96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
SB0192

 

Introduced 2/3/2009___________, by

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
625 ILCS 5/6-101   from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 6-101

    Amends the Illinois Vehicles Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning licenses and permits.


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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 6-101 as follows:
 
6     (625 ILCS 5/6-101)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 6-101)
7     Sec. 6-101. Drivers must have licenses or permits.
8     (a) No person, except those expressly exempted by Section
9 6-102, shall drive any motor vehicle upon a highway in this
10 State unless such person has a valid license or permit, or a
11 restricted driving permit, issued under the the provisions of
12 this Act.
13     (b) No person shall drive a motor vehicle unless he holds a
14 valid license or permit, or a restricted driving permit issued
15 under the provisions of Section 6-205, 6-206, or 6-113 of this
16 Act. Any person to whom a license is issued under the
17 provisions of this Act must surrender to the Secretary of State
18 all valid licenses or permits. No drivers license shall be
19 issued to any person who holds a valid Foreign State license,
20 identification card, or permit unless such person first
21 surrenders to the Secretary of State any such valid Foreign
22 State license, identification card, or permit.
23     (b-5) Any person who commits a violation of subsection (a)

 

 

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1 or (b) of this Section is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor, if
2 at the time of the violation the person's driver's license or
3 permit was cancelled under clause (a)9 of Section 6-201 of this
4 Code.
5     (c) Any person licensed as a driver hereunder shall not be
6 required by any city, village, incorporated town or other
7 municipal corporation to obtain any other license to exercise
8 the privilege thereby granted.
9     (d) In addition to other penalties imposed under this
10 Section, any person in violation of this Section who is also in
11 violation of Section 7-601 of this Code relating to mandatory
12 insurance requirements shall have his or her motor vehicle
13 immediately impounded by the arresting law enforcement
14 officer. The motor vehicle may be released to any licensed
15 driver upon a showing of proof of insurance for the motor
16 vehicle that was impounded and the notarized written consent
17 for the release by the vehicle owner.
18     (e) In addition to other penalties imposed under this
19 Section, the vehicle of any person in violation of this Section
20 who is also in violation of Section 7-601 of this Code relating
21 to mandatory insurance requirements and who, in violating this
22 Section, has caused death or personal injury to another person
23 is subject to forfeiture under Sections 36-1 and 36-2 of the
24 Criminal Code of 1961. For the purposes of this Section, a
25 personal injury shall include any type A injury as indicated on
26 the traffic accident report completed by a law enforcement

 

 

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1 officer that requires immediate professional attention in
2 either a doctor's office or a medical facility. A type A injury
3 shall include severely bleeding wounds, distorted extremities,
4 and injuries that require the injured party to be carried from
5 the scene.
6 (Source: P.A. 94-993, eff. 1-1-07; 95-578, eff. 6-1-08.)