Public Act 099-0333
 
SB1482 EnrolledLRB099 08468 RJF 28624 b


  
    AN ACT concerning transportation.
  
 
    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 
Section 7-604 as follows:
 



    (625 ILCS 5/7-604)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 7-604)



    (Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2015)
    Sec. 7-604. Verification of liability insurance policy. 

    (a) The Secretary of State may select random samples
of 
registrations of motor vehicles subject to Section 7-601 of 
this Code,
or owners thereof, for the purpose of verifying 
whether or not the motor
vehicles are insured.

    In addition to such general random samples of motor vehicle

registrations, the Secretary may select for
verification other 
random samples, including, but not limited to
registrations of 
motor vehicles owned by persons:

        (1) whose motor vehicle registrations during the 
    preceding 4 years have
been suspended pursuant to Section 
    7-606 or 7-607 of this Code;

        (2) who during the preceding 4 years have been 
    convicted of violating
Section 3-707, 3-708 or 3-710 of 
    this Code while operating vehicles
owned by other persons;

        (3) whose driving privileges have been suspended 
    during the preceding 4
years;

        (4) who during the preceding 4 years acquired ownership 
    of motor
vehicles while the registrations of such vehicles 
    under the previous owners
were suspended pursuant to 
    Section 7-606 or 7-607 of this Code; or

        (5) who during the preceding 4 years have received a 
    disposition of
supervision under subsection (c) of Section 
    5-6-1 of the Unified Code of
Corrections for a violation of 
    Section 3-707, 3-708, or 3-710 of this Code.

    (b) Upon receiving certification from the Department of 
Transportation
under Section 7-201.2 of this Code of the name 
of an owner or operator of any
motor vehicle involved in an 
accident, the Secretary may verify whether or
not at the time 
of the accident such motor vehicle was covered by a
liability 
insurance policy in accordance with Section 7-601 of this Code.

    (c) In preparation for selection of random samples and 
their
verification, the Secretary may send to owners of 
randomly selected motor
vehicles, or to randomly selected motor 
vehicle owners, requests for
information about their motor 
vehicles and liability
insurance coverage.  The request shall 
require the owner to state whether
or not the motor vehicle was 
insured on the verification date stated in the
Secretary's 
request and the request may require, but is not limited to,
a 
statement by the owner of the names and addresses of insurers, 
policy
numbers, and expiration dates of insurance coverage.

    (d) Within 30 days after the Secretary mails a request, the 
owner to
whom it is sent shall furnish the requested 
information to the Secretary
above the owner's signed 
affirmation that such information is true and
correct.  Proof of 
insurance in effect on the verification date, as
prescribed by 
the Secretary, may be considered by the Secretary to be a

satisfactory response to the request for information.

    Any owner whose response indicates that his or her vehicle 
was
not covered by a liability insurance policy in accordance 
with
Section 7-601 of this Code shall be deemed to have 
registered or maintained
registration of a motor vehicle in 
violation of that Section. Any owner who
fails to respond to 
such a request shall be deemed to have registered or
maintained 
registration of a motor vehicle in violation of Section
7-601 
of this Code.

    (e) If the owner responds to the request for information by 
asserting
that his or her vehicle was covered by a liability 
insurance policy on the
verification date stated in the 
Secretary's request, the Secretary may
conduct a verification 
of the response by furnishing necessary information
to the 
insurer named in the response.  The insurer shall within
45 days

inform the Secretary whether or not on the verification date 
stated the
motor vehicle was insured by the insurer in 
accordance with Section 7-601
of this Code. The Secretary may 
by rule and regulation prescribe the
procedures for 
verification.

    (f) No random sample selected under this Section shall be 
categorized on
the basis of race, color, religion, sex, 
national origin, ancestry, age,
marital status, physical or 
mental disability, economic status
or geography.

    (g) This Section is repealed on December 31, 2016 2015. 
(Source: P.A. 98-787, eff. 7-25-14.)