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1 | AN ACT concerning transportation.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by changing | ||||||
5 | Section 6-306.6 as follows:
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6 | (625 ILCS 5/6-306.6) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 6-306.6)
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7 | Sec. 6-306.6. Failure to pay traffic fines, penalties, or | ||||||
8 | court costs.
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9 | (a) Whenever any resident of this State fails to pay any | ||||||
10 | traffic fine,
penalty,
or cost imposed for a violation of this | ||||||
11 | Code, or similar provision of
local ordinance, the clerk may | ||||||
12 | notify the Secretary of State, on
a report
prescribed by the | ||||||
13 | Secretary, and the Secretary shall prohibit the renewal,
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14 | reissue or reinstatement of such resident's driving privileges | ||||||
15 | until such
fine, penalty, or cost has been paid in full. The | ||||||
16 | clerk
shall provide notice to
the driver, at the driver's last | ||||||
17 | known address as shown on the court's
records, stating that | ||||||
18 | such action
will be effective on the 46th day following the | ||||||
19 | date of the above notice if
payment is not received in full by | ||||||
20 | the court of venue.
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21 | (a-1) Whenever any resident of this State who has made a | ||||||
22 | partial payment on any traffic fine, penalty, or cost that was | ||||||
23 | imposed under a conviction entered on or after the effective | ||||||
24 | date of this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly, for a | ||||||
25 | violation of this Code or a similar provision of a local | ||||||
26 | ordinance, fails to pay the remainder of the outstanding fine, | ||||||
27 | penalty, or cost within the time limit set by the court, the | ||||||
28 | clerk may notify the Secretary of State, on a report prescribed | ||||||
29 | by the Secretary, and the Secretary shall prohibit the renewal, | ||||||
30 | reissue, or reinstatement of the resident's driving privileges | ||||||
31 | until the fine, penalty, or cost has been paid in full. The | ||||||
32 | clerk shall provide notice to the driver, at the driver's last |
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1 | known address as shown on the court's records, stating that the | ||||||
2 | action will be effective on the 46th day following the date of | ||||||
3 | the notice if payment is not received in full by the court of | ||||||
4 | venue.
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5 | (b) Except as provided in subsection (b-1), following
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6 | Following receipt of the report from the clerk, the
Secretary | ||||||
7 | of
State shall make the proper notation to the driver's file to | ||||||
8 | prohibit the
renewal, reissue or reinstatement of such driver's | ||||||
9 | driving privileges.
Except as provided in paragraph (2) of | ||||||
10 | subsection (d) of this Section, such
notation shall not be | ||||||
11 | removed from the driver's record until the
driver satisfies the | ||||||
12 | outstanding fine, penalty, or cost and an
appropriate notice on
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13 | a form prescribed by the Secretary is received by the Secretary | ||||||
14 | from the
court of venue, stating that such fine, penalty, or | ||||||
15 | cost has been paid
in full.
Upon payment in full of a traffic | ||||||
16 | fine, penalty, or court cost which has
previously been reported | ||||||
17 | under this Section as unpaid, the clerk of the
court shall | ||||||
18 | present the driver with a signed receipt containing the seal of
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19 | the court indicating that such fine, penalty, or cost has been | ||||||
20 | paid in
full, and
shall forward forthwith to the Secretary of | ||||||
21 | State a notice stating that the
fine, penalty, or cost has been | ||||||
22 | paid in full.
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23 | (b-1) In a county with a population of 3,000,000 or more, | ||||||
24 | following receipt of the report from the clerk, the
Secretary | ||||||
25 | of
State shall make the proper notation to the driver's file to | ||||||
26 | prohibit the
renewal, reissue or reinstatement of such driver's | ||||||
27 | driving privileges.
Such notation shall not be removed from the | ||||||
28 | driver's record until the
driver satisfies the outstanding | ||||||
29 | fine, penalty, or cost and an
appropriate notice on
a form | ||||||
30 | prescribed by the Secretary is received by the Secretary | ||||||
31 | directly from the
court of venue, stating that such fine, | ||||||
32 | penalty, or cost has been paid
in full.
Upon payment in full of | ||||||
33 | a traffic fine, penalty, or court cost which has
previously | ||||||
34 | been reported under this Section as unpaid, the clerk of the
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35 | court shall forward forthwith directly to the Secretary of | ||||||
36 | State a notice stating that the
fine, penalty, or cost has been |
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1 | paid in full and shall provide the driver with a signed receipt | ||||||
2 | containing the seal of the court, indicating that the fine, | ||||||
3 | penalty, and cost have been paid in full. The receipt may not | ||||||
4 | be used by the driver to clear the driver's record.
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5 | (c) The provisions of this Section shall be limited to a | ||||||
6 | single action
per arrest and as a post conviction measure only. | ||||||
7 | Fines, penalty, or
costs to be
collected subsequent to orders | ||||||
8 | of court supervision, or other available
court diversions are | ||||||
9 | not applicable to this Section.
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10 | (d) (1) Notwithstanding the receipt of a report from the | ||||||
11 | clerk
as
prescribed in subsection (a), nothing in this Section | ||||||
12 | is intended to place
any responsibility upon the Secretary of | ||||||
13 | State to provide independent
notice to the driver of any | ||||||
14 | potential action to disallow the renewal,
reissue or | ||||||
15 | reinstatement of such driver's driving privileges.
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16 | (2) Except as provided in subsection (b-1), the
The
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17 | Secretary of State shall renew, reissue or reinstate a
driver's | ||||||
18 | driving privileges which were previously refused pursuant to | ||||||
19 | this
Section upon presentation of an original receipt which is | ||||||
20 | signed by the
clerk of the court and contains the seal of the | ||||||
21 | court indicating that the
fine, penalty, or cost has been paid | ||||||
22 | in full. The Secretary of State
shall retain
such receipt for | ||||||
23 | his records.
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24 | (Source: P.A. 93-788, eff. 1-1-05.)
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25 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January | ||||||
26 | 1, 2006.
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