Senate Sponsors: HAWKINSON-CULLERTON. House Sponsors: STEPHENS Short description: VEH CD-DRIV ABSTRACT-DUI DWLS Synopsis of Bill as introduced: Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code to provide that for any prosecution for violating aggravated driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs provisions or driving while a license, permit, or privilege to operate a vehicle is suspended or revoked provisions, a certified copy of the driving abstract of the defendant shall be admitted as proof of any prior conviction. Effective immediately. HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 1. Adds reference to: 625 ILCS 5/2-123 from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 2-123 Further amends the Vehicle Code. Provides that any certified abstract issued by the Secretary of State or transmitted electronically by the Secretary (instead of any abstract issued by the Secretary), pursuant to the Section of the Vehicle Code concerning the sale and distribution of information, to a court or on request of a law enforcement agency for the record of a named person as to the status of the person's driver's license shall be prima facie evidence of the facts stated in the abstract and if the name in the abstract is the same as that of a person named in an information or warrant, the abstract shall be prima facie evidence that the person named is the same person. Adds that if the name in the abstract is the same as that of a person named in an information or warrant, the abstract shall also be admissible for any prosecution under the Vehicle Code and be admitted as proof of any prior conviction or proof of records, notices, or orders recorded on the driving records. Last action on Bill: PUBLIC ACT.............................. 90-0400 Last action date: 97-08-15 Location: Senate Amendments to Bill: AMENDMENTS ADOPTED: HOUSE - 1 SENATE - 0 END OF INQUIRY Full Text Bill Status