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1 AN ACT concerning vehicles.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by
5 changing Section 4-214.1 as follows:
6 (625 ILCS 5/4-214.1)
7 Sec. 4-214.1. Failure to pay fines, charges, and costs
8 on an abandoned vehicle.
9 (a) Whenever any resident of this State fails to pay any
10 fine, charge, or cost imposed for a violation of Section
11 4-201 of this Code, or a similar provision of a local
12 ordinance, the clerk may notify the Secretary of State, on a
13 report prescribed by the Secretary, and the Secretary shall
14 prohibit the renewal, reissue, or reinstatement of the
15 resident's driving privileges until the fine, charge, or cost
16 has been paid in full. The clerk shall provide notice to the
17 owner driver, at the owner's driver's last known address as
18 shown on the court's records, stating that the action will be
19 effective on the 46th day following the date of the above
20 notice if payment is not received in full by the court of
21 venue.
22 (b) Following receipt of the report from the clerk, the
23 Secretary of State shall make the proper notation to the
24 owner's driver's file to prohibit the renewal, reissue, or
25 reinstatement of the owner's driver's driving privileges.
26 Except as provided in subsection (d) of this Section, the
27 notation shall not be removed from the owner's driver's
28 record until the owner driver satisfies the outstanding fine,
29 charge, or cost and an appropriate notice on a form
30 prescribed by the Secretary is received by the Secretary from
31 the court of venue, stating that the fine, charge, or cost
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1 has been paid in full. Upon payment in full of a fine,
2 charge, or court cost which has previously been reported
3 under this Section as unpaid, the clerk of the court shall
4 present the owner driver with a signed receipt containing the
5 seal of the court indicating that the fine, charge, or cost
6 has been paid in full, and shall forward immediately to the
7 Secretary of State a notice stating that the fine, charge, or
8 cost has been paid in full.
9 (c) Notwithstanding the receipt of a report from the
10 clerk as prescribed in subsection (a), nothing in this
11 Section is intended to place any responsibility upon the
12 Secretary of State to provide independent notice to the owner
13 driver of any potential action to disallow the renewal,
14 reissue, or reinstatement of the owner's driver's driving
15 privileges.
16 (d) The Secretary of State shall renew, reissue, or
17 reinstate an owner's a driver's driving privileges which were
18 previously refused under this Section upon presentation of an
19 original receipt which is signed by the clerk of the court
20 and contains the seal of the court indicating that the fine,
21 charge, or cost has been paid in full. The Secretary of
22 State shall retain the receipt for his or her records.
23 (Source: P.A. 92-654, eff. 1-1-03.)