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| 1 | AN ACT concerning transportation.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by changing | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Section 7-601 as follows:
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| 6 | (625 ILCS 5/7-601) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 7-601)
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| 7 | Sec. 7-601. Required liability insurance policy.
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| 8 | (a) No person shall operate, register or maintain | |||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | registration of, and
and no
owner shall permit another person | |||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | to operate, register or maintain registration
of, a motor | |||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | vehicle designed to be used on a public highway unless the | |||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | motor
vehicle is covered by a liability insurance policy. | |||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | The insurance policy shall be issued in amounts no less | |||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | than the minimum
amounts set for bodily injury or death and for | |||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | destruction of property under
Section 7-203 of this Code, and | |||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | shall be issued in accordance with the
requirements of Sections | |||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | 143a and 143a-2 of the Illinois Insurance Code, as
amended. No | |||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | insurer other than an insurer authorized to do business in this
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| 19 | State shall issue a policy pursuant to this Section for any | |||||||||||||||||||
| 20 | vehicle subject to
registration under this Code. Nothing herein | |||||||||||||||||||
| 21 | shall deprive an insurer of any
policy defense available at | |||||||||||||||||||
| 22 | common law.
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| 23 | (b) The following vehicles are exempt from the requirements | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | of this Section:
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| 2 | (1) vehicles subject to the provisions of Chapters 8 or | ||||||
| 3 | 18a, Article
III or Section 7-609 of Chapter 7, or
Sections | ||||||
| 4 | 12-606 or 12-707.01 of Chapter 12 of this Code;
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| 5 | (2) vehicles required to file proof of liability | ||||||
| 6 | insurance with the
Illinois Commerce Commission;
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| 7 | (3) vehicles covered by a certificate of | ||||||
| 8 | self-insurance under Section
7-502 of this Code;
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| 9 | (4) vehicles owned by the United States, the State of | ||||||
| 10 | Illinois, or any
political subdivision, municipality or | ||||||
| 11 | local mass transit district;
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| 12 | (5) implements of husbandry;
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| 13 | (6) other vehicles complying with laws which require | ||||||
| 14 | them to be insured
in amounts meeting or exceeding the | ||||||
| 15 | minimum amounts required under this
Section; and
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| 16 | (7) inoperable or stored vehicles that are not | ||||||
| 17 | operated, as defined by
rules and regulations of the | ||||||
| 18 | Secretary.
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| 19 | (c) Every employee of a State agency, as that term is | ||||||
| 20 | defined in the
Illinois State Auditing Act,
who is assigned a
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| 21 | specific vehicle owned or leased by the State on an ongoing | ||||||
| 22 | basis shall provide
the certification described in this Section | ||||||
| 23 | annually to the director or chief
executive officer of his or | ||||||
| 24 | her agency.
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| 25 | The certification shall affirm that the employee is duly | ||||||
| 26 | licensed to
drive the assigned vehicle and that (i) the | ||||||
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| 1 | employee has liability insurance
coverage extending to the | ||||||
| 2 | employee when the assigned vehicle is used for other
than | ||||||
| 3 | official State business, or (ii) the employee has filed
a bond | ||||||
| 4 | with the Secretary of State as proof of financial | ||||||
| 5 | responsibility, in an
amount equal to, or in excess of the | ||||||
| 6 | requirements stated within this Section.
Upon request of the | ||||||
| 7 | agency director or chief executive officer, the employee
shall | ||||||
| 8 | present evidence to
support
the certification.
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| 9 | The certification shall be provided during the period July | ||||||
| 10 | 1 through July
31 of each calendar year, or within 30 days of | ||||||
| 11 | any new assignment of a vehicle
on
an ongoing basis, whichever | ||||||
| 12 | is later.
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| 13 | The employee's authorization to use the assigned vehicle | ||||||
| 14 | shall
automatically
be rescinded upon:
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| 15 | (1) the revocation or suspension of the license | ||||||
| 16 | required to drive the
assigned vehicle;
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| 17 | (2) the cancellation or termination for any reason of | ||||||
| 18 | the automobile
liability insurance coverage as required in | ||||||
| 19 | item (c) (i); or
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| 20 | (3) the termination of the bond filed with the | ||||||
| 21 | Secretary of State.
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| 22 | All State employees providing the required certification | ||||||
| 23 | shall immediately
notify the agency director or chief executive | ||||||
| 24 | officer in the event any of these
actions occur.
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| 25 | All peace
officers employed by a State agency who are | ||||||
| 26 | primarily responsible for
prevention and detection of crime and | ||||||
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| 1 | the enforcement of the criminal, traffic,
or
highway laws of | ||||||
| 2 | this State, and prohibited by agency rule or policy to use an
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| 3 | assigned vehicle owned or leased by the State for regular | ||||||
| 4 | personal or off-duty
use, are exempt from the requirements of | ||||||
| 5 | this Section.
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| 6 | (Source: P.A. 91-661, eff. 12-22-99.)
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