HB2871 Summary

• Amends the Illinois Highway Code to establish a 60-day approval timeline for the Department of Transportation to grant requests for installation or removal of automated traffic law enforcement system equipment.

• Approval is automatic if the equipment location, placement, or construction conforms with the federal Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices adopted by the Department.

• Applies to initial installations and subsequent modifications of automated traffic enforcement cameras on state highways.

• Creates a mandatory administrative process where IDOT cannot indefinitely delay approval of red light camera requests that meet federal traffic control standards.