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1 | AN ACT concerning transportation.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by changing | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | Section 16-107 as follows:
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6 | (625 ILCS 5/16-107) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 16-107)
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7 | Sec. 16-107. Appearance of parent or guardian of minor in | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | certain court
proceedings - Judicial discretion. | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | (a) Whenever an unemancipated minor
is required to appear | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | in court pursuant to a citation for violation of any
Section or | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | any subsection of any Section of this Act specified in | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | subsection
(b) of this Section, the court may require that a | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | parent or guardian of
the minor accompany the minor and appear | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | before the court with the minor,
unless, in the discretion of | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | the court, such appearance would be unreasonably
burdensome | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | under the circumstances.
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17 | (a-5) In lieu of the provisions of subsection (a), for | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | petty offenses or business offenses under this Code that do not | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | require that the defendant make a court appearance, the chief | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | judge of any circuit may designate an officer of the court to | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | receive the admission or stipulation by the unemancipated minor | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | of the facts supporting the
charge as long as the parent or | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | guardian of the unemancipated minor and the unemancipated minor |
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1 | appear before the officer of the court. The officer of the | ||||||
2 | court shall transmit such information to the judge assigned to | ||||||
3 | the case and the judge may enter a disposition of supervision | ||||||
4 | without the presence of the minor or the minor's parent or | ||||||
5 | guardian in court at the time of the entry of the disposition | ||||||
6 | of supervision. | ||||||
7 | (b) This Section shall apply whenever an unemancipated | ||||||
8 | minor is charged
with violation of any of the following | ||||||
9 | Sections and subsections of this Act:
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10 | 1) Sections 3-701, 3-702 and 3-703;
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11 | 2) Sections 4-102, 4-103, 4-104 and 4-105;
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12 | 3) Section 6-101, subsections (a), (b) and (c) of | ||||||
13 | Section 6-104, and Sections
6-113, 6-301, 6-302, 6-303 and | ||||||
14 | 6-304;
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15 | 4) Sections 11-203 and 11-204, subsection (b) of | ||||||
16 | Section 11-305, Sections
11-311, 11-312, 11-401, 11-402, | ||||||
17 | 11-403, 11-404, 11-407, 11-409, 11-501,
11-502, 11-503, | ||||||
18 | 11-504, 11-506, subsection (b) of Section 11-601, Sections | ||||||
19 | 11-704,
11-707, 11-1007, 11-1403, 11-1404 and subsection | ||||||
20 | (a) of Section 11-1414.
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21 | (Source: P.A. 95-310, eff. 1-1-08.)
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22 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
23 | becoming law.
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