97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB3854

 

Introduced 10/24/2011, by Rep. Rich Brauer

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
625 ILCS 5/11-408  from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-408

    Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that in the case of a fatal motor vehicle accident involving 2 or more vehicles, a traffic crash reconstruction report must be completed within 30 days of the accident.


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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,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by changing
5Section 11-408 as follows:
 
6    (625 ILCS 5/11-408)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-408)
7    Sec. 11-408. Police to report motor vehicle accident
8investigations.
9    (a) Every law enforcement officer who investigates a motor
10vehicle accident for which a report is required by this Article
11or who prepares a written report as a result of an
12investigation either at the time and scene of such motor
13vehicle accident or thereafter by interviewing participants or
14witnesses shall forward a written report of such motor vehicle
15accident to the Administrator on forms provided by the
16Administrator under Section 11-411 within 10 days after
17investigation of the motor vehicle accident, or within such
18other time as is prescribed by the Administrator. In the case
19of a fatal motor vehicle accident involving 2 or more vehicles,
20a traffic crash reconstruction report must be completed within
2130 days of the accident. Such written reports required to be
22forwarded by law enforcement officers and the information
23contained therein are privileged as to the Secretary of State

 

 

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1and the Department and, in the case of second division vehicles
2operated under certificate of convenience and necessity issued
3by the Illinois Commerce Commission, to the Commission, but
4shall not be held confidential by the reporting law enforcement
5officer or agency. The Secretary of State may also disclose
6notations of accident involvement maintained on individual
7driving records. However, the Administrator or the Secretary of
8State may require a supplemental written report from the
9reporting law enforcement officer and such supplemental report
10shall be for the privileged use of the Secretary of State and
11the Department and shall be held confidential. Upon request,
12the Department shall furnish copies of its written accident
13reports to federal, State, and local agencies that are engaged
14in highway safety research and studies. The reports shall be
15for the privileged use of the federal, State, and local
16agencies receiving the reports and shall be held confidential.
17    (b) The Department at its discretion may require a
18supplemental written report from the reporting law enforcement
19officer on a form supplied by the Department to be submitted
20directly to the Department. Such supplemental report may be
21used only for accident studies and statistical or analytical
22purposes, and shall be for the privileged use of the Department
23and shall be held confidential.
24    (c) The Department at its discretion may also provide for
25in-depth investigations of a motor vehicle accident by
26individuals or special investigation groups, including but not

 

 

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1limited to police officers, photographers, engineers, doctors,
2mechanics, and as a result of the investigation may require the
3submission of written reports, photographs, charts, sketches,
4graphs, or a combination of all. Such individual written
5reports, photographs, charts, sketches, or graphs may be used
6only for accident studies and statistical or analytical
7purposes, shall be for the privileged use of the Department and
8held confidential, and shall not be used in any trial, civil or
9criminal.
10    (d) On and after July 1, 1997, law enforcement officers who
11have reason to suspect that the motor vehicle accident was the
12result of a driver's loss of consciousness due to a medical
13condition, as defined by the Driver's License Medical Review
14Law of 1992, or the result of any medical condition that
15impaired the driver's ability to safely operate a motor vehicle
16shall notify the Secretary of this determination. The
17Secretary, in conjunction with the Driver's License Medical
18Advisory Board, shall determine by administrative rule the
19temporary conditions not required to be reported under the
20provisions of this Section. The Secretary shall, in conjunction
21with the Illinois State Police and representatives of local and
22county law enforcement agencies, promulgate any rules
23necessary and develop the procedures and documents that may be
24required to obtain written, electronic, or other agreed upon
25methods of notification to implement the provisions of this
26Section.

 

 

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1    (e) Law enforcement officers reporting under the
2provisions of subsection (d) of this Section shall enjoy the
3same immunities granted members of the Driver's License Medical
4Advisory Board under Section 6-910 of this Code.
5    (f) All information furnished to the Secretary under
6subsection (d) of this Section shall be deemed confidential and
7for the privileged use of the Secretary in accordance with the
8provisions of subsection (j) of Section 2-123 of this Code.
9(Source: P.A. 96-1147, eff. 7-21-10.)