State of Illinois
91^st General Assembly
Public Acts

Public Act 91-0080

HB1870 Enrolled                                LRB9103883KSgc

    AN ACT to amend  the  Illinois  Vehicle  Code  to  change
Section 7-211.

    Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:

    Section 5.  The  Illinois  Vehicle  Code  is  amended  by
changing Section 7-211 as follows:

    (625 ILCS 5/7-211) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 7-211)
    Sec. 7-211.  Duration of suspension.
    (a)  Unless   a  suspension  is  terminated  under  other
provisions of this Code, the driver's license or registration
and nonresident's operating privilege suspended  as  provided
in  Section  7-205  shall  remain  suspended and shall not be
renewed nor shall any license or registration  be  issued  to
the person until:
         1.  The  person deposits or there shall be deposited
    and filed on the person's behalf  the  security  required
    under Section 7-201;
         2.  Two  years  have  elapsed following the date the
    driver's license and  registrations  were  suspended  and
    evidence  satisfactory  to  the  Secretary  of State that
    during the period no action for damages arising out of  a
    motor vehicle accident has been properly filed;
         3.  Receipt  of  proper  notice  that the person has
    filed bankruptcy  which  would  include  all  claims  for
    personal  injury  and  property damage resulting from the
    accident; or
         4.  After the expiration of 5 years from the date of
    the accident, the Secretary of  State  has  not  received
    documentation  that any action at law for damages arising
    out of the motor vehicle accident has been filed  against
    the person.
    An  affidavit  that  no action at law for damages arising
out of the motor vehicle accident has been filed against  the
applicant,  or if filed that it is not still pending shall be
prima facie evidence of that fact. The Secretary of State may
take whatever steps are necessary to verify the statement set
forth in the applicant's affidavit.
    (b)  The   driver's   license   or    registration    and
nonresident's  operating  privileges suspended as provided in
Section 7-205 shall also remain suspended and  shall  not  be
renewed  nor  shall  any license or registration be issued to
the person until  the  person  gives  proof  of  his  or  her
financial responsibility in the future as provided in Section
1-164.5  7-302.   The proof is to be maintained by the person
in a manner satisfactory to the  Secretary  of  State  for  a
period of 3 years after the date the proof is first filed.
(Source: P.A. 90-264, eff. 1-1-98.)

    Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.