96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB5368

 

Introduced 2/5/2010, by Rep. Daniel J. Burke

 

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

 

 

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1 such person's blood or urine resulting from the unlawful use or
2 consumption of cannabis listed in the Cannabis Control Act, a
3 controlled substance listed in the Illinois Controlled
4 Substances Act, or an intoxicating compound listed in the Use
5 of Intoxicating Compounds Act, or methamphetamine as listed in
6 the Methamphetamine Control and Community Protection Act and
7 was subsequently found not guilty of violating Section 11-501,
8 or a similar provision of a local ordinance.
9 (Source: P.A. 95-355, eff. 1-1-08; 96-607, eff. 8-24-09.)