Veterans Affairs Committee
Filed: 03/04/04
 
 

 




 

 		












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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4992




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    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 4992 by replacing 
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everything after the enacting clause with the following:

 
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    "Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended  by 
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changing Section 7-211 as follows:
 



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    (625 ILCS 5/7-211)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 7-211)



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    Sec. 7-211. Duration of suspension. 

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    (a) Unless a suspension is terminated
under other 
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provisions of this Code, the driver's license or registration

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and nonresident's operating privilege suspended as provided in 
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Section
7-205 shall remain suspended and may
shall not be 
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renewed nor shall any
license or registration be issued to the 
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person until:


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        1. The person deposits or there shall
be deposited and 
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filed on
the person's behalf the security required under 
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Section 7-201;


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        2. Two years have elapsed following the date the 
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driver's license
and registrations were suspended and 
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evidence satisfactory to the Secretary
of State that during 
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the period no action for damages arising
out of a
motor 
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vehicle accident has been properly filed;


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        3. Receipt of proper notice that the person has filed 
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bankruptcy which
would include all claims for personal 
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injury and property damage resulting
from the accident; or


 


 






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        4. After the expiration of 5 years from the date of the 
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accident, the
Secretary of State has not received 
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documentation that any action at law
for damages arising 
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out of the motor vehicle accident has been filed against

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the person.

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    An affidavit that no action at law for damages arising
out 
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of the motor vehicle accident has been filed against the 
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applicant,
or if filed that it is not still pending shall be 
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prima facie evidence
of that fact. The Secretary of State may 
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take whatever steps are necessary
to verify the statement set 
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forth in the applicant's affidavit.

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    (b) The driver's license or registration and nonresident's 
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operating
privileges suspended as provided in Section 7-205 
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shall also remain suspended
and shall not be renewed nor shall 
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any license or registration be issued to the
person until the 
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person gives proof of his or her financial responsibility in

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the future as provided in Section 1-164.5.  The proof is to be

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maintained by the
person in a manner satisfactory to the 
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Secretary of State for a period of 3
years after the date the 
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proof is first filed.

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(Source: P.A. 90-264, eff. 1-1-98; 91-80, eff. 7-9-99.)".