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90_SB0113enr

      625 ILCS 5/6-303          from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 6-303
      625 ILCS 5/11-501         from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-501
          Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code to provide that for  any
      prosecution   for  violating  aggravated  driving  under  the
      influence of alcohol or drugs provisions or driving  while  a
      license,  permit,  or  privilege  to  operate  a  vehicle  is
      suspended  or  revoked  provisions,  a  certified copy of the
      driving abstract of the defendant shall be admitted as  proof
      of any prior conviction. Effective immediately.
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 1        AN  ACT  to  amend  the Illinois Vehicle Code by changing
 2    Sections 2-123, 6-303, and 11-501.
 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 2-123, 6-303, and 11-501 as follows:
 7        (625 ILCS 5/2-123) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 2-123)
 8        Sec. 2-123.  Sale and Distribution of Information.
 9        (a)  Except as otherwise provided in  this  Section,  the
10    Secretary  may  make  the driver's license, vehicle and title
11    registration lists, in part or in whole, and any  statistical
12    information  derived  from  these  lists  available  to local
13    governments,  elected  state  officials,  state   educational
14    institutions,  public  libraries  and  all other governmental
15    units of the State and Federal Government requesting them for
16    governmental purposes. The Secretary shall require  any  such
17    applicant  for  services  to  pay for the costs of furnishing
18    such services and the use of the equipment involved,  and  in
19    addition is empowered to establish prices and charges for the
20    services  so  furnished  and  for  the  use of the electronic
21    equipment utilized.
22        (b)  The Secretary is further empowered to and he may, in
23    his discretion, furnish to any applicant, other  than  listed
24    in  subsection (a) of this Section, vehicle or driver data on
25    a computer tape, disk, or printout at a fixed fee of $200  in
26    advance  and require in addition a further sufficient deposit
27    based upon the Secretary of State's  estimate  of  the  total
28    cost  of  the  information  requested and a charge of $20 per
29    1,000 units or part thereof identified or  the  actual  cost,
30    whichever  is  greater. The Secretary is authorized to refund
31    any difference between the additional deposit and the  actual
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 1    cost of the request.  This service shall not be in lieu of an
 2    abstract  of a driver's record nor of a title or registration
 3    search.  The information sold  pursuant  to  this  subsection
 4    shall  be  the  entire  vehicle  or driver data list, or part
 5    thereof.
 6        (c)  Secretary of State  may  issue  registration  lists.
 7    The  Secretary  of  State shall compile and publish, at least
 8    annually, a list of all registered vehicles.   Each  list  of
 9    registered  vehicles  shall be arranged serially according to
10    the registration numbers assigned to registered vehicles  and
11    shall   contain  in  addition  the  names  and  addresses  of
12    registered owners and a brief  description  of  each  vehicle
13    including  the  serial  or  other identifying number thereof.
14    Such compilation may be in such form as in the discretion  of
15    the  Secretary  of  State  may  seem  best  for  the purposes
16    intended.
17        (d)  The Secretary of State shall furnish no more than  2
18    current available lists of such registrations to the sheriffs
19    of all counties and to the chiefs of police of all cities and
20    villages and towns of 2,000 population and over in this State
21    at no cost.  Additional copies may be purchased at the fee of
22    $400  each or at the cost of producing the list as determined
23    by the Secretary of State.
24        (e)  The Secretary of State shall  upon  written  request
25    and  the  payment  of  the  fee  of  $400 furnish the current
26    available list of such motor  vehicle  registrations  to  any
27    person  so long as the supply of available registration lists
28    shall last.
29        (e-1)  Commercial purchasers of driver and vehicle record
30    databases shall enter  into  a  written  agreement  with  the
31    Secretary of State that includes disclosure of the commercial
32    use  of  the  intended  purchase.   Affected drivers, vehicle
33    owners, or registrants  may  request  that  their  personally
34    identifiable   information   not   be   used  for  commercial
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 1    solicitation purposes.
 2        (f)  Title  or  registration  search  and   certification
 3    thereof  -  Fee. The Secretary of State shall make a title or
 4    registration search of  the  records  of  his  office  and  a
 5    written  report  on  the  same  for  any person, upon written
 6    application of such person, accompanied by a fee  of  $4  for
 7    each  registration  or title search.  No fee shall be charged
 8    for a title or registration search, or for the  certification
 9    thereof requested by a government agency.
10        The   Secretary   of  State  shall  certify  a  title  or
11    registration  record  upon  written  request.  The  fee   for
12    certification shall be $4 in addition to the fee required for
13    a  title  or registration search. Certification shall be made
14    under the signature of the Secretary of State  and  shall  be
15    authenticated by Seal of the Secretary of State.
16        The  Secretary  of  State may notify the vehicle owner or
17    registrant of the  request  for  purchase  of  his  title  or
18    registration information as the Secretary deems appropriate.
19        The  vehicle  owner  or  registrant residence address and
20    other personally identifiable information on the record shall
21    not be disclosed.  This  nondisclosure  shall  not  apply  to
22    requests   made  by  law  enforcement  officials,  government
23    agencies,  financial   institutions,   attorneys,   insurers,
24    employers,  automobile  associated businesses, other business
25    entities for purposes consistent with  the  Illinois  Vehicle
26    Code,  the  vehicle owner or registrant, or other entities as
27    the Secretary  may  exempt  by  rule  and  regulation.   This
28    information  may  be withheld from the entities listed above,
29    except  law  enforcement   and   government   agencies   upon
30    presentation  of  a  valid  court order of protection for the
31    duration of the order.
32        No information shall be released to the  requestor  until
33    expiration  of a 10 day period.  This 10 day period shall not
34    apply to requests for information  made  by  law  enforcement
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 1    officials,   government   agencies,  financial  institutions,
 2    attorneys,   insurers,   employers,   automobile   associated
 3    businesses, persons licensed as a private detective or  firms
 4    licensed  as  a  private  detective  agency under the Private
 5    Detective, Private Alarm, and Private Security Act  of  1983,
 6    who   are  employed  by  or  are  acting  on  behalf  of  law
 7    enforcement   officials,   government   agencies,   financial
 8    institutions,  attorneys,  insurers,  employers,   automobile
 9    associated   businesses,  and  other  business  entities  for
10    purposes consistent  with  the  Illinois  Vehicle  Code,  the
11    vehicle   owner  or  registrant  or  other  entities  as  the
12    Secretary may exempt by rule and regulation.
13        Any misrepresentation made by a  requestor  of  title  or
14    vehicle  information  shall be punishable as a petty offense,
15    except in the case of persons licensed as a private detective
16    or firms licensed as a private detective agency  which  shall
17    be  subject  to disciplinary sanctions under Section 22 or 25
18    of the Private Detective, Private Alarm, and Private Security
19    Act of 1983.
20        (g) 1.  The Secretary of State may,  upon  receipt  of  a
21        written request and a fee of $5, furnish to the person or
22        agency  so  requesting  a driver's record.  Such document
23        may  include  a  record  of:  current  driver's   license
24        issuance  information,  except  that  the  information on
25        judicial driving  permits  shall  be  available  only  as
26        otherwise  provided  by  this  Code;  convictions; orders
27        entered revoking, suspending  or  cancelling  a  driver's
28        license   or   privilege;   and   notations  of  accident
29        involvement.  All  other  information,  unless  otherwise
30        permitted by this Code, shall remain confidential.
31             2.  The  Secretary  of State may certify an abstract
32        of a  driver's  record  upon  written  request  therefor.
33        Such  certification  shall be made under the signature of
34        the Secretary of State and shall be authenticated by  the
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 1        Seal of his office.
 2             3.  All  requests  for  driving  record  information
 3        shall be made in a manner prescribed by the Secretary.
 4             The  Secretary  of  State  may  notify  the affected
 5        driver of the request for purchase of his driver's record
 6        as the Secretary deems appropriate.
 7             The affected  driver  residence  address  and  other
 8        personally  identifiable  information on the record shall
 9        not be disclosed.  This nondisclosure shall not apply  to
10        requests  made  by  law enforcement officials, government
11        agencies, financial  institutions,  attorneys,  insurers,
12        employers,   automobile   associated   businesses,  other
13        business  entities  for  purposes  consistent  with   the
14        Illinois  Vehicle  Code,  the  affected  driver, or other
15        entities  as  the  Secretary  may  exempt  by  rule   and
16        regulation.   This  information  may be withheld from the
17        entities  listed  above,  except  law   enforcement   and
18        government  agencies,  upon presentation of a valid court
19        order of protection for the duration of the order.
20             No information shall be released  to  the  requester
21        until  expiration of a 10 day period.  This 10 day period
22        shall not apply to requests for information made  by  law
23        enforcement  officials,  government  agencies,  financial
24        institutions,  attorneys, insurers, employers, automobile
25        associated businesses,  persons  licensed  as  a  private
26        detective or firms licensed as a private detective agency
27        under  the  Private Detective, Private Alarm, and Private
28        Security Act of 1983, who are employed by or  are  acting
29        on   behalf  of  law  enforcement  officials,  government
30        agencies, financial  institutions,  attorneys,  insurers,
31        employers,  automobile  associated  businesses, and other
32        business  entities  for  purposes  consistent  with   the
33        Illinois  Vehicle  Code,  the  affected  driver  or other
34        entities  as  the  Secretary  may  exempt  by  rule   and
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 1        regulation.
 2             Any  misrepresentation made by a requestor of driver
 3        information shall  be  punishable  as  a  petty  offense,
 4        except  in  the  case  of  persons  licensed as a private
 5        detective or firms licensed as a private detective agency
 6        which shall be subject to  disciplinary  sanctions  under
 7        Section 22 or 25 of the Private Detective, Private Alarm,
 8        and Private Security Act of 1983.
 9             4.  The  Secretary of State may furnish without fee,
10        upon the written request of a law enforcement agency, any
11        information from a  driver's  record  on  file  with  the
12        Secretary  of  State when such information is required in
13        the enforcement of this Code or any other law relating to
14        the operation of motor  vehicles,  including  records  of
15        dispositions; documented information involving the use of
16        a   motor   vehicle;  whether  such  individual  has,  or
17        previously had, a driver's license; and the  address  and
18        personal   description  as  reflected  on  said  driver's
19        record.
20             5.  Except as otherwise provided  in  this  Section,
21        the   Secretary   of  State  may  furnish,  without  fee,
22        information from an individual driver's record  on  file,
23        if  a written request therefor is submitted by any public
24        transit  system  or  authority,  public   defender,   law
25        enforcement  agency,  a  state  or  federal agency, or an
26        Illinois  local  intergovernmental  association,  if  the
27        request is for the  purpose  of  a  background  check  of
28        applicants  for employment with the requesting agency, or
29        for the purpose of an official investigation conducted by
30        the agency, or to determine a  current  address  for  the
31        driver  so  public  funds can be recovered or paid to the
32        driver, or for any other lawful purpose.
33             The Secretary may also furnish the courts a copy  of
34        an abstract of a driver's record, without fee, subsequent
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 1        to  an  arrest  for  a  violation  of Section 11-501 or a
 2        similar provision of a local  ordinance.   Such  abstract
 3        may   include   records   of   dispositions;   documented
 4        information  involving  the  use  of  a  motor vehicle as
 5        contained in the current file;  whether  such  individual
 6        has,  or  previously  had,  a  driver's  license; and the
 7        address and personal description  as  reflected  on  said
 8        driver's record.
 9             6.  Any  certified  abstract issued by the Secretary
10        of State or transmitted electronically by  the  Secretary
11        of  State  pursuant  to  this  Section,  to a court or on
12        request of a law enforcement agency, for the record of  a
13        named  person  as  to the status of the person's driver's
14        license shall  be  prima  facie  evidence  of  the  facts
15        therein stated and if the name appearing in such abstract
16        is  the  same as that of a person named in an information
17        or warrant, such abstract shall be prima  facie  evidence
18        that  the  person named in such information or warrant is
19        the same person as the person named in such abstract  and
20        shall  be  admissible for any prosecution under this Code
21        and be admitted as proof of any prior conviction or proof
22        of records, notices, or  orders  recorded  on  individual
23        driving records maintained by the Secretary of State.
24             7.  Subject  to  any  restrictions  contained in the
25        Juvenile Court Act of 1987, and upon receipt of a  proper
26        request  and  a  fee  of $5, the Secretary of State shall
27        provide a driver's record to the affected driver, or  the
28        affected  driver's  attorney,  upon  verification.   Such
29        record  shall  contain all the information referred to in
30        paragraph 1 of this subsection  (g)  plus:  any  recorded
31        accident  involvement  as  a driver; information recorded
32        pursuant to subsection (e) of Section 6-117 and paragraph
33        4 of subsection (a) of Section 6-204 of this  Code.   All
34        other  information,  unless  otherwise  permitted by this
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 1        Code, shall remain confidential.
 2        (h)  The Secretary shall  not  disclose  social  security
 3    numbers  except pursuant to a written request by, or with the
 4    prior written consent  of,  the  individual  except  to:  (1)
 5    officers  and  employees  of the Secretary who have a need to
 6    know the social security  numbers  in  performance  of  their
 7    official  duties, (2) law enforcement officials for a lawful,
 8    civil or criminal law enforcement investigation, and  if  the
 9    head of the law enforcement agency has made a written request
10    to the Secretary specifying the law enforcement investigation
11    for  which  the social security numbers are being sought, (3)
12    the United States Department of Transportation, or any  other
13    State,  pursuant to the administration and enforcement of the
14    Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1986, (4)  pursuant to
15    the order of a court of competent jurisdiction,  or  (5)  the
16    Department of Public Aid for utilization in the child support
17    enforcement   duties   assigned   to  that  Department  under
18    provisions of the Public Aid Code after  the  individual  has
19    received    advanced    meaningful   notification   of   what
20    redisclosure is sought by the Secretary  in  accordance  with
21    the federal Privacy Act; provided, the redisclosure shall not
22    be authorized by the Secretary prior to September 30, 1992.
23        (i)  The  Secretary  of  State is empowered to promulgate
24    rules and regulations to effectuate this Section.
25        (j)  Medical statements or medical  reports  received  in
26    the  Secretary  of  State's Office shall be confidential.  No
27    confidential information may be open to public inspection  or
28    the   contents  disclosed  to  anyone,  except  officers  and
29    employees of the Secretary  who  have  a  need  to  know  the
30    information  contained  in the medical reports and the Driver
31    License Medical Advisory Board,  unless  so  directed  by  an
32    order of a court of competent jurisdiction.
33        (k)  All  fees collected under this Section shall be paid
34    into the Road Fund of the State Treasury, except that  $3  of
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 1    the  $5  fee  for  a  driver's  record shall be paid into the
 2    Secretary of State Special Services Fund.
 3        (l)  The   Secretary   of   State   shall   report    his
 4    recommendations  to  the General Assembly by January 1, 1993,
 5    regarding the  sale  and  dissemination  of  the  information
 6    maintained  by  the Secretary, including the sale of lists of
 7    driver and vehicle records.
 8    (Source: P.A. 88-208; 88-363; 88-670, eff.  12-2-94;  89-503,
 9    eff. 7-1-96.)
10        (625 ILCS 5/6-303) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 6-303)
11        Sec.  6-303.  Driving  while  driver's license, permit or
12    privilege to operate a motor vehicle is suspended or revoked.
13        (a)  Any person who  drives  or  is  in  actual  physical
14    control  of a motor vehicle on any highway of this State at a
15    time when such person's driver's license, permit or privilege
16    to do so or the privilege to obtain  a  driver's  license  or
17    permit  is  revoked  or suspended as provided by this Code or
18    the law of another  state,  except  as  may  be  specifically
19    allowed  by  a  judicial  driving  permit,  family  financial
20    responsibility driving permit, probationary license to drive,
21    or  a  restricted driving permit issued pursuant to this Code
22    or under the law of another state, shall be guilty of a Class
23    A misdemeanor.
24        (b)  The Secretary of State upon receiving  a  report  of
25    the  conviction  of  any  violation  indicating  a person was
26    operating a motor vehicle during the time when said  person's
27    driver's  license,  permit  or privilege was suspended by the
28    Secretary, by the appropriate authority of another state,  or
29    pursuant  to  Section 11-501.1; except as may be specifically
30    allowed by a probationary license to drive, judicial  driving
31    permit  or  restricted driving permit issued pursuant to this
32    Code or the law of another state; shall extend the suspension
33    for the  same  period  of  time  as  the  originally  imposed
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 1    suspension;  however,  if  the  period of suspension has then
 2    expired, the Secretary shall be authorized  to  suspend  said
 3    person's  driving  privileges  for the same period of time as
 4    the originally imposed suspension; and if the conviction  was
 5    upon  a  charge  which  indicated that a vehicle was operated
 6    during the time when the person's driver's license, permit or
 7    privilege  was  revoked;  except  as  may  be  allowed  by  a
 8    restricted driving permit issued pursuant to this Code or the
 9    law of  another  state;  the  Secretary  shall  not  issue  a
10    driver's  license  for  an additional period of one year from
11    the date  of  such  conviction  indicating  such  person  was
12    operating a vehicle during such period of revocation.
13        (c)  Any person convicted of violating this Section shall
14    serve a minimum term of imprisonment of 7 consecutive days or
15    30  days  of  community  service  when  the  person's driving
16    privilege was revoked or suspended as a result of:
17             (1)  a violation of Section 11-501 of this Code or a
18        similar provision of a local ordinance  relating  to  the
19        offense  of  operating  or being in physical control of a
20        vehicle while under the influence of alcohol,  any  other
21        drug or any combination thereof; or
22             (2)  a  violation of paragraph (b) of Section 11-401
23        of this Code or a similar provision of a local  ordinance
24        relating  to  the offense of leaving the scene of a motor
25        vehicle accident involving personal injury or death; or
26             (3)  a violation of Section 9-3 of the Criminal Code
27        of 1961, as amended, relating to the offense of  reckless
28        homicide; or
29             (4)  a  statutory  summary  suspension under Section
30        11-501.1 of this Code.
31        Such sentence of imprisonment or community service  shall
32    not  be  subject  to  suspension  in  order  to  reduce  such
33    sentence.
34        (d)  Any  person  convicted  of  a  second  or subsequent
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 1    violation of this Section shall be guilty of a Class 4 felony
 2    if the original revocation or suspension was for a  violation
 3    of  Section  11-401  or  11-501  of  this  Code, or a similar
 4    out-of-state offense, or  a  similar  provision  of  a  local
 5    ordinance, a violation of Section 9-3 of the Criminal Code of
 6    1961,  relating  to  the  offense  of reckless homicide, or a
 7    similar  out-of-state  offense,  or   a   statutory   summary
 8    suspension  under  Section  11-501.1  of  this  Code. For any
 9    prosecution under this  Section,  a  certified  copy  of  the
10    driving  abstract of the defendant shall be admitted as proof
11    of any prior conviction.
12        (e)  Any person in violation of this Section who is  also
13    in  violation  of  Section  7-601  of  this  Code relating to
14    mandatory  insurance  requirements,  in  addition  to   other
15    penalties  imposed  under this Section, shall have his or her
16    motor vehicle immediately  impounded  by  the  arresting  law
17    enforcement  officer.    The motor vehicle may be released to
18    any licensed driver upon a showing of proof of insurance  for
19    the  vehicle  that  was  impounded  and the notarized written
20    consent for the release by the vehicle owner.
21    (Source:  P.A.  88-383;  88-680,  eff.  1-1-95;  89-8,   eff.
22    3-21-95;  89-92,  eff.  7-1-96;  89-159, eff. 1-1-96; 89-626,
23    eff. 8-9-96.)
24        (625 ILCS 5/11-501) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-501)
25        (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 89-507)
26        Sec.  11-501.   Driving  while  under  the  influence  of
27    alcohol, other drug, or combination of both.
28        (a)  A person shall not drive or be  in  actual  physical
29    control of any vehicle within this State while:
30             (1)  the alcohol concentration in the person's blood
31        or  breath  is  0.10  or  more based on the definition of
32        blood and breath units in Section 11-501.2;
33             (2)  under the influence of alcohol;
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 1             (3)  under  the  influence  of  any  other  drug  or
 2        combination of drugs to a degree that renders the  person
 3        incapable of safely driving;
 4             (4)  under the combined influence of alcohol and any
 5        other  drug  or drugs to a degree that renders the person
 6        incapable of safely driving; or
 7             (5)  there is any amount of a  drug,  substance,  or
 8        compound  in  the  person's blood or urine resulting from
 9        the unlawful use or consumption of cannabis listed in the
10        Cannabis Control Act, or a controlled substance listed in
11        the Illinois Controlled Substances Act.
12        (b)  The fact that any person charged with violating this
13    Section is or has been legally entitled to  use  alcohol,  or
14    other   drugs,   or  any  combination  of  both,   shall  not
15    constitute a defense against any  charge  of  violating  this
16    Section.
17        (c)  Except as provided under paragraphs (c-3) and (d) of
18    this  Section,  every  person  convicted  of  violating  this
19    Section or a similar provision of a local ordinance, shall be
20    guilty of a Class A misdemeanor and, in addition to any other
21    criminal  or administrative action, for any second conviction
22    of violating this Section or a similar provision of a law  of
23    another  state or local ordinance committed within 5 years of
24    a previous violation of this Section or a  similar  provision
25    of  a  local  ordinance  shall  be mandatorily sentenced to a
26    minimum of 48 consecutive hours of imprisonment  or  assigned
27    to  a  minimum  of  100  hours of community service as may be
28    determined by the court.  Every person convicted of violating
29    this Section or a similar  provision  of  a  local  ordinance
30    shall  be  subject  to a mandatory minimum fine of $500 and a
31    mandatory 5 days of community service in a program benefiting
32    children if the person committed a violation of paragraph (a)
33    or  a  similar  provision  of   a   local   ordinance   while
34    transporting a person under age 16.  Every person convicted a
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 1    second time for violating this Section or a similar provision
 2    of  a  local ordinance within 5 years of a previous violation
 3    of this Section or a similar provision of a  law  of  another
 4    state  or  local  ordinance  shall  be subject to a mandatory
 5    minimum fine of $500  and  10  days  of  mandatory  community
 6    service  in  a  program  benefiting  children  if the current
 7    offense was committed while transporting a person  under  age
 8    16.   The  imprisonment  or  assignment under this subsection
 9    shall not be subject to suspension nor shall  the  person  be
10    eligible  for  probation  in  order to reduce the sentence or
11    assignment.
12        (c-1)  A person who violates this Section during a period
13    in which  his  or  her  driving  privileges  are  revoked  or
14    suspended,  where  the  revocation  or  suspension  was for a
15    violation of this Section or Section 11-501.1  shall,  unless
16    sentenced  to a  term of imprisonment in the penitentiary, in
17    addition to any other criminal or administrative  action,  be
18    sentenced  to  a  minimum  term  of  30  consecutive  days of
19    imprisonment, 40 days of 24 hour periodic imprisonment or 720
20    hours of community service,  as  may  be  determined  by  the
21    court.   This  mandatory  minimum  term  of  imprisonment  or
22    assignment  of  community  service shall not be suspended and
23    shall not be subject to reduction by the court.
24        (c-2)  (Blank).
25        (c-3)  Every person convicted of violating  this  Section
26    or  a  similar provision of a local ordinance who had a child
27    under age 16 in the vehicle at the time of the offense  shall
28    have  his or her punishment under this Act enhanced by 2 days
29    of imprisonment for a first offense, 10 days of  imprisonment
30    for  a  second  offense,  30 days of imprisonment for a third
31    offense,  and  90  days  of  imprisonment  for  a  fourth  or
32    subsequent offense, in addition to  the  fine  and  community
33    service  required  under  subsection  (c)  and  the  possible
34    imprisonment required under subsection (d).  The imprisonment
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 1    or  assignment  under this subsection shall not be subject to
 2    suspension nor shall the person be eligible for probation  in
 3    order to reduce the sentence or assignment.
 4        (d) (1)  Every person convicted of committing a violation
 5    of  this  Section shall be guilty of aggravated driving under
 6    the influence of alcohol or drugs or a  combination  of  both
 7    if:
 8             (A)  the   person  committed  a  violation  of  this
 9        Section, or a similar provision of a law of another state
10        or a local ordinance when the cause of action is the same
11        as or substantially similar  to  this  Section,  for  the
12        third or subsequent time;
13             (B)  the  person  committed a violation of paragraph
14        (a) while driving a school bus with children on board;
15             (C)  the  person  in  committing  a   violation   of
16        paragraph  (a)  was  involved in a motor vehicle accident
17        that  resulted  in  great  bodily   harm   or   permanent
18        disability   or   disfigurement   to  another,  when  the
19        violation was a proximate cause of the injuries; or
20             (D)  the person committed a violation  of  paragraph
21        (a)  for  a second time and has been previously convicted
22        of violating Section 9-3 of the  Criminal  Code  of  1961
23        relating  to  reckless  homicide  in which the person was
24        determined to have been under the influence of alcohol or
25        any other drug or drugs as an element of the  offense  or
26        the   person   has   previously   been   convicted  under
27        subparagraph (C) of this paragraph (1).
28        (2)  Aggravated driving under the influence of alcohol or
29    drugs or a combination of both is a Class 4 felony for  which
30    a  person,  if  sentenced to a term of imprisonment, shall be
31    sentenced to not less than one year and not more than 3 years
32    for a violation of subparagraph (A), (B) or (D) of  paragraph
33    (1) of this subsection (d) and not less than one year and not
34    more  than  12  years  for a violation of subparagraph (C) of
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 1    paragraph (1) of this subsection  (d).  For  any  prosecution
 2    under  this  subsection  (d), a certified copy of the driving
 3    abstract of the defendant shall be admitted as proof  of  any
 4    prior conviction.
 5        (e)  After  a  finding  of  guilt  and prior to any final
 6    sentencing, or an order for supervision, for an offense based
 7    upon an arrest for a violation of this Section or  a  similar
 8    provision of a local ordinance, individuals shall be required
 9    to  undergo  a  professional  evaluation  to  determine if an
10    alcohol or other drug abuse problem exists and the extent  of
11    the  problem.  Programs conducting these evaluations shall be
12    licensed by the Department of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse.
13    The cost of any professional evaluation shall be paid for  by
14    the   individual   required   to   undergo  the  professional
15    evaluation.
16        (f)  Every person found guilty of violating this Section,
17    whose operation of a motor vehicle while in violation of this
18    Section proximately  caused  any  incident  resulting  in  an
19    appropriate  emergency  response,  shall  be  liable  for the
20    expense of an emergency response as  provided  under  Section
21    5-5-3 of the Unified Code of Corrections.
22        (g)  The  Secretary  of  State  shall  revoke the driving
23    privileges of any person convicted under this  Section  or  a
24    similar provision of a local ordinance.
25        (h)  Every  person sentenced under subsection (d) of this
26    Section and who receives a term of probation  or  conditional
27    discharge shall be required to serve a minimum term of either
28    30  days  community  service  or,  beginning July 1, 1993, 48
29    consecutive hours of  imprisonment  as  a  condition  of  the
30    probation  or  conditional discharge.  This mandatory minimum
31    term of imprisonment or assignment of community service shall
32    not be suspended and shall not be subject to reduction by the
33    court.
34        (i)  The Secretary  of  State  shall  establish  a  pilot
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 1    program  to  test  the  effectiveness  of  ignition interlock
 2    device requirements upon individuals who have  been  arrested
 3    for  a  second  or  subsequent  offense of this Section.  The
 4    Secretary  shall  establish  by  rule  and   regulation   the
 5    population and procedures for use of the interlock system.
 6    (Source: P.A.  88-45;  88-238;  88-433; 88-670, eff. 12-2-94;
 7    88-680, eff. 1-1-95; 89-8, eff. 3-21-95; 89-156, eff. 1-1-96;
 8    89-203, eff. 7-21-95; 89-626, eff. 8-9-96.)
 9        (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 89-507)
10        Sec.  11-501.   Driving  while  under  the  influence  of
11    alcohol, other drug, or combination of both.
12        (a)  A person shall not drive or be  in  actual  physical
13    control of any vehicle within this State while:
14             (1)  the alcohol concentration in the person's blood
15        or  breath  is  0.10  or  more based on the definition of
16        blood and breath units in Section 11-501.2;
17             (2)  under the influence of alcohol;
18             (3)  under  the  influence  of  any  other  drug  or
19        combination of drugs to a degree that renders the  person
20        incapable of safely driving;
21             (4)  under the combined influence of alcohol and any
22        other  drug  or drugs to a degree that renders the person
23        incapable of safely driving; or
24             (5)  there is any amount of a  drug,  substance,  or
25        compound  in  the  person's blood or urine resulting from
26        the unlawful use or consumption of cannabis listed in the
27        Cannabis Control Act, or a controlled substance listed in
28        the Illinois Controlled Substances Act.
29        (b)  The fact that any person charged with violating this
30    Section is or has been legally entitled to  use  alcohol,  or
31    other   drugs,   or  any  combination  of  both,   shall  not
32    constitute a defense against any  charge  of  violating  this
33    Section.
34        (c)  Except as provided under paragraphs (c-3) and (d) of
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 1    this  Section,  every  person  convicted  of  violating  this
 2    Section or a similar provision of a local ordinance, shall be
 3    guilty of a Class A misdemeanor and, in addition to any other
 4    criminal  or administrative action, for any second conviction
 5    of violating this Section or a similar provision of a law  of
 6    another  state or local ordinance committed within 5 years of
 7    a previous violation of this Section or a  similar  provision
 8    of  a  local  ordinance  shall  be mandatorily sentenced to a
 9    minimum of 48 consecutive hours of imprisonment  or  assigned
10    to  a  minimum  of  100  hours of community service as may be
11    determined by the court.  Every person convicted of violating
12    this Section or a similar  provision  of  a  local  ordinance
13    shall  be  subject  to a mandatory minimum fine of $500 and a
14    mandatory 5 days of community service in a program benefiting
15    children if the person committed a violation of paragraph (a)
16    or  a  similar  provision  of   a   local   ordinance   while
17    transporting a person under age 16.  Every person convicted a
18    second time for violating this Section or a similar provision
19    of  a  local ordinance within 5 years of a previous violation
20    of this Section or a similar provision of a  law  of  another
21    state  or  local  ordinance  shall  be subject to a mandatory
22    minimum fine of $500  and  10  days  of  mandatory  community
23    service  in  a  program  benefiting  children  if the current
24    offense was committed while transporting a person  under  age
25    16.   The  imprisonment  or  assignment under this subsection
26    shall not be subject to suspension nor shall  the  person  be
27    eligible  for  probation  in  order to reduce the sentence or
28    assignment.
29        (c-1)  A person who violates this Section during a period
30    in which  his  or  her  driving  privileges  are  revoked  or
31    suspended,  where  the  revocation  or  suspension  was for a
32    violation of this Section or Section 11-501.1  shall,  unless
33    sentenced  to a  term of imprisonment in the penitentiary, in
34    addition to any other criminal or administrative  action,  be
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 1    sentenced  to  a  minimum  term  of  30  consecutive  days of
 2    imprisonment, 40 days of 24 hour periodic imprisonment or 720
 3    hours of community service,  as  may  be  determined  by  the
 4    court.   This  mandatory  minimum  term  of  imprisonment  or
 5    assignment  of  community  service shall not be suspended and
 6    shall not be subject to reduction by the court.
 7        (c-2)  (Blank).
 8        (c-3)  Every person convicted of violating  this  Section
 9    or  a  similar provision of a local ordinance who had a child
10    under age 16 in the vehicle at the time of the offense  shall
11    have  his or her punishment under this Act enhanced by 2 days
12    of imprisonment for a first offense, 10 days of  imprisonment
13    for  a  second  offense,  30 days of imprisonment for a third
14    offense,  and  90  days  of  imprisonment  for  a  fourth  or
15    subsequent offense, in addition to  the  fine  and  community
16    service  required  under  subsection  (c)  and  the  possible
17    imprisonment required under subsection (d).  The imprisonment
18    or  assignment  under this subsection shall not be subject to
19    suspension nor shall the person be eligible for probation  in
20    order to reduce the sentence or assignment.
21        (d) (1)  Every person convicted of committing a violation
22    of  this  Section shall be guilty of aggravated driving under
23    the influence of alcohol or drugs or a  combination  of  both
24    if:
25             (A)  the   person  committed  a  violation  of  this
26        Section, or a similar provision of a law of another state
27        or a local ordinance when the cause of action is the same
28        as or substantially similar  to  this  Section,  for  the
29        third or subsequent time;
30             (B)  the  person  committed a violation of paragraph
31        (a) while driving a school bus with children on board;
32             (C)  the  person  in  committing  a   violation   of
33        paragraph  (a)  was  involved in a motor vehicle accident
34        that  resulted  in  great  bodily   harm   or   permanent
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 1        disability   or   disfigurement   to  another,  when  the
 2        violation was a proximate cause of the injuries; or
 3             (D)  the person committed a violation  of  paragraph
 4        (a)  for  a second time and has been previously convicted
 5        of violating Section 9-3 of the  Criminal  Code  of  1961
 6        relating  to  reckless  homicide  in which the person was
 7        determined to have been under the influence of alcohol or
 8        any other drug or drugs as an element of the  offense  or
 9        the   person   has   previously   been   convicted  under
10        subparagraph (C) of this paragraph (1).
11        (2)  Aggravated driving under the influence of alcohol or
12    drugs or a combination of both is a Class 4 felony for  which
13    a  person,  if  sentenced to a term of imprisonment, shall be
14    sentenced to not less than one year and not more than 3 years
15    for a violation of subparagraph (A), (B) or (D) of  paragraph
16    (1) of this subsection (d) and not less than one year and not
17    more  than  12  years  for a violation of subparagraph (C) of
18    paragraph (1) of this subsection  (d).  For  any  prosecution
19    under  this  subsection  (d), a certified copy of the driving
20    abstract of the defendant shall be admitted as proof  of  any
21    prior conviction.
22        (e)  After  a  finding  of  guilt  and prior to any final
23    sentencing, or an order for supervision, for an offense based
24    upon an arrest for a violation of this Section or  a  similar
25    provision of a local ordinance, individuals shall be required
26    to  undergo  a  professional  evaluation  to  determine if an
27    alcohol or other drug abuse problem exists and the extent  of
28    the  problem.  Programs conducting these evaluations shall be
29    licensed by the Department of Human Services.   The  cost  of
30    any   professional  evaluation  shall  be  paid  for  by  the
31    individual required to undergo the professional evaluation.
32        (f)  Every person found guilty of violating this Section,
33    whose operation of a motor vehicle while in violation of this
34    Section proximately  caused  any  incident  resulting  in  an
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 1    appropriate  emergency  response,  shall  be  liable  for the
 2    expense of an emergency response as  provided  under  Section
 3    5-5-3 of the Unified Code of Corrections.
 4        (g)  The  Secretary  of  State  shall  revoke the driving
 5    privileges of any person convicted under this  Section  or  a
 6    similar provision of a local ordinance.
 7        (h)  Every  person sentenced under subsection (d) of this
 8    Section and who receives a term of probation  or  conditional
 9    discharge shall be required to serve a minimum term of either
10    30  days  community  service  or,  beginning July 1, 1993, 48
11    consecutive hours of  imprisonment  as  a  condition  of  the
12    probation  or  conditional discharge.  This mandatory minimum
13    term of imprisonment or assignment of community service shall
14    not be suspended and shall not be subject to reduction by the
15    court.
16        (i)  The Secretary  of  State  shall  establish  a  pilot
17    program  to  test  the  effectiveness  of  ignition interlock
18    device requirements upon individuals who have  been  arrested
19    for  a  second  or  subsequent  offense of this Section.  The
20    Secretary  shall  establish  by  rule  and   regulation   the
21    population and procedures for use of the interlock system.
22    (Source: P.A.  88-45;  88-238;  88-433; 88-670, eff. 12-2-94;
23    88-680, eff. 1-1-95; 89-8, eff. 3-21-95; 89-156, eff. 1-1-96;
24    89-203, eff.  7-21-95;  89-507,  eff.  7-1-97;  89-626,  eff.
25    8-9-96.)
26        Section  95.   No  acceleration or delay.  Where this Act
27    makes changes in a statute that is represented in this Act by
28    text that is not yet or no longer in effect (for  example,  a
29    Section  represented  by  multiple versions), the use of that
30    text does not accelerate or delay the taking  effect  of  (i)
31    the  changes made by this Act or (ii) provisions derived from
32    any other Public Act.
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 1        Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect  upon
 2    becoming law.

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