96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
SB0939

 

Introduced 2/6/2009, by Sen. John J. Cullerton

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
625 ILCS 5/3-710   from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-710

    Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning display of a false insurance card.


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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 3-710 as follows:
 
6     (625 ILCS 5/3-710)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-710)
7     Sec. 3-710. Display of false insurance card. No person
8 shall display evidence of insurance to a law enforcement
9 officer, court, or officer of the the court, knowing there is
10 no valid liability insurance in effect on the motor vehicle as
11 required under Section 7-601 of this Code or knowing the
12 evidence of insurance is illegally altered, counterfeit, or
13 otherwise invalid as evidence of insurance required under
14 Section 7-602 of this Code. If the law enforcement officer
15 issues a citation to a motor vehicle operator for displaying
16 invalid evidence of insurance, the officer shall confiscate the
17 evidence for presentation in court.
18     Any person convicted of violating this Section is guilty of
19 a Class A misdemeanor.
20 (Source: P.A. 89-565, eff. 7-26-96.)