(625 ILCS 5/7-310) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 7-310)
Sec. 7-310. Petition for discharge filed in bankruptcy. A
petition for discharge filed in bankruptcy following the rendering of any judgment shall
relieve the judgment debtor from the requirements of this Chapter 7, except that the judgment debtor's drivers license shall remain suspended and may not be renewed, and the judgment debtor may not be issued a license or registration, until the judgment debtor gives proof of his or her financial responsibility in the future, as provided in Section 1-164.5. The proof is to be maintained by the judgment debtor, in a manner satisfactory to the Secretary of State, for a period of 3 years after the date on which the proof is first filed.
A petition for discharge filed in bankruptcy of the owner
or lessee of a commercial vehicle by whom the judgment debtor is employed
at the time of the motor vehicle crash that gives rise to the
judgment
also shall relieve the judgment debtor so employed from any of the
requirements of this Chapter 7 if the discharge of the owner or lessee
follows the rendering of the judgment and if the judgment debtor
so employed
was operating the commercial vehicle in connection with his or her
regular employment or occupation at the time of the crash.
This amendatory
act of 1985 applies to all cases irrespective of whether the crash
giving rise to the suspension of license or registration occurred before,
on, or after its effective date.
(Source: P.A. 102-982, eff. 7-1-23.)
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