101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
SB1210
 
Introduced 2/6/2019, by Sen. Donald P. DeWitte
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
625 ILCS 5/11-500  from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-500

    Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code.  Makes a technical change in a Section
concerning driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs.



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A BILL FOR
 


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1    AN ACT concerning transportation.

 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 
3represented in the General Assembly: 

 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by changing 
5Section 11-500 as follows:
 
6    (625 ILCS 5/11-500)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-500)

7    Sec. 11-500. Definitions. For the
the purposes of 
8interpreting Sections
6-206.1 and 6-208.1 of this Code, "first 
9offender" shall mean any person
who has not had a previous 
10conviction or court assigned supervision for
violating Section 
1111-501, or a similar provision of a local ordinance,
or a 
12conviction in any other state for a violation of driving while 
13under
the influence or a similar offense where the cause of 
14action is the same
or substantially similar to this Code or 
15similar offenses committed on a military installation, or any 
16person who has not had a driver's license suspension pursuant 
17to paragraph 6 of subsection (a) of Section 6-206 as the result 
18of refusal of chemical testing in another state, or any
person 
19who has not had a driver's license
suspension or revocation for 
20violating Section 11-501.1 within 5 years prior to the date of

21the
current offense, except in cases where the driver submitted 
22to
chemical testing resulting in an alcohol concentration of 
230.08 or
more,
or any amount of a drug, substance, or compound 
 
 
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1in such person's blood,  other bodily substance, or
urine 
2resulting from the unlawful use or consumption of cannabis 
3listed in
the Cannabis Control Act, a controlled substance 
4listed in the
Illinois
Controlled Substances Act, or an 
5intoxicating compound listed in the Use
of
Intoxicating 
6Compounds Act, or methamphetamine as listed in the 
7Methamphetamine Control and Community Protection Act and
was 
8subsequently found not guilty of violating Section 11-501, or a 
9similar
provision of a local ordinance.
10(Source: P.A. 99-697, eff. 7-29-16.)