94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
HB4314

 

Introduced 12/27/2005, by Rep. Michael Tryon

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
625 ILCS 5/13B-55
625 ILCS 5/13C-55

    Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that the Secretary of State may not renew the vehicle registration (rather than shall suspend the driving privileges or vehicle registration or both) of any vehicle owner who fails to comply with emissions testing requirements. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1     AN ACT concerning transportation.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by changing
5 Sections 13B-55 and 13C-55 as follows:
 
6     (625 ILCS 5/13B-55)
7     (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2007)
8     (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 94-218)
9     Sec. 13B-55. Enforcement.
10     (a) The Agency shall cooperate in the enforcement of this
11 Chapter by (i) identifying probable violations through
12 computer matching of vehicle registration records and
13 inspection records; (ii) sending one notice to each suspected
14 violator identified through such matching, stating that
15 registration and inspection records indicate that the vehicle
16 owner has not complied with this Chapter; (iii) directing the
17 vehicle owner to notify the Agency or the Secretary of State if
18 he or she has ceased to own the vehicle or has changed
19 residence; and (iv) advising the vehicle owner of the
20 consequences of violating this Chapter.
21     The Agency shall cooperate with the Secretary of State in
22 the administration of this Chapter and the related provisions
23 of Chapter 3, and shall provide the Secretary of State with
24 such information as the Secretary of State may deem necessary
25 for these purposes, including regular and timely access to
26 vehicle inspection records. The Agency shall be reimbursed for
27 the cost of providing this information.
28     The Secretary of State shall cooperate with the Agency in
29 the administration of this Chapter and shall provide the Agency
30 with such information as the Agency may deem necessary for the
31 purposes of this Chapter, including regular and timely access
32 to vehicle registration records. Section 2-123 of this Code

 

 

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1 shall not apply to the provision of this information, but the
2 Secretary of State shall be reimbursed for the cost of
3 providing the information.
4     (b) The Secretary of State may not renew shall suspend
5 either the driving privileges or the vehicle registration, or
6 both, of any vehicle owner who has not complied with this
7 Chapter, if (i) the vehicle owner failed to satisfactorily
8 respond to the one notice sent by the Agency under subsection
9 (a), and (ii) the Secretary of State has mailed the vehicle
10 owner a notice that renewal will be denied the suspension will
11 be imposed if the owner does not comply within a stated period,
12 and the Secretary of State has not received satisfactory
13 evidence of compliance within that period. The Secretary of
14 State shall send this notice only after receiving a statement
15 from the Agency that the vehicle owner has failed to comply
16 with this Section. Notice shall be effective as specified in
17 subsection (c) of Section 6-211 of this Code.
18     A denial of renewal suspension under this subsection shall
19 not be terminated until satisfactory proof of compliance has
20 been submitted to the Secretary of State. No driver's license
21 or permit, or renewal of a license or permit, may be issued to
22 a person whose driving privileges have been suspended under
23 this Section until the suspension has been terminated. No
24 vehicle registration or registration plate that has been denied
25 renewal suspended under this Section may be reinstated or
26 renewed, or transferred by the owner to any other vehicle,
27 until the denial of renewal suspension has been terminated.
28     The filing fee for an administrative hearing to contest a
29 denial of renewal suspension made under this Section shall be
30 $20, to be paid by the vehicle owner at the time written
31 request for the hearing is made to the Secretary of State.
32     The Secretary of State may promulgate rules to enable him
33 or her to carry out his or her duties under this Chapter.
34 (Source: P.A. 88-533.)
 
35     (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 94-218)

 

 

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1     Sec. 13B-55. Enforcement.
2     (a) The Agency shall cooperate in the enforcement of this
3 Chapter by (i) identifying probable violations through
4 computer matching of vehicle registration records and
5 inspection records; (ii) sending one notice to each suspected
6 violator identified through such matching, stating that
7 registration and inspection records indicate that the vehicle
8 owner has not complied with this Chapter; (iii) directing the
9 vehicle owner to notify the Agency or the Secretary of State if
10 he or she has ceased to own the vehicle or has changed
11 residence; and (iv) advising the vehicle owner of the
12 consequences of violating this Chapter.
13     The Agency shall cooperate with the Secretary of State in
14 the administration of this Chapter and the related provisions
15 of Chapter 3, and shall provide the Secretary of State with
16 such information as the Secretary of State may deem necessary
17 for these purposes, including regular and timely access to
18 vehicle inspection records. The Agency shall be reimbursed for
19 the cost of providing this information.
20     The Secretary of State shall cooperate with the Agency in
21 the administration of this Chapter and shall provide the Agency
22 with such information as the Agency may deem necessary for the
23 purposes of this Chapter, including regular and timely access
24 to vehicle registration records. Section 2-123 of this Code
25 shall not apply to the provision of this information, but the
26 Secretary of State shall be reimbursed for the cost of
27 providing the information.
28     (b) The Secretary of State may not renew shall suspend
29 either the driving privileges or the vehicle registration, or
30 both, of any vehicle owner who has not complied with this
31 Chapter, if (i) the vehicle owner failed to satisfactorily
32 respond to the one notice sent by the Agency under subsection
33 (a), and (ii) the Secretary of State has mailed the vehicle
34 owner a notice that renewal will be denied the suspension will
35 be imposed if the owner does not comply within a stated period,
36 and the Secretary of State has not received satisfactory

 

 

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1 evidence of compliance within that period. The Secretary of
2 State shall send this notice only after receiving a statement
3 from the Agency that the vehicle owner has failed to comply
4 with this Section. Notice shall be effective as specified in
5 subsection (c) of Section 6-211 of this Code, except as to
6 those drivers who also have been issued a CDL. If a person also
7 has been issued a CDL, notice of suspension of that person's
8 driver's license must be given in writing by certified mail and
9 is effective on the date listed in the notice of suspension,
10 except that the notice is not effective until 4 days after the
11 date on which the notice was deposited into the United States
12 mail. The notice becomes effective 4 days after its deposit
13 into the United States mail regardless of whether the Secretary
14 of State receives the return receipt and regardless of whether
15 the written notification is returned for any reason to the
16 Secretary of State as undeliverable.
17     A denial of renewal suspension under this subsection shall
18 not be terminated until satisfactory proof of compliance has
19 been submitted to the Secretary of State. No driver's license
20 or permit, or renewal of a license or permit, may be issued to
21 a person whose driving privileges have been suspended under
22 this Section until the suspension has been terminated. No
23 vehicle registration or registration plate that has been denied
24 renewal suspended under this Section may be reinstated or
25 renewed, or transferred by the owner to any other vehicle,
26 until the denial of renewal suspension has been terminated.
27     The filing fee for an administrative hearing to contest a
28 denial of renewal suspension made under this Section shall be
29 $20, to be paid by the vehicle owner at the time written
30 request for the hearing is made to the Secretary of State.
31     The Secretary of State may promulgate rules to enable him
32 or her to carry out his or her duties under this Chapter.
33 (Source: P.A. 94-218, eff. 7-1-06.)
 
34     (625 ILCS 5/13C-55)
35     Sec. 13C-55. Enforcement.

 

 

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1     (a) The Agency shall cooperate in the enforcement of this
2 Chapter by (i) identifying probable violations through
3 computer matching of vehicle registration records and
4 inspection records; (ii) sending one notice to each suspected
5 violator identified through such matching, stating that
6 registration and inspection records indicate that the vehicle
7 owner has not complied with this Chapter; (iii) directing the
8 vehicle owner to notify the Agency or the Secretary of State if
9 he or she has ceased to own the vehicle or has changed
10 residence; and (iv) advising the vehicle owner of the
11 consequences of violating this Chapter.
12     The Agency shall cooperate with the Secretary of State in
13 the administration of this Chapter and the related provisions
14 of Chapter 3, and shall provide the Secretary of State with
15 such information as the Secretary of State may deem necessary
16 for these purposes, including regular and timely access to
17 vehicle inspection records.
18     The Secretary of State shall cooperate with the Agency in
19 the administration of this Chapter and shall provide the Agency
20 with such information as the Agency may deem necessary for the
21 purposes of this Chapter, including regular and timely access
22 to vehicle registration records. Section 2-123 of this Code
23 does not apply to the provision of this information.
24     (b) The Secretary of State may not renew shall suspend
25 either the driving privileges or the vehicle registration, or
26 both, of any vehicle owner who has not complied with this
27 Chapter, if (i) the vehicle owner has failed to satisfactorily
28 respond to the one notice sent by the Agency under subsection
29 (a), and (ii) the Secretary of State has mailed the vehicle
30 owner a notice that renewal will be denied the suspension will
31 be imposed if the owner does not comply within a stated period,
32 and the Secretary of State has not received satisfactory
33 evidence of compliance within that period. The Secretary of
34 State shall send this notice only after receiving a statement
35 from the Agency that the vehicle owner has failed to comply
36 with this Section. Notice shall be effective as specified in

 

 

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1 subsection (c) of Section 6-211 of this Code.
2     A denial of renewal suspension under this subsection shall
3 not be terminated until satisfactory proof of compliance has
4 been submitted to the Secretary of State. No driver's license
5 or permit, or renewal of a license or permit, may be issued to
6 a person whose driving privileges have been suspended under
7 this Section until the suspension has been terminated. No
8 vehicle registration or registration plate that has been denied
9 renewal suspended under this Section may be reinstated or
10 renewed, or transferred by the owner to any other vehicle,
11 until the denial of renewal suspension has been terminated.
12 (Source: P.A. 94-526, eff. 1-1-06.)
 
13     Section 95. No acceleration or delay. Where this Act makes
14 changes in a statute that is represented in this Act by text
15 that is not yet or no longer in effect (for example, a Section
16 represented by multiple versions), the use of that text does
17 not accelerate or delay the taking effect of (i) the changes
18 made by this Act or (ii) provisions derived from any other
19 Public Act.
 
20     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
21 becoming law.