96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB3715


 
Introduced 2/25/2009, by Rep. Chapin Rose
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		














625 ILCS 5/16-107
  from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 16-107







    Amends provisions of  the Illinois Vehicle Code providing that for petty offenses or business offenses under the Code that do not require that the defendant make a court appearance, the chief judge of any circuit may designate an officer of the court to receive the admission or stipulation by the unemancipated minor of the facts supporting the
charge as long as the parent or guardian of the unemancipated minor and the unemancipated minor appear before the officer of the court. The officer of the court shall transmit such information to the judge assigned to the case and the judge may enter a disposition of supervision without the presence of the minor or the minor's parent or guardian in court at the time of the entry of the disposition of  supervision.  Effective immediately.
















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HB3715

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    AN ACT concerning transportation.

 
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    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
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represented in the General Assembly:


 
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    Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended  by changing 
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Section 16-107 as follows:
 



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    (625 ILCS 5/16-107)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 16-107)



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    Sec. 16-107. Appearance of parent or guardian of minor in 
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certain court
proceedings - Judicial discretion.
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    (a) Whenever an unemancipated minor
is required to appear 
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in court pursuant to a citation for violation of any
Section or 
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any subsection of any Section of this Act specified in 
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subsection
(b) of this Section, the court may require that a 
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parent or guardian of
the minor accompany the minor and appear 
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before the court with the minor,
unless, in the discretion of 
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the court, such appearance would be unreasonably
burdensome 
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under the circumstances.

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    (a-5) In lieu of the provisions of subsection (a), for 
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petty offenses or business offenses under this Code that do not 
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require that the defendant make a court appearance, the chief 
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judge of any circuit may designate an officer of the court to 
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receive the admission or stipulation by the unemancipated minor 
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of the facts supporting the
charge as long as the parent or 
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guardian of the unemancipated minor and the unemancipated minor 
 


 






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appear before the officer of the court. The officer of the 
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court shall transmit such information to the judge assigned to 
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the case and the judge may enter a disposition of supervision 
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without the presence of the minor or the minor's parent or 
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guardian in court at the time of the entry of the disposition 
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of  supervision. 
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    (b) This Section shall apply whenever an unemancipated 
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minor is charged
with violation of any of the following 
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Sections and subsections of this Act:

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        1) Sections 3-701, 3-702 and 3-703;

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        2) Sections 4-102, 4-103, 4-104 and 4-105;

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        3) Section 6-101, subsections (a), (b) and (c) of 
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    Section 6-104, and Sections
6-113, 6-301, 6-302, 6-303 and 
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    6-304;

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        4) Sections 11-203 and 11-204, subsection (b) of 
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    Section 11-305, Sections
11-311, 11-312, 11-401, 11-402, 
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    11-403, 11-404, 11-407, 11-409, 11-501,
11-502, 11-503,  
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    11-504, 11-506, subsection (b) of Section 11-601, Sections 
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    11-704,
11-707, 11-1007, 11-1403, 11-1404 and subsection 
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    (a) of Section 11-1414.

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(Source: P.A. 95-310, eff. 1-1-08.)

 

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    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
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becoming law.