Full Text of HB4673 94th General Assembly
HB4673 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006 HB4673
Introduced 1/12/2006, by Rep. Naomi D. Jakobsson SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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625 ILCS 5/7-601 |
from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 7-601 |
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Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that any person who causes damage to the property of another person while driving a vehicle not covered by liability insurance is guilty of a Class 4 felony. Provides that the person is guilty of a Class 3 felony if he or she causes injury to another person. Provides that the person is guilty of a Class 2 felony if he or she causes the death of another person.
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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 | 5 |
| Section 7-601 as follows:
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| (625 ILCS 5/7-601) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 7-601)
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| Sec. 7-601. Required liability insurance policy.
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| (a) No person shall operate, register or maintain | 9 |
| registration of, and no
owner shall permit another person to | 10 |
| operate, register or maintain registration
of, a motor vehicle | 11 |
| designed to be used on a public highway unless the motor
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| vehicle is covered by a liability insurance policy.
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| The insurance policy shall be issued in amounts no less | 14 |
| than the minimum
amounts set for bodily injury or death and for | 15 |
| destruction of property under
Section 7-203 of this Code, and | 16 |
| shall be issued in accordance with the
requirements of Sections | 17 |
| 143a and 143a-2 of the Illinois Insurance Code, as
amended. No | 18 |
| insurer other than an insurer authorized to do business in this
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| State shall issue a policy pursuant to this Section for any | 20 |
| vehicle subject to
registration under this Code. Nothing herein | 21 |
| shall deprive an insurer of any
policy defense available at | 22 |
| common law.
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| (b) The following vehicles are exempt from the requirements | 24 |
| of this Section:
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| (1) vehicles subject to the provisions of Chapters 8 or | 26 |
| 18a, Article
III or Section 7-609 of Chapter 7, or
Sections | 27 |
| 12-606 or 12-707.01 of Chapter 12 of this Code;
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| (2) vehicles required to file proof of liability | 29 |
| insurance with the
Illinois Commerce Commission;
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| (3) vehicles covered by a certificate of | 31 |
| self-insurance under Section
7-502 of this Code;
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| (4) vehicles owned by the United States, the State of |
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| Illinois, or any
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| local mass transit district;
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| (5) implements of husbandry;
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| (6) other vehicles complying with laws which require | 5 |
| them to be insured
in amounts meeting or exceeding the | 6 |
| minimum amounts required under this
Section; and
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| (7) inoperable or stored vehicles that are not | 8 |
| operated, as defined by
rules and regulations of the | 9 |
| Secretary.
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| (c) Every employee of a State agency, as that term is | 11 |
| defined in the
Illinois State Auditing Act,
who is assigned a
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| specific vehicle owned or leased by the State on an ongoing | 13 |
| basis shall provide
the certification described in this Section | 14 |
| annually to the director or chief
executive officer of his or | 15 |
| her agency.
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| The certification shall affirm that the employee is duly | 17 |
| licensed to
drive the assigned vehicle and that (i) the | 18 |
| employee has liability insurance
coverage extending to the | 19 |
| employee when the assigned vehicle is used for other
than | 20 |
| official State business, or (ii) the employee has filed
a bond | 21 |
| with the Secretary of State as proof of financial | 22 |
| responsibility, in an
amount equal to, or in excess of the | 23 |
| requirements stated within this Section.
Upon request of the | 24 |
| agency director or chief executive officer, the employee
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| present evidence to
support
the certification.
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| The certification shall be provided during the period July | 27 |
| 1 through July
31 of each calendar year, or within 30 days of | 28 |
| any new assignment of a vehicle
on
an ongoing basis, whichever | 29 |
| is later.
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| The employee's authorization to use the assigned vehicle | 31 |
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automatically
be rescinded upon:
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| (1) the revocation or suspension of the license | 33 |
| required to drive the
assigned vehicle;
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| (2) the cancellation or termination for any reason of | 35 |
| the automobile
liability insurance coverage as required in | 36 |
| item (c) (i); or
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| (3) the termination of the bond filed with the | 2 |
| Secretary of State.
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| All State employees providing the required certification | 4 |
| shall immediately
notify the agency director or chief executive | 5 |
| officer in the event any of these
actions occur.
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| All peace
officers employed by a State agency who are | 7 |
| primarily responsible for
prevention and detection of crime and | 8 |
| the enforcement of the criminal, traffic,
or
highway laws of | 9 |
| this State, and prohibited by agency rule or policy to use an
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| assigned vehicle owned or leased by the State for regular | 11 |
| personal or off-duty
use, are exempt from the requirements of | 12 |
| this Section. | 13 |
| (d) Except as otherwise provided in subsections (e) and | 14 |
| (f), any person who causes damage to the property of another | 15 |
| person while driving a vehicle in violation of this Section is | 16 |
| guilty of a Class 4 felony. | 17 |
| (e) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (f), any | 18 |
| person who causes injury to another person while driving a | 19 |
| vehicle in violation of this Section is guilty of a Class 3 | 20 |
| felony. | 21 |
| (f) Any person who causes the death of another person while | 22 |
| driving a vehicle in violation of this Section is guilty of a | 23 |
| Class 2 felony.
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| (Source: P.A. 91-661, eff. 12-22-99.)
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