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92_HB5242
LRB9211452DHgc
1 AN ACT in relation to vehicles.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by
5 changing Section 11-500 as follows:
6 (625 ILCS 5/11-500) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-500)
7 Sec. 11-500. Definitions. For the purposes of
8 interpreting Sections 6-206.1 and 6-208.1 of this Code,
9 "first offender" means shall mean any person who has not had
10 a previous conviction or court assigned supervision for
11 violating Section 11-501, or a similar provision of a local
12 ordinance, or a conviction in any other state for a violation
13 of driving while under the influence or a similar offense
14 where the cause of action is the same or substantially
15 similar to this Code or any person who has not had a driver's
16 license suspension for violating Section 11-501.1 within 5
17 years prior to the date of the current offense, except in
18 cases where the driver submitted to chemical testing
19 resulting in an alcohol concentration of 0.08 or more, or any
20 amount of a drug, substance, or compound in such person's
21 blood or urine resulting from the unlawful use or consumption
22 of cannabis listed in the Cannabis Control Act, a controlled
23 substance listed in the Illinois Controlled Substances Act,
24 or an intoxicating compound listed in the Use of Intoxicating
25 Compounds Act and was subsequently found not guilty of
26 violating Section 11-501, or a similar provision of a local
27 ordinance.
28 (Source: P.A. 90-43, eff. 7-2-97; 90-779, eff. 1-1-99.)