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Public Act 90-0369

SB950 Enrolled                                LRB9001187NTsbB

    AN ACT concerning vehicles, amending named Acts.

    Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:

    Section  5.   The  Illinois  Vehicle  Code  is amended by
changing Sections 6-103, 6-105, 6-107, 6-204,  6-205,  6-206,
6-206.1,  7-702.1,  12-603,  and 12-603.1 and adding Sections
1-187.001, 6-107.1, 6-107.2, and 6-107.3 as follows:

    (625 ILCS 5/1-187.001 new)
    Sec. 1-187.001.  Serious traffic violation.
    (a)  A conviction when operating a motor vehicle for:
         (1)  a  violation  of  subsection  (a)  of   Section
    11-402,  relating  to a motor vehicle  accident involving
    damage to a vehicle;
         (2)  a violation  of  Section  11-403,  relating  to
    failure  to  stop  and exchange information after a motor
    vehicle collision, property damage only;
         (3)  a  violation  of  subsection  (a)  of   Section
    11-502,  relating to illegal  transportation, possession,
    or carrying of alcoholic liquor within the passenger area
    of any vehicle;
         (4)  a  violation  of  Section  6-101  relating   to
    operating  a  motor  vehicle  without  a valid license or
    permit;
         (5)  a violation  of  Section  11-403,  relating  to
    failure  to  stop  and   exchange information or give aid
    after a motor vehicle collision involving personal injury
    or death;
         (6)  a violation  relating  to  excessive  speeding,
    involving  a single  speeding charge of 30 miles per hour
    or more above the legal speed limit;
         (7)  a violation relating to reckless driving;
         (8)  a  violation  of  subsection  (d)  of   Section
    11-707, relating to passing in a no-passing zone;
         (9)  a   violation  of  subsection  (b)  of  Section
    11-1402, relating to  limitations  on  backing    upon  a
    controlled access highway;
         (10)  a  violation  of  subsection  (b)  of  Section
    11-707,  relating  to  driving  on  the  left   side of a
    roadway in a no-passing zone;
         (11)  a  violation  of  subsection  (e)  of  Section
    11-1002, relating to failure to yield the right-of-way to
    a pedestrian at an intersection;
         (12)  a violation of Section  11-1008,  relating  to
    failure to yield to a  pedestrian on a sidewalk; or
         (13)  a  violation  of  Section 11-1201, relating to
    failure to stop for  an  approaching  railroad  train  or
    signals; or
    (b)  Any  other  similar  violation  of  a  law  or local
ordinance of any state  relating  to  motor  vehicle  traffic
control, other than a parking violation.
    (c)  A  violation of any of these defined serious traffic
offenses shall not preclude the defendant from being eligible
to receive an order of court supervision under Section  5-6-1
of the Unified Code of Corrections.

    (625 ILCS 5/6-103) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 6-103)
    Sec. 6-103. What persons shall not be licensed as drivers
or  granted permits.  The Secretary of State shall not issue,
renew, or allow the retention of  any  driver's  license  nor
issue any permit under this Code:
         1.  To any person, as a driver, who is under the age
    of  18  years  except  as  provided in Section 6-107, and
    except that an instruction permit  may  be  issued  under
    paragraphs (a) and (b) of Section 6-105 to a child who is
    not less than 15 years of age if the child is enrolled in
    an approved driver education course as defined in Section
    1-103  of this Code and requires an instruction permit to
    participate therein, except that  an  instruction  permit
    may  be issued under the provisions of Section 6-107.1 to
    a child who is 17 years and 9 months of age  without  the
    child  having  enrolled  in  an approved driver education
    course and except  that  an  instruction  permit  may  be
    issued  to  a child who is at least 15 years and 6 months
    of age, is enrolled  in  school,  meets  the  educational
    requirements  of the Driver Education Act, and has passed
    examinations  the  Secretary  of  State  in  his  or  her
    discretion may prescribe;
         2.  To any person who is under the age of 18  as  an
    operator  of a motorcycle other than a motor driven cycle
    unless  the  person  has,  in  addition  to  meeting  the
    provisions of Section 6-107 of  this  Code,  completed  a
    motorcycle  training  course  approved  by  the  Illinois
    Department  of  Transportation and successfully completes
    the required Secretary  of  State's  motorcycle  driver's
    examination;
         3.  To  any  person,  as  a  driver,  whose driver's
    license  or  permit  has  been  suspended,   during   the
    suspension,  nor  to any person whose driver's license or
    permit has been revoked, except as provided  in  Sections
    6-205, 6-206, and 6-208;
         4.  To  any  person,  as  a driver, who is a user of
    alcohol or any other drug to a degree  that  renders  the
    person incapable of safely driving a motor vehicle;
         5.  To  any  person, as a driver, who has previously
    been adjudged to be afflicted with or suffering from  any
    mental  or physical disability or disease and who has not
    at the time of application been restored to competency by
    the methods provided by law;
         6.  To any person, as a driver, who is  required  by
    the  Secretary  of  State  to  submit an alcohol and drug
    evaluation or take an examination provided  for  in  this
    Code  unless  the  person  has  successfully  passed  the
    examination and submitted any required evaluation;
         7.  To   any   person  who  is  required  under  the
    provisions of the laws of this State to deposit  security
    or  proof  of  financial  responsibility  and who has not
    deposited the security or proof;
         8.  To any person when the Secretary  of  State  has
    good  cause  to  believe  that  the  person  by reason of
    physical or mental disability would not be able to safely
    operate a motor vehicle upon  the  highways,  unless  the
    person shall furnish to the Secretary of State a verified
    written  statement, acceptable to the Secretary of State,
    from a competent medical specialist to  the  effect  that
    the  operation of a motor vehicle by the person would not
    be inimical to the public safety;
         9.  To any person, as a driver, who is 69  years  of
    age or older, unless the person has successfully complied
    with the provisions of Section 6-109;
         10.  To  any  person  convicted, within 12 months of
    application for a license, of any of the sexual  offenses
    enumerated  in  paragraph  2 of subsection (b) of Section
    6-205;
         11.  To any person who is under the age of 21  years
    with  a  classification  prohibited  in  paragraph (b) of
    Section 6-104 and to any person who is under the  age  of
    18  years  with  a classification prohibited in paragraph
    (c) of Section 6-104; or
         12.  To any person who has been either convicted  of
    or adjudicated under the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 based
    upon  a  violation  of  the  Cannabis  Control Act or the
    Illinois Controlled Substances Act while that person  was
    in  actual  physical  control  of  a  motor vehicle.  For
    purposes of this Section, any person placed on  probation
    under  Section  10 of the Cannabis Control Act or Section
    410 of the Illinois Controlled Substances Act  shall  not
    be  considered convicted. Any person found guilty of this
    offense, while in actual  physical  control  of  a  motor
    vehicle,  shall have an entry made in the court record by
    the judge that this offense did occur  while  the  person
    was  in  actual  physical  control of a motor vehicle and
    order the clerk of the court to report the  violation  to
    the  Secretary  of State as such.  The Secretary of State
    shall not issue a new license or permit for a  period  of
    one year; or.
         13.  To  any person who is under the age of 18 years
    and who has committed the offense of  operating  a  motor
    vehicle without a valid license or permit in violation of
    Section 6-101.
    The  Secretary  of  State  shall  retain  all  conviction
information,  if  the  information  is  required  to  be held
confidential under the Juvenile Court Act of 1987.
(Source: P.A. 87-1114; 88-212.)

    (625 ILCS 5/6-105) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 6-105)
    Sec. 6-105.  Instruction permits and  temporary  licenses
for persons 18 years of age or older.
    (a)  Except as provided in this Section, the Secretary of
State  upon  receiving  proper application and payment of the
required fee may issue an instruction permit to any person 18
years of age or older  who is not ineligible  for  a  license
under  paragraphs 1, 3, 4, 5, 7, or 8 of Section 6-103, after
the applicant has successfully passed such examination as the
Secretary of State in his discretion may prescribe.
    1.  An  instruction  permit  entitles  the  holder  while
having the permit in his  immediate  possession  to  drive  a
motor  vehicle, excluding a motor driven cycle or motorcycle,
upon the highways for a period of 12 months after the date of
its issuance when accompanied by a licensed driver who is  21
years  of age or older,  who has had a valid driver's license
classification to operate such vehicle for at least one  year
and  has  had  one  year  of  driving  experience  with  such
classification and who is occupying a seat beside the driver.
    2.  A  12  month  instruction  permit  for a motor driven
cycle or motorcycle may be issued to a person 18 16 years  of
age  or  more,  and  entitles  the  holder  to drive upon the
highways during daylight under the direct  supervision  of  a
licensed  motor  driven cycle operator or motorcycle operator
with the same or greater classification, who is 21  years  of
age  or  older  and  who  has  at  least  one year of driving
experience.
    3.  (Blank).  A  12  month  instruction  permit   for   a
motorcycle other than a motor driven cycle may be issued to a
person  18  years  of  age  or more, or to a person who is at
least 16 years of age in accordance with  the  provisions  of
paragraph  2 of Section 6-103, and entitles a holder to drive
upon  the  highways  during   daylight   under   the   direct
supervision of a licensed motorcycle operator.
    (b)  (Blank). An instruction permit issued hereunder when
issued  to  a minor enrolled in a driver education program as
provided in this Code, shall be restricted, by the  Secretary
of  State,  to  the operation of a motor vehicle by the minor
only when accompanied by the adult instructor of the  program
during  enrollment  therein or when practicing with a parent,
legal guardian or person in loco parentis who has  a  license
classification  to operate such vehicle and at least one year
of driving experience and who is occupying a seat beside  the
driver.   After successful completion of the driver education
program and before qualifying for  a  driver's  license,  the
minor shall be restricted to the operation of a motor vehicle
only   when  accompanied  by  a  person  who  has  a  license
classification to operate such vehicle and at least one  year
of  driving experience and who is occupying a seat beside the
driver.
    (c)  The  Secretary  of  State  may  issue  a   temporary
driver's license to an applicant for a license permitting the
operation   of   a  motor  vehicle  while  the  Secretary  is
completing an investigation and determination  of  all  facts
relative  to  such  applicant's  eligibility  to receive such
license, or for  any  other  reason  prescribed  by  rule  or
regulation  promulgated  by  the  Secretary  of  State.  Such
permit must be in the applicant's immediate possession  while
operating  a  motor vehicle, and it shall be invalid when the
applicant's driver's license has  been  issued  or  for  good
cause  has been refused.  In each case the Secretary of State
may issue the temporary driver's license for such  period  as
appropriate but in no event for longer than 90 days.
(Source: P.A. 85-522.)

    (625 ILCS 5/6-107) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 6-107)
    Sec. 6-107. Graduated license.
    (a)  The  purpose  of the Graduated  Licensing Program is
to  develop  safe  and  mature  driving  habits   in   young,
inexperienced  drivers  and  reduce  or prevent motor vehicle
accidents, fatalities, and injuries by:
         (1)  providing  for  an  increase  in  the  time  of
    practice period before granting permission  to  obtain  a
    driver's license;
         (2)  strengthening   driver  licensing  and  testing
    standards for persons under the age of 21 years;
         (3)  sanctioning driving privileges of drivers under
    age 21 who have committed serious traffic  violations  or
    other specified offenses; and
         (4)  setting   stricter  standards  to  promote  the
    public's health and safety.
    (b)  Applications of minors.    The  application  of  any
person under the age of 18 years, and not legally emancipated
by  marriage,  for  a  drivers license or permit to operate a
motor vehicle issued under the laws of this State,  shall  be
accompanied  by  the  written consent of either parent of the
applicant; otherwise by the guardian having  custody  of  the
applicant,  or  in  the event there is no parent or guardian,
then by another responsible adult.
    No graduated driver's license  shall  be  issued  to  any
applicant under 18 years of age, unless the applicant has:
         (1)  Held  a  valid instruction permit for a minimum
    of 3 months.
         (2)  Passed an approved driver education course  and
    submits  proof  of  having  passed  the  course as may be
    required.
         (3)  certification by the parent, legal guardian, or
    responsible adult that the applicant has had a minimum of
    25  hours  of  behind-the-wheel  practice  time  and   is
    sufficiently  prepared and able to safely operate a motor
    vehicle.
    No drivers license shall be issued to any applicant under
18 years of age who is 16 years of age  or  more  unless  the
applicant  has  passed an approved driver education course as
defined in Section 1-103 of this Act, and submits such  proof
of  having  passed  the  course  as  may  be  required by the
Secretary of State.
    (c)  No graduated driver's license  or  permit  shall  be
issued  to  any  applicant  under  18  years  of  age who has
committed the offense of operating a motor vehicle without  a
valid license or permit in violation of Section 6-101 of this
Code  and  no  graduated  driver's license or permit shall be
issued to any applicant under  18  years  of  age    who  has
committed  an  offense  that  would  otherwise  result  in  a
mandatory  revocation  of  a license or permit as provided in
Section 6-205 of this Code or who has been  either  convicted
of  or adjudicated a delinquent based upon a violation of the
Cannabis Control Act or the  Illinois  Controlled  Substances
Act,  while that individual was in actual physical control of
a motor vehicle. For purposes of  this  Section,  any  person
placed  on probation under Section 10 of the Cannabis Control
Act or Section 410 of the Illinois Controlled Substances  Act
shall not be considered convicted. Any person found guilty of
this  offense,  while  in  actual physical control of a motor
vehicle, shall have an entry made in the court record by  the
judge  that  this  offense  did occur while the person was in
actual physical control of a  motor  vehicle  and  order  the
clerk  of  the court to report the violation to the Secretary
of State as such.
    (d)  No graduated driver's license shall be issued for  6
months  to  any  applicant  under the age of 18 years who has
been convicted of any offense defined as  a  serious  traffic
violation  in  this  Code  or  a similar provision of a local
ordinance.
    (e)  No graduated driver's license holder under  the  age
of  18  years shall operate any motor vehicle, except a motor
driven cycle or motorcycle, with  more than one passenger  in
the front seat of the motor vehicle and no more passengers in
the back seats than the number of available seat safety belts
as set forth in Section 12-603 of this Code.
    (f)  No  graduated  driver's license holder under the age
of 18 shall operate a motor vehicle unless  each  driver  and
front or back seat passenger under the age of 18 is wearing a
properly adjusted and fastened seat safety belt.
(Source: P.A. 88-197.)

    (625 ILCS 5/6-107.1 new)
    Sec. 6-107.1.  Instruction permit for a minor.
    (a)   The  Secretary  of  State,  upon  receiving  proper
application and payment of the required  fee,  may  issue  an
instruction  permit  to  any person under the age of 18 years
who is not ineligible for a license under paragraphs 1, 3, 4,
5, 7,  or  8  of  Section  6-103,  after  the  applicant  has
successfully  passed  such  examination  as  the Secretary of
State in his discretion may prescribe.
         (1)  An instruction permit issued under this Section
    shall be valid for a period of 24 months after  the  date
    of its issuance and shall be restricted, by the Secretary
    of  State,  to  the  operation  of a motor vehicle by the
    minor only when accompanied by the adult instructor of  a
    driver education program during enrollment in the program
    or  when practicing with a parent, legal guardian, family
    member, or a person in loco parentis who is 21  years  of
    age or more, has a license classification to operate such
    vehicle  and at least one year of driving experience, and
    who is occupying a seat beside the driver.
         (2)  A 24  month  instruction  permit  for  a  motor
    driven  cycle may be issued to a person 16 or 17 years of
    age and entitles the holder to drive  upon  the  highways
    during  daylight  under  direct supervision of a licensed
    motor driven cycle operator  or  motorcycle  operator  21
    years of age or older who has a license classification to
    operate  such  motor  driven  cycle  or motorcycle and at
    least one year of driving experience.
         (3)  A 24 month instruction permit for a  motorcycle
    other than a motor driven cycle may be issued to a person
    16  or 17 years of age in accordance with the  provisions
    of paragraph 2 of Section 6-103 and entitles a holder  to
    drive  upon the highways during daylight under the direct
    supervision of a licensed motorcycle operator 21 years of
    age or older  who  has  at  least  one  year  of  driving
    experience.
    (b)  An instruction permit issued under this Section when
issued  to  a  person  under  the age of 17 years shall, as a
matter of law, be invalid for  the  operation  of  any  motor
vehicle  during  the  same  time the child is prohibited from
being on any street or highway under the  provisions  of  the
Child Curfew Act.
    (c)  Any  person  under the age of 16 years who possesses
an instruction permit and whose driving privileges have  been
suspended  or revoked under the provisions of this Code shall
not be granted  a  Family  Financial  Responsibility  Driving
Permit or a Restricted Driving Permit.

    (625 ILCS 5/6-107.2 new)
    Sec.   6-107.2.    Rules  for  graduated  licenses.   The
Secretary of State, using the authority  to  license    motor
vehicle  operators,  may adopt such rules as may be necessary
to  establish    standards,  policies,  and  procedures   for
graduated licenses.

    (625 ILCS 5/6-107.3 new)
    Sec.   6-107.3.  Distinct   nature  of  driver's  license
dependent on age.  The Secretary of State shall provide  that
each  graduated  driver's  license  and each regular driver's
license issued to individuals under 21 years of age shall  be
of  a  distinct nature from those driver's licenses issued to
individuals 21 years of age and older.  The colors designated
for the  graduated  driver's  license  and  regular  driver's
license shall be at the discretion of the Secretary of State.

    (625 ILCS 5/6-204) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 6-204)
    Sec. 6-204.  When Court to forward License and Reports.
    (a)  For  the  purpose  of  providing to the Secretary of
State  the  records  essential  to  the  performance  of  the
Secretary's duties under  this  Code  to  cancel,  revoke  or
suspend  the  driver's  license  and privilege to drive motor
vehicles of persons found guilty of the criminal offenses  or
traffic  violations  which  this  Code recognizes as evidence
relating to unfitness to safely operate motor  vehicles,  the
following duties are imposed upon public officials:
         1.  Whenever  any person is convicted of any offense
    for which this Code makes mandatory the  cancellation  or
    revocation  of  the  driver's  license  or permit of such
    person by the Secretary of State, the judge of the  court
    in  which  such  conviction  is  had  shall  require  the
    surrender  to  the  clerk  of  the  court of all driver's
    licenses or permits then held by the person so convicted,
    and  the  clerk  of  the  court  shall,  within  10  days
    thereafter, forward the same, together with a  report  of
    such conviction, to the Secretary.
         2.  Whenever  any person is convicted of any offense
    under this Code or similar  offenses  under  a  municipal
    ordinance,  other  than  regulations  governing standing,
    parking  or  weights  of  vehicles,  and  excepting   the
    following  enumerated  Sections  of  this  Code: Sections
    11-1406  (obstruction  to  driver's  view  or   control),
    11-1407  (improper opening of door into traffic), 11-1410
    (coasting  on   downgrade),   11-1411   (following   fire
    apparatus), 11-1419.01 (Motor Fuel Tax I.D. Card), 12-101
    (driving   vehicle   which  is  in  unsafe  condition  or
    improperly  equipped),  12-201(a)  (daytime   lights   on
    motorcycles),  12-202 (clearance, identification and side
    marker lamps), 12-204 (lamp or flag on projecting  load),
    12-205  (failure  to display the safety lights required),
    12-401  (restrictions  as  to  tire  equipment),   12-502
    (mirrors),  12-503  (windshields must be unobstructed and
    equipped  with  wipers),  12-601   (horns   and   warning
    devices),   12-602  (mufflers,  prevention  of  noise  or
    smoke),  12-603  (seat  safety  belts),  12-702  (certain
    vehicles to  carry  flares  or  other  warning  devices),
    12-703  (vehicles for oiling roads operated on highways),
    12-710 (splash guards and replacements),  13-101  (safety
    tests),  15-101  (size, weight and load), 15-102 (width),
    15-103 (height),  15-104  (name  and  address  on  second
    division  vehicles), 15-107 (length of vehicle), 15-109.1
    (cover or tarpaulin), 15-111 (weights), 15-112 (weights),
    15-301 (weights), 15-316 (weights), 15-318 (weights), and
    also excepting the following enumerated Sections  of  the
    Chicago  Municipal  Code: Sections 27-245 (following fire
    apparatus),  27-254  (obstruction  of  traffic),   27-258
    (driving  vehicle  which  is in unsafe condition), 27-259
    (coasting on downgrade), 27-264 (use of horns and  signal
    devices),  27-265 (obstruction to driver's view or driver
    mechanism),  27-267  (dimming  of   headlights),   27-268
    (unattended   motor  vehicle),  27-272  (illegal  funeral
    procession), 27-273 (funeral  procession  on  boulevard),
    27-275  (driving  freighthauling  vehicles on boulevard),
    27-276 (stopping and  standing  of  buses  or  taxicabs),
    27-277  (cruising  of  public passenger vehicles), 27-305
    (parallel parking),  27-306  (diagonal  parking),  27-307
    (parking  not  to  obstruct  traffic),  27-308 (stopping,
    standing   or   parking   regulated),   27-311   (parking
    regulations),  27-312   (parking   regulations),   27-313
    (parking   regulations),  27-314  (parking  regulations),
    27-315    (parking    regulations),    27-316    (parking
    regulations),  27-317   (parking   regulations),   27-318
    (parking   regulations),  27-319  (parking  regulations),
    27-320    (parking    regulations),    27-321    (parking
    regulations),  27-322   (parking   regulations),   27-324
    (loading  and  unloading  at an angle), 27-333 (wheel and
    axle loads), 27-334 (load restrictions  in  the  downtown
    district),   27-335  (load  restrictions  in  residential
    areas), 27-338 (width of  vehicles),  27-339  (height  of
    vehicles),    27-340   (length   of   vehicles),   27-352
    (reflectors  on  trailers),  27-353  (mufflers),   27-354
    (display  of plates), 27-355 (display of city vehicle tax
    sticker), 27-357  (identification  of  vehicles),  27-358
    (projecting  of  loads), and also excepting the following
    enumerated paragraphs of Section 2-201 of the  Rules  and
    Regulations of the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority:
    (l)  (driving  unsafe  vehicle on tollway), (m) (vehicles
    transporting dangerous cargo not properly indicated),  it
    shall be the duty of the clerk of the court in which such
    conviction is had within 10 days thereafter to forward to
    the Secretary of State a report of the conviction and the
    court  may  recommend  the  suspension  of  the  driver's
    license or permit of the person so convicted.
    The reporting requirements of this subsection shall apply
to  all  violations  stated  in  paragraphs  1  and 2 of this
subsection when the individual has been adjudicated under the
Juvenile Court Act or the Juvenile Court Act of  1987.   Such
reporting   requirements  shall  also  apply  to  individuals
adjudicated under the Juvenile  Court  Act  or  the  Juvenile
Court  Act  of 1987 who have committed a violation of Section
11-501  of  this  Code,  or  similar  provision  of  a  local
ordinance, or Section 9-3 of the Criminal Code  of  1961,  as
amended,  relating  to the offense of reckless homicide.  All
juvenile court dispositions  reported  to  the  Secretary  of
State   under  this  provision  shall  be  processed  by  the
Secretary of State as if the cases had  been  adjudicated  in
traffic  or  criminal  court.  However,  information reported
relative to the offense  of  reckless  homicide,  or  Section
11-501  of  this  Code,  or  a  similar  provision of a local
ordinance, shall be privileged  and  available  only  to  the
Secretary of State, courts, and police officers.
         3.  Whenever   an  order  is  entered  vacating  the
    forfeiture of any bail, security or bond given to  secure
    appearance  for  any  offense  under this Code or similar
    offenses under municipal ordinance, it shall be the  duty
    of  the clerk of the court in which such vacation was had
    or the judge of such court if such court  has  no  clerk,
    within  10 days thereafter to forward to the Secretary of
    State a report of the vacation.
         4.  A report of any disposition of court supervision
    for a violation of Sections 6-303, 11-401,  11-501  or  a
    similar provision of a local ordinance, 11-503 and 11-504
    shall be forwarded to the Secretary of State. A report of
    any  disposition  of court supervision for a violation of
    an offense defined as a serious traffic violation in this
    Code  or  a  similar  provision  of  a  local   ordinance
    committed  by a person under the age of 21 years shall be
    forwarded to the Secretary of State.
         5.  Reports of conviction in a computer  processible
    medium  shall  be forwarded to the Secretary of State via
    the Supreme Court in the form and format required by  the
    Illinois  Supreme  Court  and  established  by  a written
    agreement between the Supreme Court and the Secretary  of
    State.  In  counties  with  a  population  over  300,000,
    instead  of  forwarding  reports  to  the  Supreme Court,
    reports of conviction in a  computer  processible  medium
    may be forwarded to the Secretary of State by the Circuit
    Court  Clerk  in  a  form  and  format  required  by  the
    Secretary  of  State and established by written agreement
    between the Circuit Court  Clerk  and  the  Secretary  of
    State.   Failure  to forward the reports of conviction as
    required by this Section shall be deemed an  omission  of
    duty  and  it  shall  be  the duty of the several State's
    Attorneys to enforce the requirements of this Section.
    (b)  Whenever a restricted driving permit is forwarded to
a court, as a result of  confiscation  by  a  police  officer
pursuant  to  the  authority in Section 6-113(f), it shall be
the duty of the clerk, or judge, if the court has  no  clerk,
to  forward such restricted driving permit and a facsimile of
the  officer's  citation  to  the  Secretary  of   State   as
expeditiously as practicable.
    (c)  For  the purposes of this Code, a forfeiture of bail
or collateral deposited to secure a defendant's appearance in
court when forfeiture has not been vacated, or the failure of
a defendant to appear for trial after depositing his driver's
license in lieu of other  bail,  shall  be  equivalent  to  a
conviction.
    (d)  For  the purpose of providing the Secretary of State
with records necessary to properly monitor and assess  driver
performance  and  assist the courts in the proper disposition
of repeat traffic law offenders, the clerk of the court shall
forward to the Secretary of State, on a  form  prescribed  by
the  Secretary, records of driver's participation in a driver
remedial  or  rehabilitative  program  which  was   required,
through  a  court  order or court supervision, in relation to
the driver's arrest for a violation of Section 11-501 of this
Code or a similar  provision  of  a  local  ordinance.   Such
reports  shall  be  sent  within  10  days after the driver's
referral to such driver remedial or  rehabilitative  program.
Such  reports, including those required to be forwarded under
subsection 4 of paragraph  (a),  shall  be  recorded  to  the
driver's  file,  but  shall  not  be  released to any outside
source, except the affected driver, and shall be used only to
assist in assessing driver performance and for the purpose of
informing the courts that such  driver  has  been  previously
assigned court supervision or referred to a driver's remedial
or rehabilitative program.
(Source: P.A. 88-415.)

    (625 ILCS 5/6-205) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 6-205)
    Sec.  6-205.  Mandatory  revocation of license or permit;
Hardship cases.
    (a)  Except as provided in this Section, the Secretary of
State shall immediately revoke the license or permit  of  any
driver  upon receiving a report of the driver's conviction of
any of the following offenses:
         1.  Reckless homicide resulting from  the  operation
    of a motor vehicle;
         2.  Violation  of  Section  11-501 of this Code or a
    similar provision of a local ordinance  relating  to  the
    offense  of  operating  or being in physical control of a
    vehicle while under the influence of alcohol, other drug,
    or combination of both;
         3.  Any felony under the laws of any  State  or  the
    federal  government  in  the  commission of which a motor
    vehicle was used;
         4.  Violation  of  Section  11-401  of   this   Code
    relating to the offense of leaving the scene of a traffic
    accident involving death or personal injury;
         5.  Perjury  or  the  making of a false affidavit or
    statement under oath to the Secretary of State under this
    Code or under any other law relating to the ownership  or
    operation of motor vehicles;
         6.  Conviction   upon  3  charges  of  violation  of
    Section 11-503 of this Code relating to  the  offense  of
    reckless driving committed within a period of 12 months;
         7.  Conviction of the offense of automobile theft as
    defined in Section 4-102 of this Code;
         8.  Violation   of   Section  11-504  of  this  Code
    relating to the offense of drag racing;
         9.  Violation of Chapters 8 and 9 of this Code;
         10.  Violation of Section 12-5 of the Criminal  Code
    of 1961 arising from the use of a motor vehicle;
         11.  Violation  of  Section  11-204.1  of  this Code
    relating to aggravated fleeing or attempting to  elude  a
    police officer;
         12.  Violation of paragraph (1) of subsection (b) of
    Section  6-507,  or  a  similar  law  of any other state,
    relating to the unlawful operation of a commercial  motor
    vehicle;
         13.  Violation of paragraph (a) of Section 11-502 of
    this  Code or a similar provision of a local ordinance if
    the driver has been previously convicted of  a  violation
    of  that  Section  or  a  similar  provision  of  a local
    ordinance and the driver was less than 21 years of age at
    the time of the offense.
    (b)  The Secretary of State shall also immediately revoke
the  license  or  permit  of  any  driver  in  the  following
situations:
         1.  Of any minor upon receiving the notice  provided
    for in Section 1-8 of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 that
    the  minor  has been adjudicated under that Act as having
    committed  an  offense   relating   to   motor   vehicles
    prescribed in Section 4-103 of this Code;
         2.  Of  any  person when any other law of this State
    requires either the revocation or suspension of a license
    or permit.
    (c)  Whenever  a  person  is  convicted  of  any  of  the
offenses enumerated in this Section, the court may  recommend
and  the Secretary of State in his discretion, without regard
to whether the recommendation is made by the court, may, upon
application, issue to the person a restricted driving  permit
granting the privilege of driving a motor vehicle between the
petitioner's  residence  and petitioner's place of employment
or within the scope of the  petitioner's  employment  related
duties,  or  to  allow transportation for the petitioner or a
household member of the petitioner's family for  the  receipt
of  necessary medical care or, if the professional evaluation
indicates, provide  transportation  for  the  petitioner  for
alcohol  remedial  or  rehabilitative  activity,  or  for the
petitioner to attend classes, as a student, in an  accredited
educational   institution;  if  the  petitioner  is  able  to
demonstrate that no alternative means  of  transportation  is
reasonably available and the petitioner will not endanger the
public  safety  or  welfare;  provided  that  the Secretary's
discretion shall be limited to  cases  where  undue  hardship
would  result  from a failure to issue the restricted driving
permit. In each case the  Secretary  of  State  may  issue  a
restricted  driving permit for a period he deems appropriate,
except that the permit shall expire within one year from  the
date  of  issuance.  A restricted driving permit issued under
this Section 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 issued under  this  Code
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 a 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.  The
Secretary  of  State  is  authorized  to  cancel a restricted
driving permit if the permit  holder  does  not  successfully
complete  the  program.  However,  if an individual's driving
privileges have been revoked in accordance with paragraph  13
of  subsection  (a)  of  this  Section, no restricted driving
permit shall be issued until  the  individual  has  served  6
months of the revocation period.
    (d)  Whenever  a  person under the age of 21 is convicted
under Section 11-501 of this Code or a similar provision of a
local ordinance, the Secretary  of  State  shall  revoke  the
driving  privileges  of that person.  One year after the date
of revocation, and upon application, the Secretary  of  State
may,  if satisfied that the person applying will not endanger
the public safety or  welfare,  issue  a  restricted  driving
permit granting the privilege of driving a motor vehicle only
between  the  hours  of  5  a.m.  and  9 p.m. or as otherwise
provided by this Section for a period of  one  year.    After
this one year period, and upon reapplication for a license as
provided  in  Section  6-106, upon payment of the appropriate
reinstatement fee provided under  paragraph  (b)  of  Section
6-118,  the  Secretary of State, in his discretion, may issue
the applicant a license, or  extend  the  restricted  driving
permit  as  many  times  as  the  Secretary  of  State  deems
appropriate, by additional periods of not more than 12 months
each,  until  the  applicant  attains  21  years  of  age.  A
restricted driving permit issued under this Section 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  issued  under  this Code 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  a  restricted
driving  permit.   Any person under 21 years of age who has a
driver's  license  revoked  for  a   second   or   subsequent
conviction  for driving under the influence, prior to the age
of 21, shall not be eligible to submit an application  for  a
full  reinstatement  of  driving  privileges  or a restricted
driving permit until age 21 or one additional year  from  the
date  of the latest such revocation, whichever is the longer.
The revocation periods contained in this  subparagraph  shall
apply to similar out-of-state convictions.
    (e)  This  Section  is  subject  to the provisions of the
Driver License Compact.
    (f)  Any  revocation  imposed  upon  any   person   under
subsections  2  and  3  of paragraph (b) that is in effect on
December 31, 1988 shall be converted to a  suspension  for  a
like period of time.
    (g)  The  Secretary of State shall not issue a restricted
driving permit to a person under the age of  16  years  whose
driving  privileges have been revoked under any provisions of
this Code.
(Source: P.A.  88-209;  89-156,  eff.  1-1-96;  89-245,  eff.
1-1-96; 89-626, eff. 8-9-96.)

    (625 ILCS 5/6-206) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 6-206)
    Sec. 6-206.  Discretionary authority to suspend or revoke
license or permit; Right to a hearing.
    (a)  The Secretary of State is authorized to  suspend  or
revoke   the   driving   privileges  of  any  person  without
preliminary hearing upon a showing of the person's records or
other sufficient evidence that the person:
         1.  Has committed an  offense  for  which  mandatory
    revocation  of  a  driver's license or permit is required
    upon conviction;
         2.  Has been convicted of not less than  3  offenses
    against  traffic  regulations  governing  the movement of
    vehicles  committed  within  any  12  month  period.   No
    revocation or suspension shall be  entered  more  than  6
    months after the date of last conviction;
         3.  Has  been  repeatedly  involved  as  a driver in
    motor vehicle collisions or has been repeatedly convicted
    of offenses against laws and  ordinances  regulating  the
    movement  of  traffic, to a degree that indicates lack of
    ability to exercise ordinary and reasonable care  in  the
    safe  operation  of a motor vehicle or disrespect for the
    traffic laws and the safety of  other  persons  upon  the
    highway;
         4.  Has by the unlawful operation of a motor vehicle
    caused  or  contributed to an accident resulting in death
    or injury requiring immediate professional treatment in a
    medical facility or doctor's office to any person, except
    that  any  suspension  or  revocation  imposed   by   the
    Secretary   of   State   under  the  provisions  of  this
    subsection shall start no later than 6 months after being
    convicted of violating a law or ordinance regulating  the
    movement  of  traffic,  which violation is related to the
    accident, or shall start not more than one year after the
    date of the accident, whichever date occurs later;
         5.  Has permitted an unlawful or fraudulent use of a
    driver's license, identification card, or permit;
         6.  Has been lawfully convicted  of  an  offense  or
    offenses  in  another  state, including the authorization
    contained in Section 6-203.1, which if  committed  within
    this State would be grounds for suspension or revocation;
         7.  Has   refused   or   failed   to  submit  to  an
    examination provided for by Section 6-207 or  has  failed
    to pass the examination;
         8.  Is  ineligible  for a driver's license or permit
    under the provisions of Section 6-103;
         9.  Has  made  a  false   statement   or   knowingly
    concealed  a  material fact or has used false information
    or identification  in  any  application  for  a  license,
    identification card, or permit;
         10.  Has   possessed,  displayed,  or  attempted  to
    fraudulently use any  license,  identification  card,  or
    permit not issued to the person;
         11.  Has  operated a motor vehicle upon a highway of
    this  State  when  the  person's  driving  privilege   or
    privilege  to  obtain  a  driver's  license or permit was
    revoked or suspended unless the operation was  authorized
    by  a  judicial  driving  permit, probationary license to
    drive, or a restricted driving permit issued  under  this
    Code;
         12.  Has submitted to any portion of the application
    process  for  another person or has obtained the services
    of another  person  to  submit  to  any  portion  of  the
    application  process  for  the  purpose  of  obtaining  a
    license,  identification  card,  or permit for some other
    person;
         13.  Has operated a motor vehicle upon a highway  of
    this  State  when the person's driver's license or permit
    was invalid under the provisions of Sections 6-107.1  and
    Section    6-110. Provided that for the first offense the
    Secretary of State may suspend the driver's  license  for
    not  more  than  60 days, for the second offense not more
    than 90 days, and for the third offense not more than one
    year;
         14.  Has committed a  violation  of  Section  6-301,
    6-301.1,  or  6-301.2 of this Act, or Section 14, 14A, or
    14B of the Illinois Identification Card Act;
         15.  Has been convicted of violating Section 21-2 of
    the Criminal Code of 1961 relating to  criminal  trespass
    to  vehicles  in  which case, the suspension shall be for
    one year;
         16.  Has been convicted of violating Section  11-204
    of this Code relating to fleeing from a police officer;
         17.  Has  refused  to submit to a test, or tests, as
    required under Section 11-501.1  of  this  Code  and  the
    person  has  not  sought  a  hearing  as  provided for in
    Section 11-501.1;
         18.  Has, since issuance of a  driver's  license  or
    permit,  been  adjudged to be afflicted with or suffering
    from any mental disability or disease;
         19.  Has committed a violation of paragraph  (a)  or
    (b)  of  Section  6-101  relating  to  driving  without a
    driver's license;
         20.  Has been convicted of violating  Section  6-104
    relating to classification of driver's license;
         21.  Has  been convicted of violating Section 11-402
    of this Code relating to leaving the scene of an accident
    resulting in damage to a vehicle in excess of $1,000,  in
    which case the suspension shall be for one year;
         22.  Has used a motor vehicle in violating paragraph
    (3),  (4),  (7), or (9) of subsection (a) of Section 24-1
    of the Criminal Code of 1961 relating to unlawful use  of
    weapons,  in  which  case the suspension shall be for one
    year;
         23.  Has, as a driver, been convicted of  committing
    a  violation  of  paragraph (a) of Section 11-502 of this
    Code for a second or subsequent time within one year of a
    similar violation;
         24.  Has  been  convicted  by  a  court-martial   or
    punished   by   non-judicial   punishment   by   military
    authorities   of   the   United   States  at  a  military
    installation in Illinois of  or  for  a  traffic  related
    offense  that  is  the  same  as or similar to an offense
    specified under Section 6-205 or 6-206 of this Code;
         25.  Has permitted any form of identification to  be
    used  by  another  in the application process in order to
    obtain or attempt to  obtain  a  license,  identification
    card, or permit;
         26.  Has  altered or attempted to alter a license or
    has possessed an altered license, identification card, or
    permit;
         27.  Has violated Section 6-16 of the Liquor Control
    Act of 1934;
         28.  Has been convicted of the  illegal  possession,
    while  operating  or  in  actual  physical  control, as a
    driver, of a motor vehicle, of any  controlled  substance
    prohibited  under  the Illinois Controlled Substances Act
    or any cannabis prohibited under the  provisions  of  the
    Cannabis  Control Act, in which case the person's driving
    privileges shall be  suspended  for  one  year,  and  any
    driver  who  is  convicted  of  a  second  or  subsequent
    offense, within 5 years of a previous conviction, for the
    illegal possession, while operating or in actual physical
    control,  as  a  driver,  of  a  motor  vehicle,  of  any
    controlled  substance  prohibited under the provisions of
    the Illinois Controlled Substances Act  or  any  cannabis
    prohibited  under  the  Cannabis  Control  Act  shall  be
    suspended for 5 years. Any defendant found guilty of this
    offense  while  operating  a motor vehicle, shall have an
    entry made in the court record  by  the  presiding  judge
    that  this  offense  did  occur  while  the defendant was
    operating a motor vehicle and  order  the  clerk  of  the
    court to report the violation to the Secretary of State;
         29.  Has  been  convicted  of the following offenses
    that were committed while the person was operating or  in
    actual physical control, as a driver, of a motor vehicle:
    criminal   sexual   assault,  predatory  criminal  sexual
    assault of a child, aggravated criminal  sexual  assault,
    criminal  sexual abuse, aggravated criminal sexual abuse,
    juvenile pimping, soliciting for  a  juvenile  prostitute
    and  the  manufacture,  sale  or  delivery  of controlled
    substances or instruments used for illegal  drug  use  or
    abuse in which case the driver's driving privileges shall
    be suspended for one year;
         30.  Has  been convicted a second or subsequent time
    for any combination of the offenses named in paragraph 29
    of this subsection, in which case  the  person's  driving
    privileges shall be suspended for 5 years;
         31.  Beginning  on  January  1, 1991, has refused to
    submit to a test as required by Section 11-501.6  or  has
    submitted to a test resulting in an alcohol concentration
    of  0.10  or  more or any amount of a drug, substance, or
    compound resulting from the unlawful use  or  consumption
    of  cannabis  as  listed in the Cannabis Control Act or a
    controlled substance as listed in the Illinois Controlled
    Substances Act in which case  the  penalty  shall  be  as
    prescribed in Section 6-208.1;
         32.  Has  been  convicted  of  Section 24-1.2 of the
    Criminal  Code  of  1961  relating  to   the   aggravated
    discharge  of  a firearm if the offender was located in a
    motor vehicle at the time the firearm was discharged,  in
    which case the suspension shall be for 3 years; or
         33.  Has as  a driver, who was less than 21 years of
    age  on  the  date of the offense, been convicted a first
    time of a violation of paragraph (a) of Section 11-502 of
    this Code or a similar provision of  a  local  ordinance;
    or.
         34.  Is  under  the  age  of 21 years at the time of
    arrest and has  been    convicted  of  not  less  than  2
    offenses  against  traffic  regulations    governing  the
    movement  of  vehicles  committed  within  any  24  month
    period.   No  revocation  or  suspension shall be entered
    more than 6  months after the date of last conviction.
    For purposes of paragraphs 5, 9, 10, 12, 14, 19, 25,  26,
and  27  of  this  subsection,  license  means  any  driver's
license, any traffic ticket issued when the person's driver's
license  is  deposited  in  lieu of bail, a suspension notice
issued by the Secretary of State, a  duplicate  or  corrected
driver's  license,  a  probationary  driver's  license  or  a
temporary driver's license.
    (b)  If  any conviction forming the basis of a suspension
or revocation authorized under this Section is appealed,  the
Secretary  of  State may rescind or withhold the entry of the
order of suspension  or  revocation,  as  the  case  may  be,
provided  that a certified copy of a stay order of a court is
filed with the Secretary of  State.   If  the  conviction  is
affirmed  on  appeal, the date of the conviction shall relate
back to the time the  original  judgment  of  conviction  was
entered  and  the  6  month  limitation  prescribed shall not
apply.
    (c) 1.  Upon suspending or revoking the driver's  license
    or  permit  of  any person as authorized in this Section,
    the Secretary  of  State  shall  immediately  notify  the
    person  in  writing  of the revocation or suspension. The
    notice to be deposited in the United States mail, postage
    prepaid, to the last known address of the person.
         2.  If the Secretary of State suspends the  driver's
    license  of  a person under subsection 2 of paragraph (a)
    of this  Section,  a  person's  privilege  to  operate  a
    vehicle as an occupation shall not be suspended, provided
    an  affidavit  is properly completed, the appropriate fee
    received, and a permit issued prior to the effective date
    of the suspension, unless 5 offenses were  committed,  at
    least  2  of  which occurred while operating a commercial
    vehicle  in  connection   with   the   driver's   regular
    occupation.   All   other  driving  privileges  shall  be
    suspended by the Secretary of State. Any driver prior  to
    operating  a  vehicle for occupational purposes only must
    submit the affidavit on  forms  to  be  provided  by  the
    Secretary  of  State  setting  forth  the  facts  of  the
    person's  occupation.  The affidavit shall also state the
    number of offenses committed while operating a vehicle in
    connection with  the  driver's  regular  occupation.  The
    affidavit  shall  be accompanied by the driver's license.
    Upon receipt  of  a  properly  completed  affidavit,  the
    Secretary  of  State  shall  issue the driver a permit to
    operate a vehicle in connection with the driver's regular
    occupation only. Unless  the  permit  is  issued  by  the
    Secretary  of  State prior to the date of suspension, the
    privilege to drive any motor vehicle shall  be  suspended
    as  set  forth  in  the notice that was mailed under this
    Section. If an affidavit is received  subsequent  to  the
    effective date of this suspension, a permit may be issued
    for the remainder of the suspension period.
         The  provisions of this subparagraph shall not apply
    to any driver required to obtain  a  commercial  driver's
    license  under  Section  6-507  during  the  period  of a
    disqualification of commercial driving  privileges  under
    Section 6-514.
         Any  person  who  falsely  states  any  fact  in the
    affidavit required herein  shall  be  guilty  of  perjury
    under  Section  6-302  and  upon conviction thereof shall
    have  all  driving  privileges  revoked  without  further
    rights.
         3.  At the conclusion of  a  hearing  under  Section
    2-118  of  this Code, the Secretary of State shall either
    rescind or continue  an  order  of  revocation  or  shall
    substitute   an  order  of  suspension;  or,  good  cause
    appearing therefor, rescind, continue, change, or  extend
    the  order of suspension.  If the Secretary of State does
    not  rescind  the   order,   the   Secretary   may   upon
    application,   to   relieve   undue   hardship,  issue  a
    restricted  driving  permit  granting  the  privilege  of
    driving  a  motor  vehicle   between   the   petitioner's
    residence  and petitioner's place of employment or within
    the scope of his employment related duties, or  to  allow
    transportation  for the petitioner, or a household member
    of the petitioner's family, to receive necessary  medical
    care   and  if  the  professional  evaluation  indicates,
    provide   transportation   for   alcohol   remedial    or
    rehabilitative  activity, or for the petitioner to attend
    classes, as  a  student,  in  an  accredited  educational
    institution;  if  the  petitioner  is able to demonstrate
    that no alternative means of transportation is reasonably
    available and the petitioner will not endanger the public
    safety or welfare. In each case the Secretary may issue a
    restricted   driving   permit   for   a   period   deemed
    appropriate, except that all permits shall expire  within
    one year from the date of issuance.  A restricted driving
    permit  issued  under  this  Section  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 issued under this Code 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   a
    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. The
    Secretary  of  State is authorized to cancel a restricted
    driving permit if the permit holder does not successfully
    complete the program.
    (c-5)  The Secretary of State may, as a condition of  the
reissuance  of  a  driver's license or permit to an applicant
under the age of 18 years whose driver's  license  or  permit
has  been suspended pursuant to any of the provisions of this
Section, require the applicant to  participate  in  a  driver
remedial education course and be retested under Section 6-109
of this Code.
    (d)  This  Section  is  subject  to the provisions of the
Drivers License Compact.
    (e)  The Secretary of State shall not issue a  restricted
driving  permit  to  a person under the age of 16 years whose
driving privileges have been suspended or  revoked under  any
provisions of this Code.
(Source: P.A.  88-45;  88-209;  88-211; 88-670, eff. 12-2-94;
89-283, eff. 1-1-96;  89-428,  eff.  12-13-95;  89-462,  eff.
5-29-96.)

    (625 ILCS 5/6-206.1) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 6-206.1)
    Sec.  6-206.1.   Judicial  Driving Permit. Declaration of
Policy. It is hereby  declared  a  policy  of  the  State  of
Illinois  that the driver who is impaired by alcohol or other
drugs  is  a  threat  to  the  public  safety  and   welfare.
Therefore,  to  provide  a  deterrent to such practice and to
remove problem drivers from the highway, a statutory  summary
driver's  license  suspension  is  appropriate.  It  is  also
recognized that driving is a privilege and therefore, that in
some  cases the granting of limited driving privileges, where
consistent with public safety, is warranted during the period
of suspension in the form of a  judicial  driving  permit  to
drive for the purpose of employment, receiving drug treatment
or   medical   care,   and  educational  pursuits,  where  no
alternative means of transportation is available.
    The following procedures shall  apply  whenever  a  first
offender  is  arrested  for any offense as defined in Section
11-501 or a similar provision of a local ordinance:
    (a)  Subsequent to a notification of a statutory  summary
suspension  of  driving  privileges  as  provided  in Section
11-501.1, the first offender as defined in Section 11-500 may
petition the circuit court of venue for  a  Judicial  Driving
Permit,  hereinafter  referred  as  a  JDP,  to relieve undue
hardship.   The court may issue a court  order,  pursuant  to
the   criteria  contained  in  this  Section,  directing  the
Secretary of State to issue such a JDP to the  petitioner.  A
JDP  shall  not become effective prior to the 31st day of the
original statutory summary suspension  and  shall  always  be
subject to the following criteria:
         1.  If  ordered  for the purposes of employment, the
    JDP shall be  only  for  the  purpose  of  providing  the
    petitioner  the  privilege  of  driving  a  motor vehicle
    between the petitioner's residence and  the  petitioner's
    place  of  employment  and return; or within the scope of
    the petitioner's  employment  related  duties,  shall  be
    effective only during and limited to those specific times
    and  routes  actually  required to commute or perform the
    petitioner's employment related duties.
         2.  The court, by a court order, may also direct the
    Secretary of State to issue a JDP to allow transportation
    for  the  petitioner,  or  a  household  member  of   the
    petitioner's  family,  to  receive  alcohol or other drug
    treatment or medical care, if the petitioner is  able  to
    demonstrate  that  no alternative means of transportation
    is reasonably available. Such JDP shall be effective only
    during the specific times actually required to commute.
         3.  The court, by a court order, may also direct the
    Secretary of State to issue a JDP to allow transportation
    by  the  petitioner   for   educational   purposes   upon
    demonstrating  that  there  are  no  alternative means of
    transportation reasonably available to  accomplish  those
    educational  purposes.  Such  JDP  shall  be only for the
    purpose of  providing  transportation  to  and  from  the
    petitioner's  residence  and  the  petitioner's  place of
    educational activity, and only during the specific  times
    and  routes  actually  required to commute or perform the
    petitioner's educational requirement.
         4.  The Court shall not issue an  order  granting  a
    JDP to:
              (i)  Any  person  unless  and  until the court,
         after  considering  the   results   of   a   current
         professional  evaluation  of the person's alcohol or
         other drug use by  an  agency  pursuant  to  Section
         15-10  of  the  Alcoholism  and Other Drug Abuse and
         Dependency Act and other  appropriate  investigation
         of  the  person,  is  satisfied  that  granting  the
         privilege of driving a motor vehicle on the highways
         will not endanger the public safety or welfare.
              (ii)  Any  person  who  has  been  convicted of
         reckless homicide within the previous 5 years.
              (iii)  Any person whose privilege to operate  a
         motor  vehicle was invalid at the time of arrest for
         the  current  violation  of  Section  11-501,  or  a
         similar provision of a local  ordinance,  except  in
         cases   where  the  cause  for  a  driver's  license
         suspension has been removed at the  time  a  JDP  is
         effective.   In  any  case,  should the Secretary of
         State enter a suspension or  revocation  of  driving
         privileges  pursuant  to the provisions of this Code
         while the JDP is in effect or pending, the Secretary
         shall take  the  prescribed  action  and  provide  a
         notice  to  the  person  and  the court ordering the
         issuance of the JDP  that  all  driving  privileges,
         including those provided by the issuance of the JDP,
         have been withdrawn.
              (iv)  Any person under the age of 18 years.
    (b)  Prior  to  ordering  the issuance of a JDP the Court
should  consider  at  least,  but  not  be  limited  to,  the
following issues:
         1.  Whether the person  is  employed  and  no  other
    means   of  commuting  to  the  place  of  employment  is
    available or that the person must drive as a condition of
    employment. The  employer  shall  certify  the  hours  of
    employment  and  the  need  and  parameters necessary for
    driving as a condition to employment.
         2.  Whether the person must drive to secure  alcohol
    or  other  medical  treatment  for  himself  or  a family
    member.
         3.  Whether the person must  drive  for  educational
    purposes.   The educational institution shall certify the
    person's enrollment  in  and  academic  schedule  at  the
    institution.
         4.  Whether the person has been repeatedly convicted
    of  traffic  violations  or  involved  in  motor  vehicle
    accidents  to  a  degree  which  indicates disrespect for
    public safety.
         5.  Whether the  person  has  been  convicted  of  a
    traffic  violation  in connection with a traffic accident
    resulting in the death of any person within  the  last  5
    years.
         6.  Whether the person is likely to obey the limited
    provisions of the JDP.
         7.  Whether  the  person  has any additional traffic
    violations pending in any court.
    For  purposes  of  this  Section,   programs   conducting
professional  evaluations of a person's alcohol or other drug
use must  report,  to  the  court  of  venue,  using  a  form
prescribed  by  the  Secretary  of  State.  A  copy  of  such
evaluations  shall  be  sent to the Secretary of State by the
court.  However,  the   evaluation   information   shall   be
privileged  and only available to courts and to the Secretary
of State, but shall not be admissible in the subsequent trial
on the underlying charge.
    (c)  The scope of any court order issued for a JDP  under
this  Section  shall  be  limited to the operation of a motor
vehicle as provided for in subsection (a) of this Section and
shall specify the petitioner's residence, place of employment
or location of educational institution, and the scope of  job
related duties, if relevant.  The JDP shall also specify days
of the week and specific hours of the day when the petitioner
is  able  to  exercise  the  limited privilege of operating a
motor vehicle. If the Petitioner, who has been granted a JDP,
is issued a citation for a traffic related offense, including
operating a motor vehicle outside the limitations  prescribed
in  the  JDP or a violation of Section 6-303, or is convicted
of any such an offense during the term of the JDP, the  court
shall  consider  cancellation  of the limited driving permit.
In any case, if the Petitioner commits an offense, as defined
in  Section  11-501,  or  a  similar  provision  of  a  local
ordinance, as evidenced by the issuance of a Uniform  Traffic
Ticket,  the  JDP shall be forwarded by the court of venue to
the court ordering the issuance of the JDP, for cancellation.
The court shall notify the Secretary of  State  of  any  such
cancellation.
    (d)  The Secretary of State shall, upon receiving a court
order  from  the  court of venue, issue a JDP to a successful
Petitioner under this Section.  Such court order  form  shall
also  contain  a  notification,  which  shall  be sent to the
Secretary of State,  providing  the  name,  driver's  license
number  and  legal  address of the successful petitioner, and
the full and detailed description of the limitations  of  the
JDP.  This information shall be available only to the courts,
police officers, and the Secretary of  State,  except  during
the  actual  period  the  JDP  is valid, during which time it
shall be a public record. The Secretary of State shall design
and furnish to the courts an official court order form to  be
used  by  the courts when directing the Secretary of State to
issue a JDP.
    Any submitted court order that contains insufficient data
or fails to comply with this Code shall not be  utilized  for
JDP  issuance  or  entered  to the driver record but shall be
returned to the issuing court indicating why the  JDP  cannot
be so entered.  A notice of this action shall also be sent to
the JDP petitioner by the Secretary of State.
    (e)  The  circuit court of venue may conduct the judicial
hearing, as provided in Section 2-118.1, and the JDP  hearing
provided  in  this  Section,  concurrently.  Such  concurrent
hearing  shall  proceed in the court in the same manner as in
other civil proceedings.
(Source: P.A. 88-670, eff. 12-2-94.)

    (625 ILCS 5/7-702.1)
    Sec. 7-702.1.  Family  financial  responsibility  driving
permits.  Following the entry of an order that an obligor has
been  found in contempt by the court for failure to pay court
ordered child support payments, the court may enter an  order
directing  the Secretary of State to issue a family financial
responsibility driving permit for the  purpose  of  providing
the  obligor  the  privilege  of  operating  a  motor vehicle
between the obligor's residence and place of  employment,  or
within  the  scope  of  employment related duties; or for the
purpose of providing transportation  for  the  obligor  or  a
household  member  to  receive  alcohol treatment, other drug
treatment, or medical care.  The court  may  enter  an  order
directing  the  issuance  of a permit only if the obligor has
proven to the satisfaction of the court that  no  alternative
means  of  transportation  are  reasonably  available for the
above stated purposes.  No permit shall be issued to a person
under the age  of  16  years  who  possesses  an  instruction
permit.
    Upon  entry of an order granting the issuance of a permit
to an obligor, the court shall report  this  finding  to  the
Secretary  of  State  on  a form prescribed by the Secretary.
This form shall state whether the permit has been granted for
employment or medical purposes  and  the  specific  days  and
hours for which limited driving privileges have been granted.
    The  family financial responsibility driving permit shall
be subject to  cancellation,  invalidation,  suspension,  and
revocation  by  the Secretary of State in the same manner and
for the same reasons as a driver's license may be  cancelled,
invalidated, suspended, or revoked.
    The Secretary of State shall, upon receipt of a certified
court  order  from  the court of jurisdiction, issue a family
financial responsibility driving permit. In  order  for  this
permit  to be issued, an individual's driving privileges must
be valid  except  for  the  family  financial  responsibility
suspension.  This  permit  shall be valid only for employment
and medical purposes as set forth above.   The  permit  shall
state the days and hours for which limited driving privileges
have been granted.
    Any submitted court order that contains insufficient data
or  fails to comply with any provision of this Code shall not
be used  for  issuance  of  the  permit  or  entered  to  the
individual's  driving  record  but  shall  be returned to the
court of jurisdiction indicating why  the  permit  cannot  be
issued  at that time.  The Secretary of State shall also send
notice of the return of the court  order  to  the  individual
requesting the permit.
(Source: P.A. 89-92, eff. 7-1-96.)

    (625 ILCS 5/12-603) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-603)
    Sec. 12-603.  Seat safety belts.
    (a)  No  person  shall sell any 1965 or later model motor
vehicle of the first division unless the front seat  of  such
motor  vehicle  is equipped with 2 sets of seat safety belts.
Motorcycles are exempted from the provisions of this Section.
    (b)  No person shall operate  any  1965  or  later  model
motor  vehicle  of  the  first  division  that  is  titled or
licensed by the Secretary of State unless the front  seat  of
such  motor  vehicle  is  equipped with 2 sets of seat safety
belts.
    (b-5)  No person under the age of 18 years shall  operate
any motor vehicle, except a motor driven cycle or motorcycle,
with  more than one  passenger in the front seat of the motor
vehicle and no more passengers in the  back  seats  than  the
number  of  available  seat  safety  belts,  except that each
driver under the age of 18 years operating a second  division
vehicle  having a gross vehicle weight rating of 8,000 pounds
or less that contains only  a  front  seat  may  operate  the
vehicle  with  more  than  one  passenger  in the front seat,
provided that each passenger is wearing a  properly  adjusted
and fastened seat safety belt.
    (c)  As used in this Section, "seat safety belts" means a
set   of  belts  or  a  harness  meeting  the  specifications
established by the Department and installed in such manner as
to prevent or materially reduce the movement  of  the  person
using  the  same  in  the  event of collision or upset of the
vehicle.
    (d)  The   Department   shall    establish    performance
specifications  for  seat safety belts and for the attachment
and installation thereof.
(Source: P.A. 89-120, eff. 7-7-95.)

    (625 ILCS 5/12-603.1) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-603.1)
    Sec. 12-603.1.  Driver  and  passenger  required  to  use
safety belts, exceptions and penalty.
    (a)  Each  driver  and  front  seat  passenger of a motor
vehicle operated on a street or highway in this  State  shall
wear  a  properly  adjusted  and  fastened  seat safety belt;
except that, a child less  than  6  years  of  age  shall  be
protected   as  required  pursuant  to  the  Child  Passenger
Protection Act. Each driver under the age  of  18  years  and
each  of the driver's passengers under the age of 18 years of
a motor vehicle operated on a street or highway in this State
shall wear a properly adjusted and fastened seat safety belt.
Each driver of a motor vehicle transporting a child  6  years
of  age  or more, but less than 16 years of age, in the front
seat of the  motor  vehicle  shall  secure  the  child  in  a
properly adjusted and fastened seat safety belt.
    (b)  Paragraph   (a)  shall  not  apply  to  any  of  the
following:
    1.  A driver or passenger frequently stopping and leaving
the vehicle or delivering property from the vehicle,  if  the
speed  of  the vehicle between stops does not exceed 15 miles
per hour.
    2.  A driver or passenger possessing a written  statement
from  a  physician that such person is unable, for medical or
physical reasons, to wear a seat safety belt.
    3.  A  driver  or  passenger   possessing   an   official
certificate  or license endorsement issued by the appropriate
agency in another state or country indicating that the driver
is unable for medical, physical, or other  valid  reasons  to
wear a seat safety belt.
    4.  A driver operating a motor vehicle in reverse.
    5.  A motor vehicle with a model year prior to 1965.
    6.  A motorcycle or motor driven cycle.
    7.  A motorized pedalcycle.
    8.  A  motor vehicle which is not required to be equipped
with seat safety belts under federal law.
    9.  A motor vehicle operated by a rural letter carrier of
the United States postal service while performing duties as a
rural letter carrier.
    (c)  Failure to wear a seat safety belt in  violation  of
this  Section shall not be considered evidence of negligence,
shall not limit the liability of an insurer,  and  shall  not
diminish   any  recovery  for  damages  arising  out  of  the
ownership, maintenance, or operation of a motor vehicle.
    (d)  A violation of this Section shall be a petty offense
and subject to a fine not to exceed $25.
    (e)  No motor vehicle, or driver  or  passenger  of  such
vehicle,  shall be stopped or searched by any law enforcement
officer solely on the  basis  of  a  violation  or  suspected
violation of this Section.
(Source: P.A. 85-291.)

    Section   10.  The  Child  Passenger  Protection  Act  is
amended by adding Section 4b as follows:

    (625 ILCS 25/4b new)
    Sec. 4b.  Children 6 years of age or older but under  the
age  of  18;  seat  belts.   Every person under the age of 18
years, when transporting a child 6 years of age or older  but
under  the  age of 18 years, as provided in Section 4 of this
Act, shall be  responsible  for  securing  that  child  in  a
properly adjusted and fastened seat safety belt.

    Section  15.  The  Unified Code of Corrections is amended
by changing Section 5-6-1 as follows:

    (730 ILCS 5/5-6-1) (from Ch. 38, par. 1005-6-1)
    Sec. 5-6-1.  Sentences of Probation  and  of  Conditional
Discharge   and   Disposition  of  Supervision.  The  General
Assembly finds that in  order  to  protect  the  public,  the
criminal  justice  system  must  compel  compliance  with the
conditions of probation  by  responding  to  violations  with
swift,   certain   and   fair  punishments  and  intermediate
sanctions. The Chief Judge of  each  circuit  shall  adopt  a
system  of  structured, intermediate sanctions for violations
of the terms and  conditions  of  a  sentence  of  probation,
conditional discharge or disposition of supervision.
    (a)  Except   where   specifically  prohibited  by  other
provisions of this Code, the court shall impose a sentence of
probation or conditional discharge upon an  offender  unless,
having  regard to the nature and circumstance of the offense,
and to the history, character and condition of the  offender,
the court is of the opinion that:
         (1)  his  imprisonment  or  periodic imprisonment is
    necessary for the protection of the public; or
         (2)  probation  or   conditional   discharge   would
    deprecate  the  seriousness of the offender's conduct and
    would be inconsistent with the ends of justice.
    The court shall impose as a condition of  a  sentence  of
probation,  conditional  discharge,  or supervision, that the
probation agency may invoke any sanction  from  the  list  of
intermediate  sanctions  adopted  by  the  chief judge of the
circuit court for violations of the terms and  conditions  of
the   sentence   of   probation,  conditional  discharge,  or
supervision, subject to the provisions of  Section  5-6-4  of
this Act.
    (b)  The  court  may  impose  a  sentence  of conditional
discharge for an offense if the court is of the opinion  that
neither   a   sentence   of   imprisonment  nor  of  periodic
imprisonment nor of probation supervision is appropriate.
    (c)  The  court  may,  upon  a  plea  of  guilty   or   a
stipulation  by  the  defendant  of  the facts supporting the
charge or a finding of guilt, defer further  proceedings  and
the  imposition  of  a  sentence,  and  enter  an  order  for
supervision of the defendant, if the defendant is not charged
with  a  Class  A  misdemeanor,  as  defined by the following
provisions of the Criminal Code  of  1961:  Sections  12-3.2;
12-15;  31-1;  31-6; 31-7; subsections (b) and (c) of Section
21-1; paragraph (1) through  (5),  (8),  (10),  and  (11)  of
subsection (a) of Section 24-1; and Section 1 of the Boarding
Aircraft  With  Weapon  Act; or a felony. If the defendant is
not  barred  from  receiving  an  order  for  supervision  as
provided in this subsection, the court may enter an order for
supervision  after  considering  the  circumstances  of   the
offense,  and  the  history,  character  and condition of the
offender, if the court is of the opinion that:
         (1)  the offender is not likely  to  commit  further
    crimes;
         (2)  the  defendant  and  the  public  would be best
    served if the defendant were not to  receive  a  criminal
    record; and
         (3)  in  the  best  interests of justice an order of
    supervision is more appropriate than a sentence otherwise
    permitted under this Code.
    (d)  The provisions of paragraph (c) shall not apply to a
defendant  charged  with  violating  Section  11-501  of  the
Illinois Vehicle Code or  a  similar  provision  of  a  local
ordinance when the defendant has previously been:
         (1)  convicted  for a violation of Section 11-501 of
    the Illinois Vehicle Code or a  similar  provision  of  a
    local ordinance; or
    (2)   assigned  supervision  for  a  violation of Section
11-501 of the Illinois Vehicle Code or a similar provision of
a local ordinance; or
         (3)  pleaded guilty to or stipulated  to  the  facts
    supporting a charge or a finding of guilty to a violation
    of  Section  11-503  of  the  Illinois  Vehicle Code or a
    similar provision of a local ordinance, and the  plea  or
    stipulation was the result of a plea agreement.
    The court shall consider the statement of the prosecuting
authority  with  regard  to  the  standards set forth in this
Section.
    (e)  The provisions of paragraph (c) shall not apply to a
defendant  charged  with  violating  Section  16A-3  of   the
Criminal Code of 1961 if said defendant has within the last 5
years been:
         (1)  convicted  for  a violation of Section 16A-3 of
    the Criminal Code of 1961; or
         (2)  assigned supervision for a violation of Section
    16A-3 of the Criminal Code of 1961.
    The court shall consider the statement of the prosecuting
authority with regard to the  standards  set  forth  in  this
Section.
    (f)  The provisions of paragraph (c) shall not apply to a
defendant  charged  with  violating  Sections 15-111, 15-112,
15-301, paragraph (b) of Section 6-104,  Section  11-605,  or
Section  11-1414  of  the  Illinois Vehicle Code or a similar
provision of a local ordinance.
    (g)  The provisions of paragraph (c) shall not apply to a
defendant charged with violating Section 3-707, 3-708, 3-710,
or  5-401.3  of  the  Illinois  Vehicle  Code  or  a  similar
provision of a local ordinance if the  defendant  has  within
the last 5 years been:
         (1)  convicted  for  a  violation  of Section 3-707,
    3-708, 3-710, or 5-401.3 of the Illinois Vehicle Code  or
    a similar provision of a local ordinance; or
         (2)  assigned supervision for a violation of Section
    3-707,  3-708,  3-710, or 5-401.3 of the Illinois Vehicle
    Code or a similar provision of a local ordinance.
    The court shall consider the statement of the prosecuting
authority with regard to the  standards  set  forth  in  this
Section.
    (h)  The provisions of paragraph (c) shall not apply to a
defendant  under the age of 21 years charged with violating a
serious traffic offense as defined in  Section  1-187.001  of
the Illinois Vehicle Code:
         (1)  unless  the  defendant,  upon  payment  of  the
    fines,  penalties,  and  costs provided by law, agrees to
    attend and successfully complete a traffic safety program
    approved  by  the  court  under  standards  set  by   the
    Conference of Chief Circuit Judges.  The accused shall be
    responsible  for  payment  of  any traffic safety program
    fees.  If the accused fails  to  file  a  certificate  of
    successful  completion  on or before the termination date
    of  the  supervision  order,  the  supervision  shall  be
    summarily revoked and conviction entered.  The provisions
    of Supreme Court Rule 402 relating to pleas of guilty  do
    not  apply in cases when a defendant enters a guilty plea
    under this provision; or
         (2)  if the defendant has previously been  sentenced
    under the provisions of paragraph (c) on or after January
    1,  1998  for  any  serious traffic offense as defined in
    Section 1-187.001 of the Illinois Vehicle Code.
(Source: P.A. 88-250;  89-198,  eff.  7-21-95;  89-210,  eff.
8-2-95; 89-626, eff. 8-9-96; 89-637, eff. 1-1-97.)

    Section  99.   Effective  date.   This  Act  takes effect
January 1, 1998.

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