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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, | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by changing | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Section 11-406 as follows:
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| 6 | (625 ILCS 5/11-406) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-406)
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| 7 | Sec. 11-406. Duty to report accident.
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| 8 | (a) The
The driver of a vehicle that is in any manner | |||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | involved in an
accident within this State, resulting in injury | |||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | to or death of any
person, or in which damage to the property | |||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | of any one person, including
himself, in excess of $1,500 (or | |||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | $500 if any of the vehicles involved in the accident is subject | |||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | to Section 7-601 but is not covered by a liability insurance | |||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | policy in accordance with Section 7-601) is sustained, shall, | |||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | as soon as possible but
not later than 10 days after the | |||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | accident, forward a written report of
the accident to the | |||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | Administrator. | |||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | (b) Whenever a school bus is involved in an accident in | |||||||||||||||||||
| 19 | this State,
caused by a collision, a sudden stop or otherwise, | |||||||||||||||||||
| 20 | resulting in any
property damage, personal injury or death and | |||||||||||||||||||
| 21 | whenever an accident
occurs within 50 feet of a school bus in | |||||||||||||||||||
| 22 | this State resulting in
personal injury to or the death of any | |||||||||||||||||||
| 23 | person while awaiting or
preparing to board the bus or | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | immediately after exiting the bus, the
driver shall as soon as | ||||||
| 2 | possible but not later than 10 days after the
accident, forward | ||||||
| 3 | a written report to the Department of Transportation.
If a | ||||||
| 4 | report is also required under Subsection (a) of this Section, | ||||||
| 5 | that
report and the report required by this Subsection shall be | ||||||
| 6 | submitted on
a single form.
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| 7 | (c) The Administrator may require any driver, occupant or | ||||||
| 8 | owner of a
vehicle involved in an accident of which report must | ||||||
| 9 | be made as provided
in this Section or Section 11-410 of this | ||||||
| 10 | Chapter to file supplemental
reports whenever the original | ||||||
| 11 | report is insufficient in the opinion of
the Secretary of State | ||||||
| 12 | or the Administrator, and may require witnesses
of the accident | ||||||
| 13 | to submit written reports to the Administrator. The
report may | ||||||
| 14 | include photographs, charts, sketches, and graphs.
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| 15 | (d) Should the Administrator learn through other reports of
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| 16 | accidents required by law of the occurrence of an accident | ||||||
| 17 | reportable
under this Article and the driver, owner, or witness | ||||||
| 18 | has not reported as
required under Subsections (a), (b) or (c) | ||||||
| 19 | of this Section or Section
11-410, within the time specified, | ||||||
| 20 | the person is not relieved of the
responsibility and the | ||||||
| 21 | Administrator shall notify the person by first
class mail | ||||||
| 22 | directed to his last known address of his legal obligation.
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| 23 | However, the notification is not a condition precedent to | ||||||
| 24 | impose the
penalty for failure to report as provided in | ||||||
| 25 | Subsection (e).
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| 26 | (e) The Secretary of State shall suspend the driver's | ||||||
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| 1 | license or any
non-resident's driving privilege of any person | ||||||
| 2 | who fails or neglects to
make report of a traffic accident as | ||||||
| 3 | required or as required by
any other law of this State.
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| 4 | (Source: P.A. 95-754, eff. 1-1-09.)
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