Illinois Compiled Statutes

625 ILCS 5/11-612 (2026)

Certain systems to record vehicle speeds prohibited

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(625 ILCS 5/11-612)
    Sec. 11-612. Certain systems to record vehicle speeds prohibited. Except as authorized in the Automated Traffic Control Systems in Highway Construction or Maintenance Zones Act and Section 11-208.8 of this Code, no photographic, video, or other imaging system may be used in this State to record vehicle speeds for the purpose of enforcing any law or ordinance regarding a maximum or minimum speed limit unless a law enforcement officer is present at the scene and witnesses the event. No State or local governmental entity, including a home rule county or municipality, may use such a system in a way that is prohibited by this Section. The regulation of the use of such systems is an exclusive power and function of the State. This Section is a denial and limitation of home rule powers and functions under subsection (h) of Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution.
(Source: P.A. 97-672, eff. 7-1-12.)


 
    (625 ILCS 5/Ch. 11 Art. VII heading)
ARTICLE VII. DRIVING ON RIGHT SIDE OF
ROADWAY; OVERTAKING AND PASSING, ETC.

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 2012–2012 · leading case: Poris v. Lake Holiday Prop. Owners Ass'n, 2012 IL App (3d) 110131 (Ill. App. Ct. 2012).
Poris v. Lake Holiday Prop. Owners Ass'n, 2012 IL App (3d) 110131 (Ill. App. Ct. 2012). “” 625 ILCS 5/11-612 (West 2008). Section 11-612 prohibits the video, photographic or other recording of vehicle speeds to enforce laws or ordinances with a narrow exception for highway construction or maintenance zones; it does not prevent the Association or any other entity…”
Poris v. Lake Holiday Prop. Owners Ass'n, 965 N.E.2d 464 (Ill. App. Ct. 2012). · cites it 2× “That section provides: "Except as authorized in the Automated Traffic Control Systems in Highway Construction or Maintenance Zones Act, no photographic, video or other imaging system may be used in this State to record vehicle speeds for purposes of enforcing any law or…”
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