Full Text of HB0654 95th General Assembly
HB0654 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008 HB0654
Introduced 2/6/2007, by Rep. Chapin Rose - Eddie Washington SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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625 ILCS 5/3-707 |
from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-707 |
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Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that a person who has not previously been convicted of or received a disposition of court supervision for operating an uninsured vehicle shall receive a $100 fine and a disposition of court supervision for committing the offense, if the person produces in court satisfactory evidence that the motor vehicle is covered, as of the date of the court appearance, by a liability insurance policy required by the Vehicle Code. Provides that the person must, on the date the period of court supervision is scheduled to terminate, produce satisfactory evidence that the vehicle was covered by the required insurance policy during the entire period of the supervision. Provides that an officer of the court appointed by the chief judge shall determine if a defendant has a liability insurance policy as of the date of the court appearance. Provides that the officer of the court shall also determine whether the vehicle was covered by the required policy during the entire period of court supervision.
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A BILL FOR
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HB0654 |
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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 3-707 as follows:
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| (625 ILCS 5/3-707) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-707)
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| Sec. 3-707. Operation of uninsured motor vehicle - penalty.
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| (a) No person
shall operate a motor vehicle unless the | 9 |
| motor vehicle is covered by a
liability insurance policy in | 10 |
| accordance with Section 7-601 of this Code.
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| (b) Any person who fails to comply with a request by a law | 12 |
| enforcement
officer for display of evidence of insurance, as | 13 |
| required under Section
7-602 of this Code, shall be deemed to | 14 |
| be operating an uninsured motor vehicle.
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| (c) Except as provided in subsection (c-5), any
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| operator of a motor vehicle subject to registration under this
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| Code
who is convicted of violating this Section is guilty of a | 18 |
| business
offense and shall be required to pay a fine in excess | 19 |
| of $500, but
not more than $1,000. However, no person charged | 20 |
| with violating this
Section shall be convicted if such person | 21 |
| produces in court satisfactory
evidence that at the time of the | 22 |
| arrest the motor vehicle was covered by a
liability insurance | 23 |
| policy in accordance with Section 7-601 of this Code.
The chief |
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| judge of each circuit may designate an officer of the court to
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| review the documentation demonstrating that at the time of | 3 |
| arrest the motor
vehicle was covered by a liability insurance | 4 |
| policy in accordance with Section
7-601 of this Code. | 5 |
| (c-1) A person convicted of violating this Section shall | 6 |
| also have his or her driver's license, permit, or privileges | 7 |
| suspended for 3 months. After the expiration of the 3 months, | 8 |
| the person's driver's license, permit, or privileges shall not | 9 |
| be reinstated until he or she has paid a reinstatement fee of | 10 |
| $100. If a person violates this Section while his or her | 11 |
| driver's license, permit, or privileges are suspended under | 12 |
| this subsection (c-1), his or her driver's license, permit, or | 13 |
| privileges shall be suspended for an additional 6 months and | 14 |
| until he or she pays the reinstatement fee.
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| (c-5) A person who (i) has not previously been convicted of | 16 |
| or received a disposition of court supervision for violating | 17 |
| this Section and (ii) produces at his or her court appearance | 18 |
| satisfactory evidence that the motor vehicle is covered, as of | 19 |
| the date of the court appearance, by a liability insurance | 20 |
| policy in accordance with Section 7-601 of this Code shall, for | 21 |
| a violation of this Section, pay a fine of $100 and receive a | 22 |
| disposition of court supervision. The person must, on the date | 23 |
| that the period of court supervision is scheduled to terminate, | 24 |
| produce satisfactory evidence that the vehicle was covered by | 25 |
| the required liability insurance policy during the entire | 26 |
| period of court supervision. |
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| An officer of the court designated under subsection (c) may | 2 |
| also review liability insurance documentation under this | 3 |
| subsection (c-5) to determine if the motor vehicle is, as of | 4 |
| the date of the court appearance, covered by a liability | 5 |
| insurance policy in accordance with Section 7-601 of this Code. | 6 |
| The officer of the court shall also determine, on the date the | 7 |
| period of court supervision is scheduled to terminate, whether | 8 |
| the vehicle was covered by the required policy during the | 9 |
| entire period of court supervision.
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| (d) A person convicted a third or subsequent time of | 11 |
| violating this
Section or a similar provision of a local | 12 |
| ordinance must give proof to the
Secretary of State of the | 13 |
| person's financial responsibility as defined in
Section 7-315. | 14 |
| The person must maintain the proof in a manner satisfactory to
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| the Secretary for a minimum period of one year after the date | 16 |
| the proof is
first filed. The Secretary must suspend the | 17 |
| driver's license of any person
determined by the Secretary not | 18 |
| to have provided adequate proof of financial
responsibility as | 19 |
| required by this subsection.
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| (Source: P.A. 94-1035, eff. 7-1-07.)
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