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      625 ILCS 5/6-208          from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 6-208
      625 ILCS 5/11-401         from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-401
          Amends the  Illinois  Vehicle  Code.   Increases  various
      periods   for  which  revocation  of  driver's  licenses  are
      effective after  conviction  for  leaving  the  scene  of  an
      accident,  reckless homicide, and DUI.  Provides that leaving
      the scene of an accident is a Class 4  felony  if  the  motor
      vehicle  accident  does  not  result  in  death; and if death
      results, it is a Class 2 felony for which the offender may be
      sentenced to at least 3 years and  not  more  than  14  years
      imprisonment.  Effective immediately.
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 1        AN  ACT  to  amend  the Illinois Vehicle Code by changing
 2    Sections 6-208 and 11-401.
 3        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 4    represented in the General Assembly:
 5        Section  5.   The  Illinois  Vehicle  Code  is amended by
 6    changing Sections 6-208 and 11-401 as follows:
 7        (625 ILCS 5/6-208) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 6-208)
 8        Sec. 6-208.  Period of  Suspension  -  Application  After
 9    Revocation.
10        (a)  Except  as  otherwise  provided  by this Code or any
11    other law of this State, the Secretary  of  State  shall  not
12    suspend  a  driver's  license, permit or privilege to drive a
13    motor vehicle on the highways for a period of more  than  one
14    year.
15        (b)  Any  person  whose  license,  permit or privilege to
16    drive a motor vehicle on the highways has been revoked  shall
17    not  be  entitled  to  have such license, permit or privilege
18    renewed or restored.  However, such  person  may,  except  as
19    provided   under   subsection  (d)  of  Section  6-205,  make
20    application for a license pursuant to Section  6-106  if  the
21    revocation was for a cause which has been removed or:
22        1.  Except  as  provided  in subparagraphs 2 and 3, after
23    the expiration of one year from the  effective  date  of  the
24    revocation or, in the case of a violation of paragraph (b) of
25    Section 11-401 of this Code or a similar provision of a local
26    ordinance, after the expiration of 3 years from the effective
27    date  of  the  revocation  or,  in the case of a violation of
28    Section 9-3 of the Criminal Code  of  1961  relating  to  the
29    offense of reckless homicide, after the expiration of 2 years
30    from the effective date of the revocation; or
31        2.  If  such  person  is convicted of committing a second
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 1    violation within a 20 year period of:
 2             -  Section  11-501  of  this  Code,  or  a   similar
 3        provision of a local ordinance; or
 4             - Paragraph (b) of Section 11-401 of this Code, or a
 5        similar provision of a local ordinance; or
 6             -  Section  9-3  of  the  Criminal  Code of 1961, as
 7        amended, relating to the offense of reckless homicide; or
 8             - any combination of the above offenses committed at
 9        different instances;
10    then such person may not make application for a license until
11    after the expiration of 5 3 years from the effective date  of
12    the  most  recent  revocation.   The  20 year period shall be
13    computed by using the dates the offenses were  committed  and
14    shall also include similar out-of-state offenses.
15        3.  However,  if such person is convicted of committing a
16    third, or subsequent, violation or  any  combination  of  the
17    above  offenses,  including  similar  out-of-state  offenses,
18    contained  in  subparagraph  2, then such person may not make
19    application for a license until after the expiration of 10  6
20    years from the effective date of the most recent revocation.
21        Notwithstanding  any  other  provision  of this Code, all
22    persons referred to in this paragraph (b) may not have  their
23    privileges  restored  until the Secretary receives payment of
24    the required reinstatement fee pursuant to subsection (b)  of
25    Section 6-118.
26        In no event shall the Secretary issue such license unless
27    and until such person has had a hearing pursuant to this Code
28    and the appropriate administrative rules and the Secretary is
29    satisfied,  after  a  review or investigation of such person,
30    that to grant the privilege of driving a motor vehicle on the
31    highways will not endanger the public safety or welfare.
32    (Source: P.A. 89-156, eff. 1-1-96.)
33        (625 ILCS 5/11-401) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-401)
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 1        Sec. 11-401.  Motor vehicle accidents involving death  or
 2    personal injuries.
 3        (a) The driver of any vehicle involved in a motor vehicle
 4    accident  resulting  in  personal  injury  to or death of any
 5    person shall immediately stop such vehicle at  the  scene  of
 6    such accident, or as close thereto as possible and shall then
 7    forthwith  return  to, and in every event shall remain at the
 8    scene of the  accident  until  the  requirements  of  Section
 9    11-403  have  been  fulfilled.  Every such stop shall be made
10    without obstructing traffic more than is necessary.
11        (b)  Any person who has failed to stop or to comply  with
12    the  said  requirements  of  paragraph  (a) shall, as soon as
13    possible but in no case later than one hour  within  3  hours
14    after  such  motor  vehicle accident, or, if hospitalized and
15    incapacitated from reporting at any time during such  period,
16    as soon as possible but in no case later than one hour within
17    48 hours after being discharged from the hospital, report the
18    place  of  the  accident, the date, the approximate time, the
19    driver's name and address, the  registration  number  of  the
20    vehicle  driven, and the names of all other occupants of such
21    vehicle, at a police station or  sheriff's  office  near  the
22    place  where  such  accident  occurred.  No  report  made  as
23    required  under  this  paragraph  shall  be used, directly or
24    indirectly, as a basis for the prosecution of  any  violation
25    of paragraph (a).
26        For  purposes of this Section, personal injury shall mean
27    any injury requiring immediate professional  treatment  in  a
28    medical facility or doctor's office.
29        (c)  Any  person  failing to comply with paragraph (a) of
30    shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
31        (d)  Any person failing to comply with paragraph  (b)  is
32    shall  be  guilty  of  a  Class 4 felony if the motor vehicle
33    accident does not result in the  death  of  any  person.  Any
34    person failing to comply with paragraph (b) when the accident
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 1    results  in  the  death  of any person is guilty of a Class 2
 2    felony and may be sentenced to a term of imprisonment  of  at
 3    least 3 years and not more than 14 years.
 4        (e)  The  Secretary  of  State  shall  revoke the driving
 5    privilege of any person convicted  of  a  violation  of  this
 6    Section.
 7    (Source: P.A. 84-272.)
 8        Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
 9    becoming law.

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