102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB1698
 
Introduced 2/17/2021, by Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
625 ILCS 5/11-500  from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-500

    Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code.  Makes a technical change in a Section
concerning driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs.



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A BILL FOR
 


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1    AN ACT concerning transportation.

 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 
3represented in the General Assembly: 

 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by 
5changing Section 11-500 as follows:
 
6    (625 ILCS 5/11-500)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-500)

7    Sec. 11-500. Definitions. For the
the purposes of 
8interpreting Sections
6-206.1 and 6-208.1 of this Code, "first 
9offender" shall mean any person
who has not had a previous 
10conviction or court assigned supervision for
violating Section 
1111-501, or a similar provision of a local ordinance,
or a 
12conviction in any other state for a violation of driving while 
13under
the influence or a similar offense where the cause of 
14action is the same
or substantially similar to this Code or 
15similar offenses committed on a military installation, or any 
16person who has not had a driver's license suspension pursuant 
17to paragraph 6 of subsection (a) of Section 6-206 as the result 
18of refusal of chemical testing in another state, or any
person 
19who has not had a driver's license
suspension or revocation 
20for violating Section 11-501.1 within 5 years prior to the 
21date of
the
current offense, except in cases where the driver 
22submitted to
chemical testing resulting in an alcohol 
23concentration of 0.08 or
more,
or any amount of a drug, 
 
 
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1substance, or compound in such person's blood,  other bodily 
2substance, or
urine resulting from the unlawful use or 
3consumption of cannabis listed in
the Cannabis Control Act, a 
4controlled substance listed in the
Illinois
Controlled 
5Substances Act, or an intoxicating compound listed in the Use

6of
Intoxicating Compounds Act, or methamphetamine as listed in 
7the Methamphetamine Control and Community Protection Act and

8was subsequently found not guilty of violating Section 11-501, 
9or a similar
provision of a local ordinance.
10(Source: P.A. 99-697, eff. 7-29-16.)