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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HB0656
Introduced 2/6/2007, by Rep. Eddie Washington - Chapin Rose SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that a person charged for the first time with an equipment violation of a specified type shall not be convicted of the violation if the person presents satisfactory evidence in court that the vehicle has been repaired or altered in a manner that brings the vehicle into compliance with the applicable provision.
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A BILL FOR
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HB0656 |
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LRB095 04786 DRH 24846 b |
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| AN ACT concerning transportation.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by adding |
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| Section 12-102 as follows:
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| (625 ILCS 5/12-102 new)
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| Sec. 12-102. Certain equipment violations; disposition |
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| upon correction. |
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| (a) A person charged for the first time with a violation of |
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| this Chapter 12 to which this Section applies shall not be |
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| convicted of the violation if that person produces in court |
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| satisfactory evidence that the vehicle in question has been |
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| repaired or altered in a manner that brings the vehicle into |
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| compliance with the applicable provision. |
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| (b) This Section applies to violations of the following |
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| provisions of this Chapter 12, if the violation was based on |
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| the vehicle's lack of required equipment or lack of required |
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| equipment in working order: subsections, (a), (b), and (c) of |
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| Section 12-201; Section 12-202; Section 12-208; subsection (a) |
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| of Section 12-211; subsection (a) of Section 12-601; and |
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| Section 12-608.
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