Bill Text: IL SB0946 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning licenses and permits.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-08-15 - Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments [SB0946 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2009-SB0946-Introduced.html

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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2009 and 2010 SB0946 Introduced 2/6/2009, by Sen. John J. Cullerton SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
625 ILCS 5/6-101 from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 6-101
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning licenses and permits.
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A BILL FOR
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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 6-101 as follows:
(625 ILCS 5/6-101) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 6-101)
Sec. 6-101. Drivers must have licenses or permits.
(a) No person, except those expressly exempted by Section
6-102, shall drive any motor vehicle upon a highway in this
State unless such person has a valid license or permit, or a
restricted driving permit, issued under the provisions of this
Act.
(b) No person shall drive a motor vehicle unless he holds a
valid license or permit, or a restricted driving permit issued
under the provisions of Section 6-205, 6-206, or 6-113 of this
this Act. Any person to whom a license is issued under the
provisions of this Act must surrender to the Secretary of State
all valid licenses or permits. No drivers license shall be
issued to any person who holds a valid Foreign State license,
identification card, or permit unless such person first
surrenders to the Secretary of State any such valid Foreign
State license, identification card, or permit.
(b-5) Any person who commits a violation of subsection (a)

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or (b) of this Section is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor, if
at the time of the violation the person's driver's license or
permit was cancelled under clause (a)9 of Section 6-201 of this
Code.
(c) Any person licensed as a driver hereunder shall not be
required by any city, village, incorporated town or other
municipal corporation to obtain any other license to exercise
the privilege thereby granted.
(d) In addition to other penalties imposed under this
Section, any person in violation of this Section who is also in
violation of Section 7-601 of this Code relating to mandatory
insurance requirements shall have his or her motor vehicle
immediately impounded by the arresting law enforcement
officer. The motor vehicle may be released to any licensed
driver upon a showing of proof of insurance for the motor
vehicle that was impounded and the notarized written consent
for the release by the vehicle owner.
(e) In addition to other penalties imposed under this
Section, the vehicle of any person in violation of this Section
who is also in violation of Section 7-601 of this Code relating
to mandatory insurance requirements and who, in violating this
Section, has caused death or personal injury to another person
is subject to forfeiture under Sections 36-1 and 36-2 of the
Criminal Code of 1961. For the purposes of this Section, a
personal injury shall include any type A injury as indicated on
the traffic accident report completed by a law enforcement

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officer that requires immediate professional attention in
either a doctor's office or a medical facility. A type A injury
shall include severely bleeding wounds, distorted extremities,
and injuries that require the injured party to be carried from
the scene.
(Source: P.A. 94-993, eff. 1-1-07; 95-578, eff. 6-1-08.)