HB0298 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HB0298

Introduced 1/19/2007, by Rep. Patricia Reid Lindner

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

625 ILCS 5/6-906

from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 6-906

Amends the Driver's License Medical Review Law of the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that a person has a right to a hearing (rather than a right to request a hearing) before the Secretary of State if the person has used all possible review by the Driver's License Medical Advisory Board and the person's driver's license has been restricted, canceled, or denied. Provides that the person has the right to be present when the hearing is conducted. Provides that the Secretary of State shall prescribe procedures to be followed at a hearing in the presence of the person whose driver's license has been restricted, canceled, or denied. Effective immediately.

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning transportation.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by changing Section 6-906 as follows:

(625 ILCS 5/6-906) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 6-906)

Sec. 6-906. Request for a hearing.

(a) After utilizing all possible review by the Board under this Act or any regulation promulgated by the Secretary, any person who has their driver's license restricted or canceled or is otherwise denied a license has a right to request a hearing under Section 2-118 of this Code and to be present when the hearing is conducted. The request for a hearing shall be in writing.

(b) The Secretary shall prescribe by rule and regulation the procedures to be followed at the hearing, including procedures to be followed at a hearing in the presence of the person whose driver's license has been canceled or restricted or who has been otherwise denied a license.

(Source: P.A. 87-1249.)

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.