SB 1845

Abstract

Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that the corporate authorities of each municipality may require a defendant to complete an education program for each ordinance violation committed. Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that a vehicle owner may have to complete a traffic education program for a violation of the Illinois Vehicle Code or a local ordinance recorded by an automated traffic law enforcement system. In a provision authorizing municipalities to provide for a system of administrative adjudication for violations of parking, standing, compliance, and automated traffic laws, provides that the administrative system shall have the authority to adjudicate any civil offense carrying a fine not in excess of $250 or "requiring the completion of a traffic education program, or both". Provides that the notice of a parking, standing, compliance, or automated traffic law violation shall specify any requirement to complete a traffic education program. Specifies other notice requirements. In a provision pertaining to vehicle immobilization, adds that a vehicle shall be eligible for immobilization when the registered owner of the vehicle has failed to complete a specific number of traffic education programs as determined by ordinance.