95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HB0841


 
Introduced 2/7/2007, by Rep. Harry R. Ramey, Jr.
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		














625 ILCS 5/4-214.1









    Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that the clerk of the court shall (rather than may) notify the Secretary of State whenever a resident of this state fails to pay any fine, charge, or cost imposed for violating the provision of the Code regarding abandonment of vehicles, or a similar provision of a local ordinance. 
















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    AN ACT concerning transportation.

 
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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 4-214.1 as follows:
 



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    (625 ILCS 5/4-214.1)



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    Sec. 4-214.1. Failure to pay fines, charges, and costs on 
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an abandoned
vehicle.

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    (a) Whenever any resident of this State fails to pay any 
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fine, charge, or
cost imposed for a violation of Section 4-201 
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of this Code, or a similar
provision of a local ordinance, the 
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clerk shall
may notify the Secretary of State, on
a report 
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prescribed by the Secretary, and the Secretary shall prohibit 
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the
renewal, reissue, or reinstatement of the resident's 
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driving privileges until
the fine, charge, or cost has been 
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paid in full.  The clerk shall provide
notice to the owner, at 
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the owner's last known address as shown on the court's
records, 
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stating that the action will be effective on the 46th day 
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following
the date of the above notice if payment is not 
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received in full by the court of
venue.

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    (b) Following receipt of the report from the clerk, the 
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Secretary of State
shall make the proper notation to the 
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owner's file to prohibit the renewal,
reissue, or reinstatement 
 


 






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of the owner's driving privileges. Except as provided
in 
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subsection (d) of this Section, the notation shall not be 
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removed from the
owner's record until the owner satisfies the 
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outstanding fine, charge, or cost
and an appropriate notice on 
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a form prescribed by the Secretary is received by
the Secretary 
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from the court of venue, stating that the fine, charge, or cost

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has been paid in full. Upon payment in full of a fine, charge, 
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or court cost
which has previously been reported under this 
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Section as unpaid, the clerk of
the court shall present the 
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owner with a signed receipt containing the seal of
the court 
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indicating that the fine, charge, or cost has been paid in 
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full, and
shall forward immediately to the Secretary of State a 
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notice stating that the
fine, charge, or cost has been paid in 
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full.

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    (c) Notwithstanding the receipt of a report from the clerk 
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as prescribed in
subsection (a), nothing in this Section is 
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intended to place
any responsibility upon the Secretary of 
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State to provide independent
notice to the owner of any 
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potential action to disallow the
renewal, reissue, or 
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reinstatement of the owner's driving privileges.

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    (d) The Secretary of State shall renew, reissue, or 
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reinstate an owner's
driving privileges which were previously 
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refused under this Section upon
presentation of an original 
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receipt which is signed by the clerk of the court
and contains 
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the seal of the court indicating that the fine, charge, or cost

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has been paid in full.  The Secretary of State shall retain the 
 


 






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receipt for his
or her records.

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(Source: P.A. 92-654, eff. 1-1-03; 93-86, eff. 1-1-04.)