(A) Whoever violates any provision of this chapter for which no specific penalty is otherwise provided shall be fined as set forth in § 70.99.
(B) A first violation of § 71.001 is a petty offense with a minimum fine of $150. A second or subsequent violation of this section is a petty offense with a minimum fine of $300.
(2) When a fine for a violation of § 71.002(A) is $150 or greater, the person who violates § 71.002(A)(1) and (A)(2) shall be charged an additional $50 to be paid to the unit school district where the violation occurred for school safety purposes. If the violation occurred in a dual school district, $25 of the surcharge shall be paid to the elementary school district for school safety purposes and $25 of the surcharge shall be paid to the high school district for school safety purposes. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the entire $50 surcharge shall be paid to the appropriate school district or districts.
(3) For purposes of this division (C), SCHOOL SAFETY PURPOSES include the costs associated with school zone safety education; the Safe Routes to School Program under § 2705-317 of the Department of Transportation Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois; safety programs within the School Safety and Educational Improvement Block Grant Program under § 2-3.51.5 of the School Code, being 105 ILCS 5/2-3.51.5; and the purchase, installation and maintenance of caution lights which are mounted on school speed zone signs.
(2) If a fine or violation of § 71.002(B) above is $250 or greater, the person who violated § 71.002(B) shall be charged an additional $125, which shall be deposited into the Transportation Safety Highway Hire-Back Fund. In the case of a second or subsequent violation of § 71.002, if the fine is $750 or greater, the person who violated § 71.002(B) shall be charged an additional $250, which shall be deposited into the Transportation Safety Highway Hire-Back Fund.
(E) In addition to the suspensions authorized by 625 ILCS 5/11-1414, any person convicted of violating § 71.040 shall be subject to a mandatory fine of $150, or upon a second or subsequent violation $500.
(F) Every person convicted of § 71.037(E) shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor if the violation does not result in great bodily harm or permanent disability or disfigurement to another.
(G) (1) A violation of § 71.075 is a petty offense, for which a fine of $250 shall be imposed for a first violation, and a fine of $500 shall be imposed for a second or subsequent violation. The court may impose 25 hours of community service in place of the $250 fine for the first violation.
(2) For a second or subsequent violation, the Secretary of State may suspend the driving privileges of the offender for a minimum of six months.
(H) Any person found in violation of § 71.078(B) shall be subject to a mandatory fine of $500 or 50 hours of community service.
(I) Beginning January 1, 2009, the Secretary of State shall suspend for a period of one month the driving privileges of any person convicted of a violation of § 71.078(B) or a similar provision of a local ordinance; the Secretary shall suspend for a period of three months the driving privileges of any person convicted of a second or subsequent violation of § 71.078(B) or a similar provision of a local ordinance if the second or subsequent violation occurs within five years of a prior conviction for the same offense. In addition to the suspensions authorized by this section, any person convicted of violating § 71.078(B) or a similar provision of a local ordinance shall be subject to a mandatory fine of $500 or 50 hours of community service. Any person given a disposition of court supervision for violating § 71.078(B) or a similar provision of a local ordinance shall also be subject to a mandatory fine of $500 or 50 hours of community service. Upon a second or subsequent violation, in addition to the suspensions authorized by this section, the person shall be subject to a mandatory fine of $500 and 50 hours of community service. The Secretary may also grant, for the duration of any suspension issued under this division (I), a restricted driving permit granting the privilege of driving a motor vehicle between the driver’s residence and place of employment or within other proper limits that the Secretary of State shall find necessary to avoid any undue hardship. A restricted driving permit issued hereunder shall be subject to cancellation, revocation and suspension by the Secretary of State in like manner and for like cause as a driver’s license may be cancelled, revoked or suspended; except that a conviction upon one or more offenses against laws or ordinances regulating the movement of traffic shall be deemed sufficient cause for the revocation, suspension or cancellation of the restricted driving permit. The Secretary of State may, as a condition to the issuance of a restricted driving permit, require the applicant to participate in a designated driver remedial or rehabilitative program. Any conviction for a violation of this division (I) shall be included as an offense for the purposes of determining suspension action under any other provision of the Vehicle Code; provided, however, that the penalties provided under this division (I) shall be imposed unless those penalties imposed under other applicable provisions are greater.
(Prior Code, § 71.999)
Statutory reference:
Similar provisions, see 625 ILCS 5/11-601, 625 ILCS 5/11-605(e) and (f), 625 ILCS 5/11-605.1, 625 ILCS 5/11-1414, 625 ILCS 5/11-703(f), 625 ILCS 5/11-1201 and 625 ILCS 5/11-1425
Violation of § 71.037(E) resulting in great bodily harm or permanent disability or disfigurement to another, a Class 3 felony, see 625 ILCS 5/11-703