Sen. John J. Cullerton

Filed: 4/28/2010

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 707

2     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 707 by replacing
3 everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4     "Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by
5 changing Section 7-601 as follows:
 
6     (625 ILCS 5/7-601)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 7-601)
7     Sec. 7-601. Required liability insurance policy.
8     (a) No person shall operate, register or maintain
9 registration of, and and no owner shall permit another person
10 to operate, register or maintain registration of, a motor
11 vehicle designed to be used on a public highway unless the
12 motor vehicle is covered by a liability insurance policy.
13     The insurance policy shall be issued in amounts no less
14 than the minimum amounts set for bodily injury or death and for
15 destruction of property under Section 7-203 of this Code, and
16 shall be issued in accordance with the requirements of Sections

 

 

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1 143a and 143a-2 of the Illinois Insurance Code, as amended. No
2 insurer other than an insurer authorized to do business in this
3 State shall issue a policy pursuant to this Section for any
4 vehicle subject to registration under this Code. Nothing herein
5 shall deprive an insurer of any policy defense available at
6 common law.
7     (b) The following vehicles are exempt from the requirements
8 of this Section:
9         (1) vehicles subject to the provisions of Chapters 8 or
10     18a, Article III or Section 7-609 of Chapter 7, or Sections
11     12-606 or 12-707.01 of Chapter 12 of this Code;
12         (2) vehicles required to file proof of liability
13     insurance with the Illinois Commerce Commission;
14         (3) vehicles covered by a certificate of
15     self-insurance under Section 7-502 of this Code;
16         (4) vehicles owned by the United States, the State of
17     Illinois, or any political subdivision, municipality or
18     local mass transit district;
19         (5) implements of husbandry;
20         (6) other vehicles complying with laws which require
21     them to be insured in amounts meeting or exceeding the
22     minimum amounts required under this Section; and
23         (7) inoperable or stored vehicles that are not
24     operated, as defined by rules and regulations of the
25     Secretary.
26     (c) Every employee of a State agency, as that term is

 

 

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1 defined in the Illinois State Auditing Act, who is assigned a
2 specific vehicle owned or leased by the State on an ongoing
3 basis shall provide the certification described in this Section
4 annually to the director or chief executive officer of his or
5 her agency.
6     The certification shall affirm that the employee is duly
7 licensed to drive the assigned vehicle and that (i) the
8 employee has liability insurance coverage extending to the
9 employee when the assigned vehicle is used for other than
10 official State business, or (ii) the employee has filed a bond
11 with the Secretary of State as proof of financial
12 responsibility, in an amount equal to, or in excess of the
13 requirements stated within this Section. Upon request of the
14 agency director or chief executive officer, the employee shall
15 present evidence to support the certification.
16     The certification shall be provided during the period July
17 1 through July 31 of each calendar year, or within 30 days of
18 any new assignment of a vehicle on an ongoing basis, whichever
19 is later.
20     The employee's authorization to use the assigned vehicle
21 shall automatically be rescinded upon:
22         (1) the revocation or suspension of the license
23     required to drive the assigned vehicle;
24         (2) the cancellation or termination for any reason of
25     the automobile liability insurance coverage as required in
26     item (c) (i); or

 

 

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1         (3) the termination of the bond filed with the
2     Secretary of State.
3     All State employees providing the required certification
4 shall immediately notify the agency director or chief executive
5 officer in the event any of these actions occur.
6     All peace officers employed by a State agency who are
7 primarily responsible for prevention and detection of crime and
8 the enforcement of the criminal, traffic, or highway laws of
9 this State, and prohibited by agency rule or policy to use an
10 assigned vehicle owned or leased by the State for regular
11 personal or off-duty use, are exempt from the requirements of
12 this Section.
13 (Source: P.A. 91-661, eff. 12-22-99.)".