102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB1698

 

Introduced 2/17/2021, by Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
625 ILCS 5/11-500  from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-500

    Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning transportation.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by
5changing Section 11-500 as follows:
 
6    (625 ILCS 5/11-500)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-500)
7    Sec. 11-500. Definitions. For the the purposes of
8interpreting Sections 6-206.1 and 6-208.1 of this Code, "first
9offender" shall mean any person who has not had a previous
10conviction or court assigned supervision for violating Section
1111-501, or a similar provision of a local ordinance, or a
12conviction in any other state for a violation of driving while
13under the influence or a similar offense where the cause of
14action is the same or substantially similar to this Code or
15similar offenses committed on a military installation, or any
16person who has not had a driver's license suspension pursuant
17to paragraph 6 of subsection (a) of Section 6-206 as the result
18of refusal of chemical testing in another state, or any person
19who has not had a driver's license suspension or revocation
20for violating Section 11-501.1 within 5 years prior to the
21date of the current offense, except in cases where the driver
22submitted to chemical testing resulting in an alcohol
23concentration of 0.08 or more, or any amount of a drug,

 

 

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1substance, or compound in such person's blood, other bodily
2substance, or urine resulting from the unlawful use or
3consumption of cannabis listed in the Cannabis Control Act, a
4controlled substance listed in the Illinois Controlled
5Substances Act, or an intoxicating compound listed in the Use
6of Intoxicating Compounds Act, or methamphetamine as listed in
7the Methamphetamine Control and Community Protection Act and
8was subsequently found not guilty of violating Section 11-501,
9or a similar provision of a local ordinance.
10(Source: P.A. 99-697, eff. 7-29-16.)