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| 1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3123
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| 2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 3123 by replacing | ||||||
| 3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| 4 | "Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by | ||||||
| 5 | changing Section 3-707 as follows:
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| 6 | (625 ILCS 5/3-707) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-707)
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| 7 | Sec. 3-707. Operation of uninsured motor vehicle - penalty.
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| 8 | (a) No person
shall operate a motor vehicle unless the | ||||||
| 9 | motor vehicle is covered by a
liability insurance policy in | ||||||
| 10 | accordance with Section 7-601 of this Code.
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| 11 | (b) Any person who fails to comply with a request by a law | ||||||
| 12 | enforcement
officer for display of evidence of insurance, as | ||||||
| 13 | required under Section
7-602 of this Code, shall be deemed to | ||||||
| 14 | be operating an uninsured motor vehicle.
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| 15 | (c) Any operator of a motor vehicle subject to registration | ||||||
| 16 | under this
Code
who is convicted of violating this Section is | ||||||
| 17 | guilty of a business
offense and shall be required to pay a | ||||||
| 18 | fine in excess of $500, but
not more than $1,000. However, no | ||||||
| 19 | person charged with violating this
Section shall be convicted | ||||||
| 20 | if such person produces in court satisfactory
evidence that at | ||||||
| 21 | the time of the arrest the motor vehicle was covered by a
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| 22 | liability insurance policy in accordance with Section 7-601 of | ||||||
| 23 | this Code.
The chief judge of each circuit may designate an | ||||||
| 24 | officer of the court to
review the documentation demonstrating | ||||||
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| 1 | that at the time of arrest the motor
vehicle was covered by a | ||||||
| 2 | liability insurance policy in accordance with Section
7-601 of | ||||||
| 3 | this Code.
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| 4 | (d) A person convicted a third or subsequent time of | ||||||
| 5 | violating this
Section or a similar provision of a local | ||||||
| 6 | ordinance must give proof to the
Secretary of State of the | ||||||
| 7 | person's financial responsibility as defined in
Section 7-315. | ||||||
| 8 | The person must maintain the proof in a manner satisfactory to
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| 9 | the Secretary for a minimum period of one year after the date | ||||||
| 10 | the proof is
first filed. The Secretary must suspend the | ||||||
| 11 | driver's license of any person
determined by the Secretary not | ||||||
| 12 | to have provided adequate proof of financial
responsibility as | ||||||
| 13 | required by this subsection.
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| 14 | (e) The owner of any vehicle alleged to have violated this | ||||||
| 15 | Section shall, upon appropriate demand by the State's Attorney | ||||||
| 16 | or other authorized prosecutor acting in response to a signed | ||||||
| 17 | complaint, provide a written statement or deposition | ||||||
| 18 | identifying the operator of the vehicle if the operator was not | ||||||
| 19 | the owner at the time of the alleged violation. Failure to | ||||||
| 20 | supply this information is a violation of this Section and is | ||||||
| 21 | subject to the penalties provided in this Section. If the owner | ||||||
| 22 | has assigned control for the use of the vehicle to another, the | ||||||
| 23 | person to whom control was assigned must comply with this | ||||||
| 24 | subsection (e) and is subject to the penalties provided in this | ||||||
| 25 | Section.
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| 26 | (Source: P.A. 92-775, eff. 7-1-03.)".
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