SB1890 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
SB1890

Introduced 2/10/2011, by Sen. Dave Syverson - Bill Brady

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

625 ILCS 5/3-710

from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-710

Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning display of a false insurance card.

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 3-710 as follows:

(625 ILCS 5/3-710) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-710)

Sec. 3-710. Display of false insurance card. No person shall display evidence of insurance to a law enforcement officer, court, or officer of the the court, knowing there is no valid liability insurance in effect on the motor vehicle as required under Section 7-601 of this Code or knowing the evidence of insurance is illegally altered, counterfeit, or otherwise invalid as evidence of insurance required under Section 7-602 of this Code. If the law enforcement officer issues a citation to a motor vehicle operator for displaying invalid evidence of insurance, the officer shall confiscate the evidence for presentation in court.

Any person convicted of violating this Section is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.

(Source: P.A. 89-565, eff. 7-26-96.)