Bill Text: IL HB2267 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Amended
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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-2)
Status: (Passed) 2011-08-16 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0407 [HB2267 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-HB2267-Amended.html
Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-2)
Status: (Passed) 2011-08-16 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0407 [HB2267 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-HB2267-Amended.html
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1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2267
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2267 by replacing | ||||||
3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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4 | "Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by | ||||||
5 | changing Section 3-707 as follows:
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6 | (625 ILCS 5/3-707) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-707)
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7 | Sec. 3-707. Operation of uninsured motor vehicle - penalty.
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8 | (a) No person
shall operate a motor vehicle unless the | ||||||
9 | motor vehicle is covered by a
liability insurance policy in | ||||||
10 | accordance with Section 7-601 of this Code.
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11 | (a-5) A person commits the offense of operation of | ||||||
12 | uninsured motor vehicle causing bodily harm when the person: | ||||||
13 | (1) operates a motor vehicle in violation of Section | ||||||
14 | 7-601 of this Code; and | ||||||
15 | (2) causes, as a proximate result of the person's | ||||||
16 | operation of the motor vehicle, bodily harm to another |
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1 | person. | ||||||
2 | (a-6) Uninsured operation of a motor vehicle under | ||||||
3 | subsection (a-5) is a Class A misdemeanor. If a person | ||||||
4 | convicted of the offense of operation of a motor vehicle under | ||||||
5 | subsection (a-5) has previously been convicted of 2 or more | ||||||
6 | violations of Section 7-601 of this Code, a fine of $2,500, in | ||||||
7 | addition to any sentence of incarceration, must be imposed. | ||||||
8 | (b) Any person who fails to comply with a request by a law | ||||||
9 | enforcement
officer for display of evidence of insurance, as | ||||||
10 | required under Section
7-602 of this Code, shall be deemed to | ||||||
11 | be operating an uninsured motor vehicle.
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12 | (c) Except as provided in subsections (a-6) and (c-5), any | ||||||
13 | operator of a motor vehicle subject to registration under this
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14 | Code
who is convicted of violating this Section is guilty of a | ||||||
15 | business
offense and shall be required to pay a fine in excess | ||||||
16 | of $500, but
not more than $1,000 , except a person convicted of | ||||||
17 | a third or subsequent violation of this Section shall be | ||||||
18 | required to pay a fine of $1,000 . However, no person charged | ||||||
19 | with violating this
Section shall be convicted if such person | ||||||
20 | produces in court satisfactory
evidence that at the time of the | ||||||
21 | arrest the motor vehicle was covered by a
liability insurance | ||||||
22 | policy in accordance with Section 7-601 of this Code.
The chief | ||||||
23 | judge of each circuit may designate an officer of the court to
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24 | review the documentation demonstrating that at the time of | ||||||
25 | arrest the motor
vehicle was covered by a liability insurance | ||||||
26 | policy in accordance with Section
7-601 of this Code. |
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1 | (c-1) A person convicted of violating this Section shall | ||||||
2 | also have his or her driver's license, permit, or privileges | ||||||
3 | suspended for 3 months. After the expiration of the 3 months, | ||||||
4 | the person's driver's license, permit, or privileges shall not | ||||||
5 | be reinstated until he or she has paid a reinstatement fee of | ||||||
6 | $100. If a person violates this Section while his or her | ||||||
7 | driver's license, permit, or privileges are suspended under | ||||||
8 | this subsection (c-1), his or her driver's license, permit, or | ||||||
9 | privileges shall be suspended for an additional 6 months and | ||||||
10 | until he or she pays the reinstatement fee.
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11 | (c-5) A person who (i) has not previously been convicted of | ||||||
12 | or received a disposition of court supervision for violating | ||||||
13 | this Section and (ii) produces at his or her court appearance | ||||||
14 | satisfactory evidence that the motor vehicle is covered, as of | ||||||
15 | the date of the court appearance, by a liability insurance | ||||||
16 | policy in accordance with Section 7-601 of this Code shall, for | ||||||
17 | a violation of this Section, other than a violation of | ||||||
18 | subsection (a-5), pay a fine of $100 and receive a disposition | ||||||
19 | of court supervision. The person must, on the date that the | ||||||
20 | period of court supervision is scheduled to terminate, produce | ||||||
21 | satisfactory evidence that the vehicle was covered by the | ||||||
22 | required liability insurance policy during the entire period of | ||||||
23 | court supervision. | ||||||
24 | An officer of the court designated under subsection (c) may | ||||||
25 | also review liability insurance documentation under this | ||||||
26 | subsection (c-5) to determine if the motor vehicle is, as of |
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1 | the date of the court appearance, covered by a liability | ||||||
2 | insurance policy in accordance with Section 7-601 of this Code. | ||||||
3 | The officer of the court shall also determine, on the date the | ||||||
4 | period of court supervision is scheduled to terminate, whether | ||||||
5 | the vehicle was covered by the required policy during the | ||||||
6 | entire period of court supervision.
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7 | (d) A person convicted a third or subsequent time of | ||||||
8 | violating this
Section or a similar provision of a local | ||||||
9 | ordinance must give proof to the
Secretary of State of the | ||||||
10 | person's financial responsibility as defined in
Section 7-315. | ||||||
11 | The person must maintain the proof in a manner satisfactory to
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12 | the Secretary for a minimum period of 3 years after the date | ||||||
13 | the proof is
first filed. The Secretary must suspend the | ||||||
14 | driver's license of any person
determined by the Secretary not | ||||||
15 | to have provided adequate proof of financial
responsibility as | ||||||
16 | required by this subsection.
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17 | (Source: P.A. 95-211, eff. 1-1-08; 95-686, eff. 6-1-08; 95-876, | ||||||
18 | eff. 8-21-08; 96-143, eff. 1-1-10.)".
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