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90_HB1553

      625 ILCS 5/3-408          from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-408
      625 ILCS 5/6-103          from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 6-103
          Amends the Vehicle Code to provide that the Secretary  of
      State   may   not   issue   a  driver's  license  or  vehicle
      registration to any person who is delinquent in court ordered
      child support payments or has been adjudicated in arrears and
      who has been found in contempt of court for  failure  to  pay
      the support.
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 1        AN  ACT  to  amend  the Illinois Vehicle Code by changing
 2    Sections 3-408 and 6-103.
 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 3-408 and 6-103 as follows:
 7        (625 ILCS 5/3-408) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-408)
 8        Sec.  3-408.  Grounds  for   refusing   registration   or
 9    certificate  of  title.  The  Secretary of State shall refuse
10    registration or any transfer of registration upon any of  the
11    following grounds:
12        1.  That the application contains any false or fraudulent
13    statement  or  that  the  applicant  has  failed  to  furnish
14    required  information  or  reasonable  additional information
15    requested by the Secretary of State or that the applicant  is
16    not  entitled  to  the  issuance of a certificate of title or
17    registration of the vehicle under Chapter 3;
18        2.  That the Secretary of State has reasonable ground  to
19    believe  that the vehicle is a stolen or embezzled vehicle or
20    that the granting of registration would  constitute  a  fraud
21    against  the rightful owner or other person having valid lien
22    upon such vehicle;
23        3.  That the registration of the vehicle stands suspended
24    or revoked for any reason as provided  in  the  motor-vehicle
25    laws of this State;
26        4.  That the required fee has not been paid; or
27        5.  (a)  In  the case of medical transport vehicles, that
28    the application does  not  contain  a  copy  of  a  completed
29    Vehicle   Inspection  Report  issued  by  the  Department  of
30    Transportation which certifies  that  the  vehicle  has  been
31    determined  to  be  in  safe mechanical condition by a safety
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 1    test administered within the preceding 6 months; and  (b)  in
 2    the  case  of medical transport vehicles, other than vehicles
 3    owned or operated by a unit of  local  government,  proof  of
 4    financial responsibility; or.
 5        6.  That  the  applicant  is  delinquent in court ordered
 6    child support payments or has been adjudicated in arrears and
 7    has been found in contempt of court for failure  to  pay  the
 8    support.
 9    (Source: P.A. 82-949.)
10        (625 ILCS 5/6-103) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 6-103)
11        Sec. 6-103. What persons shall not be licensed as drivers
12    or  granted permits.  The Secretary of State shall not issue,
13    renew, or allow the retention of  any  driver's  license  nor
14    issue any permit under this Code:
15             1.  To any person, as a driver, who is under the age
16        of  18  years  except  as  provided in Section 6-107, and
17        except that an instruction permit  may  be  issued  under
18        paragraphs (a) and (b) of Section 6-105 to a child who is
19        not less than 15 years of age if the child is enrolled in
20        an approved driver education course as defined in Section
21        1-103  of this Code and requires an instruction permit to
22        participate therein;
23             2.  To any person who is under the age of 18  as  an
24        operator  of a motorcycle other than a motor driven cycle
25        unless  the  person  has,  in  addition  to  meeting  the
26        provisions of Section 6-107 of  this  Code,  completed  a
27        motorcycle  training  course  approved  by  the  Illinois
28        Department  of  Transportation and successfully completes
29        the required Secretary  of  State's  motorcycle  driver's
30        examination;
31             3.  To  any  person,  as  a  driver,  whose driver's
32        license  or  permit  has  been  suspended,   during   the
33        suspension,  nor  to any person whose driver's license or
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 1        permit has been revoked, except as provided  in  Sections
 2        6-205, 6-206, and 6-208;
 3             4.  To  any  person,  as  a driver, who is a user of
 4        alcohol or any other drug to a degree  that  renders  the
 5        person incapable of safely driving a motor vehicle;
 6             5.  To  any  person, as a driver, who has previously
 7        been adjudged to be afflicted with or suffering from  any
 8        mental  or physical disability or disease and who has not
 9        at the time of application been restored to competency by
10        the methods provided by law;
11             6.  To any person, as a driver, who is  required  by
12        the  Secretary  of  State  to  submit an alcohol and drug
13        evaluation or take an examination provided  for  in  this
14        Code  unless  the  person  has  successfully  passed  the
15        examination and submitted any required evaluation;
16             7.  To   any   person  who  is  required  under  the
17        provisions of the laws of this State to deposit  security
18        or  proof  of  financial  responsibility  and who has not
19        deposited the security or proof;
20             8.  To any person when the Secretary  of  State  has
21        good  cause  to  believe  that  the  person  by reason of
22        physical or mental disability would not be able to safely
23        operate a motor vehicle upon  the  highways,  unless  the
24        person shall furnish to the Secretary of State a verified
25        written  statement, acceptable to the Secretary of State,
26        from a competent medical specialist to  the  effect  that
27        the  operation of a motor vehicle by the person would not
28        be inimical to the public safety;
29             9.  To any person, as a driver, who is 69  years  of
30        age or older, unless the person has successfully complied
31        with the provisions of Section 6-109;
32             10.  To  any  person  convicted, within 12 months of
33        application for a license, of any of the sexual  offenses
34        enumerated  in  paragraph  2 of subsection (b) of Section
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 1        6-205;
 2             11.  To any person who is under the age of 21  years
 3        with  a  classification  prohibited  in  paragraph (b) of
 4        Section 6-104 and to any person who is under the  age  of
 5        18  years  with  a classification prohibited in paragraph
 6        (c) of Section 6-104; or
 7             12.  To any person who has been either convicted  of
 8        or adjudicated under the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 based
 9        upon  a  violation  of  the  Cannabis  Control Act or the
10        Illinois Controlled Substances Act while that person  was
11        in  actual  physical  control  of  a  motor vehicle.  For
12        purposes of this Section, any person placed on  probation
13        under  Section  10 of the Cannabis Control Act or Section
14        410 of the Illinois Controlled Substances Act  shall  not
15        be  considered convicted. Any person found guilty of this
16        offense, while in actual  physical  control  of  a  motor
17        vehicle,  shall have an entry made in the court record by
18        the judge that this offense did occur  while  the  person
19        was  in  actual  physical  control of a motor vehicle and
20        order the clerk of the court to report the  violation  to
21        the  Secretary  of State as such.  The Secretary of State
22        shall not issue a new license or permit for a  period  of
23        one year; or.
24             13.  To  any  person  who  is  delinquent  in  court
25        ordered child support payments or has been adjudicated in
26        arrears  and  who has been found in contempt of court for
27        failure to pay the support.
28        The  Secretary  of  State  shall  retain  all  conviction
29    information, if  the  information  is  required  to  be  held
30    confidential under the Juvenile Court Act of 1987.
31    (Source: P.A. 87-1114; 88-212.)

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