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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 3-707 as follows:
6 (625 ILCS 5/3-707) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-707)
7 Sec. 3-707. Operation of uninsured motor vehicle -
8 penalty.
9 (a) No person shall operate a motor vehicle unless the
10 motor vehicle is covered by a liability insurance policy in
11 accordance with Section 7-601 of this Code.
12 (b) Any person who fails to comply with a request by a
13 law enforcement officer for display of evidence of insurance,
14 as required under Section 7-602 of this Code, shall be deemed
15 to be operating an uninsured motor vehicle.
16 (c) Any operator of a motor vehicle subject to
17 registration under this Code who is convicted of violating
18 this Section is guilty of a business offense and shall be
19 required to pay a fine in excess of $500, but not more than
20 $1,000. However, no person charged with violating this
21 Section shall be convicted if such person produces in court
22 satisfactory evidence that at the time of the arrest the
23 motor vehicle was covered by a liability insurance policy in
24 accordance with Section 7-601 of this Code. The chief judge
25 of each circuit may designate an officer of the court to
26 review the documentation demonstrating that at the time of
27 arrest the motor vehicle was covered by a liability insurance
28 policy in accordance with Section 7-601 of this Code.
29 (d) A person convicted a third or subsequent time of
30 violating this Section or a similar provision of a local
31 ordinance must give proof to the Secretary of State of the
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1 person's financial responsibility as defined in Section
2 7-315. The person must maintain the proof in a manner
3 satisfactory to the Secretary for a minimum period of one
4 year after the date the proof is first filed. The Secretary
5 must suspend the driver's license of any person determined by
6 the Secretary not to have provided adequate proof of
7 financial responsibility as required by this subsection.
8 (Source: P.A. 88-315.)