Bill Text: IL HB5021 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that moneys in the State Police DUI Fund and the Secretary of State Police DUI Fund shall be used for enforcement and prevention of driving while under the influence of alcohol, other drug or drugs, intoxicating compound or compounds or any combination thereof, including but not limited to the purchase of law enforcement equipment and commodities that will assist in the prevention of alcohol related criminal violence throughout the State; police officer training and education in areas related to alcohol related crime, including but not limited to DUI training; and police officer salaries, including but not limited to salaries for hire back funding for safety checkpoints, saturation patrols, and liquor store sting operations.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-1)

Status: (Passed) 2012-08-22 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-1050 [HB5021 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2011-HB5021-Enrolled.html

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AN ACT concerning transportation.
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 11-501.01 as follows:
(625 ILCS 5/11-501.01)
Sec. 11-501.01. Additional administrative sanctions.
(a) After a finding of guilt and prior to any final
sentencing or an order for supervision, for an offense based
upon an arrest for a violation of Section 11-501 or a similar
provision of a local ordinance, individuals shall be required
to undergo a professional evaluation to determine if an
alcohol, drug, or intoxicating compound abuse problem exists
and the extent of the problem, and undergo the imposition of
treatment as appropriate. Programs conducting these
evaluations shall be licensed by the Department of Human
Services. The cost of any professional evaluation shall be paid
for by the individual required to undergo the professional
evaluation.
(b) Any person who is found guilty of or pleads guilty to
violating Section 11-501, including any person receiving a
disposition of court supervision for violating that Section,
may be required by the Court to attend a victim impact panel

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offered by, or under contract with, a county State's Attorney's
office, a probation and court services department, Mothers
Against Drunk Driving, or the Alliance Against Intoxicated
Motorists. All costs generated by the victim impact panel shall
be paid from fees collected from the offender or as may be
determined by the court.
(c) Every person found guilty of violating Section 11-501,
whose operation of a motor vehicle while in violation of that
Section proximately caused any incident resulting in an
appropriate emergency response, shall be liable for the expense
of an emergency response as provided in subsection (i) of this
Section.
(d) The Secretary of State shall revoke the driving
privileges of any person convicted under Section 11-501 or a
similar provision of a local ordinance.
(e) The Secretary of State shall require the use of
ignition interlock devices on all vehicles owned by a person
who has been convicted of a second or subsequent offense of
Section 11-501 or a similar provision of a local ordinance. The
person must pay to the Secretary of State DUI Administration
Fund an amount not to exceed $30 for each month that he or she
uses the device. The Secretary shall establish by rule and
regulation the procedures for certification and use of the
interlock system, the amount of the fee, and the procedures,
terms, and conditions relating to these fees.
(f) In addition to any other penalties and liabilities, a

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person who is found guilty of or pleads guilty to violating
Section 11-501, including any person placed on court
supervision for violating Section 11-501, shall be assessed
$750, payable to the circuit clerk, who shall distribute the
money as follows: $350 to the law enforcement agency that made
the arrest, and $400 shall be forwarded to the State Treasurer
for deposit into the General Revenue Fund. If the person has
been previously convicted of violating Section 11-501 or a
similar provision of a local ordinance, the fine shall be
$1,000, and the circuit clerk shall distribute $200 to the law
enforcement agency that made the arrest and $800 to the State
Treasurer for deposit into the General Revenue Fund. In the
event that more than one agency is responsible for the arrest,
the amount payable to law enforcement agencies shall be shared
equally. Any moneys received by a law enforcement agency under
this subsection (f) shall be used for enforcement and
prevention of driving while under the influence of alcohol,
other drug or drugs, intoxicating compound or compounds or any
combination thereof, as defined by Section 11-501 of this Code,
including but not limited to the purchase of law enforcement
equipment and commodities that will assist in the prevention of
alcohol related criminal violence throughout the State; police
officer training and education in areas related to alcohol
related crime, including but not limited to DUI training; and
police officer salaries, including but not limited to salaries
for hire back funding for safety checkpoints, saturation

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patrols, and liquor store sting operations. to purchase law
enforcement equipment that will assist in the prevention of
alcohol related criminal violence throughout the State. This
shall include, but is not limited to, in-car video cameras,
radar and laser speed detection devices, and alcohol breath
testers. Any moneys received by the Department of State Police
under this subsection (f) shall be deposited into the State
Police DUI Fund and shall be used to purchase law enforcement
equipment that will assist in the prevention of alcohol related
criminal violence throughout the State.
(g) The Secretary of State Police DUI Fund is created as a
special fund in the State treasury. All moneys received by the
Secretary of State Police under subsection (f) of this Section
shall be deposited into the Secretary of State Police DUI Fund
and, subject to appropriation, shall be used for enforcement
and prevention of driving while under the influence of alcohol,
other drug or drugs, intoxicating compound or compounds or any
combination thereof, as defined by Section 11-501 of this Code,
including but not limited to the to purchase of law enforcement
equipment and commodities to assist in the prevention of
alcohol related criminal violence throughout the State; police
officer training and education in areas related to alcohol
related crime, including but not limited to DUI training; and
police officer salaries, including but not limited to salaries
for hire back funding for safety checkpoints, saturation
patrols, and liquor store sting operations.

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(h) Whenever an individual is sentenced for an offense
based upon an arrest for a violation of Section 11-501 or a
similar provision of a local ordinance, and the professional
evaluation recommends remedial or rehabilitative treatment or
education, neither the treatment nor the education shall be the
sole disposition and either or both may be imposed only in
conjunction with another disposition. The court shall monitor
compliance with any remedial education or treatment
recommendations contained in the professional evaluation.
Programs conducting alcohol or other drug evaluation or
remedial education must be licensed by the Department of Human
Services. If the individual is not a resident of Illinois,
however, the court may accept an alcohol or other drug
evaluation or remedial education program in the individual's
state of residence. Programs providing treatment must be
licensed under existing applicable alcoholism and drug
treatment licensure standards.
(i) In addition to any other fine or penalty required by
law, an individual convicted of a violation of Section 11-501,
Section 5-7 of the Snowmobile Registration and Safety Act,
Section 5-16 of the Boat Registration and Safety Act, or a
similar provision, whose operation of a motor vehicle,
snowmobile, or watercraft while in violation of Section 11-501,
Section 5-7 of the Snowmobile Registration and Safety Act,
Section 5-16 of the Boat Registration and Safety Act, or a
similar provision proximately caused an incident resulting in

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an appropriate emergency response, shall be required to make
restitution to a public agency for the costs of that emergency
response. The restitution may not exceed $1,000 per public
agency for each emergency response. As used in this subsection
(i), "emergency response" means any incident requiring a
response by a police officer, a firefighter carried on the
rolls of a regularly constituted fire department, or an
ambulance.
(Source: P.A. 95-578, eff. 6-1-08; 95-848, eff. 1-1-09;
96-1342, eff. 1-1-11.)