G27-12 AN ORDINANCE Ordinance No. G27-12
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AMENDING TITLE 11 OF THE ELGIN MUNICIPAL CODE, 1976,
AS AMENDED. ENTITLED "VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC"
WHEREAS, the City of Elgin is a home rule unit, and as a home rule unit may exercise
any power and perform any function pertaining to its government and affairs; and
WHEREAS, the regulation of vehicles and traffic within the city pertains to the
government and affairs of the city.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF ELGIN, ILLINOIS:
Section 1. That Title 11 of the Elgin Municipal Code, 1976, as amended, entitled
"Vehicles and Traffic" be and is hereby further amended by adding a new chapter 11.10 thereto
entitled "Driving with No Valid Drivers License, Driving While Driver's License, Permit or
Privilege to Operate a Motor Vehicle is Suspended or Revoked" to read as follows:
"11.1 0.010 Adopted:
The regulations of 625 Illinois Compiled Statutes Sections 5/6-101 (No Valid
Drivers License) and 5/6-303 (Driving While Drivers License, Permit or
Privilege to Operate a Motor Vehicle is Suspended or Revoked), as amended, be
and are hereby adopted and incorporated by reference.
11.10.020 Penalty For Violation:
Any person convicted of a violation of violating any of the provisions in this
Chapter shall be fined not less than Five Hundred Dollars ($500) nor more than
Two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($2,500)."
Section 2. That Title 11 of the Elgin Municipal Code, 1976, as amended, entitled
"Vehicles and Traffic" be and is hereby further amended by amending Section 11.40.010 thereof
entitled "Adopted" to read as follows:
"11.40.010 Adopted:
The regulations of 625 Illinois Compiled Statutes Articles 12, 13 and 14,
inclusive, as amended, are adopted as the regulations requiring special stops and
miscellaneous rules of the road."
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• Section 3: That Title 11 of the Elgin Municipal Code, 1976, as amended, entitled
"Vehicles and Traffic" be and is hereby further amended by amending Section 11.76.030 hereof
entitled "Charging of Violations of Adopted State Traffic Regulations" by amending
subparagraph A thereof to read as follows:
"A. When charging violations of any of the state traffic regulations adopted
within this Title 11 as ordinance violations, the paragraph numbering as
used in the Illinois Vehicle Code shall be prefixed by the number 11 for
this Title, so that, for example, when referring to the ordinance provision
for paragraph "11-501" of the Illinois Vehicle Code, that appropriate
provision of the Elgin Municipal Code would be "11-11-501"."
Section 4. That all ordinances or parts of ordinances that conflict with the provisions
of this ordinance be and are hereby repealed to the extent of any such conflict.
Section 5. That this ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its
passage and publication in the manner provided by law.
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avid J. Kapt ay
Presented: April 25, 2012
• Passed: April 25, 2012
Omnibus Vote: Yeas: 5 Nays: 0
Recorded: April 25, 2012
Published: April 27, 2012
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Attest:
Kimberly Dewis, City Clerk
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