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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 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) Except as provided in subsection (c-5), any
Any | ||||||
16 | operator of a motor vehicle subject to registration under this
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17 | Code
who is convicted of violating this Section is guilty of a | ||||||
18 | business
offense and shall be required to pay a fine in excess | ||||||
19 | of $500, but
not more than $1,000. However, no person charged | ||||||
20 | with violating this
Section shall be convicted if such person | ||||||
21 | produces in court satisfactory
evidence that at the time of the | ||||||
22 | arrest the motor vehicle was covered by a
liability insurance | ||||||
23 | policy in accordance with Section 7-601 of this Code.
The chief |
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1 | judge of each circuit may designate an officer of the court to
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2 | review the documentation demonstrating that at the time of | ||||||
3 | arrest the motor
vehicle was covered by a liability insurance | ||||||
4 | policy in accordance with Section
7-601 of this Code. | ||||||
5 | (c-1) A person convicted of violating this Section shall | ||||||
6 | also have his or her driver's license, permit, or privileges | ||||||
7 | suspended for 3 months. After the expiration of the 3 months, | ||||||
8 | the person's driver's license, permit, or privileges shall not | ||||||
9 | be reinstated until he or she has paid a reinstatement fee of | ||||||
10 | $100. If a person violates this Section while his or her | ||||||
11 | driver's license, permit, or privileges are suspended under | ||||||
12 | this subsection (c-1), his or her driver's license, permit, or | ||||||
13 | privileges shall be suspended for an additional 6 months and | ||||||
14 | until he or she pays the reinstatement fee.
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15 | (c-5) A person who (i) has not previously been convicted of | ||||||
16 | or received a disposition of court supervision for violating | ||||||
17 | this Section and (ii) produces at his or her court appearance | ||||||
18 | satisfactory evidence that the motor vehicle is covered, as of | ||||||
19 | the date of the court appearance, by a liability insurance | ||||||
20 | policy in accordance with Section 7-601 of this Code shall, for | ||||||
21 | a violation of this Section, pay a fine of $100 and receive a | ||||||
22 | disposition of court supervision. The person must, on the date | ||||||
23 | that the period of court supervision is scheduled to terminate, | ||||||
24 | produce satisfactory evidence that the vehicle was covered by | ||||||
25 | the required liability insurance policy during the entire | ||||||
26 | period of court supervision. |
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1 | An officer of the court designated under subsection (c) may | ||||||
2 | also review liability insurance documentation under this | ||||||
3 | subsection (c-5) to determine if the motor vehicle is, as of | ||||||
4 | the date of the court appearance, covered by a liability | ||||||
5 | insurance policy in accordance with Section 7-601 of this Code. | ||||||
6 | The officer of the court shall also determine, on the date the | ||||||
7 | period of court supervision is scheduled to terminate, whether | ||||||
8 | the vehicle was covered by the required policy during the | ||||||
9 | entire period of court supervision.
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10 | (d) A person convicted a third or subsequent time of | ||||||
11 | violating this
Section or a similar provision of a local | ||||||
12 | ordinance must give proof to the
Secretary of State of the | ||||||
13 | person's financial responsibility as defined in
Section 7-315. | ||||||
14 | The person must maintain the proof in a manner satisfactory to
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15 | the Secretary for a minimum period of one year after the date | ||||||
16 | the proof is
first filed. The Secretary must suspend the | ||||||
17 | driver's license of any person
determined by the Secretary not | ||||||
18 | to have provided adequate proof of financial
responsibility as | ||||||
19 | required by this subsection.
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20 | (Source: P.A. 94-1035, eff. 7-1-07.)
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