Public Act 93-0086

HB0298 Enrolled                      LRB093 02178 LCB 02185 b

    AN ACT concerning vehicles.

    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 4-214.1 as follows:

    (625 ILCS 5/4-214.1)
    Sec. 4-214.1.  Failure to pay fines, charges,  and  costs
on an abandoned vehicle.
    (a)  Whenever any resident of this State fails to pay any
fine,  charge,  or  cost  imposed  for a violation of Section
4-201 of this  Code,  or  a  similar  provision  of  a  local
ordinance,  the clerk may notify the Secretary of State, on a
report prescribed by the Secretary, and the  Secretary  shall
prohibit  the  renewal,  reissue,  or  reinstatement  of  the
resident's driving privileges until the fine, charge, or cost
has been paid in full.  The clerk shall provide notice to the
owner  driver,  at the owner's driver's last known address as
shown on the court's records, stating that the action will be
effective on the 46th day following the  date  of  the  above
notice  if  payment  is  not received in full by the court of
venue.
    (b)  Following receipt of the report from the clerk,  the
Secretary  of  State  shall  make  the proper notation to the
owner's driver's file to prohibit the  renewal,  reissue,  or
reinstatement  of  the  owner's  driver's driving privileges.
Except as provided in subsection (d)  of  this  Section,  the
notation  shall  not  be  removed  from  the owner's driver's
record until the owner driver satisfies the outstanding fine,
charge,  or  cost  and  an  appropriate  notice  on  a   form
prescribed by the Secretary is received by the Secretary from
the  court  of  venue, stating that the fine, charge, or cost
has been paid in full.  Upon  payment  in  full  of  a  fine,
charge,  or  court  cost  which  has previously been reported
under this Section as unpaid, the clerk of  the  court  shall
present the owner driver with a signed receipt containing the
seal  of  the court indicating that the fine, charge, or cost
has been paid in full, and shall forward immediately  to  the
Secretary of State a notice stating that the fine, charge, or
cost has been paid in full.
    (c)  Notwithstanding  the  receipt  of  a report from the
clerk as  prescribed  in  subsection  (a),  nothing  in  this
Section  is  intended  to  place  any responsibility upon the
Secretary of State to provide independent notice to the owner
driver of any  potential  action  to  disallow  the  renewal,
reissue,  or  reinstatement  of  the owner's driver's driving
privileges.
    (d)  The Secretary of  State  shall  renew,  reissue,  or
reinstate an owner's a driver's driving privileges which were
previously refused under this Section upon presentation of an
original  receipt  which  is signed by the clerk of the court
and contains the seal of the court indicating that the  fine,
charge,  or  cost  has  been  paid in full.  The Secretary of
State shall retain the receipt for his or her records.
(Source: P.A. 92-654, eff. 1-1-03.)

Effective Date: 01/01/04