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90_HB1253
625 ILCS 5/7-211 from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 7-604
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code to provide that a
driver's license or registration suspended because of a
failure to deposit security shall remain suspended until the
person gives proof of financial responsibility. Effective
January 1, 1998.
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1 AN ACT to amend the Illinois Vehicle Code by changing
2 Section 7-211.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by
6 changing Section 7-211 as follows:
7 (625 ILCS 5/7-211) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 7-211)
8 Sec. 7-211. Duration of suspension.
9 (a) Unless a suspension is terminated under other
10 provisions of this Code, the driver's license or registration
11 and nonresident's operating privilege suspended as provided
12 in Section 7-205 shall remain suspended and shall not be
13 renewed nor shall any license or registration be issued to
14 the person until:
15 1. The person deposits or there shall be deposited and
16 filed on the person's behalf the security required under
17 Section 7-201;
18 2. Two years have elapsed following the date the
19 driver's license and registrations were suspended and
20 evidence satisfactory to the Secretary of State that during
21 the period no action for damages arising out of a motor
22 vehicle accident has been properly filed;
23 3. Receipt of proper notice that the person has filed
24 bankruptcy which would include all claims for personal injury
25 and property damage resulting from the accident; or
26 4. After the expiration of 5 years from the date of the
27 accident, the Secretary of State has not received
28 documentation that any action at law for damages arising out
29 of the motor vehicle accident has been filed against the
30 person.
31 An affidavit that no action at law for damages arising
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1 out of the motor vehicle accident has been filed against the
2 applicant, or if filed that it is not still pending shall be
3 prima facie evidence of that fact. The Secretary of State may
4 take whatever steps are necessary to verify the statement set
5 forth in the applicant's affidavit.
6 (b) The driver's license or registration and
7 nonresident's operating privileges suspended as provided in
8 Section 7-205 shall also remain suspended and shall not be
9 renewed nor shall any license or registration be issued to
10 the person until the person gives proof of his or her
11 financial responsibility in the future as provided in Section
12 7-302. The proof is to be maintained by the person in a
13 manner satisfactory to the Secretary of State for a period of
14 3 years after the date the proof is first filed.
15 (Source: P.A. 86-549; 87-1114.)
16 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect on
17 January 1, 1998.