Full Text of SB1958 97th General Assembly
SB1958 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
| | 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012 SB1958 Introduced 2/10/2011, by Sen. Michael Noland SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| 15 ILCS 335/1 | from Ch. 124, par. 21 | 625 ILCS 5/6-101 | from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 6-101 |
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Amends the Illinois Identification Card Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title. Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning drivers licenses.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning the Secretary of State.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Illinois Identification Card Act is amended | 5 | | by changing Section 1 as follows:
| 6 | | (15 ILCS 335/1) (from Ch. 124, par. 21)
| 7 | | Sec. 1. Short Title. This Act may be cited
as the the | 8 | | Illinois Identification Card Act.
| 9 | | (Source: P.A. 86-1475.)
| 10 | | Section 10. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by | 11 | | changing Section 6-101 as follows:
| 12 | | (625 ILCS 5/6-101) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 6-101)
| 13 | | Sec. 6-101. Drivers must have licenses or permits.
| 14 | | (a) No person, except those expressly exempted by Section | 15 | | 6-102, shall
drive any any motor vehicle upon a highway in this | 16 | | State unless such person has
a valid license or permit, or a | 17 | | restricted driving permit, issued under the
provisions of this | 18 | | Act.
| 19 | | (b) No person shall drive a motor vehicle unless he holds a | 20 | | valid
license or permit, or a restricted driving permit issued | 21 | | under the
provisions of Section 6-205, 6-206, or 6-113 of this |
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| 1 | | Act. Any person to
whom a license is issued under the | 2 | | provisions of this Act must surrender to
the Secretary of State | 3 | | all valid licenses or permits. No drivers license
shall be | 4 | | issued to any person who holds a valid Foreign State license,
| 5 | | identification card, or permit
unless such person first | 6 | | surrenders to the Secretary of State any such
valid Foreign | 7 | | State license,
identification card, or permit.
| 8 | | (b-5) Any person who commits a violation of subsection (a) | 9 | | or (b) of this Section is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor, if | 10 | | at the time of the violation the person's driver's license or | 11 | | permit was cancelled under clause (a)9 of Section 6-201 of this | 12 | | Code.
| 13 | | (c) Any person licensed as a driver hereunder shall not be | 14 | | required by
any city, village, incorporated town or other | 15 | | municipal corporation to
obtain any other license to exercise | 16 | | the privilege thereby granted.
| 17 | | (d) In addition to other penalties imposed under this | 18 | | Section, any person
in violation of this Section who is also in | 19 | | violation of Section 7-601 of this
Code relating to mandatory | 20 | | insurance requirements shall have his or her motor
vehicle | 21 | | immediately impounded by the arresting law enforcement | 22 | | officer. The
motor vehicle may be released to any licensed | 23 | | driver upon a showing of proof of
insurance for the motor | 24 | | vehicle that was impounded and the notarized written
consent | 25 | | for the release by the vehicle owner.
| 26 | | (e) In addition to other penalties imposed under this |
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| 1 | | Section, the
vehicle
of any person
in violation of this Section | 2 | | who is also in violation of Section 7-601 of this
Code relating | 3 | | to mandatory insurance requirements and who, in violating this
| 4 | | Section, has caused death or personal injury to another person | 5 | | is subject to
forfeiture under
Sections 36-1 and 36-2 of the | 6 | | Criminal Code of 1961.
For the purposes of this Section, a | 7 | | personal injury shall include
any type A injury as indicated on | 8 | | the traffic accident report completed
by a law enforcement | 9 | | officer that requires immediate professional attention
in | 10 | | either a doctor's office or a medical facility. A type A injury | 11 | | shall
include severely bleeding wounds, distorted extremities, | 12 | | and injuries that
require the injured party to be carried from | 13 | | the scene.
| 14 | | (Source: P.A. 94-993, eff. 1-1-07; 95-578, eff. 6-1-08 .)
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