinations of parking,
standing, compliance, automated speed enforcement system,
or automated traffic law violation liability, or both, as
determined by ordinance.
(2) A notice of impending vehicle immobilization and a
right to a hearing to challenge the validity of the notice
by disproving liability for the incomplete traffic
education programs or unpaid final determinations of
parking, standing, compliance, automated speed enforcement
system, or automated traffic law violation liability, or
both, listed on the notice.
(3) The right to a prompt hearing after a vehicle has
been immobilized or subsequently towed without the
completion of the required traffic education program or
payment of the outstanding fines and penalties on parking,
standing, compliance, automated speed enforcement system,
or automated traffic law violations, or both, for which
final determinations have been issued. An order issued
after the hearing is a final administrative decision within
the meaning of Section 3-101 of the Code of Civil
Procedure.
(4) A post immobilization and post-towing notice
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to a hearing to challenge the validity of the impoundment.
(d) Judicial review of final determinations of parking,
standing, compliance, automated speed enforcement system, or
automated traffic law violations and final administrative
decisions issued after hearings regarding vehicle
immobilization and impoundment made under this Section shall be
subject to the provisions of the Administrative Review Law.
(e) Any fine, penalty, incomplete traffic education
program, or part of any fine or any penalty remaining unpaid
after the exhaustion of, or the failure to exhaust,
administrative remedies created under this Section and the
conclusion of any judicial review procedures shall be a debt
due and owing the municipality or county and, as such, may be
collected in accordance with applicable law. Completion of any
required traffic education program and payment in full of any
fine or penalty resulting from a standing, parking, compliance,
automated speed enforcement system, or automated traffic law
violation shall constitute a final disposition of that
violation. A municipality or county may not collect any debt
due or owing under this Section for a parking violation under
Article XIII of this Chapter during any period of time that is
10 or more years after the date the last notice of violation is
sent under subsection (b) of this Section. A home rule unit may
not regulate debt collection in a manner inconsistent with this
subsection (e). This subsection is a limitation under
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Constitution on the concurrent exercise by home rule units of
powers and functions exercised by the State.
(f) After the expiration of the period within which
judicial review may be sought for a final determination of
parking, standing, compliance, automated speed enforcement
system, or automated traffic law violation, the municipality or
county may commence a proceeding in the Circuit Court for
purposes of obtaining a judgment on the final determination of
violation. Nothing in this Section shall prevent a municipality
or county from consolidating multiple final determinations of
parking, standing, compliance, automated speed enforcement
system, or automated traffic law violations against a person in
a proceeding. Upon commencement of the action, the municipality
or county shall file a certified copy or record of the final
determination of parking, standing, compliance, automated
speed enforcement system, or automated traffic law violation,
which shall be accompanied by a certification that recites
facts sufficient to show that the final determination of
violation was issued in accordance with this Section and the
applicable municipal or county ordinance. Service of the
summons and a copy of the petition may be by any method
provided by Section 2-203 of the Code of Civil Procedure or by
certified mail, return receipt requested, provided that the
total amount of fines and penalties for final determinations of
parking, standing, compliance, automated speed enforcement
system, or automated traffic law violations does not exceed

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$2500. If the court is satisfied that the final determination
of parking, standing, compliance, automated speed enforcement
system, or automated traffic law violation was entered in
accordance with the requirements of this Section and the
applicable municipal or county ordinance, and that the
registered owner or the lessee, as the case may be, had an
opportunity for an administrative hearing and for judicial
review as provided in this Section, the court shall render
judgment in favor of the municipality or county and against the
registered owner or the lessee for the amount indicated in the
final determination of parking, standing, compliance,
automated speed enforcement system, or automated traffic law
violation, plus costs. The judgment shall have the same effect
and may be enforced in the same manner as other judgments for
the recovery of money.
(g) The fee for participating in a traffic education
program under this Section shall not exceed $25.
A low-income individual required to complete a traffic
education program under this Section who provides proof of
eligibility for the federal earned income tax credit under
Section 32 of the Internal Revenue Code or the Illinois earned
income tax credit under Section 212 of the Illinois Income Tax
Act shall not be required to pay any fee for participating in a
required traffic education program.
(Source: P.A. 101-32, eff. 6-28-19.)