96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB5368


 
Introduced 2/5/2010, by Rep. Daniel J. Burke
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		







  



625 ILCS 5/11-500
  from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-500








    Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code.  Makes a technical change in a Section
concerning driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs.
















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A BILL FOR









 











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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 11-500 as follows:
 



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    (625 ILCS 5/11-500)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-500)


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    Sec. 11-500. Definitions. For the the purposes of 
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interpreting Sections
6-206.1 and 6-208.1 of this Code, "first 
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offender" shall mean any person
who has not had a previous 
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conviction or court assigned supervision for
violating Section 
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11-501, or a similar provision of a local ordinance,
or a 
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conviction in any other state for a violation of driving while 
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under
the influence or a similar offense where the cause of 
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action is the same
or substantially similar to this Code or 
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similar offenses committed on a military installation, or any 
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person who has not had a driver's license suspension pursuant 
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to paragraph 6 of subsection (a) of Section 6-206 as the result 
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of refusal of chemical testing in another state, or any
person 
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who has not had a driver's license
suspension for violating 
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Section 11-501.1 within 5 years prior to the date of
the

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current offense, except in cases where the driver submitted to

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chemical testing resulting in an alcohol concentration of 0.08 
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or
more,
or any amount of a drug, substance, or compound in 
 


 






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such person's blood or
urine resulting from the unlawful use or 
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consumption of cannabis listed in
the Cannabis Control Act, a 
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controlled substance listed in the
Illinois
Controlled 
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Substances Act, or an intoxicating compound listed in the Use

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of
Intoxicating Compounds Act, or methamphetamine as listed in 
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the Methamphetamine Control and Community Protection Act and

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was subsequently found not guilty of violating Section 11-501, 
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or a similar
provision of a local ordinance.

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(Source: P.A. 95-355, eff. 1-1-08; 96-607, eff. 8-24-09.)