Rep. Patricia Reid Lindner

Filed: 3/15/2005

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3123

2     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 3123 by replacing
3 everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4     "Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by
5 changing Section 3-707 as follows:
 
6     (625 ILCS 5/3-707)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-707)
7     Sec. 3-707. Operation of uninsured motor vehicle - penalty.
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.
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.
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
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.
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
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.
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.
26 (Source: P.A. 92-775, eff. 7-1-03.)".