HB0656 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY


 


 
95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HB0656

 

Introduced 2/6/2007, by Rep. Eddie Washington - Chapin Rose

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
625 ILCS 5/12-102 new

    Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that a person charged for the first time with an equipment violation of a specified type shall not be convicted of the violation if the person presents satisfactory evidence in court that the vehicle has been repaired or altered in a manner that brings the vehicle into compliance with the applicable provision.


LRB095 04786 DRH 24846 b

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

HB0656 LRB095 04786 DRH 24846 b

1     AN ACT concerning transportation.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by adding
5 Section 12-102 as follows:
 
6     (625 ILCS 5/12-102 new)
7     Sec. 12-102. Certain equipment violations; disposition
8 upon correction.
9     (a) A person charged for the first time with a violation of
10 this Chapter 12 to which this Section applies shall not be
11 convicted of the violation if that person produces in court
12 satisfactory evidence that the vehicle in question has been
13 repaired or altered in a manner that brings the vehicle into
14 compliance with the applicable provision.
15     (b) This Section applies to violations of the following
16 provisions of this Chapter 12, if the violation was based on
17 the vehicle's lack of required equipment or lack of required
18 equipment in working order: subsections, (a), (b), and (c) of
19 Section 12-201; Section 12-202; Section 12-208; subsection (a)
20 of Section 12-211; subsection (a) of Section 12-601; and
21 Section 12-608.