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HB6083 Engrossed |
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LRB096 19063 AJO 34454 b |
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| AN ACT concerning civil law.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Laser |
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| Speed Detection Device Act.
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| Section 5. Admissibility of evidence; laser speed |
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| detection device. Evidence of speed based on a speed detection |
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| device using the speed timing principle of laser which is of a |
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| model that has been approved by the Department of State Police |
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| shall be considered scientifically acceptable and reliable as a |
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| speed detection device and shall be admissible for all purposes |
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| in any court or administrative proceeding in this State, |
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| subject to the rules of evidence that are applicable to that |
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| court or proceeding, including rules requiring the |
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| establishment of an adequate foundation for the evidence. A |
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| certified copy of the Department of State Police list of |
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| approved models of such laser devices shall be |
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| self-authenticating and shall be admissible for all purposes in |
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| any court or administrative proceeding in this State. The |
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| technology used by any such approved device shall not be |
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| considered new or novel for the purposes of detecting speed of |
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| a vehicle.
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