Full Text of HB0198 101st General Assembly
HB0198 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2019 and 2020 HB0198 Introduced , by Rep. Mary E. Flowers SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| 625 ILCS 5/6-204 | from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 6-204 | 625 ILCS 5/16-104e | | 625 ILCS 5/16-109 new | |
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Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Creates a traffic ticket fine waiver program available to a defendant who is in default or is unable to pay required fines, fees, costs, or court assessments, or who has a suspended driver's license, resulting from a minor traffic offense under the Code or a similar provision of a local ordinance. Provides that upon submission of the application to enter into the program, the court shall grant the defendant (1) the ability to convert the amount due into court-approved public community service or (2) a partial obligation waiver. Provides that the program shall apply only to a defendant convicted of a minor traffic offense committed no earlier than 2 years before the effective date. Defines "minor traffic offense". Makes conforming changes.
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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 1. Legislative intent. It is the intent of this Act | 5 | | to provide economic relief to persons who need assistance in | 6 | | paying off debts incurred due to minor traffic offense tickets. | 7 | | The General Assembly recognizes that possessing a driver's | 8 | | license in this State is a privilege; however, it also | 9 | | recognizes that persons should not be deprived of the | 10 | | opportunity to provide for themselves or their families because | 11 | | of a suspended driver's license or increased debt from failure | 12 | | to pay fines and costs on traffic violation tickets. | 13 | | Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by changing | 14 | | Sections 6-204 and 16-104e and by adding Section 16-109 as | 15 | | follows:
| 16 | | (625 ILCS 5/6-204) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 6-204)
| 17 | | Sec. 6-204. When court to forward license and reports.
| 18 | | (a) For the purpose of providing to the Secretary of State | 19 | | the records
essential to the performance of the Secretary's | 20 | | duties under this Code to
cancel, revoke or suspend the | 21 | | driver's license and privilege to drive motor
vehicles of | 22 | | certain minors adjudicated truant minors in need of |
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| 1 | | supervision,
addicted, or delinquent and of persons
found | 2 | | guilty of the criminal offenses or traffic violations
which | 3 | | this Code recognizes as evidence relating to unfitness to | 4 | | safely operate
motor vehicles, the following duties are imposed | 5 | | upon public officials:
| 6 | | (1) Whenever any person is convicted of any offense for | 7 | | which
this
Code makes mandatory the cancellation or | 8 | | revocation of the driver's
license or permit of such person | 9 | | by the Secretary of State, the judge of the
court in which | 10 | | such conviction is had shall require the surrender to the | 11 | | clerk
of the court of all driver's licenses or permits then | 12 | | held by the person so
convicted, and the clerk of the court | 13 | | shall, within 5 days thereafter, forward
the same, together | 14 | | with a report of such conviction, to the Secretary.
| 15 | | (2) Whenever any person is convicted of any offense | 16 | | under this
Code or
similar offenses under a municipal | 17 | | ordinance, other than regulations
governing standing, | 18 | | parking or weights of vehicles, and excepting the
following | 19 | | enumerated Sections of this Code: Sections 11-1406 | 20 | | (obstruction
to driver's view or control), 11-1407 | 21 | | (improper opening of door into
traffic), 11-1410 (coasting | 22 | | on downgrade), 11-1411 (following fire
apparatus), | 23 | | 11-1419.01 (Motor Fuel Tax I.D. Card), 12-101 (driving
| 24 | | vehicle which is in unsafe condition or improperly | 25 | | equipped), 12-201(a)
(daytime lights on motorcycles), | 26 | | 12-202 (clearance, identification and
side marker lamps), |
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| 1 | | 12-204 (lamp or flag on projecting load), 12-205
(failure | 2 | | to display the safety lights required), 12-401 | 3 | | (restrictions as
to tire equipment), 12-502 (mirrors), | 4 | | 12-503 (windshields must be
unobstructed and equipped with | 5 | | wipers), 12-601 (horns and warning
devices), 12-602 | 6 | | (mufflers, prevention of noise or smoke), 12-603 (seat
| 7 | | safety belts), 12-702 (certain vehicles to carry flares or | 8 | | other warning
devices), 12-703 (vehicles for oiling roads | 9 | | operated on highways),
12-710 (splash guards and | 10 | | replacements), 13-101 (safety tests), 15-101
(size, weight | 11 | | and load), 15-102 (width), 15-103 (height), 15-104 (name
| 12 | | and address on second division vehicles), 15-107 (length of | 13 | | vehicle),
15-109.1 (cover or tarpaulin), 15-111 (weights), | 14 | | 15-112 (weights), 15-301
(weights), 15-316 (weights), | 15 | | 15-318 (weights), and also excepting the following
| 16 | | enumerated Sections of the Chicago Municipal Code: | 17 | | Sections 27-245 (following
fire apparatus), 27-254 | 18 | | (obstruction of traffic), 27-258 (driving vehicle which
is | 19 | | in unsafe condition), 27-259 (coasting on downgrade), | 20 | | 27-264 (use of horns
and signal devices), 27-265 | 21 | | (obstruction to driver's view or driver mechanism),
27-267 | 22 | | (dimming of headlights), 27-268 (unattended motor | 23 | | vehicle), 27-272
(illegal funeral procession), 27-273 | 24 | | (funeral procession on boulevard), 27-275
(driving freight | 25 | | hauling vehicles on boulevard), 27-276 (stopping and | 26 | | standing
of buses or taxicabs), 27-277 (cruising of public |
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| 1 | | passenger vehicles), 27-305
(parallel parking), 27-306 | 2 | | (diagonal parking), 27-307 (parking not to obstruct
| 3 | | traffic), 27-308 (stopping, standing or parking | 4 | | regulated), 27-311 (parking
regulations), 27-312 (parking | 5 | | regulations), 27-313 (parking regulations),
27-314 | 6 | | (parking regulations), 27-315 (parking regulations), | 7 | | 27-316 (parking
regulations), 27-317 (parking | 8 | | regulations), 27-318 (parking regulations),
27-319 | 9 | | (parking regulations), 27-320 (parking regulations), | 10 | | 27-321 (parking
regulations), 27-322 (parking | 11 | | regulations), 27-324 (loading and
unloading at an angle), | 12 | | 27-333 (wheel and axle loads), 27-334 (load
restrictions in | 13 | | the downtown district), 27-335 (load restrictions in
| 14 | | residential areas), 27-338 (width of vehicles), 27-339 | 15 | | (height of
vehicles), 27-340 (length of vehicles), 27-352 | 16 | | (reflectors on trailers),
27-353 (mufflers), 27-354 | 17 | | (display of plates), 27-355 (display of city
vehicle tax | 18 | | sticker), 27-357 (identification of vehicles), 27-358
| 19 | | (projecting of loads), and also excepting the following | 20 | | enumerated
paragraphs of Section 2-201 of the Rules and | 21 | | Regulations of the Illinois
State Toll Highway Authority: | 22 | | (l) (driving unsafe vehicle on tollway),
(m) (vehicles | 23 | | transporting dangerous cargo not properly indicated), it
| 24 | | shall be the duty of the clerk of the court in which such | 25 | | conviction is
had within 5 days thereafter to forward to | 26 | | the Secretary of State a report of
the conviction and the |
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| 1 | | court may recommend the suspension of the driver's
license | 2 | | or permit of the person so convicted.
| 3 | | The reporting requirements of this subsection shall | 4 | | apply to all
violations stated in paragraphs (1) and (2) of | 5 | | this
subsection when the
individual has been adjudicated | 6 | | under the Juvenile Court Act or the
Juvenile Court Act of | 7 | | 1987. Such reporting requirements shall also apply to
| 8 | | individuals adjudicated under the Juvenile Court Act or the | 9 | | Juvenile Court Act
of 1987 who have committed a violation | 10 | | of Section 11-501 of this Code, or
similar provision of a | 11 | | local ordinance, or Section 9-3 of the Criminal Code
of | 12 | | 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012, relating to the offense | 13 | | of reckless homicide, or Section 5-7 of the Snowmobile | 14 | | Registration and Safety Act or Section 5-16 of the Boat | 15 | | Registration and Safety Act, relating to the offense of | 16 | | operating a snowmobile or a watercraft while under the | 17 | | influence of alcohol, other drug or drugs, intoxicating | 18 | | compound or compounds, or combination thereof.
These | 19 | | reporting requirements also apply to individuals | 20 | | adjudicated under the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 based on | 21 | | any offense determined to have been committed in | 22 | | furtherance of the criminal activities of an organized | 23 | | gang, as provided in Section 5-710 of that Act, and that | 24 | | involved the operation or use of a motor vehicle or the use | 25 | | of a driver's license or permit. The reporting requirements | 26 | | of this subsection shall also apply to
a truant minor in |
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| 1 | | need of supervision, an addicted
minor, or a delinquent | 2 | | minor and whose driver's license and privilege to
drive a | 3 | | motor vehicle has been ordered suspended for such times as | 4 | | determined
by the court, but only until he or she attains
| 5 | | 18 years of age. It shall be the duty of the clerk of the | 6 | | court in which
adjudication is had within 5 days thereafter | 7 | | to forward to the Secretary of
State a report of the | 8 | | adjudication and the court order requiring the Secretary
of | 9 | | State to suspend the minor's driver's license and driving | 10 | | privilege for such
time as determined by the court, but | 11 | | only until he or she attains the age of 18
years. All | 12 | | juvenile court dispositions reported to the Secretary of | 13 | | State
under this provision shall be processed by the | 14 | | Secretary of State as if the
cases had been adjudicated in | 15 | | traffic or criminal court. However, information
reported | 16 | | relative to the offense of reckless homicide, or Section | 17 | | 11-501 of
this Code, or a similar provision of a local | 18 | | ordinance, shall be privileged
and available only to the | 19 | | Secretary of State, courts, and police officers.
| 20 | | The reporting requirements of this subsection (a) | 21 | | apply to all violations listed in paragraphs (1) and (2) of | 22 | | this subsection (a), excluding parking violations, when | 23 | | the driver holds a CLP or CDL, regardless of the type of | 24 | | vehicle in which the violation occurred, or when any driver | 25 | | committed the violation in a commercial motor vehicle as | 26 | | defined in Section 6-500 of this Code.
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| 1 | | (3) Whenever an order is entered vacating the | 2 | | forfeiture of any
bail,
security or bond given to secure | 3 | | appearance for any offense under this
Code or similar | 4 | | offenses under municipal ordinance, it shall be the duty
of | 5 | | the clerk of the court in which such vacation was had or | 6 | | the judge of
such court if such court has no clerk, within | 7 | | 5 days thereafter to
forward to the Secretary of State a | 8 | | report of the vacation.
| 9 | | (4) A report of any disposition of court supervision | 10 | | for a
violation of
Sections 6-303, 11-401, 11-501 or a | 11 | | similar provision of a local ordinance,
11-503, 11-504, and | 12 | | 11-506 of this Code, Section 5-7 of the Snowmobile | 13 | | Registration and Safety Act, and Section 5-16 of the Boat | 14 | | Registration and Safety Act shall be forwarded to the | 15 | | Secretary of State.
A report of any disposition of court | 16 | | supervision for a violation of an offense
defined as a | 17 | | serious traffic violation in this Code or a similar | 18 | | provision of a
local ordinance committed by a person under | 19 | | the age of 21 years shall be
forwarded to the Secretary of | 20 | | State.
| 21 | | (5) Reports of conviction
under this Code
and | 22 | | sentencing hearings under the
Juvenile Court
Act of 1987 in | 23 | | an electronic format
or a computer processible medium
shall
| 24 | | be
forwarded to the Secretary of State via the Supreme | 25 | | Court in the form and
format required by the Illinois | 26 | | Supreme Court and established by a written
agreement |
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| 1 | | between the Supreme Court and the Secretary of State.
In | 2 | | counties with a population over 300,000, instead of | 3 | | forwarding reports to
the Supreme Court, reports of | 4 | | conviction
under this Code
and sentencing hearings under | 5 | | the
Juvenile Court Act of 1987 in an electronic format
or a | 6 | | computer processible medium
may
be forwarded to the | 7 | | Secretary of State by the Circuit Court Clerk in a form and
| 8 | | format required by the Secretary of State and established | 9 | | by written agreement
between the Circuit Court Clerk and | 10 | | the Secretary of State. Failure to
forward the reports of | 11 | | conviction or sentencing hearing under the Juvenile
Court | 12 | | Act of 1987 as required by this Section shall be
deemed an | 13 | | omission of duty and it shall be the duty of the several | 14 | | State's
Attorneys to enforce the requirements of this | 15 | | Section.
| 16 | | (b) Whenever a restricted driving permit is forwarded to a | 17 | | court, as a
result of confiscation by a police officer pursuant | 18 | | to the authority in
Section 6-113(f), it shall be the duty of | 19 | | the clerk, or judge, if the court
has no clerk, to forward such | 20 | | restricted driving permit and a facsimile of
the officer's | 21 | | citation to the Secretary of State as expeditiously as
| 22 | | practicable.
| 23 | | (c) For the purposes of this Code, a forfeiture of bail or | 24 | | collateral
deposited to secure a defendant's appearance in | 25 | | court when forfeiture
has not been vacated, or the failure of a | 26 | | defendant to appear for trial
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| 1 | | license in lieu of other bail, shall be
equivalent to a | 2 | | conviction.
| 3 | | (d) For the purpose of providing the Secretary of State | 4 | | with records
necessary to properly monitor and assess driver | 5 | | performance and assist the
courts in the proper disposition of | 6 | | repeat traffic law offenders, the clerk
of the court shall | 7 | | forward to the Secretary of State,
on a form prescribed
by the | 8 | | Secretary, records of a driver's participation in a driver | 9 | | remedial
or rehabilitative program which was required, through | 10 | | a court order or court
supervision, in relation to the driver's | 11 | | arrest for a violation of Section
11-501 of this Code or a | 12 | | similar provision of a local ordinance.
The clerk of the court | 13 | | shall also forward to the Secretary, either on
paper or in an | 14 | | electronic format or a computer processible medium as required
| 15 | | under paragraph (5) of subsection (a) of this Section, any | 16 | | disposition
of court supervision for any traffic violation,
| 17 | | excluding those offenses listed in paragraph (2)
of subsection | 18 | | (a) of this Section.
These reports
shall be sent within 5
days | 19 | | after disposition, or, if
the driver is
referred to a driver
| 20 | | remedial or rehabilitative program, within 5 days of the | 21 | | driver's referral
to that program.
These reports received by | 22 | | the Secretary of State, including those required to
be | 23 | | forwarded under paragraph (a)(4), shall be privileged | 24 | | information, available
only (i) to the affected driver, (ii) to | 25 | | the parent or guardian of a person under the age of 18 years | 26 | | holding an instruction permit or a graduated driver's license, |
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| 1 | | and (iii) for use by the courts, police
officers, prosecuting | 2 | | authorities, the Secretary of State, and the driver licensing | 3 | | administrator of any other state. In accordance with 49 C.F.R. | 4 | | Part 384, all reports of court supervision, except violations | 5 | | related to parking, shall be forwarded to the Secretary of | 6 | | State for all holders of a CLP or CDL or any driver who commits | 7 | | an offense while driving a commercial motor vehicle. These | 8 | | reports shall be recorded to the driver's record as a | 9 | | conviction for use in the disqualification of the driver's | 10 | | commercial motor vehicle privileges and shall not be privileged | 11 | | information.
| 12 | | (e) For purposes of reinstating a suspended or revoked | 13 | | driver's license, the clerk of court shall immediately notify | 14 | | the Secretary of a driver's participation in a traffic ticket | 15 | | fine waiver program under Section 16-109 of this Code. | 16 | | (Source: P.A. 100-74, eff. 8-11-17.)
| 17 | | (625 ILCS 5/16-104e) | 18 | | Sec. 16-104e. Minimum penalty for traffic offenses. Except | 19 | | as provided under Section 16-109 of this Code or unless Unless | 20 | | otherwise disposed of prior to a court appearance in the same | 21 | | matter under Supreme Court Rule 529, a person who, after a | 22 | | court appearance in the same matter, is found guilty of or | 23 | | pleads guilty to, including any person receiving a disposition | 24 | | of court supervision, a violation of this Code or a similar | 25 | | provision of a local ordinance shall pay a fine that may not be |
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| 1 | | waived. Nothing in this Section shall prevent the court from | 2 | | ordering that the fine be paid within a specified period of | 3 | | time or in installments under Section 5-9-1 of the Unified Code | 4 | | of Corrections.
| 5 | | (Source: P.A. 96-1462, eff. 1-1-11.) | 6 | | (625 ILCS 5/16-109 new) | 7 | | Sec. 16-109. Traffic ticket fine waiver program. | 8 | | (a) As used in this Section, "minor traffic offense" means | 9 | | a petty offense or a business offense committed under this Code | 10 | | or a similar provision of a local ordinance. | 11 | | (b) A defendant who is in default or is unable to pay | 12 | | required fines, fees, costs, or court assessments, or who has a | 13 | | suspended driver's license, resulting from a minor traffic | 14 | | offense under this Code or a similar provision of a local | 15 | | ordinance, may petition the court having jurisdiction over the | 16 | | defendant's case to enter into a traffic ticket fine waiver | 17 | | program. | 18 | | (c) This Section applies only to a defendant who pleads | 19 | | guilty to or is convicted of a minor traffic offense committed | 20 | | no earlier than 2 years before the effective date of this | 21 | | amendatory Act of the 101st General Assembly. | 22 | | (d) An application under this Section shall be in writing | 23 | | and signed by the defendant or, if the defendant is a minor or | 24 | | incompetent adult, by another person having knowledge of the | 25 | | facts. The contents of the application and the procedure for |
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| 1 | | deciding applications may be established by Supreme Court Rule. | 2 | | (e) The court shall immediately notify the Secretary of | 3 | | State of the defendant's participation in the program and the | 4 | | Secretary shall, if applicable, reinstate the defendant's | 5 | | suspended or revoked driver's license. | 6 | | (f) Upon submission of the application to enter into the | 7 | | program, the court shall grant the defendant: | 8 | | (1) the ability to convert the amount due into | 9 | | court-approved public or community service, for which one | 10 | | hour of public or community service shall be equivalent to | 11 | | $10 of the amount due; or | 12 | | (2) a partial obligation waiver as follows: | 13 | | (A) 50% of the total amount due shall be waived for | 14 | | any defendant who submits the application; or | 15 | | (B) 80% of the total amount due shall be waived for | 16 | | any defendant who: | 17 | | (i) has an available income that is 125% or | 18 | | less of the current poverty level as established by | 19 | | the United States Department of Health and Human | 20 | | Services; or | 21 | | (ii) is receiving assistance under one or more | 22 | | of the following means-based governmental public | 23 | | benefits programs: Supplemental Security Income; | 24 | | Aid to the Aged, Blind, and Disabled; Temporary | 25 | | Assistance for Needy Families; Supplemental | 26 | | Nutrition Assistance Program; General Assistance; |
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| 1 | | Transitional Assistance; or State Children and | 2 | | Family Assistance. | 3 | | (g) The Secretary of State shall provide information on the | 4 | | traffic ticket fine waiver program on its website and shall | 5 | | provide with each vehicle registration an insert that contains | 6 | | information on the program. The clerk of court shall provide | 7 | | the application to a defendant upon request.
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