PEOPLE EX REL. RYAN v. VILLAGE OF HANOVER PARK

Nos. 1-98-3752, 1-98-3851 and 1-98-3852.

724 N.E.2d 132 (1999)

311 Ill. App.3d 515

243 Ill.Dec. 823

PEOPLE of the State of Illinois ex rel. George H. RYAN, Secretary of State of Illinois, Plaintiffs-Appellees (Metro Counties of Illinois, a Not-for-Profit Corp., Plaintiffs-Intervenor), v. VILLAGE OF HANOVER PARK, a Municipal Corp., Village of Northfield, a Municipal Corp., Village of Schaumburg, a Municipal Corp., Village of Kenilworth, a Municipal Corp., and Village of McCook, a Municipal Corp., Defendants-Appellants.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, First Division.

December 30, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Everette M. Hill, Jr. of Klein, Thorpe & Jenkins, Ltd.; Jack M. Siegel of Altheimer & Gray: Vincent Cainkar and Heather R. Sloan of Louis F. Cainkar, Ltd., Chicago; Norman Samelson of Samelson & Payne, DesPlaines, for Appellants.

James E. Ryan, Attorney General, Erik G. Light, Assistant Attorney General; Joel Bertocchi, Solicitor General; William F. Conlon and Peter J. Tarsney of Sidley & Austin, Chicago, for Appellees.


Justice RAKOWSKI delivered the opinion of the court

The Illinois Vehicle Code (Code) (625 ILCS 5/1-100 et seq. (West 1998)), and certain Supreme Court Rules provide a comprehensive scheme for uniformly enforcing Illinois traffic laws under chapter 11 of the Code. This scheme provides that, upon an arresting officer issuing a uniform citation, the traffic offense is then adjudicated in circuit court. Where adjudication of a traffic offense results in a conviction...

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