Full Text of HB0116 095th General Assembly
HB0116 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008 HB0116
Introduced 1/19/2007, by Rep. Dave Winters SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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625 ILCS 5/7-604 |
from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 7-604 |
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Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that the Secretary of State shall provide that any request for verification of insurance coverage sent to a vehicle owner is in the form of a letter and is marked with sufficient indicia of authority to indicate the importance and the official nature of the document.
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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 changing | 5 |
| Section 7-604 as follows:
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| (625 ILCS 5/7-604) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 7-604)
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| Sec. 7-604. Verification of liability insurance policy.
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| (a) The Secretary of State may select random samples
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| registrations of motor vehicles subject to Section 7-601 of | 10 |
| this Code,
or owners thereof, for the purpose of verifying | 11 |
| whether or not the motor
vehicles are insured.
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| In addition to such general random samples of motor vehicle
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| registrations, the Secretary may select for
verification other | 14 |
| random samples, including, but not limited to
registrations of | 15 |
| motor vehicles owned by persons:
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| (1) whose motor vehicle registrations during the | 17 |
| preceding 4 years have
been suspended pursuant to Section | 18 |
| 7-606 or 7-607 of this Code;
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| (2) who during the preceding 4 years have been | 20 |
| convicted of violating
Section 3-707, 3-708 or 3-710 of | 21 |
| this Code while operating vehicles
owned by other persons;
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| (3) whose driving privileges have been suspended | 23 |
| during the preceding 4
years;
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| (4) who during the preceding 4 years acquired ownership | 2 |
| of motor
vehicles while the registrations of such vehicles | 3 |
| under the previous owners
were suspended pursuant to | 4 |
| Section 7-606 or 7-607 of this Code; or
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| (5) who during the preceding 4 years have received a | 6 |
| disposition of
supervision under subsection (c) of Section | 7 |
| 5-6-1 of the Unified Code of
Corrections for a violation of | 8 |
| Section 3-707, 3-708, or 3-710 of this Code.
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| (b) Upon receiving certification from the Department of | 10 |
| Transportation
under Section 7-201.2 of this Code of the name | 11 |
| of an owner or operator of any
motor vehicle involved in an | 12 |
| accident, the Secretary may verify whether or
not at the time | 13 |
| of the accident such motor vehicle was covered by a
liability | 14 |
| insurance policy in accordance with Section 7-601 of this Code.
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| (c) In preparation for selection of random samples and | 16 |
| their
verification, the Secretary may send to owners of | 17 |
| randomly selected motor
vehicles, or to randomly selected motor | 18 |
| vehicle owners, requests for
information about their motor | 19 |
| vehicles and liability
insurance coverage. The request shall | 20 |
| require the owner to state whether
or not the motor vehicle was | 21 |
| insured on the verification date stated in the
Secretary's | 22 |
| request and the request may require, but is not limited to,
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| statement by the owner of the names and addresses of insurers, | 24 |
| policy
numbers, and expiration dates of insurance coverage.
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| (d) Within 30 days after the Secretary mails a request, the | 26 |
| owner to
whom it is sent shall furnish the requested |
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| information to the Secretary
above the owner's signed | 2 |
| affirmation that such information is true and
correct. Proof of | 3 |
| insurance in effect on the verification date, as
prescribed by | 4 |
| the Secretary, may be considered by the Secretary to be a
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| satisfactory response to the request for information.
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| Any owner whose response indicates that his or her vehicle | 7 |
| was
not covered by a liability insurance policy in accordance | 8 |
| with
Section 7-601 of this Code shall be deemed to have | 9 |
| registered or maintained
registration of a motor vehicle in | 10 |
| violation of that Section. Any owner who
fails to respond to | 11 |
| such a request shall be deemed to have registered or
maintained | 12 |
| registration of a motor vehicle in violation of Section
7-601 | 13 |
| of this Code.
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| (e) If the owner responds to the request for information by | 15 |
| asserting
that his or her vehicle was covered by a liability | 16 |
| insurance policy on the
verification date stated in the | 17 |
| Secretary's request, the Secretary may
conduct a verification | 18 |
| of the response by furnishing necessary information
to the | 19 |
| insurer named in the response. The insurer shall within
45 days
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| inform the Secretary whether or not on the verification date | 21 |
| stated the
motor vehicle was insured by the insurer in | 22 |
| accordance with Section 7-601
of this Code. The Secretary may | 23 |
| by rule and regulation prescribe the
procedures for | 24 |
| verification.
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| (f) No random sample selected under this Section shall be | 26 |
| categorized on
the basis of race, color, religion, sex, |
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| national origin, ancestry, age,
marital status, physical or | 2 |
| mental disability, economic status
or geography. | 3 |
| (g) The Secretary shall provide that any request for | 4 |
| information sent under this Section is in the form of a letter | 5 |
| and is marked with sufficient indicia of authority to indicate | 6 |
| the importance and the official nature of the document.
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| (Source: P.A. 92-458, eff. 8-22-01.)
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