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| (a-5) A person commits the offense of uninsured operation |
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| of a motor vehicle when he or she: |
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| (1) operates a motor vehicle in violation of Section |
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| 7-601 of this Code; and |
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| (2) causes bodily harm to another person that was the |
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| proximate result of the driver's uninsured operation of the |
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| motor vehicle. |
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| (a-6) Uninsured operation of a motor vehicle under |
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| subsection (a-5) is a Class A misdemeanor. |
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| (b) Any person who fails to comply with a request by a law |
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| enforcement
officer for display of evidence of insurance, as |
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| required under Section
7-602 of this Code, shall be deemed to |
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| be operating an uninsured motor vehicle.
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| (c) Except as provided in subsection (c-5), any operator of |
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| a motor vehicle subject to registration under this
Code
who is |
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| convicted of violating this Section is guilty of a business
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| offense and shall be required to pay a fine in excess of $500, |
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| but
not more than $1,000. However, no person charged with |
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| violating this
Section shall be convicted if such person |
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| produces in court satisfactory
evidence that at the time of the |
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| arrest the motor vehicle was covered by a
liability insurance |
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| policy in accordance with Section 7-601 of this Code.
The chief |
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| judge of each circuit may designate an officer of the court to
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| review the documentation demonstrating that at the time of |
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| arrest the motor
vehicle was covered by a liability insurance |
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| policy in accordance with Section
7-601 of this Code. |
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| (c-1) A person convicted of violating this Section shall |
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| also have his or her driver's license, permit, or privileges |
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| suspended for 3 months. After the expiration of the 3 months, |
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| the person's driver's license, permit, or privileges shall not |
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| be reinstated until he or she has paid a reinstatement fee of |
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| $100. If a person violates this Section while his or her |
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| driver's license, permit, or privileges are suspended under |
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| this subsection (c-1), his or her driver's license, permit, or |
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| privileges shall be suspended for an additional 6 months and |
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| until he or she pays the reinstatement fee.
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| (c-5) A person who (i) has not previously been convicted of |
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| or received a disposition of court supervision for violating |
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| this Section and (ii) produces at his or her court appearance |
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| satisfactory evidence that the motor vehicle is covered, as of |
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| the date of the court appearance, by a liability insurance |
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| policy in accordance with Section 7-601 of this Code shall, for |
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| a violation of this Section, other than a violation of |
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| subsection (a-5), pay a fine of $100 and receive a disposition |
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| of court supervision. The person must, on the date that the |
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| period of court supervision is scheduled to terminate, produce |
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| satisfactory evidence that the vehicle was covered by the |
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| required liability insurance policy during the entire period of |
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| court supervision. |
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| An officer of the court designated under subsection (c) may |
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| also review liability insurance documentation under this |
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| subsection (c-5) to determine if the motor vehicle is, as of |
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LRB095 16937 RLC 48101 a |
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| the date of the court appearance, covered by a liability |
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| insurance policy in accordance with Section 7-601 of this Code. |
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| The officer of the court shall also determine, on the date the |
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| period of court supervision is scheduled to terminate, whether |
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| the vehicle was covered by the required policy during the |
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| entire period of court supervision.
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| (d) A person convicted a third or subsequent time of |
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| violating this
Section or a similar provision of a local |
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| ordinance must give proof to the
Secretary of State of the |
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| person's financial responsibility as defined in
Section 7-315. |
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| The person must maintain the proof in a manner satisfactory to
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| the Secretary for a minimum period of 3 years after the date |
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| the proof is
first filed. The Secretary must suspend the |
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| driver's license of any person
determined by the Secretary not |
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| to have provided adequate proof of financial
responsibility as |
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| required by this subsection.
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| (Source: P.A. 94-1035, eff. 7-1-07; 95-211, eff. 1-1-08; |
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| 95-686, eff. 6-1-08; revised 11-16-07.)".
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