HB0718 Enrolled

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    AN ACT concerning vehicles. 

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


 
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    Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended  by changing 
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Section 7-310 as follows:
 



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    (625 ILCS 5/7-310)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 7-310)



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    Sec. 7-310. Petition for discharge filed in bankruptcy.  A

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petition for discharge filed in bankruptcy following the 
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rendering of any judgment shall
relieve the judgment debtor 
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from any of the requirements of this Chapter 7, except that the 
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judgment debtor's drivers license shall remain suspended and 
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may not be renewed, and the judgment debtor may not be issued a 
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license or registration, until the judgment debtor gives proof 
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of his or her financial responsibility in the future, as 
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provided in Section 1-164.5. The proof is to be maintained by 
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the judgment debtor, in a manner satisfactory to the Secretary 
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of State, for a period of 3 years after the date on which the 
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proof is first filed.

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    A petition for discharge filed in bankruptcy of the owner

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or lessee of a commercial vehicle by whom the judgment debtor 
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is employed
at the time of the motor vehicle accident that 
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gives rise to the
judgment
also shall relieve the judgment 
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debtor so employed from any of the
requirements of this Chapter 
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7 if the discharge of the owner or lessee
follows the rendering 
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of the judgment and if the judgment debtor
so employed
was 
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operating the commercial vehicle in connection with his
regular 
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employment or occupation at the time of the accident.
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amendatory
act of 1985 applies to all cases irrespective of 
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whether the accident
giving rise to the suspension of license 
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or registration occurred before,
on, or after its effective 
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date.

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(Source: P.A. 86-549; 87-1114.)