Full Text of HB4472 100th General Assembly
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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 | | Section 7-601 as follows:
| 6 | | (625 ILCS 5/7-601) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 7-601)
| 7 | | Sec. 7-601. Required liability insurance policy.
| 8 | | (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 in this State unless | 12 | | the motor
vehicle is covered by a liability insurance policy.
| 13 | | 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
| 19 | | 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.
| 23 | | (b) The following vehicles are exempt from the requirements |
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| 1 | | of this Section:
| 2 | | (1) vehicles subject to the provisions of Chapters 8 or | 3 | | 18a, Article
III or Section 7-609 of Chapter 7, or
Sections | 4 | | 12-606 or 12-707.01 of Chapter 12 of this Code;
| 5 | | (2) vehicles required to file proof of liability | 6 | | insurance with the
Illinois Commerce Commission;
| 7 | | (3) vehicles covered by a certificate of | 8 | | self-insurance under Section
7-502 of this Code;
| 9 | | (4) vehicles owned by the United States, the State of | 10 | | Illinois, or any
political subdivision, municipality or | 11 | | local mass transit district;
| 12 | | (5) implements of husbandry;
| 13 | | (6) other vehicles complying with laws which require | 14 | | them to be insured
in amounts meeting or exceeding the | 15 | | minimum amounts required under this
Section; and
| 16 | | (7) inoperable or stored vehicles that are not | 17 | | operated, as defined by
rules and regulations of the | 18 | | Secretary.
| 19 | | (c) Every employee of a State agency, as that term is | 20 | | defined in the
Illinois State Auditing Act,
who is assigned a
| 21 | | specific vehicle owned or leased by the State on an ongoing | 22 | | basis shall provide
the certification described in this Section | 23 | | annually to the director or chief
executive officer of his or | 24 | | her agency.
| 25 | | The certification shall affirm that the employee is duly | 26 | | licensed to
drive the assigned vehicle and that (i) the |
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| 1 | | employee has liability insurance
coverage extending to the | 2 | | employee when the assigned vehicle is used for other
than | 3 | | official State business, or (ii) the employee has filed
a bond | 4 | | with the Secretary of State as proof of financial | 5 | | responsibility, in an
amount equal to, or in excess of the | 6 | | requirements stated within this Section.
Upon request of the | 7 | | agency director or chief executive officer, the employee
shall | 8 | | present evidence to
support
the certification.
| 9 | | The certification shall be provided during the period July | 10 | | 1 through July
31 of each calendar year, or within 30 days of | 11 | | any new assignment of a vehicle
on
an ongoing basis, whichever | 12 | | is later.
| 13 | | The employee's authorization to use the assigned vehicle | 14 | | shall
automatically
be rescinded upon:
| 15 | | (1) the revocation or suspension of the license | 16 | | required to drive the
assigned vehicle;
| 17 | | (2) the cancellation or termination for any reason of | 18 | | the automobile
liability insurance coverage as required in | 19 | | item (c) (i); or
| 20 | | (3) the termination of the bond filed with the | 21 | | Secretary of State.
| 22 | | All State employees providing the required certification | 23 | | shall immediately
notify the agency director or chief executive | 24 | | officer in the event any of these
actions occur.
| 25 | | All peace
officers employed by a State agency who are | 26 | | primarily responsible for
prevention and detection of crime and |
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| 1 | | the enforcement of the criminal, traffic,
or
highway laws of | 2 | | this State, and prohibited by agency rule or policy to use an
| 3 | | assigned vehicle owned or leased by the State for regular | 4 | | personal or off-duty
use, are exempt from the requirements of | 5 | | this Section.
| 6 | | (d) No person shall operate a motor vehicle registered in | 7 | | another state upon the highways of this State unless the | 8 | | vehicle is covered by a liability insurance policy. The | 9 | | operator of the vehicle shall carry within the vehicle evidence | 10 | | of the insurance. | 11 | | (Source: P.A. 100-202, eff. 1-1-18 .)
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